Raffle Table Plants
Login
User Name
Password   


Registration is FREE. Click to become a member of OrchidBoard community
(You're NOT logged in)

menu menu

Sponsor
Donate Now
and become
Forum Supporter.

Raffle Table Plants
Many perks!
<...more...>


Sponsor
 

Google


Fauna Top Sites
LOG IN/REGISTER TO CLOSE THIS ADVERTISEMENT
  #1  
Old 02-26-2012, 11:53 PM
seabead22 seabead22 is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Tampa, FL
Posts: 105
Default Raffle Table Plants

Seems I always come home with a plant off the raffle table from my local orchid club. Just wondering what other experiences others had with their club raffle tables. Any real winner plants or complete duds?
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 02-27-2012, 09:48 PM
WhiteRabbit WhiteRabbit is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: May 2008
Zone: 9a
Location: Nor Cal
Posts: 26,634
Default

I have read posts that people got some great plants from OS raffles - hope you get replies from some!
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 02-28-2012, 03:17 AM
Discus Discus is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Grahamstown, Eastern Cape
Age: 46
Posts: 1,191
Raffle Table Plants Male
Default

It probably depends on your society and where they get their plants from! I can't really say it's terrible to get any orchid for the typical price of a raffle ticket, even if it isn't going to win an FCC next year!
Reply With Quote
Post Thanks / Like - 2 Likes
Likes b amateur, silken liked this post
  #4  
Old 02-28-2012, 07:44 PM
fotofashion fotofashion is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Jul 2009
Zone: 9a
Location: Texas Gulf Coast east of Houston
Posts: 773
Raffle Table Plants Female
Default Raffle Table Plants

Our OS has both a regular raffle table and a silent auction. I have won plants from both. It is just as Discus says: Depends where they come from. And, participating is optional after all, so, if in doubt, don't participate. (But it is fun to win).
Make the acquaintance of the people who run the raffle, they might appreciate your input.
Beverly A.
Reply With Quote
Post Thanks / Like - 1 Likes
Likes b amateur liked this post
  #5  
Old 03-02-2012, 06:49 PM
b amateur b amateur is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Aug 2009
Zone: 5b
Location: Battle Creek, Michigan
Age: 74
Posts: 252
Default

Unless we have a speaker/vendor scheduled at our OS monthly meeting,we have an auction of member donated plants.My best score was Laelia anceps var. chamberlainianum for $8 US.Big,fat division.Can't wait 'til it blooms.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 03-02-2012, 10:13 PM
silken silken is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Feb 2009
Zone: 2b
Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
Posts: 9,667
Default

One of our large grocery stores gives our society the orchids (mostly Phals but sometimes Cyms or others) that are past their prime and unsaleable. So we always have a lot and the chances are good to win something. Then you get to pick from what is there. I am currently just getting to see some of the Phals I won a year ago that weren't in bloom. So far they are all pleasant surprises!
Reply With Quote
Post Thanks / Like - 1 Likes
Likes b amateur liked this post
  #7  
Old 03-29-2012, 06:15 AM
CTB CTB is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: May 2010
Zone: 10b
Location: Vero Beach, FL
Posts: 1,840
Default

We always purchase orchids from our speaker that night for our raffle table. We have two meeting a year when its members sales night, held like an auction.. Our raffle table is outstanding orchids and the vendor usually includes a little blurr on each one on the table which is an extras bonus.
Reply With Quote
Post Thanks / Like - 1 Likes
Likes b amateur liked this post
  #8  
Old 03-29-2012, 01:36 PM
Connie Star's Avatar
Connie Star Connie Star is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Aug 2009
Zone: 5a
Location: MA, USA and Atenas Costa Rica
Posts: 1,508
Default

We have a sale table for members. The price is determined by the seller. Sometimes the plants are free for the taking (usually divisions). I've gotten a number of my orchids that way, and have sold a few, too usually ones that did not like my conditions or were too big for my growing space.
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 04-03-2012, 04:59 AM
RJSquirrel's Avatar
RJSquirrel RJSquirrel is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Apr 2010
Zone: 9b
Location: houston
Age: 65
Posts: 3,767
Default

we always have great plants being raffled off for a drawing. Is whats pretty sad looking are the plants people bring in for silent auction. escuse me ugh, they got tired of looking at it and figured someone else could look at it for awhile. they scare me with the condition some of these are in. havent seen any bugs yet but sad looking plants I dont have any passion for at all. orchids with great flowers and beat up crappy foliage make me churn.
__________________
O.C.D. "Orchid Collecting Dysfunction"

Last edited by RJSquirrel; 04-03-2012 at 05:01 AM..
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 04-03-2012, 11:17 AM
silken silken is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: Feb 2009
Zone: 2b
Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
Posts: 9,667
Default

We also have a member sale table where the member determines the price. The raffle table is for freebies we get donated to us from a local grocery store after they are past prime. The raffle pays our society's rent most of the time.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Tags
club, experiences, plants, raffle, table


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Vandas: I feel like giving up Angurek Vanda Alliance - others 25 07-19-2014 10:14 AM
orchid society plant raffle plants needed orchidexpress News, Updates & Feedback 0 04-30-2008 11:55 AM
New plants (and photos) Bolero Orchids in Bloom 5 09-25-2007 04:37 PM
Pest control with carnivorous plants Oscarman Orchid Lounge 2 02-15-2006 03:13 PM
Virus testing becomes user friendly?? Oscarman Orchid Lounge 5 10-13-2005 05:59 PM

All times are GMT -4. The time now is 04:25 AM.

© 2007 OrchidBoard.com
Search Engine Optimisation provided by DragonByte SEO v2.0.37 (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
Feedback Buttons provided by Advanced Post Thanks / Like (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.

Clubs vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.