An Affiliate of the American Orchid Society FORT LAUDERDALE ORCHID SOCIETY December, 2010

Get Your Tickets Out and About. President's Message Your Ticket Money Is Due for The Show's Preview Party By Jan. 10th Boy what a year we've had including a great show, great rambles and a fantastic trip to the Fakahatchee Strand. We have had wonderful speakers, beautifully All of us enjoy the preview party, but, if in the past, grown orchids, and we opened a page on Facebook. you just paid for your tickets and put them in a drawer, Seventy one friends to date have found a new way to this is the year to move those tickets into the hands of communicate with each other. Members and friends people who wi ll attend the show and buy from our are posting pictures and sharing information. Do stop vendors. Even if they don't buy orchids we will ha ve by to see the wonderful changes to our web site too. first class booths of orchid -related crystal, clothing, The show will be here before you know it, and we jewelry, and more. need your help. Please sign up to volunteer for your If you need more tickets, call Chri s Crepage /954-563- show. Remember we can't do it without your help. 35481 for more and send in your ticket money to get Looking forward to seeing you at the holiday party your free ticket for selling 10 or more tickets for a and wishing you and your family a happy holiday and a sil1gle member or two tickets for dual members who prosperous new year. sell 20 or more tickets. Our January meeting wi ll be Sincerely, your last chance to turn in money to attend the preview Joan party.

Call Chris Crepage if you can take show asters to AlA hotels the week of the show. 2011

A Membership Renewal Reminder Planning Ahead

About half of our membership have renewed already, Program Chair Allen Cogar has teamed up with and that promptness is much appreciated. If you have program chairs from other South Florida societies to not yet renewed, please do so, and please confirm that bring Fred Clarke here on a speaking tour. He wi ll your infonnation is current by filling in the blanks on speak at our society's meeting on January 10th Fred is the dues envelope which was in the November l1'om Sunset Valley Orchids and is famous for his newsletter. awarded Calasell/Ills and Call1eya hybridization. Fred will supply the raftle table and sell plants. If you ' need' something special from Fred use the infonnation wh ich follows and order ahead for 10% off the li st price. Be sure to tell Fred that you want your plants December 4th Ramble South delivered to the Fort Lauderdale Orchid Society meeting. Here is the information: Sunset Valley Orchids There are a few bus seats left and if the newsletters 1255 Navel Place get printed and mailed in time, call Bob at 954-772- Vista, CA. 9208 1 4836 to learn whether there is still a seat left open for www.sunsetvall eyiorchid.com you. The hours are 8AM-5PM and the cost is $25. November Ribbon Judging Results November Program Review Columbian Orchids for S. Florida Helen Rivenbark ICULTUREI V. lamellate. var. remorse, !blue/ Lc. Makai Mauami, V. luzonica Gator, Andrea Niessen, has been with orchids in her native Columbia for her entire life, except for the Rich Ackerman Ired! Cychnoches cooper; time she spent at the University of Florida. Columbia Bonnie Bonneau /blue/ Onc. Tsiku Marguerite NN # 1 is known for its coffee, its Cattleyas and for orchids in Norma Jean Flack Ired! Hwra. Lava Burst 'Puanani' AMlAOS Vicki Hallock /blue/ Ene. boothiana general. It has about 5,000 orchid species of which William Knost /blue/ Blc. Chyong Guu Linnet Water 3,500 have been described and classified. Most of Dave Levine /blue/ B. Jimminey Cricket Columbia is in the tropical northern hemisphere and Tin Ly /blue/ Bt. Morning Glory 'H&R', Pot. Marlene almost every climate occurs at various elevations'- Lundquist Ired! Milt. Darth Vader 'Dark Force' x Milt. Ken Orchids for us to Wow here from the North Atlantic Peterson 'Flagpole' coast include: Brassavola grandijlora, Encyclia Tony Millet Ired! C. Violetta cordigera var. semi-alba, Oncidium amplicatium, Petra Tbomas /blue/ Onc. Kalihi Schomburgkia tibicinis, Cyrtopodiym paniculatum, Eileen Toler Ired! v. lamellata Cattleya dowiana aurea and Gue;ranthe (C.) decker; Shari Weidenbaum !blue/ D. Samsak x D. Apricot Rainbow The Pacific coastal plants get more rain than the Atlantic coastal plants which results in greater Get The Facts Before You Start biodiversity. Plants for us include: Cattleya dowian;a Your Own Orchid Business! aurea (Pacific type), Phrag. longifolium, Gongora fulva, and Gongora chocolensis. The Andean region of Coumbia is comprised of The good news is that orchids have repJaced mountains and valleys with tropical dry forests. This is poinsettias as the leading pot plant sold in the United the home of C. trianae (The national flower of States. The bad news is that a hard business is Columbia), C. schroderiae. C. Hardyana (a natural changing and getting harder. Of the 120 orchid hybrid) C. warsecewiczii (gigas) C. quadricolae, Epi. businesses that advertised in the AOS's 1980 Source rigidium, Sobralia virginalis, and Sobralia andreae. Directory only 7 are still in business. Some of the Plants that would grow here -from-the Orinaco basin major stumbling areas for a new small business might -~ - include: C. violacea, some Catastums, Stanhopeas, and include: the impact of mega growers; the fact that too Schomburgkias. D.H. many smaller growers have similar inventories; depot Note: I was away at the national quilt show and type stores, grocery stores, and florists sell potted appreciate that Brian Boyle and Ken Slump took notes orchids; internet brokers will compete with sales; and on the speaker for this review. Next time you have to orchid societies themselves will hurt your sales. replace a button add this trivia to your sewing Backing up to how orchid societies will hurt your knowledge: sales. They have auctions for which you donate plants, Saliva Magic auction plants often go for such bargain prices that members hate to buy at full price. It doesn't help that members quit growing orchids and sell off their I. Tip the eye of your needle to your tongue, not the collections at low prices. end of the thread. The dry thread will seek the The mega growers are another big variable for you to moisture and slip right though the eye. consider. The two biggest in the United States are 2. If you stick yourself with a needle, and you have a Matsui in California and Kerry's in Florida. Matsui spot of blood on your fabric, your own saliva will take imports 2,000 flasks of orchids per month. Matsui away the spot. Other people's saliva won't work, not doesn't put name tags on their plants because each tag that you are likely to try that! costs 5 cents. To stay in business you'll need to control costs too. Some other things that you would need to stay in an Thank Those Who Donated orchid business would be to find a unique inventory, November's Tasty Refreshments and to find new orchid customers. You will need to attract young people to your plants and maybe take the Carrie Ackerman Bonnie Bonneau time to grow larger plants than the mega growers do. Joan Connors Lisa Davis Nora Dyke Vicki Hallock Editor's note: These statistics came from a lecture based on a survey of37 US. growers. The lecture was given by John Leah Ostrander Ginny Salus Salventi from Parkside Nursery at the October, 2010 AOS Vicki Trank Members Meeting. Do YOU Need to Join These Current Show Volunteers?

Show Set-up Tuesday, ************************* Sunday -shift 1 Jan. 11th 8: 00 AM Smiles in Green Vests Rich Ackerman Help Chris and John! Hosts- 6 needed per shift Sunday- shifts 2 and 3 1. Wayne Musgrave Friday- shift one help needed 2. Dave Levine 1. Joan Connors, 4. Vicki Trank $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 3. Eileen Toler 2. Connie Walker 5. Marian Huber 4. Gary Pierce 3. Chris Carney 6. Zoe Bejar FLOS BOOTH- Ginny Salus 5. ThuyPham Friday- shift two will need one helper per shift 6. Leah Ostrander ( 20+ needed) 1. Chris Carney (3 needed) Preview Party Prep. Thursday 2.Bernie Lamgerluttig th 3. Friday - shift one Jan. 13 , 1:30 PM Peggy Knight 1. Marie Muller 1. Zoe Bejar (3 needed) Friday-sbift tbree 6 needed for full shifts, Chacko Friday - shift two Show Take-down, Sunday 1___ _ th Zachariah to fill in 6-8:00 PM Jan. 16 6:00 PM Friday shift three I.Wayne Musgrave Saturday- shift one ] . Joan Connors 2.Chris Carney 1. Dave Levine 2. Nonna Jean Flack Saturday- sbift one 3. Joan Connors 3. Michael Bryant 4. Rick Bellas 5. Glenn Koffinan 6___ _ 1. Sue Dohn and Barbara Gatterman 4. Eileen Toler Saturday- shift two 5. Ray Ratliff Saturday- shift two 1. Dasha Urosevic nt 1. Saira Kaizad 2. Norma Jean Flack Plus all 3 shift -workers Saturday- shift three 3. Francis Buckley 4. Rich Ackerman 1. Mercedes Steuerwald other sections- but still 5.Bernie Langeluttig 6___ _ Sunday - shfit one not enough volunteers. Saturday- shift three 1. Barbara Gatterman As Friday 3rd shift. HELP! Sunday -sbift two 1. Petra Thomas Show Judging Clerks, Sunday- shift one th 1. Joan Connors 2. Michael Bryant Sunday- shift three Thursday, Jan. 13 , 8:00 AM I. Mercedes Steuerwald 3. Glenn Kauffinan 4.---- 1. Chip Jones 5 6______******************************* 2. Sue Dohm Sunday - shift two Booth for AOS 3. Joan Connors st nd 4. Ginny Salus 1. Saira Kaizad 2. Ron MacDonald I need one person for tbe 1 and 2 5. Shari Weidenaum 3. Susan Gutman 4.Jean Valentine sbifts on Friday, and one person for 5 6____ _ 6. Zoe Bejar ( 10 more needed) the first shift Saturday and Sunday. 2nd sbift- Saturday- Sarah MitcheI1 ******************************* Sunday -shift three ad 1. Wayne Musgrave 2. Ray Ratliff Sunday 2 shift- Marcie Muller 3. Sandi Gardner 4___ _ As needed: Bonnie Bonneau and Bob Show Shift Times: 5 6______******************************* 1st shift-lO:OO AM -1:20 PM $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ CALL 954-772-4836 to d r shift-1:20 PM- 4:40 PM sign-up or change time or 3rt1 shift- 4:40 PM -8:00 PM Box Office - One or two needed each shift to help Michael post before the December Times rigllt/or Jan. 14-16 Schaberl party or January meeting. Last shift Sunday to stay after 6:00 Friday- shift one- (1-2 needed) wilen show closes to help with tear 1, Brian BoyJe Remember there is NO down or man doors, etc. Friday sbifts two and three Please get a parking pass at the box 1-2 needed for each December meeting. office at least 15 minutes before your Saturday- shift one shift. Return the pass after you park !.:..Marcie Muller so the next shift can also park free. Saturday- shift two Check your name off the 1. Victoria Buckley volunteer list when you return Saturday- shift three the pass. Thanks 1. Saira Kaizad .. \ \~.1

Remembering The Fakahatchee By Rich Ackerman Grow An Agave or Yucca

Thirty lucky Fort La uderdale Orchid Society We ll, not in a window sill wi th orchids, but since members enjoyed a gorgeous October day in the 7,000 BC man has found th em to be useful and Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park on our recent beautiful plants. Thomas Jefferson was the fi rst expedition. From the park headquarters, our bus famous American to grow them. While they are bumped up a dirt road for six miles, getting deeper and pri maril y grown for their fl exible and long lasting deeper into the Strand. Lush Everglades vegetation fibers, they were a major food source for people in pressed in on the bus when we were not traversi ng open Mexico and South Western Un ited States. Leaves were fi elds that are regularly burned to preserve their open eaten as well as the fl owers which were pickled. An state. Fire is part of the natural cycle of the 'Glades'. alcoholic beverage was also made from emergin g The occasional fires encourage biodiversity. bloom spikes, and the roots were primarily used to After unloading the bus we split in to two groups, make a soap. applied copious amounts of sunscreen and bug goop, So you don't expect to make soap or weave a rope or and we started off down an abandoned railroad bed. As basket with the leaf fibers, why not grow them in your State Park Biologist, Mike Owen, explained at our landscape? They are worth the space just to see bloom September Society meeting, railroads were built spikes which may exceed 2S feet tall. The only throughout the Strand to faci litate lum berin g absolute rule found for growing them was good operations. Today the beds remain as paths into a drainage. Most thrive in full or partial sun, and as a wonderland or plants and animals. Plants find the general rule they reflect that they evolved in arid raised ground a particul arl y propitious place to grow so places. th e growth is thick! Entering into a slough ofr the bed Yo u may not wish to grow a Joshua Tree (Yucca was the hardest part of the hike. Culverts needed to be brevifolia) since its fl owers have an unpleasant odor, banged with our walking sticks to chase out the but if you love the uncommon, maybe hav ing a 30' tall alligators; one of our groups did indeed find a gator at yucca tree is for you? their desired point of entry. While you probably can't grow a member of this Wading ror an hour up our chosen slough was the plant group in a window sill, some make great most amazing experience. It was lush with rerns, container plants for a patio or balcony. They have a bromeli ads, orchids, palm trees, pond apples, and other compact root system and tolerate root crowding well. swamp shrubs galore. It was cool and shady and The source suggested Agave. parvijlora, A. pygmae, beauti fu l, with nary a bug needing a swat. Our two Yucca pallida, and Y. ji/amen/osa. as pot plants. The groups saw different plants, but between us we saw a best bet for indoor, dry, dusty conditions was Y. blooming Clamshell Orch id (Encyclia cochlea/a) and a e/ephan/ip es. blooming Butterfly Orchid ( Enc. /alllpensis). Both I"formation from Google and the following: groups saw several ghost orchids (Dendrophylax Irish, M. and G. Agaves Yuccas and Related Pla nt's. Timber Press, Portland .. 2010 Pp. 1-1 5, 7 1 lindenii) and two other leafless orchids as well as other native orchids. We are hoping to repeat this trip in years to come. Gene Crocker To Retire Don ' t hesitate to sign up for it. You will gain a new appreciat ion for our favorite plant and have a great time as wel l. Gene is one of our all time favorite speakers. His Call/eya hybrids have been world class and world famous. While he and Kitty deserve to relax and travel, John W rench took the pictures on the opposite page Carter and Holmes, and in fact the orchi d world, will and Chuck McCart ney forwarded a li st of the orchids be less beautiful without his hybrids. seen by at least one of our groups. Chuck 's list fo ll ows and their common names are: Pine Pink Orchid, Ribbon Orchi d, Jingle Bell Orch id, Onion Orchid, Ro ll er Remembering: I Coaster Orchid, Night -Fr:agrant Epidendrum, Tooth _ (\' Petaled Rem OrchId,. LIttle. Yell ow Sp ikes Orchid, The brother of Chris Binder Clamshell OrchId, OnIOn OrchId, and Ghost Orchid. The husband of Laima Pe/rulis ,.• The fa/her ofDiana Scoll Thank you John, Rich, and Chuck for recountin g the Fakahatchee ex erience ror all of us to share. Notes on Orchid Names: Epidendrum stamfordianum

At first glance, it doesn't look much like an Epidendrum. For one thing, Epidendrum stamfordianum has pseudobulbs. But other epidendrums, such as the familiar Epidendrum ciliare, also have the thickened stems that we call pseudobulbs. But even more unusual, the flower stalk on this' odd Epidendrum most often appears to emerge. from the base of the pseudobulb, rather than from the top, which is the typical flowering habit in the New World orchid subtribe Laeliinae. But

Fle.I05. EpiUrcdnna SIOrchidaceae ofMexico & flowers being pinkish in a color form that is Guatemala, based on a plant collected in a rare in nature but frequently cultivated) are lowland area of Guatemala the preceding typical for the genus, with the reproductive year by George Ure Skinner (of column fused with the base of the lip for its CattleyaiGuarianthe skinneri fame). The whole length, creating a tube that is a species epithet honors George Harry Grey, necessary element for pollination in orchids the 6th Earl of Stamford and Warrington, with flowers of this configuration. This form who at that time had a notable collection of is dubbed a "keyhole flower" by the great tropical orchids at his estate at Enville Hall contemporary orchid scientist Dr. Robert ·L. in Staffordshire. Dressler, who says it most often indicates The name is frequently misspelled, pollination by moths, butterflies or most often as Epidendrum "stanfordianum." hummingbirds, in other words, by some But remember: It's stamfordianum (with creature with a long, narrow proboscis or "m" as the fourth letter), as in Stamford, beak capable of fitting into the tube in Connecticut, and NOT "stanjordianum," as search of some nectar reward. The majority in Stanford University. of epidendrums are of this keyhole form The species has a wide distribution, with the lip fused to the underside of the ranging from Mexico through Central column. America to Panama and into Colombia and The genus name Epidendrum is Venezuela in northern South America. It familiar to most orchid growers, and its grows most often as an epiphyte, but derivation is easy to understand. It comes occasionally can be found growing on rocks from a combination of the Crreek prefix epi as a lithophyte. and noun dendron and simply means "upon a tree," referring to the epiphytic habit of the -- CHUCK McCARTNEY majority of the 1,327 or so species now '( 6.)L-______-----' ~ From the cranberry marsh? One last time.. maybe: Amazing Broccoli Salad Plants Are Just Slow Green Animals Dressing full batch Dressing half batch I cup mayo Y2 cup mayo Spiny lobsters which hatch here migrate to Africa for 1/3 cup sugar 8 tsp. sugar their adult lives, and of course African babies spend 2 TBS. cider vinegar 1 TBS vinegar their adult lives here. While that is 'getting away from marna' big time it is one of a billion or so survival Full batch half batch mechanisms seen in nature. Here the species is Chopped broccoli bite -sized protected from catastrophic events that might make it Full head. Y2 head extinct. Y2 cup pine nuts Y4 cup Orchids have devised some interesting ways to get Y2 cup dried cranberries Y4 cup pollina away from papa and a catastrophic event and to Note: these last 3 things can be modified to fit your a mate at some distance away from harm. For taste. Further note: 1 know you can cut measurements instance, Bucket Orchids (Coryanthese) grow high in in half, but 1 thought the cut for sugar would save you the canopy in Central America. Each of the 20 species time. has its own bee species which is attracted to its sweet smell. Male bees swarm around the flowers to coHect the sweet fluid that their females will like. A male Good news in the Falulhlltchee Strtmd often slips into the bucket of the orchid. As he escapes he gathers pollinia on his back which will be taken to More on Florida's Wild Orchids another Bucket Orchid to make Bucket babies! South American Oncidiums (Dancing Lady Orchids) produce a cloud of tiny flowers on long branched The Fakahatchee is said to be the "orchid capitol" of spikes that 'dance' in the slightest breeze. Territorial the United States since it has the largest known male bees charge the flowers as rivals and thus gather population of our native orchids. In January, a wild and dispense pollen. orchid not seen there since 1905 was found in the Paph. rothschildianum from Borneo has long lateral special place*. Florida has 118 species of orchids sepals. The spotting on the sepals probably resembles which is about half of the known species in the United a little clump of aphids. Flies lay their eggs near and Canada. states aphids so the maggots can parasitize the aphids. In the According to Rene Ebersol~, (Natio1ll11 Wildlife process of depositing eggs with the 'aphids' the flies Magazine, February/Marcb 2005 pages 35-42) Larry fall in the pouch of the paph. The fly can only escape Richardson who is a panther biologist in the 26,400 by a route which results in pollination. acre Florida Panther National ·Wildlife Refuge in Animal-like behavior in non-orchids: Collier cotmty is not only looking out and after Central American Cheese Plant seeds germinate into panthers he is pollinating the wild orchids that live in the Refuge;· :since most of their pollinators no longer algae-like growths that crawl across the forest floor to find a tree trunk. They will climb up the tree and exist. Richardson's other orchid work is to keep orchid change into a light -seeking vine. Several kinds of trees poachers from knowing where· the 40 or so species of have been shown to produce a toxin in their leaves only wild orchids -are located within the Refuge. Richardson after an attack by insects, and some trees (Birch and and a colleague at· theUniversily of Florida are trying Acacia) emit a chemical which warns trees downwind to cultivate native orchids in the laboratory to return to to produce the toxin ahead of the insect invasion. the Everglades. Orchid information from : Attenborough, David. 1995. The * Finding the Mossy Helmet Orchid (Cranichis Private Life of Plants. Princeton Univ. Press. muscosa) was described in Georgia Tasker's Miami l Herald article on June 19. While a mat of about 40 of . Take This Taste Test To See the little orchids was found, one was taken back to the University of Florida for identification. Whether You Are Normal

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P.O. Box 4677 f1. Lauderdale, fL 33338

Regular meetings: Second Monday of each month Time: 7:30 P.M. Workshop, 8:20 P.M. Progrnm Pluce: Christ Luthcrdll Church SociaJ Hall 1955 East Oakland Park Blvd.

Directions: Usc OakJand Park Blvd. from 1-95. Go East for 2.4 miles, go to the rear ortlle church which is on the North side of Oakland Park Blvd. Or take US-I (Federal Hwy.) to Oakland Park Blvd. And go West ror 2 blocks.

President...... , ...... Joan Connors 1st Vice Prcsidcnt...... Allen Cogar nd 2 Vice Prcsidcnt...... Michael Schaberl Recording Secrelary .. . __ ,. Gigi Gnlngcr Corresponding Secretary._ Zoe Bejar Trcasurcr...... Bob Henley NewsleLter Editor...... Dot Hcnley

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