{"id":2398,"date":"2024-10-30T20:05:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T00:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctorchids.org\/?p=2398"},"modified":"2024-10-30T20:06:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T00:06:10","slug":"november-13th-meeting-will-be-at-the-cheshire-senior-center-dave-sorokowsky-will-be-presenting-dont-fear-the-slippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ctorchids.org\/?p=2398","title":{"rendered":"November 13th Meeting will be at the Cheshire Senior Center: Dave Sorokowsky ‘Don’t Fear the Slippers’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Join us for a talk by Dave Sorokowsky from Paph Paradise<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘Don’t Fear the Slippers’<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Meeting Date:<\/strong> Wednesday, November 13th<\/sup> at the Cheshire Senior Center.\u00a0 Doors open at 6:30pm for socializing and the meeting starts at 7pm.<\/p>\n

Where<\/strong>: The Cheshire Senior Center is located at: 240 Maple Ave, Cheshire, CT 06410<\/p>\n

Event:<\/strong> Dave Sorokowsky a culture talk on Paphiopedilums ‘Don’t Fear the Slippers’<\/p>\n

Our upcoming November meeting will be a lecture by Dave Sorokowsky from Paph Paradise in California with a talk on Paphiopedilums. He will be accepting pre-orders for pickup at the meeting.<\/p>\n

Here is the preorder information:<\/u> For pre-orders you can just select from the website online inventory https:\/\/paphparadise.com\/<\/a>. The deadline is November 3rd<\/u>. Do not purchase through the online store. Email orders directly to Dave: dave@paphparadise.com<\/a> Orders over $100 will receive a 10% discount. There will be no shipping charge since he will be bringing the plants with him.<\/p>\n

Daves Bio:<\/p>\n

“After receiving his degree in biochemistry from the University of Toronto, Dave opted to step
\noutside his chosen field and operated a tropical fish import business for eight years.\u00a0 Upon
\nreturning to school, Dave received a degree in enology and viticulture from Brock University in
\nSt. Catharines, Ontario.\u00a0 While attending Brock, Dave began acquiring orchids one 2\u201d pot at a
\ntime and before he graduated, Dave had over 100 orchids.\u00a0 Winemaking and a passion for
\norchids prompted Dave to seek a warmer climate in California about one year later.\u00a0 Dave has
\nbeen growing paphiopedilums for about 20 years and seriously hybridizing for over 10 years.
\nHe is an accredited AOS judge and his paphiopedilums have received over 100 awards to date
\nfrom the AOS and CSA. Many of those awarded plants playing important roles in his breeding
\nprogram. In 2018 Dave left winemaking in order to focus all of his time running Paph Paradise
\nOrchids.”<\/p>\n

If you are a beginner or a seasoned grower, Dave is sure to have some useful advise for successfully growing and blooming slipper orchids. With a generally compact habit and lower light requirements than other orchids Paphs tend to be a good choice for the home windowsill grower or perhaps for a grow rack setup. In a greenhouse I tend to tuck them on the North shady side of benches behind and under other high light orchids where they grow luxuriously and flower constantly. When the greenhouse cat is doing his job and the mice aren\u2019t eating the flower buds, they are long lasting attractive flowers and there are generally slippers in bloom at all times of the year. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the meeting this month!<\/p>\n

There will be a show table, so don’t forget to bring along your blooming plants for the show table. It’s always exciting to see what’s coming into bloom, looking forward to an awesome show table!<\/p>\n

Please print and fill out the ID card for the show table here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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