California Horticulture Society February meeting
Mary Sue Ittner (Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:47:12 PST)

Hi,

This message is probably only relevant to Northern California members. The
Cal Hort meeting on Monday February 19, 2007 is entitled Mostly Mariposas
and will be a slide show and lecture presented by Ron Parsons. I've seen
some of his pictures taken in the wild before and they are gorgeous. The
item in the bulletin says he will "be discussing some of the amazing
wildflowers he saw in 2006 with his usual focus on Calochortus, the genus
that includes some of California's most beautiful natives. He traveled
through northern California and southern Oregon on many trips with his
co-author, Mary E. Gerritsen, to see as many species Mariposa Lilies, Globe
Lanterns, Cat's Ears and Star Tulips as possible. (Note from MS, the common
names for the various types of Calochortus). They also traveled to Jalisco,
Mexico in August of last year to see some of the species of Calochortus
there. Ron also traveled to Minnesota, Manitoba, Florida, Georgia and New
York in 2006, to see and photograph wildflowers, and will show some
highlights of those trips. Mary and Ron are the authors of the current
Timber Press title, "Masdevallias - Gems of the Orchid world" and have a
second book in press, 'Calochortus - Mariposa Lilies and their Relatives'
which will be released in June of 2007."

I've announced Cal Hort meetings in the past on this list. There is usually
a garden walk at 4, a no host dinner at 5:30 followed by announcements, a
plant forum where people describe plants that they are growing, and the
program at 7:15. I've had a chance to meet members of this list at these
meetings and to visit over dinner which has always been such a treat. Even
though this is a busy time of the year for my husband we hope to find time
to attend this meeting and once again meet with some of you.

Mary Sue