CVIOS NEWSLETTER CENTRAL VANCOUVER ISLAND ORCHID SOCIETY

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1 CVIOS NEWSLETTER CENTRAL VANCOUVER ISLAND ORCHID SOCIETY November 2016 CVIOS UPCOMING EVENTS: November 19, 2016 Visit to Paramount Orchids December 10, 2016 Christmas Party Potluck Lunch Please bring a dish Paphiopedilum Imperial Jade Emmett Paphiopedilum Imperial Jade Emmett HCC/AOS 79pts Exhibitor: Donna McDonnell Photo: Judith Higham CVIOS Meeting are held September to June on a Saturday at the Harewood Activity Center, 195 Fourth St, Nanaimo. Doors open at 11:00 with a brief business meeting starting at 12. Following is a display of plants brought in by members, a coffee break, prize UPCOMING MEETINGS & EVENTS 2016: draw and a featured presentation or demonstration. There is a sales table where orchid supplies and plants brought in by November 19, Paramount Orchids Visit members can be purchased. December 10, Christmas Party Mailing Address: PO Box 1061 Nanaimo BC, V9R 5Z2 2017: Website: Laurie Forbes: turtleplace@telus.net Newsletter Submissions: suzcur.sc@gmail.com January 21 CVIOS EXECUTIVE 2016/17 President: Laurie Forbes Past President: Bryan Emery Vice President: Constance Gordon-Webster Treasurer: Joann Grey Secretary & Newsletter: Suzanne Currie Membership: Dora Glover Plant Sales Table: Donna McDonnell Library: Dusty Smith Refreshments: Sandra Lathrope Publicity: Open Programs: Open Directors At Large: Alexey Tretyakov, Corey Timmins April 22 February 18 March 18 May 27 June 17 September 23 October 21 November 18 December 9

2 CVIOS MINUTES OF GENERAL MEETING October 22, 2016 Laurie Forbes called the meeting to order at 12:05 pm. 22 members present. Welcome three new members, Darlene Rathwell and Lauren Cameron, Joanne Nemeth. Today Pepe Portilla from Ecuagenera is presenting his programs on Situ Orchids of Ecuador and has brought 5 boxes of orchids for sale. Secretary s Report: Minutes from September, 2016 meeting approved. Motion to accept Sept. minutes Mike, second Dora. Motion carried Treasurer s Report: Joann presented the report for June, July, August and September. Motion to accept Bryan. Second Shirley. Motion carried. Memberships: Four new members signed on at show. Membership cards are now available. Member renewals are due by November 30 Plant sales: The few plants brought by members had already been purchased Refreshments: Thank you, Connie, Clementine, Suzanne and Dusty. As we are going to Paramount in November, those scheduled to bring goodies please bring in January. December is a Christmas potluck lunch. Club provides coffee, tea and punch Upcoming Meetings & Programs: November 19, 12pm excursion to Paramount Orchids. A map will be sent out with Oct minutes. Suzanne will collect names and numbers of those willing to drive and any carpoolers can contact those members for rides December 10, Christmas potluck party. If you have orchids to display, please bring them and food for lunch. There will be a silent auction and or a bag draw. CVIOS Show: A huge thank you to the volunteers who helped man the show! It was a success. Laurie personally thanked many members for the time committed to attend and help all weekend long. There were 6 orchid displays at the show. Ribbon and AOS awards will be listed in the newsletter. Fraser Valley Show: Mike Miller will be on the 5:45 ferry Friday morning with CVIOS orchids. Plant drop off is at Dora and Laurie s info will be ed to members by Suzanne. The FVOS show awards and ribbons won by CVIOS members will be listed in the December newsletter. Meeting adjourned at 12:35 pm

3 CVIOS SHOW A huge thank you to all members that volunteered at the CVIOS show Sept. 30 to Oct 2! It would not have been possible without all your dedication and hard work! - 10 members from CVIOS contributed 42 plants to our display - The 6 displays at our show included a total of 211 plants submitted for ribbon judging - The Best Visiting Orchid Society Display was Vancouver s display - The Grand Champion was Dendrobium laevitolium from Paramount and the Reserve Champion was Alexey s Cat. Maxima - Best in Class awards were won by Alexey (3), Donna (2), and Shirley (1) - Donna had 2 AOS nominations, one of these plants (Paph. Imperial Jade) won an AOS award. - 4 other AOS awards were given out at our show including the AOS Show Trophy for Most Outstanding Orchid Exhibit, Bryan Emery, Memories of Mario CVIOS Show 30 Sept 2016 Ribbon Awards Best Cattleya species or hybrid, Cattleya maxima, Alexey Tretyakov Best Other Laelia Subtribe, Epidendrum peperomia (porpax), Alexey Tretyakov b Best Phalaenopsis, Phalaenopsis bellina 'XL', Pat van Adrichem Best in Vanda Group, Trichoglottis atropurpurea, Paramount Best in Pleurothallis Group, Dracula gongora, Bryan Emery Best Paphiopedilum, Paphiopedilum Imperial Jade, Donna McDonnell a-4.15 Best Other in Cypripedium sub-family, Phragmipedium Nitidissimum, Joe Chow Best in Miltonia, Miltonia moreliana, Paramount b Best Oncidium, Oncidium John Louis Shirrah 'Profusion', Shirley McClare Best Other in Oncidium Group, Gomesa radicans, Paramount Best in Coelogyne Grouping, Coelogyne fimbriata 'Yellow', Calvin Wong Best in Stanhopea/Catasetum Grouping, Stanhopea tigrina, Yolanda Breck Best in Dendrobium Grouping/Best Other in Dendrobium Alliance, Dendrobium parthenium, Donna McDonnell Best in All Others Not Listed Above, Habenaria erichmichaelii 'pink', Calvin Wong Best in Special, Phalaenopsis bellina 'XL', Pat van Adrichem Best Orchid Grown Under Artificial Light Only, Phragmipedium Calurum, Daniel Kwok Best Orchid Grown on Windowsill No artificial Light, Brassolaelia Yellow Bird, Kathryn Collins Best Orchid Mounted, Cattleya maxima, Alexey Tretyakov 17 BEST IN SHOW, Dendrobium laevifolium, Paramount Orchids 01 RESERVE CHAMPION, Cattleya maxima, Alexey Tretyakov 18 Best Visiting Society (COC) Vancouver Orchid Society 19 Best Display (AOS Award) - Bryan Emery 20 Jerry Suffolk Award Best Oncidium Alliance (no name), Dusty Smith, CVIOS 21 Mike Miller Award Best Miniature Trisetella hoeijeri, Bryan Emery 11 Harry Johnson Award Best Specimen Plant - Coelogyne fimbriata 'Yellow', Calvin Wong 01 Dora Glover Award Best Cattleya Alliance - Cattleya maxima, Alexey Tretyakov

4 CVIOS 2016 SHOW RIBBON AWARDS Photos by Judith Higham From left to right: Best Oncidium: Oncidium John Louis Shirrah 'Profusion', Shirley McClare Best in Vanda Group: Trichoglottis atropurpurea, Paramount Best in Pleurothallis Group: Dracula gongora, Bryan Emery Best Other Laelia Subtribe: Epidendrum peperomia (porpax), Alexey Tretyakov Best in Miltonia: Miltonia moreliana, Paramount Best Other in Oncidium Group: Gomesa radicans, Paramount From left to right: Best in Dendrobium Grouping/Best Other in Dendrobium Alliance, Dendrobium parthenium, Donna McDonnell Best Orchid Mounted, Cattleya maxima, Alexey Tretyakov Best Display (AOS Award): - Bryan Emery Mike Miller Award Best Miniature: Trisetella hoeijeri, Bryan Emery Jerry Suffolk Award Best Oncidium Alliance (no name), Dusty Smith, CVIOS

5 From left to right: BEST IN SHOW: Dendrobium laevifolium, Paramount Orchids RESERVE CHAMPION: Cattleya maxima, Alexey Tretyakov 2016 CVIOS SHOW AOS AWARDS photos by Judith Higham From left to right: Paphiopedilum Imperial Jade Emmett HCC/AOS 79pts (Paph. stonei x Paph. primulinum) Exhibitor: Donna McDonnell Dendrobium Hibiki Pauwela AM/AOS 81pts (Den. bracteosum x Den. laevifolium) Exhibitor: Diana Rowles Phaphiopedilum Harold Koopowitz Paramount s Simone Morin HCC/AOS 77pts(Paph. malipoense x Paph. rothschildianum) Exhibitor: Paramount Orchids Phalaenopsis Kingfisher s Dragon Wing Giant Star HCC/AOS 76pts (Phal. John Ewing x Phal. Dragon Tree Eagle) Exhibitor: Pat van Adrichem, Kingfisher Orchids AOS Show Trophy Memories of Mario ST/AOS 83pts Exhibitor: Bryan Emery

6 TIP OF THE MONTH, Alexey Tretyakov At the September meeting Alexey spoke about fertilizing orchids. This is a summary of his presentation. Seasonal Fertilizer Schedule Seasonal rotation of fertilizers is important for improving plant growth, maturation, and bloom. Contemporary industrial horticulture uses a rather sophisticated feeding programs of the fertilizer application. As an example, General Hydroponics identifies 12 phases of plant development with special fertilizer formula for each period. One can reference a feedchart of Flora Series, Drain-to Waste methodology of that company Website: That sophisticated approach yields a maximum crop if someone grows only tomatoes or only cucumbers or any other monoculture. However, that scheme is impossible to implement for a typical orchid collection, which consists of diversity of the species and hybrids with non-synchronized phases of plants growth. Below is an outline of our society September meeting Tip of the Month about my seasonal fertilizer schedule. Active growing period: from late February-March to late August-September. Use high nitrogen fertilizer, relatively high concentration of fertilizer solution and frequent application. My favorite fertilizer is a Miracle-Gro All Purpose Plant Food ( ). Apply ½ of recommended dose by-weekly at the beginning of the growing season and weekly from April-May. Period of maturation and dormancy: from September to February. Use low nitrogen fertilizer, low concentration of fertilizer solution and non-frequent application. My favorite fertilizer is a Miracle-Gro Tomato Plant Food ( ). Apply ¼ of recommended dose weekly, then by-weekly at the beginning of the season and monthly from October-November. Perhaps lumping from 12 to just two phases can be considered as a very radical action, but I am using this schedule for many years with reasonable results. Shirley and Ernie McClare s greenhouse (solar power set up) photos by Diana Rowels