Santa Clara Valley Orchid Society Established 1951 Helping You to Become a Better Grower. February 2011 SCVOS Newsletter.

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1 Santa Clara Valley Orchid Society Established 1951 Helping You to Become a Better Grower February 2011 SCVOS Newsletter (please note that links in electronic copies are functional) Speaker Notes C. gaskelliana Blue Dragon AM/AOS The February 2, 2011 meeting will feature a panel discussion of SCVOS expert growers moderated by none other than SCVOS Vicepresident Peter J. Brown. The idea is for members to bring in plants that are not thriving and the panel members will give you the benefit of their collective years of experience. The more plants that are brought in for examination, the more interesting this will be. Please bring plants that the panel can un-pot so that the roots can be examined if necessary. This ought to be a lively evening. The panel members will be Ann Stuart, Ed Nazzal, Matt Bond, Barry Zimmerman and Tanya Lam. Barry Zimmerman Ann Stuart Tanya Lam 1

2 Santa Clara Valley Orchid Society Established 1951 Helping You to Become a Better Grower February 2011 SCVOS Newsletter (please note that links in electronic copies are functional) C. gaskelliana Blue Dragon AM/AOS Membership No new members for January Starting in January 2011 we will have a membership drive. Anyone who brings in someone who joins will get 5 free raffle tickets for the Opportunity Table. Ed Nazzal January Meeting On Wednesday January 5 th, 2011 our speaker was Eric Hunt. Eric spoke to us on his trip to Borneo and the many orchids he observed and photographed. Eric is a great photographer and his slide show was amazing. SCVOS News I f you are not getting your newsletter via , please be sure to give your currently correct address to Ed Nazzal, paphman@gmail.com. A ll plants brought for sale by members must be properly labeled, disease free, and priced in even dollar amounts. Ten percent of the sale price goes to the club treasurer, Marvin Bell, before you leave. We rely on the honor system. Thank you to those abiding by this rule. Refreshments Announcement: All members with last names starting with G-K please bring in refreshments for February And, you get a free raffle ticket for the Opportunity Table! Eric Hunt 2

3 Show and Tell January Table #1 Oliver Colmanar Table #2 Opportunity Tables Susan Wiedmann

4 Remember, for much more information about orchids, links, our future schedule, care sheets, contact information, previous newsletters, and lots of pictures of plants and people, visit the website: santaclaravalleyorchidsociety.org/links.htm The SCVOS: Helping You to Become a Better Growe SCVOS Online S o much online check it out!! We have a Facebook page. Have a look at it on Facebook! Also see Matt Bond s Flickr page, and Eric Hunt s SCVOS Show page, and the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia, which the SCVOS helps fund. Member Susan Wiedman also has a new link at Board Meeting T he December board meeting will occur on the 16 th of February at 7:30 PM at a place to be determined. If you d like to make an announcement, please contact Kristina by phone at (408) or by at kbellwolf1@sbcglobal.net. Participating on the board is a very rewarding and infinitely educational experience highly recommended! Please come out and support your society! Your 2011 Board SCVOS Board T he Santa Clara Valley Orchid Society is a non-profit organization that meets the first Wednesday of each month at the American Legion Hall, 1504 Minnesota Avenue, in the Willow Glen neighborhood of San Jose, 4 California. The meeting starts at 7:30 PM. The skill session starts at about 7:00 PM. Officers for 2011 Kristina Bell, President (408) kbellwolf1@sbcglobal.net Peter Brown, Vice President (510) pjb@presol.com Sandi Fox (408) sfox@greybeard.com Marvin Bell, Treasurer (408) marvskis@sbcglobal.net Directors for 2011 Ed Nazzal (408) paphman@gmail.com Eanghak Quach (408) epigarden@yahoo.com Ann Stuart (408) annystuart@yahoo.com Marie Lofton (408) smlofton@pacbell.net Dave Smitt (408) davejsmitt@gmail.com 2011 Auction Chair Ed Nazzal (408) paphman@gmail.com Membership Peter Brown (510) pjb@presol.com Sandi Fox (408) sfox@greybeard.com Member Database Ed Nazzal (408) paphman@gmail.com! Newsletter Dave Smitt, Editor (408 ) davejsmitt@gmail.com Dave and Ofelia Woodfill, Mailing (408) ofiew@comcast.net Publicity Susan Wiedmann (408) Hmgbird@pacbell.net Library Marie Lofton (408) smlofton@pacbell.net Plant Opportunity Tickets Dave and Ofelia Woodfill (408) ofiew@comcast.com Kitchen Crew Conrad Kumata ckk1boater@aol.com Liz Gehrig (408) eagehrig@aol.com 2011 Greenhouse Tour Doug Pulley (408) dpulley1@comcast.net 2011 Show and Sale Tim Culbertson, Co-Chair, Secretary (301) timc@harker.org Eanghak Quach, Co-Chair, Judging (408) epigarden@yahoo.com Peter Brown, Co-Chair, Sales (510)

5 Holiday Party Kristina Bell (408) Question Corner Question of the month submitted by Sandi Fox: Hi Dave, I would like to ask you a question about fertilizers. I understand that you can not premix most of the orchid fertilizers on the market because if they sit too long they become plant killers? I use the Grow More brand. Answer from Ed Nazzal: Your Grow More brand fertilizers will not degrade by adding water to them. The fertilizers become ionic and do not degrade.!"#$%&'()%$*: you should be using the one (Green-urea free) that does not have urea as a source of nitrogen. Orchids do not respond well to urea. Also, Grow More fertilizers do not have many micro-nutrients so you will need a source of Boron, Chlorine, Cobalt, Magnesium and Calcium. I have read that these are important and are included in many professional fertilizers such as Dyna-Grow. Showgrounds, 3400 Calle Read, Santa Barbara, CA. Contact: Lauris Rose, 1251 Orchid Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93111; (805) 967- March 18,19,20 SCVOS Orchid Show & Sale Westgate Mall Prospect & Saratoga Aves., San Jose, CA April, Sacramento Orchid Society Show, Scottish Rite Masonic Center, 6151 H St., Sacramento, CA. Contact: Jon Weiss, 106 Norwalk Ct., Vacaville, CA ; (707) ; weissroo@castles.com. Upcoming Shows February, Sonoma County Orchid Society Show, Santa Rosa Veterans Building, 1351 Maple Ave., Santa Rosa, CA. Contact: Lynne Murrell, PO Box 551, Ross, CA ; (415) March, San Francisco Orchid Society, 59th Annual Pacific Orchid Exposition, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco Santa Barbara International Orchid Show, Earl Warren Amesiella montacola picture submitted by Oliver Colemar 5

6 embarking, aside from the articles on the different, specific orchid genera. Tuberolabium kotoense submitted OliverColemar I would like to start off this year by reporting about the (44 th?, 55 th?, 59 th?) annual Paphiopedilum Guild, held yearly at The Inn at Morro Bay during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend. This was a day-and-a-half affair of presentations by different Slipper orchid experts. Many of the attendees were from California, but there were also enthusiasts from Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Florida aattendees who have achieved celebrity status in the orchid world included: Norito Hasegawa, Harold Koopowitz and Glenn Decker (Piping Rock Orchids and Phrag. kovachii fame). The first speaker that Saturday, January 15 was Lance Birk, author of the Paphiopedilum Grower s Manual. His presentation was entitled The Road to Rantepao. He showed slides of his trip to a very remote part of Sulawesi; and recounted how he encountered Paphiopedilum celebense, describing the locations, giving an idea of how they could be successfully grown outside its natural environment Rossioglossum Grande Rawdon Jester Grown be Dave Smitt +,-.!/01(2+/)!/(. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU! I know, I know. It s already February. The trip to the Philippines in December threw off my schedule. Just didn t have time to write my January 2011 SCVOS newsletter installment. Well, I m back to the normal swing of things, I think. This year, I will be reporting on all the orchid-related trips Peter and I are 6

7 Norito Hasegawa, Harold Koopowitz and Glenn Decker. Sam Tsui of Orchid Inn, Ltd in Illinois was the next speaker. His presentation was about Paphiopedilum leochilum. He described the difference between godofroyae and leochilum. He talked about the trends in hybridizing using leochilum as a parent in three countrin namely: Thailand, Japan and the USA. He also discussed the different cultural practices in these countries and the species light and water requirements given the different potting media used. SCVOS former VP, Tim Culbertson, presented the slides on the 2010 awards given by the AOS and the Cymbidium Society of America for Paphiopedilums and Phragmipediums. As usual, Tim did a fantastic job! Lance Birk, Sam Tsui and Tim Culbertson. After the session that Saturday afternoon, the attendees had the opportunity to expand their collection purchasing the offerings by Sam Tsui (Orchid Inn, Ltd), Jason Fischer (Orchid Web) and Norito Hasegawa. Sam had rare Paph species, as well as rare alba forms of some of the species. Jason Fischer, of course, brought 7

8 Phrags, including kovachii seedlings. Norito was selling species and miniature hybrids. Unlike the previous years where the vendors sold their stuff in their rooms at The Inn, this year, The Inn had a sales area. I hope there will be more vendors next year. Sunday morning, January 16, Jason Fischer gave a talk on breeding Phrags, new hybridizing trends and new species. Pretty amazing stuff! He also gave some tips on how to keep them alive. That gave me much information on how to keep mine healthy and vigorous. I am following his lead and keeping my fingers crossed. He was followed by Dr. Eric Christenson, for whom Christensonia vietnamica was named. His topic was Conservation, real and imagined. He basically discussed the merits and demerits of orchid conservation groups. He reiterated the importance of transparency when it comes to finances and updating the information on the websites. His pitch was not so much about eco-tourism as a means to orchid conservation, but supporting graduate students in these countries who are dedicated to the conservation objective and are willing to do the leg work to achieve this. He cited an instance when he and another expat scientist paid for two graduate students to go to Macchu Picchu for orchid research. On their own, these two graduate students would not have been able to because of the prohibitive cost of traveling to Macchu Picchu for locals. Jason Fischer, Dr. Eric Christenson, and Patty James (organizer). Every year, Peter and I look forward to this weekend. All in all, it has always been a very rewarding exercise. Meet friends and big names in the orchid industry, learn new things and acquire a few new plants for the collection. We highly recommend this to SCVOS members to broaden horizons, if not just to take a weekend get-away in beautiful Morro Bay. 8

9 View from the The Inn at Morro Bay Next month, I will be writing about Dendrochilum. Do you have any particular genus request? Feel free to tell me or Peter. As for the trips, there is the Smithsonian visit in February with Thomas Mirenda and the World Orchid Congress in Singapore come November this year. Some of the exhibits 9

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