Bromeliad Society
Vol 50 No 6 June 2017 UPCOMING EVENTS:
October 20, 21, 22…
Southwest Bromeliad Guild Show and Biannual International Cryptanthus Show Crown Plaza Addison, Dallas, TX Hosted by the Greater Dallas, Ft. Worth Bromeliad Society
• Hotel rates - $99/night/free parking • Registration is $85.00. • Plant entry for the two Shows and Plant Sale are late Friday morning and Friday afternoon. • Plant Sale Opening for registrants 6:00pm, Friday night Cryptanthus ‘Pink Butterfly’ —Earth Star Designs • Saturday morning – Guild & Cryptanthus Show Judging MEETING DATE: Tuesday, June 20, 7:30 P.M. BSI Board of Directors Meeting Location: 1475 West Gray, Houston 77019 • Banquet and Rare Plant Auction Saturday night
PROGRAM SPEAKER: --Plant storage available Thursday and Sunday night Charlie Birdsong
PROGRAM TITLE: Bromeliads Down Under December 2 ... Christmas Party Texas Land and Cattle— MEETING AGENDA: NEW LOCATION: 12313 Katy Freeway 77079 • Greetings/Call to Order/Member Plant 281-679-9900 Sale • Show and Tell • Meeting • Break/Refreshments/Buy raffle tickets May 29 to June 3, 2018 • Program 2018 World Bromeliad Conference • Adjourn Paradise Point Resort • Raffle San Diego, California
Registration is $390 March 1, 2017 -- May 1, 2018. JULY PROGRAM: After May 1st, 2018 registration at the door is $425. Cockrell Butterfly Center Visit with Nancy Greig Meet at the Butterfly Center at 7:00 PM
NEXT BOARD MEETING: July 20, 2017
DEADLINE FOR JULY BULLETIN: 7/5/17
Looking back on the year it has been an eventful six PRESIDENT’S months with some wonderful speakers for our monthly PAGE meetings, a very successful “A, B, Cs” and our Show and Sale. The second half of the year promises to be just as productive. We want to thank all of you who participated in our Bro- Does anyone wish to host a garden/greenhouse tour? As meliad Society/Houston, Inc. I have stated before I would like to see this become a reg- Annual Show and Sale. ular feature on our calendar. You do not need to have a Whether your participation large or exotic collection or even a greenhouse to wel- included showing plants, sell- come your fellow members. Everyone likes to see how ing plants, helping in set up or others grow and manage their plants. If you have even a packing up at the end of the bit of interest in hosting the society for such an event weekend, we could not have please speak to me or any of the other officers and direc- done it without you! The suc- tors. We would be happy to help you in any way we can. cess of the Show and Sale was due to the efforts of all of you. Despite some trying conditions this year, we had a beautiful Show. As our Show Chair kept reminding us “without plants we won’t have a Show”. You listened and responded beyond expectations.
The Auction at our After Show gathering at Chuy’s result- ed in an unbelievable boost for the BSI 66 Fund and a very satisfactory amount raised for BS/H.
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June Birthdays Cherie Lee 6/01 Fred Haase 6/06 Billie Emanuel 6/09 John Sarkisian 6/12 David Garver 6/13 Gordon Stowe 6/17
Editor’s Note:
Thank you Gene Powers for the photos of the event. They are top notch and got it all. No small feat with the number of beautiful Bromeliads.
Here’s a couple of our dedicated folks - Verna Powers and Jimmy Woolsey holding down the refreshment area.
It was a great event and lots of fun. Hopefully, It’s captured for you all in this issue as an Event to Remember.
Cheers, Mary
2 BROMELIAD SOCIETY OF HOUSTON SHOW AWARDS May 19-21, 2017 AWARDS NAME/ENTRANT GENUS PLANT NAME MULFORD B. FOSTER BEST OF SHOW - HORTICUL- TURE Stowe, Gordon X ANAMEA 'Shooting Star' MORRIS HENRY HOBBS BEST OF SHOW - ARTISTIC Adams, Ruby CRY 'Martini Olive'
HOBBYIST SWEEPSTAKES Whipkey, David HOH ‘Kayla’
GENERA SWEEPSTAKES Whipkey, David NEO ‘Golden Chalice’ THE JOHN M. ANDERSON BEST AECHMEA Whipkey, David AE nudicaulis ''Red' THE VALERIE L. STECKLER HORT. DISPLAY SWEEPSTAKES Richtmyer, Carole TIL Andreana
THE LOU TRAHAN ARTISTIC SWEEPSTAKES Adams, Ruby DYCK Brevifolia x ‘red devil’ THE LINDSEY STOWE CRYPTANTHUS SWEEP- STAKES Adams, Ruby CRY ‘Pink Starlite’ THE BOB WHITMAN BEST CRYPTANTHUS SPECIES Richtmyer, Rick CRY leopoldo-horstil THE WARREN LOOSE BEST CRYPTANTHUS HY- BRID Edmonson, John CRY 'Jennifer' BEST OF DIVISION I Nguyen, Chris DYCK 'Dakota' BEST OF DIVISION II Richtmyer, Rick TIL concolor x flabellata BEST OF DIVISION III Lee, Cherie HOH leopoldo-horstil BEST OF DIVISION IV Edmonson, John CRY 'Jennifer' BEST OF DIVISION V Richtmyer, Carole Neophytum ‘Cosmic Blast’ BEST OF DIVISION VI Richtmyer, Carole TIL andreana Dominguez, An- BEST OF DIVISION IX nette BIL ‘Casa Blanca’ Stained Glass/My Bromeli- BEST OF DIVISION X Speer, Phil ad Collection BEST OF DIVISION I SECTION A Whipkey, David DYCK domfelicianensis BEST OF DIVISION I SECTION B Whipkey, David DEUT brevifolia BEST OF DIVISION II SECTION A Schmidt, John TIL jalisco monticola BEST OF DIVISION II SECTION B Schmidt, John VR lubbersii BEST OF DIVISION III SECTION A Edmonson, John NEO 'Kahala Dawn' BEST OF DIVISION III SECTION B Richtmyer, Carole NEO mooreana BEST OF DIVISION IV SECTION A Whipkey, David NEO 'Angel Face' x 'Midget' pendula x eleutheropetala BEST OF DIVISION IV SECTION B Richtmyer, Carole NEO var bicolor X NEOPHY- Neo. 'Purple Star' x Ortho BEST OF DIVISION V SECTION A Richtmyer, Carole TUM navioides BEST OF DIVISION VI SECTION A Whipkey, David NEO pendula 'Pink' BEST OF DIVISION VI SECTION B Whipkey, David AE 'Bert' ARAEO- BEST OF DIVISION VI SECTION C Richtmyer, Rick COCCUS parviflorus BEST OF DIVISION VI SECTION D Richtmyer, Carole NEO fireball - green form BEST OF DIVISION IX SECTION A Edmonson, John TIL streptophylla BEST OF DIVISION III SECTION B RUNNER-UP Lee, Cherie BIL 'Alaka'i' BEST OF DIVISION IV SECTION B RUNNER-UP Lee, Cherie BIL 'Hallelujah' MOST EYE CATCHING NEOREGELIA Richtmyer, Carole NEO 'Hot Embers' MEMBERS' CHOICE Edmonson, John CRY 'Thriller' BEST OF JUDGES SECTION Davila, Aaron TIL 'Mora' BEST NOVICE ENTRY Merchant, Troy AE correia-araujoi
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MULFORD B, FOSTER BEST OF SHOW Gordon Stowe X Anamea ‘Shooting Star’
MORRIS HENRY HOBBS BEST OF SHOW ARTISTIC Ruby Adams Crypt. ‘Martini Olive’
HOBBYIST SWEEPSTAKES David Whipkey HOH. ‘Kayla’
GENERA SWEEPSTAKES David Whipkey Neo. ‘Golden Chalice’ 4 Brilliant Bromeliads 2017
JOHN M. ANDERSON BEST AECHMEA David Whipkey nudicaulis ''Red'
THE VALERIE L. STECKLER HORT. DISPLAY SWEEPSTAKES Carole Richtmyer Til. funkiana
THE LOU TRAHAN ARTISTIC SWEEPSTAKES Ruby Adams Dykia Brevifolia x ‘red devil’
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THE LINDSEY STOWE CRYPTANTHUS SWEEPSTAKES Ruby Adams Crypt. ‘Pink Starlite’
THE WARREN LOOSE BEST CRYPTANTHUS HYBRID & Best of Division IV John Edmonson Crypt. ‘Jennifer’
BOB WHITMAN BEST CRYPTANTHUS SPECIES Rick Richtmyer Crypt - leopoldo-horstil 6 Brilliant Bromeliads 2017
Best of Division II Rick Richtmyer Til. concolor x flabellata
Best of Division I Chris Nguyen Dykia ‘Dakota’
Best of Division III Cherie Lee Hoh.leopoldo-horsteii
Best of Division V Carole Richtmyer Neophytum ‘Cosmic Blast’
Best of Division VI Carole Richtmyer Til. andreana
Best of Division IX Annette Domingues Bil. ‘Casa Blanca’ Best of Division X Phil Speer Stained Glass ‘My Bromeliad Collection’
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Best of Division I Section B David Whipkey Deut. brevifolia Best of Division II Section A John Schmidt Til. jalisco monticola Best of Division I Section A David Whipkey Dykia domfelicianensis
Best of Division II Section B John Schmidt VR. lubbersii Best of Division III Section A John Edmonson Neo ‘ Kahala Dawn’
Best of Division III Section B Carole Richtmyer Neo mooreana
Best of Division IV Section A Best of Division IV Section B David Whipkey Carole Richtmyer Neo ''Angel Face' x 'Midget' Neo pendula x eleutheropetala var Best of Division V Section A bicolor Carole Richtmyer Neo. 'Purple Star' x Ortho navioides
8 Brilliant Bromeliads 2017 Division VI, Section C Rick Richtmyer Araeococcus parviflorus
Division VI, Section A David Whipkey Neo pendula 'Pink'
Division VI, Section B David Whipkey Aech. ‘Bert’
Division VI, Section D Carole Richtmyer Neo 'fireball’ - green form
Division III, Section B Runner Up Cherie Lee Bil. ''Alaka'i'
Division IX Section A John Edmonson Til. streptophylla
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Division IV, Section B Runner Up Cherie Lee Bil. ''Hallelujah'
Member’s Choice John Edmonson Crypt. ‘Thriller
Best Novice Entry Troy Merchant Ae.correia-araujoi
Best of Judges Section Most Eye Catching Neoregelia Aaron Davilla Carole Richtmyer Til.’Mora’ Hot Embers
10 WHIPKEY’S WORD MATURE
At the BS/H show last month, I was working in the classi- How do I know if a plant is mature? When I first joined fication area. People always have questions about filling the Bromeliad Society there was a husband and wife out the show cards. If you haven’t had experience exhib- team of growers named Jimmy and Sandy Antle. Jimmy iting plants, the process can be a bit intimidating. Possi- liked Neoregelias and Sandy liked Cryptanthus. They bly this year I was paying more attention, and I noticed both grew Neoregelia cruenta ‘Sun King’. Jimmy grew it that there appeared to be some confusion as to the dif- in a pot and Sandy grew it mounted on a piece of wood. ference between a single and a multiple plant. I have Jimmy’s plant was about 2 to 2.5 feet wide and the included the two definitions below. leaves were probably over 3 inches wide. Sandy’s plant was about 1 foot wide with leaves that were possibly half SINGLE PLANT: One plant in a single pot (or mounted); as wide. Both were mature plants in full bloom. may include only immature offsets too small for removal from the mother plant. If the plant is blooming it is probably mature. I say prob- ably because plants can be forced into bloom when they MULTIPLE: Any single pot containing two or more adult are immature. You can verify this by taking a trip to most plants (with or without pups). All plants must be naturally any large grocery store where you can find vrieseas interconnected. blooming in 4 inch pots alongside the same plant bloom- ing in a 6 inch pot. In my mind, the difference is clear. I have very little trou- ble deciding if a plant is a multiple or a single. You know, To judge the maturity of a plant, you need to observe it 1 or more than 1. As I listened, I realized that it wasn’t as it grows. A plant’s size, shape, and color at maturity the single vs. multiple concept that confused people, it is influenced by how you grow it. A blooming plant is one was the words, “immature” and “adult”. It finally dawned that has a flower or flower bud or has changed its shape on me that the question they were trying to ask was: or its coloring in preparation for blooming. A blooming “When is a plant mature?” For the purpose of this article plant is mature when it has at least 1 flower that has I am going to consider the words mature and adult to opened. A foliage plant is mature when it reaches or mean the same thing. I checked several dictionaries nearly reaches the size, color, and conformation that it online and off line and they said basically the same thing. exhibits just before it starts to bloom. Mature is when an organism is fully developed physical- ly; it is full-grown.
WHAT’S BLOOMING
Vriecantarea 'Inferno' Courtesy of John Schmidt
Cryptanthus ‘Rocky Road’ Courtesy of John Edmonson
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Charlie joined the BSI in 1975 and has attended many World Conferences and chaired the rare plant auctions at four of them. He is currently the Chair- man of the BSI Affiliate Shows Committee. Charlie is a past BSI Director for the Central District.
After years of trying to get a judging school in New Orleans, he joined a school in Houston. He is now a Bromeliads Down Under Master Judge and has judged over 100 Shows since Charlie Birdsong accreditation in 1996. He serves the BSI on the Judges Handbook revision committee through the Charlie developed his interest in Bromeliads from his Judges Certification Committee from his District. parents in the late 1960’s in New Orleans. He moved away from the plants to Baton Rouge in 1963 to at- Charlie has had many opportunities to speak about tend LSU and has lived there ever since. his favorite plants at local Garden Societies and other plant groups and Bromeliad Societies throughout After college he started his collection with Mulford Louisiana, Texas, Florida, and even Australia. He Foster plants he and his parents had been given by has written articles for the BSI Journal and Local So- Erik Knoblock. He brought his small collection to Ba- ciety Plant bulletins and contributed a number of ton Rouge and moved them in and out when the cold short articles for the Greater New Orleans Bromeliad weather came. Society bulletin Potpourri.
In 1975 Charlie helped to start the Bromeliad Society Charlie grows many different genera and although of Baton Rouge. As a charter member he has served Billbergias are favorites, most of his over four thou- in every office over the years and still serves the So- sand five hundred plants are Neoregelias. He is for- ciety today as President. He is the Vice-president of tunate to have daughters living in Florida so under the Southwest Bromeliad Guild. He served as co- the excuse of a Grandpa visit he is able to make chairman of the Southwest Guild and Cryptanthus many trips to see Society Shows and visit vendors shows in Baton Rouge. every year and hopes to continue to do so in the fu- ture.
Other Notes… ANNUAL BROMELIAD SALE
A big thank you for all members who helped mak- ing the sale a success. Those that brought brome- liads, helped in selling the bromeliads, those that carried sold bromeliads to the customers vehicles and those that bought bromeliads.
Thanks to Verna Powers for supplying the workers with food on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. A big thanks to the man or lady upstairs who kept the rain away for 99% of the time.
Allyn
Neoregelia ‘Little Faith’ Courtesy of Carole Richtmyer
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May Raffle—$58
Texas Gulf Coast Fern Society www.tgcfernsoc.org Regular meeting third Sunday of month DONORS WINNERS at 2:00 P.M. Richard & Joan Beaubouef John Edmonson Judson Robinson Jr. Community Center Troy Merchant Elizabeth Fisher 2020 Hermann Drive Carole & Rick Richtmyer Vickey Gurka Next meeting will be June 18, 2017 David & Linda Whipkey Troy Merchant Rick Richtmyer Gordon Stowe Audrey Van Wright Linda Whipkey
The Houston Orchid Society, Inc. www.houstonorchidsociety.org Regular meeting first Thursday of month at 7:30 P.M. First Christian Church 1601 Sunset Blvd Next meeting will be July 6, 2017
REFRESHMENTS: N-Z
Everyone should contribute when it is their turn. Please refer to the Bulletin to deter- mine if it is your turn (last name begins with A thru M group, and last name begins with N thru Z group).
Neoregelia ‘Gary Gallick’ - On display at the BS/H Brilliant Bromeliads Courtesy of Jimbo’s Nursery
Jimbo’s Nursery
15019 8th St., Santa Fe,TX 77517, 409-925-6933
www.Jimbosnurserytx.com; email: [email protected]
We have a large selection of Aechmea, Billbergia, Cryptanthus, Dyckia, Neoregelia, and Tillandsia. Please compare our prices and our quality.
13 AFFILIATED WITH THE MEMBER OF BROMELIAD SOCIETY/HOUSTON INC. BROMELIAD SOCIETY SOUTHWEST BROMELIAD INTERNATIONAL GUILD
AFFILIATED WITH THE CRYPTANTHUS SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL
Officers and Chairmen About the Bromeliad Society/Houston President Don Green 1226 Fountain View This corporation is organized exclusively for purely public Houston, TX 77057 charity and strictly educational purposes. Specific goals 713-252-9879 of the Society shall be to: [email protected] Vice President Cherie Lee Secretary Charlien Rose Increase knowledge of bromeliads through inter- Treasurer Allyn Pearlman change and dissemination of information. Past President David Whipkey Board of Directors Use such funds as are available for the purpose Term Expires of research and/or equipment in institutions of 12/31/17 12/31/18 12/31/19 higher learning within the State of Texas. Jan Garver Ruby Adams Mary Cinotto Rick Richtmyer John Schmidt John Edmonson There are two classes of membership: I. Standing Committees 1. Publicity Allyn Pearlman Individual $20.00 per year Bulletin Editor Mary Cinotto Family $30.00 per year 2. Plant Sales Chairman Allyn Pearlman Members: Phil Speer, Lynn Friedman, All memberships begin with January of the current year. Ken Gardner 3. Programs Chairman Cherie Lee Visit our website at www.bromeliadsocietyhouston.org for Standing Committees Ex-Officio Members: more information. David Whipkey/Don Green ______II. Committees of the Board 1. Annual Show None 2. Bromeliad Culture TBD The Bulletin is published monthly and is mailed or e- 3. Holiday Party Allyn Pearlman mailed to members of the BS/H, Inc. prior to monthly 4. Garden Tours John Schmidt meetings. Articles and any other information pertinent to 5. Historian David Whipkey bromeliads are solicited. Articles may be reprinted with Vice Chairman Jimmy Woolsey proper acknowledgment given to author and publication. 6. Hospitality Coordinator Verna Powers Members: Daryl Page A Yearbook is published annually based on the member- Gordon Stowe ship roll at the end of the regular February meeting of 7. LibrarianRuby H. Adams each year and distributed to members of the BS/H, Inc. 8. Membership Allyn Pearlman 9. Raffle Plants Cherie and Frank Lee, Wray Page Please address any correspondence regarding this publi- 10. Seedlings Provided by Jimmy Woolsey cation to: 11. Show & Tell John Schmidt assisted by Wray Page and Rick Richtmyer Mary Cinotto 12. Members’ and Visitors’ Registrar Ken Gardner, 16023 Pebble Bend Drive Noreen Tolman, Midge Gorman Houston, TX 77068 13. Courtesy Midge Gorman [email protected] 14. Webmaster Joy Reynolds Representatives Southwest Bromeliad Guild Charlien Rose, Ray Johnson Bromeliad Society International Steve Reynolds, Rick Richtmyer
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Mary Cinotto 16023 Pebble Bend Drive Houston, TX 77068
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