Toronto Centr November 29:
Brassia angusta ‘Orange Crush’ AM-AOS 80
points, Doug & Terry Kennedy
Brassia antherotes ‘Gold Bullion’ CHM-AOS 80
points, Doug & Terry Kennedy
Lc Secret Love ‘Terry" HCC-AOS 78 points, Doug
& Terry Kennedy
Restrepia ?(sanguinea x guttulata )‘Gaetano
Ferrusi’, AM-AOS 81 points, Mario & Conni Ferrusi
Thank You SOOS
and your auctioneers Wayne Hingston and Mario Ferrusi
for the $1897.00 brought in by the auction to benefit the Toronto
Judging Centre. Also a big Thank You to the donors of auction items:
Northern Lights Hydroponics, owner Mike Tedesco,
Louise Murphy, Howard Ginsberg,
Therese Crebar, Schreibers Orchids, Robin McLaughlin, Joe O’Regan,
Agnes Hastick, Margaret Baird, Inge and Peter Poot, Alan Tezlaff, David
Bryan, Joe Di Ciommo, Ralph Jones, Zephyrus Orchids, Winnie and Leslie
Melbye, Mario and Conni Ferrusi, John Spears, Yves Aubrey, Erika Lorincz,
Lina Chan, Terry Kowalczuk, Jocelyn Bertrand, Norito Hasegawa, Cloud’s
Orchids, Doug and Terry Kennedy, Millenium Soils
Show Table
Dec 2003 Show Table Winners
Class 1: Cattleya Alliance
2nd: C. Little Dipper x Lc Mini
Purple by Roger Sheng
3rd Pot. Hoku Gem by Rosanna Li
3rd Epi. radicans x Obrienianum =
E. Thayeri by Claire Brown?
Class 2: Paphs and Phrags
1st Paph. Winston Churchill
‘Indomitable’ by Jean Chang
2nd Phrag. Don Wimber by Jean Chang
3rd Paph. Prime Child by Lina Chan
Class 3: Phalaenopsis and Vanda Alliance
1st Vanda (Kasem’s Delight x
Gordon Dillon) by ?
Class 4: Oncidium, Brassia, Odontoglossum
Alliance
1st: Odontioda Lorraine’s Fourteenth
by Kathy McGlade
2nd Onc. Susan Kaufmann ‘Red Wonder’
by Anita Kho
Class 6: Dendrobiums
1st Dend. Tora Pink by Clair Brown
2nd Dend. (Ekapoi x Michael Sado) x
Rakpai Bulsoment by Roger Sheng
3rd Dend. gonzalesii by Anita Kho
Class 7: All Others
2nd Masd. agaster by Roland Schwahn
Plant of the Month:
Basket of Paphs with Psychopsis beautifully
grown and shown by Stanley Luk.
Here are the culture notes for the basket.
Paph
malipoense
Grown
under lights against east facing windowsill.
In
plastic pot in even mix of medium coconut chunks, coarse perlite,
charcoal, fine bark and sphagnum moss. watered bi-weekly in summer,
weekly in winter. Fertilized every other watering.
Grown
in intermediate conditions in summer then cool from early November to
March. Must have cool temperatures in winter to induce a resting period
otherwise plant may not bloom. Plant requires cool conditions for the
spike to grow also.
I have
one plant that initiated a spike in the summer, but during the blackout,
the air conditioner went off and the spike blasted immediately the
following day.
Paph
Maudiae 'Magnificum', Paph (farrieanum x Ruby Peacock), Paph (Flame
Arrow x Satchel Paige)
Grown
under lights against east facing windowsill.
All
grown in fine mix of perlite, fir bark and charcoal. Watered biweekly in
summer, weekly in winter. Fertilized every other watering.
Grown
in intermediate conditions year round but can be grown in warm
conditions. I give cooler temperatures in winter for the Paph farrieanum
hybrid but it is not essential. All very easy to grow, and Maudiae types
will bloom twice a year if grown in warm conditions.
Psychopsis hybrid
Grown
under lights against east facing windowsill.
In clay
pot in an even open mix of medium coconut chunks, coarse perlite,
charcoal, fine bark. watered bi-weekly in summer, weekly in winter.
Fertilized every other watering.
Grown
in intermediate to warm conditions. This plant has been in bloom since
June and each flower lasts 2 weeks+. All parts above the potting mix,
especially new growth must dry quickly after watering or else they will
rot. Do not cut spike until it is dead, they will continue to bloom for
years.
If your plant is listed without your name,
please let Jay Norris know so your points can be recorded. Remember the
grower of the year receives a cheque for $50 to spend at our show!!!
Library News
New book: It is said that "a picture is worth a thousand words". Thai
orchid species by Somsak Rakpaibulsombat, a recent addition to the
S.O.O.S. library, demonstrates this quite clearly. Although only the
names of the orchids have been translated into English, you will find,
in the 245 colour photographs, pictures of some of the species for which
you have been searching. Want to know what Dendrobium moschatum or
Cleisostoma chantaburiense look like? This book will show you!
Books about or relating to orchids are not found only in the S.O.O.S.
library. Ours is only a small part of the library at the Toronto Botanic
Garden (formerly the Civic Garden Centre). The main library also houses
"orchid" books that can be borrowed using your S.O.O.S. membership card
with its associated borrowing privileges (books taken out at one meeting
are due back on the next meeting date). You are able to borrow books on
any topic from the Toronto Botanic Garden library.
A recent addition to the main library is Slipper orchids of Vietnam:
with an introduction to the flora of Vietnam by Leonid Avetyanov,
Phillip Cribb, etc. Following an overview of Vietnam’s geology, climate
zones, vegetation and slipper genera, a detailed account of the
country’s 22 lovely but highly endangered Paphiopedilum species and
natural hybrids is presented. Slipper orchids represent a small part of
Vietnam’s flora, and although almost half of these slippers have been
discovered within the past ten years, many are already threatened with
extinction. The final chapter deals with these threats as well as the
limited conservation measures that are being undertaken.
For Sale
Plant Light Stand
3 tier 4
feet long includes lights
Stelco stainless steel drainage
trays $300 or reasonable offer
Therese Crebar 705-745-4228
