Feb Meeting Schedule

*NOTE that this is not our usual 3rd Sunday of the month, but the 4th.

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC at Olbrich Botanical Garden during "Orchid Escape"

Schedule is Approximate as Follows:

• 12:00 pm Doors Open
• 12:30 Socializing During Plant Judging
• 1:00 Meeting Begins; Announcements
• 1:15 pm Show & Tell Table 
• 2:00 Break
• 2:15 pm In-person Guest Speaker
• 3:15 pm Door Prizes
• 3:30 pm Meeting Ends

Special Lecture: "Orchid Pest Management"

Dr. Raymond A. Cloyd is a professor of entomology at Kansas State University (Manhattan, KS). His research and extension program involves pest management/plant protection in greenhouses, nurseries, landscapes, turfgrass, conservatories, interiorscapes, Christmas trees, and vegetables and fruits. Dr. Cloyd's research program involves pest management/plant protection of insect and mite pests of horticultural crops including thrips, fungus gnats, mealybugs, whiteflies, and spider mites.  

We've all got them and will benefit from learning how best to control them!

For more information about Dr. Cloyd visit https://entomology.k-state.edu/about/people/faculty/Cloyd-Raymond-A.html