1% for Orchid Conservation Update 26
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Summary of News:

1. Peninsula Orchid Society, USA joins the OCC 1%FOC
2. Moorland eBooks joins the OCC 1%FOC
3. Ideas and Tips on how to Setup an Orchid Society Conservation Committee
4. Orchid Sale Tags and Inventory Sheet for Orchid Conservation
5. Orchid Society Conservation Committees and Grant Application Links
6. Orchids Species and the Essence of Conservation
7. Orchid Society Newsletters
8. Native Orchid Conference Display is available for orchid society events and shows.

1.Peninsula Orchid Society, USA joins the OCC & 1% FOC

Founded in 1946, the Peninsula Orchid Society (POS) is a society of about 200 orchid enthusiasts and professional growers with members from around the San Francisco Bay area. Our mission is to increase the awareness, appreciation, enjoyment, conservation, and cultivation of orchids.

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2. Moorland eBooks joins the OCC 1% FOC

Moorland eBooks is an innovative, growing company, founded in April 2012. We offer everything in eBook publishing. The hallmark of Moorland eBooks is that we engage in our partners. We support and guide - no matter the job. Our solutions, if it is a novel , a biography or a scientific botanical monograph, are always composed according to the authors needs. We believe in an open dialogue with the author, so that together we arrive at the best solution. At Moorland eBooks, words like quality, individuality, openness and flexibility are keywords.

     

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3. Ideas and Tips on how to Setup an Orchid Society Conservation Committee
An article written with the input from orchid societies that have already set up conservation committees. More Information:
https://www.orchidconservationcoalition.org/articles/osconservation.html

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4. Orchid Sale Tags and Inventory Sheet for Orchid Conservation

Grow and sell your spare orchids for orchid conservation!

These tags are for individuals to use to designate the sale of a plant at a membership plant sales table to go to orchid conservation.



More Information:
https://www.orchidconservationcoalition.org/saletags/orchidsalestags.html

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5. San Francisco Orchid Society starts a Conservation Committee

Links to orchid society conservation and grant pages. All are accepting grant applications:

The Native Orchid Conference Fred Case Grant link to application form:
https://www.orchidconservationcoalition.org/societies/noc/fredcasegrant.pdf

The New Hampshire Orchid Society Conservation Committee:
https://www.nhorchids.org/index.php?page=conservation-grants

The San Diego Orchid Society Conservation Committee: https://www.sdorchids.com/ConsFunding.html

The San Francisco Orchid Society Conservation Committee: https://www.orchidsanfrancisco.org/conservation.html

Orchid Conservation Alliance: peter@orchidconservationalliance.org

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6. Orchids Species and the Essence of Conservation HTML or PDF (41 KB)

This article is written by Professor Rapee Sagarik, Thailand's foremost orchid expert and educator. He was the Chair of the Organizing Committee for the 9th World Orchid Conference in Thailand in 1979 and responsible for the first orchid library in the country.

This article can be reprinted in newsletters and shared.

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7. Please feel free to send me your orchid society news letters.  Four orchid societies already do and I do look at them. It is only fair that if I send you updates you can send me  your newsletters. Thanks.

info@orchidconservationcoalition.org

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8. Native Orchid Conference Display is available for orchid society events and shows.



The display is a table top display easy to setup. The Native Orchid Conference ships out the display and asks orchid societies to pay the return shipping. For further information and to arrange for the display's use e-mail:
Bob Sprague bobsatcyndal@aol.com

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