The Ottawa Orchid Society meets every third Sunday of every month from September to May inclusive at 1:30 P.M. at the Tom Brown Arena, 141 Bayview, Ottawa. Guests are welcome. MEMBERSHIP: $25 from September 1 - August 31. Next monthly meeting: Sunday, December 15 th , 2013 @ 1:30 p.m. Tom Brown Arena, 141 Bayview, Ottawa This month is our annual Christmas Social, the time for everyone to meet with old friends, new members and exchange orchid tips and good cheer. You are invited to bring treats and sweets for the snack table. We will also be holding a free raffle for members of the society. However, to have something to raffle, we need donations. Donations are not obligatory, but greatly appreciated. You can donate a small orchid, this can be a division of one of your plants, or some orchid-related item for the raffle. The orchid related item can be some potting material (charcoal, clay, bark, moss, etc.), an orchid picture, orchid cards, plant labels, fertilizer or an orchid book (old or new). Hope you can attend to renew old friendships and make new friends. From everyone on the Board, a very Merry Christmas to you and peace and good will to all. For members and friends who are of other faiths or do not celebrate this time of year, sincerest best wishes of the Season and good health. www.ottawaorchidsociety.com Board of Directors President Jean Hollebone 613-226-2395 [email protected]Vice President Patrick Boisvert (613) 996-6228 [email protected]Secretary Janet Johns 613-749-0614 [email protected]Treasurer Doug Vye 613-722-6738 [email protected]Membership Helen Nitschkie 613-823-6876 [email protected]Program André Couture 613-233-7335 [email protected]Show Chairman / Webmaster David Cooper 613-256-2853 [email protected]Newsletter Editor /Past President Rick Sobkowicz 613-825-0827 [email protected]AOS Representative Margaret Haydon 613-825-0827 [email protected]Conservation Representative Roy John 613-748-9963 [email protected]COC Representative Joyce Medcalf 613-659-2760 [email protected]Mailing address Ottawa Orchid Society 13 Sandringham Court, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2J 2H9 December 2013 E Newsletter of the Ottawa Orchid Society Don’t forget to bring your blooming orchids to our monthly show table.
December 2013ENewsletter of the Ottawa Orchid Society
our monthly show table.
Next monthly meeting: Sunday, December 15th, 2013 @ 1:30 p.m.Tom Brown Arena, 141 Bayview, Ottawa
month is our annual Christmas Social, the time for everyone to meetold friends, new members and exchange orchid tips and good cheer.
are invited to bring treats and sweets for the snack table. We will also being a free raffle for members of the society. However, to have somethingffle, we need donations. Donations are not obligatory, but greatlyeciated. You can donate a small orchid, this can be a division of one ofplants, or some orchid-related item for the raffle. The orchid related item
be some potting material (charcoal, clay, bark, moss, etc.), an orchidre, orchid cards, plant labels, fertilizer or an orchid book (old or new).
e you can attend to renew old friendships and make new friends.
everyone on the Board, a very Merry Christmas to you and peace andwill to all. For members and friends who are of other faiths or do not
brate this time of year, sincerest best wishes of the Season and goodth.
Don’t forget to bring your blooming orchids to
The Ottawa Orchid Society meets every third Sunday ofevery month from September to May inclusive
at 1:30 P.M. at the Tom Brown Arena, 141 Bayview, Ottawa.Guests are welcome.
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENTDecember is party month and a time for just plain fun together.Don't forget to bring a small gift if you can to the meeting onDecember 15, a few treats and your best flowering orchids forthe Show table. Your board has been working all year for youand I would like to thank them for their efforts. Each job isimportant and together they give us the fine programs, Orchids101, web site and newsletter, hospitality etc. that we all enjoy.
And now we would like a small gift back from you as members.Please tell us whether the Society is meeting your needs, and ifnot tell us how we can better serve you. We are open to allsuggestions. We already have one suggestion, to have aprogram on trends in Phalaenopsis breeding and we are
searching for a speaker to meet that request. Give us up to 3 suggestions and put them in the suggestion box whichwill be on the show table. Your Board will review them in the New Year and report back to you. The American OrchidSociety is also conducting a campaign shortly to determine how it can better serve its members and attract new ones.Some suggestions are: updated power point presentations with audio for those meetings when the speaker doesn't orcan't show; T-shirts upon buying membership, free cultural information on the web site, extensions to the magazineOrchids when you buy an electronic copy there are links to other articles of related interest.
Looking foward to seeing you in December at our Christmas party.Happy growing,
The Trustees and Members meeting was held in Coral Gables with most of the meetings being held at FairchildBotanic Gardens (the new home of the AOS). It was a great opportunity to get to know Fairchild and for Fairchild tosee what the AOS is about. A nice show was arranged by the Coral Gables Orchid Society and at the AOS judging,awards were given to many local orchidists. In conjunction with the meetings, a number of AOS awards werepresented. The Distinguished Affiliated Society Award (DSSA) was given to the Orchid Society of WesternPennsylvania for their volunteer commitment to Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh. An article will be forthcoming inOrchids about their joint project whereby they will be assisting in the establishment of an historic slipper orchidcollection. An AOS Gold Medal was given to Harold Koopowitz for his dedication to orchids in conservation, biology,hybridizing and publishing; two AOS Silver Medals were bestowed upon Aileen Garrison and Jose Izquierdo inrecognition of their service to the AOS judging system. Leon Glicenstein was recognized with an AOS Fellow for hisoutstanding scientific, horticultural and hybridizing in addition, Leonid Averyanov was recognized with an AOS Fellowfor his work on Vietnam orchids. Two Hybridizing awards were presented to Milton Carpenter for his work withOncidiinae and warmth-tolerant cymbidiums and to Gene Crocker of Carter and Holmes for his art-shade cattleyas.
Anyone wishing to be considered for judging at the 21st
WOC in South Africa, must submit their application to do so byDecember 31, 2013. There will be no late registrations considered. In addition, discounted registration ends onDecember 31, 2013. For more information or to register, go to www.woc21.org.
Save the date for the Spring Members and Trustees meeting to be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 30 throughMay 4, 2014 in conjunction with their show – Orchids – A Growing Obsession. This event will be held in conjunctionwith meetings of the Mid-America Orchid Congress, the Slipper Orchid Alliance, the International PhalaenopsisAlliance, Pleurothallid Alliance and Angraecoid Alliance.
Wishing you all the best during this holiday season and for a happy 2014.
THANK YOU JANET and JOHN JOHNS!The Society would like to thank Janet and John Johns for hosting our last two out-of-town guestspeakers, Francisco Miranda (November guest speaker) and Tom Etheridge (October guest speaker).Our out-of-town speakers appreciate very much the kindness, warmth and hospitality extended to themwhen they arrive in Ottawa. Oftentimes our speakers arrive by plane at the Ottawa airport and are metby Janet who picks our speakers up, brings them to her home and makes sure they arrive in good timeat the Tom Brown Arena to set up their presentation and sale table if they are bringing plants for sale.Janet and John look after our guests’ needs during their stay in Ottawa until it is time for our guests todepart for home or to another orchid society destination in Canada. Thank you very much, Janet and
John for everything you do!
If any member would like to host any one of our out-of-town speakers, please let Jean Hollebone or André Coutureknow. It’s a wonderful way to make new friends and learn a lot of new things.
2014 OOS ANNUAL SHOW
Dave Cooper, our Show Chairman (pictured on left, photo taken by Arlene Lang), along withJanet Johns, our 2014 Show Co-Chair, held their first show committee meeting this November17
that the McNabb Community Centre. Many of the Society members who have served on the
Show Committee in past years have volunteered to continue which is always a great help.Thank you one and all!!! At the end of this newsletter members will find a List of the ShowCommittee Members looking after the different show related responsibilities. In the monthsahead we will be looking for volunteers to help with specific activities. This volunteer help isessential as there are many things to do. If you would like to help or would like to learn moreinformation about a particular show activity, do not hesitate to contact either one of our ShowCo-Chairs or the member looking after the show activity that may be of interest to you.
As most members now know, our 2014 show will not be held at the Nepean Sportsplex. The 2014 show will be heldApril 19
th-20
th(Easter Weekend) at the Kanata Recreational Complex (KRC) located at 100 Walter Baker Place,
Ottawa, ON K2V 1A2, just off from Terry Fox Drive. Special arrangements have been made with the City of Ottawa toopen the Complex expressly for us to hold our annual show. We hope to return to the Nepean Sportsplex in 2015.
The 2014 show posters have been produced and the English and French versions are available on the Society’s website (http://www.ottawaorchidsociety.com/show_2010.html). In view of the change of venue, we are encouragingmembers to inform their friends and any other folks you may know who may be interested in our show of the newplace and time of our show. It would be unfortunate if folks coming to our show for many years go to the NepeanSportsplex under the mistaken assumption that we are at the same location in 2014. So please do share this info withfolks you know who may have an interest in what our show offers.
Welcome to our newest members: Pawel and Hilda Kisielewski.
Members are reminded that if you have a new e-mail address, please advice Helen Nitschkieso that she can amend her membership list as well as our e-mail mailing list if you wish tocontinue receiving our OOS announcements.
HOSPITALITYWe are pleased to report that Barbara Wysocka has volunteered tolook after our hospitality nook at the Tom Brown Arena at ourmonthly Society meetings. Thank you very much, Barbara!
Barbara also secured the help of a new member, Hazel Patterson.Barbara has been bringing some of her home baked delights to thepast several meetings to the delight of many members. At theNovember meeting, Hazel pitched in with some of her own deliciousbaked cookies. Your editor can attest that their baked creations arewonderful. There are also one or more gluten free home bakedtreats if you have an allergy to gluten.
Thank you, Hazel, for your help and volunteering in thisimportant area. We also have noted that you havevolunteered to help on the Show Committee. Thanks a
lot for pitching in on all these fronts!
Above, on left we have Hazel (in white sweater) with Barbara providing tea, coffee, cake and cookies tomembers. Thanks a lot for posing, ladies! Photo taken by Rick Sobkowicz.
GET WELL WISHESWe have heard that Mick Morry had a heart attack on November 22 and is now at homerecuperating from an emergency stent heart surgery. Best wishes from everyone in theSociety to you, Mick, and hope you make a speedy and full recovery!
We have also heard that Angèle Biljan will be undergoing somefurther surgery this week following a serious heart operation sheunderwent a month and a half ago. Good luck, Angèle, from all yourfriends in the Society!
NEWS FROM THE MONTREAL JUDGING CENTREMembers are reminded to bring their plants to the Montreal Judging Centre on the third Saturday of every month atthe Montreal Botanical Garden. Judging starts usually around 12:30pm. If you would like more information on thejudging centre or the AOS judging program, speak to either Joyce Medcalf or André Couture.
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OOS Show Table for NOVEMBER, 17, 2013CLASS/ALLIANCE PLACE NAME OWNER
Cattleya Alliancejudged by Francisco Miranda
1st ** Rhyncholaeliocattleya (Syn. Blc.) Ports of
ParadiseJanet Johns
2nd ** Cattleya (Syn. Slc) Mango Spice Ginette St. Laurent
All orchid plant names with ** have been either corrected or updated as shown above, from the original informationprovided by the plant owner. Owners are requested to update or correct their plant name tags accordingly. Thank you,once again, Joyce Medcalf, for checking all the names.
Thanks to Arlene Lang once again for her beautiful photographs of Show table orchids.
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Above, from left: Show Table Judging, André Couture; Show Table Judging with Francisco Miranda and JeanHollebone who is placing the ribbons; and, Joyce Medcalf judging the Cypripedium Alliance.
Above, from left: Best in Show Winner, Joyce Medcalf with her Pleurothallis correllii 'Hill Island' CHM/AOS; close upof Pleurothallis correllii 'Hill Island' CHM/AOS; and, close up of the flowers of Pleurothallis correllii 'Hill Island'CHM/AOS.
Above, from left: Member's Choice Winner, Geraldine Hebert and her Oncidium Tiger Crow 'Golden Girl' HCC/AOS;close ups of the Member’s Choice Winner, Oncidium Tiger Crow 'Golden Girl' HCC/AOS.
Above, from left: Phalaenopsis No Name White, Sue Bowering; Phalaenopsis No Name (1st
place winner in novicecategory) grown by Peter Mazerolle; Paphiopedilum spicerianum, Angèle Biljan; close up of one of the blooms onAngèle Biljan’s Paphiopedilum spicerianum.
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Above, from left: Two photos taken from different angles of Bulbophyllum (lobbii x sumatranum)(Syn. lobbii) grown byRita Shand; and, Pleurothallis octavioi, Joyce Medcalf.
Above, from left: Phragmipedium andreettae, Angèle Biljan; Oncostele (Syn. Odontocidium) Black Beauty, LynneGuimond & Santos Peixe; Cattleya Nigritian 'King of Kings' AM/AOS, Janet Johns; and, Pleurothallis microcardia,Joyce Medcalf.
Above, from left: Phalaenopsis No Name (2nd
place winner) grown by Peter Mazerolle; Paphiopedilum WössnerConcomal (Paphiopedilum concolor x Paphiopedilum malipoense), Lynne Guimond & Santos Peixe; Oncidopsis (Syn.Burrageara) Nelly Isler 'Swiss Beauty', Angèle Biljan; and, Acianthera scalpricaulis, Joyce Medcalf.
Above, from left: Two miniature orchids: Oberonia brachystachys (top) & Macroclinium aurorae (bottom), AngèleBiljan; Oberonia brachystachys, Angèle Biljan; Macroclinium aurorae, Angèle Biljan; close up of Macrocliniumaurorae, Angèle Biljan; and, Phalaenopsis Sweet Strawberry, Angèle Biljan.
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Above, from left: Paphiopedilum F. C. Puddle, Michael Barker; Cymbidium Sweetheart 'Elegance', Angèle Biljan; and,close up of Cymbidium Sweetheart 'Elegance', Angèle Biljan.
Above, from left: Cattleya (Syn. Slc) Mango Spice, Ginette St. Laurent; Pleurothallis correllii 'Gerda's Gift'CBR/CCM/AOS, Joyce Medcalf; Phragmipedium Inti's Tears, Angèle Biljan; and, Phalaenopsis No Name, AngèleBiljan.
Above, from left: Rhyncholaeliocattleya (Syn. Blc.) Ports of Paradise, Janet Johns; Phragmipedium Estee Hanson,Angèle Biljan; Brassidium FANGtastic Bob Henley, Lynne Guimond & Santos Peixe; and, Phalaenopsis Red Dragon,Angèle Biljan.
Above, from left: Vandachostylis (Syn. Neostylis) Lou Sneary, Angèle Biljan; Bulbophyllum medusae 'Orchidglade II'CCA/SFOS, Angèle Biljan; close up of one of the blooms on Bulbophyllum medusae 'Orchidglade II' CCA/SFOS,Angèle Biljan; and, Rhyncholaeliocattleya Mount Hood, Lynne Guimond & Santos Peixe.
Additional show table photos (photos taken by Rick Sobkowicz)
Above, from left: Photo of one of our newest members, Peter Mazerolle, who won a 1st
and 2nd
place ribbon with hisunnamed miniature phals in the Novice Category. Congratulations, Peter! View of show table with Jean Hollebone inforeground; another angle of our November show table with our photographer, Arlene Lang, focusing on her nextshow table photo; and, Cattleya intermedia grown by David Kalb.
Other Photos from November Meeting (photos taken by Rick Sobkowicz)In addition to our show table, we usually have Society members who are selling orchids from their own collections.Sometimes these plants are as stunning as the plants on the show table. However, because they are not on the showtable, these plants are not ribbon judged. So here is a “peek” of what you can buy from our members at our monthlymeetings:
Above, from left: Sale table orchids belonging to Lynne Guimond and Santos Peixe of Exotic Orchids Plus (tel. #613-525-0164, e-mail: [email protected]); Odcdm. Catatante ‘Pacific Sun Spots’ belonging to Lynne & Santos;Beallara (Bllra.) Marfitch ‘Howard’s Dream’, Lynne Guimond and Santos Peixe; and, Wilsonara (Wils.) Lisa Devos‘Burgundy’ AM/AOS. Lynne Guimond and Santos Peixe.
Above, from left: Miltassia (Mtssa.) C.M. Fitch ‘Izumi’, Lynne Guimond and Santos Peixe; Oncidioda (Oncda.) HulaHalau ‘Volcano Queen’, Lynne Guimond and Santos Peixe; and, Laeliocattleya (Lc.) Cornelia ‘Kalapana’, LynneGuimond and Santos Peixe. Lynne and Santos are one of our last orchid vendors in the Ottawa Orchid Society sellingorchid plants to members and the general public. They live in Green Valley, Ontario.
NOVEMBER MEETINGThe November meeting with our guest speaker, FranciscoMiranda of Miranda Orchids (Brazil), was an excellent andinformative presentation. Francisco (pictured on the rightstanding between our Society President, Jean Hollebone,and our Program Coordinator, André Couture) provided avery interesting overview of the Brazilian ecology andexplanation of where the different orchids grow. Sadly, asthe Brazilian surface is stripped of its natural vegetation,the orchid species that once grew in these areas haveeither disappeared or are disappearing at an alarmingrate.
Francisco brought with him a generous and diverse supplyof Brazilian orchid species grown by Miranda Orchids.These plants were priced below his catalog price andmembers buying his plants at the November meetingsaved themselves the shipping, handling and documentation fee that would have applied if buying these identicalplants by mail order. There were a lot of excited members acquiring plants and we hope to see these beautiful orchidsin bloom at upcoming monthly meetings and in our annual show.
Our sincerest thanks to Francisco for coming to Ottawa. It was a pleasure to have him. Many thanks to all the OOSmembers who made this visit possible, took care of Francisco and helped him with the sale table.
Above from left: Francisco’s sale table at the mid-point of our meeting; examples of some of the orchid species thatwere available for purchase: Cattleya intermedia aquinii x sib; Cattleya harrisoniana (Peloric); Cattleya leopoldii; and,Cattleya maxima. All these orchid species were offered for sale at $20 (CDN.).
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There were approximately 55 members and one orchid in the audience to hear Francisco’s special presentation.
SILENT AUCTIONAt most monthly OOS meetings, membersand visitors will see a table towards the backand off to the side of the meeting roomlooking very much like what you see in thephoto on the right. This is our silent auctiontable. What you see on the table are booksthat were once in our society library. As ourlibrary received less and less use and itbecame harder and harder to find volunteersto help with the library, the Society decidedto close down this one aspect of Societyactivity and the books are being made available to anyone wishing to buy any one of the books on theauction table by way of a silent bid. There are many expensive books in the library collection and many ofthem are no longer available from the publisher so if you are interested in owning a hardcopy edition, this isone way to acquire your copy and at a much reduced price to the original retail price.
Some of the more expensive and scarcer books have minimum bids at which the bidding may begin. Othershave no minimum or reserve bid and will be sold to the highest bidder. Persons interested in any book areencouraged to write their name and bid on the bidding sheet corresponding to their book of interest. Thething that makes a silent auction different from a regular auction is that the bidding action ceases at anunknown time, sometimes with or without forewarning and the highest bidder gets their “prize”. You canreturn anytime to the bidding table to revise your bid but if you wait until moments before the auctionceases, you may risk not writing down your bid in time. So if you really, REALLY want something on thebidding table, write down your highest comfortable bid and hope you are not outbid.
Good luck at the next silent auction.
(Editor’s note: There will be no silent auction of library books at the December meeting.)
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ORCHID SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN RENEWAL INVITATION FOR 2014I have received a letter from Mrs. Sue Johnson, Membership Secretary of the Orchid Society of Great Britain (OSGB),the subject of which was renewal invitations for 2014. She indicated:
...“Thankfully, we have been able to hold the cost of membership for another year. Therefore, a fee of £22 perrenewing member is due by the end of December.
Thank you in advance for organizing this for your members, and on behalf of the Orchid Society of Great Britain, Isend you all our kindest regards and all good wishes.
Yours sincerely,Sue Johnson (Mrs)Membership Secretary”
I already have a number of folks who have signed up for OSGB 2014 memberships and I will collect the names of anyother interested folks at the Dec. 15, 2013 OOS meeting. I will then send a group money order and list of members’names to the OSGB before the end of Dec. and at that time the exchange rate in Canadian dollars will be determined.(By way of example the 2013 membership was $35.60 per member as a bulk shipment to the OOS address at myhome.) When the first edition of the 2014 journal arrives in the New Year I will ask you for payment at the time of theearliest OOS monthly meeting. Note there are 4 journals (approx. 60+ pages per journal) each year. I will haveexamples for you to view or borrow at the December OOS meeting. Please stop by and have a look.
Sincere thanks for your interest,Margaret HaydonAOS Representative
THANK YOU, IAN NUNN!Ian Nunn is downsizing his
orchid collection. At theNovember meeting, Ianbrought his cymbidiums
and offered these plants for sale tomembers at a generous price. These orchids werevery well taken care of and in very good shape.What Ian did not sell, he very kindly donated to theSociety’s raffle table. Ian, thank you very much foryour very kind donation. It was very muchappreciated.
At the November meeting Ian also remarked that he had a grow stand for sale. This is a very well designedand constructed grow stand produced by Ian. Ian is an engineer and your editor has seen this stand and wasimpressed by Ian’s work. You can place a lot of orchids on each individual shelf. If this is of interest toanyone, please contact Ian direct. His e-mail is [email protected] and phone number is 613-722-6687.
Dec. 14 Montreal Judging Centre Monthly Judging at the Jardin Botanique deMontréal, corner of Sherbrooke St. East and Pie IX Blvd.
Dec. 15 DECEMBER OOS MONTHLY MEETINGThe December meeting will be a celebration of the year gone by with Santa!
In 2014Feb 8-9 Southern Ontario Orchid Society (SOOS) Annual Orchid Show and Sale at the
Toronto Botanical Garden, 777 Lawrence Avenue East (corner of LeslieStreet).
March 1-2 Orchid Society of the Royal Botanical Gardens (OSRBG) Annual Orchid Show andSale, 680 Plains Rd., Burlington, Ontario. Further details to be announced.
March 29-30 ORCHIDEXPO 2014, CÉGEP DE MAISONNEUVE, 2700 rue Bourbonnière,Montréal, west of the Pie IX Métro. Sat. 12:00 to 6:00 pm, Sunday, 9:00 –5:00 pm. Adults $10, children and seniors $8. For more details, visitwww.orchidophilesmontreal.ca
April 19-20 Ottawa Orchid Society’s 33rd
Annual Orchid Show and Sale, KanataRecreational Centre, 100 Walter Baker Place, Kanata, Ontario. ShowChairman: Dave Cooper, e-mail: [email protected] (H) 613-256-2853.Show Co-Chair: Janet Johns, e-mail: [email protected] (H) 613-749-0614Show schedule, registration forms, list of participating vendors, show posterwill be posted to the Society’s web site ( www.ottawaorchidsociety.com ) as this information isavailable.
Sep 10-14 21st World Orchid Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, Sandton Convention Centre. This worldorchid show is held every 3 years.
In 2015From: Heather Anderson [mailto:[email protected]]Sent: December-04-13 3:36 PM
Subject: Save the Date for the 2015 Canadian Orchid Congress
Hello:The Saskatchewan Orchid Society (SOS) is pleased to announce that they will be hosting the 2015 Canadian OrchidCongress (COC) Annual Meeting on March 27
th– 29
th. The event will be held in conjunction with Gardenscape,
Saskatchewan’s most extensive show about gardening and yards. The event is attended by upward of 26,000 peopleand is rated the number one show in Western Canada. The event will be an American Orchid Society (AOS)
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