Text Box: Calendar of Events for 2006   August 19-20 - Seminole Bromeliad and Tropical Plant SocietyFall Tropical Plant Sale Garden Club of Sanford 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Sudi Hipsley at 352- 728-5002 or Bud Martin at 321-363-7351 The public is invited. Admission is free. September 30 - Florida Council of Bromeliad Societies' Extravaganza Sale, banquet and rare plant auction. Miccousukee Indian and Gaming Resort Convention Center. Miami, Florida USA. For more information visit www.fcbs.org. November 18 & 19, 2006 Caloosahatchee Bromeliad Society Annual Sale Terry Park, 3410 Palm Beach Blvd., Fort Myers, Fl For more information contact Larry Giroux, email:DrLarry@comcast.net or Betty Ann Prevatt, email: bprevattpcc@aol.com Book of the Month We are bringing to your attention one of the three large format books by Elton Leme in his series on the “Bromeliads of the Atlantic Forest”. This one is dedicated to Canistropsis and will be offered at the upcoming Extravaganza on September 30. You could get one free if registering at the hotel and buying two dinner tickets. This exceptional book covers not only the interests of the beginners who will marvel at the colorful illustrations, but also those of the experts who will follow the taxonomic details used by Leme to describe 14 of these beautiful plants some of which we are familiar with. That is the case of the C. Seidelii with its bright complex yellow inflorescence or the C. Billbergioides whose flowers can be deep blue to light pink. ‘Blooming Bromeliads’ by Baensch, ‘Bromeliads for the