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Annual Picnic
Saturday, September 11, 2010
11:00am - 3:00pm
Norman's Orchids
11039 Monte Vista Avenue, Montclair
(Replaces regular Monday meeting)


about this event

Get ready for a great OSSC tradition: our mouth-watering picnic set amongst thousands of orchids. Make sure you get your reservation in for this fun event. All of the details can be found on the OSSC Annual Picnic page.

Click to see more information on OSSC's regular monthly meetings.

news in brief

  • 2010 ROSTER AVAILABLE: [Submitted by OSSC Webmaster Ted Augustyn on May 4, 2010] The 2010 OSSC Roster has been distributed, first sent to all members with email addresses, and then finally in printed form to all other members beginning at the May meeting. Members who need a printed roster can get one from Membership Chair Larry Freeman.
  • IN MEMORIAM: [Submitted by OSSC Member Norito Hasegawa on March 22, 2010]  Lloyd DeGarmo passed away on Feb. 22, 2010.  He was 86.  He served as an Orchid Digest Judge (no longer a judging system), a Cymbidium Society of America Judge, and an American Orchid Society Judge becoming an Emeritus Judge in the latter two judging systems which only very few judges ever attain in their lifetime! Lloyd was a retired librarian at the Compton Community College before retiring to Hawaii.  An avid reader, he amassed a large orchid library which was eventually donated to the AOS.  He was instrumental in editing the voluminous Proceedings of the World Orchid Conference held in Long Beach in 1966 sponsored by the Orchid Society. of Southern California, introduced Cymbidium Peter Pan 'Greensleeves' when converted to a tetraploid became a very famous breeder of miniatures and novelties.  Probably his most lasting fame will be the registration of the trigeneric Oncidium alliance hybrid genus Degarmoara in 1967 combining Brassia, Odontoglossom and Miltonia. OSSC can be proud to claim him as one of our own.
  • OSSC NEEDS A RECORDING SECRETARY: [Submitted by OSSC Webmaster Ted Augustyn on June 19, 2009] Our new Recording Secretary, Shawn Maestretti, has decided to go back to school, and selling his orchid collection was part of that plan. As a result, Shawn has resigned as our Recording Secretary, and the position is once again open. Any OSSC member interested in giving a little back to the society is encouraged to contact our President about assuming this position. The task of taking minutes at board meetings, the main responsibility of this office, is made much easier by the use of the society's digital voice recorder, and all responsibilities are documented in detail. For a copy of this document, contact this site's Webmaster.

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