CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS, WORKERS AND SHOW CHAIRS FOR OUR VERY SUCCESSFUL 2014 SHOW!

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1 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS, WORKERS AND SHOW CHAIRS FOR OUR VERY SUCCESSFUL 2014 SHOW! Remember, this is the final meeting of the current GCCG season. You will receive your next newsletter in September, announcing the first program of the new season. May 2014 Is Party Time! Date: May 16 th, 2014 Time: 5:30 PM for room set up. Party starts at 6:00 PM with plant sales and cocktails. Place: The San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo Take the Alameda de las Pulgas exit off Highway 92. Turn south. The Garden Center is located between 26th and 28th Avenues. Program: Our last meeting of our blooming season will be a party celebrating a very successful year! Not only will have a great gastronomic event with an awesome pot luck dinner, but we will have an opportunity meet and get to know our new members. As if that were not enough to fill an evening, we will be privileged to hear a new speaker, one of our own members, Kevin Hill. Speaker: Our speaker this month will be Kevin Hill from San Francisco, with the topic "A Discussion of Flower Pigments". Kevin has a PhD in genetics and works as a biotechnology patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. His perspective on growing orchids is strongly influenced by his scientific background in developmental biology and genetics. He finds thinking about the genetic basis for controlling color patterns and shapes of the petals, sepals and lips of orchid flowers to be a fascinating challenge. Kevin has been growing Cymbidiums since He is a probationary AOS judge and nominated as a new Director on the GCCG Board for the year. GCCG POTLUCK DINNER GCCG will provide turkey, honey-baked ham, coffee and soft drinks. Members should plan to provide their own plates, utensils, napkins and beverages of choice. BRING A FRIEND! Set up: 5:30 PM 6:00 PM Cocktails: 6:00 PM 6:30 PM Dinner: 6:30 PM 7:15 PM Meeting: 7:30 PM If your last name begins with: Bring: _ A-G Side Dish or Hot Casserole H-O Dessert P-Z Salad or Appetizer/Hors d'oeuvres

2 Plant Table: The Opportunity Table will be supplied by Hatfield Orchids, augmented with plants from the Santa Barbara Orchid Estate. Do not miss this chance to add some new plants from the Southland to your collection. Board Meeting 5 PM: There will be a short Board meeting at the Garden Center prior to set-up. Plant Sales from 6 PM to 7 PM: All plants brought for sale by members must be properly labeled, priced (in even dollar amounts) and free of disease. 10% of the sale price will go to the club; the remainder goes to the individual seller. Label each sale plant and provide a summary sheet of your sale plants to the sales person at the sales table. Sales forms will be available at the sales table if you need them. Plant sales will close at 7:15! Show and Tell table: Plants will not be described but members are welcome to bring them in for show. Supplies for sale at the May meeting: Unprinted labels, single-edged razor blades, pens, Twist Ties, pots of assorted sizes, 3' and 4' bamboo stakes, MSU 1# and 2# Romeo blend fertilizer, and dual virus testing kits are for sale at cost plus tax as usual. May 24, 2014: Annual Hands-on Potting Workshop: This year's workshop will be held from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM on Saturday, May 24 th in Los Altos Hills at the home of. As of this mailing, there is still space available. Pre-registration is required. $10 for non-members; no charge for members. $5 will be charged for virus testing for each plant brought. Extra potting supplies will be available at cost plus tax. There are also several spaces for Advanced growers who have been through the workshop before and who wish to help as Assistants. To sign up for the workshop or to volunteer as an Assistant, Weegie at goldcoastcymgrowers@gmail.com Specific details will be sent to the registered participants the week before the workshop. June 7, Cymbidium Orchid Estate Sale: Saturday only. 10 AM to 4 PM. 774 Manor Way, Los Altos, CA See the Calendar of Events for details of the Pat Proctor estate collection sale. Officers for : The nominating committee, chaired by Florence Inserto, has presented the following final slate of officers for the coming season. We will be voting at this month's meeting. President - Marron Honigman Vice President - Sylvia Darr Secretary - Florence Inserto Treasurer - Stanley Fuelscher Membership Chair - Darrel Wong Ways and Means Chair - Trudy Hadler Past President - Director at Large - Carol Armendariz Director at Large - Kevin Hill Director at Large - Richard Mangan Message from the President: A tremendous thank you to an amazing group of members who made our GCCG Show and Sale another great success. Months of work go into a production like this and working toe to toe with me every step of the way was my co-chair Sylvia Darr along with Weegie Caughlan, Florence Inserto, Stanley Fuelscher, Audrey Young-Tarter, Carl Jukkola and Tony Gee. The work that everyone put in was astounding and needs to be recognized! I also would like to thank Todd Kennedy and Mike Rector from the Peninsula Orchid Society for lending us their lights and helping us install them. Kudos go to Michael Byun for creating all the new name tags for our show and future meetings. This was a new venue for us and we learned a great deal about planning and set up in a space that we had not used before. We will certainly use all this information as we think ahead to Our final meeting of the year is this month at the San Mateo Garden Center. Along with the opportunity to hear Kevin Hill in a "not to be missed presentation on color", we will be having our Annual Pot Luck Dinner. Check out all the details of this fun social evening. I look forward to seeing everyone at this meeting. Be ready for some surprises!!!

3 Show Wrap-up from the 2014 Show Chairs, Sylvia Darr and Marron Honigman: We would like to thank all the club members who helped put on the show this year. A large activity like this cannot be accomplished without the contributions of many people. Thanks to everyone who helped plan and put on this year's event. We had a new venue to deal with, the limitations of a holiday weekend, a sub-par growing season, and still everyone showed up and contributed in order to make the show happen extremely smoothly. (Please forgive us if we have not included your name!) Plant entries: 146. Permanent awards granted: 3 CSA awards: 1 Silver, 1 Bronze and 1 Cultural; and 1 AOS award: HCC. New members: 16 Sales Chair: Florence Inserto Publicity: The Show Chairs and Audrey Young-Tarter Set Up: Carol Armendariz, Stanley Fuelscher, Florence Inserto, Todd Kennedy, and the Show Chairs New Digital Entry Program: Plant Entry: Sylvia Darr, Carl Jukkola, and Pat Raynak Food Organization and Set Up: Doug Cumming and Tony Gee Ribbon Clerks: Carol Armendariz, Margaret Boomer and Marron Honigman, Barry Zimmerman. CSA and AOS judges and personnel from GCCG: Ken Jacobsen, (head CSA judge), Terry Boomer,, Trudy Hadler, Kevin Hill, Chaunie Langland (AOS clerk), Fred Shull, and Jeff Trimble. Non-GCCG member AOS judges: Carol Zoltowski (head AOS judge), Helen and Maynard Michael Displays:, Greg Corrales, Ken Jacobsen, Pierre Pujol, Bill Weaver and Audrey Young-Tarter, Darrel Wong and Barry Zimmerman Cashiers: Glen Affleck, Carol Armendariz, Michael Byun, Stanley Fuelscher, Florence Inserto, Azar Lohrasbpour, and Richard Mangan Membership: Darrel Wong Photography: AOS/CSA award photographer, Chaunie Langland. Club photographer, Fred Valentine Show Docent Tours: Kevin Hill Potting Demonstrations:, Carl Jukkola, and Bill Weaver Plant Hotel: Azar Lohrasbpour, Marie Lofton, Frances Richardson and Fred Shull Show Security: Lorna Affleck, Gloria Bygdnes, Noble Emery & his daughter, Martha Skalak, Cora Gadduang & her husband, Mike & Annie Green Tear Down and Clean Up: Stanley Fuelscher, Richard Mangan, and the Show Chairs Congratulations to the Trophy and Rosette Winners at the 2014 GCCG Show: Three teams composed of AOS judges, judged the 146 entries. Best in show Trophy: Best Cymbidium of Show (Judges Choice): Cym. Nicole's Valentine 'Geyserland' HCC/AOS (Flame Hawk x Ruby Eyes) Special Rosettes: Best Specimen Cymbidium Plant: Darrel Wong Cym Lambert Day 'Tangerine Glaze' HCC/AOS, B/CSA (madidum x Hot Line) Best First Bloom Cymbidium Seedling: Carol Armendariz Cym. Bui Xuan Dang 'Cats' (Hazel Tyers x Splatters) Best Paphiopedilum Alliance: Pierre Pujol Phrag. Belle Hougue Point 'Woodside' (Eric Young x caudatum) Best Other Genera: Zygo. B.G. White 'Stonehurst' AM/AOS (Z. Blackii x Z. mackayi) Best Cymbidium grown by a First Time Novice Exhibitor Sylvia Darr Cym. Dorothy Stockstill 'Chaveyo' 4n (Phar Lap x Miss Muffet)

4 Best in Class Awards: Best in Advanced Class: Best Advanced Cymbidium Cym. Nicole's Valentine 'Geyserland' HCC/AOS (Flame Hawk x Ruby Eyes) Best Advanced Specimen Cymbidium Cym. Nicole's Valentine 'Geyserland' HCC/AOS (Flame Hawk x Ruby Eyes) Best Advanced First Bloom Seedling Cym. Squogre 'Sunshine Smile' (Icho Tower x So Bold) Best Advanced Paphiopedilum Alliance Pierre Pujol Phrag. Belle Hougue Point 'Woodside' (Eric Young x caudatum) Best Advanced Other Genera Zygo. B.G. White 'Stonehurst' AM/AOS (Z. Blackii x Z. mackayi) Best in Intermediate Class: Best Intermediate Cymbidium Cym. (Fifi x Pinata) 'Cats' Best Intermediate Specimen Cymbidium Cym. (Fifi x Pinata) 'Cats' Best Intermediate First Bloom Seedling Cym. Bui Xuan Dang 'Cats' (Hazel Tyers x Splatters) Carol Armendariz Carol Armendariz Carol Armendariz Best in Novice Class Best in Novice Cymbidium Darrel Wong Cym. Lambert Day 'Tangerine Glaze' B/CSA (madidum x Hot Line) Best Novice Specimen Cymbidium Darrel Wong Cym. Lambert Day 'Tangerine Glaze' B/CSA (madidum x Hot Line) Best Novice First Bloom Seedling Audrey Young'Tartar Cym. Gorgeous Freak 'Starbright' (George Formby x Son of Freak) Best Novice Other Genera Darrel Wong Lc. Higher Ground 'Masterpiece' HCC/AOS (Lc. Clar Hancock x L. anceps) Best Cymbidium grown by a First Time Novice Exhibitor Sylvia Darr Cym. Dorothy Stockstill 'Chaveyo' 4n (Phar Lap x Miss Muffet) Best Cymbidium in Show - Cym. Nicole's Valentine 'Geyserland' HCC/AOS

5 Plant Judging: The CSA judges Cymbidiums, Paphiopedilums, and Phragmipediums at our regular monthly meeting on the third Friday of each month September through May, or at the Lakeside Garden Center in Oakland on the fourth Wednesday of each month except November and December, when it is on the third Wednesday. To have a plant judged at either location, Sylvia Darr at least one day in advance, to ensure that the CSA judges know that plants will be submitted for judging. Plant entry is between 7:00 PM and 7:15 PM at the GCCG meeting and between 6:30 PM and 7:00 PM in Oakland. Clerks can advise you in filling out the plant entry form on your arrival. The AOS judges all genera of orchids in San Francisco at the SF County Fair Building (Hall of Flowers) in Golden Gate Park on the first Tuesday, and in Oakland at the Lakeside Garden Center on the third Monday, of each month. For either judging, plants need to be submitted between 6:15 PM and 7:00 PM. For further information, call Sylvia Darr Recent AOS and CSA Judging Results: Northern California awards given to GCCG members since the April GCCG newsletter was published. April 1, San Francisco Monthly Judging Cypripedium tibeticum 'Woodside' received an AM of 82 points, exhibited by Pierre Pujol. April 18, Gold Coast Cymbidium Growers Show: Cym. Circular Quay 'Windermere' (Fifi x Sydney Harbor) received an HCC/AOS of 76 points, exhibited by Carl Jukkola. Cym. insigne 'Mem. Blair Miller' HCC/AOS species received a S/CSA of 82 points, exhibited by. Cym. Jaye Evans 'Awesome' (Greenezelle x Lemon Butter) received a B/CSA of 75 points, exhibited by Ken Jacobsen. Cym. Nicole's Valentine 'Geyserland' HCC/AOS (Flame Hawk x Ruby Eyes) received a C/CSA of 83 points, exhibited by. The Cymbidium Society of America, Inc. Perpetual Trophy was awarded for the past season to for the highest scored Standard Cymbidium registered and grown by an amateur grower in California and who is a member of the CSA. The plant qualifying for the award is Cym. Dorothy Stevenson 'Whoo Hoo' B/CSA (Electric Ladyland x Icho Tower). Welcome to the new and renewing members who joined last month at our Show and Sale: New Members: Suzanne Buerchner Menlo Park, CA suz_hogan@yahoo.com David Carnaghe Santa Cruz, CA david.carnaghe@santacruzcounty.us Marguerite Cervin San Mateo, CA cervinmaggie@gmail.com Jennifer Daine San Anselmo, CA jwdaine@gmail.com Violeta De Jesus Daly City, CA violetadejesus@yahoo.com Jane Garavaglia Campbell. CA jane.c.garavaglia@nasa.gov Roland Garcia San Jose, CA jomech@aol.com Raquel Gverarra So. San Francisco, CA raquelgvra@yahoo.com Christina Holloway Menlo Park, CA calblue@gmail.com Jackie James San Mateo, CA jacqueli_james@sbcglobal.net Jin Kaku Palo Alto, CA jinkaku@sbcglobal.net Mark Kashima San Mateo, CA mhkashima@att.net Jussi Ketana Palo Alto, CA jaketonen@gmail.com Corrine Morris mitchelltachs@yahoo.com Janice McOmber Emerald Hills, CA jmcomber@aol.com Anna Sever Redwood City, CA annasever@comcast.net Helen Tan-Gee So. San Francisco, CA hgee2@yahoo.com Larry Wright San Mateo, CA lamerkat@sbcglobal.net

6 Upcoming Events: Mark your personal calendars. Events are listed this month and into July due to the fact there are no summer GCCG Newsletters published to keep you up to date. Of most importance for those who make the annual summer trek to Santa Barbara, as was the case last year, the Fair will be at Santa Barbara Orchid Estate, not at the Fairgrounds. May 10-11, 2014: Orchid Society of California Mother's Day Show and Sale. Sat & Sun 10 AM - 5 PM, Lakeside Garden Center, 666 Bellevue Drive, Lake Merritt, Oakland. Free admission. May 16, 2014: Gold Coast Cymbidium Growers Pot Luck Dinner Meeting - Last Meeting for the Season! Friday, 6:00 PM. San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo, CA. Speaker Kevin Hill on the topic: "A Discussion of Flower Color Pigments". May 24, 2014: Annual Hands-on Potting Workshop: This year's workshop will be held from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM in Los Altos Hills. Pre-registration is required. Contact at goldcoastcymgrowers@gmail.com for more information. May 31, 2014: Casa de las Orquideas 14th Annual Super Seedling One Day Sale. Saturday 9 AM to 4 PM. IN PERSON ONLY! 170 South Nardo Ave. Solana Beach, CA Over 50% OFF selected 3" and 4" plants. Parking is limited so please consider carpooling. Call Miki or Karl at (858) , Website at or casa@orquideas.com. May 31 - June 1, 2014: San Jose Orchid Exhibition. Winchester Mystery House, 525 S Winchester Blvd, San Jose, CA $10 Special Preview Night Fri 5:30-9:30 PM; $5.00 Sat & Sun 9 AM - 5 PM. Orchid Sales and Skill Sessions. For more info visit: or find them on Facebook. June 7, 2014: Cymbidium Orchid Estate Sale. Saturday only. 10 AM to 4 PM. 774 Manor Way, Los Altos, CA This is a sale of the entire Cymbidium Collection of Pat Proctor, approximately 350 orchids. It consists of many old and some rare Cym. antique hybrids, a few species, and recent seedlings and mericlones from Casa de las Orquideas and Hatfield Orchids. Plants were tested within the last two years and show no signs of virus, but there are no guarantees. All plants priced to sell. $3 for 3", 4" and 5" pots; $5 for 1gal pots; $10 for 2-gal pots and all plants in spike or in bloom. As always for a sale of this type, come early! Please bring your own boxes. Cash or check only. No pre-sales please. For more information, contact goldcoastcymgrowers@gmail.com July 11-13, 2014: 34th Annual Summer Santa Barbara Orchid Estate Open House. Friday & Saturday 8 AM to 5 PM; Sunday 9 AM to 4 PM. Held at Santa Barbara Orchid Estate, 1250 Orchid Drive, Santa Barbara, CA For more information: (800) , or sboe@sborchid.com Featuring guest author Phillip Cribb from Kew Gardens, England. The Fair will be at SBOE, not at the Fair grounds. July : Hatfield Orchids Summer Open House. Fri -Sun 9 AM - 4 PM, 3793 Dufau Road, Oxnard, CA Rain or Shine! Hope you can join us, but if you can't, we can ship to you for free! Call George at (805) , him at George@HatfieldOrchids.com, or check out the website at GCCG Website: Check out the GCCG website at for information on upcoming shows, photos of previous shows, meeting information, and copies of back newsletters. If you have any news we can put on the site, please the GCCG Webmaster, Audrey Young-Tarter: goldcoastcymbidiumgrowers@yahoo.com Newsletter Information: The deadline for submission of information for the newsletter is the fourth Friday of the month. The next deadline for inputs is the fourth Friday of August. The newsletter will publish announcements of upcoming events for other orchid societies as space permits. Please submit your inputs to goldcoastcymgrowers@gmail.com

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8 GCCG C/o West Loyola Drive Los Altos Hills, CA First Class Mail Gold Coast Cymbidium Growers Board of Directors for : President: Marron Honigman Vice President: Sylvia Darr Secretary: Florence Inserto Treasurer: Stanley Fuelscher Director of Ways and Means: Trudy Hadler Director of Membership: Darrel Wong Past President: Director at large Richard Mangan Director at large: Jeff Trimble Other Duties: CSA Delegate: Stanley Fuelscher Newsletter Editor: Refreshments: Tony Gee

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10 Casa de las Orquideas presents: Our 14th Annual Super Seedling Sale! B Over 50% off select 3 & 6 cymbidiums! W May 31, am 4 pm In person only! 170 S. Nardo Ave. Solana Beach, CA casa@orquideas.com V