SOUTHERN ONTARIO ORCHID SOCIETY NEWS November 2010, Volume 45, Issue 10
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SOUTHERN ONTARIO ORCHID SOCIETY NEWS November 2010, Volume 45, Issue 10 Web site: www.soos.ca ; Member of the Canadian Orchid Congress; Affiliated with the American Orchid Society, the Orchid Digest and the International Phalaenopsis Alliance. Membership: Annual Dues $25 per calendar year (January 1 to December 31 ). Membership secretary: Hesse Pommells 416-245-0369, #503-370 Dixon Road, Weston, Ontario, M9R 1T2 Executive: President, Yvonne Schreiber, 905-473-3405; Vice-president and Treasurer, Elizabeth McAlpine, 416-487-7832; Secretary, Sue Loftus 905-839-8281; Honorary Life Members: Terry Kennedy, Doug Kennedy, Inge Poot, Peter Poot, Joe O’Regan, Diane Ryley, Wayne Hingston. Cypripedium parviflorum photo pp Annual Show: February 12 – 13, 2011 Meeting Program Sunday, November 7, Sales at noon, program at 1 pm. Please come and hear what your SOOS conservation committee has to say on Native Orchids of Ontario. This small team consists of 8 society members at present: Susan Shaw, Rachel Gottesman, Janet Anderson, Tara Seucharan, Tom Shields, Henry Glowka, Tristan Iafolla, and Tom Atkinson. The group meets several times a year. Its focus is on the conservation and preservation of choice orchid habitat, and on introduction and restoration of a few species of native terrestrial orchids in the Greater Toronto Area. Very few of our citizens are aware that Canada has scores of orchids, growing in, and indigenous within, our borders. Society members can help in spreading the knowledge of this cherished heritage, but first it's necessary to learn something about these seemingly frail, yet quite robust, plants. Early Membership Renewal Draw. To encourage early renewal for 2011 there will again be two draws for orchid plants. 2010 Members renewing membership for the 2011 year who renew by the end of the November meeting are eligible for the December and January draws. Anyone renewing by the end of the December meeting is eligible for the January draw. A member is able to win only once. So, renew now and get yourself a chance at an orchid plant. 2011 Membership in SOOS is now available. Still $25 for a full year of Orchid fun and fellowship. Renew now at the Membership desk and get yourself a chance at an orchid plant. 1 SOOS President’s Remarks the Uxbridge Country Preserve (the town of Uxbridge is well known for its walking trails). Fellow orchid aficionados My dog Trish enjoyed the walk too, especially meeting other four footed friends. The speakers at our monthly meetings continue to encourage our addiction to the If have any questions, you can contact me at world of orchids, and all of us must admit that [email protected], or 905-473- orchids are addictive – who can stop at just one 3405. Or just speak to me at one of our or two or three... Those of us who were present meetings. at the October 3rd meeting had the pleasure of hearing Glen Decker of Piping Rock Orchids. I Yvonne Schreiber am sure that more than a few of us are now going to try growing a few miniature or compact Newcomers' Meetings Cattleyas [and Phragmipediums. Ed.]. At our November meeting we will have the Wayne Hingston (905-686-5697) will once opportunity to hear about the efforts of the again present his excellent series on the culture Conservation Committee. of the most popular types of hobby orchids. These sessions are for members who have just started in orchids and will be presented at the A round of applause goes out to Don Wyatt for Toronto Botanical Garden Board Room on the following Monday evenings at 7 pm: the society display he put together for the Central Ontario Orchid show on September 25- 26. The display won a first place ribbon for Nov. 15, 2010 society displays. Don is also traveling to Dec. 13, 2010 Montreal to enter a society display in the Jan. 10, 2011 Eastern Canada Orchid Society show in Montreal on October 22-24. Hopefully Don will 2011 SOOS Show News: receive the support he needs in the form of plants to make this show a success as well. You At present (the Thanksgiving Weekend), work on can contact Don at [email protected] . the 2011 SOOS show is progressing. In a way it's like a juggernaut: very slow to start, but when it gets going, get on board quickly as the pace will soon pick up considerably. We have had Please keep in mind that our annual orchid several of you come forward to indicate a show will soon be upon us. Give serious willingness to help in specific areas; this is consideration as to how you can help to make it always music to my ears. And in signing up a resounding success. Sign up sheets for a wide early, you get a better selection as to possible variety of jobs should be available at the jobs that need to be filled. Let me remind you of November meeting. Put your name down on where I know we still need your help: one of them or maybe two – you will get into the show for free after your tour of duty. SOOS display: someone to be responsible for our display at our show publicity: I know for a fact that Linda Kafka will need assistance in delivering The Thanksgiving weekend was a gorgeous flyers and posters to various businesses one. I hope you got to spend some time outside and institutions enjoying the autumn colours and mild signage: we made a determined bid to temperatures, as well as sharing the fall bounty make as many of the signs required at a with family and friends. My son and his fiancée show as general as could be last year. Well, fate always deals us a new hand. joined me on the weekend. We worked up an That means we need someone to appetite for the meal with an hour-long walk in handle signage. I will work with you to 2 this end, but cannot do the job myself 9, SOOS meeting Toronto Botanical Garden, any longer sales 12 noon, program 1 pm. just contact me (via [email protected] or [email protected] ) and I will assist 16, Montréal Centre, Ottawa Orchid Society you, or get you in touch with the right Monthly Meeting, Ottawa person. 30, SOOS meeting Toronto Botanical Garden, sales 12 noon, program 1 pm. Another delight is the as yet unresolved notion of whether the Garden Hall will be in a state of February repair as of show time, or not. The latter state is 12-13, SOOS Show and Toronto Centre, devoutly to be wished for, but it's out of our February judging, hands. The TBG director has listened, and has offered us 1 room which has been off limits to us 19, Montréal Centre – Jardin botanique de in years past. We must know, with certainty, by Montréal the 3rd week of October what our space 24-27, COC Annual General Meeting and Orchid allocation at the TBG will be. Why so? you ask? society of Alberta show, Edmonton, Alberta. If we have many square metres of space, we can invite more vendors. The less the surface area for sales, the fewer the vendors we can invite. And we must post the invitations by or just AOS Judging Results after the first of November. September 25, Central Ontario Orchid Society Show as always: =====> no show? then no Phragmipedium Coral Jewel ‘Eiso’ HCC-AOS, 79 SOOS <===== points, Helgi Fatovic Cymbidium Peter Pan ‘Greensleeves’ HCC-AOS, CCM- AOS, 81 points, Chee Chong Coming Events Pararenanthera Joan Sze ‘Margaret Jean’ HCC-AOS 77 points, James Kendall October, 2010 23, 24 Montreal Centre - ECOS Orchidfête 2010 - Days Inn now Hotel Expresso, Montreal 27-31, AOS meeting, Virginia Beach, VA. November, 2010 6, Toronto Centre AOS judging, at Toronto Botanical Garden, Semi Annual meeting and Judges training 10 am, Judging 1 pm., TBG 7, SOOS meeting Toronto Botanical Garden, sales 12 noon, program 1 pm. 20 Montreal Centre AOS judging, - Montreal Botanical - Salle polyvalente 2 + Lunch Box DECEMBER 2010 4 Toronto Centre, TBG 5, SOOS meeting Toronto Botanical Garden, sales 12 noon, program 1 pm. 18, Montreal Centre - Montreal Botanical Don Wyatt and the SOOS dispaly at COOS photo pp Garden. 2011 SOOS at the Central Ontario Orchid January Society Show. 8, Toronto Centre, TBG. Don Wyatt once again managed to assemble and put together a marvellous display of flowering orchid 3 plants for our society. Thank you Don and thank you breeders such as Harold Koopowitz to produce to everyone who lent their plants. The display placed teacup ladyslippers. first in Society displays and the following plants won ribbons in their classes: Most Coelogynes like lots of water when growing, with some like C. lawrenciana even Cymbidium Peter Pan ‘Greensleeves’ HCC-AOS, CCM- liking to sit in a saucer of water. AOS, Best Cymbidium, Chee Chong. Dendrobium biggibum v. Compactum, First, John Spears. Dendrobium Maiden Charlotte, First, Synea Tan. Hawkinsara Keepsake, First, Chee Chong. Brassolaeliacattleya Village Chief North, First, John Vermeer. Brassolaeliacattleya Hawaii Stars ‘Paradise’, First, John Vermeer. Phalaenopsis Chen Yen Diamond, First, Synea Tan. Phalaenopsis Precious, Third, Synea Tan. Psychopsis Menden Hall ‘Hildos’ FCC-AOS, First, Tom Atkinson. Encyclia cochliata, Second, Naneve Hawke. Brassolaeliacattleya Sanyuan Ruby ‘Crowned Dragon’ AM-AOS, Third, John Vermeer. The ribbon winners earn points in our annual Orchidist of the year competition. Congratulations to all. Show table for October 2, 2010: Leslie Ee with Plant of the month photo PP Glen Decker and Jay Norris ably discussed the PLANT OF THE MONTH plants brought in by the members. The plant of the month went to Leslie Ee for Kefersteinia tolimensis.