Our speaker for April 19th is Russ Vernon. Russ is a judge of the American Orchid Society, past President of the International Phalaenopsis Alliance and committee chair of the Conservation Committee, Mid-America Orchid Congress. He and his wife, Anita, are proprietors of New Vision Orchids, specializing in Phalaenopsis, Odontoglossums and their intergenerics, Miltoniopsis and Lycastes. On Sunday he will be speaking about Odontoglossums. The meeting will be in Room 5, Royal Botanical Gardens, 680 Plains Road W. at 2 p.m. Come any time after 12:30 to shop and socialize. (Russ will have orchids for sale.)