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Newsletter of the Ottawa Orchid Society May 2018

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Next monthly meeting:

Sunday, May 20, 2018, at 1:30 p.m. Tom Brown Arena, 141 Bayview Road, Ottawa

Program: This month the Society is hosting Laura Bonnell who will be doing a presentation on Guarianthe aurantica. Laura is a third-year Associate Judge at the Toronto Additional Judging Center (Montréal), and is also on the executive committees of Les Orchidophiles de Montréal and the Eastern Canada Orchid Society, in addition to being a member of the Southern Ontario Orchid Society. An accomplished orchid grower for about 15 years, she has received no less than three AOS awards for Phalaenopsis, Masdevallia and Guarianthe. Although her favourite genus is Phalaenopsis (especially Phalaenopsis species), she has been known to try to grow anything that has orange-coloured flowers.

In This Issue 3 President’s Message 3 An End-Of-Year Dinner 2018 4 Member’s Corner 4 Orchidophilia 2018 5 How I Grow My Orchids 6-8 Dracula Reserve – Update 8 Orchid Calendar 9 Board of Directors

10-22 Orchidophilia 2018 23 Best of Class Award Winners 23 Special Award Winners 23 Alliance Award Winners 24-25 Ribbon Awards OOS Member Winners – Orchidophilia 2018 27 Montreal Judging Centre – February Awards 28 Montreal Judging Centre – March Awards 29 Montreal Judging Centre – April Awards Cover Photo: Orchidophilia 2018 OOS Exhibit Cover Photo Credit Arlene Lang

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President’s Message

Hi Everyone, As I mentioned last month, I was not able to be at the Show this year and I hope everything went well with good crowds as usual! I look forward to chatting with everyone at the May meeting to catch up on the news. Thanks to all the committee members and volunteers, and a special thanks to our Show Co-Chairs Jan and Janet. As Society President, I find it very heartening that we have such excellent support from so many members – the Society is only as strong

as the people involved. For our new members, especially those who joined during the show, welcome to the Society and please feel free to come and talk with me at any of the meetings. I know it can be a bit intimidating at first when you don’t know people, but we all share our common interest in orchids and we are always happy to have questions, ideas and suggestions from all our members. And remember what they say – there are no silly questions!

Dave Cooper

An End-Of-Year Dinner 2018

The Party Girls are planning an end-of-year dinner for Saturday, May 26, at 6:00 p.m. at the Yangtze Restaurant, 700 Somerset St. This is a great opportunity to chat with members new and old in an informal setting. You are welcome to bring your partner even if he/she doesn't like orchids! There will be a fixed menu which will cost approximately $30 and will be collected at dinner; alcoholic drinks will be your responsibility. The restaurant seats us in a semi-private area where we will be able to mix and mingle. We did this a few years ago and everyone had a good time. Please let Janet Johns (johnjns@sympatico.ca) or Helen Nitschkie (h.nitschkie@gmail.com) know if you plan to attend and let them know of any dietary restrictions. There will also be a sign-up sheet at the May meeting.

Janet and Helen

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Members’ Corner

Please welcome our new and renewed members who joined the Orchid Society in April: 1. Ms. Maryna Tsybulska 2. Mr. James Duke 3. Mr. Serge Croteau and Ms. Nathalie Comeau 4. Mr. David Broddy 5. Ms. Rachel Baulne 6. Mr. Joseph Guay

Thank you all for your continued support.

Karina Isert and Cana Balay

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Member questions: 1) How do I get rid of mites? 2) What do I do about brown fungus spots on my leaves? 3) How do I best grow Masdevallia? 4) How would I start a cool mist aquarium for cool weather orchids (such as Masdevallia)? Thank you

Nataxja Cini

Orchidophilia 2018

Orchidophilia 2018 is now in the past. Your Co-Chairs, Jan and Janet, would like to express their sincere thanks to all of you for the great effort you put into making our 37th annual show such a success. Our attendance over the two days was over 2400. Our vendors and visiting societies were impressed and happy. Please join us for a sweet treat at the May meeting – and a special offering on the raffle table from Joaillerie l’Amulette. If you haven’t already done so, please collect any road signs you took, and return them at the May meeting or to Jean Hollebone’s carport at 1176 Castle Hill Crescent just off Maitland. See you at the May meeting.

Jan and Janet Johns

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How I Grow My Orchids

Spring seems to be late this year, but my house plants have been reacting to an increase in light since February. Since moving into my present house 15 years ago, I find that some of my plants have suffered. I gave away the bigger plants (close to a metre), for whom there were no big windows that provided good light. I tried to concentrate on the smaller plants, but inevitably I either am given or purchase something big again. The big Cattleyas do OK, once I can put them outdoors, but I wind up

bringing them in, in the fall, with unwanted travellers like slugs, etc., and that is a subject for another discussion. Since I had been asked to do out-of-town shows, I found myself buying a few more plants. After our own show, at which I purchased more plants, but tried to stick to miniatures, I found the need to repot my plants. For those of you who are new to orchid growing, the question always arises when to repot? I purchased enough orchids in the flimsy plastic holders that keep the orchid roots in sphagnum moss which can cause root rot if the orchids are overwatered, because sphagnum moss does hold its water well. That is not to say that all orchids potted in sphagnum moss will rot, but in my case I group my orchids in clear plastic utility boxes and water the boxes instead of each plant. That way it takes me less time to water. I use a car siphon to drain the water into a bucket. It is not necessarily a good thing to grow the plants that way, because if you introduce a new plant to your old plants and the new plant has bugs, or viruses, then all your old plants will tend to get bugs or viruses. So, beware and keep new purchases separate from your old purchases not to introduce any problems. Because of my plant grouping, my plants retain the water longer and the sphagnum moss does not dry out, so plants such as Phalaenopsis tend to get soggy roots when potted in sphagnum in my house. I tend to water once a week, but when it is cold outside and I have old fashioned radiators that give off heat, above which my plants sit, I do sometimes give them water more often; therefore, bark is a much more preferred potting medium for my plants. Bark does disintegrate with time and needs to be changed also.

In the past I had looked into different types of potting mediums. You can find many possibilities in businesses that sell hydroponic supplies. Each material has different properties. Some, like clay pellets, can get overgrown with algae. Algal growth in small amounts is not too problematic, but in large amounts, if it smells bad, can cause orchid roots to decompose. There are some algae that are beneficial, so do some research if you wish to change your potting media. I managed to re-pot the new purchases, but still have to re-pot the overgrown orchids or ones that are in a dire need for repotting. Ideally one should re-pot a plant when it is not in flower and just starting new growth, but if it is a case of getting the plant out of rotting material, I repot when I notice the plant struggling. Now that I have purchased so many new plants, I am considering growing under lights again because my house does not have ideal lighting for my plants, but that too is a better subject for another time! Happy potting!

Barbara Wysocka

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Dracula Reserve - Update

What’s Happening with the Dracula Reserve? By Peter Tobias President, Orchid Conservation Alliance I’m sure that more than one of you would like to know how we did last year raising money for the Dracula Reserve in Ecuador, what happened to the money, and what our plans are for this year. First, the fundraising results: In a word, Amazing! From all donations and membership renewals you donated $86,221. That is a sum unmatched in our history. Additionally, through profits from our Orchids in the Wild trips, you donated $15,954. Total = $102,175. An historic first! Well done everyone. To that total the OCA board voted to add $9,167 from funds on hand, but of course these ultimately came from you also, and sent $111,342 to Rainforest Trust to be matched dollar for dollar for Fundación EcoMinga to purchase land for the Dracula Reserve. Thus, by your generosity, Fundación EcoMinga received $222,684 to expand the Dracula Reserve. I hope you all take a lot of pleasure in having made it possible for that sum to go towards preserving the habitat sheltering Dracula orchids. The maps below show where the Dracula Reserve is and what is happening to develop it. The first map, at lower left, locates the reserve in Ecuador. It is just south of the Colombian border on the west slope of the Andes. The rectangular map at right outlines a 20-mile-long valley which has an unparalleled concentration of Dracula species. Exactly why this area is so rich is not clear.

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Dracula Reserve - Update

Last year Gary Meyer, taxonomist and President of the Pleurothallid Alliance, wrote: “This area is special for a number of reasons. First and foremost, this is the region with the highest Dracula diversity that we know of – anywhere. At least 19 species have been found here; most of them were originally discovered in this area. Two are natural hybrids that keep recurring, and one very rare species that lives here is not in cultivation at all. There are things that get reported from the area occasionally that have not been identified yet; likely, species are waiting to be described. In fact, I and my Ecuadorian friend Luis Baquero described Dracula trigonopetala just a few years ago after it was found here. In all my travels to study Draculas in situ I have never seen an area with this density of Dracula diversity. Unfortunately, even though this area is essentially the epicenter of Dracula diversity, it was also completely unprotected until a coalition of conservation groups, including the OCA and EcoMinga [and the University of Basel], bought the first properties to be part of this Dracula reserve. It is not a coincidence that in my travels I find the best and most stable populations of Draculas inside protected lands. I do find them on unprotected lands, but I cannot tell you how often I and other pleurothallid hunters have returned to unprotected sites to find the plants poached or the forests obliterated.” The rectangular map shows the properties which are now, or will be in the near future, parts of the reserve. The properties colored red are now owned by Fundación EcoMinga. With the exception of the small property on the Colombian border where Phragmipedium fischeri grows, these properties were purchased in 2015. We donated $44,000 to that 2015 effort. The fischeri property was purchased in 2017. Properties in orange are in the process of being acquired. Properties in yellow are parcels whose purchase price has been negotiated but are waiting for money to be available. The properties in blue are desired for future purchase but have no purchase agreements. Their purchase is probably some years off. Also shown are two green areas; these are protected lands, but poorly monitored. The Dracula Reserve properties are monitored by two guards who live in a nearby town. This valley was only recently made accessible, and thus made open for exploitation, by the Ecuadoran government’s construction of the road through the valley. This occurred 10 – 15 years ago. Following construction of the road the valley began to be exploited

by farmers who cleared the land for ranching, cultivation, and settlement. At that time most of the land was owned by the government. As it once was in the US, individuals could homestead on the land. If they made it productive for some number of years, they could obtain paper title to the land and become the land’s formal owners. When I say above that “Properties in orange are in the process of being acquired,” in many cases this means that while the owners have homesteaded rights to the land, they do not yet have paper title and thus cannot yet sell the land. In these cases, Fundación EcoMinga is helping the owners with the paperwork so that EcoMinga can then buy the land. Many of you whom I have met at an orchid show or at a society meeting have heard me say that OCA does not own the land because we have no idea how to own or manage land in Ecuador. Often, I am referring to the complexities of the homesteading process. We have no way of assisting a landowner in Ecuador to obtain paper title to his/her land so that we could buy it. And as foreigners, although we can own land, we do not have the right to set land aside in conservation easements, which protects the land from squatters and mineral development. These are all things that Fundación EcoMinga knows how to do and can do. I hope this summary of what is happening with the Dracula Reserve has been interesting. Let me know if you have questions via peter@orchidconservationalliance.org or the OCA website www.orchidconservationalliance.org. So, what’s next? The OCA is evaluating fundraising opportunities for 2018, and we will be in touch soon to let you know where our efforts will be directed. Thank you for all of your support in 2017, and be on the lookout for information about the 2018 OCA fundraising campaign! NOTE: The Ottawa Orchid Society made a donation toward this project.

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Dracula trigonopetala

Dracula gigas Dracula vampira

Orchid Calendar

May 2018 • May 19, Montreal Judging Centre meeting at the Montreal Botanical Garden. Judging

starts at 1:00 p.m. • May 20, OOS meeting with guest speaker Laura Bonnell

Summer 2018

• Toronto Judging Center o June 2 (also Business Meeting) o July 8, in conjunction with Toronto Orchid Fest o August 4

• Montreal Judging Centre o June 16 o July 21 o August 18

• Toronto Orchid Fest o July 8, Toronto Botanical Garden o Guest Speaker: Robert Fuchs from RF Orchids, Homestead, Florida (rforchids.com) o Members interested in pre-ordering must contact RF Orchids directly.

The OOS will not be pre-ordering for members.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

If you have any suggestions, comments, thoughts or questions, please feel free to send any of us an email. We would love to hear from you.

Check out our website: OttawaOrchidSociety.com

President/Webmaster David Cooper 613-256-2853 orchidae@storm.ca Vice President Manon Garrett 613-808-6581 manon.garrett@gmail.com Past President Janet Johns 613-749-0614 johnjns@sympatico.ca Secretary Henriette Watkins 613-235-4570 watkinskc@sympatico.ca Conservation Chair Currently Vacant

Treasurer Doug Vye 613-722-6738 douglas.vye@sympatico.ca Membership/Publicity Karina Isert 613-729-0175 k.c.isert@gmail.com Program André Couture 613-233-7335 andrec.couture@sympatico.ca AOS Representative Margaret Haydon 613-825-0827 haydonm@rogers.com Mailing Address: Ottawa Orchid Society 221 Glebe Ave. Ottawa, ON K1S 2C8 Canada

Show Co-Chair Janet Johns 613-749-0614 johnjns@sympatico.ca Show Co-Chair Jan Johns 613-253-1996 janet.johns@sympatico.ca COC Representative Joyce Medcalf 613-659-2760 jmedcalf@1000island.net Newsletter Editor Aurora Richard aurora.richard@gmail.com

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Orchidophilia 2018

Photo Credit Janet Lang

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Photo Credit Hélène Mondou

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Photo Credit Aurora Richard

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Vendors area, getting set up Crowds gathering Vendors area, business in full bloom

OOS Fragrance Exhibit

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Joyce Medcalf and her Exhibit Hans Bode Award Winner Pleurothallis bivalvis 'Hill Island' CHM/AOS, Joyce Medcalf

Exhibit by Janet Johns - Best of Class Winner Exhibit by Penka Matanska - COC Trophy Winner, Exhibit by Angèle Biljan for Exhibit of 1 to 5 orchid plants 3rd Place for Exhibit of 1 to 5 orchid plants 3rd Place for Exhibit of 6 to 15 orchid plants

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Exhibit by Marcel Carrière - 2nd Place Exhibit by Exotic Orchids Plus Exhibit by Raven Vision - 2nd Place for Exhibit for Exhibit of 1 to 5 orchid plants of 26 or more orchid plants,

Show Chair's Award for Orchids/Exhibits

Best in Photography, Arlene Lang Elizabeth Kaminska Rachel MacDonald On the Run, 1st Place for Orchids in Out of the Box, 2nd Place for Digital painting featuring Show Chair's Award for Art Gallery natural habitat (straight photography) orchids (photographic composites/manipulation) Pink Slippers, Watercolours

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Exhibit by Les Orchidophiles de Montréal – Best of Class Winner for Exhibit of 26 or more orchid plants and

Visiting Orchid Society, AOS Trophy

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Special Visitors

Susan and Chris Tibbs made a special trip to Orchidophilia 2018 from Nova Scotia to celebrate Susan's birthday. As orchid-growing materials are not readily available near their home, they managed to fill up their car with new plants as well as growing supplies for the drive back.

Happy Birthday, Susan! Thanks for spending your birthday at Orchidophilia!

Photo Credit Arlene Lang

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Orchidophilia 2018

Best of Class Award Winners

Class Description Exhibitor 1 Exhibit of 1 to 5 Plants Janet Johns 2 Exhibit of 6 to 15 Plants Windsor Orchid Society 3 Exhibit of 16 to 25 Plants Orchids in Our Tropics 4 Exhibit of more than 26 Plants Les Orchidophiles de Montréal 6 Educational Exhibit Céline Camirand and Manon St-Pierre 7 Visiting Society Award Les Orchidophiles de Montréal 8 COC Trophy Class Penka Matanska

Special Award Winners

Award Description Exhibitor AOS American Orchid Society Trophy Display of 26 or more orchid plants Les Orchidophiles de Montréal BP Best Plant in Show (In honour of Pamela Gaskill) Phalaenopsis Zheng Min Koala 'Crystal Star' AM/AOS Crystal Star Orchids BSP Best Specimen Plant Encyclia cordigera Crystal Star Orchids BS Best Species Bulbophyllum annamense 'Crownpoint' CCE/AOS Les Orchidophiles de Montréal HB Hans Bode Trophy Pleurothallis bivalvis 'Hill Island' CHM/AOS Joyce Medcalf SC-1 Show Chair's Award (Orchids/Exhibits) Display of 26 or more orchid plants Raven Vision SC-2 Show Chair's Award (Art Gallery) Pink Slippers Rachel MacDonald

Alliance Award Winners

Alliance Description Exhibitor B. Cattleya Alliance Encyclia cordigera Crystal Star Orchids C. Cypripedium Alliance Phragmipedium Fritz Schomburg Piping Rock Orchids D1. Phalaenopsis/Doritis Alliance Phalaenopsis Zheng Min Koala 'Crystal Star' AM/AOS Crystal Star Orchids D2. Vanda Alliance Vanda miniata Orchids in Our Tropics E. Oncidium Alliance Oncidium Splinter 'Brookside' HCC/AOS Di Ciommo Orchids F. Cymbidium Alliance Cymbidium finlaysonianum 'Carmen Lussier' HCC/AOS Les Orchidophiles de Montréal G. Dendrobium Alliance Dendrobium Yellow Stars Crystal Star Orchids H. Pleurothallid Alliance Masdevallia herradurae 'Sirene' CCM/AOS Sharon Pearce, Eastern Canada Orchid Society I. Maxillaria Alliance Angulocaste Apollo 'Yellow Hammer' FCC/AOS Les Orchidophiles de Montréal J. Miscellaneous Genera Bulbophyllum annamense 'Crownpoint' CCE/AOS Les Orchidophiles de Montréal K. Fragrance Oncidium Heaven Scent 'Redolence' Di Ciommo Orchids M. Photography On the Run Arlene Lang N. Fine Art Orchid #1 - pastel Student - Shirley Zeng

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Ribbon Awards OOS Member Winners – Orchidophilia 2018

Class Award Description Name 1 1st Exhibit of 1 to 5 orchid plants Janet Johns 2nd Exhibit of 1 to 5 orchid plants Marcel Carrière 3rd Exhibit of 1 to 5 orchid plants Penka Matanska 2 3rd Exhibit of 6 to 15 orchid plants Angèle Biljan 8 1st COC Trophy Class Penka Matanska 10 1st Encyclia profusa Betty Warrington-Kearsley (OOS) 3rd Encyclia cochleata Maria Martins 11 3rd Epidendrum No Name Hybrid Ann Smutylo (OOS) 12b 2nd Rhyncholaelia digbyana 'Mrs. Chase' AM/AOS Jean Hollebone (OOS) 20 2nd Brassolaeliocattleya Ports of Paradise 'Emerald Isle' FCC/AOS Janet Johns 21 1st Rhyncholaeliocattleya William Farrell 'Native Son' x

Rhyncattleanthe Schroder's Love 'SVO' AM/AOS Masa Matsuo (OOS)

3rd Cattlianthe Jewel Box 'Scheherazade' AM/AOS Bev Burtnyk (OOS) 29 1st Paphiopedilum wenshanense Jean Hollebone (OOS) 29 2nd Paphiopedilum concolor Hessalene Attong (OOS) 33a 2nd Paphiopedilum Pacific Magic Hélène Mondou (OOS) 33b 1st Paphiopedilum callosum 'Nice & Tall' x Paphiopedilum Hilo

Leopard 'Spotted Master' AM/AOS Marcel Carrière

2nd Paphiopedilum Magically Wood Jan Johns (OOS) 3rd Paphiopedilum Maudiae Marcel Carrière 34 2nd Paphiopedilum Chiara (sukhakulii x lawrenceanum) Serge Croteau (OOS) 40 1st Phragmipedium Majestic Tresses Angèle Biljan 43 3rd Phalaenopsis japonica Ann Smutylo (OOS) 49 2nd Phalaenopsis No Name Hybrid Marcel Carrière 3rd Phalaenopsis No Name Hybrid Hans Bode (OOS) 3rd Phalaenopsis No Name Hybrid Hans Bode (OOS) 51 3rd Phalaenopsis Sogo Tris 2457 Jean Hollebone (OOS) 3rd Phalaenopsis Ox Golden Apple 'Ox 1595' AM/AOS Helen Nitschkie (OOS) 52 3rd Phalaenopsis Memoria Audrey Meldman 'Mendenhall' Helen Nitschkie (OOS) 53 3rd Phalaenopsis No Name Hybrid Janet Johns 3rd Phalaenopsis Tying Shin Golden City 'TS-004' FCC/AOS Angèle Biljan 68 2nd Vanda Kulwadee Fragrance Exotic Orchids Plus 69b 2nd Vandachostylis Walnut Valley Helen Nitschkie (OOS) 70b 1st Brascidostele Gilded Tower Angèle Biljan 3rd Brassostele Tarantula 'Sweet Orange' Angèle Biljan 72 2nd Miltoniopsis Bert Field 'Eileen' HCC/AOS Bev Burtnyk (OOS) 3rd Oncidium Point Wood (Wildwood x Tiger Point) Exotic Orchids Plus 74 3rd Oncidium Space Race 'Coco' Bev Burtnyk (OOS) 3rd Oncidesa Sweet Sugar 'Lemon Drop' HCC/AOS Hélène Mondou (OOS) 76 2nd Oncostele Blackata 'Night Watch' x Oncidium warscewiczii Exotic Orchids Plus

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Class Award Description Name 'Compactum'

82a 1st Dendrobium primulinum Marcel Carrière 85 3rd Dendrobium Lai's Gold Queen Masa Matsuo (OOS) 89 3rd Masdevallia ferrusii 'Valentine Sweetheart' CHM/AOS Joyce Medcalf 90 2nd Masdevallia Adrian Kalb 'Dylan' AM/AOS Joyce Medcalf 92a 1st Pleurothallis bivalvis 'Hill Island' CHM/AOS Joyce Medcalf 2nd Pleurothallis microcardia Joyce Medcalf 3rd Pleurothallis omoglossa 'Hill Island' CBR/CCM/CCE/AOS Joyce Medcalf 92b 2nd Lepanthes sijmii Joyce Medcalf 2nd Scaphosepalum verrucosum Joyce Medcalf 3rd Porroglossum meridionale Joyce Medcalf 93a 3rd Lycaste cruenta Helen Nitschkie (OOS) 93b 3rd Anguloa Wild Tudor x Lycaste Jackie-Bear Exotic Orchids Plus 94a 1st Maxillaria tenuifolia Maria Martins 99 2nd Phaius tankervilleae Exotic Orchids Plus 100 3rd Phalaenopsis No Name Hybrid Ann Smutylo (OOS) 101 2nd Maxillaria tenuifolia Maria Martins 151 1st On the Run Arlene Lang 152 2nd Out of the Box Elizabeth Kaminska

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Montreal Judging Centre – February Awards

Paphiopedilum Genevieve Booth ‘Jardin botanique de Montréal’

HCC/AOS 76 points

Owner: Jardin botanique de Montréal

Photo Credit Thang Dam

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Montreal Judging Centre – March Awards

Les Orchidophiles Orchid Show

Phalaenopsis Yellow Chocolate ‘Orchis’

HCC/AOS 75 points Owner: Orchis Floriculturing

Paphiopedilum Mystically Wood ‘Haley Suzanne’

AM/AOS 83 points Owner: Glen Decker (Piping Rock Orchids)

Propetalum La Jolla Delight ‘Hilo Orchid Farm’

AM/AOS 80 points Owner: Carri Raven-Reimann (orchidPhile)

Phragmipedium kovachii

“Le Jardin botanique de Montréal’ AM/AOS 81 points

Owner: Le Jardin botanique de Montréal’

Display Silver certificate and OAS Trophy

Presented to Les Orchidophiles de Montreal

Photo Credit Denis Maheux

Montreal Judging Centre – April Awards

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Ottawa Show

Dendrobium Spring Dream ‘Apollon’

HCC/AOS 77 points Owner: Laura Bonnell

Lepanthes matamorosii CHM/AOS 82 points HCC/AOS 79 points

Owners: Jay Norris and Max Wilson

Display Les Orchidophiles de Montréal

ST/AOS 89 points SC/AOS 89 points

Work by: Mario Mireault and Sébastien Charron

Oncidium Lois Posey

AM/AOS 81 points Owner: Jean Allen-Ikeson

Phragmipedium Fritz Schomburg

AM/AOS 83 points Owner: Piping Rock Orchids

Educational Exhibit

"Les Filles de Montréal" EC/AOS 85 points

Work by: Céline Camirand

Photo Credit Patrick Boisvert

10th Annual Water Garden Tour

10ième Tournée Annuelle des Jardins d'Eau Saturday, June 23, 2018 Samedi, le 23 juin, 2018

10 Daytime visits 9:00 am to 5:00 pm - Visites de jour 9h à 17h

1 Evening visit 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm - En soirée- 19h à 23h Tickets - $20.00 per person Billets - $20.00 par personne

ON SALE…. starting May 1st EN VENTE…. à compter du 1er Mai CASH SALES ONLY AT THESE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: ARGENT COMPTANT AUX COMMERCES SUIVANTS

RITCHIE FEED AND SEED 1390 Windmill Lane (613-741-4430) & 2079 Carp Rd (613-836-6880) & 5901 Ottawa Street (613-838-5959)

ARTISTIC LANDSCAPE DESIGNS LTD 2079 Bank Street (613-733-8220)

PETER KNIPPEL NURSERY 4590 Bank Street (south of Leitrim) (613-822-0383)

BIG AL’S 1900 Innes Road (613-244-3474)

RIDEAU WOODLAND RAMBLE 7210 Burritt’s Rapids Road (between Kemptville and Merrickville) (613-258-3797)

BUDD GARDENS 2832 Innes Road (613-830-4328)

KB BACKYARD DEPOT 1770 Manotick Station Road (613-821-7953)

NESBITTS GREENHOUSE 147 Eardley Road, GATINEAU (AYLMER AREA) (819-684-5877)

BEYOND THE HOUSE 144 Craig Street, RUSSELL (613-445-5214)

www.ottawawatergardens.com Proceeds from Water Garden Tours go towards community projects in the Ottawa area.