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SAN DIEGO BROMELIAD SOCIETY

P.O. Box 83996

San Diego, CA 92138-3996

MEMBERSHIP

SCHEDULE 2010

SHOW AND TELL

OFFICERS

OLD CHRISTMAS EVENTS


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Meets the 2nd SATURDAY

of each month 10:00 A.M. in

Balboa Park, Casa Del Prado

Botanical Library Room 104

FREE AND VISITORS WELCOME


SAN DIEGO BROMELIAD SOCIETY SHOW AND SALE

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY , SEPTEMBER 18 & 19

10:00 A.M.-4:00 P.M.

(both show & sale open at 10:00 this year!),

CASA DEL PRADO, ROOM 101

BALBOA PARK






Next Meeting: SEPTEMBER 11, 2010. Cristy Brenner will speak on " Bromeliads of Northern Peru."

Cristy is a professor of Geography at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, California. She is an active member of several Southern California Bromeliad societies including the San Diego Bromeliad Society. As a geographer, she has visited all of the continents, but now prefers to focus on regions where bromeliads are found. She has observed and photographed bromeliads in Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador, Argentina, Peru, Brazil and Venezuela.





SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION: BRING IN ANY PLANTS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO PUT IN THE SEPTEMBER SHOW BUT NEED ACCURATE IDENTIFICATION!











SCHEDULE 2010

Meeting & Event* Date Presenter Topic
January 9 Kay Quijada Bromeliads of Veracruz, Mex.
February 13 Kelly Griffin TBA topic
March5,6,7 San Diego Spring Home Garden Show Members man booth
March 13 Guillermo Rivera "Bromeliaceae from Argentina: a habitat approach”
April 10 R. Kopfstein & Andy Siekkinen On the Trail of Hectia Argentea
*April 24 Cuyamaca Spring Garden Festival Members man booth
May 8 R. Kopfstein Foundations: Mulford B. Foster
June 12-13 SDBS Annual Show & Sale Special Bromeliad Sale
July 10 Society Picnic Cypress Grove Picnic Area, Balboa Drive, Balboa Park (West side)
August 14 Kerry Tate Growing Bromeliads Epiphytically
September 11 Cristy Brenner Bromeliads of Northern Peru
*September 10, 11, 12 San Diego Home & Garden Show Members man booth
September 18-19 Bromeliad Show and Sale
Sat.& Sun 10-4
October 9 Tony Godfrey Raising Bromeliads Commercially
November 13 Ed Hamilton Bromeliads of Puerto Rico
December 11 Holiday Party

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OFFICERS 2010

POSITION

NAME

PHONE

EMAIL

President

Robert Kopfstein

(760)-726-8300

rkopfstein@earthlink.net

VicePresident

Robert Kopfstein

(760)-726-8300

rkopfstein@earthlink.net

Secretary

Sonja Wicker

crazysewer23-news@yahoo.com

Treasurer

Gayle Ver Steeg

(858)-488-1661

versteeg@san.rr.com

Newsletter

Andy Siekkinen

siekkinenar@gmail.com

PastPresident

Nancy Groves

(858) 453-6486

ngroves1513@sbcglobal.net


MEMBERSHIP

ONE YEAR: SINGLE - $12.50; DUAL/FAMILY - $17.00;

TWO YEARS: SINGLE - $20.00; DUAL/FAMILY - $30.00.

MAKE CHECK OUT TO SDBS AND MAIL TO:

SAN DIEGO BROMELIAD SOCIETY,

P.O. BOX 83996,

SAN DIEGO, CA 92138-3996











SHOW AND TELL




JUNE 2010 SHOW





THE MULFORD B. FOSTER AWARD BEST OF SHOW HORTICULTURE (GOLD) : Tillandsia edithiea (JIM WRIGHT)






MORRIS HENRY HOBBS AWARD BEST OF SHOW ARTISTIC (GOLD) : Tillandsia tectorum (KAY AND JOE QUIJADA)








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Tillandsia imperialis X Tillandsia deppeana


Vriesea Signature


Vriesea Concerto



PAM KOIDE HYATT
TILLANDSIA PEACH, capitata X xerographica grown by Sonja Wicker--NO PICTURE




ORTHOPHYTUM STAR DUST grown by Bob Wright



AECHMEA "Fruit Rats" grown by Robert Kopfstein


TILLANDSIA STRAMINEA grown by Sandra Reuss
KAY & JOE QUIJADA RECEIVING THE BSI MULFORD B. FOSTER AWARD FOR BEST OF SHOW HORTICULTURE PRESENTED BY NANCY GROVES, SHOW CHAIR AND PRESIDENT
KAY & JOE QUIJADA RECEIVING THE BSI MORRIS HENRY HOBBS AWARD FOR BEST OF SHOW ARTISTIC PRESENTED BY NANCY GROVES, SHOW CHAIR AND PRESIDENT






























OLD CHRISTMAS EVENTS


HOLIDAY PARTY 2009
ANDY SIEKKINEN HELPING DECORATE THE SDBS TREE FOR DECEMBER NITES 2009


The 2009 Christmas Tree decorated in many beautiful and some rare bromeliads for the 2009 December Nights Celebration in Balboa Park.








The 2008 Christmas Tree decorated in many beautiful and some rare bromeliads for the 2008 December Nights Celebration in Balboa Park.



A SPECIAL THANKS TO JOHN ARDEN FOR LOANING US FOUR BEAUTIFUL BROMELIADS TO PLACE AS PRESENTS UNDER THE TREE:


Tillandsia imperialis
X
Tillandsia deppeana
Vriesea Signature
Tillandsia Silverado
Vriesea Concerto



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