E A S T E R N I O W A O R C H I D S O C I E T Y A small group of people with a big love of growing orchids. The spike In This Month s Newsletter: Notes from the President September Meeting Minutes Quarter Auction at the October Meeting! Milwaukee Show Photos 2nd Annual Eastern Iowa Orchid Show and Sale The Spike October 2013 EIOS is now on Facebook! See it here first! Doc Bannister s phal. Ox Spot Queen Iowa received an AM/AOS award at the Milwaukee show. An AM (Award of Merit) is awarded to orchids scoring 80 to 89 points inclusive on a 100-point scale. See pages 3-4 for more photos of the Milwaukee show. President: Lois Dusdieker (319) 626-2236 E-mail: lois-dusdieker@uiowa.edu Vice President: Jim Quaintance (319) 624-2758 E-mail: yakmanq@southslope.net Secretary: Kristine Sigsbee (319) 545-8140 E-mail: ksigsbee@yahoo.com Treasurer: Cathy Wilcox (319) 354-5879 Email: wilcoxfam4@lycos.com AOS Representative: Laynez Ackermann (319) 656-2063 Email: lwla@kctc.net Mid-America Representative: Nile Dusdieker (319) 626-2236 E-mail: niledusdieker@gmail.com Newsletter Editor: Kristine Sigsbee (319) 545-8140 Email: ksigsbee@yahoo.com Notes from the President The votes are in! I would like to thank all the EIOS members who returned their questionnaires. 21 out of 32 were returned and tabulated which is great for a questionnaire study. The majority of club members want to continue our meetings at the Presbyterian Church on Rochester Street in Iowa City on Tuesday evenings as is currently done. SO BE IT! Our members grow many types of orchids with Paphiopedilums and Phalaenopsis leading in numbers. There is a wide range in number of orchids grown from 10 to over 800 per member. Location of growing areas vary with the basement being the most common followed by a plant room. Growing under florescent lights was common (Continued on page 6) Calendar of Events EIOS Meeting, 6:30 Social, Meeting at 7:00 pm, First Presbyterian Church, 2701 Rochester Ave, Iowa City, IA Illinois Orchid Society's "Fall Orchid Odyssey" Chicago Botanic Gardens, Lake Cook Rd., Glencoe, Il Second Annual Eastern Iowa Orchid Show and Sale Noelridge Park Greenhouse, 4900 Council Street NE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa EIOS Meeting, 6:30 Social, Meeting at 7:00 pm, First Presbyterian Church, 2701 Rochester Ave, Iowa City, IA EIOS Holiday Party, Details TBA First Presbyterian Church, 2701 Rochester Ave, Iowa City, IA Orchid Society of Minnesota "40th Anniversary" Winter Carnival Orchid Show, Marjorie McNeely Conservatory, 1225 Estabrook Drive, St. Paul, MN 10/01/13 10/12/13-10/13/13 10/19/13-10/20/13 11/05/13 12/03/13 01/25/14-01/26/14
Page 2 September 2013 Meeting Club President Lois Dusdieker said that she will review the questionnaires sent to members this summer and will use the results to pick the future meeting day and time, as well as set topics for 2013-2014 meetings. We discussed changes to the raffle. Members are welcome to donate orchids, other plants, old orchid books, etc. for the raffle. It was suggested that members who bring plants for show and tell get one free raffle ticket. We decided in advance to cancel the January meeting due to impending weather. However, there will be a January newsletter for Holiday Party photos, show announcements, and other business. Several club members gave presentations on how they care for their orchids. Nancy Granner grows Phalaenopsis orchids in an east window and moves them to the family room where they grow under lights after they start to bloom. Laynez Ackermann talked about Cattleyas. He likes to grow them on bark and uses organic fertilizers. He grows hot peppers to make his own insecticides. Jim Quaintance grows Paphiopedilums in semi-hydroponics so he only has to water about every 5 days. Nile Dusdieker talked about dealing with pests. Cinnamon is helpful for crown rot or black rot. Neem oil can be useful but it must be mixed with warm water to keep sprayers from clogging. Nile also likes Dr. Bronner s Peppermint Castile Soap for scale and mealy bugs. Lois and the raffle table. Laynez talks about Cattleyas. It s Quarter Auction Time! We will have our annual quarter auction at the October 1 meeting. Have a plant that you just can t get to bloom no matter what you do? Bring it to the quarter auction and let someone else have a try! Is your house starting to look more like a jungle with all those keikis and divisions? Bring them to the quarter auction! Are you envious of Lois and Nile s huge collection of exotic orchids? Come to the quarter auction and add fabulous plants to your collection at bargain prices! Here s how it works: One or more of our members will act as auctioneers, while the rest of us bid on the available plants. We bid in quarters so a bid of 1 is $0.25, a bid of 2 is $0.50, a bid of 3 is $0.75, and a bid of 4 is $1.00! Proceeds from the Quarter Auction will help support our Holiday Party! Bring lots of plants and bid often or else we will serve SPAM at our Holiday Party! You Bid: You Pay: 5 $ 1.25 6 $ 1.50 7 $ 1.75 8 $ 2.00 9 $ 2.25 10 $ 2.50 11 $ 2.75 12 $ 3.00 13 $ 3.25 14 $ 3.50 15 $ 3.75 You Bid: You Pay: 16 $ 4.00 17 $ 4.25 18 $ 4.50 19 $ 4.75 20 $ 5.00 21 $ 5.25 22 $ 5.50 23 $ 5.75 24 $ 6.00 50 $12.50 100 $25.00
Blue Cheese for EIOS at Wisconsin Orchid Show! Your society did well at the Wisconsin Orchid Show at the Mitchell Park Domes in Milwaukee on the weekend of September 14-15, 2013. The Dusdiekers and Hamptons setup a 50' exhibit and received a 1st place blue ribbon for the effort. The show had over 400 orchids for judging which was a bit of a surprise considering our unusually hot dry weather. A special thanks to Doc Bannister for providing some beautiful large Cattleyas and Phalaenopsis. We had 41 plants from 7 club members and received 17 ribbons including Best Cattleya of the Show and Most Fragrant Orchid in the Show. Doc Bannister also received an AOS award for the Phalaenopsis Ox Spot Queen Iowa AM/AOS. Several of our members have one of these unusual harlequin clones and it is now nice to see it recognized by the judges. Five different orchid societies attended the show and most are coming to our show in October. Competition will be tough so encourage your beauties to bloom and be ready for the Eastern Iowa Orchid Show and Sale, October 19-20 at Noelridge Greenhouse in Cedar Rapids. Nile D. Page 3 EIOS display setup with the Dusdiekers and the Hamptons. Visitors enjoying the orchids at the Domes. C. Spring Majesty - Best Cattleya of the show. Jim Q's Paph. primulinum x Mystic Isle.
Page 4 Milwaukee Show Photos Continued EIOS display with ribbons. Thank you to the club members who contributed plants to our show display! EIOS Gets Mugged! Be sure to watch the channel 9 morning news just before 7:00 AM on Wednesday, October 16. The Eastern Iowa Orchid Show and Sale will be featured as the KCRG Morning Mugshot! Directions to the 2nd Annual Eastern Iowa Orchid Show and Sale at the Noelridge Park Greenhouse, 4900 Council Street NE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402. From Iowa City: 1. Head north on I-380. 2. Take exit 23 for 42nd St. 3. Turn right onto 42nd St. NE 4. Turn left onto Council St. NE 5. The park is on the right just before Collins Rd. (Point A)
Page 5 2nd Annual Eastern Iowa Orchid Show and Sale October 19-20, 2013 Noelridge Park Greenhouse, 4900 Council Street NE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402 This regional orchid show will feature flowering orchid displays by societies from Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa, plus individual and vendor displays. Flowers and exhibits will be evaluated by American Orchid Society judges. A wide variety of orchids will be for sale from reputable vendors. The public is asked to come and cast their vote for the 'People's Choice Award' for the best orchid display in the show. Learn about repotting and basic orchid culture at hands-on lectures. The show offers a Fall splash of color with an opportunity to view exotic orchid blossoms in artistically arranged displays. For general information, display registration, and publicity, contact Nile Dusdieker (niledusdieker@gmail.com) Show Chairman: John Lorence (lorence5@aol.com) Society President: Lois Dusdieker (lois-dusdieker@uiowa.edu) Or visit the Eastern Iowa Orchid Show and Sale web site: http://www.orchidmall.com/eios/show.html The 2nd Annual Eastern Iowa Orchid Show and Sale is held in cooperation with The Cedar Rapids Parks and Recreation Department. Show Hours and Presentation Schedule Friday, October 18 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM Show Setup and Plant Registration Saturday, October 19 7:00 AM Judges and Clerks Breakfast 7:30 AM Show Judging, AOS Judging at 10:30 AM 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Show and Sale Open to the Public 1:00 PM Orchids Alive: When and How to Repot Your Orchid 3:00 PM Orchids Alive: Growing Orchids in Pebbles - Semi-hydroponics Sunday, October 20 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Show and Sale Open to the Public 1:00 PM Orchids Alive and Well: Orchid Pests and Diseases 3:00 PM Orchids Alive and Blooming: Tricks to Repotting and Re-blooming Orchids 4:00 PM Display Takedown Vendors: Anything Orchids, South Chicago, IL; Iowa Orchids, Des Moines, IA; Natt's Orchids, Naperville, IL; Orchid Trading Company, Chicago, IL; Orchids and Moore, Iowa City, IA Societies: Eastern Iowa Orchid Society, Iowa City, IA; Illowa Orchid Society, Davenport, IA; Orchid Growers Guild of Madison, WI; Central Iowa Orchid Society, Des Moines, IA; Batavia Orchid Society, Batavia, IL; Illinois Orchid Society, Chicago, IL ; Orchid Society of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Orchid Society of Greater Kansas City, Lenexa, KS Attention EIOS Members! We need your help to make the club s display at our show a winner! If you have any blooming plants for the club s display or have orchid photos, crafts, or memorabilia you would like to display please e- mail Nile Dusdieker (niledusdieker@gmail.com) or call him at 319-626-2236. If you are interested in learning more about judging orchids or would like to help hand out ribbons, please sign up to be a clerk on Saturday morning. Please contact Nile for more information. We also need help with refreshments for the judges, clerks, and other show participants. If you would like to help, please e-mail Lois Dusdieker (lois-dusdieker@uiowa.edu) or call her at 319-626-2236.
Hewlett-Packard Eastern Iowa Orchid Society The Eastern Iowa Orchid Society Your business tag line here. A small group of people with a big love of growing orchids. (Continued from page 1) which makes sense if orchids are in the basement. Others frequently use sunlight on a window sill. A few members grow their orchids in a greenhouse. Most members especially enjoy program presentations: slides, talks or guest speakers. Preferred topics were on orchid growing and care. Socializing/networking was frequently cited as important to members. Members also requested more member participation which is planned for the coming year. About one half of the responders are American Orchid Society members. Many members are willing to help with a variety of functions - refreshments, presentations, welcoming new members, raffle plants, orchid shows and serving as club officers. A GREAT RESOURCE! Again, thank you all for your input. If there is a special topic you would like to hear, let me or Jim Quaintance know. See you at the October meeting and BRING PLANTS for auction. Lois Dusdieker Hosts for Coming Months If you would like to volunteer to help with meeting refreshments, e-mail Lois (lois-dusdieker@uiowa.edu). A sign-up sheet for 2013-2014 refreshments will be available at the next meeting. Directions to First Presbyterian Church in Iowa City From East on I-80 take exit 249 on Herbert Hoover Hwy turn left and go about 5 minutes on Rochester and turn left on Mount Vernon Dr. As soon as you turn left the church parking lot is on your left. From West on I-80, take exit 246 turn right to Dodge St, turn left to Scott Blvd, turn right on First Ave, and stay on until you meet Rochester Ave, turn left, go few minutes, turn right on Mount Vernon Dr. As soon as you turn right the church parking lot is on your left. The meeting is in the Youth Room, as soon as you enter the building turn left & turn right.