AUGUST EVENTS

Monthly Meeting : 8:00 pm Monday, August 12, 2019 Atlanta Botanical Garden, Day Hall

Program: Art Chadwick : Large Flowered Cattleya Species

We will be taking our speaker to dinner at 6:00 at Ru San’s near the garden at Piedmont and Monroe. If you’d like to join us please let HB know you are coming.

B u l l e t i n Art holds a BS in Electrical August 2019 Engineering from North Carolina State and an MBA from James Madison University. He founded Chadwick & Son Orchids Inc in 1989 with his father who has been growing orchids since 1943.

„The Classic Cattleyas‟ is widely considered to be the definitive book on large-flowered Cattleya species and was written by Art and his father. Martha Stewart favorably reviewed the book and had both Chadwicks on her TV Show.

Art has the distinction of naming Cattleya hybrids after the wives of the last five U.S. Presidents and personally presenting the flowers to most of the honored recipients. He is a 'regular' on the orchid society speaker's circuit and has Art Chadwick spoken internationally at the Western Australian Orchid Conference as well as two World Orchid Conferences - France 2005 and Ecuador 2017. Each month since 2002, the Richmond Times-Dispatch has published Art‟s orchid advice column. The Winston-Salem Journal as well as several other newspapers around the country also run the popular column.

Chadwicks operates 11 greenhouses in rural Powhatan County, a retail store in Richmond, and boards over 13,000 orchids for local clients.

Art will bring plants for sales, mainly Cattleyas. If anybody wants to order divisions of species and hybrids, there is a current list on their website, www.chadwickorchids.com.

We have some openings for volunteers. We need someone to be in charge of refreshments for the monthly meetings. We could also use someone to take care of the society library.

In this Issue…

2 AtlOS Volunteers Minutes of the July Meeting 3 Events Calendar Announcements & Notes 4 Monthly Ribbon Judging 2 | P a g e www.atlantaorchidsociety.org A u g u s t , 2 0 1 9

ATLANTA ORCHID SOCIETY The Atlanta Orchid Society Bulletin

O f f i c e r s Volume 60: Number 8 – August 2019 Newsletter Editors: Danny Lentz & Mark Reinke President

David Mellard 404-310-9899 The Atlanta Orchid Society is affiliated with the American Vice-President/Programs Orchid Society, the Orchid Digest Corporation, the Mid- America Orchid Congress and the Garden Club of Geogia. Helen (HB) Blythe-Hart 770-656- 4054 Minutes of July 8th Meeting of the Atlanta Orchid Society Secretary Darrell Demeritt 404-307-6035 The July 8th, 2019 meeting of the Atlanta Orchid Society opened at 8:00 PM and was called to order by David Mellard, President. New member Treasurer Ben Johnson attended his first meeting and introduced himself. There Dan Williamson 301-717-0939 were no guests to be introduced. 142 Superior Ave Decatur, GA 30030 The minutes of the June meeting were approved. Dan Williamson,

Immediate Past President Treasurer, reported on the results of the Bill and Cathy Meincer greenhouse sale. Proceeds totaled $1,940, which was split 50/50 Jason Mills-Shoulta 678-383-2936 between the Society and the Judging Center. Dan also reported the final T r u s t e e s results of last month‟s silent auction – net approximately $200, budgeted to break even. Detailed account balances, etc. are available through Dan Jody Gomez Williamson for anyone interested. Doug Hartong David Mellard provided a review of several upcoming events and Trac Nguyen offerings:  Monthly AOS Judging will be held on July 13, and again on August Maegan Brass 10th. Judging starts at 1:00 PM at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atsushi Matsumoto usually in the Magnolia Room behind Day Hall.  The Society will have a board meeting on August 18th. Interested Carl Quattlebaum members are invited to attend.

V o l u n t e e r s President David Mellard discussed the organization of the Nominating

Committee for board members for next year. Most officers are “rolling AOS Rep – Barbara Barnett out” of their positions after this year, and those positions will need to be Greengrowers – Danny Lentz filled. The Nominating Committee is to be composed of one Society member, two individuals whom the Board selects, the Chair from last Librarian – year, and one committee representative who the President selects. MAOC Rep – Doug Hartong Voting ballets were distributed to society members who were in Meeting Hospitality – attendance so that they could select a board member to serve on the Membership – Barbara Barnett and committee; the ballots were collected for tabulation. Helen Blythe-Hart Maegan Brass was selected.

Education and Outreach– The monthly program was presented by the Atlanta Orchid Society‟s own Lynne Gollob Mark Reinke of Marble Branch Farms who presented an excellent talk on Silent Auction – Carson Barnes Miniature Cattleyas.

Monthly Ribbon Judging – The results of the monthly ribbon judging were announced. David Mellard

Newsletter – Danny Lentz & Mark With no further business or announcements, the meeting was adjourned Reinke at approximately 9:40 PM.

Orchid Digest Rep– David Mellard The next AtlOS Monthly Meeting will be held on August 12th at the Atlanta

Show Chairs (2020) – Danny Lentz & Botanical Gardens. (submitted by Darrell Demeritt) David Mellard

Website/Social Media – Danny Welcome New and Returning Members Lentz, Jeremie Carroll Ben Johnson (Stone Mountain) Jon Poss (Brookhaven) 3 | P a g e www.atlantaorchidsociety.org A u g u s t , 2 0 1 9

Announcements, Notes, Classifieds, etc. Events Calend a r If you have a few things you want to sell or swap, or are thinking about ordering A u g u s t something that others might be interested in splitting, let us know and we can

put a note in the newsletter. 2-3 – Cattleya Symposium in Fort

Pierce, FL. Barbara Barnett is back at home as she continues to recover from her illness. 10 - American Orchid Society If you‟d like to send a card her address is: 11236 Big Canoe, Jasper, GA 30143 monthly judging, (noon) training, (1pm) judging, at the Atlanta We will be having a board meeting on August 18 to discuss our show date. It Botanical Garden – Magnolia has been proposed to switch our show back to November instead of having it Room behind Day Hall in March. If you have any thoughts on this please let David Mellard or another board member know. - danny 12 - Atlanta Orchid Society Monthly Meeting – Art Chadwick will speak on Cattleyas

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Atlanta Orchid Society attempting to use it as a parent for Class II – Cymbidium Group further breeding. Since C. briegeri Monthly Ribbon Winners is naturally tetraploid, it is likely that July 2019 a tetraploid version of C. Circle of Life would need to be created in Notes by Mark Reinke order to re-make the cross so as to Photos by Danny Lentz be more fertile. But then, in doing so, the fundamental characteristics Class I – Cattleya Group that make it such a good cross could be altered as well. The current version is likely triploid, which can make the plants more vigorous and floriferous, if dead ends in terms of further breeding. After these examples bloomed for me for the first time, I tried to obtain more plants of the cross from Ben. But a well-known large Florida grower with deep pockets had just visited him and purchased every Blue – Cymbidium Miss Taipei one he had left! Both of my plants Unveiled – Helen Blythe-Hart hang up fairly high in my greenhouse where they receive This plant was entered as Cym. Blue – Cattleya A Miracle Everyday bright light, strong air flow, and ensifolium, which is a charming, if „Big Flares‟– Mark Reinke & Gary quick drying after watering. These somewhat modest, terrestrial Collier are the most important essential species that grows as far south as ingredients to keeping most mature Sri Lanka and southern India, and In my July program on compact and compact cattleyas happy and has helped create a revolution in miniature Cattleya type orchids I productive. breeding showy “warmth tolerant” mentioned the phenomenon known hybrids. Its range also includes as “latent flaring” that can be Red–Cattleya No ID– Larry Kikkert parts of mainland Southeast Asia, produced when the solid yellow rock many islands in the Indonesian and dwelling species, Cattleya briegeri, This nice, compact, chartreuse Philippine Archipelagos, and as far is used in crosses, and this and the cattleya had lost its tag, but I am north as extreme southern Japan. white ribbon winner are prime fairly certain that it is Rlc. Hawaiian As per Baker‟s description: examples. The hybrid was Passion „Carmela.‟ Both the plant “Through its range, plants generally registered by Ben Oliveros on the habit and the flowers look more or are found as terrestrials in lightly Big Island of Hawaii (a former native less identical to photos of that shaded, broad-leaved forest, often Atlantan and AOS accredited orchid, and I know that a batch of in damp situations, at elevations of Judge). It pairs C. briegeri and C. them was widely available 1000-5900 ft. (300-1800 m).” The Circle of Life. Both of the plants I commercially within recent years. color markings and shape of the exhibited were seedlings from that small flowers carried in upright cross that I kept because of their inflorescences varies quite a bit tight upright growth habit and eye from plant to plant. The subtle catching flowers. In this particular charms of each different form have plant, an intense red flare runs made it a favorite cultivated species though the center of each petal on a in China and Japan for at least two yellow background, while in the thousand years! case of the one I call „Rainbow,‟ Despite being rather small and (white ribbon winner) the flaring is a delicate, two of its direct offspring, more subtle blend of pastel shades Cym. Peter Pan (x Cym. Miretta contrasting with an intense red- 1957) and Cym.Golden Elf (x Cym. purple lip. Ben chose the name for Enid Haupt 1978) have created the cross because each new breeding lines that account for the seedling blooming for the first time lion‟s share of its more than 1200 revealed its own unique, yet registered progeny. These two spectacular combination of colors. White–Cattleya A Miracle Everyday crosses have led to a wealth of In the case of this particular „Rainbow‟ – Mark Reinke & Gary attractive, fairly compact and cross, sadly, it has yet to prove Collier colorful hybrids that have been fertile for either Ben or myself when successfully grown even in South 5 | P a g e www.atlantaorchidsociety.org A u g u s t , 2 0 1 9

Florida. One of the premier Since then it has helped produce upright growths are evergreen with producers of these hybrids was some additional compact, heat numerous two ranked, tightly Everglades Orchids. Their current tolerant offspring, while at the same spaced leaves and flower spikes are website states: “For the 50 years time still masquerading as a stand in produced annually on almost all the we were in the retail orchid business for its grandparent in some circles! mature growths from nodes along our "Specialty of the House" was the stem tucked in between the warmth tolerant Cymbidiums and Class III – Dendrobium leaves. Each flowering season, for Oncidium intergeneric hybrids. Group a number of years, clusters of 6 or The Cymbidium hybrids we created more blooms come from different range from delicate Chinese nodes until all potential bloom sites miniature Cymbidiums to full-size have been exhausted. It is not standards. All of these orchids were unusual for a mature plant to have bred, raised and flowered in Belle one hundred or more blooms open Glade, Florida where the sultry at once. Growths can be over two summers can reach 100°F (38°C) feet tall on well grown plants. for many days.” Sadly, you will note Generally speaking, this species that statement is in the past tense seems to prefer bright, but diffused as Everglades Orchids no longer light levels, warm, but not hot offers warmth tolerant Cymbidiums temperatures, and plenty of water to the retail market. with perfect drainage while growing Another producer, New World in summer, then somewhat less in Orchids, formerly of New Zealand winter, but not letting the plants stay and now based in Salinas, dry for more than a couple days in California, sends its plants between. overseas, primarily to Australia and There are two other very similar South Africa, and doesn‟t even offer looking species also from the them to the US market. Luckily, Philippines. Den. dearei grows up their seedlings are grown up to plug Blue – Dendrobium sanderae to 24 inches tall with medium sized size by contract growers in Hawaii variety luzonicum – Danny Lentz & white flowers at the lowest and I have been able to obtain small Dianne Morgan elevations and prefers warm to hot quantities of production overruns to conditions, while Den. schuetzei has grow up and offer in the future. There are two distinct forms of this large white flowers but generally These growers claim the US no Philippine species in the market, stays under twelve inches in height longer supports the warmth tolerant and I find them different in flower and prefers a milder temperature Cymbidium market, but I find it hard and culture to the point that they range, warm, but not hot. There are to believe. It seems that, given the behave like separate species. Den. also hybrids between all three, and opportunity to try such orchids, the sanderae var. majus has fewer, but labels on commercially available new generations of orchid hobbyists larger white flowers up to four plants may or may not be accurate. in climates such as ours would find inches across with a distinct purple them rewarding and desirable, as area on the side lobes of the lip and Red– Dendrobium farmeri–Darrell well as easy to grow without the in the throat. I have yet to meet Demerritt need for a greenhouse. anyone who has had much success OK, so now having waxed on growing this form here in the White -Dendrobium tenellum - about the virtues of Cym. ensifolium Southeast. It seems to linger on for Véronique Perrot a while, but doesn‟t make many new I got the photos of the plant from the White -Dendrobium thyrsiflorum - meeting and it is not the species. roots and eventually fails. It Andrew Dott After chatting with HB, it turns out probably requires milder conditions to do well. she bought the plant directly from White -Dendrobium platygastrium - Den. sanderae var. luzonicum, China listed as the species but it Mark Reinke & Gary Collier came with a tag in Chinese which on the other hand, does well here she can‟t read, so buyer beware of and can grow into a showy Class IV – Epidendrum specimen with general good care as those great online deals from that Group country! With a little digging I is illustrated by this beautifully flowered example. The white discovered this orchid is a Blue– Catyclia Peaches McClain– flowers are smaller, but more descendant of Cym. ensifolium Mark Reinke & Gary Collier called Cym. Miss Taipei Unveiled. It numerous, and usually have a green had been in the market under the throat with a few faint purple lines at This charming orchid is one of two trade name “Miss Taipei” and the best, or none at all. The rather thin wonderful, but hard to find crosses family tree was finally unraveled so textured flowers look delicate, but done using Encyclia tampensis by J that it could be registered in 2001. last in good condition for about 2 F McClain, who operated McClain‟s months during the summer. The 6 | P a g e www.atlantaorchidsociety.org A u g u s t , 2 0 1 9

Orchid Range in Jacksonville, FL in that charming shape of the E. margin to the leaves called „Okika.‟ the 1970‟s and 1980‟s. Cty. tampensis parent. Any one of these would be a great Peaches McClain is E. tampensis x addition to an orchid collection, C. milleri. The other hybrid is Cty. Red – Prosthechea Green Hornet – requiring just basic “oncidium” care Thumper McClain, which is E. Bob Grzesik to do well and grow quickly. tampensis x C. Angelwalker. Both were registered over 40 years ago White – Catyclia El Hatillo „Pinta‟ – Red – Miltoniopsis Pink Aurora – in 1977 and I feel very lucky to have Mark Reinke & Gary Collier Jon Crate good examples of each. Class V – Oncidium Group White – Tolumnia velutina – Véronique Perrot

Class VI – Cypripedium Group

Blue – Bratonia Shelob „Red Spider‟– Dan Williamson

Bratonia Shelob is one of the tried and true hybrids in Oncidinae that thrives in our climate, thanks to the fact that it is made up of more than 60% warm to hot growing Brassia species. It is also about 25% Cty.Peaches McClain is strictly a Brazilian Miltonia species that are Blue –Paphiopedilum Jerry once per year bloomer, and a very adaptable from cool to warm Spence– Helen Blythe-Hart slow grower, but rewards me each conditions. When registered, it was summer with delicate wiry stems of called Miltassia (Miltonia + Brassia) This showy hybrid, which combines rich rusty red flowers with bright but recently it was determined that three multifloral species, was yellow lips, lasting up to two months. Bratonia (Brassia + Miltonia) was introduced by Frank Booth of Tip I got this plant from Rueben applied to this combination before Top Paphs in Burlington, MA three Sauleda of Homestead, FL when he the former name and a strict decades ago in 1989. But the was our guest speaker in July, interpretation of the rules means the results are still hard to beat and the 2013. After six years, it has grown earliest name is considered correct. cross has garnered AOS awards as somewhat larger, but is still in the Whatever you call it, the sprays recently as 2017. Between 1983 same 4 inch plastic vanda basket it of large spidery flowers growing on and 1997 Tip Top Paphs introduced came in. I‟ve tried to make a few a fairly compact plant are a dozens of new crosses in this crosses from it, but so far nothing wonderful thing. The „Red Spider‟ genus, and a few have continued to has taken. form is not as available as other be important parents to the present The other plant I mentioned, Cty. clones, but has the better form in day. One parent of Paph. Jerry Thumper McClain is much more the arrangement of the segments, Spence is Paph. rothschildianum vigorous and blooms more than which exhibit nice dark color as well. and the other is Paph. Berenice, once per year. It was in bloom in The lip is nice and full, reflecting the which combines Paph. lowii with April when I got it from Odom‟s Miltonia ancestors, and has a blush Paph. philippinense. While the Orchids at the Savannah show and of purple over a pale yellow base characteristics of each parent come has four new spikes coming now. color, peppered with bold dark out in various ways with each Maybe they still have more divisions purple spots. seedling, almost any one is of this plant and if you love Encyclia The most commonly available something worth having in your hybrids you should definitely inquire! clone, „Tolkein‟ is similar, but not collection. The flower quality The flowers on this one are larger in usually as dark and the form is not awards attributed to the cross so far gentle lavender tones with deeper quite as good. There is a mutation include 10 Highly Commended stripes in the lip, but still maintain of that form with a thin variegated 7 | P a g e www.atlantaorchidsociety.org A u g u s t , 2 0 1 9

Certificates, 11 Awards of Merit and species has no purple pigmentation produce several, one at a time, over 2 First Class Certificates. in the flowers so shows only the a period of several months, peaking All the species involved in this yellow base color. Two other from summer into fall. The plants cross prefer warm to even hot named forms, variety alba, and are typical of the Angraecoid family temperatures, moderately high variety flavescens, seem identical in with slow growing fans of strap humidity and medium light levels. appearance to me. shaped green leaves emerging from Plants should not dry out completely When one considers a single, a short stem that rarely exceeds between each watering, but can smallish and often somewhat four inches in height. take a fairly large pot which will dry dullish, star shaped flower, this is more slowly. While not used not a flashy orchid. But a mature extensively for additional breeding, plant will carry several to many there are a “baker‟s dozen” evergreen spikes which continue to registered hybrids of Paph. Jerry produce several flowers at a time for Spence, and almost half of them many years, making a much have garnered awards themselves. showier impression overall. It is This particular plant has a unique widespread through hot, tropical, look for the cross, much more like often deciduous forests in the the results of crossing Paph. Jerry lowlands of Southeast Asia Spence with Paph. sanderianum, a including the major Indonesian 2004 introduction called Paph. Shin- islands, and will definitely not sulk in Yi Jerry San. our southern summers. Plants will bloom best if given enough light to Red – Paphiopedilum tonsum „Old turn the foliage somewhat yellow- Baldy,‟ AM/AOS – Carson Barnes green, and should be watered

frequently during the growing The flowers are usually a pale icy White – Paphiopedilum Toni season, then more sparingly, with green in the center that can flush Semple (using album parents) - increased light in winter to simulate with yellow near the tips of the Mark Reinke & Gary Collier what happens in the wild during this segments, and a few plants have Class VII - Phalaenopsis dry period, when most trees at least more pronounced yellow color partially defoliate and the only throughout the flower. Most of the Group available moisture is nightly dew. AOS awards for this species are

Phal. cornu-cervi has been used cultural, awarded to plants with a fairly extensively in hybridization dozen or more flowers open on and in the right pairing can result in about that many inflorescences. intense colors and attractive To grow a plant that would equal patterns. Currently more than 400 those specimens, you should give registered hybrids have this species this species filtered, diffused light (a in their family tree. shady spot in a greenhouse), with good air movement. Watering Red– Phalaenopsis Liu‟s Berry – should be frequent, but with Helen Blythe-Hart excellent drainage so that plants dry

fairly quickly. Baskets more often White -Phalaenopsis Queen Beer – work best for this unless you like to Danny Lentz & Dianne Morgan water very often in which case you Class VIII - Vandaceous can mount the plant on tree fern. The species is reported from sea Group level to over 3,000 feet, so it should

be fairly heat tolerant, but probably Blue – Aeranthes grandiflora – thrives best if kept below 90F. Carson Barnes Blue – Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi variety flava – Véronique Perrot Red – Aerides houlettiana – Jon The more than 40 different Crate Typical plants of Phal. cornu-cervi Aeranthes species come mainly exhibit flowers with a yellow from Madagascar or the Comoros White – Papilionanda Cindy Banks background overlaid with variable Islands, though two species are „Hilltop‟ – Carson Barnes amounts of red and purple. The found on the African mainland. This species name means „staghorn,‟ species has the largest flowers as Class IX – Miscellaneous and refers to the antler like shape of the name it was given indicates. the persistent inflorescences, which Their spidery form can be up four to Blue –Platanthera ciliaris – David bloom a few flowers at a time for five inches across from tip to tip. Mellard several years. This color form of the Each long, wiry inflorescence can 8 | P a g e www.atlantaorchidsociety.org A u g u s t , 2 0 1 9

The genus Platanthera contains he has put in garden soil have died. Creek Gap heading toward more than 150 species scattered I have a few mature plants of this Hiawassee, GA. All wild orchid globally, but concentrated in the species in my large bog garden and species in Georgia are considered northern temperate zones. There can attest to the fact that they are threatened and a few endangered are at least 30 species in the United slow to increase as well as grow in and they should only be removed States, plus a number of natural size. I do have a few seedlings in from their natural sites when it is hybrids between them. The other locations in the bog now, so I necessary to save them from southeastern states have the will see how many years it takes to development or destruction. highest diversity. Platanthera are reach flowering size. They will only terrestrial orchids typically growing grow in bright, permanently damp, Red–Catasetum expansum – Jon in open damp meadows, savannas, but not flooded locations that are Crate boglands, and even ditches and typically on the acidic side. damp roadsides that have been There can be as many as 30 or spared routine herbicide treatments. more showy flowers on the upper portion of a stem that can range from 12 to 30 inches tall. Each closely spaced flower has a deeply incised, wide spreading lip, that contributes to the common name, the Yellow Fringed Orchid. In actuality, the color is a yellow- orange shade very similar to that of a sliced cantaloupe melon. The flowers open in succession from the bottom of the raceme, but usually all are open together for a couple weeks before the lower ones begin to fade.

Red– Stanhopea confusa – Dan Williamson

White – Gongora rufescens – Vinh Platanthera ciliaris is Nguyen documented to occur in at least 26 states from the northeast, where it is very rare, west to the southern Great Lakes, and southward to Florida and Texas. Here in the southeast it is most common in the You can help out the Atlanta Orchid southern Appalachian Mountains Society simply by shopping at Amazon and the coastal plain, and scarce in through their Amazon Smile program. most of the piedmont region in To do this simply go to between. http://smile.amazon.com every time The cut inflorescence brought in you want to shop at Amazon. When by David is exceptionally large and While I live only slightly farther north than Atlanta, the plants in my you go to checkout for the first time, many-flowered. His clump of plants you will be asked to designate your is just a few feet back from the area don‟t bloom until closer to the beginning of August, and at higher charity. If you type Atlanta Orchid street in his front yard, in a boggy Society in the search bar, we are the environment created by sinking a elevations nearby in the southern Appalachians I usually see them only result that comes up. Select that preformed pond liner into the ground one. You can change the charity at with a drain hole about 6 inches near Labor Day. Sadly, I have observed entire roadside banks of any time, by following the directions below the rim, and filled with a 50/50 on the About page. All of the details of mix of sphagnum peat moss and them on the way to Highlands, NC that were destroyed by the the Amazon Smile program can be sand. He uses metal tomato cages found on the Amazon site at: to help protect the plants from application of herbicide. But there is still a large, magnificent colony right https://smile.amazon.com/gp/chpf/abo browsing deer. David says that over ut/ the years, the clump has slowly on US HWY 76 just after it crosses increased, and any of these plants the Appalachian Trail at Dick‟s