APRIL 2017 Wednesday, April 12 th., 2017 Regular Meeting 7:30 p.m. Holy Rosary Church Hall 35 Queen Street North Thorold PROGRAMS My Trip to the Madeira Islands by Cheryl Maurice EXECUTIVE 2017-2018 President..................... Rick Rempel................. 905-734-1588 Past President................. Colin Burns................. 905-684-9705 Secretary..................... Isabel Streeter............... 905-682-7792 Treasurer..................... Colin Burns................. 905-684-9705 Newsletter Editor............... Lydia Stewart............... 905-354-4110 Membership................... Joanne Madsen............. 905-685-7478 Librarian...................... George Streeter............. 905-682-7792 Publicity...................... Cheryl Maurice.............. 905-734-1257 Show Table.................... Phil Hinman................ 905-899-3606 Hospitality..................... Barbara Berry............... 905-227-4307 Program Co-Ordinator........... Rick Rempel.............. 905-734-1588 AOS/COC Rep................. Rick Rempel................ 905-734-1588 Visit us on our updated website link: www.cloudsorchids.com/nros
MARCH SHOW TABLE Class 1 Cattleya Alliance ****Dialaelia Mizoguchi 'Cloud Cover' Phil Hinman 1 st. Potinara Shinfong Little Sun Phil Hinman 2 nd. Cattleya schroederae Phil Hinman 3 rd. Class 2 Paphiopedilum Paph. (Hsinying Impulse x Ruby Web) Charlene Chassé/Ted Kretz 1 st. Paph. (Hsinying Ruby Web x Hsinying Raisin) Charlene Chassé/Ted Kretz 2 nd. Class 6 Dendrobiums Dendrobium kingianum 'Red' Charlene Chassé/Ted Kretz 1 st. Class 7 All Others Masdevallia Radiance 'Sparking' Charlene Chassé/Ted Kretz 1 st. Aerangis Winter Dove Charlene Chassé/Ted Kretz 2 nd. Angraecum germinyanum Charlene Chassé/Ted Kretz 3 rd. Masdevallia (Redwing x Copperwing) Charlene Chassé/Ted Kretz Masdevallia Fuchsia Dance #1 Charlene Chassé/Ted Kretz Coelogyne usitana Phil Hinman *****PLANT OF THE MONTH
BULLETIN BOARD Meeting Our April meeting will feature Cheryl Maurice. She will be giving us a presentation on her trip to the Madeira Islands of Portugal. Please come out and listen to what should be an interesting slide show. Clouds Open House Clouds Orchids Open House will be held on the weekend of April 8 th. & 9 th., 11 am. to 4 pm. - No Workshop Hospitality A reminder to Isabel Streeter and Kathy Burns that they are signed up to bring the sweets to go along with coffee. Thanks, Ladies!! Display The Society is planning to set up another orchid display at the Art to Heart Gallery in Thorold from Thursday, May 11 th. to Saturday, May 13 th. Joanne and Isabel have offered to set up the display, but we need a volunteer for taking down the display Saturday afternoon. Also, if you have any plants that will be in bloom for that weekend, please bring them to the May meeting on Wednesday. check out the library and see George Streeter if you wish to sign one out. Welcome We wish to extend a warm welcome to our new members... Gerry Martyn Anne Roscoe Cyndie Moretto Ashleigh Flood Carmen Stankewich Welcome, Ladies and Gentleman!!! The article on Phalaenopsis is from www.firstrays.com The second article is from the January 2015 newsletter of the Eastern Canada Orchid Society. Raffle Table We would like to let the membership know that we would appreciate items for the raffle table if they have anything they would like to donate. It doesn t even have to be orchidrelated. Thank you. Library Just a reminder to our membership that we have an extensive library of wonderful orchid books. Please
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Black Orchids in Vietnam Forests... Of over 1,000 species of orchids found in Vietnam, there are species... -black or dark purple... Bulbophyllum nigrescens: Found in Thailand, Yunnan Province China and Vietnam in sparse woods growing on tree trunks at elevations around 400 to 1,500 meters of a miniature size, warm to cool-growing lithophytes or epiphytes with squat, globular, flattened ventrally, rugose pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical and linear to lanceolate leaf that blooms in the late winter and early spring on an erect, basal (15 to 50cm long) many-flowered inflorescence. Volume 37, No. 7, March, 2015 4
Bulbophyllum spadiciflorum... Sunipia nigricans... Found in Yunnan province of China and Vietnam at elevations of 1,200 to 1,800 meters as a small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte that blooms in the spring. Volume 37, No. 7, March, 2015 5
Trichotosia dalatensis Bulbophyllum lemniscatoides:this species is native to Java, Sumatra, Thailand and Vietnam. It is found on mountain sides at about 1500m above sea level. The pseudobulbs are 2 cm tall and the two leaves about 10cm long. This species is deciduous or semi deciduous when flowering. The raceme is 4-5cm long and carries 20-30 flowers, each 2-3mm wide.the mobile appendages are 5-6mm long. Volume 37, No. 7, March, 2015 6
Bulbophyllum secundum Luisia antennifera URL : http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/environment/120451/photos--thebeauty-of-blackorchids-in-vietnam-forests.html To Viateur Boutot for finding this article. Taken from the January 2015 issue of the Eastern Canada Orchid Society. Volume 37, No. 7, March, 2015 7