Volume 6, Issue 4 Orchiflora January 2016

Announcements: Monthly General Meetings: 4th Wednes- Speaker Series: 8:30-9:30 Floral Hall, VanDusen Gardens day of each month (except July, August January 27: Chris Janko, (Burnaby, Manager of the Tropical Garden Department, Garden Works, & December) at Van Dusen Floral Hall Lougheed Highway); Topic: Miniature Orchids February 24: David LaFarge (France, author of numerous journal articles & a book of Phalaenopsis; Doors Open 6:30pm, Meeting starts at editor of L’Orchidophile, the Journal of the Société Français d’Orchi-dophile); Topic: 7:30pm Phalaenopsis March 23: Adnan Uzunovic (Vancouver, Mycologist, Research Scientists, Orchid Enthusiast); Topic: Wardian Cases Inside this issue: April 27: Lorne Heshka (Manitoba, published author & photographer, co-author of “Orchids of Mani- toba: A Field Guide”), Topic: Native Orchids May 25: Helen Richards (, Author, Native Orchid Cultivator, Life-time member of the Australi- an Native Orchid Society); Topic: Australian Terrestrial Orchids Message From the VOS Board Pg 2 June 22: Thomas Mirenda (Washington, DC, Curator of Orchids for the Smithsonian Institute, & writer for AOS Magazine), Topic: to be announced soon! COC Volunteer Award—Margaret Prat Pg 3 Culture Class, held in the Cedar room, VanDusen Gardens from 6:30 to 8: 30 pm, all orchid related questions welcome - culture class is a members’ only benefit January: No culture class this month February 8: Paphiopedilum Culture—Don Harquail Christmas Party Photos—25 Nov 2015 Pg 5 March 14: Growing in semi-hydroponic media – Margaret Prat April 11: Repotting your orchid– Margaret Prat May 9: Preparing your orchids to be put outside for the summer – Chris Janko June 13: To be announced soon! PNWJC Awards—Muttart/OSPF Out- Pg 6 reach—10 Oct 2015 Upcoming Events PNWJC PNWJC Awards—FVOS Show—31 Oct Pg 8 The Pacific Northwest Judging Center (PNWJC) meets every 2nd Saturday of the month at Sea Island Community Center, 7140 Miller Road, Richmond, B.C. at noon. Everyone is welcome to bring their orchids 2015 for consideration by the American Orchid Society judges. Why attend? This is an opportunity to see more orchids, and many orchids of award quality. Small, friendly atmosphere. PNWJC Monthly Judging—14 Nov 2015 Pg 9 2016 calendar: February 13 March 12 April 9 Monthly Meeting Minutes—October Pg 12 May 14 2015

Upcoming Shows & Sales Article— aphyllum Pg 14 GARDENWORKS ORCHID FESTIVAL February 6th & 7th, GardenWorks will be holding their annual Orchid Festival at all three lower mainland stores: NORTH BURNABY/LOUGHEED STORE – 6250 Lougheed Hwy, Burnaby Events Calendar Pg 16 GARDENWORKS AT MANDEVILLE – 4746 Marine Drive, Burnaby NORTH VANCOUVER/CAPILANO STORE – 705 West 3rd St., North Vancouver Vancouver Orchid Society Volunteers will be on site between 11am and 3pm each day doing orchid potting demonstrations, giving Orchid 101 seminars, answering questions and general- ly promoting orchid awareness.

February 13th & 14th. Victoria Orchid Show and Sale. March 25th. Vancouver Orchid Society Annual Show and Sale Preview Party. March 26th & 27th. Vancouver Orchid Socie- ty Annual Show and Sale. April 16th & 17th. Ottawa Orchid Society 35th Annual Orchid Show and Sale Volume 6, Issue 4 ORCHIFLORA Page 2

Message from the VOS Executive:

EXECUTIVE MESSAGE JANUARY 2016 Welcome back folks! And let's welcome 2016 as a year of infinite possibilities. I'm so excited to see everyone and am hoping that your holiday season was filled with love, joy & Orchids! We have such an exciting year planned and will need lots of volunteers to pull it off. We start with our January 27th meeting & a visit from Chris Janko, GardenWorks tropical garden expert to talk to us about Miniature Orchids. Then we get to visit GardenWorks February 6th & 7th to participate in their annual Orchid Festival. This is a lot of fun and we need volunteers. There are 3 locations and with 2 shifts of 2 people for each day at each location – we need 16 people to sign up & come join the fun. You get to talk to all sorts of people about one of your favourite subjects – Orchids! Maybe even repot a couple to show folks how it's done. There will be sign-up sheets on the front table so come join us. Our Culture class on February 8th is being led by Don Harquail with an excellent presentation on Paphiopedilums. Lots of good information from an excellent grower. If you have friends or loved ones in Victoria that you'd like to spend Valentine's Day with, why not combine it with another vol- unteer opportunity? The Victoria Orchid Show & Sale is February 13th & 14th and we need people to take our orchids over, set up our display and bring the orchids back to their loving owners at the end. This is a great opportunity to practice your creativity during the set up & meet lots of new orchid enthusiasts. Please remember – if we don't participate in other Societies shows they won't participate in ours, then everyone loses. Again – more information and sign-up sheets will be at the next meeting. For our Speaker on February 24th, we have David Lafarge from France, a noted author and editor, coming to speak to us about his special love, Phalaenopsis. Our Culture Class March 14th will feature something new! Margaret Prat will be taking us through an AOS Webinar on growing in semi-hydropondic media. At our meeting March 23rd, our own Adnan Uzunovic, a research scientist & Orchid lover, will be explaining the ins and outs of Wardian Cases. I'm still at the fish tank stage so I'm looking forward to picking up some good tips. This brings us to our big show of the year. Our Annual Show & Sale is slated for Easter Weekend, March 26th & 27th (plus set up & preview party on March 25th) and this year should even make that famous Bunny sit up & take notice! Our vendors list (so far) in- cludes Ching Hua Orchids & Ten Shin Gardens, both from Taiwan, Forestview Gardens, Paramount Orchids & Tropical Gardens Orchids for as well as Bestco Mgmt. for our additional supplies. Members who have booked tables so far are Melanie Gallacher, Richard Pearson & Eugene Banziger. Lots of new plants to admire & buy, so start saving those pennies! We also have a few surprises to ramp things up this year. Of course, none of this is possible without you, the members, volunteering. It takes a lot of people and commit- ment to make this happen & we're counting on you! Culture Class on April 11th will be our Annual repotting session, again led by Margaret Prat. Always fun and informative. The April 27th meeting's speaker will be Lorne Heshka, an expert in Native Orchids. Lorne is an author & photographer and will have some really interesting things to show us. On May 9th our Culture Class will feature Chris Janko who will give us tips on moving our plants outside for the summer. The May 27th meeting will feature Helen Richards, a life-time member of the Australian Native Orchid Society will be talking to us about orchids from her part of the world. On June 22nd, Thomas Mirenda Curator for Orchids for the Smithsonian Institute, who I'm sure you've read in the AOS magazine, will be our speaker. I can hardly wait to hear what he has to say. Well, let's see what the score is here! 4 International & 2 local, very knowledgeable speakers 5 interesting & informative Culture Classes 2 International, 4 local and 3 hobby vendors (so far) coming to our annual show and sale & 3 major events to volunteer to help with (as well as regular help at meetings) I'd say that the scope of speakers, events & information that we've got coming your way is worth the sweat equity it takes to make it happen. If you have questions about the volunteer positions (or want to volunteer) please e-mail our volunteer co-ordinator, Jennifer Pell at [email protected]. Please remember – This is YOUR Society and nothing happens without your participation. See you at the sign-up sheets! Barb Cable, 2nd VP

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Executive/Board of Directors President : vacant 1st VP: Evelyn Nash 2nd VP (culture class): Barbara Cable VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR THE GARDEN- Secretary: Jennifer Pell Treasurer: Judy Buttress WORKS ORCHID FESTIVAL!

Director 1 : Calvin Wong Saturday February 6th & Sunday February 7th, GardenWorks will Director 2 : Daniel Kwok be holding their annual Orchid Festival at all three lower main- Director 3 : Eugene Bazinger land stores: NORTH BURNABY/LOUGHEED STORE – 6250 Lougheed Hwy, Director 4 : Grant Rampton Burnaby Director 5 : Keith Willet GARDENWORKS AT MANDEVILLE – 4746 Marine Drive, Burnaby Director 6 : Monica Stefansson NORTH VANCOUVER/CAPILANO STORE – 705 West 3rd St., North Vancouver Director 7: Patrick Milligen Vancouver Orchid Society Volunteers will be on site between Volunteer/Committees 11am and 3pm each day doing orchid potting demonstrations, giving Orchid 101 seminars, answering questions and generally Membership Committee: Grant Rampton, & promoting orchid awareness. Natalia Charif Prize Draws: Chuck & Audrey Belotte & There will be 2 shifts at each of the 3 stores from 11am to Anne Duranceau 1pm and 1pm to 3pm. Volunteers are needed! Please Kitchen: Marilyn Lew contact Jennifer Pell ([email protected]) and let her BCCoGC Rep: Radina Jevdevic know which shift and which store you will be available to Library: Monica Stefansson volunteer at or sign up at the VOS Meeting on January th COC/AOS Rep: Calvin Wong 27 . Web Master: vacant Mailing Address: PO BOX 42025, Marpole PRO, Vancouver, BC, V6P 6S6 Newsletter: Holly Martin Please send your contributions to: Pre-Order Deadlines for Upcoming Show: [email protected] Pre-Orders for Ten Shen Gardens (Taiwan) must be www.vancouverorchidsociety.ca received no later than March 10, 2016. The Article/Photo Submission Deadline: list was sent out by email earlier this month. Please note all prices are in US dollars. Orders can be The 10th of each month. Anything submit- placed by email at: [email protected] (be ted after the 10th will appear in the newslet- sure to mention that your order is for the Vancouver ter of the following month. Orchid Society March 2016 Show)

Pre-Orders are also being accepted for Ching Hua. was sent out earlier this month by email. To place an order, send an email to: [email protected] The pre-order deadline is March 8, 2016

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COC Medal Awarded to Margaret Prat by the VOS

The Vancouver Orchid Society (VOS) presented the COC Medal and a token of our appreciation to Margaret Prat at the Christmas Social on November 28th, 2015 to recognize her years of service to the Vancouver Orchid Society and her efforts in the promotion of orchid awareness in the community. Margaret became a Director at the AGM in June of 2008 and this was the start of her journey on the board/executive of the VOS. She was elected to the position of First VP at the 2011 AGM and served in that role until June 2012 at which time she became President of the Society. Margaret served two terms as president and, although holding the title of Past President last year (2014/2015), operated as de facto President, chairing meetings, organizing shows and pretty much doing anything and everything that was needed. During Margaret’s time as President of the VOS, she worked with her Board of Executive to modernize the face of the society, encouraging the use of social media and revamping the website. She reinstated the culture classes, which are a fantastic resource for our members and well attended by both beginner orchid-addicts and long-time growers and has presented at many of them. She has always brought a lot of energy to the position and has worked to make the VOS a viable and thriving society and one that is welcoming to new members. Margaret has also been involved in promoting the VOS and orchid awareness in general with the pub- lic, working with garden centres and botanical gardens at their orchid festivals and other events. She even spent last Mother’s Day at Bloedel Conservatory doing repotting demonstrations! Margaret brings a lot of passion to the orchid community and is a good grower who is freely willing to share her knowledge and skills and membership in the VOS has increased considerably during her time in on the executive. Margaret has served as show chair for the past few VOS Orchid shows, responsible for designing floor layout for the dis- play area and for the sales areas among other things, and will be doing this again in 2016. This is a lot of work, but Mar- garet has made it look easy as she is a very good organizer and planner. She has also set up the VOS display at many of our sister societies shows over the past several years including the Fraser Valley Orchid Society in Langley, Victoria Or- chid Society and the Central Vancouver Island Orchid Society shows in Nanaimo and is currently on the path of becom- ing an AOS judge. Although Margaret is no longer part of the executive, her efforts for the society and in promotion of orchid awareness are not ending. She continues to lead some of the Culture Classes, gave a talk at our September meeting, will be speaking at some of the Orchid Societies in the Oka- nagan in early 2016, when she is there on “holidays”, and thankfully, has volun- teered to chair the VOS spring show and sale in March of 2016. Thanks again, for all your efforts, past and future, Margaret.

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Christmas Party 25 November 2015

Event Photographer:

Ed Higham

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PNWJC Monthly Judging OSPF Outreach—Muttart Conservatory October 10, 2015

Stanhopea florida ‘Pink’ Masdevallia sceptrum ‘The Three Barrys’ CHM/AOS 80pts Exhibitor: Orchid Species Preservation Foundation HCC/AOS 78pts *award is provisional pending hybrid registration Exhibitor: Orchid Species Preservation Foundation

Masdevallia medusa ‘Anna’ CHM/AOS 83pts elegans ‘Karl with a K’ Exhibitor: Orchid Species Preservation Foundation CCM/AOS 80pts *award is provisional pending hybrid registration Exhibitor: Orchid Species Preservation Foundation

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PNWJC Monthly Judging OSPF Outreach—Muttart Conservatory October 10, 2015

Lepanthes horrid ‘The Edmonton Pyramids’ Pleurothallis penelops ‘Don H.’ CCM/AOS 82pts CBR/AOS Exhibitor: Orchid Species Preservation Foundation Exhibitor: Orchid Species Preservation Foundation *award is provisional pending hybrid registration

Judges in attendance:

Monica De Wit Ben Rostron Abu Salleh

Photographer:

Doug Bovee

Masdevallia antonii ‘Brenda Elizabeth’ AM/AOS 81pts Exhibitor: Orchid Species Preservation Foundation

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PNWJC Monthly Judging Fraser Valley Orchid Society Show & Sale 31 October 2015

Masdevallia Siberian Garden Gnome ‘Maxim’ CCM/AOS 85pts (Masd. wendlandiana x Masd. decumana) Exhibitor: Alexey Tretyakov Masdevallia Siberian Garden Gnome ‘Maxim’ HCC/AOS 79pts (Masd. wendlandiana x Masd. decumana) Exhibitor: Alexey Tretyakov

Judges in attendance:

Poul Hansen Wayne Louie Ross Otto Abu Salleh Calvin Wong Betty Berthiaume Russ Volker Margaret Prat (student/probationer) Bev Hansen (student) Ryan Young (student)

Photographer:

Judith Higham Dracula Transilvania ‘Sweet Transvestite’ HCC/AOS 78pts (Drac. gigas x Drac. vampira) Exhibitor: Bryan Emery

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PNWJC Monthly Judging November 14, 2015

Judges in attendance:

Wayne Louie Abu Salleh Betty Berthiaume Russ Volker Margaret Prat (student/probationer) Bev Hansen (student) Ryan Young (student)

Photographer:

Judith Higham

Lepanthes jayandellii ‘Erik Lavarack’ CBR/AOS Exhibitor: Margaret Prat *award is provisional pending species identification

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VANCOUVER ORCHID SOCIETY VAN DUSEN FLORAL HALL MINUTES OCTOBER 28, 2015

The meeting was called to order at 7:30 and chaired by Evelyn Nash.

Evelyn welcomed 3 visitors to the meeting.

Treasurer's Report Our GIC ($17,576) is still in place and there is ~$13,023 in the chequing account; however a payment of $3233 will be due to VanDusen Gardens for rental of the hall.

The 2016 Orchid Calendars are available for pickup.

Membership Jennifer Fabre is encouraging members to renew their membership early. She will be donating 2 tickets to the Arts Club theatre to be given away in an Early Bird Membership Raffle for all those who have renewed their membership before or at the Christmas social in November.

Central Vancouver Island Show and Sale (Nanaimo) Oct 2 – 3 Margaret Prat gave an update on how the show went: 28 plants in total were on the VOS table, contributed by: Eugene Bazinger, Wayne Riggs, Hazel Stewart, Rob Elvidge, Ryan Young, Cris Abel & Margaret Prat 1 AOS nomination: Paphiopedilum Gloria Naugle (Wayne Rigss); 2 Best of Class: Best Paphiopedilum - Gloria Naugle (Wayne Riggs), Best grown under lights: Dendrobium Enobi ‘Purple Splash’ AM/AOS (Cris Abel)

This show was smaller than usual possibly due to the fact that it is the 2nd show they had this year (as they are changing from a spring to fall show time).

Margaret Prat took the plants over to Nanaimo and set up the table and Daniel Kwok brought them back. Thanks to both Margaret and Daniel for this.

Upcoming Events FVOS Show and Sale (Langley) Oct 30 – Nov 1. Preview Party – Oct 29th, $18 BYOB, Order tickets in advance Judy Buttress collected orchids after the meeting to take to the FVOS show the following day.

Pacific Northwest Judging Centre Their next meeting is November 14th at the Sea Island Community Centre.

VOS Christmas Social, November 25th. Evelyn will be the Xmas social coordinator. She thanked all who brought food last year and reminded us of the following: NEEDED: Volunteers for set up, tear down, food co-ordinator, auctioneer etc. NEEDED: Donations for the auction. Booze & plants go best.

Reminder - Victoria Show and Sale – February 13 & 14. Set up Feb 12

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Reminder - Vancouver Show & Sale March 26 & 27 – Set up & preview party March 25. Margaret Prat gave an update on how the planning for the VOS show was going. As of the October meeting, a number of sales exhibitors has already committed and paid for their tables. She stressed the need to every- one in the membership to promote the sale. Printed media is not an effective way to advertise – and social media may not always reach the people we want to reach, so we need the members of the VOS to do what they can to spread the word and promote the show.

Margaret asked it the members if they would buy show tickets to give as Christmas stocking stuffers, but most members thought that Christmas was too early to start promoting the show.

Culture Classes – 2nd Monday of each month – except January, July, August & December. October’s culture class was lead by Patrick Milligan who talked about growing Cattleyas - thank you Pat- rick. November: Grant Rampton will talk about lighting. If you have requests, suggestions (or want to volunteer to lead a culture class) – let Barb Cable know.

Speakers November: Xmas party February: David LaFarge from France on Phalaenopsis. April: Lorne Heshka on Orchid conservation & hunting in N. Manitoba June: Thomas Mirenda, Curator of Orchids for Smithsonian Institute & Writer for AOS Other months – still to be decided. The 3 speakers organized for 2016 are top people!

Orchid Chat Room Daniel Kwok has set up an Orchid Chat room – he told us about it at the meeting. The chat room is running well and currently has 20 members. It is a general chat room. Daniel is planning on setting up subgroups to deal with specific topics. All you need to participate is a smart phone. Contact Daniel if you are interested in joining.

Thank you for all those who brought their beauties for the show table & special thanks to all who make dona- tions for the raffle table – there were an amazing number and variety of donations and a very successful raffle.

The meeting finale was a very interesting presentation by Margaret Prat on the Phaius.

NOTE: THERE WILL BE NO MINUTES FOR NOVEMBER (THE CHRISTMAS SOCIAL) OR DECEMBER (MERRY CHRISTMAS!!).

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Epipogium aphyllum ghost orchid

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Epipogium aphyllum, the ghost orchid (not to be confused with the American ghost orchid, lindenii) is a hardy myco-heterotrophic orchid[1] lacking .

It is famous for its unpredictable appearance; in many localities it has been seen just once.[2] It is found in beech, oak, pine and spruce forests on base-rich soils. It is a rare and critically endan- gered plant in habitat, and is believed to be extinct throughout much of its former range, alt- hough it has been recently confirmed in the United Kingdom, an area where the plants were believed to have gone extinct. Habit The plants are protected in many locales, and removing the plants from habitat or disturbing the plants, even for scientific study, can be a very serious matter in many jurisdictions. These plants are exceptionally rare and should never be removed from habitat or disturbed.[3]

Biology Once thought to be saprophytic, these hardy plants are actually obligate mycoheterotrophs (or epiparasites) that obtain nutrients from mycorrhizal networks involving basidomycete fungi that are in turn associated with the of various species of coniferous trees. They grow from an underground, burrowing stem which lacks chlorophyll and possesses ephemeral that are small scales. The plants only emerge above ground to flower, especially during very wet sum- ghost orchid flower mers in Western . Scientific classification The plants have an extremely wide range of distribution. The species is widespread across much Kingdom: Plantae of Europe and northern from Spain to Kamchatka and south the .[4][5] It is, howev- (unranked): Angiosperms er, exceptionally rare in habitat. The plants are all found in areas which typically experience cold winters. The plant's are densely colonized by fungi bearing clamp-connections and (unranked): Monocots dolipores, all basidiomycetes, gill or pore-forming species that are normally found Order: growing in mycorrhizal association with the roots of coniferous trees. Family: These plants harness an array of fungal symbionts across several families, often simultaneously. Tribe: Gastrodieae Analysis of these plants have identified species as exclusive symbionts for 75% of the plants in habitat, as well as others (, , and ). The Subtribe: Epipogiinae plants also host ascomycete , which appear to assist the plant in parasitizing some Genus: Epipogium of the plant's basidiomycete symbionts.[3] Species: E. aphyllum The plants defy cultivation outside of laboratory conditions, as they require not only specific Binomial name fungal symbionts, but also specific host trees with which these mushroom species form mycor- Epipogium aphyllum rhizal relationships. Large plants of this species can produce a rather stunning woodland display Sw. with up to a dozen flower stalks at once bearing 3–4 flowers each growing out of coniferous Synonyms litter.[2]

References Satyrium epipogium L. 1. ^UKTV Viewer Enquiries. Plants Behaving Badly. Murder and Mayhem. Blu-ray. UPC 2. ^ a b Juliette Jowit (March 8, 2010). "Ghost orchid comes back from extinction". The Guardian. 3. ^ a b Melanie Roy, Takahiro Yagame, Masahide Yamato, Koji Iwase, Christine Heinz, Antonella Faccio, Paola Bonfante & Marc-Andre Selosse (2009). "Ectomycorrhizal Inocybe species associate with the mycoheterotrophic orchid Epipogium aphyllum but not its asexual propa- gules". Annals of Botany 104 (3): 595–610. doi:10.1093/aob/mcn269. PMC 2720653. PMID 19155220. 4. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Epipogio, Ghost Orchid, Epipogium aphyllum 5. ^ Flora of China, v 25 p 208, 裂唇虎舌兰 lie chun hu she lan, Epipogium aphyllum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epipogium_aphyllum

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January 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Date Event January 1 New Year’s Day January 9 PNWJC Monthly Judging January 27 Monthly Meeting—Topic to be announced

February 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

Date Event February 6—7 GardenWorks Annual Orchid Festival February 8 Culture Class - Paphiopedilums, led by Don Harquail (also Family Day in BC) February 13—14 VicOS Show & Sale & PNWJC Monthly Judging February 14 Valentine’s Day February 24 Monthly Meeting—Speaker David LaFarge, Topic: Phalaenopsis Volume 6, Issue 4 ORCHIFLORA Page 17

March 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Date Event March 8 Pre-Order Deadline for Ching Hua March 10 Pre-Order Deadline for Ten Shen Gardens March 12 PNWJC Monthly Judging March 14 Culture Class—Growing in semi-hydroponic media – Margaret Prat March 19—20 Orchid Expo 2016 (Montreal, Quebec) March 23 Monthly Meeting—Speaker: Adnan Uzunovic, Topic: Wardian Cases March 25 VOS Show—Preview Party! March 26—27 VOS Annual Show & Sale

April 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Date Event April 9 PNWJC Monthly Judging April 11 Culture Class—Repotting your orchid – Margaret Prat April 16—17 Ottawa Orchid Society Show April 27 Monthly Meeting—Speaker: Lorne Heshka, Topic: Native Orchids