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Regular Monthly MeetingsNew members and guests are always welcome. Meetings are held January thru November, on the 3rd Tuesday of the month, at 7:30 PM, in the Activities Building of the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 811 South Palm Avenue, Sarasota, Florida. [map]. |
2012 Meeting Topics and PresentersThis information is offered as an invitation to non-members and as a reminder for our presenters. To volunteer for one (or more) of the openings, please use the sign-up sheet (see Anita) at the next meeting, or sign up now by sending an email to the webmaster. |
| 2012 | TOPIC | PRESENTER |
|---|---|---|
| January 17 | Preparing Herbarium Specimens | Bruce Holst |
| February 21 | Structure of Ferns: RHIZOMES; erect, creeping |
Leone |
| March 20 | Structure of Ferns: ROOTS |
Darrell |
| April 17 | Structure of Ferns: FRONDS; architecture, division of fronds, outline, margins |
Phyllis |
| May 15 | Structure of Ferns: SPORANGIA, SPORES, SORI, INDUSEA |
Karen |
| June 19 | Structure of Ferns: STEMS |
Anita |
| July 17 | Structure of Ferns: TRICHOMES; hair, scales, glands |
Evelyn |
| August 21 | Review -or- Guest Speaker | |
| September 18 | Fern Names and Using Keys | |
| October 16 | Life Cycle and Propigation (spores, vegetative, buds, stipes, stipules, and tissue culture) |
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| November 20 | Growing Ferns | |
| December * | Holiday Social Event | |
| Variable ** | Field Trip(s) | |
| * The "Holiday Social Event" is an informal luncheon, usually held on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon at the home of one of the Society's members. | ||
| ** Field Trips, held once or twice a year, are scheduled independently from, and in addition to, the regular monthly meetings. | ||
Refreshments and Special Raffle ItemsThis information is offered as a reminder service for our membership. To volunteer for one (or more) of the open dates, use the sign-up sheet (see Anita) at the next meeting, or sign up now by sending an email to the webmaster. |
| 2012 | FOOD | DRINKS | SPECIAL RAFFLE ITEM |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 17 | Eigsti | Eigsti | No Raffle |
| February 21 | Taylor | Taylor | Doug Z. |
| March 20 | Stewart | Evans | |
| April 17 | Brass | Evans | |
| May 15 | |||
| June 19 | Brass | ||
| July 17 | |||
| August 21 | |||
| September 18 | |||
| October 16 | Stewart | Brass | |
| November 20 | |||
| December TBA | See Holiday Party Sign-up Sheet | No Raffle | |