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Volume 8 Number 3 Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park March 2021 1801 E. Chestnut Drive. Santa Ana, CA 92701 2020-2021 Officers President’s Message President Our world looks brighter as we now have longer and warmer Tony Glinskas days with the C19 numbers dropping over 30% in Orange Vice President County in the last week! Now that the Johnson and Johnson Theo Johnson Vaccine has been approved, the vaccination numbers will al- so increase. Hope that you have been able to get, or soon Society Secretary will get, your vaccination. I feel optimistic for the first time in Roberta Fox quite some time. Membership Secretary Barbara Livingston It has been a year since we had our last face to face Meeting and hopefully, we can get together next month! I have been Treasurer in communication with the Santa Ana Zoo several times and Roberta Fox Dtps. Chingruey's Gold Staff have paid them a visit. The Zoo is now open, albeit with re- Directors strictions in accordance with local and State C19 Rules. We Richard Hess have decided on having a limited get together on Saturday April 17 at 10:30AM with re- Norm Nakanishi strictions in force at that time. This will give you the chance to see our fellow Members Kayoko Nebrig and experience our planned new Meeting Place. The Zoo management is also looking Henrietta Rubino forward to this and would like to tell us about some of the plans that they have to incor- Dana Seelig porate Orchids into their venue. However, if Glenda Urmacher the current trend on the Virus changes and ——- gets worse, we will cancel! We do not want anyone not to be safe. Please, if you have not Newsletter already done so, send me an email at Roberta Fox [email protected] if you plan [email protected] on joining us. Any comments, thoughts and (714)435-8015 suggestions are also greatly appreciated to Newsletter deadline is the get our Club going again. 25th of the month prior to the month of issue. Hoping that you have been tolerating the Lockdowns successfully and are safe and heathy and will be able to join us on April 17.

Happy Growing. Tony Page 2

From Tony Glinskas

Blc. Guess What- SVO; x Slc. Golden Tree 'Big Red' Den. Brimbank You Beauty

Slc. Wendy Dhu

Den. Regal Gilleston 'SVO’ x Den. speciosum v. curvicaule @TonyGlinskas Page 3

From Gisela Ferolito:

Den. -reginae

Lc. Naranja en Flor

(Lc. Trick or Treat x Lc. Spring Fires)

From Gen Gunderson

Cym. Dag ‘Green Beryl’ Den. Unnamed {Autumn x Editor’s Notes (Regal Affair x Aussie Victory)} .Cymbidium season is nearing its peak, and Australian Dendrobiums are starting to put on a show. I’m going to share just a few of both.. you no doubt have plenty of them in your yard as well.

Cym. Procul Harum is a big with big flowers. The red-orange flowers have a pale yellow, almost white pico- tee around the edges of and .

My Dendrobium speciosums are just getting start- Cym. Procol Harum ed. This Den. speciosum var. speciosum is the first to bloom. Cym. Black Forest ‘Dark Spirit’ has narrow segments, but also sports a white picotee, as well as a velvety super-dark lip.

Den. speciosum var. speciosum

Laelia anceps are mostly done, but the hybrid with C. (L.) harpophylla , Lc. Canariensis, is in bloom. I have found C. harpophylla difficult to keep alive since it really wants a bit Cym. Black Forest of warmth, but the hybrid grows with the L. anceps with no ‘Dark Spirit’ issues at all.

Den. Unnamed {Autumn x (Regal Affair x Aussie Victo- Also blooming is Blc. Spectacular Bid (Blc Love Sound x Lc ry)} certainly shows the influence of Den. tetragonum Tropical Sunset) This one I have had for many years, re- with the red stripes in the segments. cently it skipped a couple of years but it’s back! Page 5

Once they die back in the spring, they get no water until late October, when nights start to cool off. The medium is 85-90% inorganic, the balance a well- drained potting soil. I use pumice rather than per- lite, to make the pots heavy enough to not blow over when dry. They get 3-4 hours of good sun, more as the spring progresses.

Diuris magnifica

Lc. Canariensis

Diuris orientis

Blc. Spectacular Bid

My Mediterranean-type terrestrials (Australian and Euro- pean) are starting to put on a show. Next month promis- es to be quite spectacular. Here are some of the early ones. I truly wonder why these are not more popular and available… our Mediterranean climate (warm, dry sum- mers and cool, wet winters) are quite natural for them.

Diuris (the “Donkey orchid” from ) grows in the coastal regions. is from western Aus- tralia, while is native to southern and east- ern Australia. These are dormant during the summer. Page 6

Ophrys, the “bee orchids” are native to all of the countries Speaking of “fuzzy” … Campanulorchis globifera is related to Eria. bordering the Mediterranean—southern Europe, north Africa, The buds are woolly, and when they open, the fuzz is on the backs Turkey, as well as the islands of the Aegean Sea. These are of the flowers. This grows on the patio, shady and damp. It is a perfect little bugs. (OK, I like fuzzy orchids… ) Culture is sub- rambler, I expect that it won’t be long before it needs to up-potted. stantially the same as for the Australian terrestrials, except that I add some crushed limestone to raise the alkalinity since these tend to grow in calcareous soils.

Ophrys cretica var. ariadne

Campanulorchis globifera

(Buds) Page 7

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