Inquiring minds want to know. If there is much of response, maybe we can think of some type of way of indentifying us as poster or lurkers on this forum.

Bob, what you can do is where this:
http://storetn.cafepress.com/8/25379778_F_store.jpg

bob you know i am going! because we are car pooling! :D

Bob, what you can do is where this:
http://storetn.cafepress.com/8/25379778_F_store.jpg

Ron, I was going to suggest that but you beat me to it! :D Here is the LINK (http://www.cafepress.com/slipperorchid.25379778) Or get a SOF button. Lots of other choices.

I was gonna have SOF tattooed on my forehead so people would recognize me....
Or, just look for the youngest person there.

--Stephen

Ron, I don't think I want to stand out quite that much. A button may be more to my liking. More money for paphs when only buying a button. I see we have suggestions on how to be indentified but we won't need this is only Stan and I am going. Truth be told I'm going to stand out without a button. I doubt many men will be sporting long red hair and a red moustach. Oh yea, thats me.

Any else going?

Bob you have always been easy to pick out in a crowded room :poke:

My first post should have read wear. Peter I wish the edit button was always functionable. I always catch errors after they are too late to edit..hint...hint :(

I was hoping to go, but it is my local society's show and I've committed to all sorts of volunteering. Maybe in 2007?

I am planning on going. Not sure if I am going to drive or take the train. Anyone heading down from Philadelphia?

Phil

If I weren't broke, I'd be there. :cry:

I was gonna have SOF tattooed on my forehead so people would recognize me....
Or, just look for the youngest person there.

--Stephen
stephen you are not the youngest i am :embarass:

stephen you are not the youngest i am :embarass:

August 18 vs. March 20, I Win! :idea:

--Stephen

Please take pics and post them here, I would love to see them. I wish I could go. :(

stephen you are not the youngest i am :embarass:

August 18 vs. March 20, I Win! :idea:

--Stephen

fine you win!! but i am close! :D

I plan on going.

Could I get one SOF t-shirt?

I think we should to have the SOF T-shirt design competition.
I cannot wait for my T-shirt. :D

Has anyone come across a list of vendors that will be at the forum?

--Stephen

Has anyone come across a list of vendors that will be at the forum?

--Stephen
Commercial Vendor Sales: This year’s invited vendors include: Ratcliffe Orchids; Alan Salzman Orchids; Arbec Orchids, Bloomfield Orchids; Floradise Orchids; Marriott Orchids; Orchid Enterprises; Parkside Orchids; Quarter Acre Orchids (supplies); RKS Orchids; and Woodstream Orchids.

Hey, I'll be there with bells on (well, not bells, but I did get a SOF hoodie!)...I'm quite excited, I've been an orchid grower/enthusiast for about a year now & the plants that are living greatly outnumber the plants that have passed on...I discovered this forum early on in my addiction & it has helped me enormously-I 'd like to thank everyone who's freely shared their knowledge, as well as all the folks that I 've gotten plants from (Paphreek-Ross, congratulations on all your recent awards, the plants I've gotten from you are my favorites!) & a few others from Silence 882, NYorchids (Stan), Gilda, & possibly others...
My slippers are up in my bedroom, definitely not getting pampered, but appear to be doing ok. I have a motley assortment, a few from Al's, forum purchases, quite a few from a GW acquaintance, Dan, who gifted me with a number of plants in the fall, alot of them are blooming!, hope I run into him at the forum...I'm happy that I'm living close enough to NCOS to take advantage of this forum-I think it's going to be fun! If you see me at the forum, please stop & chat-I'll be wearing a purple tee under my SF hoodie, I'd love to meet any of you guys who are on the forum. I can't wait to go shopping, too, I've purchased from 4 of the vendors, I think, & I'd like to up my number...Thistle/Linda

Hi Linda,

Thanks and hope you like the SOF hoodie! :D Have fun at the show and hopefully you can post pics for us.

so everyone who is going put your name down on this thread because they are handing out name tags so we can keep an eye out for everyone! mine is stan fazi(nyorchids)

I'll be there with 5 or 6 of my Virginia Orchid Society friends.

I'll recognize Ki and John from DC because I saw them there last year but who else??? With no identifier it will be tough to hook up for the boxed lunch, etc.

Anyway, I'll have my cell with me 804-814-5707. I'll be there when the place opens and leaving at 4pm or so. Give me a shout and let's say hello!

Garland Hanson

P.S. I'll check this thread again tomorrow morning before I leave (5am or so).

I will be there! Stephen Manza. I'll be the one stumbling in late, hungover, with 9 cameras and a surly disposition. Hopefully, it'll wear off by lunch time and I can make nice.

--Stephen

HAVE FUN you guys!!!

So it looks like there are 7 of us attending the Paph Forum.

Bob in Albany - Bob
nyorchids - Stan
Silence - Stephen (lots of cameras)
Metana - ???
Ki - Ki
thistle - Linda (wearing a SOF hooded sweatshirt)
Slipperhead - Garland (me) I'll wear a light blue North Carolina Tarheel baseball hat, OK?

No John-N-DC?

I wish we had a button or other identifier.

Say Peter, how are those outta-sight SOF THONG sales going??? I didn't realize there was so much SOF stuff out there!

John in DC will be there. Bob in Albany will not. And as the music continues, I now have an extra ticket.

Garland - have you been lurking all this time?

Ki,
Since the forum has been sold out for a week or so, maybe you can scalp it at the door!!! Actually, quite a number of people show up thinking they can pay at the door and find that the event has filled. I wish I know of someone else in my club that would want to go. Hopefully you can find someone that can use it!

I moved back to the VA homeland 18 months ago. Now that my business (safety training & consulting) is becoming established, I'm getting quite busy and don't have the time to spend on the forum as before. I still log on and look at the pics and the culture discussions as much as I can. So, YES, I'm still lurking.

Looking forward to seeing you, John, and others tomorrow morning. Allen Black and I will be there at the opening to check out the sales area and to enter plants.

Garland

hey garland i just arrived in colonial heights about 2 hours ago and am ready to leave at 6 am tomorow! i will be here untill monday midlothian isnt that far is it?? maybe i can come check out your collection :poke:

i will be wearing a old navy hat (blue) and probably be the only 6' 1 " 315 pound guy not too hard to miss :D
also tmkkjj is also going with me so 8 members?

Sounds good. I see you at the forum. Say, our monthly Virginia Orchid Society meeting/show/sale is on Sunday and you'll be in the neighborhood. Interested?

See you tomorrow,
Garland

Sounds good. I see you at the forum. Say, our monthly Virginia Orchid Society meeting/show/sale is on Sunday and you'll be in the neighborhood. Interested?

See you tomorrow,
Garland

where is the meeting held? :Party:

We'll see pics, no?

Awful realization this evening: for various reasons I could have and should have gone! Oh well, maybe next year.

I hope y'all have a great time and I look forward to your reports!

Yes, mucho pics!

Stay tuned!

Good luck Ladies and Gentlemen! Have a great time! While I am stuck here repotting hundreds (probably closer to thousand) of pleuorthallis :(

BIG FUN at the Paph Forum today! Excellent presentations on paph/phrag awards for 2005 (all by category and fairly extensive), the miniature complexes, and the history and contributions of Radcliffe Orchids in complex paphs since 1936 (or so)!

I particularly enjoyed the presentation on the species of Vietnam. Seeing clothes baskets FULL of collected plants for sale on the side of the road was incredible! Photos of hangianums, micranthums, and others by the THOUSANDS and many rotting while stored on the ground! Beautiful photos of MANY variations of hangianum, vietnamese, emersonii, etc.

There were hundreds of plants submitted for ribbon judging and a fair number for AOS judging. The vendor section was fantastic!!! It was great fun to attend an NBS (nothin' but slippers) show!!!

It was nice to see Ki, John-N-DC, and to meet NYORCHIDS!!!

Photos to follow....

My haul from today included: (LOTS of instant and near-future gratification!!!)

Armeni-white in bud (2) Radcliffe
Magic Lantern in flower (10 times better than the one I have...) Woodstream
Faniticum NBS Radcliffe
hainanense in spike ($10!!!) Radcliffe
Becky Fouke (Armeni White x prim) NBS Parkside
Phrag. warcewiczianum in spike ($35) Orchid Enterprises??? (A local DC/Balt guy)
Paph. Jade lauren Whales NBS (Christmas Snow x White Knight) reported to be a clean, mid-sized white from Radcliffe
Phrag Cape Sunset (3N) in flower!!!! Woodstream

Koopowitz reports that this is a premier slipper event and one of his favorites!!!

See you in 2007!

Nothing but slippers sounds like slipper heaven to me. Garland, sounds like you had fun. I'm looking forward to seeing your pics!

Nice purchuses, please post pics

Yes do post pics! You can join the warce race!

I really enjoyed Koopowitz' mini paph presentation. He also has an article in the current Orchid Digest. You have to love some of the names given these ones - Tyke, Baby Baby, Little by Little.... One of the old small complexes he mentioned was on the show table, Paph Dalla, which was in something like a 3.5" pot:


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and a couple of shots of two sales tables after lunch (sales opened at 8am):

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ornaments *everywhere*

http://kyi.info/paphforum2.jpg

(Garland - hope you made it back in time!)