"Ed Fabik... variety... has drawn the 68-year-old to orchids.
Fabik got started 30 years ago in Chicago... About 450 potted orchids pack his greenhouse or hang in his shaded Placid Lakes backyard that slopes to a Lake June canal. ... Fabik - who had been the president of the orchid society in Sunrise, a community close to Fort Lauderdale - happened to stop by a meeting of the Highlands County chapter of the Orchid Society. Membership had been dwindling and the society was on the verge of folding up. Officers were needed, and Paula volunteered her husband for the job. In the nine years since he's been chapter president, Ed Fabik has helped build the group to 250 members. They meet monthly, take bus trips to nurseries across the state... Fabik... does the monthly newsletters and handles the publicity... the [Highland County] Orchid Society... Meetings are held on the fourth Mondays" URL : http://www2.highlandstoday.com/content/2008/aug/04/la-hobby-has-blossomed-for-orchid-man/?news **************** Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
