December 2010 POS Newsletter Version 3
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NEWSLETTER OF THE PENINSULA ORCHID SOCIETY!DECEMBER 2010 The Sheath December Meeting Joint Meeting with Gold Coast Cymbidium Date: December 17, 2010 Growers Time: Doors open 7:00 PM No skill session Meeting plus Show & Tell Place: San Mateo Garden Center Table at 7:30 PM 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo, CA followed by Speaker: Ron Parsons Take the Alameda de las Pulgas exit o" of Hwy. 92. The Garden Center is located between 26th and 28th Cool Growing Orchids Avenues Opportunity Table by Mailing address: P.O. Box 6894, San Mateo, CA 94403-6894 Cal Orchids Ron is often seen and heard at our meetings Species Cymbidiums and Cool Growing presenting the orchids on the Show & Tell table Orchids and sharing his culture knowledge with us. He often contributes photos for our show flyer, Speaker: Ron Parsons including the photo for this years flyer. Ron is also well known for his love of species over Ron Parsons is considered by many to be one hybrids. of the finest flower photographers in the United Opportunity Table States. His photography and encyclopedic knowledge of orchids is known both nationally An excellent plant table will be supplied by and internationally. He has been photographing Cal Orchids. orchids, wildflowers, and almost every other kind Refreshments of plant for over 25 years, and has a slide Please bring refreshments to share! As usual, collection that numbers well over 80,000 slides! you will receive opportunity table tickets for He finally switched to digital a little over a year bringing a treat. ago and already has several thousand images" Ron loves to travel, photograph orchids and Attention Please! wildflowers in situ, visit orchid and other plant enthusiasts collections, and most of all, to take We have new rules and new classes for our photographs of plants and flowers that he likes. show in January. Please read through the show information carefully. There may be some minor Ron's photos have been featured in journal changes between now and the January edition of articles, book covers, and in several books. Please the newsletter. If so, the information in the see the publications page of his website (http:// January 2011 edition will have the o&cial rules www.flowershots.net) more information about his and classes, so please check for changes then. books and journal articles. 1 NEWSLETTER OF THE PENINSULA ORCHID SOCIETY!DECEMBER 2010 Results of Election of Ofcers for 2011 President: MikeDrilling Vice President: vacant Treasurer: Sharon Langan Corresponding Secretary: Judy Evans Recording Secretary: Mike Rector Membership Chairperson: Janusz Warszawski Ways and Means: Dan Williamson Director at Large: Monica Irvin Director at Large: Jon-Michael Irvin Director at Large: Chaunie Langland What Color Is That? In the middle of photographing the plants on the Show & Tell table, I came to some blue and bluish flowers. I whined about how the colors were not going to turn out anywhere near true. A young man showed me how to set up my camera for fluorescent lighting. Everything looked better on my small screen on my camera, so I took the rest of the photos using that setting. Things did not look quite so good when I opened the photos on my computer. Below are photos of the same flower taken at the two di"erent settings: Auto with flower mode selected (for focal distance) and P with High Fluorescence selected. Although I have edited the photos, cooling the temperature in the adjust feature of iPhoto, you will notice a definite yellow tone to the photos taken after the settings were changed on my camera. This did allow me to capture a truer color on the blue flower, but I should have returned to the original settings for the rest of the photos. Well, I’ve learned two new things for the day, so I can go home now! 2 NEWSLETTER OF THE PENINSULA ORCHID SOCIETY!DECEMBER 2010 Stenoglottis longifolia Oncidium Kukoo Lc. Angel Heart ‘Hihimanu’ Chaunie Langland Ann Stuart Guest Tanya Lam Slc. Final Touch “Mendenhall” Masdeva#ia Patricia Hill ‘Tanya’ Masdeva#ia Fraseri Janusz Warszawski Paul & Phillis Chim Paul & Phillis Chim Basket of Masdevallias Masdeva#ia Angel Heart ‘Flora’ Rlc. hybrid ‘Stirling’ Paul & Phillis Chim Paul & Phillis Chim Barry Zimmerman Oncidium insigne Laelia Finckeniana Stenoglottis fimbriata Anna Chai Fred Schull Anna Chai 3 NEWSLETTER OF THE PENINSULA ORCHID SOCIETY!DECEMBER 2010 Member News A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO: Janusz Warszawski, Kathy Barret, Clint Evans, Dan Newman, Celine Dion, Diane Reeve, Sabrina Pospisil, Linda Merrifield, Marina Romero, David Tatro, and Carol Iverson. Welcome to new members William Trimble, Laurie Heron, Pierre Pujol, Sandra Charles and Cathrin Callas. Calling All Novice Exhibitors! Have you felt ambivalent about entering something in the show? The success of the show depends on everyone entering their orchids to make a spectacular first impression for people visiting the show. The Novice Division is the smallest division every year. How often people arrive at the show on Saturday and wish they had entered too! Your plants could be on the bench, winning ribbons and being admired by the crowds! Give it a try - brighten up your January! All you need is an orchid with these attributes: You have owned it at least 6 months It is in flower It is free of pests and disease Start planning your entries now! If you think you might enter a plant, be sure to stake it as it is coming into spike. Clean the leaves with water, or 50/50 water and skim milk, or lemon juice. The skim milk and the lemon juice are helpful in removing hard water deposits. Set your plant in a pot that does not draw attention away from the flowers. Dress up the planting media top with moss, hiding the growing pot, if you like. Michaels is an excellent source of inexpensive plain decorative pots and moss as well as green coated wire to support delicate inflorescences. If your plant needs to be hung, you will need to supply a fixture to hang it from. Small hanging plants can be hung from clear or solid color vases. Pendulous orchids will need something to stand on. For further help, call any of your fellow !society members or bring your questions to the December meeting. Entries for AOS and CSA Judging Just a reminder that the entry rules for AOS and CSA judging are di"erent than for the ribbon judging in our show. There is no minimum ownership time for AOS or CSA judging. So bring in your worthy plants you bought at the auction, at a recent meeting, on eBay, or in the parking lot and ask to have them entered for AOS or CSA judging, but not ribbon judging. CSA judging will be available for Cymbidiums, Paphiopedilums and Phragmipediums which are in the displays. 4 NEWSLETTER OF THE PENINSULA ORCHID SOCIETY!DECEMBER 2010 Dendrochilum cobbianum Oerstede#a schweinfurthianum Vuylstekeara Jerry Lawless Masd. Falcata Xanthina Ann Stuart Guest Tanya Lam Janusz Warszawski Paul & Phyllis Chim Cattlianthe Mary Elizabeth Bohn The meeting was well attended Cattleya Chocolate Drop Barry Zimmerman in spite of the holiday Our speaker Dennis Szeszko Colmanara Wildcat ‘Bobcat’ Epidendrum porpax alba (standing, center) Anne Riegel Fred Cox Phalaenopsis be#ina Zygopetalum mackayi Epidendrum porpax Cordelia Wong The Staals Fred Cox 5 NEWSLETTER OF THE PENINSULA ORCHID SOCIETY!DECEMBER 2010 Upcoming Events January 8 & 9 Orchids under the Oaks - Alden Lane Nursery - 10 AM - 4PM both days, Alden Lane Nursery, 981 Alden Lane, Livermore. Click on Upcoming Events at /www.aldenlane.com/ orchids.html , or e-mail [email protected]. January 15 - 16 54th Paphiopedilum Guild Meeting - The Inn at Morro Bay, 60 State Park Road, Morro Bay. Only paid attendees may attend. Cost is $155 for lectures, coffee breaks, and Sat. lunch & dinner. Contact Patti James for info/registration and hotel forms, (805) 528-5086 or [email protected]. January 21 - Gold Coast Cymbidium Growers Annual Collectors’ Auction - San Mateo Garden Center (yes, the same place we have our meetings). The auction begins at 7:00 PM. Most plant divisions are one of a kind quality, unusual or weird markings, often last year's awarded plants, sensational or unusual colors, hard to get non-meristemed plants and the like. Continually, updated photos of the auction plants as well as the auction catalog, which will be published the week before the auction, may be seen on the GCCG website. http://www.goldcoastcymbidiumgrowers.com January 21 - POS show plant entry and judging - AOS judging, ribbon judging, Perpetual Trophies awarded. January 22 & 23 - Peninsula Orchid Society Show and Sale - Community Activities Building, 1400 Roosevelt Ave, Redwood City - 10 AM to 5 PM both days - orchid show, presentations and demonstrations, member sales area, and vendor sales area. Adult admission only $5. Seniors, disabled, and children 12-16 admitted for $3. Parking is free. January 29 & 30 - Santa Cruz Orchid Show and Sale - Soquel High School, 410 Old San Jose Rd., Soquel - Sat. 9AM-5PM, Sun. 10AM-4PM - Free parking and Free admission - for more information 831-429-3612. February 5 & 6 - Sonoma County Orchid Society Show and Sale - Santa Rosa Veterans Building, 1351 Maple, Santa Rosa. Sat. - 10 AM - 5 PM, Sun. 10AM - 4 PM. Admission $7. For more information got to www.sonomaorchids.com. March 4-6 - Pacific Orchid Exposition Show and Sale - Details in the January Sheath. Meeting Member Sales Table Change The table and its location will remain the same. However, beginning with the February 2011 meeting Trudy will no longer be sitting behind the plants, taking the money. Members wishing to sell plants will need to sit at the table with their plants, make change, and be responsible for paying sales tax.