Atlanta Orchid Society Newsletter

The Atlanta Orchid Society Bulletin

Affiliated with the American Orchid Society, the Orchid Digest Corporation and the Mid-America Orchid Congress 2001 Recipient of the American Orchid Society’s Distinguished Affiliated Societies Service Award Newsletter Editor: Danny Lentz

Volume 46: Number 7 www.atlantaorchidsociety.org July 2005

JULY EVENTS

The Meeting: 8:00 Monday, July 11 at Atlanta Botanical Garden Cesar Wenzel and Luiz Hamilton from AmazonOrchids “The Cattleyas and How to Grow Them Well!”

AmazonOrchids recently set up shop in Kingsland, Georgia which is about 30 miles north of Jacksonville, Florida. They also have a facility in Rio Claro, Brazil. This business specializes in Cattleya alliance species and hybrids. The owners of AmazonOrchids are from Brazil and have a lifelong relationship with some of these species. They will be bringing plants to sell. www.amazonorchids.com.

Orchid Clinic: Before the meeting we will have someone available to answer questions on orchid growing from 7:15-7:45. If you bring a diseased or infested plant (or leaf) to ask questions about, please have it in a bag so that pests and fungal spores don’t spread to other plants at the meeting.

Inside This Issue

Atlanta Orchid Society 2005 Officers…………………………………………..….…………… Page 2 Collector’s Item…Thunia marshalliana Rchb. f. …….…by Ron McHatton…………………. Page 2 Events Out and About………………Dates for your Calendar…………...……….…….……… Page 3 Minutes of the June Meeting ….…….…….…...……….………….…………..………...….… Page 3 The June Exhibition Table (with notes by Ron McHatton)…….………..………..…………... Page 4 Recent Awards from the Atlanta Judging Center……….……………………………………… Page 7 Recent Blooms at the Atlanta Botanical Garden……………………………………………….. Page 9 Orchid Societies and Publications, Part 2……………….……………………………………… Page 10

All contents © Atlanta Orchid Society unless otherwise noted.

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THE ATLANTA ORCHID SOCIETY COLLECTOR’S ITEM

Officers Thunia marshalliana Rchb.f. thoon-ee-ah marshall-ee-an-ah President - David Mellard 3409 Regalwoods Drive Tribe: Arethusinae Doraville, GA 30340 Subtribe: Thuniinae 770-270-5758 Etymology: To honor the 19th century orchid enthusiast Count Thun- [email protected] Hohenstein in Bohemia. Vice-President/Programs - Richard Hallberg Thunia comprises some 5-8 closely related species widespread 152 Sloan St. throughout the Indian subcontinent to South China and Peninsular Malaysia. Roswell, GA 30075 The plants are terrestrial or semi-epiphytic characterized by tall, leafy 770-587-5827 [email protected] plants. These species were once included in Phaius. Flowers are borne in drooping, terminal, partially successive racemes at the tips of the cane-like Secretary - Sandy Phillips 870 Virginia Circle NE pseudobulbs and, depending on the species can be several inches in Atlanta, GA 30306 diameter. For much of the year, the plants are leafless. 404-874-1417 Thunias are very easily grown. They do best potted in a medium suitable [email protected] for Phaius or Cymbidium with provision made for copious drainage. While

Treasurer - Reba Herzfeld actively growing, the plants should be provided as much light as possible 4798 Summerset Lane but short of burning the soft foliage and they should be given ample water Dunwoody, GA 30338 and fertilizer. As soon as the flowers fade, the foliage will start to yellow 770-394-3731 and fall and moisture should be dramatically reduced. Plants benefit from [email protected] annual repotting after leaf-fall has been completed. When new growth Immediate Past President - resumes water can be increased but a lengthy and very strict dry rest period Evan Dessasau III 404-241-4819 is essential for good performance. [email protected] Thunia marshalliana, a native of Myanmar, was first described as a

Directors (year term expires) varietal form of T. alba and is still considered so by many taxonomists. Plants can reach 3’ or more tall and carry up to 12 flowers as big as 5” Mark Reinke (2005) 864-718-0152 natural spread. Growth begins in early to mid-April and the new growth [email protected] develops rapidly reaching its full height by late May to early June. The Jeff Whitfield (2005) cane-like pseudobulbs carry up to twenty or more leaves, appearing bract- 770-634-6153 like near the base and becoming progressively longer toward the apex of the [email protected] cane. The terminal inflorescence appears immediately with the first flowers m Sondra Nierenberg (2006) typically open within a couple of weeks of maturation of the cane. Flowers 770-579-3376 are carried sequentially with two-four open simultaneously. Once flowering [email protected] is complete, the cane will rapidly begin to lose its leaves and will be leafless Fred Missbach (2006) before the end of summer, after which the plant should receive essentially 404-237-1694 no water until growth begins in the spring. [email protected] Mikie Emerson (2007) 404-289-3684 [email protected] Danny Lentz (2007) 770-640-0112 [email protected]

Other Volunteers Newsletter Editor/Greengrowers Danny Lentz

Newsletter Contributing Editor Ron McHatton

Webmaster - Tom Kaschak [email protected]

Librarians - Mikie Emerson and Karen Chandler

Show Chair – David Mellard Plant grown by the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Photos © Danny Lentz

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Events Out and About MINUTES OF THE JUNE MEETING July • The meeting was brought to order by President David Mellard. Saturday, 7/9. American Orchid Society Minutes from the last meeting were approved as written. monthly judging, Atlanta Judging Center, 2 • Prior to the meeting, we toured the Fuqua Orchid Center at the pm, ABG basement workshop. If entering Atlanta Botanical Gardens with Becky Brinkman and Mike Wenzel. plants, please arrive before 1:30 pm to allow • Our auction at the American Legion Hall in Chastain Park was time for research and paperwork. a big success: great food, great orchids, and great fellowship. Fred Missbach did a great job as auctioneer and kept the auction moving, Monday, 7/11. Atlanta Orchid Society finishing in two hours. Sales totaled $2500. We are waiting for monthly meeting, ABG, Day Hall, 8 p.m. receipts to determine profit. If you have any suggestions for Speaker: Cesar Wenzel of Amazon Orchids improvements to the auction, see David Mellard. will speak on Brazilian Cattleyas. • Contribute your great recipes to Reba Herzfeld, to be included in an Atlanta Orchid Society Cookbook. 7/15-7/17. IPA Symposium, Philadelphia • Atlanta Orchid Judging is held the second Saturday in each month: this month, July 9th. This is a great opportunity to learn August what qualities the judges look for in an orchid. The AOS is looking Monday, 8/8. Atlanta Orchid Society for student judges. monthly meeting, ABG, Day Hall, 8 p.m. • The July speaker will be Cesar Wenzel, a Brazilian who raises Topic to be announced. Cattleyas. He is setting up a commercial greenhouse in Kingland in southeast Georgia. Saturday, 8/14. American Orchid Society • David Mellard will be speaking about the right fertilizer for monthly judging, Atlanta Judging Center, 2 orchids and how to measure nitrogen in your orchid mix at the July pm, ABG basement workshop. If entering and August meetings of the South Metro Orchid Society. plants, please arrive before 1:30 pm to allow • Danny Lentz will be running information articles on different time for research and paperwork. orchid organizations in the newsletter. • Newsletters from other groups; i.e., the Pleurothallid Alliance, Saturday, 8/20. Roy Harrow’s auction. International Phalaenopsis Alliance, were brought in by members Details in next month’s newsletter. for perusal during the meeting. • Ed Boyett is organizing a tour of Ecuador from September 28 Fall Shows to October 9, 2005. Cost is $1500 plus air fare from Atlanta to Miami to Peru (approximately $1000). You will see a variety of 10/12-10/16. AOS Fall Members’ Meeting. orchids in native habitats. A cultural tour will be included. David Sonoma County, CA Mellard has detailed information about the tour.

10/21-10/23. Mid-America Orchid Congress • We would like volunteers from the society who want to do Fall Meeting and Show. Cincinnati, OH. monthly judging. David Mellard and Jeff Whitfield will go through the basics of orchid judging with the volunteers and when you 11/11-11/13. Atlanta Orchid Society Show. attend monthly meetings, you’ll be assigned to a judging team. Let Jeff Whitfield know of your interest. • David Mellard and Jeff Whitfield have been Student Judges for

the American Orchid Society in our region for three years and have Join the Atlanta Orchid Society now been elevated to Probationary Judges. Congratulations to you

Membership in the Atlanta Orchid Society is $30 both! for individuals or $45 for households. Yearly • Remaining Atlanta Orchid Society 2005 Directories will be membership runs January 1-December 31. mailed to members. Anyone joining in the third quarter will get a • Our thanks to our orchid judges: Roy Harrow, Rob Rinn, Jeff 50% discount on the current year’s membership. Whitfield, and Jeffrey Wolf. Anyone joining in the fourth quarter will • Our thanks to those who donated plants to the raffle table: Roy purchase a membership for the following year. Harrow, Rob Rinn, Helen Weil and others. You can join at one of our monthly meetings, or • Our thanks to those who brought refreshments: Marianne contact the society’s Treasurer (see page 2) for a Gilmore, Siu-Ping Hong, Sandy Phillips and others. membership application. • The meeting was adjourned.

For directions to the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Respectfully submitted, please visit their web site at Sandy Phillips www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org or contact one of our society’s officers listed on page 2. Page 4 www.atlantaorchidsociety.org July 2005

JUNE 2005 EXHIBITION TABLE AWARDS with notes by Ron McHatton

CLASS 1: CATTLEYA ALLIANCE Blue Cattleya dowiana Collier/Reinke Red Cattleya Black Jack ‘Universal’ HCC/AOS Collier/Reinke White Cattleya (Valentine x Sir Jeremiah Colman) Rinn

(Blue) Cattleya dowiana : This species was first discovered by Warscewicz in Costa Rica about 1850 and all plants of that initial discovery died. It was later rediscovered in 1865 and described in 1866. Cattleya dowiana needs more warmth than most cattleyas. It should be given as much light as possible, abundant water during the growing season and a distinctly dry winter. This particular clone has distinctly more red feathering throughout the flower than most. Cattleya dowiana formerly existed in two distinctly separate ranges, one

in a restricted area on the western slopes of the central mountain range in Costa Cattleya dowiana Rica where the plants are now scarce and, a geographically isolated range in Colombia. These latter plants, C. dowiana forma aurea, are considered by some taxonomists to be a distinct species C. aurea. The two are best separated by the lack of yellow eyes in the throat of the latter species and typically much less red feathering on the petals. The problem is compounded by interbreeding of the two forms.

CLASS 2: CYMBIDIUM : No Entries

CLASS 3: DENDROBIUM Blue Dendrobium Gatton Sunray Hallberg

(Blue) Dendrobium Gatton Sunray : This cross was registered by Colman in 1919 and remains one of those old hybrids that everyone wants when they see them. It is a backcross of D. pulchellum with D. Illustre, itself a hybrid of D. pulchellum and D. chrysotoxum. The very large size of this hybrid and the two “eye spots” in the throat of the lip are characteristic of D. pulchellum (the species can reach 7 feet tall) while the bright yellow color comes from the other species parent. To flower this hybrid to its full potential one needs to understand that both species in its background come from seasonally dry montane forest. In these locales, winters are very bright, distinctly dry and rather cool. Dendrobium Gatton Sunray

CLASS 4: EPIDENDRUM Blue Encyclia alata ‘Granier’s Gran Sun’ AM/AOS Collier/Reinke Red Epidendrum raniferum Collier/Reinke White Encyclia dickinsoniana Collier/Reinke

(Blue) Encyclia alata ‘Grainier’s Gran Sun’ AM/AOS : This clone received its AM in 1999 in Houston, Texas. Flowers of this species vary from a deep maroon to yellow-green and this is a large example of the latter color form. In addition to the very large, prominent lip side lobes, the distinct yellow band at the front of the midlobe can be used to distinguish this species from other closely related species. Encyclia alata has a broad distribution ranging from Mexico in the north south to Belize. This is an easy species to grow, responding well either potted, mounted or in a basket.

Encyclia alata ‘Granier’s Gran Sun’ Page 5 www.atlantaorchidsociety.org July 2005

CLASS 5: ONCIDIUM ALLIANCE Blue Oncidium phymatochilum ‘Easter Cloud’ Collier/Reinke Red Odcdm.(syn. Colmanara) Wildcat Rinn White Odcdm. Tiger Crow ‘Golden Girl’ HCC/AOS Lentz/Morgan

(Blue) Oncidium phymatochilum (Miltonia phymatochila) : Would you believe Miltonia phymatochila? Genetic analysis of multiple markers conducted in Norris Williams’ laboratory clearly show this species well-entrenched in Miltonia not Oncidium! Looks can be deceiving. Regardless of what you call it, this clone is exceptionally vigorous, garnering a CCM in 1991. At that flowering the plant carried 1665 flowers on 7 inflorescences! This species should be treated like any other warm- growing Oncidium with ample moisture, bright light and good air-movement.

Onc. phymatochilum ‘Easter Cloud’

CLASS 6: CYPRIPEDIUM ALLIANCE Blue Phrag. Lynleigh Koopowitz Wolf Red Paph. Armeni White Harrow White Paph. sukhakulii Wolf Blue Phrag. Bel Croute Brannon Red Phrag. After-Glo Brannon

(Blue) Paphiopedilum Lynleigh Koopowitz: This is a wonderfully-colored example of the hybrid! The cross is Paph. (malipoense x delenatii). The first parent is a blocker for pink pigmentation (except along the veins) Paph. Lynleigh Koopowitz and the second parent is a blocker for the expression of yellow and green pigments. The result is a white flower with typically raspberry red reticulation. The extent of reticulation varies from indistinct to a few clones as deeply marked as this one. Congratulations to the owner!

CLASS 7: PHALAENOPSIS ALLIANCE Blue Dtps. Newberry Parfait ‘Picotee’ AM/AOS Gilmore Red Phal. Sweet Memory ‘Joy’s Alba’ Grzesik Phrag. Bel Croute White Phal. (pantherina x borneensis) Lentz/Morgan

Newsletter Submissions To submit material for the newsletter, or to sign up for the email version of the newsletter, please contact Danny Lentz. The deadline for submissions is the 20th of the previous month.

MAIL TO: Danny Lentz 1045 Wordsworth Dr. Roswell, GA 30075 EMAIL: [email protected]

Advertising Advertising is now being accepted for our newsletter. The size and number of ads may be limited at the discretion of the editor. Advertising Rates per issue are: ¼ page $10, ½ page Dtps. Newberry Parfait ‘Picotee’ $20, full page $40.

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CLASS 8: VANDACEOUS ALLIANCE Blue Paravanda Martin Motes Hallberg Red Aerides falcata Brannon White Angraecum didieri Harrow

(Blue) Paravanda Martin Motes : Species and hybrids of Paraphalaenopsis are extremely dominant for form as well as plant and flower habit and this hybrid is a good illustration. The flower shape, color, and plant morphology are essentially that of the Paraphalaenopsis laycockii parent and the resulting hybrid could easily pass as the species without careful scrutiny. The other parent, Vanda denisoniana, carries up to 8 butter yellow flowers on more or less horizontal inflorescences.

Paravanda Martin Motes

CLASS 9: MISCELLANEOUS OTHER GENERA Blue Dracula bella ‘San Carlos’ AM/AOS Wolf Red Calopogon tuberosus Hartong White Cochleanthes amazonica Rinn

(Blue) Dracula bella ‘San Carlos’, AM/AOS : Congratulation to the grower! I have a particular soft spot for Draculas and Masdevallias and it’s nice to see one now and then. While they do present some cultural difficulties here in the south, they can be well worth the effort. This species is one of those that will do quite well under intermediate conditions if given sufficient humidity and air movement. It is almost impossible to overwater these plants if they are given exceptional air movement. I used to grow them actually suspended in a misting system that ran continuously during the daylight hours. Under those conditions, they are constantly dripping wet and never stop growing or flowering. They are however, rather intolerant of salts in the water or potting medium so care should be taken to assure excellent water quality. Dracula bella ‘San Carlos’

Member Spotlight – Richard Hallberg I accidentally covered up the end of Richard’s bio in last month’s newsletter. The rest of the text is: Richard operates a small residential maintenance business. He also is a member of the Roswell Historic Preservation Commission and sings in his church choir.

Phal. Sweet Memory ‘Joy’s Alba’ (Class 7 – Red) Calopogon tuberosus (Class 9 – Red) Page 7 www.atlantaorchidsociety.org July 2005

RECENT ACTIVITIES OF THE ATLANTA

JUDGING CENTER

The following awards were granted at the May session of the AOS Atlanta Judging Center. They are provisional awards pending official publication in the Awards Quarterly. Certificates of Horticultural Merit and Certificates of Botanical Recognition are also provisional pending identification by an AOS certified taxonomist prior to publication of the award.

Anguloa uniflora ‘Ramona Lee’ HCC 78pts. Natural Spread: 4.1cm H x 6.8cm V Six showy flowers on six erect inflorescences borne on one pseudobulb; sepals and petals white solidly overlaid with pink blush, deeper blush on petals, minute red spots on inner surface; lip white blushed pink on dorsal surface, callus yellow; substance hard; texture waxy; strong wintergreen fragrance. © 2005 Danny Lentz Exhibitor: Fred Missbach

Brassolaeliocattleya Hawaiian Fascination ‘Ramona Lee’ AM 84 pts. ( Blc. Spring Dawn x Lc. Memoria Robert Strait ) Natural Spread: 13.2cm H x 13.1cm V Four full flowers on one inflorescence; sepals and overlapping petals lavender; lip deep fuschia shaded to deep violet centrally under a yellow bar that is perpendicular to pastel pink column; petals and lip margins deeply ruffled; substance firm; texture crystalline. Exhibitor: Fred Missbach

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• 10% off on purchases from the Society’s Bookstore Cattleya forbesii ‘Fred Missbach’ and Orchid Emporium. Reduced or free admission to AM 82 pts. participating botanical gardens. Natural Spread: 10.5cm H x 11.0cm V Five large flowers well-presented on one inflorescence; For a limited time, if you join for two years ($84) you will sepals and petals citron-green; lip white, internal surface also get a $30 gift certificate (good on an order of $100 or canary yellow stippled and veined brick red; substance more) at any one of 13 commercial growers who advertise firm; texture satiny. in Orchids. JOIN TODAY. For information, contact Exhibitor: Barney & Aileen Garrison Evan Dessasau (404-241-4819) Page 8 www.atlantaorchidsociety.org July 2005

© 2005 Danny Lentz Paphiopedilum Bel Royal Spiranthes vernalis ‘Mello Spirit’ ‘Ramona Lee’ HCC 78 pts. CBR Phragmipedium exstaminoidum ( rothschildianum x kolopakingii ) Natural Spread: 1.0cm H x 0.8cm V ‘ORCHIDbabies Gandolf’ Natural Spread: 21.5cm H x 13.0cm V Twenty-eight flowers and 12 buds CHM 82 pts. Four flowers well-presented on one spiraled on one 44-cm pubescent Natural Spread: 5.9cm H x 74.5cm V sturdy, hirsute, slightly sinuous 26-cm inflorescence borne from a diminutive Two flowers and one bud on two inflorescence; sepals creamy white plant; linear, grass-like leaves 0.5-cm inflorescences; sepals chartreuse intensely striped dark cordovan; petals wide x 6.8-cm long; plant grown in veined lettuce green; chartreuse petals chartreuse with cordovan spots and 10-cm container; flowers white; ovate twisted, veined red-brown, becoming stripes; pouch chartreuse tessellated lip faint yellow centrally; column darker along length of distal half; cordovan with light cordovan blush green, anther cap brown; substance pouch citron overlaid with olive green interiorly; pubescent, bent-knee pubescent; texture matte; recognized stripes becoming solid at pouch rim; staminode chartreuse blushed light as an attractive, widely distributed acerose staminode 1-mm x 5-mm cordovan, face light cordovan, non- terrestrial North American species between visible pollinia; substance pubescent; substance firm; texture that blooms earlier than other species firm; texture matte. waxy. of spiranthes. Exhibitor: ORCHIDbabies, LLC Exhibitor: Fred Missbach Exhibitor: David Mellard

AOS AWARDS: General Information

The AOS grants a number of awards, all of which are esteemed by orchid growers. The Award of Distinction (AD) and Award of Quality (AQ) recognize new breeding trends and improved breeding quality. Peculiar little species that might never win a flower quality award can be given a Certificate of Botanical Recognition (CBR). Plants of horticultural value might win a Certificate of Horticultural Merit (CHM). And when the judges can't figure out what sort of award to present to a plant they like, they give out a Judges' Commendation (JC).

Most awards that are given out each year reflect flower quality as determined by a 100 point scale. Highly Commended Certificates (HCCs) go to blooms that earned 75 to 79 points. A flower earning a score of 80 to 89 points receives an Award of Merit (AM). The prestigious First Class Certificate (FCC) is given to flowers with scores of 90 points or more. You may have noticed that these awards all go to a worthy plant. Cultural certificates recognize exceptional growers rather than exceptional flowers. A Certificate of Cultural Merit (CCM) is given to a grower who exhibits a particularly well-grown specimen plant with lots of flowers. Recently, the AOS added a new category for CCMs of 90 points or more: Certificate of Cultural Excellence (CCE). While everyone loves an awarded plant, most hobbyists covet the cultural awards that recognize their accomplishments.

The ultimate recognition from the AOS is a Gold Medal. Gold Medals are not given out lightly. Like the cultural awards, the Gold Medal is presented to a person rather than a plant. A recipient of the AOS Gold Medal has had an overwhelming influence on the orchid world and the AOS. Page 9 www.atlantaorchidsociety.org July 2005

Laelia purpurata ‘Aileen Garrison’ AM 81 pts. , CCM 86 pts. Laeliocattleya Indigo Mist ‘Magic’ Natural Spread: 14.5cm H x 15.0cm V AM 81 pts. ( Dellensis x Lorna Dene Whitlow ) Thirty-three semi-alba flowers and three buds beautifully Natural Spread: 14.2cm H x 15.0cm V presented on 11 inflorescences; showy plant grown in 24- Nine flowers well-presented on two inflorescences; sepals cm plastic pot of bark mix, coriaceous leaves exceptionally pale lavender with faint lavender longitudinal stripes; clean; sepals and petals white; lip deep amaranth with petals pale lavender, significantly darker centrally; lip dark small white spot apically, creamy yellow basally with coerulea, margins and side lobes pale lavender; column numerous amaranth stripes; substance firm; texture finely pale lavender with two dark lavender stripes; anther cap crystalline. dark lavender; substance firm; texture crystalline. Exhibitor: Fred Missbach Exhibitor: Fred Missbach

Recent Blooms at the Atlanta Botanical Garden These pictures were taken June 28,2005.

Gongora leucochila var. alba Paphinia herrerae (alba form) ‘Woodstream’ CHM/AOS Page 10 www.atlantaorchidsociety.org July 2005

Orchid Societies and Publications, Part 2

This month I will continue to spotlight some of the various orchid societies, special interest groups, and publications that are available in the U.S. and throughout the world. Since for most of us a membership in one of these far-flung societies amounts to a magazine subscription, I will try to give some idea of what their publications contain. We will have some of these publications available for browsing at the monthly meetings.

Australian Orchid Review

Web site: none Email: [email protected] Cost: US$60 per year (6 issues)

“The Australian Orchid Review” is a large (8¼” x 11¾”) full-color 64-page

magazine. It has two different sections in each issue. The front half is a general

orchid magazine with articles on many different topics, not really focusing on

Australian orchids. In the four recent issues I’ve purchased there are articles by

Guido Braem, Eric Christenson, Ruldolf Jenny, and many other authors. The back

section (22-pages) is a cymbidium magazine presented by the Australian

Cymbidium Society. This magazine also reprints the RHS hybrid lists that are

published periodically in The Orchid Review. The quality of the pictures is very

good.

Orchids Australia (AOC)

Web site: www.orchidsaustralia.com Cost: AU$65 per year (6 issues)

“Orchids Australia” is the official publication of the Australian Orchid Council (AOC). This 6½” x 9¼” full-color magazine runs 70-75 pages, not including any inserts in the middle reprinting the RHS list of hybrids (how many copies of this thing do we need?). There is not a strong focus on native Australian orchids. To me this one seems a little more like a local magazine than “Australian Orchid Review”, although there are some articles by non-Australian authors. The AOC has a nice web site, with information on the society and some articles from back issues that you can read. If you see award designations on a plant of the form “AM/AOC”, this is the organization that gave the award.

Web site: www.anos.org.au Cost: AU$60 per year (4 issues)

“The Orchadian” is the official journal of the Australasian Native Orchid Society (ANOS). This society and their publication is focused on orchids native to the Australasian region. The 6½” x 9¼” color magazine runs about 46 pages. The articles deal solely with orchids native to the area and ANOS business and shows. If you are interested in stuff like Pterostylis, Caladenia, Sarcochilus, Australian Dendrobiums, and other species from the region then you may be interested in this publication. If you want to see Cattleyas, Paphs, Phals, and Cymbidium hybrids you need to look somewhere else. The ANOS web site has some information on their native species. Page 11 www.atlantaorchidsociety.org July 2005

Malayan Orchid Review (OSSEA)

Web site: www.ossea.org.sg Cost: One annual issue is around $9 with shipping

The “Malayan Orchid Review” is published annually by the Orchid Society of South East Asia (OSSEA) in Singapore. This 6½” x 9½” magazine runs about 100 pages and focuses mainly on Asian orchids and orchid shows. Each issue contains photos of awarded plants from the previous year and photos of locally made hybrids. There are many good articles including descriptions of new species, rediscoveries of old species, overviews of various Asian genera, coverage of Asian shows, web site reviews, and a few more technical articles. Back issues of this magazine and several books published by OSSEA can be ordered from their web site. ( F.Y.I., Singapore will be hosting the 2011 World Orchid Conference. )

Next month I will focus on several more publications, mostly from outside the U.S. Some of the publications I will feature over the next couple of months include The Orchid Review (RHS), and the publications from the AOS and Slipper Orchid Alliance. There are also several other publications in the orchid library at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. If you can think of any other publications or organizations we should feature, please let me know.

Please visit our web site at http://www.atlantaorchidsociety.org

The Atlanta Orchid Society web site contains recent newsletters and articles, cultural information for growing orchids in Atlanta, as well as a calendar of events and information about our annual shows.

JOIN THE ORCHID DIGEST CORPORATION

Don’t let the name fool you, the Orchid Digest is a non-profit membership-based organization dedicated to orchids. Designed to appeal to the mid-range to advanced grower nothing beats the Orchid Digest. For just $32/year you get 4 issues of full-color, in- depth articles about orchids. The magazine is large format and the fourth issue of the year is always an

For membership application forms contact Fred Missbach (404-237-1694) Maxillaria pulla Plant grown by the Atlanta Botanical Garden