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SPIKE Newsletter of the Ottawa Orchid Society SEPTEMBER 2019 WELCOME BACK Our Guest Speaker is Dr. Ron McHatton Dr. Ron McHatton the Chief Scientist and Education Officer of the American Orchid Society. He will be speaking about the unique, interesting, and sometimes bizarre “Pollination Strategies in Orchids”. Ron is the moderator and culture expert of the very popular monthly AOS webinar, Greenhouse Chat. So, bring your growing questions to the meeting and he will be able to provide appropriate expert answers. Dinner with Ron will be at The Canal Ritz, 375 Queen Elizabeth Drive, on Saturday, September 14, at 6:00 p.m. Free parking is available across the street at Fifth Avenue and Queen Elizabeth Drive. If interested in attending, please contact Jean Hollebone. Le Paradis des Orchidées will be selling a variety of reasonably priced orchids at this meeting. He specializes in Phaleanopsis Orchids. Change In Venue For September Meeting In September, our first meeting will be at Trinity United Church at 1099 Maitland Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K2C 2B8 for September 15th. It can be reached easily from Highway 417, Maitland Ramp or Baseline Road to Clyde Avenue then it turns into Maitland Avenue. There is free parking and the room is well equipped. Please don’t bring plastic water bottles but you can bring reusable water containers only. The bus route #50 does not run on Sunday. The closest bus route is getting off at Baseline Road and Clyde Avenue or Carling Avenue and walking from there. It is about a 15 minute walk from either direction. Try to get a ride with others Members if possible. October’s meeting will be back at the Tom Brown Arena. Orchids 101 will start at 1:00 p.m. this September Meeting only. This will be an orientation session for New Members to the Ottawa Orchid Society. In October, the time will return to12:30 p.m. again. Membership dues of $25.00 are requested at this meeting for the current year: September 2019 to August 2020. We now have a Square Card Reader that can accept most credit cards and Interac debit cards. Cash and cheque are also accepted. Please see Helen Nitschkie with your payment. The Ottawa Orchid Society meets the third Sunday of every month From September to May, except April, at 1:30 p.m. at the Tom Brown Arena, 141 Bayview Road, Ottawa MEMBERSHIP: $25.00 from September 1, to August 31, $5.00 donation for Visitors Don’t forget to bring your blooming Orchids for the Show Table. 1 Table of Contents Board of Directors Our Guest Speaker is Dr. Ron McHatton…...………1 President/Webmaster/Show Chair Change in Venue for September Meeting…..………1 David Cooper 613-256-2853 Board of Directors……….…………………………….2 [email protected] President’s Message………………………………….3 Orchids 101 - September………....………………….3 Vice President Program for 2019 - 2020………………….………….4 Jan Johns 613-253-1996 Judging Center Dates for 2019 - 2020…….………..4 [email protected] October Meeting……………………………………….5 An Apology to Dr. Emrys Chew……….……………..5 Past President/Show Co-Chair Peer-to-Peer Lending Library………….....................5 Janet Johns 613-749-0614 Books for Sale………………………………………….6 [email protected] Membership Dues……………………………………...6 New Member……………………………………………6 Secretary COOS Orchid Show……………………………………6 Pam McLennan 613-710-9336 Judging in Medellin, Colombia………………………..7 [email protected] OOS Instagram…………………………………………9 Ottawa Orchid Society 2019 - 2020 Budget…….....10 Treasurer Orchids Grown by OOS Member Michael Barker…12 Douglas Vye 613-722-6738 Part 1 - How Orchids Respond to [email protected] Disease Pathogens……………………………………14 Aerangis………………………………….…………….19 Membership WOC Taiwan 2020……………………………….…...24 Helen Nitschkie 613-823-6876 AOS Fall Members Meeting………………………….26 [email protected] OrchidPro………………………………………………26 Montréal Supplemental Judging Center Program Director Plants Awarded in June 2020……….………….……27 Jean Hollebone 613-226-2395 Montréal Judging Center Meetings………..………..28 [email protected] Judging Centers………………………………..……...29 Upcoming AOS Webinars…………………………….29 AOS Representative Upcoming Canadian Orchid Shows…………………29 Margaret Haydon 613-825-0827 Upcoming U.S.A. Orchid Shows……………..……...30 [email protected] Upcoming International Orchid Shows………….…..31 Orchid Website Links………………………………….31 COC Representative Editor’s Wrap…………………………………………..32 Joyce Medcalf 613-659-2760 [email protected] Conservation Representative Pam McLennan 613-710-9336 [email protected] Newsletter Editor Bev Burtnyk 613-739-1941 [email protected] Mailing Address Ottawa Orchid Society 221 Glebe Avenue Ottawa, Ontario K1S 2C8 Canada www.ottawaorchidsociety.com 2 President’s Message Hi Everyone, I hope you and your orchids enjoyed your summer, particularly the tropical weather in July and August - almost like being in Malaysia! Our summers are so short in this part of the world it is important to enjoy it before it is over. Unfortunately, this year I needed emergency surgery at the beginning of July (on Canada Day!) but I have still been able to enjoy the warm weather even while sporting a neck brace! I am looking forward to another season of meetings and activities with all of you. As you know, we have had some great speakers and other events the past several years thanks to André Couture, and our new Program Director, Jean Hollebone has taken over the reins smoothly. She has already lined up speakers for all of this seasons meetings and even for several of the following seasons meetings as well. In the Program role you really need to plan well ahead to keep on top of things!! One of the major benefits of our successful April Show is that it gives us the financial backing to be able to bring in world-class speakers for our meetings as well as supporting our other activities. For our September meeting we will have Ron McHatton from the AOS Headquarters speaking about “Sex Among the Orchids”, which promises to be interesting! We will also have our local vendor Le Paradis des Orchidées selling plants (mainly Phalaenopsis) at the meeting. Don’t miss it! Don’t forget the CHANGED venue for this meeting - it will be at Trinity United Church, 1099 Maitland Avenue. Directions are on the OOS website at www.ottawaorchidsociety.com or in June’s SPIKE. Dave Cooper Orchids 101 - September 2019 Orientation for New Members, starting at 1:00 p.m. Note the late start is due to our September temporary location. Orchids 101 will normally begin at 12:30 p.m. as usual for future meetings. Have you recently joined the Ottawa Orchid Society? During this shortened session, find out what resources are available and meet some key Members of our Society who can help you in growing and keeping healthy orchids. Jan Johns OOS Vice President 3 Program for 2019 - 2020 September Ron McHatton, Chief Science Officer for the American Orchid Society will speak on "Sex Among the Orchids" October Stanley Luk will speak about Cattleyas November David Sorokowsky will speak about new directions in Paphiopedilum Breeding December Christmas Social January Steve Gonzales of Minnesota will speak on an Introduction to Pleurothallids February Auction March Shaun Hillis of Garden Slippers will talk on native Cypripediums April 39th Annual Ottawa Orchid Society Show April 25 - 26, 2020 May Jean Ikeson to speak on the trail of White Cattleyas June - August Summer Vacation Jean Hollebone Program Chair Judging Center Dates for 2019 - 2020 Month & Date Judging Center Shows September 7 Toronto Judging Center September 21 Montréal Additional Judging Center October 5 Toronto Judging Center October 19 Montréal Additional Judging Center November 2 Toronto Judging Center November 16 Montréal Additional Judging Center December 7 Toronto Judging Center December 14 Montréal Additional Judging Center January 4 Toronto Judging Center January 18 Montréal Additional Judging Center February 8 Toronto Judging Center Southern Ontario Orchid Show February 15 Montréal Additional Judging Center March 7 Toronto Judging Center March 28 Montréal Additional Judging Center Orchidfête - Les Orchidophiles de Montréal April 4 Toronto Judging Center Orchidofolie - Québec City April 25 Montréal Additional Judging Center Orchidophilia - Ottawa Society Orchid Show May 2 Toronto Judging Center May 16 Montréal Additional Judging Center June 6 Toronto Judging Center June 20 Montréal Additional Judging Center July 4 Toronto Judging Center July 18 Montréal Additional Judging Center Joyce Medcalf : Chair - Toronto Judging Center André Couture: Chair - Montréal Additional Judging Center 4 October Meeting On October 20, the OOS will meet at their regular location at Tom Brown Arena at the regular time of 1:30 p.m. Orchids 101 will start at 12:30 p.m. We are pleased to welcome Stanley Luk from the Toronto Judging Center to speak on Cattleya bicolor and its interesting hybrids. Jean Hollebone Program Director An Apology to Dr. Emrys Chew In the January SPIKE 2019 issue, the wrong credit for given for the article, “A TRIBUTE TO DAVID LIM (1945-2018). A Master Hybridizer whose first love was Phalaenopsis”. Credit was incorrectly given to the Malayan Orchid Review instead of Dr. Emrys Chew who actually wrote this excellent article and tribute to David Lim. As a result, no permission or approval was asked or given by Dr. Emrys Chew until recently. My sincerest apologies to Dr. Emrys Chew for this mistake. It was regrettably my error for not getting your permission before I published your article. I have since changed the January 2019 issue of SPIKE, on the OOS Website, to reflect that Dr. Emrys Chew was the author of this tribute to David Lim with his permission to republish it. It was a great article on David Lim who gave us so many gorgeous, Hybrid Phalaenopsis Orchids. Thank you, Dr. Emrys Chew for sharing your article about David Lim with our Members. 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    J. AMER. SOC. HORT. SCI. 126(2):195–199. 2001. Nuclear DNA Contents of Phalaenopsis sp. and Doritis pulcherrima Sandy Lin and Hsiao-Ching Lee Department of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30043, Taiwan, Republic of China Wen-Huei Chen Department of Horticulture, Taiwan Sugar Research Institute, Tainan, 701, Taiwan, Republic of China Chi-Chang Chen and Yen-Yu Kao Department of Botany, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10764, Taiwan, Republic of China Yan-Ming Fu and Yao-Huang Chen Department of Horticulture, Taiwan Sugar Research Institute, Tainan, 701, Taiwan, Republic of China Tsai-Yun Lin1 Department of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30043, Taiwan, Republic of China ADDITIONAL INDEX WORDS. Orchidaceae, endoreduplication, flow cytometry, genome size ABSTRACT. Nuclear DNA contents were estimated by flow cytometry in 18 Phalaenopsis Blume species and Doritis pulcherrima Lindl. DNA amounts differed 6.07-fold, from 2.74 pg/diploid nuclear DNA content (2C) in P. sanderiana Rchb.f. to 16.61 pg/2C in P. parishii Rchb.f. Nuclear DNA contents of P. aphrodite Rchb.f. clones, W01-38 (2n = 2x = 38), W01-41 (2n = 3x = 57), and W01-22 (2n = 4x = 76), displayed a linear relationship with their chromosome numbers, indicating the accuracy of flow cytometry. Our results also suggest that the 2C-values of the Phalaenopsis sp. correlate with their chromosome sizes. The comparative analyses of DNA contents may provide information to molecular geneticists and systematists for genome analysis in Phalaenopsis. Endoreduplication was found in various tissues of P. equestris at different levels. The highest degree of endoreduplication in P.