The North Jersey Orchid Society

Size: px

Start display at page:

Download "The North Jersey Orchid Society"

Neal Sherman
6 years ago
Views:

He is the former chair of the San Diego County Orchid Society Conservation Committee; a member of the Orchid Specialist Group, an IUCN Board Member, and member pf the Orchid Digest Foundation.

His orchid interests are Conservation, landscaping with orchids, and orchid focused ecotourism. Peter s talk will be on Orchid Conservation.

1 The North Jersey Orchid Society NEWSLETTER MAY 2017 The Official Publication of the North Jersey Orchid Society At Our Next Meeting Thursday, MAY 11 th PETER TOBIAS Will tell us about Orchid Conservation Peter Tobias Ph.D. is Director and OCA President. He is the former chair of the San Diego County Orchid Society Conservation Committee; a member of the Orchid Specialist Group, an IUCN Board Member, and member pf the Orchid Digest Foundation. Peter is a retired Associate Professor of Biochemistry, from the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolia, CA. His orchid interests are Conservation, landscaping with orchids, and orchid focused ecotourism. Peter s talk will be on Orchid Conservation. As orchid lovers, members of the OCA work to preserve orchids and orchid habitats. They create protected reserves where wild orchids can continue to live and blossom in the rain and sunshine. A side benefit is that everything else that lives in the reserve is protected too. The Orchid Conservation Alliance, founded in 2006, promotes the conservation of orchids and orchid habitat around the world. Currently they have reserves in Brazil, Ecuador, and Colombia, however, they say, they are open to orchid conservation anywhere. Preservation of natural orchid habitat preserves the orchids, their pollinators, their genetic diversity, and other fauna, as well as the birds, frogs, insects, reptiles, and mammals in the forests where they live. From The President s Desk The Lusty Month of May I m sure you are also enjoying the emerging new roots and growths on your orchids that will [hopefully] result in many future blooms. We have an amazing show table each month with an abundance of riches. All those beautiful flowers started with roots and new growths many of which emerge this time of year. I recently mounted a Cattleya on a large piece of cork. The plant was climbing out of its pot so I thought it might enjoy a climbing surface. I always like to experiment with new (for me) ways of growing things. I am giddy each morning as I view the new roots extending out into the cord and the perceptual lengthening of its new growth. Those roots are a beauteous site! I ve also been working on my repotting. When repotting, I always have a few divisions which I will give away or donate to NJOS. I hope you do the same. Orchid people are incredibly generous; and I look forward to sharing my little bits & pieces with my friends. I am usually pretty good about writing the repotting dates on the plant labels. and then the label is lost. So I am starting to also record the date in my orchid database. Maybe someday I ll figure out how to get a Potting Report out so I can determine the supplies I need before I start the job. Redundancy is good, I lost my primary home computer a few weeks ago. Fortunately it gave me sufficient time to copy all my data off it. Of course, my orchid database was being regularly backed up I can live without the rest, but not without my orchids! Page 1 MAY 2017

2 I HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY THE HANOVER MANOR THAT ON THURSDAY NIGHT WE WILL ONCE AGAIN BE IN THE ROOM ON THE LOWER LEVEL. REMEMBER THERE IS NO ELEVATOR. ALSO, THIS MAY MEAN A BUSY NIGHT FOR THE PARKING LOT COME EARLY Board Member Election The following Board members are up for reelection for the term and each has ask to stay on. As always, other nominations are welcome. If there are no other nominations, this is the slate of officers we will vote on at the June meeting. V.P. - Bill Stender Treasurer Bart Costello Recording Secretary Lisa Choplo Membership Officer Sandra Mackowiak Newsletter Anita Gibaldi Trustee Trudy Bliesath Trustee Nancy Gerhardt Trustee Lowell Jacobs Trustee Russell Polo Silva Orchids June Culture Day & Sale Friday, June 9 & Saturday, June 10, AM to 5 PM Hands on culture provided by Silva Orchids: Learn how to properly pot your orchids. We will discuss your plants and show you why we are handling your orchids in a certain way. You will see why we select a certain potting mix for your plants, if they need to be treated for bugs and possible disease, and why we would divide a plant, or leave it alone entirely. It is a lot of fun, so come and enjoy a great day. Board Meeting May 15 The NJOS Board is meeting May 15 at 7:15 PM at the First Presbyterian Church- Hanover, 14 Hanover Rd, East Hanover, NJ Board Members are requested to attend, and all NJOS members in good standing are welcome to observe, space permitting. Have Any/Want Any..Orchiata Bark If you need Orchiata Bark, please call Silva Orchids at They are putting an order together and need 45 bags to place the order. If anyone has a bag they don't need, Julie Hallberg will buy ( ). Thanks. Julie Mid-Hudson Orchid Society Presents My name is Fred Plant. I am the Corresponding Secretary for the Mid-Hudson Orchid Society (MHOS). Our club would like to inform you and your members of our upcoming event. Sunday, May 7, :00 p.m. Mid-Hudson Orchid Society Presents Guest Speaker Tom Mirenda, world-renowned authority on orchids Topic: Orchid Hunting in Central America Union Presbyterian Church 44 Balmville Rd., Newburgh NY President: Ruth Nattras (845) This event is open to the public and there is no admission cost. Please visit our website at mhos.us.org for club information and contacts. Thank you. See for update information as it becomes available Page 2 MAY 2017

3 It is time for Flower and Garden Shows CLIP & KEEP THESE DATES May 11 June 8 July 13 August 10 NJOS Meeting Peter Tobias, Pres. Orchid Conservation Alliance NJOS Meeting Kristen Uthus Minature Orchids NJOS Meeting Bob Sprague Native Orchids NJOS Summer AUCTION LET S CONTINUE OUR BEAUTIFUL PLANT TABLE BRING YOUR BLOOMING PLANTS TO THE MAY MEETING and receive 1 Point. Plants will be grouped by Alliance and a separate category for Miniatures. OUR NEW SYSTEM HAS BEGUN! START EARNING POINTS TODAY NJOS MEETING LOCATION Location: The Hanover Manor 16 Eagle Rock Avenue, East Hanover, NJ Dinner: 7:00 P.M. A complete buffet dinner, including coffee/tea and dessert is available for $20 Program Begins at 8:00 P.M. Cash bar is provided Please have your plants on the Plant Table by 7:00 P.M BOARD OF DIRECTORS JULY 2016 JUNE 2017 President Carrie Buchman; cbuchman@tncb.net; Vice President William Stender wstender@10-31.com; Treasurer Bart Costello traboll@aol.com; Recording Secretary Lisa Choplo orchdldy@gmail.com; Corresponding Secretary Julie Hallberg jahallberg77@yahoo.com; Membership Officer Sandra Mackowiak slmack@optonline.net; Newsletter Editor Anita Gibaldi anitagibaldi@optonline.net; Trustees : Frank Ariosta; Trudy Bliesath; t.blies@verizon.net Nancy Gerhardt; ngerhardt22@gmail.com Richard Ho; rho144@hotmail.com Lowell Jacobs; lowellj100@gmail.com Russell Polo; Richard Rampinelli; rrampinell@aol.com Irwin Slotnick; Irwin_slotnick@juno.com Web Master Carrie Buchman AOS Representative Lowell Jacobs The North Jersey Orchid Society, Inc. is a non-profit, educational organization, dedicated to the sharing of knowledge, information and instruction concerning the culture of orchids, their hybridization, conservation, display, arrangement, and exhibition. We are an affiliated member of the American Orchid Society (AOS), Joint Presidents Council (JPC), and Orchid Digest. North Jersey Orchid Society, Inc. is a taxexempt organization under Section 501(c)(3)of the Internal Revenue Code. The objectives of the Society are to promote, carry on and aid in the development, improvement and preservation of orchids; to disseminate information concerning the culture, hybridization or development of orchids; and generally to extend the knowledge, production, use and appreciation of orchids of any kind in any manner. Page 3 MAY 2017

4 NJOS PLANT TABLE APRIL 13, 2017 Other Alliance Maxillaria tenuifolia Sarcochilus Hybrid Trichopilia suavis Encyclia bractescens Sarcochilus Cherie Snow Bonnie Huff Lenny Zieff Lenny Zieff Bob Gluckin Dick Doran Pleutothallid Alliance Masdevallia veitchiana Masdevallia cassiope Masdevallia caesia Lenny Zieff Wayne Cokeley Wayne Cokeley Miniatures Schoenorchis gemmata Coelogyne nitida Aerangis fastuosa Brassavola nodosa Tolumnia unknown Laelia lundii Pleurothallis allenii Carrie Buchman Carrie Buchman Diane Gennaro Richard Rampinelli Richard Rampinelli Phalaenopsis Alliance Phalaenopsis Unknown Phalaenopsis Unknown Phalaenopsis Sogo Yukidian V3 HCC/AOS Phalaenopsis Sogo Yukidian V3 HCC/AOS Phalaenopsis Unknown Phalaenopsis bellina Blue Sister Phalaenopsis speciosa Phalaenopsis Kuntrarti Rarashati Copperstate HCC/AOS Phalaenopsis Unknown Sarcanthinae Alliance Vanda (syn. Ascofinetia) Cherry Bloom Carmela Dendrobium Alliance Dendrobium convolutum Dendrobium taylorii Dendrobium bellatulum Teresita Silva Bonnie Huff Ingrid Raschdorf Ingrid Raschdorf Sandra Mackowiak Lowell Jacobs Bill Stender Cymbidium Alliance Cymbidium Little Black Sambo Ink Spot AM/AOS Bill Stender Page 4 MAY 2017

Oncidium Alliance Miltoniopsis Unknown Trichopilia suavis Oncostelopsis (syn.

Potinara Eye Candy) Sweet Sensation Cattleya nobilior Jackfowlieara Appleblossom Mendenhall Cattleya walkeriana f. alba Rhyncattleanthe (syn.

alba Rhyncholaelia digbyana Rhyncholaeliocattleya Elizabeth Hearn Cattleya Irene Holguin Brown Eyes AM/AOS Cattleya Catherine Patterson SOG AM/AOS Cattleya

(Cattleychea Lime Sherbet x Brassavola Little Stars) Laeliocattleya Coastal Sunrise Alan Kenwood Ralph Wahl Jane Plaisted Mike & Sue Mazur Alan Kenwood Carrie

5 Oncidium Alliance Miltoniopsis Unknown Trichopilia suavis Oncostelopsis (syn. Burrageara) Sunkissed Buttercup Cattleya Alliance Rhyncholaeliocattleya Holiday Eye Candy (syn. Potinara Eye Candy) Sweet Sensation Cattleya nobilior Jackfowlieara Appleblossom Mendenhall Cattleya walkeriana f. alba Rhyncattleanthe (syn. Potinara) Love Passion Island Romance Encyclia cordigera f. alba Rhyncholaelia digbyana Rhyncholaeliocattleya Elizabeth Hearn Cattleya Irene Holguin Brown Eyes AM/AOS Cattleya Catherine Patterson SOG AM/AOS Cattleya Catherine Patterson SOG AM/AOS Cattleya Dorothy Warne Favorite HCC/AOS Rhyncholaeliocattleya Malworth Orchidglade FCC/AOS Procatavola Walnut Valley Lime Stars (Cattleychea Lime Sherbet x Brassavola Little Stars) Laeliocattleya Coastal Sunrise Alan Kenwood Ralph Wahl Jane Plaisted Mike & Sue Mazur Alan Kenwood Carrie Buchman Ingrid Raschdorf Bart Costello Bill Stender Anne & Dave Safarewitz Anne & Dave Safarewitz Diane Gennaro Diane Gennaro? A SELECTION FROM THE NJOS PLANT TABLE APRIL 13, 2017 Phalaenopsis Unknown.Bonnie Huff Cymbidium Little Black Sambo Ink Spot AM/AOS Bill Stender Dendrobium bellatulum Carol & Maurice Garvey Phalaenopsis Kuntrarti Rarashati Copperstate HCC/AOS, Sandra Mackowiak Page 5 MAY 2017

6 Jackfowlieara Appleblossom Mendenhall, Carrie Buchman Vanda (syn. Ascofinetia) Cherry Bloom Carmela Bill Stender Miltoniopsis Unknown, Alan Kenwood Phalaenopsis bellina Blue Sister Sarcochilus Cherie Snow,Dick Doran Encyclia cordigera f. alba, Bill Stender Trichopilia suavis, Ralph Wahl Rhyncholaeliocattleya Elizabeth Hearn, Anne & Dave Safarewitz Trichopilia suavis, Lenny Zieff Page 6 MAY 2017

Lois Duffin, March 14th, 2017 For the fourth time in less than a year, the local orchid world lost a long time mainstay. We regret having to announce, that Lois Duffin passed away on March 14th.

If you see an orchid with clonal name Mt Airy, you are looking at a plant that originated in the Duffin collection.

7 Lois Duffin, March 14th, 2017 For the fourth time in less than a year, the local orchid world lost a long time mainstay. We regret having to announce, that Lois Duffin passed away on March 14th. Lois and Jim (who passed away just 4 months ago), were a driving force in the Philadelphia orchid scene, and part of the DCOS show for many years, though poor health kept them away the last 2-3 years. If you see an orchid with clonal name Mt Airy, you are looking at a plant that originated in the Duffin collection. Lois was very fond of both Cymbidiums & Dendrobiums, so we are including a photo from the Duffins 2009 exhibit in the DCOS show, showing a large Den speciosum flanked by Cymbidiums. From Orchid News, DCOS MAY 2017 Thank you, Kim. From Carrie Buchman The Duffins were long time exhibitors at the Philadelphia Flower show, winning many trophies, especially for their Cymbidiums and dendrobiums. A new Philadelphia Flower Show Trophy will be awarded starting in 2018: The Lois and James Duffin Memorial Award for Best Specimen Cymbidium. Page 7 MAY 2017

8 North Jersey Orchid Society c/o Anita Gibaldi 133 Pershing Avenue Nutley, NJ Calendar of Orchid Society Meetings: 2nd Tuesday, 7:30 pm Deep Cut Orchid Society Monmouth Reform Temple, Tinton Falls, NJ 2nd Tuesday, 8 pm 2nd Wednesday, 2nd Thursday, 8 pm Greater Westchester O.S. 216 Halstead Ave. Harrison, NY Manhattan orchid Society, SLC Conference Center, 15 West 39 th St.,3 rd Fl. NYC (btwn. 5 th & 6 th Aves.) North Jersey O.S. (dinner 7 pm, $20 per person) The Hanover Manor, 16 Eagle Rock Ave., East Hanover, NJ 2nd Thursday, 6:30 pm Long Island O.S. Knights of Columbus Hall, 45 Heitz Place, Hicksville, nd Sunday, 1:30 pm Mid Hudson Orchid Society, Union Presbyterian Church, Newburgh NY 3rd Tuesday, 7:30 pm Staten Island O.S. All Saints Episcopal Church, 2329 Victory Blvd., Staten Island NY 3rd Thursday, 7 pm 3rd Saturday, 10 am Ramapo O.S. Flat Rock Brook Nature Center, Englewood, NJ AOS Northeast Regional Judging, Bartlett Arboretum, 151 Brookdale Rd. Stamford, CT Call John Sullivan th Tuesday, 7 pm Jersey Highlands Orchid Society (JHOS) Bristol Glen, 200 Bristol Glen Drive, Newton, NJ Please call ahead to confirm date and location before attending. Some societies do not meet in the summer. HELP US GROW OUR Editors Note SOCIETY FEEL FREE TO BRING YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN GROWING ORCHIDS OR JUST ADMIRE THEM. THEY CAN TRY US OUT AND JOIN IF THEY LIKE US. Deadline for the JUNE 2017 newsletter is MAY 24 th. Please submit your articles before the due date to me directly at anitagibaldi@optonline.net. errors or corrections to the editor anitagibaldi@optonline.net Page 8 MAY 2017

The North Jersey Orchid Society

The North Jersey Orchid Society NEWSLETTER MARCH 2014 The Official Publication of the North Jersey Orchid Society Join us at our next meeting Thursday, MARCH 13 th, And meet Tom Harper Tom Harper began