SOUTHERN ONTARIO ORCHID SOCIETY NEWS May 2016, Volume 51, Issue 5 Meeting Since 1965

SOUTHERN ONTARIO ORCHID SOCIETY NEWS May 2016, Volume 51, Issue 5 Meeting since 1965

Next Meeting Sunday, May 8, Floral Hall of the Toronto Botanical Garden,

 Plant Sales 12 noon,

 Cultural snapshots by Alexsi Antanaitis 12:15 on the stage, topic: Repotting.

 Program at 1 pm , Dan Doucette: 'Adventures with orchids in situ.' Dan Doucette is a seasonal Gardener with the Niagara Parks. Come the end of October, Dan is laid off until April. He takes this opportunity to travel the world for 4 months at a time, searching for rare flora and fauna. Dan's been traveling to the tropics for nearly 20 years. He's spotted hundreds of orchids in the wild, from the jungles of Borneo, to the cloudforests of South America all the way to the montane grasslands of southern Africa. He will be showcasing his favourite orchids and traveler tales from these areas, including Indonesia, Malawi, Bolivia and neighbouring countries.

 Members Show table: bring your flowering orchids, we can all learn from each-other and you can win points toward our annual plant table awards.

 Raffle.

Pleione formosana CCM-AOS grown by Stan Luk ph pp

President’s Remarks Welcome Orchid Plant of the month: Cattleya jenmanii var Lovers. It is hard to believe that the whirlwind of semi-alba ‘April’s Fools’ HCC/AOS grown by spring shows has just ended. A huge thank you goes Leslie Ee. Congratulations Leslie. out to Don Wyatt, his team of helpers and Jocelyn Webber for their fabulous work on the displays, time spent organizing the flowers just so, and their meticulous diligence in categorizing all the orchids for judging. A most time consuming endeavour. Another tremendous thank you goes out to the members who willingly loaned their precious plants. Without members like you we would not have had such beautiful displays. The number of ribbons you received from each of the shows is a testimonial to your terrific growing abilities. Congratulations!

The treats for the May 8th meeting falls to the members with the last names letter beginning with L ( I must remember too). Thank you members H through K who supplied the delicious treats this past meeting.

Our May 8th meeting is back in the Floral Hall. We shall see you there.

The cultural snapshots will take place on the stage at photo Terry Kennedy 12:15 pm, before the meeting. Alexsi Antanaitis will be running these. All are welcome to participate in the sessions. The next session will be: Repotting. If you have a topic you would like us to cover, please let me Coming Events 2016 know at a meeting. May 1, Ontario Rock Garden and Hardy Plant Society We are beginning to put together our fall growing tour. th th Super Plant Sale 11 am – 3 pm, TBG. Please keep September 10 and 11 open. I have been 7, TJC Monthly Judging and business meeting at TBG gathering members who enjoy sharing their optimum 8, SOOS meeting, Toronto Botanical Garden, sales growing ideas. If you are willing to show the 12 noon, program 1 pm. Dan Doucette. membership your growing techniques, we would 21, Montreal judging, Jardin botanique de Montreal appreciate you letting us know so we can include you. At this time, we have two of our vendors willing to share Native plant sales!!!! ideas. This will also be a great opportunity for you to The North American Native Plant Society is holding three see all the orchids they have and perhaps purchase sales of wildflowers, ferns, grasses, trees and shrubs. Learn ones that catch your eye. how to attract birds, butterflies and other pollinators and help restore local ecologies. Knowledgeable volunteers will Our future speakers are as follows: be on hand to help choose the right plants for your location from hundreds of species. If your members would like more May 8th Dan Doucette Topic: 'Adventures with orchids in information please email me at [email protected] or situ.' phone 416-631-4438. June 5th Claudio Rossi August 7th Orchid Fest with Holger Penner from China. Annual Spring Native Plant Sale September 4th Alan Koch Please keep the dates open and we will let you know Saturday May 7, 2016, 10 am to 3 pm speaker topics as soon as possible. Markham Civic Centre, 101 Town Centre Blvd., Markham, ON Happy Orchiding, (Hwy 7 & Warden) Free parking and admission. Laura Liebgott Questions or comments: Please contact me at: [email protected] or 905 883 5290 The plant list and member online ordering are available at www.nanps.org from mid-March to April 17 for pickup at the Markham Civic Centre on the day of the sale.

Toronto Native Plant Sales

Saturday May 14, 2016, 11 am to 4 pm Paphiopedilum La Rocque AM-AOS 81 points, Crystal Artisans at Work, 2071 Danforth Ave. Toronto (Woodbine Star Orchids subway station)

Sunday May 29, 2016, 12 to 4 pm Ottawa Show, April 16, 2016 Christie Pits, 750 Bloor St. W. South end of Park, Toronto (Christie subway station)

All plants come from NANPS-approved ethical growers and are grown without neonicotinoids.

The North American Native Plant Society is a volunteer- based non-profit registered charitable organization dedicated to the study, conservation, cultivation and restoration of native plants.

June 4, TJC Monthly AOS Judging at TBG 5, SOOS meeting, Toronto Botanical Garden, sales 12 noon, program 1 pm. Claudio Rossi. 18, Montreal judging, Jardin botanique de Montreal July 2, TJC Monthly AOS Judging at TBG 16, Montreal judging, Jardin botanique de Montreal August

7, SOOS Orchid fest at TBG. TJC monthly AOS AOS Show trophy at Ottawa show photo pp judging 10 am, potluck lunch noon, after lunch Holger Paphiopedilum Wössner Vietnam Love ‘Crystal Star’ Penner from China HCC/AOS 77 points, Crystal Star Orchids. 20, Montreal judging, Jardin botanique de Montreal Paphiopedilum Dellaina ‘ Magalie‘, CCM/AOS 81 points, September Magalie Simard 3, , TJC Monthly AOS Judging at TBG Cymbidium Devon Railway ‘New Horizon’ AM 81 points, 4, SOOS meeting, Toronto Botanical Garden, sales Crystal Star Orchids. 12 noon, program 1 pm, Alan Koch. Dendrobium Hawaii Spectacular ‘Sherry’s Choice‘ HCC/AOS 76 points, Sherry and Peter Decyk. Renanthera imschootiana ‘Jardin botanique de AOS Judging Results Montréal’, CCM/AOS 87 points, Jardin botanique de Please note, all of these awards are provisional until Montréal. published by the American Orchid Society. . Bulbophyllum falcatum var. falcatum ‘Jardin Toronto Judging Centre, April 2, 2016: botanique de Montréal’ CCE/AOS 94 points, Jardin Lepanthes Cléopâtre, HCC-AOS 78 points. Jay Norris and botanique de Montréal. Max Wilson. Phrag. Nitidissimum ‘Jardin botanique de Montréal’ Laeliocattleya City Life, AM-AOS 81 points, Doris CCM/AOS 85points, Jardin botanique de Montréal Jensen. Note! The next judging will be held at the Toronto Pleione formosana, CCM-AOS 86 points, Stan Luk. Botanical Gardens, Saturday May 7, judging centre Cattleya jenmannii, HCC-AOS 78 points, Leslie Ee. business meeting at 10 am, judging at 1 pm. AOS Judging is a service of the American Orchid Society and TAOA Show, Toronto, April 9, 2016 is open to all! Lepanthes telipogoniflora CCM-AOS 86 points Dendrobium Hsinying Stocker HCC-AOS 79 points, Terry Ribbon Winners from the Montreal and Doug Kennedy show Phalaenopsis Tai I-Yellow Bird, HCC-AOS 78 points, Wilson Ng. 1st Place Ribbons Phaleanopsis I-Hsin Ice Coke Inge Poot 3

Phalaenopsis Sogo Lawrence X Taida Jujube FCC/AOS Synea Tan Jocelyn Webber Catasetum tenebrosum (Ed #2 X Ed Wise) Anita Ko Paphiopedilum vietnamense Synea Tan Lepanthes tsubotae Anita Ko Oncidium Tigersette 'Wyld Court' AM/AOS/RHS Cattleya Minipet Anita Ko Synea Tan Phalaenopsis Tying Shin Pink Kite Sue Loftus Paphiopedilum henryanum Heinz Ernstberger Cattleya (Slc.) What'll It Be (Cattleya Penny Kuroda Phragmipedium pearcii Heinz Ernstberger spots X Slc. Jungle Gem 'Very Nice’) John Vermeer Peaseara (Howeara) Chian-Tzy Lovely ‘Red Bug’ Rhyncattleanthe Young Min Orange 'Golden Heinz Ernstberger Saturation' Wilson Ng Paphiopedilum Lynleigh Koopowitz (malipoense X Rosette and Trophy delenatii) Jocelyn Webber Phragmipedium Don Winber Synea Tan

nd 2nd Place Ribbons 2 Place Ribbons Phalaenopsis aphrodite Synea Tan Masdevallia Razzle Dazzle 'Marsh Hollow Sparkler’ Phragmipedium Fritz Schomberg Synea Tan Rosanna Li Rhyncholaeliocattleya Haw Yaun Gold Synea Tan Dendrobium schuetzi X sibling Synea Tan Display Team Wyatt Bulbophyllum grandiflorum Synea Tan Dendrobium Roy Tokunaga X Roy Tokunaga 'Spots' Phalaenopsis Sogo Relex Jocelyn Webber Synea Tan Phalaenopsis Happy News Inge Poot Phalaenopsis K S Happy Eagle Synea Tan Phalaenopsis K S Happy Eagle (Phalaenopsis Dragon Lepanthes gargoyla Anita Ko Tree Eagle X Phaelonopsis Nobby's Fox) Synea Tan Coelogyne lawrenceana Sue Loftus Phalaenopsis hybrid 4 Joe O'Regan Paphiopedilum hainanense Heinz Ernstberger Paphiopedilium Coro Oro Joe O'Regan Rth. Shinfan Little Sun 'Young-Min Golden Boy' Jay Phalaenopsis I-Hsin Red Jujube Jocelyn Webber Norris Dendrobium Roy Tokunaga X Roy Tokunaga 'Spots' Phragmipedium Don Wimber Synea Tan Synea Tan Phalaenopsis Liu's Berry ‘Orchid House’ Beatrice Phragmipedium Don Wimber Synea Tan Phragmipedium pearcei Heinz Ernstberger Phalaenopsis Hybrid 5 Johanna Kieswatter Oncidium Sherry Baby, Manuela Poli Dendrobium Burana Charming X Burana white

Lynda Satchwell rd 3 Place Ribbons Society display Laura Liebgott Dendrobium Pixie Charm Synea Tan Restrepia Painting Kelvin Sue Trichocentrum luridium 'Synea's Brown Bee' HCC/AOS

rd Synea Tan 3 Place Ribbons Phalaenopsis Brother Redland Spots Synea Tan Phalaenopsis hybrid 2 Joe O'Regan Oncidium Tigersette 'Wyld Court' AM/AOS Synea Tan Phalaenopsis Kaoda Twinkle Jocelyn Webber Psychopsis papilio Beatrice Epidendrum Rose Valley 'Caribbean Dream' Synea Tan Dendrobium parishii Sue Loftus Paphiopedilium venustum 'attratum' Synea Tan Phalaenopsis aphrodite Sue Loftus Dendrobium Fort Noble Joe O'Regan Cattlianthe Jewel Box 'Dark Waters' AM/AOS Jay Dendrobium habikki ???? Synea Tan Norris Rhyncattleanthe Rubescent Fire (Cattlianthe Spring Cattleya schroederae 'Golden Eye' Fires X Rlc. Rubescence) Joe O'Regan Leptotis bicolour Cymbidium Jia Ho's Green Emerald Rosanna Li

Guarvolclia [Gvl.] (Brassanthe Sunny Delight X

Guaricyclia Kyoguchi M. Sauno) John Vermeer Phragmipedium Mont Fallu ( longifolium X grande) Ribbons from Ottawa Show Jocelyn Webber Phalaenopsis K S Happy Eagle (Phalaenopsis Dragon 1st Place Ribbons Tree Eagle X Phaleanopsis Nobby's Fox) Painting Dendrobium Roy Tokunaga X Roy Tokunaga 'Spots' Kelvin Sue Synea Tan Militoniopsis Lennart Karl Gottling Inge Poot Ribbons for TAOA Show Bifrenaria harrisoniae Inge Poot Phalaenopsis Brother Redland Spots Synea Tan 1st Place Ribbons Cymbidium sinense 3 Jay Norris Phragmipedium Don Wimber Synea Tan Trichocentrum luridum 'Synea's Brown Bee' HCC/AOS Cymbidium Milton Carpenter 'Everglades Gold' Synea Tan 4

Peaseara (Howeara) Chian Tzy Lovely ‘Red Bug’ Heinz Ernstberger

Rosette Bifrenaria harrisoniae Inge Poot

2nd Place Ribbons Cattleya (Cattleya Culminant. 'La Tuilerie AM/AOS X C. Aloha Case Ching Hua' AM/AOS) John Vermeer Paphiopedilum Schaetzchen Rosanna Li Exhibit 26 or more flowers Laura Liebgott Phragmipedium pearcei Heinz Ernstberger Cattlianthe Jewel Box 'Dark Waters' 1 J. Kieswatter Miltoniopsis Boulevot (Maufant X Groviese) Heinz Ernstberger Ric. Tsiku Orpheus 'Wilson's Choice' HCC/AOS John Vermeer Lycaste Rowland (Auburn X Jason) Joe O'Regan Phalaenopsis Sara Gold Synea Tan Oncidium Tigersette 'Wyld Court' AM/AOS Synea Tan Phalaenopsis aphrodite Synea Tan Cymbidium sinense 2 Jay Norris Rhyncattleanthe (Blc) Young Min Orange Jay Norris Dendrochilum glumaceum Rosanna Li Cymbidium sinense 4 Jay Norris Propetalum Mathina Heinz Ernstberger Dendrobium Oriental Smile 'Fantasy' Rosanna Li Rhyncholaeliocattleya Memoria Shirley Moore ‘Newberry’ AM-AOS Synea Tan

3rd Place Ribbons arum lilies whose huge velvety purple trumpet shaped Dendrobium Aussie's Chip Synea Tan flowers sporting a cream coloured, mealy spadix in the Phalaenopsis Sogo Vivien Inge Poot centre last four days and smell like dead meat! Since Phalaenopsis Hybrid 3 Joe O'Regan they are self-infertile, to get seed they had to cut off the Phragmipedium Don Wimber Synea Tan tip of the pollen-bearing top portion of the spadix of the Dendrobium Pixie Charm Synea Tan plant flowering first, store it and when the second one Cymbidium sinense 1 Jay Norris flowered had to dust the bottom female part of its spadix Paphiopedilum hainanense Heinz Ernstberger with the pollen of the first plant. Quite a few of the ovules did get fertilized and showed up as big red lumps Phragmipediums and Their Culture, by Jason amongst the unfertilized little red lumps on the bottom of the spadix. These fruits take a year to mature and taste Fischer, transcribed and adapted for an article by Inge deceptively like mango, but eat too much of it and it can Poot kill you! They now have lots of seedlings for sale! People Jason Fischer’s generous permission to use his photos will line up to come and see these giants when they are to illustrate this transcription is very gratefully in bloom! What a draw! acknowledged. On the orchid front they have quite a few diverse irons in This picture provided a lovely introduction to our April the fire as well! Their Vanda coeruleas are beautiful and 2016 speaker, since this spectacular cross was named their Neofinetia (now Vanda) falcatas are diverse and for Jason by his father, Jerry Fischer. Jason has taken grow like topsy! Jason claims they are easy (but not for over the leadership of the company started by his father your transcriber...) A hybrid with another Vanda gave and judging by the wonderful flowers shown, is doing a them Vanda Blaupunkt, a charming miniature with splendid job of it. Four greenhouses and a summer upright inflorescences of dainty light blue flowers that shade house make up the growing area of Jason Fischer smelled of grape. Orchids Limited and they are located in Plymouth, Brachypetalum Paphs are also on the list of plants the Minnesota. Fischers grow well. The presentation featured some Even though their greatest fame comes from their lovely plants seen in Japan such as a Paphiopedilum Phragmipediums,- lately their kovachii hybrids – they do bellatulum: with large round full flowers covered by very give space to a lot of other attention getters, such as dark purple, evenly rounded spots – all the result of line their two humongous Amorphophalus titanum, giant 5

–breeding (for those of you unfamiliar with the term “line- Phrag. besseae line-breeding has not changed much in breeding” it means that the best two plants available to the shape of this species since Jason last spoke to us, the breeder are crossed, then as many of the strongest but it has increased its size. The Phrag besseae ‘Rob’s seedlings you have room for are grown to maturity, the Choice’ pictured can have petals up to 3.2 cm wide and best two are crossed, etc). In Japan they are grown a natural spread of up to 10.5cm. The normal 2n clones warm with 70F(19C) nights in a mix of 10% bark and the of the flavum variety of besseae are poor growers, but rest Acadami (pumice) and never need to be repotted! the 4n version shown in the picture is vigorous and well- shaped! These are the clones they breed with and not surprisingly, their progeny are great too. The brachypetalum X parvisepalum mixing achieved in Japan was illustrated with a stunningly well-flowered Phrag April Fool (Cardinale X besseae) did not result in plant of Paph bellatulum x Paph hangianum, Paph Karl a single red flowered offspring as hoped but had all pink Ploberger. The size was inherited from the Paph progeny. But the clone shown had most attractive full hangianum parent. I presume it is grown in the bark- flowers with a deep rose pouch and white sepals and pumice mix. petals shaded attractively with a pink flush. The plants bred and grown by the Fischers in this complex were better shaped and coloured than the Phrag Dick Clements is the well-known cross of besseae plants photographed in Japan. and sargentianum. The flowers usually have rather narrow petals that try to twist a bit like the sargentianum parent, but usually the colour is good, because the sargentianum tends to intensify reds. When you double the number of chromosomes the 4n version of the cross will have wider and flatter petals such as in their best clone ‘Rocket Flash’.

Working with Dick Clements ‘Rocket Flash’ and besseae ‘Rob’s Choice’ gave the Fischers some really outstanding Phrag. Jason Fischers! The clone ‘Grouville’ FCC 95 points is their parent of choice for further crosses and it is hard to get anything better! Jason says that he is hoping the cross with his name will surpass Paph rothschildianum in the number of FCC’s awarded to the grex! The 3n Jason Fischers produced by using a 4n besseae and a 2n Dick Clements are a good choice for hobby growers, because they are large as well and grow well.

Phrag longifolium var. hinksianum is a large version of this variable species and has turned out to be a great parent. The species has long slightly twisted narrow petals that have a red picotee. This species also has the distinction of having the only alba clone of any Phragmipedium!

Phrag Eric Young is longifolium X besseae and using the longifolium album and the besseae flavum resulted in a very pleasing Eric Young with pale green sepals and pale yellow petals and pouch. The petals were twisted and had a light red picotee and the pouch had a light red flush starting from the rim but leaving the distal third of the pouch yellow. Quite different from the normally coloured version with light red, with -in the best forms: flat petals and dorsal sepal and a pale yellow ventral contrasting well with the deep rose-red pouch.

Phrag Don Wimber (Eric Young X besseae) has also been vastly improved by doubling the number of Now to the Phragmipediums: chromosomes. The 2n flowers are orange with fairly

wide flat petals that usually bend a bit downward, but the 6

4n version has deep red flowers with very wide petals flowers have a rose fragrance and strangely enough in and even some red on the staminodal shield. its hybrids the fragrance gets intensified! Phragmipedium Raspberries ‘N Cream (Phrag. Pink Panther x Phrag. Barbara LeAnn) was illustrated with a candy pink flower that had a dark magenta rounded pouch. The pink colour comes mostly from the Phrag fischeri that is one grandparent of both parents. The plant was grown in a clear plastic food container recycled as a pot. It had two holes melted into the sides of the pot with a soldering iron about 2cm up from the bottom. The plant was grown in pure medium sized chunks of diatomaceous earth. Jason feels that this is the best growing medium for Phrags, because it has the best water-holding capacity of any potting material.

Next come some crosses that used Phrag. besseae ‘Rob’s Choice’ as one of the parents:

Phrag Red Wing (3N) a cross of Robert C. Silich and besseae ‘Rob’s Choice’ 4N showed the dominance of the Rob’s Choice” clone of besseae. The progeny shown looked like a good besseae, but undoubtedly was much easier to grow than a besseae.

Phragmipedium colombianum looks just like a Phrag schlimii with more colour added to the pouch. The inflorescence also branches more freely. Taxonomists don’t agree on whether this species as well as Phrag. fischeri are truly separate species or just varieties of schlimii. But for breeding purposes it is useful to keep them separate, because they do not give the same breeding results. The cross Phrag Hanne Popow Phrag. Cahaba Cherokee Sunset (Phrag. besseae (besseae X schlimii) is a case in point. Many of the more ‘Rob’s Choice’ x Phrag. exstaminodium) produces colourful results of this cross undoubtedly used fischeri flowers that have long, fairly wide petals gracefully or colombianum instead. pointing slightly downward. Not all clones shown had as good shape as the one shown above, but all had excellent deep red colour.

Phragmipedium schlimii a species from Colombia is an interesting parent. The species has small white flowers with a bit of a pink flush on the proximal portions of the segments and on the pouch. The lip rim has some deep red veins. A yellow staminodal shield with two deep red eye dots livens up the colour considerably. The 7

Phrag. caudatum is closely related to the above species and the above species is considered a variety of caudatum by some taxonomists. It is also the only Phrag species in this group without a name change! It is pollinated by a small species of fly. In the USA the flies attracted to it are too big and they get stuck behind the pollinia! The flowers are more massive than warscewiczianum and have dark brown markings on petal and pouch edges.

Phrag. lindenii is another interesting species in this complex. It looks like Phrag caudatum but has the pouch replaced by another petal. Not surprisingly, it is self- pollinating. It probably lost its pollinator in its habitat or landed in a habitat where its pollinator was not present. To use it in breeding, and not just get a selfing, you have to remove all pollinia as soon as the flower opens and then place the desired pollen on the stigma. Most clones have two flowers per inflorescence. A white clone of Hanne Popow was created by sibbing two Hanne Popows one made with the usual form of Phrag. popowii (syn. humboldtii) looks like a Phrag besseae and the other made with the flavum besseae. warscewiczianum with dark brown rather than beige The flavum suppressed the red pigmentation and the petals and pouch. The petals have very little twist and remaining colour was yellow on the staminode. can be up to one meter in length! Should be a great parent for dark colour! The caudatum complex has species with long petals and they prefer less wet conditions. Phrag. exstaminodium is simply a Phrag. popowii without a staminodal shield. Phragmipedium wallisii now called Phrag. warscewiczianum usually has three pale chartreuse and Some hybrids using some of the above species: pale pinkish-beige flowers per inflorescence, but the Phrag. Alien Syndrome (klotzschianum X Fischers have a clone with up to five flowers per popowii/humboldtii) crosses two species both with dark inflorescence! petals and at least the popowii with a dark brown pouch and yet the progeny clone shown had pinkish beige petals and pouch....

Phrag. Stairway to Heaven (popowii X warscewiczianum) is a cross of the two species with dark brown and beige petals and pouch respectively and the progeny looks just like a Phrag. caudatum : more massive than either parent and light brown markings on petals and pouch. It is a consistent cross and grows fast.

Phrag. Mini Grande (popowii/humboldtii X pearcei) is a delightful cross of small growing slippers with dark brown petals and pouch.

Phrag. Fireworks (Grande X pearcei) is a similar cross, because pearcei is quite dominant.

Phrag. Red Lightning (sargentianum X popowii) is a colourful cross because the sargentianum intensifies red colour. The clone shown had pink petals with deep magenta veins and a coppery, magenta-veined pouch. Orchid Wiz has a picture of the ‘Windy Hill’ HCC-AOS clone on it and it has red edged petals and a deep red – brown pouch. However the grex name may mislead: it is a very slow grower....

However crossing this slow-poke with Phrag Memoria Dick Clements gives Phrag Flash Gordon which grows faster and the second to bloom was a shiny red all over!

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Class First Second Third Class 1 Cat jenmanii var semi-alba Cattleya (Lc Tokyo Magic Cat schroederae Cattleya ‘April’s Fools’ HCC/AOS XSlc Tangerine Imp ‘Golden Eye’ Alliance Leslie Ee ‘Harry’s Pick’) Leslie Ee John Vermeer Class 3 Phal cornu cervi var flava Phal schilleriana Phalaenopis Leslie Ee Alex Antanaitis and Vanda Alliance Class 5 Cymb Easternwind Cymbideae Alex Antanaitis

Class 6 Den ? Den senile Den nobile type Dendrobium Sue Loftus Henry Glowka Sue Loftus Class 7 Lepanthes telipogoniflora All Others Marion Curry Class 8 Pleione formosana Specimen ‘Double Happiness’ Plants Stanley Luk Class 9 Paph Basket Baskets and Stanley Luk Displays

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