[ZIDouglas]

March 1st has arrived! Here in the midwest we have beautiful sunny skies for the 2nd day in a row! The time is now to start lookin', decidin' & dividin' plants for our annual fund raising auction! For any newbies, we have an annual auction to hopefully cover website hosting fees for the year so we can continue to enjoy & benefit from ST! My mailbox box is clear, ready & waiting for donations!
Game plan - same as it's been the past couple of years? If you have any suggestions for changes, don't be shy, speak up!
To recap what we've done in the past -
The month of March I will accept donations, start to categorize (paphs, phrags, any other orchid, other plants), then starting Monday, April 4th each week during the month a lot of plants will be available for bidding. April 1st is a Friday so I'm assuming it would be better to start the bidding on Monday morning the 4th (or do we start Mar.28th)?
Tentatively here's what we're looking at-
1st lot/week Monday Apr.4th - Sunday 11:59PM. Apr. 10th.
2nd lot/week Monday Apr. 11th - Sunday 11:59PM. April 17th.
3rd lot/week Monday Apr. 18th - Sunday 11:59PM. April 24th.
4th lot/week Grand finale -Monday Apr. 25th - Sunday 11:59PM. May 1st.

Plant donors can include shipping or winning bid covers shipping, it will be listed in the post when bidding period opens.
Pictures are preferred, a full plant description including pot size & leafspan.
The easiest way to make payments for the winning bids is to click the donate button in the upper right corner. You can also mail a check to Heather.
Any other points need recap/reminder?

[AccusaJalsBub]

Yayayayayayayayayyaaaaa!!!!

[lzwha]

I've been eagerly waiting for this event! I'll have some plants to donate. Need to take a look around the grenhouse . . . .

[gagagaridze]

Sounds good to me!

[topbonuscasino]

I was just thinking it was about this time! Thanks again Rose for volunteering to chair the event, and to everyone who can think about donating plants and funds! Our annual payment for hosting is due in May so this is perfect timing!

THANK YOU ALL in advance!

[Lictimind]

Excited newbie here...could you explain how the bidding and payments work?

[AccusaJalsBub]

We post phots of the plants for auction , people bid against each other here, winner gets plants when payment rec'd by Auctionmaven.

[ZIDouglas]

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[lzwha]

Click on the SlipperTalk Fund category and take a look through the auction threads from previous years. Should give you a good idea of what to expect this year.

[hitaEtela]

If you're an Aussie, don't forget about the Australian auction which is slightly separate due to shipping constraints. Details are in this thread: http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19402.

[GenryDont]

Hi Rose,
I had a couple ideas to drum up interest.

-Perhaps we could have past winners post photos of plants they won and bloomed.....
-We could have an "Oh CANADA!" plant each week if we can line up some Canadian donors....we have some really great Canadian members after all!
-Maybe do the same thing for the European members!..."Hey EUROPE!"....
We all know The Aussies are already kicking in, what do you think? (Isn't it cool we are such an international bunch?)
-Finally, maybe we could put forth a wish list of things we are looking for....just in case some one needs a nudge to add some of their excess. For example, I am thinking of buying a few mini Catts, and I could just as easily bid on some here as to buy from some other source. And I want a really nice, twisty petaled Paph philippinense, and I am also looking for Phrags crosses made with Dalessandroi .....

I will donate one of the blooming size Nick T "Lucky Bells" that I got from his close out auction. Ernie said in an past post this was one of his favorite Nick crosses I think. Nick is out of business, so there won't be more coming from him!

And thanks again for all the hard work you do to organize this.

Eric, (Ohio-guy)

[lzwha]

Another thing to consider are non-orchid plants. Last year, I won some Lycoris and Crinum Lily bulbs, which I adore. I know that some ST members also grow carnivorous plants, too.

[AccusaJalsBub]

BTW, the auction pays for the forum fees!

[66paptroump]

Nik- glad you like the spider lilies and crinums!

Eric(Ohio guy), I'll be donating some compact catts.


Love our auctions!!!

[ZIDouglas]

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[topbonuscasino]

Great ideas!

I am loving my Iris from last year - hopefully they will bloom soon.
Definitely think additional types of plants is a great idea!

[Opinion_counts]

I'm looking around to see what I've got that might interest somebody here in Canada. Will let you know what I come up with, Rose.

April is the beginning of the shipping season; but, it's "iffy", depending on where in Canada the plants start and finish. May is more reliable for shipping.

[LymnInvinny]

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[onlyfun_biziness]

Somewhere in the archives is a photo I posted of a P. "gardneri" I won at auction the year before...I think the consensus here was that it was really wilhelminiae....but a great bloom and plant...hoping it will spike soon.

[ZIDouglas]

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