Newsletter of the San Francisco Gesneriad Society
Program: Holiday Luncheon
The Prez Sez...
by Katherine Henwood
December is a hard month, good because it is the month of Christmas and my birthday, and while it is the end of the year, there is the promise of spring, longer days to come and more light!
One of my favorite things is our Holiday Lunch. We will be at the Lakeside Café again, our reservation is for 12:30 P.M. on December 16, our usual meeting day. Remember that members lunch is covered by SFGS, guests are extra. If you like presents, (and I do!) bring one wrapped garden related gift (not more than $10.00) for a gift exchange. Lakeside Cafe is located at 2529 Ocean Ave., between 19th Ave and Junipero Serra in San Francisco. If you were not at the last meeting and plan to come, please let me know no later than December 10 so I can confirm our reservation.
I look forward to seeing you all at this festive occasion.
Time to Renew!
by Lorah Gross
Dues for 2008 will remain the same--$10/individual or $11/family. Please bring funds to the Holiday Luncheon or send them via mail to Gene Sussli.
Gesneriad Websites
by David Waugh
While I was procrastinating about typing the notes for the minutes of the November meeting I decided to visit the new Gesneriad Society web site. I had visited it before, but it is so large there is always something new to discover. Indeed, I found that our long time member Alan LaVergne has produced an extensive web site called Sinningia and Friends at this URL: http://home.earthlink.net/~sinnvenner/sinns.htm
Someone at the November meeting mentioned “Streptocarpus Garage” and said to google it. I did that and found a very interesting site about Streptocarpus and other gesneriads by a gentleman living near Toronto, Canada. He also raises all sorts of cats on the first floor of his old barn. The second floor is devoted to gesneriads. The address is http://www.streptocarpus-info.com
Show and Tell and Raffle Table
typed by Lorah Gross
Katherine Henwood brought the following Petrocosmeas for show and tell: minor, barbath, and seriacae. She donated Kohleria Hanna Robert, Petrocosmea minor, harkota, 6 25Koo, forestii, serieacea, and begoniafolia to the raffle table. Jon Dixon brought the following plants for show and tell: Hemiboea sp Taiwan (bicornuta?), Kohleria digitaliflora, Sinningia leopoldii, Petrocosmea barbata, minor, flaccida, Abutilon hybrid of mine—open faced white to be named and distributed. Harriette Poss brought K. Cinnamon and K. Caliph for show and tell and donated E. Zaco Vista Krestae to the raffle table. Terri Campbell brought the following plants for show and tell: Nematanthus ‘Mardi Gras’, Saintpaulia ‘Buffalo Hunt’, Saintpaulia ‘Ness’ Orange Pekoe’. She donated the following plants to the raffle table: Nematanthus ‘Orange Elf’, Kohleria cuttings ‘Trinidad’, Kohleria trianea, Kohleria ‘Cimarron’, Kohleria ‘Mother’s Lipstick’, Kohleria ‘Manchu.’ Gene Sussli brought the following plants for show and tell: Vanhouttea lanata, Kohleria ‘Strawberry Fields’, Kohleria ‘Ming’, and Scemannia ‘Chic.’ He donated Vanhouttea lanata to the raffle table. Anna Chou brought Trinket Terrific and Rob’s Tippy Joe for show and tell and donated same to the raffle table.
Minutes of the November 18, 2007 Meeting
by David Waugh
The November meeting was called to order by President Katherine Henwood at 1:03pm. The following were also present: David Waugh, Jon Dixon, Anna Chou, Gene Sussli, Terri Campbell and her neighbor Gordon, Paula DeBella and her mother, Harriette Poss, Kevin Daly, The-Shan Lee, Tommy Liu, Vera and Ken Parker.
Minutes: There were no corrections to the minutes for the October meeting which were in the November newsletter.
Treasurer’s report: Our financial condition is good. If you need a copy of the October Treasurer’s report please contact Gene Sussli.
New Business: Election of officers for the year 2008. As presented in the November Newsletter the Nominating Committee suggested the following officers and Board members:
President Jon Dixon
Vice President Terri Campbell
Secretary David Waugh
Treasurer Gene Sussli
Board:
Harriette Poss (1 year term)
Anna Chou (1 year term)
Teh-Shan Lee (2 year term)
Tommy Liu (2 year term)
The President asked if there were any nominees from the floor. There were none.
Terri Campbell announced she was passing around the new list of seeds available from Brazilplants. Members should indicate their choice of seeds which she will consolidate and request from Brazilplants.
Program: a slide show of kohlera. This gave us a visual look at the many varieties, their varied sizes, and native habitat.
We then did Show and Tell.
The President reminded us that the Holiday Party, paid for by the Club, takes place on December 16, 12:30 PM at the same restaurant as last year, the Lakeside Café, Ocean Ave near Junipero Serra. A count was taken of those at the meeting who will be attending.
We then did the raffle. The meeting was adjourned about 3:10pm.
2007 Officers
President: Katherine Henwood
Vice President: Terri Lynn Campbell
Secretary: David Waugh
Treasurer: Gene Sussli
Newsletter Editor/Webmaster: Lorah Gross lorah@lorah.net
Brazilplants Support Club San Francisco contact: David Waugh
Meetings: Usually third Sunday of each month, 1-4 p.m. at Library of County Fair Bldg., Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. (Enter from parking lot North side of 10th Avenue and Lincoln Blvd., turn right through gate next to building, go to third door)
2007 meetings: January 21, February 18, March 25, April 15, July 15, August 19, September 16, October 21, November 18, December 16 Holiday Luncheon at Lakeside Café.
2007 Shows, Sales, and Field Trips:
June 2 Exhibit and Plant Sale, May 20 Field Trip to Jon Dixon’s Greenhouses, June 16 (Saturday) tour of Conservatory of Flowers Golden Gate Park, August 10-19 San Mateo County Fair, September 22-23 Show and Sale.
Dues: $10 single, $11 family. Make checks payable to AGS SF, mail to Treasurer.
Website: http://www.sfgesneriads.org