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May 2007
MAY MEETING May 14, 2007 Annual Orchid Auction – Bring your plants! Members may bring up to five plants to auction off (NWOS takes a 20% commission) and as many more as you wish to donate for the Society’s benefit. Please complete both sides of the enclosed form and bring it with you to the meeting. We can now accept credit cards at the auction. Display Table: Sales Table: Raffle: COMING UP NEXT MONTH June: Potluck and annual business meeting July: Helen Hersh on Culture for Paphs and Phrags August: Picnic TIME TO RENEW MEMBERSHIP NEXT MONTH Current NWOS members will be asked to renew their membership next month. Renewal forms will be mailed out with the June newsletter. Members who joined in February 2007 or later do not need to renew until next year. ORCHID SHOWS PAST AND PRESENT Spokane Show: The Spokane Show (Mar 31-Apr 1, 2007) was very nice as always. There were several vendors whom we don’t see in Seattle and attendance was very good. The show was so successful that I tried to “hire” Jim Pearce, show chairman, to come to Seattle and chair our show next year and even offered him double the usual salary, but he declined. Hopefully one of our own members will step up to the plate soon to lead our extraordinary show committee to victory in the next show season. Our display included 57 plants from 11 different members. It was very gratifying to get such a good turnout. Our display covered three large round tables which allowed for a little less crowded display than usual and this improved the visibility of each plant. The Spokane display was rightfully judged best display in the show but I would say ours was a close second. Our plants earned 30 show ribbons, including 13 blue, 14 red and 3 white. Mike and Abby excelled in the ribbon category, receiving 3 blues and 2 reds on the 5 plants they brought. We won special awards as follows: Barry Bridge garnered an AOS award, a Certificate of Horticultural Merit, for a lovely little Bulbophylum unk. species. When it is identified, the clonal name will be “Ingrid Bridge.” Cylvia and I won “Best Vanda Alliance” and “Best Plant in Show” for our large Renanthera imschootiana which stands 4 feet high and has literally hundreds of orange flowers. Shannon Boling won “Best Lycaste” for a huge Ida linguella with dozens of cream-colored flowers. Craig Williams landed “Best Paph” for Paph. xanthophyllum and “Best First Bloom Seedling” for a lovely Paph vietnamense and Mike and Abby garnered Best Plurotahllis Alliance for Mas. Whiskers. Finally, two plants were nominated for AOS awards, including a huge gorgeous Cat. iricolor bursting with flowers and Cylvia and my Dend. Hancockii. The Cattleya iricolor was graciously sent by a member of the Mt. Baker Society, Rick Oosterwick. In addition to all those mentioned above, I would like to thank Caroline Mann, Kyong Hu, George Krasle and Dan Kerr for sending plants. Portland Show, April 28-29: The Portland show this year promises to be bigger and better than ever. It is being held in the Doubletree Inn at the Lloyd Center in coordination with a large show for Pacific Northwest Vendors of various other products. Arrangements are being made for our display at the time of this writing. South-Central Washington Show, May 5-6: This will be a judged show held at the Highlands Grange in Kennewick. At this time we do not have plans to send a display to this show. If wine country appeals to you, you may like to visit this show. George Grantham BOOK SALE: WILD ORCHIDS OF THE PACIFIC NW
We will be taking prepaid orders at our June 11 meeting and deliver the books at our July 9 meeting. All orders must be prepaid. You are welcome to order other titles from the UPF catalog; please note the ISBN number, title, author and price. Shipping is $2 per book. If you are unable to attend the June 11 meeting, please call Chris Peterson at (206) 525-2217 and arrange to place your order with a check by mail before June 11. BOARD FOR 2007-08 ANNOUNCED; WILL VOTE AT MEETING The slate of 2007-08 officers and trustees for the Northwest Orchid Society is detailed below. This serves as official notice to the membership. Members will be asked to vote on this new board at the meeting on May 14. President: Jamie Notman Trustees serve two-year terms; all other officers are elected every year. With this election, there will be a total of 10 trustees; five trustees carry over from this year. Jay Perez will continue to serve on the board as Past President. The Nominating Committee has been unsuccessful in soliciting nominations for two positions on the board. If this slate is approved by the membership at the May meeting, these two positions will officially be designated as vacant and the trustees will appoint members to fill these roles. If you have questions about the election or nominating process, please contact John Burke or Brian Anderson. NWOS MOTHER'S DAY SALE – MAY 12 & 13 May 12 from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. All plants in bloom! Great for gifts or for your own collection. Center for Urban Horticulture DISPLAY TABLE Congratulations to the ribbon winners at the March display table:
And thanks to Michael Corn and our special guest judge: Christopher Croom. If you are interested in helping to judge the plant table, just let Mike Foster know—everyone is welcome, no matter what your experience level. |
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NWOS is hosting a Book Sale with the University Press of Florida. We will be offered a 40% discount on the titles in their