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Atlanta Orchid Society Newsletter The Atlanta Affiliated with the American Orchid Orchid Society, the Orchid Digest Corporation and the Mid-America Orchid Congress. Society 2001 Recipient of the American Orchid Society’s Distinguished Affiliated Bulletin Societies Service Award Newsletter Editor: Danny Lentz Volume 47: Number 3 www.atlantaorchidsociety.org March 2006 MARCH EVENTS The Meeting: 8:00 Monday, March 13 at Atlanta Botanical Garden David Mellard – Fertilizer and Water Quality (part 2) Please bring your handouts from the January meeting as you will need them for the remainder of David Mellard's talk about water quality and fertilizers. The second portion of the talk will cover in more detail the effect of Atlanta's low alkalinity water on growing conditions for orchids, particularly as it affects choosing the right fertilizer and understanding the importance of pH in the orchid mix. David will report on specific studies that have been done on orchid nutrition, covering topics such as nitrogen concentration and fertilizing frequency. He'll also demonstrate how to measure the pH in an orchid pot and how to use electrical conductivity measurements to monitor orchid nutrition. AtlOS members can bring plants to sell at the March meeting. Please remember that 10% of sales should be donated to the society. Cynorkis fastigiata Greengrowers at Rob Rinn’s house on March 18 Our first Greengrower’s visit of the year will be to Rob Rinn’s house. Please see page 4 for details. Inside This Issue Atlanta Orchid Society 2006 Officers…………………………………………..….…………… Page 2 Member Spotlight – Don & Mary Helen Reinhard.………………………...……....………….. Page 2 Events Out and About………………Dates for your Calendar…………...……….…….……… Page 3 Minutes of the February Meeting ….…….…...……….………….…………..………...….…. Page 3 Greengrowers at Rob Rinn’s House…………………………….………..………..…………... Page 4 Notes from the February Board Meeting ….……..…….………….…………..………...….…. Page 5 The February Exhibition Table ……………………………….………..………..…………..... Page 6 Billy Frye’s Notes on Growing His Angraecum sesquipedale.………..………..…………..... Page 9 Recent Awards from the Atlanta Judging Center……….………………………………………. Page 10 Collector’s Item : Dendrochilum Blume…..……..……….………….…………..………...…… Page 13 Recent Blooms at the Atlanta Botanical Garden……………………………………………….. Page 14 Notes from H.P. Norton’s Talk on Phragmipediums….………………………………………. Page 15 All contents © Atlanta Orchid Society unless otherwise noted. Page 2 www.atlantaorchidsociety.org March 2006 THE ATLANTA ORCHID Member Spotlight Don & Mary Helen SOCIETY Reinhard got hooked on Officers orchids exactly one year President - Richard Hallberg ago when we hauled our 152 Sloan St. daughter, Elaine's, small Roswell, GA 30075 collection of orchids to 770-587-5827 Atlanta from Nashville. [email protected] Elaine has a soft spot for Vice-President/Programs - Mark Reinke all things soft, small & 155 Marble Branch Trail furry and/or green and Walhalla, SC 29691 growing in a pot. She 864-718-0152 rescued a Home Depot [email protected] Phal from abandonment Secretary - Sandy Phillips beside a dumpster at her 870 Virginia Circle NE Mary Helen with latest grandson Don apartment complex, and Atlanta, GA 30306 404-874-1417 the rest is history. Our [email protected] Don & Mary Helen Reinhard collection now consists Treasurer - Reba Herzfeld of about 40 plants of all 4798 Summerset Lane shapes, sizes & conditions. We've managed to only kill one, so far, & we froze it Dunwoody, GA 30338 to death on the road from Nashville. 770-394-3731 [email protected] Don retired in 1987 after spending 28 yrs, 3 mo & 28 days in Uncle Sam's Army, Immediate Past President - traveling the world, supplying the troops with ammo. We were married in 1959, David Mellard and Mary Helen became a camp follower, raising 4 kids in all sorts of lovely 770-270-5758 locations and giving our family stability. Our progeny number a Colonel in the [email protected] Army, a retired Lt/Col from the Army, an MD & a lawyer. Directors (year term expires) Sondra Nierenberg (2006) After retiring, Don worked in marketing for Allen Bradley in Milwaukee and for 770-579-3376 several other outfits. We wound up in Atlanta in Nov 1989. After a long, [email protected] convoluted story we chucked working for corporate America & became glass and Fred Missbach (2006) stone etchers & stained glass artists in 1992. Our specialty is production work of 404-237-1694 [email protected] very precise & accurate multiple reproductions of designs. Our motto is "If it Mikie Emerson (2007) scratches, we etch it!". (We once etched a polo club logo on an emu egg.) We 404-289-3684 also tell prospective clients "We have no minimum order - but we refuse to cut a [email protected] glass in half - unless paid handsomely for the job." Another dangerous statement. Danny Lentz (2007) We once had to cut a 14 inch tall heavy crystal vase in half vertically & etch the 770-640-0112 [email protected] inside of it. We have done a restaurant divider, a foyer window, 2500 wine Barbara Dampog (2008) glasses for a banquet, and bunches of awards in glass, crystal, granite, marble & 770-923-5495 alabaster. Our work has gone to such diverse clients as the 1996 Olympics, Coke, [email protected] AT&T, Arnold Schwarzenegger and a myriad of others. Rob Rinn (2008) 678-354-0443 In our spare time, we are building our house in very rural Dawson County as well [email protected] as a shop/studio and a well house that looks like a small chapel, complete w/ Other Volunteers steeple. Newsletter Editor/Greengrowers Danny Lentz Former Atlanta Orchid Society member Welcome to our new members: Webmaster Bob Gardner passed away on January 27, John O’Connell 2006. Bob was a past-president of our Tony & Maggie Kiss – Concord, [email protected] GA society and also served a term as chair of Librarians - Karen Chandler and Mikie Emerson the Atlanta Judging Center during the Greg Daugherty - Doraville 80’s. He is survived by his wife Jeanette Show Chair – David Mellard and two sons. If you would like to send a and our returning members: Hospitality – Terry Glover note of condolence, the address is 711 Ed & AnnaLee Boyett - Atlanta Elliott Road, McDonough, GA 30252. Page 3 www.atlantaorchidsociety.org March 2006 Events Out and About MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY MEETING March 3/3-3/5 Miami International Orchid Show • The Atlanta Orchid Society Meeting was brought to http://www.southfloridaorchidsociety.org/ order by President Richard Hallberg. The minutes from the last meeting were approved as written. 3/3-3/5 Savannah Orchid Show. • The board approved the 2006 budget with a $600 budget Contact Sandy Hardy 912-572-3355 deficit. The prevailing view is the budget will balance [email protected] before the end of the year with ideas for new revenue. Saturday, 3/11 American Orchid Society • Please submit Atlanta Orchid Society dues for 2006 to monthly judging, Atlanta Judging Center, 2 pm, Reba Herzfeld as soon as possible. ABG basement workshop. If entering plants, • If any members have not received a 2005 directory, please arrive before 1:30 pm to allow time for please contact Reba Herzfeld. research and paperwork. • The Atlanta Botanical Gardens needs docents for the Monday, 3/13 Atlanta Orchid Society Orchid House on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. monthly meeting, ABG, Day Hall, 8 p.m. The current staff of volunteers cannot cover it as it David Mellard will finish his talk on water should be. Marianne Gilmore is a docent and highly quality and fertilizers. recommends the position for many reasons; one of which is the exposure to people from all over the world, 3/16-3/18 Carter and Holmes Spring Open both beginners and experienced orchid growers, who House and Sale. will share their orchid experiences with you. Saturday, 3/18 Greengrowers: Rob Rinn • Thanks to Rob Rinn who has donated Cymbidium See page 4 for details. Society of America journals to the Library. • On July 29, Roy Harrow will host the annual 3/24-3/26 Heart of Dixie Orchid Society Show. pool/auction party at his home in Smyrna. He needs Madison, AL. Contact Josie Asquith (256)881- three volunteers from the AtlOS to help with the 2571 [email protected] finances. As evidenced by past auctions, this is a fun 3/24-3/26 Santa Barbara Int’l Orchid Show opportunity to buy and sell orchids. Mark your 3/24-3/26 Asheville, NC Orchid Show calendars. • Our thanks to the orchid judges: Karen Chandler, 3/31-4/2 Greater Pensacola Orchid Society Barbara Dampog, Evan Dessasau III, Mikie Emerson, Show, Pensacola, FL. Contact Mary Roberts, David Mellard, Rob Rinn, James Van Horne. (850) 477-4935, [email protected] • Our thanks to those who donated plants to the raffle April table: Margo Brinton/Eldon Park (3), Chase Broward, Cathy Caine, Rob Rinn and others. 4/5-4/9 AOS Spring Meeting in Orlando, FL. • Our thanks to those who provided refreshments: Cathy Saturday, 4/8 American Orchid Society Caine, Marianne Gilmore, Sandy Phillips, Mary Helen monthly judging, Atlanta Judging Center, 2 pm, Reinhard, Geni Smith, Helen Weil and others. ABG basement workshop. • Special thanks to Bill Ellenberg of Peach State Orchids, Monday, 4/10 Atlanta Orchid Society who donated five great orchids for the silent auction. monthly meeting, ABG, Day Hall, 8 p.m. Bob • Welcome to new members: Tony and Maggie Kiss, who Martin of Signal Mountain, TN will present moved from Charlotte, N.C. and the North Carolina “Those Sexy Orchids”, an informative talk on Orchid Society, to Concord, Ga. and welcome to Greg the mechanisms with which Mother Nature has Daugherty of Doraville, Ga. Welcome to returning equipped orchids to attract pollinators and members (and past-presidents) Ed and AnnaLee Boyett reproduce themselves. who originally joined in the 1960s. • H.P. Norton, owner of Orchidview in Moncks Corner, 4/20-4/23 Greater New York Orchid Show South Carolina (near Charleston), spoke on Saturday, 4/22 Greengrowers: Mark Reinke Phragmipediums.
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