Membership Information and Subscription Page (ICS-MISP)
Update: 3.22.2016 (ICS-MISP-2)
History:The
ICS was founded in 2014 as a spin-off of the very popular COLEUS
CENTRAL™ website created by the New Ornamentals Society
(www.cultivar.org) which itself was founded in 1993 as one of the first
fully digital, internet-based plant communities. About 1341 cultivars
of Coleus (Solenostemon) were
presented at time this society was formed.
Mission
Statement:The
International Coleus Society™ (ICS) is devoted to promoting the genus
Coleus in the form of it's finest cultivars and cultural practices as a
valuable garden plant, enhancing the worldwide exchange of data,
conserving endangered heirloom clones, as well as the international
registration and documentation of new cultivars.
Furthermore, the society is dedicated to appreciation of the genus
Coleus by encouraging scientific research in all horto-botanical
disciplines, general
scholarship, garden trials, cultivar breeding and development,
origination of educational tools in all media, exchange of germplasm,
and the creation of inspirational art. Membership
Levels and Benefits:
Individual Level - support of society projects, full access to the ICS Cultivar Files
(public only gets A-K), and Annual Proceedings of the International
Coleus Society (an e-periodical)
Regional Chapter
- includes 1 individual membership (typically the Chapter President) of
your choice, 5 hours of phone consultancy on forming and marketing your
regional chapter, online webpage linked from our member's page, and a
wide range of tools. If you'd like to host a local Coleus show, sale,
or seminars this is a wonderful way to exchange knowledge with the
national organization. Your chapter must be 100% about Coleus and not
all of your members need to be members of the national
organization.
Please
select your level below and Paypal will assist you with paying your
dues including currency conversion in all countries. You will receive
an email once dues are paid and processed in full with your
password(s). All levels are 100% delivery by digital (internet) means
and no physical items are mailed or delivered.
Funds are payable to "Taxonomic Computer Research", the parent
organization of both the ICS and New Ornamentals Society.
If you have any troubles completing the payment process below please email us at ornamentals@lycos.com
