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June 2017 UPCOMING EVENTS 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. 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 3 Brilliant Bromeliads 2017 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’ 5 Brilliant Bromeliads 2017 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’ 7 Brilliant Bromeliads 2017 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 9 Brilliant Bromeliads 2017 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.
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