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Please be sure to become a fan of New Hampshire Orchid Society. April 2014
Affiliated with the American Orchid Society & Orchid Digest Corp.
Please be sure to become a fan of New Hampshire Orchid Society.
From Our President: BOD meeting: 10:00 a.m. Culture Clinic Minutes 10:30 a.m. Plantsrespectfully for Show Table judging What a wonderful meeting last month! Lots of new members, a must be on the table by great show table, delicious lunch. And some of us got the chance to submitted by11:00 Jean a.m. get our hands dirty. I had a blast. General MeetingHalls 11:30 a.m.
This month is our annual fund-raising auction. There should be some lovely plants to bid on. Come have some fun and add to your collection. Please sign in to our website www.nhorchids.org. Among 12 April the other useful information there, including member contact Vendors’ Auction information and Board of Director minutes, you will find names and This is our annual auction with pictures of some of the plants in the auction so you can come plants from nationally known prepared. We will have a show table. vendors.
Remember that you get one raffle ticket for bringing food to share as well as one for each plant you bring to the show table. We Next Meeting encourage you to buy raffle tickets as well. It is a source of income 10 May for the society.
Beginning this month, the kitchen will be open from 11:00 to 12:15. Afterwards only desert items will be available. This will allow Ann and Priscilla to join us for the meeting. Please thank them for their wonderful service to the rest of us. Donations for lunch are always Inside This Issue…. appreciated.
At last month’s meeting, several new members indicated they felt General Meeting Minutes 2 warmly welcomed. Let’s continue to be friendly to new folks who join us. It is so easy to congregate with the folks we know. If you Annual Show Awards 4 see someone new, reach out and say hello. Also it helps if we all wear name tags. Thank You 6 See you at the auction! Show Table 9-10 Norm
April 2014 1 NHOS Newsletter New Hampshire Orchid Society General Meeting March 8, 2014
Opening
President Selander-Carrier called the meeting to order.
Welcome all of you! Welcome to all of our new members and guests here today. Thank you for joining us. Forty members joined at our show last month. We have a total of 182 memberships. Before the business meeting, we have a clinic for members with issues with plants starting at 10:30 am. A member will be here to help answer your questions. We start the business meeting around noon If you bring in food for the hospitality table or a plant for the show table you receive a free raffle ticket. You can purchase raffle tickets as well. After the raffle, we have the show table for the plants brought in by our members After the show table, we have our speaker or workshop NHOS is looking to sponsor a trip to the Montreal Botanic Gardens. We are now looking to go in the fall during an orchid show. More details to follow. The Nutmeg State Show is March 15 and 16 with set up on Friday, March 14th. o We need someone to volunteer with set-up and breakdown Please return your chair at the end of meeting and help us clean the kitchen.
Financials Norm reported NHOS has $8600 in checking with $46,000 in total assets
Show Our show last month was a success, and we made a little money. Thanks to all of our volunteers who make the show possible.
Hospitality Thank you everyone for your hospitality. Special thanks to Anne Chepjian and Priscilla Schinella. Please sign up to bring breakfast items, sandwiches, salads, snacks, desserts, and drinks
The meeting was adjourned for the show table, luncheon, and the repotting workshop.
Respectfully submitted, Adrienne Giovino, Secretary
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April 2014 3 NHOS Newsletter ROSETTE AWARDS 2014/OTHER AWARDS
BEST LARGE CATTLEYA ALLIANCE IN SHOW Cattlianthe Secret Love Dave Tognalli (Connecticut Orchid Society)
BEST MINIATURE CATTLEYA ALLIANCE IN SHOW Cattleya praestans Maryanne Laukaitis (Amherst Orchid Society)
BEST ONCIDIUM ALLIANCE IN SHOW Odontoglossum pulchellum Cheryl Mizak (Connecticut Orchid Society)
BEST STANDARD PHALAENOPSIS IN SHOW Doritaenopsis Sogo Meili 'F1751' orchidPhile
BEST SMALL PHALAENOPSIS IN SHOW Phalaenopsis Formosa Cranberry Frosty Hollow Orchids
BEST CYMBIDIUM IN SHOW Cymbidium Eaglewood 'Kana'' Tom Gregg (Cape and Island Orchid Society)
BEST DENDROBIUM IN SHOW Dendrobium sanderae Dave Tognalli (Connecticut Orchid Society)
BEST LYCASTE IN SHOW Lycaste Cherish x Wild Sunset Steve Steiner (Amherst Orchid Society)
BEST PAPHIOPEDILUM/PHRAGMIPEDIUM IN SHOW Phragmipedium dalessandroi 'Ekolu' Piping Rock Orchids
BEST PLEUROTHALLID IN SHOW Pleurothallis immersa J & L Orchids
BEST VANDA ALLIANCE IN SHOW Ascocentrum miniatum Ben Esselink (Connecticut Orchid Society)
BEST MASDEVALLIA IN SHOW Masdevallia pozoi 'J&L' CHM/AOS J & L Orchids
BEST MISCELLANEOUS GENERA IN SHOW Fredclarkeara After Dark 'SVO Black Pearl' FCC/AOS orchidPhile
BEST EDUCATIONAL/ARTISTIC EXHIBIT IN SHOW Oceans 8 Science Students JFK Middle School
BEST LARGE SPECIMEN IN SHOW Cymbidium Swan Lake Aloha Orchids (Leilani and Harold Norman)
BEST SMALL SPECIMEN IN SHOW Bulbophyllum lasiochilum Jack Muldor (New Hampshire Orchid Society
BEST WINDOWSILL/FLOURESCENT LIGHT IN SHOW Dendrobium sanderae Dave Tognalli (Connecticut Orchid Society)
BEST PLANT IN SHOW Dendrobium sanderae Dave Tognalli (Connecticut Orchid Society)
PRESIDENTS AWARD None Given
AOS SHOW TROPHY J & L Orchids
ORCHID DIGEST AWARD Connecticut Orchid Society
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Photos of last month’s show table are compliments of Lee Brockmann.
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Thank You
New Hampshire Orchid Society wishes to thank these businesses for supporting our 2014 Orchid Show Orchid Love Affair.
Garden Benches provided by: Door Prize Basket provided by:
Achille Agway Kelley’s Korner Orchid Supplies 351 Elm St. P.O. Box 539 Milford, NH 03055 Milford, NH 03055 603 673-1699 603 673-9524 www.kkorchid.com Bedford Fields 331 Route 101 Bedford, NH 03110 603 472-8880 www.bedfordfields.com
Seasonal Specialty Stores 120 Route 101A Amherst, NH 03031 603 880-8471
Please support those businesses that support us!
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April 2014 8 NHOS Newsletter March Show Table
HOBBY
PHALAENOPSIS ALLIANCE 1. Phal tetraspis Adrienne Giovino 1. Phal I-Hsin Michael Panebianco 2. Phal romantic Michael Panebianco 3. Phal Brother Sara Gold Donna Jenasch
PAPHIOPEDILUM ALLIANCE 1. Paph dianthum Lee Brockmann 2. Phrag Cardinal Lee Brockmann 3. Phrag Sergeant Eric Sue Labonville
CATTLEYA ALLIANCE 1. Potinara Volcano Queen Leigh & Cheryl Coolidge 2. Cat aurantiaca Sue Labonville 3. Laelia Santa Barbara Sunset Leigh & Cheryl Coolidge
VANDA ALLIANCE 1. Angraecum sesquipedale Leigh & Cheryl Coolidge 1. Gastrochilus bellinus (rarity) Sasha Crotty 2. Ascocenda Sweet Pea Leigh & Cheryl Coolidge 2. Trochoglottis triflora Sasha Crotty 3. Microterangis hariotiana Steve Tacopina
ONCIDIUM ALLIANCE 1. Onc Shannon Elizabeth 'magic carpet' Steve Tacopina 2. Burrageara Nelly Isler Lee Regenbogen
CYMBIDIUM ALLIANCE 1. Cym pink persuasion Leigh & Cheryl Coolidge
PLEUROTHALLID ALLIANCE 1. Masdevallia Caesia Steve Tacopina 2. Scaphosepalum verrucasum Steve Tacopina 3. Pleurothallis amparoana Steve Tacopina
MISC. 1. Clowesia Rebecca Northern Steve Tacopina 2. Dendrochilum glumaceum Leigh & Cheryl Coolidge 3. Coelogyne nitida Lee Brockmann
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Microcoellia stozii Ann Chepjian Maxillaria arbuscula Ann Chepjian Encyclia chimborazoensis (rarity) Ann Chepjian
EXPERT
Symphoglossum sanquineum Jan &Steve Ski Oncidium leucochilum Jan & Steve Ski Coelia bella Chuck Wingate Oberonia Setigera Chuck Wingate Coelogyne mossiae Chuck Wingate Cat loddigesii Bob Cleveland Aerangis fastuosa Bob Cleveland Ascocentrum ampullaceum Bob Cleveland Den trigonopus Mike Wagner Epidendrum mancum Mike Wagner Den victoria reginae Mike Wagner Leptotes bicolor (flower size) Chuck & Sue Anderson Pleurothallis marthae Chuck & Sue Anderson Poroglossum teaguei Chuck & Sue Anderson Laelia anceps x Cat leudemania Chuck & Sue Anderson Cym Tyres Treasure Chuck & Sue Anderson
Judges: Glen Martin, Chuck Anderson, Mike Wagner, Ulla Jurrissen, Jan Ski and Chuck Wingate
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Contacts NHOS Committees
Twin States Orchid Society (TSOS) Membership Lee Brockmann Contact: Marjorie T. Cook [email protected] 892 -785-4961 And Susan Labonville [email protected] [email protected]
Central New England Orchid Society Hospitality Ann Chepjian Contact: Joanna Eckstrom [email protected] [email protected]
603 -654-5070 Program Steve Smyrychnski Massachusetts Orchid Society (MOS) [email protected] www.massorchid.org
Contact: Sasha Crotty [email protected] Show Table Chuck Wingate 603-882-9800 Cape & Islands Orchid Society (CAIOS) [email protected]
Contact: Tom Gregg [email protected] Publicity Mike Mattozzi 508-540 -2054 [email protected]
Amherst (Mass.) Orchid Society Affiliated Societies Rep Daryl Yerdon Contact: Marc Gray 603-673-9524 [email protected] [email protected]
Maine Orchid Society Contact: David Sparks NHOS Librarian Steve Tacopina 207-892-8905 [email protected] [email protected]
Eastern Maine Orchid Society Editor Bert Consentino www.eas ternmaineorchidsociety.org 603-627-5865 Mary Lou Hoskins [email protected] 207-848-5453 [email protected] Auction Bob Cleveland
Ocean State Orchid Society [email protected] www.oceanstateorchidsociety.org Education & Conservation Jean Stefanik New England Orchid Judging at Tower Hill 603-647-1063 Botanic Garden, Boylston, MA [email protected] www.Towerhillbg.org 508-869-6111 Annual Show Jean Hallstone 603-880-0404 Orchid Conservation Coalition [email protected] www.orchidconservationcoalition.org Risk Management vacant
Website Steering Daryl Yerdon 603-673-9524 [email protected]
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NHOS Officers NHOS Trustees Submission of Articles
Deadline for submission of articles is 7 President Mike Mattozzi days after the monthly meeting! Norm Selander-Carrier Past President Send to: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Vice President Lee Brockmann Steve Smyrychnski [email protected] [email protected] Bill Schinella If your address changes, you must Treasurer [email protected] notify the Membership Chairperson so Sasha Varsanofieva you can continue to receive any notices [email protected] Bob McGrath and newsletters. [email protected] Send all address changes to:
Secretary Lee Brockmann Adrienne Giovino Bob Cleveland or Susan Labonville [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
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