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Regular Monthly Meetings
New 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].
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2012 Meeting Topics and Presenters
This 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.
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| 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 |
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| September 18 |
Fern Names and Using Keys |
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| October 16 |
Life Cycle and Propigation (spores, vegetative, buds, stipes, stipules,
and tissue culture) |
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| November 20 |
Growing Ferns |
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| December * |
Holiday Social Event |
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| 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.
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