1 August, 2018 EYES ON ORCHIDS BATON ROUGE ORCHID SOCIETY Eyes On Orchids President’s Message VOLUME 60, ISSUE 8–AUGUST,2018 Meeng is August 15 at 7 p.m. at Burden Center - 4560 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA Inside this Issue President’s Message 1 Program 1 Presentation of check to Burden Center 2 Name Tags 2 Committees 2 Kitchen Help Found 3 Nostalgia Corner 4 Orchids & Ferns 5 Members Facing Surgery 6 Green Growers Pic 6 Short Course Speakers 6 Meeting Schedule 7 Birthdays 7 Green Growers 7 New Member 7 AOS Webinars 8 Show Award Winners 9 Save the Date Flyer for Short Course 10 Notes from the 11 Orchidnut Program - “Orchid Basics” Various Society members will discuss Orchid Basics at this month’s meeting. This discussion is designed to provide basic cultural information on orchids especially for new members who joined at our Show and anyone else who wants to learn the basics. What a GREAT SHOW!! I want to thank everyone for all of their hard work in mak- ing it another fantastic show in 2018, and I know that whoever is show chair next year will have a tough time improving on it. I talked with many members and show go- ers and everyone thought it was great. The vendors all had a great response and sold out of just about everything that they brought. On a sad note we said goodbye to long time vendor and judge John Stubbings of Clown Alley as he and his wife are retiring and moving to Arizona. This was his last show, we wish them both many happy years of retirement. If you have any thoughts and/or suggestions about this year’s show or ways to improve for next year please email them to me. We are going to get together to try and put everything in a calen- dar/booklet format to make the show chairpersons job easier in future years. Speaking of next year we are looking for a show chair or co-chair people for next year. This is a great way to get involved and learn a lot about orchids and meet and work with our mem- bers as well of other Orchid lovers from different are- as. I was disappointed to have to cancel our meeting in July, but Burden was redoing the floors in the confer- ence room and there was no other place to meet on See President’s message pg 3
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B A T O N R O U G E
O R C H I D S O C I E T Y Eyes On Orchids
President’s Message
V O L U M E 6 0 , I S S U E 8 – A U G U S T , 2 0 1 8
Meeting is August 15 at 7 p.m. at Burden Center - 4560 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA Inside this Issue
President’s Message 1 Program 1 Presentation of check to Burden Center 2 Name Tags 2 Committees 2 Kitchen Help Found 3 Nostalgia Corner 4 Orchids & Ferns 5 Members Facing Surgery 6 Green Growers Pic 6 Short Course Speakers 6 Meeting Schedule 7 Birthdays 7 Green Growers 7 New Member 7 AOS Webinars 8
Show Award Winners 9 Save the Date Flyer for Short Course 10
Notes from the 11 Orchidnut
Program - “Orchid Basics”
Various Society members will discuss Orchid Basics at this month’s meeting. This
discussion is designed to provide basic cultural information on orchids especially
for new members who joined at our Show and anyone else who wants to learn
the basics.
What a GREAT SHOW!! I want to thank everyone for all of their hard work in mak-ing it another fantastic show in 2018, and I know that whoever is show chair next year will have a tough time improving on it. I talked with many members and show go-ers and everyone thought it was great. The vendors all had a great response and sold out of just about everything that they brought. On a sad note we said goodbye to long time vendor and judge John Stubbings of Clown Alley as he and his wife are retiring and moving to Arizona. This was his last show, we wish them both many happy years of retirement. If you have any thoughts and/or suggestions about this year’s show or ways to improve for next year please email them to me. We are going to get together to try and put everything in a calen-dar/booklet format to make the show chairpersons job easier in future years. Speaking of next year we are looking for a show chair or co-chair people for next year. This is a great way to get involved and learn a lot about orchids and meet and work with our mem-bers as well of other Orchid lovers from different are-as. I was disappointed to have to cancel our meeting in July, but Burden was redoing the floors in the confer-ence room and there was no other place to meet on See President’s message pg 3
Jim Morrison, Treasurer and Bob Lank, presented Dr. Jeff Kuehny, Director of the LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens at Burden, a donation from the Society for additional lighting at the Conference Center where
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The cost is $10, with several fastening choices.
Committee Meetings
Publicity/Membership Committee meets September 5 by video confer-ence at 6 p.m. We welcome anyone who would like to participate. Let me know if you’re interested so we can send you the access information.
Program Committee meeting - 8 a.m. at Piccadilly on Sherwood Forest on the second Saturday of the month.
Interested persons are invited to participate in either or both Committees
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President’s Message
that date. I think that you will enjoy the new room for our meeting.
This month we will be talking about growing orchids, and our mem-
bers will be providing thoughts, suggestions and advice about growing
Cattleyas, Dendrobiums, Vandas, Oncidiums and other plants. I am asking
you to bring one of your well grown plants to discuss (whether in bloom or
not) as we ALL can learn from each other. We still need you to bring your
blooming plants for the display table – it is like having a show every
month. It is a great way to let other members and guests see what you
grow and what grows well in our area.
We will also have several Cattleyas and Dendrobiums for sale to for
the bargain price of $15/each, as well as our door prize and raffle plants.
I want to let everyone know of a couple of changes to our meeting
dates for the remainder of the year. Both our October and November meet-
ings will be moved up one week. Our October meeting will be on Wednes-
day 10/10 at the Burden Conference Center, and the November meeting
will be on Wednesday 11/14 at Burden Conference Center. As a result of
these changes there will not be Green Growers meetings those 2 months.
Also, please mark your calendars for the Christmas Party to be help on Sat-
urday 12/15, more information will be provided later.
I look forward to seeing everyone on Wednesday 8/15. Please bring
your blooming plants for the display table.
Bob Lank
President
Kitchen Help
Found!
New member Sue Hilliard has
volunteered to take over the
kitchen during Nancy’s ab-
sence taking care of Jim after
his knee surgery. Thanks,
Sue. We love having new
members step up and help
out with our activities.
If anybody would like to assist Sue, her phone # is 225-266-1022.
Cattleya jenmanii f. rubra
Found recently in a fortune cookie - “A clean tie
attracts the soup of the day.”
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✓ First reported in Alabama and Louisiana in 1775; original name was Epi.magnoliae. Currently reported from the Louisiana/Texas state line along the Gulf South and as far as North Carolina; not found in tropical Florida, and no one knows why; no record of it being found in Texas ei-ther.
✓ Found in coastal Louisiana and in one parish - W. Carroll - in far north Louisiana; probably can be found in other parts of the state but just not reported yet.
✓ When found, there is usually a large population of them.
✓ Can be found growing in ash, live oak, cypress, magnolia, and swamp tupelo trees but not on pines; has been seen growing on roofs in Talla-hassee. They grow all over the trees, even clear down the trunk to the ground.
✓ Look for them in swampy areas on mature trees, usually - but not al-ways - with resurrection fern; Not found on ju-venile trees.
✓ Resurrection fern hides it. Find it by looking for the old brown spikes sticking up from the fern.
✓ Roots hypersensitive to chemicals; use no ferti-lizer on them.
✓ Fragrant at night only.
✓ Although they are not on any threatened lists anywhere, they are under attack by collectors
✓ Pollinator is currently unknown - may be a nocturnal insect since they are fragrant at night. Bob Danka, our resident entomologist, is going to
assist Hal in research to discover the pollinator.
How to grow Epidendrum conopseum
(Magnoliae)
They are tough plants and thrive on neglect. Don’t water
them with tap water; let only the rain water them. Do
survival watering if there is no rain for several weeks. Catch rain water if
necessary. They’re cold hardy, and it’s necessary for them to get cold. Give
some shelter if temperatures reach 25° or lower. See Nostalgia page 6
Nostalgia Corner from August, 2008
Newsletter
Highlights of Hal Tibbins’ Presentation on Epidendrum conopseum (now mag-
noliae) at the July Meeting
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Ferns: Friend or Foe for Your Orchids?
Used with permission of Better-Gro Newsletter July 19, 2018
We love ferns but don't let them get mixed up with your orchids. Ferns
are orchid foes not friends!
This may sound counterintuitive in that ferns and orchids are both epi-
phytes. So, by definition, they derive their nutrition from air,
rain and their surroundings. Neither harm their host plant,
but when grown side-by-side, ferns and orchids can act like
young siblings fighting for attention. If you want your orchids
to thrive, it’s best to remove the foe before it can do any
damage.
Just like in your yard, if you don’t keep an eye on it and
perform regular maintenance, ferns and weeds grow quickly.
Both grow much faster than orchids and will trump your or-
chids for water, aeration and nutrients. So, what should you do to get rid of
this competition?
The best approach is to remove ferns and weeds at first sight. It is much
easier to get rid of a fledgling fern before it has time to dig
deep into your pot and develop a root system. Use tweezers
or your fingers to carefully remove the entire weed or fern
making sure you get all of the roots and not just the leaves.
If these pesky plants are too mature to pull, it is time to
repot. Once you have removed your orchid from its pot, you
will likely be astonished by the size and number of fern rhi-
zomes that have taken over. The good news is, you are
catching the problem before the fern or weed chokes out your
orchid.
It is important to completely eliminate the entire fern or weed root sys-
tem even if this means cutting (with sterile clippers)
some of your orchid roots. In the long run, it’s the right
thing to do. Carefully wash your plant with water and
use an old toothbrush to clean off the papery sheaths
from pseudobulbs and canes. Fern spores are virtually
impossible to see, so this step is important to prevent
new ferns from developing.
Discard all of the old potting media and sterilize your pots for reuse. Re-
plant your orchid with fresh, sterile potting medium that is
appropriate for your particular orchid.
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Nostalgia from page 4
Do not fertilize - Chemicals have an adverse effect on the roots. They re-
quire medium light.. Leaves turn red if in too much light. They don’t like to
be divided. Attach them to trees when they are found on the ground. Sili-
cone sealant can be used to mount them.
For fertilizer Hal gathers lizard droppings and dead bugs, puts them in
an envelope, and rolls with a glass to crush them; sprinkle the dust on the
plants.
Hal had promised not to be boring, and he certainly wasn’t. It was a most interesting pro-
gram about our only native epiphytic orchid.
C. Hawaiian Wed-
ding Song ‘Virgin’
Laeliocattleya Darryl Matherne
Members Facing
Surgery
Please keep members Jim Morrison and
Chip Thompson in your thoughts and
prayers as they both undergo knee sur-
gery this month. Chip’s surgery is on
the 14th and Jim’s on the 15th. We wish
them both very successful surgery and
a swift recovery.
Speakers Announced
for Orchid Short
Course on December 1
The Acadiana Orchid Society
has announced the speakers for
the December 1 Short Course.
They are Allen Black of Allen
Black Orchids (http://
ablackorchid.com) and Thanh
Nguyen Springwater Orchids
Melbourne, Florida.
Make your plans to attend
this event which is always out-
standing. See flyer on page 7.
The August 8 meeting of the Green Growers Group marked the beginning of the 27th year of meetings. Pictured at right are some of the attendees at the Au-gust meeting. Thanks to Dr. Gene Berg and his wife Thelma for opening their home to this group for this long period of time. And thanks to Gene for sharing his vast knowledge of orchids with the group. Green Growers will meet in September and then will not meet again until Janu-ary 9, 2019.
Blc. Lily Marie Almas
‘Sun Bulb’
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Meeting Schedule
September 12 - Green Growers September 19 - BROS Meeting; Program TBA September 24 - Orchids for Seniors - Program TBA
October 10 - BROS Meet-ing; Program TBA October 22 - Orchids for Seniors - Program TBA No Green Growers this month
October, 2018
Green Growers
Schedule
September 12 No meeting in October and
November Meetings are at
7 p.m. at the home of Gene & Thelma Berg
425 Nelson Dr.
September, 2018
August Birthdays
Sadie Blanchard 8/4 Pat Canning 8/28 Jimmy Clark 8/3 John Huner 8/29 Tin-Wein Yu 8/30
November, 2018 November 14 - BROS Meet-ing; Program TBA Orchids for Seniors - No Meeting this month or De-cember
New Member
We are happy to welcome the fol-
lowing new member.
Rose McDuffie
We’ll try to get her picture for the
next newsletter.
Be sure to note and mark your calendars accordingly that
our meeting in both October and November will be held
on the 2nd Wednesday instead of the 3rd Wednesday.
Tin-Wein Yu 605 Den. moschatum 1st Place (Blue Ribbon)
James Jeansonne 129 C. Helen Marie 1st Place (Blue Ribbon)
Tin-Wein Yu 335 Phal. (unnamed) 1st Place (Blue Ribbon)
Tin-Wein Yu 333 Dtps. Taisuco Micky 1st Place (Blue Ribbon)
Bob Danka 302 Sbk. robusta 1st Place (Blue Ribbon)
Lata Johnson 125 Rth. Little Fortune #15 1st Place (Blue Ribbon)
10 Awards
Bob Danka 132 C. Maui Plum AM/AOS 2nd Place (Red Ribbon) Tin-Wein Yu 702 (Unnamed) 2nd Place (Red Ribbon) Jim Morrison 142 Eyy. Grapelade 2nd Place (Red Ribbon) James Jeansonne 103 Ett. Volcano Trick 'Orange Delight' 2nd Place (Red Ribbon) Frank Zachariah 126 Lc. Sararik Wax 2nd Place (Red Ribbon) James Jeansonne 105 E. Orchid Jungle 2nd Place (Red Ribbon)
6 Awards Frank Zachariah 130 C. Angel Flare 3rd Place (White Ribbon) Bob Danka 129 Rlc. Waianae Leopard 'Ching Hua' 3rd Place (White Ribbon) James Jeansonne 116 Eyp. Sarah 3rd Place (White Ribbon) Tin-Wein Yu 610 Den. hercoglossum 3rd Place (White Ribbon) James Jeansonne 104 E. linearifolioides 3rd Place (White Ribbon) MaryJo Kellog 404 Rnc. Pacific Paranoia 3rd Place (White Ribbon)
6 Awards James Jeansonne 103 Ett. Volcano Trick 'Orange Delight'
BEST GROWN PLANT from Classes 102-105 [TROPHY]
1 Award - James Jeansonne 129 C. Helen Marie - BEST FLOWER from Classes 120-142 [TROPHY]
1 Award
Bob Danka 132 C. Maui Plum AM/AOS
Best Grown Plant in BROS Exhibit [Clyde Howland Trophy]
For a complete list of all winners at the Show see the
Society web page
www.batonrougeorchidsociety.com
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