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January 2006
JANUARY MEETING January 9, 2006 Ron Parsons: Weird and Unusual Orchids Our speaker for the January meeting will be Ron Parsons. Ron is an internationally-known photographer in the orchid world. He has been published in numerous orchid publications, including Orchids magazine and Orchid Digest. He recently returned from a five-week trip to Australia. His presentation will be on weird and unusual orchids. Ron doesn’t sell orchids but there will be a raffle table with quality plants from Out On A Limb Orchids. I am looking forward to his presentation and I am sure you will not want to miss it. Beginner’s program: (starts at 6:30 p.m.) Display Table: Sales Table: Raffle: COMING UP: Speakers and topics are subject to change. Got a suggestion? E-mail Jamie Notman, VP for Programming
Bridge wins first Northen Trophy Congratulations are in order to Ingrid Bridge, who won the first ever Rebecca T. Northen Miniature Orchid Award at the December meeting. The winning plant is pictured above. Mike Pearson and Abby Chang also took home a trophy—the Schoenfeld Trophy for best grown plant for a Masdevallia (pictured below).
TIMBER PRESS SALE — NWOS MEMBERS SAVE 40% The Northwest Orchid Society will be selling Timber Press books at a 40% discount to members. Timber Press catalogs will be available at the January and February meetings. Start making your wish list and watch for more details and an order form in the March newsletter. GROWING TIP: NON-TOXIC PEST CONTROL Use Diatomaceous (die-uh-toe-may-shus) Earth (DE) as pest preventive maintenance. DE consists of the broken up silica cell walls of microalgae, called diatoms and has the property of killing insects by lodging in their hard exoskeleton and slicing through causing the insects to die by losing all their fluids. DE is ecologically safe to the environment, non-poisonous and insects cannot develop an immunity to it. DE is also a killer of slugs and snails. Used as a preventative, it can help keep down the population of pests in your plants. NWOS SHOW DISPLAYS PAST AND FUTURE The 2005 orchid show season closed with Sunset Empire Orchid Society Show (Seaside, Ore.) Oct. 1-2, the Oregon Orchid Society (Portland) fall show Oct. 29-30 and our own show Nov. 12-13.
At both the Seaside show (photo above) and the Portland show we won “Best Display by a Visiting Society.” At the Seaside show, Cylvia and I received an AM/AOS for our Bsdm. Kauai’s China Oka ‘Hawaii’. This clone was maristemmed and named in Hawaii but was not previously awarded. We purchased this plant from Hawaii and it bloomed especially well for us. At the Portland show Mike Pearson and Abby Chang received an AM/AOS for Masdevallia Tom Nasser ‘Robin’. It was a large plant that sported a wonderful display of large red flowers. In case you missed our own show at the Seattle Center, our display featured a fall scene of a housefront with a fenced yard decorated with orchids (pictured at below). The display came off well thanks to the hard work of a number of members, especially Steve Doutrich who loaned us and hauled in most of the heavier materials for the display and Kathy Burns who did a fabulous job painting the siding on the house and loaned the fence. Many others helped including Mike Foster, Michael Corn and Jay Perez who helped a great deal with the construction and tear-down. We had a reasonably good showing of quality plants for the display but could have used more. We would hope for a better turnout of members’ plants next year.
The orchid show season for the new year starts right off in January with the Tacoma show on January 21-22. Setup is on Friday evening (Jan. 20) and I will be accepting plants at my home on Thursday but members may also bring plants directly to Windmill Gardens in Sumner on Friday evening after 5 p.m. if they prefer. This is an AOS-judged show. The next event will be the Northwest Flower and Garden Show where we will be putting in a non-AOS-judged display in conjunction with our Orchid Hotel and informational booth. We will be setting up the display on Sunday, February 5. This is important exposure for the society and we hope to get a good showing of plants. You may bring your plants directly to the Convention Center on Sunday or make arrangements for me to bring them down. If you wish to help setting up the display or have ideas to share let me know. Our tentative plans are for a conventional table display. The Mt. Baker Orchid Society show held in Mount Vernon follows on Feb. 25-26. George Grantham AWARDS FROM FALL SHOW Best Cattleya Alliance Best Cymbidium Best Dendrobium Best Odontoglossum Group Best Oncidium Alliance Best Other Genera Best Paphiopedilum Best Phalaenopsis Best Phragmipedium Best Pleurothallid Best Vandaceous Alliance Best of Show Artwork Smallest Micro-Mini Orchid Most Floriferous Orchid Best Smelling Orchid Best Visiting Display Best Commercial Exhibit AOS Show Trophy Orchid Digest Trophy Steve Skoien People’s Choice Award for Favorite Plant People’s Choice Award for Favorite Display Special thanks to the members who sponsored these awards: Brian Anderson, John Burke, Bill Carley, Michael Corn & Cathy Tuttle, Mike Foster & Donna Pierce, Leanna Fox, Pat Gossler, George & Cylvia Grantham, Joff Morgan, Kathy Murray, Jamie Notman, Mike Pearson & Abby Chang, Frank & Judy Vincenzi. NOTES FROM THE SECRETARY DECEMBER GENERAL MEETING JANUARY BOARD MEETING Brian Anderson DISPLAY TABLE THANKS The NWOS would like to thank the following members for bringing in plants for the display table last month: There was no display table in December. But thanks to everyone who brought their best plant to compete for the trophies. NEW MEMBERS Please welcome these new members to our Society: Lynne Rumbold, Bremerton and welcome back these members who have recently renewed: Iris Tansman, Seattle Make a resolution to get involved! The NWOS desperately needs a new newsletter editor—the old one is all worn out! No real experience is necessary. Basic writing/editing skills, desktop publishing or web experience will be helpful but are not required. This position requires a commitment of 8-10 hours per month. Volunteers will need to have their own computer and an e-mail account that they check regularly. The editor is also responsible for printing and distributing the newsletter. If you are interested or have questions, please contact Brian Anderson at nwos_news@nwos.org. For additional volunteer opportunities, click "Volunteer Opportunities" in the side menu on this page. |
