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BUCKS COUNTY ORCHID SOCIETY NEWSLETTER
March, 2018
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BCOS Meeting and Program
March 15, 2018 Churchville Nature Center
501 Churchville Lane
Churchville, PA 18966
Show Table Setup-7:00 p.m.
Meeting 7:30 p.m.
Program: BCOS AT THE FLOWER SHOW Our program this month will be highlights of the PHS Flower Show, and will focus on the 2 displays that BCOS sponsored. Sandy & Frank Kern will have a slide show presentation and will answer questions. Their presentation will deal with the various com-ponents of the Flower Show and will detail the two displays that they created with the help of Alan Block, and Wayne and Dar-ia Braddock. Sandy's sister Sue Helfand also helped with setup, and their cousin Tom Hillman painted the lettering and orchids on the door. Both displays re-ceived Honorable Mention from 2 separate judging panels. Yel-low Sweet Sugar oncidiums that were in the show will be for sale at our meeting. Bert Fields (mostly red) and Renee Komoda 'Pacific Alabaster' (mostly white) will also be for sale. All are in great condition and will be $10-15.
“See what you can do with this!” Article and photos by Andy Braun, unless otherwise noted.
In August, 2012, I was visiting the greenhouse of a relative
of my daughter-in-law. He had a large multi-level green-
house and in it grew many kinds of plants, including or-
chids. One of those orchids he had never bloomed, and he
had said he acquired it in 1974 as part of a collection he
purchased in Norristown Pa. The plant was a very strong
grower and he had divided it many times. He gave me one
of those divisions and said, “See what you can do with
this!” The plant, Vanda brunnea ‘Genette’ CCE/AOS, is
shown below when he had given it to me. It was potted in
a 10” garden pot with what looked like ProMix. I pulled it
out of the pot, and placed it in an eight inch basket.
Continued on page 4
SEPOS SHOW REMINDER Prepare your plants now for the SEPOS Interna-tional Orchid Show to be held at the Greater Phila-delphia Expo Center, Oaks, PA., Hall E, April 6-8, 2018. Clean up and stake any plant that you in-tend to submit for the Society’s exhibit. The Show Committee would like an idea as to which bloom-ing plants will be available for the show. Please send the names of the plants you will lend for the show to Andy Braun [email protected] who will register the orchids for the Show. The Com-mittee will contact you with instructions for getting your plants to the committee or the show.
Plant when It was given to me
Plant after repot into basket, Sept. 2012
The plant grew well over the next two years. I was giving
the plant full sun except for the hottest part of the day and
the plant responded well with no burning of leaves. There
was robust growth and nice fat roots. In 2014 we moved
to Huntingdon Valley, and I no longer had a greenhouse.
What to do?? All of my plants including this one were
moved into the basement and grown under lights during
the winter. Prior to bringing the plant inside I allowed it to
stay outside along with the cymbidiums to be chilled. I
figured if the original grower had not been able to bloom it
doing the normal things like more light, it was time to try
something else.
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BCOS SHOWTABLE FEBRUARY, 2018 (Note: BG = Best Grown)
Phal Hybrid Phal Denver Diva ‘Sun Kissed’ Phal
Cy
Windowsill Growers
Species/Grex Cultivar Grower
Cattleya Alliance
1st Guarianthe skinneri Heiti Jacobs Stuart Hughes
2nd Rhyncatleanthe Momilani Rainbow Mitch Paroly
3rd Cattlianthe Naranja en Flor David Carrick
Classic Cattleya
1st Rhyncholaeliocattleya Nacouchee Mission Valley David Carrick
Cymbidium
1st Cym Rincon Fairy Raspberry Jean Norton
Miniatures
1st Bulbophyllum retusiusculum Stuart Hughes
2nd Tolumnia Popoki Mitei Carl Gustafson
Oncidium Alliance
1st Oncidium maculatum Stuart Hughes
Open
2nd Lycaste macrophylla Sandy Kern
Paph & Phrag Alliance
1st Paph Rio Vista x Winston Churchill Stuart Hughes
2nd Paphiopedilum Hawaiian Illusion Jean Norton
2nd Paph Hsinying Alien (Supersuk x Raisin Pie) Deborah Shull
2nd Paphiopedilum insigne Carl Gustafson
Phal & Dtps Alliance
1st + BG Phalaenopsis Hybrid Thora Williams
2nd Phal Yu Pin Fireworks x Yu Pin Polar Star Mitch Paroly
2nd Phalaenopsis Hybrid Deborah Shull
3rd Phalaenopsis Hybrid Sandy Kern
Pleurothallid Alliance
1st Masdevallia scabrilingus Stuart Hughes
Species
1st + BG Coelogyne flaccida Stuart Hughes
1st Prosthechea chimborazoensis Stuart Hughes
2nd Cattleya percivaliana Summit Carl Gustafson
Vanda Alliance
1st Vandachostylis Pinky Laurie Gill
Guarianthe skinneri ‘Heiti Jacobs’
Rlc. Nacouchee ‘Misson Valley’
Cym Rincon Fairy ‘Raspberry’
Oncidium maculatum
Phalaenopsis Hybrid
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BCOS SHOWTABLE FEBRUARY, 2018 (Note: BG = Best Grown)
Den. Mini Snowflake
Greenhouse Growers
Species/Grex Cultivar Grower
Cattleya Alliance
1st + BG Laelia anceps Christobal Andy Braun
2nd Rhyncattleanthe Bouton D'Or Lewis Heidi WelchHelmich
3rd Brassocattleya Green Bird Andy Braun
Classic Cattleya
1st Cattleya Drumbeat Bob Gore
Cymbidium
1st Cym. Jim Duffin Mt. Airy Andy Braun
1st Cym. Hybrid Heidi WelchHelmich
Dendrobium
1st Den. gracilicaule Bob Gore
2nd Den. Andre Millar Andy Braun
Open
1st + BG Dendrochillum tenellum Mt. Airy Andy Braun
1st Cycnodes Hybrid Bob Gore
2nd Lycaste fragrens Andy Braun
3rd Cologyne Unchained Melody Bob Gore
Paph & Phrag Alliance
1st Paphiopedilum Invincible Spread Eagle Bob Gore
2nd Paphiopedilum Ocean of Spots Bob Gore
2nd Paphiopedilum delinatii Andy Braun
Species
1st Dendrochilum wenzilii Bob Gore
2nd Vanda christiansoniana Andy Braun
3rd Prosthechea cochleata #904 Andy Braun
Vanda Alliance
1st Vanda Pachara Delight Jehoshua Andy Braun
2nd Renantherea Brookie Chandler Andy Braun
3rd Vanda Lou Sneary Blue Bird Bob Gore
Laelia anceps ‘Christobal’
Cattleya Drumbeat
Den. gracilicaule
Paph Invincible ‘Spread Eagle’
Cym. Hybrid
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Paph Rio Vista x Winston Churchill
Coelogyne flaccida
Bulbophyllum retusiusculum
Prosthechea chimborazoensis
Vandachostylis Pinky
Masdevallia scabrilingus
Vanda Pachara Delight ‘Jehoshua’
Dendrochilum wenzilii Dendrochillum tenellum ‘Mt. Airy’
More February, 2018 Showtable
winners.
Membership Dues Reminder. If you haven't paid your dues for 2018, please do so now. Dues are
now $25 and the Society’s Treasurer, Chuck Keiser, is waiting to receive your dues either at a meeting, or you
may mail your dues to him at 163 North Forsythia Dr., Levittown, PA 19506. (Please include name, address,
E-mail and phone number with your remittance.)
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EDITOR’S NOTE – Contributions to the newsletter will be greatly appreci-ated. Please submit relevant news, photos, awards or information relating to the Society, its members, the care
and culture of orchids to the Editor at [email protected]. I am also looking for your favorite tip on growing orchids, for the feature, Orchid Tip of the Month. Please submit your copy by the first day of the month.
UPCOMING EVENTS Apr 6-8 2018 SEPOS Annual Show and Sale Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks, PA Apr. 19. 2018 7:30 pm BCOS Meeting. Program: Tony Silva from Silva Orchids Topic: Silva Select Catleya Breeding Churchville Nature Center, Churchville, PA May 17. 2018 7:30 pm BCOS Meeting - Program:
Luan Elkins - Embracing Orchids at Duke Farms Churchville Nature Center, Churchville, PA
SOCIETY NOTES
Hospitality Table
The Society is in need of 2 or 3 people to assume
coordination of refreshments for the Hospitality
Table.. Please contact Sandy Kern to volunteer.
Plant Clinic:
You are encouraged to bring in that sick plant for
evaluation by the expert orchid growers in our So-
ciety. Please, bring the needy plant in a closed
plastic bag and we will try to advise you on bring-
ing it back to good health.
Show Table Judging Rules:
See the website for information on submitting
plants for the show table,
www.buckscountyorchidsociety.org/showtables/
STRules.htm BCOS recognizes and awards the
growing and flowering of plants. Keeping this in
mind, members are asked to please remember that
anything brought to the show table for judging,
should have been in their care for at least 90 days. .
Officers, Other Societies and Vendors:
The list of officers, other societies and vendors is
now exclusively available on the BCOS website.
www.buckscountyorchidsociety.org/About.htm for
officers and www.buckscountyorchidsociety.org/
Links.htm for other societies and vendors.
Library:
Contact Allen Applebaum at [email protected] to
borrow any item in the BCOS Library (See the So-
ciety’s website for a list of books, equipment and
videos.)
www.buckscountyorchidsociety.org/Library.htm
“See what you can do with this!” Continued from page 1 As September moved into October, I backed off on the
watering. The plant now only received what little rain
there was for those two months. Finally, I moved the
plant inside under lights in the basement and withheld
watering through November. In December, I started to
water again and at the end of the month, I started to see
spikes. The plant threw 8 spikes on the three growths.
Not bad for a first blooming. The plant continued to
winter in the basement under lights through the Spring of
2017. This past winter was the first in a greenhouse
since 2013.
The plant continued to grow and get stronger. In January 2017, there were 10 spikes on the plant and multiple kei-kis along the base of the plant. This year, the plant spiked a little later but there were a lot of them. There was a total of 21 spikes this year. The three main growths had 5, 6 and 5 spikes respectively. The remain-ing 5 spikes were on the keikis. Vanda brunnea ‘Genette’ was awarded a 92 point CCE on 21 February, 2018 at the Mid-Atlantic AOS Judging Center. The description: One hundred twenty flowers and 23 buds on 22 inflorescences pleasingly arranged on an 8 fan plant 106cm high and 84 cm wide with prolific roots grown in a 19 cm square teak basket; foliage evenly grown along the entire length of each fan in good condition; sepals and pedals cream, heavily overlaid bronze with rust barring; lips white circular side lobes, central isthmus olive green; prominent white column with light yellow anther cap; substance hard texture waxy.
Plant in Base-ment, Dec 2014
Andy Braun at judging, photo by Ed Weber
The Flower