{"id":638,"date":"2016-09-27T09:59:41","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T13:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/?p=638"},"modified":"2016-09-27T09:59:41","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T13:59:41","slug":"general-meeting-sunday-october-16-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/?p=638","title":{"rendered":"General Meeting: Sunday October 16, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/?attachment_id=632\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-632\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-632\" src=\"http:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Vanilla.jpg\" alt=\"vanilla\" width=\"425\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"http:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Vanilla.jpg 425w, http:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Vanilla-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 Vanilla!<\/p>\n<p>Our speaker for this meeting is Ottawa orchidist\u00a0<strong>Marilyn Light<\/strong> who will talk about the <strong><em>Orchids of Reunion Island<\/em><\/strong> which she describes as &#8220;an exciting and dynamic place&#8221;. The presentation is partly a travelog and partly a report\u00a0on\u00a0the cultivation of many kinds of <strong>Vanilla<\/strong> and\u00a0an overview of\u00a0the wild orchids that were growing\/flowering during her visit. She will also introduce the challenges of weather and volcanic activity, sporadic disruptive events that fashion the life of orchids on that island. Educated as a microbiologist, Marilyn has raised orchids from seed and has registered more than 20 hybrids, of which three have received awards. She and her husband have been involved with conservation of terrestrial orchids since 1985, tracking individual plant behaviour, fecundity, and pest susceptibility\/resistance.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting will take place in Rooms 3 and 4 (note the change from our\u00a0regular venue) at Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Road West, Burlington. The formal part of the meeting starts at 2 pm but you are invited to come any time after 1 pm to socialize and interact with vendors. Members and guests are welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0 Vanilla! Our speaker for this meeting is Ottawa orchidist\u00a0Marilyn Light who will talk about the Orchids of Reunion Island which she describes as &#8220;an exciting and dynamic place&#8221;. The presentation is partly a travelog and partly a report\u00a0on\u00a0the cultivation of many kinds of Vanilla and\u00a0an overview of\u00a0the wild orchids that were growing\/flowering during her &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/?p=638\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">General Meeting: Sunday October 16, 2016<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=638"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":641,"href":"http:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions\/641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/osrbg.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}