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Poll: Vote for 3 favorite articles. (remember vote for 3 only!)
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Old 12-11-2008, 11:49 AM
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Old 12-11-2008, 11:54 AM
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Oh boy oh boy oh boy!!!

When we have our winners, we have these:





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Cool! We've had a number of votes posted since yesterday...


don't forget, the poll ends on Monday morning


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Just got done with some early morning reading and all I have to say is OMG! Those articles are all amazing and those who wrote them really outdid themselves! This is a really hard decision...can we please vote for more then three! LOL....I know, I know......only three

I just wanted to say GREAT JOB to all of those who submitted an article.

And to top it off....I found a few more articles to read as well....I must admit I have never visited the "Members Articles" section before and now I regret it!
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Old 12-14-2008, 02:00 PM
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Less than 24 hours to vote!!!



This is SO exciting!!!!
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Old 12-15-2008, 03:18 PM
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I have been unable to figure out how to vote...is it too late, or what?
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ok... and the winner is... ???
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Looks like Camille tied with...herself...for

and Ronald tied with...himself...for


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Old 12-15-2008, 09:45 PM
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Thanks Sue ... A lot of articles got onto the radar.

since you can only win once, the following articles come in play

Home Remedies for Ailing Orchids 19 votes by camille1585
Native Terrestrial Alpine Orchids 19 votes by camille1585 (winner!)
What's in a name? 17 votes by ronaldhanko (winner!)

3rd place
A Whole Sub-Tribe of Exquisite Miniatures with 14 votes by ronaldhanko. Since Ronald already won, we go down the list
then we hit a tie
Brazil Nuts, Rats, Bees, Orchids and Goosebumps 12 votes by Geoffrey Frost and
A Good Photo Blooms Forever with 12 votes by ronaldhanko

again, since Ronald already won, 3rd goes to Geoffrey Frost

to sum it up!


camille1585 for 2 top articles "Home Remedies for Ailing Orchids" and "Native Terrestrial Alpine Orchids". Winner of the OrchidWiz software license! sponsored by Alex from OrchidWiz.com


ronaldhanko managed to get 3 articles onto the score cards
What's in a name?
A Whole Sub-Tribe of Exquisite Miniatures
A Good Photo Blooms Forever
Winner of a 1 year membership to AOS, sponsored by the American Orchid Society


Geoffrey Frost for
Brazil Nuts, Rats, Bees, Orchids and Goosebumps
winner of a $75 gift certificate to Andy's Orchids sponsored by Andy from AndysOrchids.com

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Old 12-15-2008, 10:05 PM
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Three cheers for Camille, Ronald and Geoffrey!

You all did a wonderful job on the articles...I'm sure they will help many folks along the way

Thanks to everybody who contributed to the article contest...while we could only have three "winners", our OB Member Article section now has a number of very well-written, interesting and informative articles...

Our thanks to all of you

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