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Newsletter of the Ottawa Orchid Society April 2018

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No meeting this month. Instead, come to our Annual Orchid Show:

Orchidophilia Saturday, April 21, 2018, 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm Sunday, April 22, 2018, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm RA Centre 2451 Riverside Drive Ottawa, Ontario Admission: Free for volunteers Regular admission: $12 Seniors (60 or over): $10 Children 8 - 12: $10 (under 8 - free)

Photographers, please note that the only time tripods may be used is from 9:00 to 11:00 am on Sunday.

For more information, please see the website: OttawaOrchidSociety.com

In This Issue 3 President’s Message 3 Orchidophilia 2018 4 Orchidophilia Members’ Sales Table 4 March Raffle 4 Member’s Corner 5 The Show Experience 6 Orchid Calendar 7 Board of Directors 8-9 OOS March Meeting 10 Best of Show Table 10 Member’s Choice 11 OOS Show Table for March 18, 2018 11 Cattleya Alliance 12 Cypripedium Alliance, Paphiopedilum 12 Phragmipedium 13 Cymbidium Alliance 13 Oncidium Alliance 14 Dendrobium Alliance 14-15 Phalaenopsis Alliance 15 Lycaste Alliance 16 Pleurothallid Alliance 16 Masdevallia and Affiliates 17 Miniature 17-18 Miscellaneous 19 OOS Show Table Results 20-23 Orchidexpo 2018 24 Québec City Orchid Show Cover Photo: Phalaenopsis japonica 'Nagaran', Best of Show Table winner Cover Photo Credit Arlene Lang

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President’s Message

Hi Everyone, My thanks to Dr. Leslie Ee from the Southern Ontario Orchid Society for his interesting and entertaining talk about Phalaenopsis violacea variety indigo. Thanks also to Terry Kowalczuk from Flora Peculia for bringing such a good selection of plants for sale. I hope you were all able to buy something special for your collection!

On a personal note, I will be missing the Show for the first time in many years – I have been Show Chair almost every year since 1996, but this year I am away on vacation. I am confident that everything is in good hands with our Co-Chairs Janet and Jan, as well as everyone on this year’s committee, but I will certainly miss the excitement of seeing everything coming together on the big day. As with most things, the more involved you are the more you get out of it, and I am pleased to see that so many people have now signed up as volunteers. Thank you all! I hope you find it enjoyable being part of the action rather than just a visitor, and who knows, maybe you will be Show Chair one of these days! I hope all goes smoothly, and I am looking forward to seeing some of your photos after I return.

Dave Cooper

Orchidophilia 2018 We have one new addition to our vendor list: J & L Orchids. You can check out all the vendors at http://www.ottawaorchidsociety.com/vendors.html Thank you to the many of you who have volunteered to help out at the show. If you are wondering what you actually signed up for and when, you can contact Michael Barker, m_barker@sympatico.ca. If you want to volunteer but have not yet signed up, there are still a few more spaces. Remember, volunteers get free admission! All members who volunteer at the show are invited to gather at the RA Fieldhouse Restaurant on Saturday evening after 5:00 pm when the show closes. Last year there was quite a crowd of vendors and people from other societies getting together for dinner, and it was pretty lively. We hope to see you there, tired but happy. The menu is basic, consisting of hamburgers, sandwiches, etc. This

can be seen at racentre.com (follow the links). Please let us know if you

plan to attend the dinner, as we have to let the restaurant know how many to expect. You can email johnjns@sympatico.ca, or let us know at the show on Saturday afternoon.

Your Co-Chairs,

Janet and Jan

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Orchidophilia Members’ Sales Table If you have plants for sale at the Members’ Sales Table at our 2018 Show, please read these Guidelines for registration and fill out this plant list Form before you bring your plants to the RA Centre. (The Guidelines and Form are in the same file, which may also be accessed from the OOS website.) Each plant must be well-rooted and healthy and must have two (2) plastic tags: one tag with the plant’s full name, and a second tag with your name, the corresponding number from your plant list, and the sale price. Because the first question a buyer asks is, “What does it look like?” a small photo of the flower attached to the pot or to a tag in the pot will help sell your plants. You can try Google for images and print a small picture. The plants or other items for sale must be delivered with the plant list and tags to the sales table between 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm on Friday, April 20, 2018. Questions? Contact manongarrett@gmail.com or at 613-808-6581.

March Raffle I’d like to thank those who brought items for last month’s raffle. We sold more than $100 worth of tickets! Your generosity is appreciated.

Manon Garret

Members’ Corner Some of you may have heard a recent broadcast on CBC Radio about orchids – it was aired on the Ideas program March 22 with the title “Suggestive, romantic, sexy orchids”. If you missed it, you can hear it at http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/suggestive-romantic-sexy-orchids-1.4152316. The CBC also includes a summary on their website with photos, as well as biographies on the contributors to the program. It is well worth a listen!

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Please welcome our new member who joined the Orchid Society at the March meeting: Jola Choynowski. Thank you all for your continued support.

Karina Isert and Cana Balay Membership

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The Show Experience

One of my friends asked me by email what a show process looks like. This is my description, and I thought it may be of interest to more people. From the OOS meeting prior to the weekend of the show I take home any plants that people give me. During the week (as late as Thursday night), people drop off more plants.

Sometimes I’ve been able to fit everything in the car. Other times I’ve had as many as fifty plants, and even with a van had to repackage the plants to get them to fit. I keep several boxes of props in the attic, including bark and pieces of driftwood. I avoid stones or rocks because I am not getting any younger and they are heavy.

When loading the car or van, I make sure that the plants are protected against the weather. That means not just the cold or heat, but also sunshine -- a plant sitting in the car with sunshine streaming on it can get sunburned in 5 minutes. The local grocery stores receive plants in very nice boxes which are destroyed when the plants are removed, so I ask for several boxes of different heights.

At most shows, the plants have to be registered by 8:00 or 9:00 pm Friday, which is setup day. You can pre-register by internet. The time when you can start setting up varies (for example, 5:00 pm in Montreal, earlier in Ottawa).

After packing the plants in the car or van, I drive to the show location with no more than 12 hours’ break because if it is cold, the plants could cool off too much. After arrival I orient myself. Once I know where to set up, and once the setup time has arrived, I borrow a dolly if I haven’t brought my own, and I start bringing everything to the display area.

I do the construction, and if it is awkward-looking I cover it with fabric so the construction is invisible. Then I install the plants, and add green plants, bark, moss, stones, etc. to show less fabric. The decorative (non-orchid) green plants must not have flowers, as only orchid flowers can be seen. I register the plants and get back white registration tags, write labels on black Bristol board making sure each plant name is properly spelled, place each black label close to the flower, and attach the white registration label close to the flower. If I am participating in the judging process: Saturday morning breakfast at 7:00 am, judging teams announced before 8:00 am, judging has to finish before the noon opening of the show. Before the show opens, I remove the white registration tags and note which plants have won which prize to have a record of prizes. On Sunday the show closes at 5:00 pm, and all hell breaks loose because the out-of-town teams want to go home as soon as possible and the locals want to put away the tables, etc. All the societies are very nice to their visitors and their own volunteers in that they provide food and drinks at the show.

Barbara Wysocka

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Orchid Calendar

April 2018

• April 21, Montreal Judging Centre will meet on Saturday in conjunction with Orchidophilia

• April 21-22, Ottawa Orchid Society Show: Orchidophilia May 2018

• May 5, Toronto Judging Center

• 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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OOS March Meeting

March Meeting’s Guest Speaker Dr. Leslie Ee An attentive audience for Dr. Ee’s presentation

A crowd begins to gather to watch Patrick Boisvert testing his AOS photography setup for Orchidophilia

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Show Table Judging, Joyce Medcalf Show Table Judging, André Couture assisted by Marcel Carrière

Jan Johns sharing her comments while making her Member’s Choice

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Best of Show Table

Winner Helen Nitschkie and her Phalaenopsis japonica ‘Nagaran’

Member’s Choice

Winner Claude Brault and his Ionocidium Popcorn

Member’s Choice: Delightful, well grown plant. Different colours, yellow and pink, as it fades. Would love to own one. -- Jan Johns

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OOS Show Table for March 18, 2018

Cattleya Alliance

1. Cattlianthe Jewel Box ‘Scheherazade’ AM/AOS 2. Cattleya No Name Hybrid

3. Cattlianthe Anduril ‘Krull’s Scarlet’ AM/AOS 4. Cattleya Hawaiian Wedding Song ‘Virgin’ HCC/AOS

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Cypripedium Alliance Paphiopedilum

5. Paphiopedilum villosum 6. Paphiopedilum Magically Wood

Phragmipedium

7. Phragmipedium Calurum (Syn. Ainsworthii) 8. Phragmipedium Memoria Eileen Coyle

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Cymbidium Alliance

9. Cymbidium Eastern Wind

Oncidium Alliance

10. Ionocidium Popcorn, Member’s Choice

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Dendrobium Alliance

11. Dendrobium Lai’s Gold Queen

Phalaenopsis Alliance

12. Phalaenopsis japonica ‘Nagaran’ 13. Phalaenopsis equestris Best of Show Table

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14. Phalaenopsis Jiaho’s Pink Girl 15. Phalaenopsis (Ruey Lih Stripe x Happy Stripe) x equestris ‘Riverbend’ AM/AOS

Lycaste Alliance

16. Lysudamuloa Red Jewel

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Pleurothallid Alliance

17. Pleurothallis bivalvis ‘Hill Island’ CHM/AOS

Masdevallia and Affiliates

18. Masdevallia pyxis

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Miniature

19. Aerangis James G. Coyner 20. Aerangis fastuosa 21. Aerangis hildebrandtii (Syn. Microterangisi hildebrandtii)

Miscellaneous

22. Maxillaria tenuifolia 23. Zygopetalum Advance Australia

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24. Dendrochilum wenzelii

25. Maxillaria variabilis

Photo Credit Arlene Lang

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OOS SHOW TABLE FOR MARCH 18, 2018

CLASS JUDGED BY PLACE NAME OWNER PHOTO #

Cattleya Alliance Judged by Joyce Medcalf

1st Cattlianthe Jewel Box ‘Scheherazade’ AM/AOS (Gur. aurantiaca x C. Anzac (1921)) Bev Burtnyk 1

2nd Cattleya No Name Hybrid Cana Balay 2

3rd Cattlianthe Anduril ‘Krull’s Scarlet’ AM/AOS (Ctt. Jewel Box x Ctt. Trick or Treat) Marcel Carrière 3

3rd Cattleya Hawaiian Wedding Song ‘Virgin’ HCC/AOS (C. Angel Bells x C. Claesiana) Nataxja Cini 4

Cypripedium Alliance Paphiopedilum Judged by André Couture

1st Paphiopedilum villosum Jean Hollebone 5

2nd Paphiopedilum Magically Wood (Paph. Magic Pops x Paph. Wood Wonder)

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Phragmipedium Judged by André Couture

1st Phragmipedium Calurum (Syn. Ainsworthii) (Phrag. longifolium x Phrag. Sedenii) Marcel Carrière 7

2nd Phragmipedium Memoria Eileen Coyle (Phrag. Elizabeth Castle x Phrag. schlimii) Nataxja Cini 8

Cymbidium Alliance Judged by Joyce Medcalf

1st Cymbidium Eastern Wind (Cym. Sleeping Beauty x Cym. Eastern Star)

Lynne Guimond & Santos Peixe 9

Oncidium Alliance Judged by Joyce Medcalf

1st Ionocidium Popcorn (Gomesa flexuosa x Ionopsis utricularioides)

Claude Brault 10

Dendrobium Alliance Judged by Joyce Medcalf

1st Dendrobium Lai’s Gold Queen Masa Matsuo 11

Phalaenopsis Alliance Judged by André Couture

1st Phalaenopsis japonica ‘Nagaran’ Helen Nitschkie 12

2nd Phalaenopsis equestris Ian Pringle 13

3rd Phalaenopsis Jiaho’s Pink Girl (Phal. schilleriana x Phal. Zuma’s Pixie) Ian Pringle 14

3rd Phalaenopsis (Ruey Lih Stripe x Happy Stripe) x equestris ‘Riverbend’ AM/AOS Jan Johns 15

Lycaste Alliance Judged by Joyce Medcalf

1st Lysudamuloa Red Jewel (Lycamerlycaste Geyser Gold x Angulocaste Red Jade)

Lynne Guimond & Santos Peixe 16

Pleurothallid Alliance Judged by André Couture

1st Pleurothallis bivalvis ‘Hill Island’ CHM/AOS Joyce Medcalf 17

Masdevallia and Affiliates Judged by André Couture

1st Masdevallia pyxis Claude Brault 18

Miniature Judged by Joyce Medcalf

1st Aerangis James G. Coyner (Aergs. citrate x Aergs. fastuosa) Jean Hollebone 19

2nd Aerangis fastuosa Lynne Guimond & Santos Peixe 20

3rd Aerangis hildebrandtii (Syn. Microterangisi hildebrandtii) Bev Burtnyk 21

Miscellaneous Judged by Joyce Medcalf

1st Maxillaria tenuifolia Bev Burtnyk 22

2nd Zygopetalum Advance Australia (Z. Titanic x Z. Helen-Ku) Claude Brault 23

3rd Dendrochilum wenzelii Monique Savard 24

3rd Maxillaria variabilis M.J. Ferrari 25

Best in Show Judged by André Couture & Joyce Medcalf

Phalaenopsis japonica ‘Nagaran’ Helen Nitschkie 12

Member’s Choice Judged by Jan Johns

Ionocidium Popcorn (Gomesa flexuosa x Ionopsis utricularioides) Claude Brault 10

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Orchidexpo 2018

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Photo Credit Barbara Wysocka and Hélène Mondou

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Québec City Orchid Show

Grower Orchid Award

Bev Burtnyk

Cattleya C.G. Roebling 'Sentinel' 2nd

Phalaenopsis japonica (Syn. Sedirea japonica) 2nd

Dendrobium convolutum 3rd

Jean Hollebone Rhyncholaelia digbyana 3rd

Paph. villosum 2nd

Angèle Biljan Paph. Invicible 'Jeremie Lussier' AM/CCM/AOS 2nd

Hélène Mondou

Cattleya Ric. Sung Ya Green 'Maiman' 3rd

Phalaenopsis No Name 2nd

Dendrobium aggregatum 3rd

Bifrenaria harrisoniae 2nd

Paph. Maudiae x Voodoo Magic 2nd

Cymbidium Sarah Jean 1st

Barbara Wysocka

Oncidium Charlesworthii 'Mishima' 2nd

Maclellanara Yellow Star 'Okika' 2nd

Phalaenopsis Surf Song 'Ox Blood Orange' 3rd

Doritaenopsis Sogo Vivian 'Yellow Stripe' 2nd

Dendrobium moniliforme 'Pocket Lover' 2nd

Doritaenopsis I-Hsin 'Black Jack' 3rd

Photo Credit Barbara Wysocka