North of England Orchid Society December 2019 Newsletter Issue 2 August Meeting 2019, Hoghton Village Hall In this meeting we were lucky enough to see two Stanhopea orchids. This is quite a rarity at shows due to the flowers being very short lived, lasting on average 3 to 4 days. This comprises of around 55 species and 5 natural hybrids spreading from Mexico to Trinidad. The Stanhopea flowers travel down through the bottom of the containers in which they grow, lending themselves to culture in baskets that have enough open space for the inflorescence to push through. In the wild they are pollinated by euglossine bees which use the flowers perfume to attract a mate. Nearly all Stanhopea as a result have extremely strong perfumes which can often fill a greenhouse.

Table showing all orchids awarded a first price in their categories

Class Exhibitors Name Orchid Name Class 4 D Crook Pleurothallis Gracillima Class 5 G Barnes Stanhopea Graveolens Class 9 G Barnes Paphiopedilum Lady Isabel Class 10 M Birks Cattleya Forbesii X Lealia Alaorii Class 11 M White Lockhartia Oerstedii Class 12 N Gillam Odont Bictoniense semi-alba Class 13 K Smith Phalenopsis Chi Yueh Cow Class 14 D Crook Dendrobium Christy Dawn Class 15 M White Stanhopea Tigrina X Shuttleworthii Class 17 G Barnes Sunset Class 19 G Barnes Vanda Truant Cuco Class 22 D Crook Pleurothallis Gracillima August Meeting 2019 Hoghton Village Hall

Stanhopea Graveolens Stanhopea Tigrina X Shuttleworthii By G Barnes By M Whte

Miltonia Sunset, By G Barnes

Pleurothallis Gracillima, By D Crook Vanda Truant Cuc, By G Barnes August Meeting 2019 Hoghton Village Hall

Paphiopedilum Lockhartia Oerstedii Cattleya Forbesii Lady Isabel By M White X Lealia Alaorii By G Barnes By M Birks

Odontoglossum Dendrobium Christy Bictoniense Chi Yueh Cow Dawn semi-alba By K Smith By D Crook By N Gilliam Memories of 2019 Orchid Shows At Southport we were awarded a Large Silver Medal and also won the Challenge Trophy September Meeting 2019 Community Hall Rixton My personal favourites at this show was between a huge specimen of Dendrochilum Magnum and a mounted . This orchid was beautifully presented on a piece of gorse bark. I personally prefer the look of mounted orchids especially when they look as natural as this. Gastrochilus japonicas, otherwise known as The Yellow Pine Orchid is native to , Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan. It is a is a miniature, warm to cold growing epiphyte, which reaching up to 8 cm tall. The Dendrochilum magnum is native to the . The flowers have a tremendous sweet fragrance and last from 2-4 weeks. It is generally a very prolific grower and easy to flower. Worth a space in anyone's collection, although with time they can become very large. Table showing all orchids awarded a first price in their categories Class Exhibitors Name Orchid Name Class 2 J Gat Large Group Class 4 G Barnes Dendrochilum Magnum Class 5 D Crook Maxillaria Hematoglossa Class 8 N Gilliam Paphiopedilum Kimbalianum Class 9 P Hollings Phragmipedium L a Hougette Class 10 D Crook Cattley Bicolor Class 11 R Harrison Gomesa Crisaa X Flexuosum Class 13 S Sims Phalaenopsis Mariae Class 14 B Bray Dendrobium Fancy Angel ‘Lycee’ Class 15 R Harrison Bulbophyllum Jersey Class 16 P Hollings Phragmipedium Fritz Schomburg Class 19 D Crook Gastrochilus Japonicus Class 20 P Hollings Phragmipedium Class 22 D Crook Dracula Bella September Meeting 2019 Community Hall Rixton

Dracula Bella Bulbophyllum Jersey Phragmipedium By D Crook By R Harrison La Hougette By P Hollings

Paphiopedilum Cattley Bicolor Maxillaria Kimbalianum By D Crook Hematoglossa By N Gilliam By D Crook

Phragmipedium Fritz Schomburg

By P Hollings September Meeting 2019 Community Hall Rixton

Dendrochilum Magnum By G Barnes Phalaenopsis Mariae By S Sims

Large Group, By J Gat

Gastrochilus Japonicus By D Crook

Gomesa Crisaa X Oncidium Flexuosum Dendrobium Fancy Angel ‘Lycee’, By B Bray By R Harrison Durham Annual Show September 2019

George and Sheila Barnes, Lynda and I went to The Josephine Butler Collage to put on a display for NEOS at the Durham Orchid Societies annual show in September. Although we didn’t have the number of we usually have we had a good display and received eight ‘Highly Commended’ awards which are listed below.

Highly Commended awards given to our society members:-

 George Barnes for his Dendrochillum magnum  John Gay for his Phragmipedium Mont Faulu  David Crook for his Gastrochillus japonica  Nick Gilliam for his Paphiopedilum Kimbiliana  Reg Harrison for Bulbophyllum Jersey  Reg Harrisonfor his Brassavola nodosa x Brassavola digbiana  Richard Rhodes for his Phragmipedium Noirmont  Richard Rhodes for his Paphiopedilum henryanum

The show was not as well attended this year as the previous shows. This probably had something to do with The Great North Run being on the same weekend; it certainly had an impact on the prices of Hotel rooms, The Premier Inn in Durham was £150 per room for Saturday night! So we had a camping weekend which was very good. We were in our caravan and George and Sheila took their motor home. The Durham Annual Show 2020 will be held on the 13th September. There should not be a problem with hotels as the Great North Run is on a different weekend. David Durham Annual Show September 2019

1st Phalaenopsis Hybrid Society Owner Phalaenopsis White Dream Scotland Rosemary Butterfield 1st Phalaenopsis Species Society Owner Phalaenopsis japonica Scotland Liz Jamieson 1st Laeliineae Hybrid Society Owner Brasso-Cattleya Yellow Bird North East of England Pat McLean 1st Laeliineae Species Society Owner C attleya fournieri EMOS Mike Armstrong 1st Pleurothallidinae Species/ Hybrid Society Owner

Stelis pilosa Harrogate Hilary Hobbs 1st Masdevallia Hybrid Society Owner Masdevallia Geneve Royale Darlington Chris Tyrie 1st Masdevallia Species Society Owner Masdevallia lipifera Darlington Chris Tyrie 1st Phragmipedium Hybrid Society Owner Phragmipedium Calurum Scotland Christine Nicholson 1st Phragmipedium Species Society Owner Phragmipedium lindenii Scotland Tony Britton 1st Cymbidium Species/ Hybrid Society Owner Cymbidium dayanum Hinkley Noel Cope 1st Paphiopedilum Hybrid Society Owner Paphiopedilum Vanguard North East of England Stuart Jaggar Durham Annual Show September 2019

1st Paphiopedilum Species Society Owner Paphiopedilum dayanum ‘Menston’ Harrogate Ian Dorman 1st Dendrobium Hybrid Society Owner Dendrobium Hibiki ‘Purbeck’ Harrogate Ian Dorman 1st Dendrobium Species Society Owner Dendrobium brymerianum EMOS Mel Stephen 1st Any Other Hybrid Society Owner Polystachia Ken’s World EMOS Mike Armstrong 1st Hybrid Society Owner Vandafinetia Little Blossom North East of England Bob Cant 1st Vandeae Species Society Owner Holcoglossum kimballiana Darlington Chris Tyrie 1st Hybrid Society Owner Oncostele Catanthe ‘Pacific Sun Spots’ EMOS Mel Stephen

1st Oncidiinae Species Society Owner Miltonia spectabilis var. Moreliana Darlington Jean Barker 1st Any Other Species Society Owner Bulbophyllum rothschildianum EMOS Arthur Deakin

Best in Show Society Owner

Miltonia spectabilis var. Moreliana Darlington Jean Barker

Best Display in Show Scotland October Meeting 2019 Brockholes Nature Reserve This meeting was set in the beautiful location of Brockholes Natural Reserve, with the meeting room being over the lake. This is a fantastic day out, especially if you are into your walking or hiking across the scenic countryside. The orchids themselves were as always beautifully presented. As always I have a personal favourite which I like to talk about. This was a blue orchid ‘Cleisocentron merrillianum`. In cultivation it is fairly hard to find. Cleisocentron consists of 6 recognised species and has a disjunct distribution, from the Himalayas, Vietnam and Borneo. Two of these are blue; C Merillianum and C Gokusingii. Merillianum is more of a true blue colour, although the best way to tell them apart is the leaves. C Merrillianum has terete leaves that are round on cross section whereas C Gokusingii has flattish top surface of the leaves. Table showing all orchids awarded a first price in their categories Class Exhibitors Name Orchid Name Class 2 J Gay Large Group Class 4 S Yates Barbosella Dosenii Class 5 R Harrison Coelogyne Ovalis Class 8 E Oates Paphiopedilum Barolea Doenaur Class 9 E Oates Phragmipedium RJQ Class 10 D Crook Cattleya Dolosa Alba Class 11 D Crook Oncidium Cogniaxianom Class 13 C Burrows Phalaenopsis Alba Nemo Class 14 B Bray Dendrobium Fancy Angel ‘Lycee’ Class 15 R Harrison Brassia Datacosa Loo Bay Class 18 K Hemming Stenoglotis Longifola Class 18 R Harrison Vanda Roberts Delight Crown Fox Big Red Class 22 M Palin Pleurothallis Megalops October Meeting 2019 Brockholes Nature Reserve

Coelogyne Ovalis, By R Harrison with Cultural award

Phalaenopsis Alba Cattleya Dolosa Alba Nemo, By C Burrows By D Crook

Dendrobium Fancy Brassia Datacosa Angel ‘Lycee’ Loo Bay Phragmipedium RJQ By B Bray By R Harrison By E Oates October Meeting 2019 Brockholes Nature Reserve

Large Group, By J Gay Cleisocentron merrillianum By G Gay

Stenoglotis Longifola Paphiopedilum By K Hemming Barolea Doenaur By E Oates

Vanda Roberts Delight Crown Fox Pleurothallis Megalops Trisetella Hoeijeri Big Red, By By M Palin By M Palin R Harrison November Meeting 2019 Barton Village Hall This was another successful meeting with some beautiful orchids grown by our members. My personal favourite was a fantastically grown Dracula Bella by D crook as part of his small group category. Dracula orchids are predominantly found in the Ecuadorian cloud forests. As a result they need to be kept constantly moist to grow. Even bringing such orchids to shows may cause the flowers to wilt as they are brought out of the high humidity. I grow these orchids next to a humidifier. They are a fantastic species of orchids which are definitely worth the extra hard work. Another beautiful orchid was a fairly commonly seen B. Nelly Isler, but in an unusual dark red colour. Absolutely breath-taking. Table showing all orchids awarded a first price in their categories. Class Exhibitors Name Orchid Name Class 2 D Crook Small Group Class 4 S Yates Ceratostylis Rubra Class 5 M Palin Coelogyne Mooreana Class 8 B Openshaw Paphiopedilum Insigne Class 9 P Hollings Phragmipedium Cardinale Class 10 D Morton Cattleya Xanthina Class 12 M Palin Rossioglossum Grande Class 13 K Smith Phalenopsis Sogo White Class 14 D Morton Dendrobium Polysema Class 15 M Palin Brascidostele Gilded Tower ‘Mystic Maze’ Class 16 P Hollongs Phragmipedium Schlimii Forma Manzuri Class 17 M Palin Miltoniopsis Lynn White ‘White Queen’ Class 19 S Yates Schoenorchis Gemmata Class 21 C Burrows Burrageara Nelly Isler Class 22 M Palin Pleurothallis Megalops November Meeting 2019 Barton Village Hall

Phragmipedium Miltoniopsis Lynn White Ceratostylis Rubra Cardinale ‘White Queen’ By S Yates By P Hollings By M Palin

Schoenorchis Dendrobium Polysema Phalenopsis Gemmata By D Morton Sogo White By S Yates By K Smith Coelogyne Mooreana By M Palin

Cattleya Xanthina By D Morton November Meeting 2019 Barton Village Hall

Dracula Bella Br D Crook Small Group, D Crook Brascidostele Gilded Tower ‘Mystic Maze’, By M Palin

Burrageara Nelly Isler, Pleurothallis Megalops By C Burrows By M Palin

Phragmipedium Schlimii Forma Rossioglossum Grande Manzuri Paphiopedilum Insigne By M Palin By P hollings By B Openshaw