2008 HKOS OFFICERS

CO-PRESIDENT Masa Otsuji (395-2680)

CO-PRESIDENT Michael Hong

(395-9396)

1st VICE PRESIDENT Albert Wong (262-2350)

2nd VICE PRESIDENT

Dinah Hirayama (395-9273)

TREASURER Liane Wong (262-2350)

RECORDING SECRETARY

Myra Myatt (395-0669)

CORRESPONDING SECTY

Nancy Shen (395-2872)

HKOS@hawaii.rr.com

DIRECTORS Cynthia Chun

(373-9443) Shigemi Hashimoto

(373-4495) Priscilla Hong

(395-9396) Florence Nishioka

(395-3885)

HOSPITALITY Masako Ogawa

(395-1722)

REFRESHMENTS January, February, March

Hash & Jane Hashimoto

HAWAII KAI ORCHID SOCIETY MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

February 2008

Hawaiÿi Kai Orchid Society P.O. Box 25970

Honolulu, HI 96825

Banquet: On January 27, 2008, a beautiful Sunday morning, HKOS held its annual installation banquet attended by 105 members and guests at Fort Shafter’s Hale Ikena Restaurant. After an invocation by Lore Barth, everyone satisfied their appetites with a brunch buffet that was bountiful and varied. A program followed, emceed by Paul Sequeira, Jr. and Rolland Tang, that included a message from President Masa Otsuji, a recap of our 2007 shows by Liane Wong, installation of our 2008 officers by Frank Thrall, and presentation of orchidists of the year awards to Richard Otsuji and Myra Myatt. With formalities out of the way, plants were given away and everyone went home with three or four orchid plants, at least two of them blooming. Lucky winners of our plant raffle, guest Ben Kodama, Jr., his guest Margaret Lin, and members Shirley Tang, and Anna Huynh, went home with basketfuls of blooming Phalaenopsis.

Monthly Meeting: Thursday, February 14, 2008, 7:30 p.m. Kamiloiki Elementary School Cafeteria

Speaker: Scott Mitamura Topic: General Orchid Culture

Scott is an orchid specialist at Honolulu City & County’s Foster Botanical Garden, and has been interested in orchids since joining the Windward Orchid Society as a

teenager many years ago. Scott is known for his Cattleya culture & breeding.

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New Members: WELCOME to the two newest members of HKOS who joined in January.

Acknowledgements: THANK YOU to Keiko Otsuji, Priscilla Hong, Dinah Hirayama, Jennie Dang, Jane Hashimoto, Cynthia Chun, Masako Ogawa, Lola Fong, Alma Cirino, Nancy Shen, Hiro Matsuno, Hilton Lui, Wilbur Chang, Ruby Miyasato, Florence Nishioka , Kathy Gurski, and Doris Leong for providing refreshments for the January meeting.

Sara Ho Patricia Souza

Upcoming Events: HKOS will be participating in the following orchid shows in March: Kunia Orchid Society’s 54th Annual Show,

March 14th, 15th, and 16th, 2008 at Leilehua High School in Wahiawa. This is a new location as the show was previously held for many years in the Del Monte Gym in Kunia.

Windward Orchid Society’s 28th annual Spring Show ‘Jackpot of Orchids’ will be held on March 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 2008 at King Intermediate School in Kaneohe

Excerpts from Liane Wong’s Recap of our 2007 Shows: My husband, Albert, is at the 19th World Orchid Conference in Miami Florida. He will be flying back home to Hawaii tomorrow. Therefore, I will read his recap of the 2007 orchid shows in which HKOS participated. Wishing you all a very Happy New Year and thank you for taking time out from your busy schedule to attend our first Year End Brunch Banquet. Waikiki on a Saturday night was getting a bit too much for us seniors. Last year we participated in five orchid shows. The first show of the year as always was the Kunia Orchid Society Show. It was their last show at the Kunia Gym after 52 years. The theme for the show was The End of an Era. This theme was a hard one to conceptualize. When you say “end,” like end of time? How would you visualize time? We came up with the idea of an hour-glass. It was an instrument for measuring time by the trickling of sand through a small opening from one glass bulb to another below it. The problem was glass was too heavy to be used as a prop. We came up with the idea of using two 2-liter soda bottles and instead of sand we had silk Dendrobium blossoms dropping into the bottom bulb below. This was our artistic interpretation of end of an era. No one understood the hour-glass and I guess it was placed high above eye level. As the final hour of the show was coming to an end, a tall haole man saw the hour-glass and said to his friend, “look at that the end of an era with orchids instead of sand.” His friend had no idea what he was saying. We won 3rd place for Best Guest Exhibitor. Patrick O’Day received two awards: Best of Ascocenda and Best Yellow Phalaenopsis. The second show was the Windward Orchid Society’s 27TH Annual Spring Show which was held at S.W. King Intermediate School Gym. The theme was Marketplace of Orchids. In our display we had a cart with big wheels and an umbrella. The cart was filled with a variety of colored orchid plants. Our display won 2nd place. Buster Nagayama won the award for Best Yellow Dendrobium. The third show was the Orchid Society of Manoa’s Annual Orchid Show which was held at Noelani Elementary School cafetorium on Woodlawn Drive. We did not place at all, but Ed Miyasato won Best of Other Genera. The fourth show was Aiea Orchid Club’s 26th Annual Orchid Show held at Aiea Elementary School cafetorium on Moanalua Road. We put up our signature pond and waterfall display. We won 2nd place. Ed Miyasato got the award for Best Semi-Terete Vanda while Patrick O’Day got the award for Best of Vanda. The fifth show was the scaled down 2007 Honolulu Orchid Society 68th Annual Show which was held at Lanakila Elementary School cafetorium. The theme was Orchids in Paradise. We used another of our signature display props, our fake Koolau Mountain range, upon which we stuck a glowing flame simulating an erupting volcano. We won the Lieutenant Governor’s Trophy for the Best Show Theme Display. Awards went to Ed Miyasato for Best Semi-terete Vanda, Clem Roldan for Best Miscellaneous Vanda, and Roy Tokunaga/H&R Nurseries for Best other Genera. Tom Uesugi, not an HKOS member but a member of another club, loaned us his plant because it did not fit in his club's display, and won Best Single-Flowered Paphiopedilium. As we reflect back to the year’s shows we want to thank all of the members who helped with the transporting, setting up and taking down of the numerous floor displays. For the members who brought their blooming orchid plants and greens, again, thank you very much.