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September 2018E S P I K E Newsletter of the Ottawa Orchid Society SEPTEMBER 2018E John and Peter began exploring nature together in 2003. A suggestion from friends had them looking for wild orchids after a visit to Purdon Conservation Area in 2011. In their quest to document the wild orchids of Ontario, they have found many other unusual and intriguing plants. In Weird, Wild and Wonderful – Carnivores, Parasites and Other Unusual Plants, John and Peter will introduce you to some of our unique botanical curiosities. The wonderful of course, will be orchids! They will offer orchid themed craft items for sale. 1 Board of Directors Table of Contents Page David Cooper 613-256-2853 John Alexander & Peter Kaellgren……………... 1 [email protected] Board of Directors……………………………….. 2 President‘s Message…………………………….. 3 Orchids 101 Workshop Returns………………… 3 Mario Ferrusi Award……………………………… 4 Manon Garrett 613-808-6581 Audit Report and Financial Statements……… 5-8 [email protected] Updated Ottawa Orchid Society Website……… 9 OOS Questionnaire……………………………… 9 October Program Reminder…………………… 10 OOS Program for 2018-2019………………….. 10 Calendar of Events for 2018-2019………… 10-12 Membership Renewal………………………….. 12 New Members………………………………….. 12 Conservation Representative Needed……….. 12 Henriette Watkins 613-235-4570 Plants Needed for COOS Display…………….. 13 Preparing Plants for a Show…………………… 13 [email protected] ECOS Closed…………………………………… 14 Montréal Additional Judging Centre – Summer Awards……………………………………….. 15-16 613-722-6738 Judging Centres………………………………… 16 [email protected] AOS Awards – What do the Abbreviations after the Plant Name Mean?...................... 17-18 Annual Bonsai Exhibition……………………… 18 Orchids as a Floral Emblem in Canada……….18 Helen Nitschkie 613-823-6876 Orchids as a State Flower in the United [email protected] States of America………………..................... 18 Orchids as National Flowers of their Country……………………………….19-22 Book Review – Four Seasons of Orchids…22-23 André Couture 613-233-7335 How to make a Mounting Board [email protected] for Orchids…………………………………….23-24 Upcoming Canadian Orchid Shows………. ….24 Upcoming International Orchid Shows………..25 Upcoming AOS Webinars……………………….25 Editor‘s Wrap……………………………………. 26 Website Links…………………………………… 26 A.Newsletter Editor Bev Burtnyk 613-739-1941 [email protected] Mailing address: 2 President’s Message Hi Everyone, I hope you enjoyed the summer - we have certainly been treated to some tropical weather this year and I am sure your orchids appreciated it! I expect you are now ready to get into the new OOS season and I am looking forward to seeing everyone again. We have some excellent speakers lined up for this season‘s meetings, thanks to André. You can see an outline program in the website, with full details to be published in Spike once they are available. Thanks to everyone who completed the questionnaire circulated with the June Spike. I was very pleased to see that most people are happy with our meetings, our Speaker program and our other activities. There were some good suggestions where we could improve things and your Board is in the process of reviewing the results. One area where I am making changes is the website – details elsewhere in Spike. I hope to see you at the September meeting! Dave Cooper Orchids 101 Workshop Returns We are pleased to announce that Orchids 101 Workshop - Beginners Class has returned this season thanks to Jean Hollebone and Jan Johns. Starting from the first meeting on September 15, 2018, the Beginners session will start at 12:45 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. The first topic is: Growing your supermarket orchid successfully. We will answer your questions and discuss what you need to know to successfully grow and rebloom your moth orchid. These sessions will be held at the back right-hand corner of the meeting room at the Tom Brown Arena. They hope to start an Orchids 101 Workshop - Intermediate Class in October 2018 at Tom Brown Arena, same time as above. Everyone is welcome to either session. Jean Hollebone & Jan Johns 3 Mario Ferrusi Award George Hatfield and Terry Kennedy are working to establish a fund to honor our friend and colleague Mario Ferrusi. George Hatfield is the President of the American Orchid Society and Terry Kennedy and her husband Doug are owners of Orchids in our Tropics. They would like to fund an American Orchid Society Annual Award recognizing the best Masdevallia or Dracula orchid. The award will be called the Mario Ferrusi Award. Please join us in commemorating Mario's contributions to the Orchid World! Photographs of Mario Ferrusi are provided courtesy of George Hatfield. At the Ottawa Orchid Show in 2010, Mario Ferrusi‘s Masdevallia coccinea (photo on left) won 1st Place in its class and Masdevallia Kaleidoscope (photo on right) won 2nd Place in its class. Photos by Arlene Lang. 4 Ottawa Orchid Society Audit Report For Financial Year ending June 30, 2018 _____________________________________________________________________ To the members of the Board of the Ottawa Orchid Society: I have conducted an audit of the books and financial records of the Society, for the period of July 1st, 2017 to June 30th, 2018. Generally, the financial records and documentation are maintained in a professional manner and support the financial results, as prepared by the treasurer. I am at your disposition should you have any questions. Hélène Martin September 5, 2018 5 8:32 PM Ottawa Orchid Society 2018-08-14 Profit & Loss Accrual Basis July 2017 through June 2018 July 17 to June 18 __________________________________ Income Annual Show Income Admissions 22,637.10 Art Gallery 45.00 Raffle 792.25 Vendor Table Sales 8,000.00 _____________________________________ Total Annual Show 31,474.35 Operating Income Auction 799.50 Book Sales 108.00 Memberships 2,325.00 Raffle 126.00 Speaker Cost Recovery 2,076.00 Visitor 30.00 ______________________________________ Total Operating Income 5,464.50 ______________________________________ Total Income 36,938.85 Expenses Annual Show Expenses Admissions 89.36 AOS Judge‘s Lunch 777.76 AOS Other 170.90 ____________ Total AOS 948.66 Awards Ribbons 804.00 Trophy 45.93 Wine 450.66 Wine Bags 32.77 _____________ Total Awards 1,333.36 Bank Deposit Charges 64.77 Exhibit Registration 185.27 Gift Certificates 545.00 Hospitality 1,395.52 Permits 426.00 Publicity Newspaper/Internet 2,832.84 Postage 90.85 Printing 656.03 Signage 527.72 Supplies 224.22 _____________ Total Publicity 4,331.66 Room Rental Committee Meetings 77.70 Hall 6,589.32 _____________ Total Room Rental 6,667.02 Security 325.00 Signage 907.51 Society Display 164.04 Supplies 119.76 Venue Fit up 5,789.56 _____________ Total Show Expenses 23,292.51 Operating Expenses Affiliated Society Membership 486.89 Books, Subscriptions, Reference 76.97 Donations 1,123.80 6 8:32 PM Ottawa Orchid Society 2018-08-14 Profit & Loss Accrual Basis July 2017 through June 2018 ____________________________________________________________________ July 17 - Jun 18 Equipment 1,757.51 Monthly Room Rental 1,595.59 Program Award 31.76 Hospitality 155.06 Out of Town Shows 3,951.27 Speaker Honorarium 1,110.78 Speaker Hospitality 707.92 Speaker Travel 4,129.96 _________ Total Program 10,086.75 Raffle Plants 123.92 ______________ Total Raffle 123.92 Software 235.52 Supplies 44.09 Website Hosting 151.57 ______________ Total Operating Expenses 15,682.70 _______________________ Total Expense 38,975.21 _______________________ Net Income -2,036.36 ________________________ 7 18:32 PM Ottawa Orchid Society 2018-08-14 Balance Sheet Accrual Basis As of 30 June 2018 30 June 2018 ____________________ ASSETS Current Assets Chequing / Savings Current Account 37,564.76 GIC 5938 8113756-11 2,667.04 GIC 5938 8113756-12 2,940.76 GIC 5938 8113756-13 3,290.57 ________________________ Total Chequing / Savings 46,463.13 ________________________ Total Current Assets 46,463.13 ________________________ TOTAL ASSETS 46,463.13 ________________________ LIABILITIES & EQUITY Equity Opening Balance Equity 41,801.56 Unrestricted Net Assets 6,697.93 Net Income -2,036.36 ________________________ Total Equity 46,463.13 ________________________ TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY 46,463.13 ________________________ Doug Vye Treasurer 8 Updated Ottawa Orchid Society Website If you have looked at the website recently you will see that your webmaster has been busy! The website has been completely revised to incorporate feedback from the Questionnaire we sent out in the spring. There were three main points about the website that came up in your responses: • Less text and more pictures and graphics • More links to useful websites and growing information • Keep it more-or-less the same Obviously we cannot make changes and also keep it the same! I have interpreted this as keeping most of the same information, while at the same time adding more graphics, photos and including a lot more links. I took this opportunity to re-organize the website to group things more logically and to update the overall styling. The previous website had not changed since 2008 apart from adding new information as needed, so I felt it was time to be a bit bolder! I hope you find the new site attractive and easy to use. Please feel free to send me your comments if you think I need to add anything or if you notice anything that does not seem to be working properly. My thanks to those who provided help and suggestions, particularly to Jan 2 for a lot of help to set up the new structure and overall format, and to Arlene for a detailed page-by-page review of the finished version as well as many of the photos used in the new site. Dave Cooper Webmaster OOS Questionnaire The results are in! Thanks to everyone who took the time to fill in the questionnaire that was included with the June Spike.
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