SARASOTA ORCHID SOCIETY ORCHID VIEW SEPTEMBER 2014 Orchid View
MONTHLY MEETING ♦ SEPTEMBER 1, 2014
Great Room By The Bay ♦ The Activities Center MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS 811 S. Palm Avenue, Sarasota, FL
6:00 pm Doors open
6:15 pm Culture Class with Roy Krueger
7:o0 pm Business Meeting
Light Refreshments
ALAN KOCH Gold Country Orchids, Lincoln, CA Cattleya Alliances
Discussion & Ribbon Awards on Members’ Plant Table
A Plant Rafe
GUESTS ARE ALWAY WELCOME!
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HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE ORCHID VIEW September 1, 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS Refreshments for our meetings are provided by our members, not the society. Every member is asked to provide food or drink at least once per year. A notice of when it is a member’s turn to do September 1st Hospitality so, is in each newsletter. If you cannot attend that meeting, we ask Committee, Darryl’s Earthcare Blog...2 you to contact Denny Pavlock, at least two weeks prior to the meeting, so he can reassign you to a different month. Please let us S.O.S. August Meeting Minutes, know if you are a seasonal resident. New Members...... 3 We are asking those members listed below to please take their turn to help with refreshments for this month’s meeting. It involves bringing in light refreshments and/or beverages, assist August Members’ Plant Table with setting up the buffet table and share in the clean-up process Winners ...... 4 after the meeting. Doors open at 6:00 pm and all set-up, with food and beverages, ready for our members by 6:45 pm, before the Orchids We Should All Grow, meeting starts at 7:00 pm. Your help will be greatly appreciated! Brassavola Nodosa...... 5 Tony & Ellen Nacinovich LightRefreshment Teresa & Danny Noa Light Refreshment Profiling Members and How They Brigitte Ortiz Light Refreshment Grow - Cathy Lewis...... 6 & 7 Lilli Overcamp Light Refreshment Bill & Kim Quinn 3 one-liter soft drinks 4th Annual Cattleya Symposium Review by Dennis Pavlock...8, 9, 10, 11 Patty & Rich Quinnelly Light Refreshment Merle Rachlin Light Refreshment The Pronunciation of Orchid Cherrie Randall Light Refreshment Names...... 12 Barry Reese Light Refreshment Kathy Renn, Holly Marks Light Refreshment About Us...... 13 Frances & Peter Rice Light Refreshment Paulette Parent Light Refreshment September Calendar...... 14 Light Refreshments: Cheese & Crackers, Cookies, Desserts, Fruits, Nuts, Vegetables/Dip, etc. If you are unable to attend this meeting, please call or email Dennis Pavlock, as soon as possible, or switch with another member. Thanks so much! Judy Robertson, Hospitality Email: [email protected] Ph: 941-966-8753
DARRYL’S EARTHCARE BLOG ⋄ On the road: Stig will be making his way back to Florida the end of August. Darryl and producer Diane Cirksena will head to Boca Raton to show Wild Orchid Man In The Land Of The White Bear at their orchid society on August 14th. ⋄ Wild Orchid Man - Journey To Machu Picchu is taking shape - magnificent scenery, lots of amazing orchids and stunning butterflies and birds. Coming in 2015! ⋄ Speaking of birds, the new Florida Field Journal, Black and White, has two dozen species along with another half dozen mammals. http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQM- L68fNvtEDkWhQyM0ZuyL7iSIcyzTe
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WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS WELCOME TO Joining The Sarasota Orchid Society in July OUR NEW MEMBERS Joining B ❃ K ❃ C The Sarasota Orchid Society W ❃ B in August
We welcome each of you and look forward to your active Dale & Donna Peters participation in our monthly meetings and activities. Being involved enhances the enjoyment you will receive from your SOS membership. We welcome each of you and look forward to your active participation in our monthly meetings and activities. Being involved enhances the enjoyment you will receive from your SOS membership.
August 2014 SOS Meeting Minutes
Laurie Stoner called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM.
Jo Davis introduced new members and guests.
New Business: Changes for upcoming meeting: • Reminder - Alan Koch of Gold Country orchids speak in September. It will be not be a potluck at the Garden Club. • We will have a Christmas potluck dinner at the Garden Club on Dec. 1st. • Denny asked who is interested in going on the bus trip to EFG in October.
Announcements:
• All members and guests please visit the display table and vote for your favorite species, hybrid, and novice Directions to Jim Robert’s Florida plants. SunCoast Orchids Greenhouse Sale 941-322-8777 • We have a special raffle/sale of plants this evening From the SOUTH: Take I-75 N to exit #210. donated by George and Meda Rigatti. Merge on Fruitville Rd (FL-780) and head East. Road comes to a T-Stop. Turn left onto Historic FL 780/Verna Rd. Drive 3.6 mi north • 15 Minute Break on Verna Rd. Road ends at FL-70; Turn left onto FL-70 for .2 miles. First right turn is Verna Bethany Rd; Go .3 mile to 8211 Verna Monroe Kokin gave an incredible slide presentation for us. Bethany Rd - Greenhouses on the right. From the NORTH. Take I-75 to exit 217 East • Jim and Roy went through the Display table towards Arcadia. Drive 12.5 miles East, Turn • Al Langdon ran the raffle. left onto Verna Bethany Rd. Go .3 mile to 8211 • Meeting adjourned at 8:45 pm. Verna Bethany Rd., Myakka City,FL
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2014 AUGUST
MEMBERS’ PLANT TABLE
“SHOW &
BEST HYBRID TELL” BEST SPECIES OF THE OF THE MONTH AWARDS MONTH Cattleya S. J. Bracey ‘Wailani’ AM/ Habenaria rhodocheila ‘H&R’ AOS Grown by Cathy Lewis Grown by Rick Helmuth
NOVICE OF THE MONTH Plant was identified as SPEAKER’S CHOICE OF THE MONTH Mokara J. R. Heartthrob ‘Red’, which is “Rlc.WhiteDiamond” unregistered. Mokara is no longer a valid (Tung-Noi Pink x Pink Diamond) genus since Ascocenda was moved to Vanda; hence Mokara became Note: Beautiful though it is, the identity/parentage reported Aranda (Vanda x Arachnis), for this plant cannot produce the outcome observed.-Bob Scu y such as Aranda Jairak Heartthrob ‘Dark Grown by Patti Quinnelly Red’.
Grown by Marisa Mangani
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ORCHIDS WE SHOULD ALL GROW BRASSAVOLA NODOSA by Roy Krueger This is the first orchid any novice grower should buy. It blooms profusely. It is easy to grow. It smells delightful. It is forgiving of neglect. It is disease resistant. It will grow almost anywhere.
While some purists will argue that others should come first, it is hard to ignore the logic of the selection of Brassavola nodosa as the first pick of any new grower.
The genus Brassavola consists of 17-20 relatively compact species found throughout Central America to northern South America and including the western Caribbean islands. B. nodosa is found growing from southern Mexico south through the rest of the Central American countries.
Like most of the Brassavola species, it thrives in the lowland forests up to an altitude of about 500m. The forests are moist with a high canopy that allows ample bright filtered light. It blooms from late spring through summer and occasionally will stay in bloom for months on end. Since some habitats are seasonally wet/dry, B. nodosa is drought tolerant and will survive and bloom even if neglected.
B. nodosa has thin pseudobulbs with a single tetrete leaf. The inflorescence forms from the base of the leaf and is typically longer than the leaf itself. It bears up to four flowers per inflorescence. Flowers are greenish white (predominantly white) with a creamy hue. Petals and sepals are elongated and very narrow.
The lip on the other hand presents the flower with its “WOW” factor. Large and heart shaped, it dominates the flower. It often measures over 1” wide and can be almost 2” long. The specimen pictured above is a tetraploid variety that is over 5 1/2” across from petal tip to petal tip. The lip is 1 3/4” wide and almost 3” long. There are 13 buds and flowers on 4 inflorescence.
The aroma of the flower peaks after dark and has a light citrus scent. Being a white flower and heavily scented at night, one would assume that the plant is moth pollinated.
All Brassavolas should be grown using typical Cattleya culture. They prefer warm days and intermediate to warm nights. Water heavily and then let dry hard when in active growth. My preference is to fertilize weekly with a high potassium low phosphorus fertilizer when active and twice a year, once in spring and again once in fall use a bloom booster fertilizer. I'm not sure that the bloom booster induces blooms, but it does induce root growth. After blooms drop, let the plant rest for a few weeks with little water and no fertilizer. Then resume normal applications of both.
All Brassavolas are creeping species with well defined surface rhizomes. They will spread, so plan for future growth. Because of their growth habits, they are ideally suited to slab or basket culture. You can even try growing them on a slat raft placed horizontal on a bench surface. Let the plant wander in all directions. The raft will allow for adequate drainage and air movement beneath the plant. --Roy Krueger
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PROFILING OUR MEMBERS AND HOW THEY GROW by Laurie Stoner
CATHY LEWIS