MALIBU ORCHID SOCIETY Volume XLVIII, xVII October 2012 Continued on page 2 President’s Message The Southland Orchid Show at the Hunting- ton will be open to the public from Friday, October 19 through Sunday the 21 st . We will install out our display on Wednesday the 17 th . If you would like to help organizing the dis- play, please contact Alice Hall at 310.452.4645 or [email protected]. Bring your plants to our meeting on Tuesday, but read the instructions in a separate article in this newsletter for the details. For those of us who will visit the orchid col- lection at the Thornton’s on Saturday the 20 th , remember to meet at 10:30 sharp at 1155 Oak Grove in San Marino. Parking is on the street and limited, so car-pool wherever possible. Grafton Tanquary Lycste skinneri alba MOS Meeting October 16th, 2012 Pacific Palisades Women’s Club 901 Haverford Avenue Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 Speaker: James Rose "Lycastes: An Overview of the Genus" MOS is honored this month to host a world- renowned speaker, James Rose, who will present an overview of the genus Lycaste. This unique orchid, whose habitat extends from Mexico to Bolivia, currently includes 31 species, 3 natural hybrids, and 2 subspecies. Interestingly, “Lycaste” is the Greek word for “nymph” and could have been named for Ly- caste the daughter of Priam, King of Troy. Most Lycastes are medium to large plants with very large and quite stunningly beauti- ful flowers. These sympodials are cool to warm growing epiphytes with fat pseu- dobulbs and large thin plicate leaves. Con- sidered to be low-light growing plants, they are found in mid to high elevations and are at times even subjected to nighttime frosts. Ly- castes require good humidity; they hate to be dry. To varying degrees they all loose their leaves before flowering. Some Lycaste blooms have an enchanting fragrance such as
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MALIBU ORCHID SOCIETY
Volume XLVIII, xVII October 2012
Continued on page 2
President’s Message The Southland Orchid Show at the Hunting-ton will be open to the public from Friday, October 19 through Sunday the 21st. We will install out our display on Wednesday the 17th. If you would like to help organizing the dis-play, please contact Alice Hall at 310.452.4645 or [email protected]. Bring your plants to our meeting on Tuesday,
but read the instructions in a separate article
in this newsletter for the details.
For those of us who will visit the orchid col-
lection at the Thornton’s on Saturday the
20th, remember to meet at 10:30 sharp at
1155 Oak Grove in San Marino. Parking is on
the street and limited, so car-pool wherever
possible.
Grafton Tanquary
Lycste skinneri alba
MOS Meeting
October 16th, 2012
Pacific Palisades Women’s Club
901 Haverford Avenue
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
Speaker: James Rose
"Lycastes: An Overview of the Genus" MOS is honored this month to host a world-renowned speaker, James Rose, who will present an overview of the genus Lycaste. This unique orchid, whose habitat extends from Mexico to Bolivia, currently includes 31 species, 3 natural hybrids, and 2 subspecies. Interestingly, “Lycaste” is the Greek word for “nymph” and could have been named for Ly-caste the daughter of Priam, King of Troy.
Most Lycastes are medium to large plants with very large and quite stunningly beauti-ful flowers. These sympodials are cool to warm growing epiphytes with fat pseu-dobulbs and large thin plicate leaves. Con-sidered to be low-light growing plants, they are found in mid to high elevations and are at times even subjected to nighttime frosts. Ly-castes require good humidity; they hate to be dry. To varying degrees they all loose their leaves before flowering. Some Lycaste blooms have an enchanting fragrance such as
fragrance of Lyc. aromatica that has been variously described as cinnamon or clove.
James Rose started his passion for orchids in 1971 when he began working at Santa Bar-bara Orchid Estate. After 16 years at SBOE, in 1987, James and his wife Lauris estab-lished their own nursery, Cal Orchids, 2 blocks from the Pacific Ocean. It is now a world-renowned orchid nursery providing one of the largest varieties of orchid species and hybrids in the U.S.
Cal-Orchid maintains an active breeding pro-gram and stud collection built upon decades of international travel. James is very well known for having a distinctively selective "eye" for the new unusual plant, and Cal-Orchid's new and long-time customers enjoy reaping the benefits.
James has published in the AOS, Orchid Di-gest, and CSA magazines, and is well re-spected for his vast knowledge as well as his distinctive sense of humor. He lectures all over the world…from Japan to South Africa, to Europe, at orchid shows and World Orchid Conferences. He is also Cymbidium Society of America Judge, former member of the AOS Conservation Committee, and active member of the Japan Grand Prix Organizing Committee where he has judged every year at the world famous Tokyo Dome.
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California Orchids Events October-November 2012:
October 18, Preview Party - Southland Orchid Show 5:30pm The Huntington Library,
Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Tickets: Reserved through your society. Hors ‘d
oeuvres, no host bar, early vendor sales, and Awards Ceremony.
October 19,20 & 21 Southland Orchid Show 12am - 4:30pm ; Gates close 6pm. The
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Adults: $15 ($20 Weekends),
Seniors (age 65+): $12 ($15 Weekends), Students (age 12-18, or with student ID): $10,
Youth (age 5-11): $6, Children under 5: Free. Admission includes access to all of
Huntington Gardens, Art Galleries, and Library.
October 22 & 23 San Diego County Orchid Society Fall Show In The Park. 12:00pm -
5pm Casa Del Prado, Balboa Park Room 101 - Free Admission.
October 22 South Coast Orchid Society Auction 6:30pm Whaley Park Clubhouse. Call
310-835-9614.www.southcoastorchidsociety.com
October 23 Marin Orchid Society Fall Orchid Auction. San Rafael Corporate Center.
October 27, CGCI – Borrego Days at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, 2:00 p.m. –
Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden is having a two-day sale, October 27 &
28. There will be a selection of plants for the garden at the Arboretum Garden & Gift Shop.
Members will receive discounts on purchases.
October 2012 page 3
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James and Lauris Rose at Cal Orchids Nursery, Santa Barbara
James Rose has a special affinity for Lycaste and he just returned from a trip to Japan. Cal Orchids is now offering a new list of fantastic Lycaste seedings from their Japanese suppliers. These can be found on Cal Orchids’s new website that features a new
Lycaste list:
http://www.calorchid.com/
If you have attended James’s previous talk on Laelia’s you will know that his presenta-tions are captivating. He is always engaging, comprehensive, and full of interesting an-ecdotes. James captures the environment in which these orchids grow and never fails provide great cultural growing tips.
If you would like James to bring any of Lycastes down for you at our next meeting you may call the nursery at 805/ 967-6882.
The theme this year is ”Orchid Mystique”. Alice Hall is designing the display. If you have large or hanging plants which will re-quire special arrangements, please tell Alice as soon as possible. Contact her at 310.452.4645 or [email protected].
Alice will prepare the identification tags
again this year. You must send her the
proper name of each plant before Saturday
the 13th.
Please provide a list of your plants when you
bring them Tuesday or Wednesday. Remem-
ber, your plants must be:
well staked,
moist,
properly identified (we cannot display
plants w/o tags),
pest free, and
clean of spots and old leaves.
Place a label on the back of each pot with
your name and the proper name of the plant.
If you have several plants, add colored tape
or large stickers, so they can be easily identi-
fied.
Visit
Geneva and Charles Thornton have gra-
ciously invited the Society to visit their con-
servatory and grounds in San Marino on
Saturday, October 20. The Thorntons re-
cently built a large greenhouse to house two
collections of orchids which the Huntington
acquired a few years ago. The plants are
maintained by the horticultural department
at the Huntington.
We are to meet at 10:30 am at 1155 Oak Grove in San Marino. Parking is on the street and is limited. Please car pool wher-ever possible. You may park on the west side of Oak Grove Avenue between 1155 Oak Grove and Arden and on Oak Lane, which is a cul du sac on the east side of Oak Grove. Upon arrival, wait at the gate of 1155, so we can be escorted in as a group. Please be prompt.
Attendance is limited. If you wish to visit this collection and the grounds of the es-tate, please tell Grafton as soon as possible. Call him at 323.656.8779 or email him at [email protected].
PAPHIOPEDALUM 1st Paph. Valerie TRonkin x Todd Clark
Summer Lieu
2nd Paph. Freckles ‘White Tiger’ AM/AOS
G. & G. Stelzner
2nd Phrag. Noarmont
G. & G. Stelzner
ANGRAECOIDS
None
OTHER
None
VANDA Gold Ascda. John DeBiase ‘Angela’
AM/AOS
Annette Rossilli
SPECIES Gold Bulb. Grandiflorum
G. & G. Stelzner
*If any omissions or corrections, contact Scott Barth 310/230-1386
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Refreshments:
Members whose last names fall within are Erb thru Lieu+ on the Committee this month. Please , bring a plate of snacks / cookies / fruit that can be eaten as finger food. If you are on the list this month, please remember that you are responsible for making coffee, serving, cleanup, etc.
Hark Orchids in Michigan
www.preweb.com
http://wkzo.com
www.mlive.com
This 108 year-old family-owned German
company that specializes in the hybridiza-
tion, cultivation and propagation of or-
chids had a groundbreaking ceremony
today on its first facility in the United
States. The $6.5 million, 35,000 square
foot laboratory and climactic chamber
will be situated on 5 acres in Midlink
Business Park (atax-free state Renais-
sance).
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Continued:
They have been granted a quarter million
dollar loan by the Kalamazoo County Board
and if the firm hires 80 new employees by
2017, the loan will become a grant. Aside
from making new orchids, they also have
proprietary culture media and propagation
methods. Harken Orchideen accounts for less
that 20 percent of the orchid market in the
United States. But, the flowers it propagates,
account for about 90 percent of the orchid
market in Europe.
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