FLAMINGO GARDENS ORCHID SOCIETY A F F I L I A T E D W I T H A M E R I C A N O R C H I D S O C I E T Y & F L A M I N G O G A R D E N S February 2015 Page 1 President s Message Are you recuperating from Orchid Fever? The Show season is underway with the Tamiami Show and the Fort Lauderdale Show behind us. Now it is the time to learn how to care for the plants you have added to your collection. Great reason to come to the meetings, bring your questions about orchid culture. If you want to make an orchid wish list, here are a couple ideas to help you. The Show & Tell table at our meetings is a way to learn what other members have success in growing and blooming. The guest speakers at our meetings are there to share their knowledge and love of orchids. Also, if you are at a show, look at the Hobbyist Display Table for other ideas. Remember, you want plants that will grow here in South Florida. The speaker at our January meeting was Judy Bailey. The presentation she gave was about Landscaping with Orchids and she had us glued to our seats. Thank you all for your comments on how much you enjoyed her presentation. Judy is at the end of her six-year student program with the American Orchid Society, now that is dedication! I look forward to having Judy back to speak in the future. Happy Valentine s Day to you all! See you at the meeting! Jan
Page 2 MAC S ORCHIDS TO SHARE ORCHID GROWING ADVICE Mac & Helen Rivenbark are the owners of Mac's Orchids. They grow and import species from Asia and the Philippines. Mac is going to provide hands-on demonstrations on mounting, dividing, potting, and growing your orchids. He will be bring a number of plants to pot or mount along with talking about the different materials used and different ways to grow your orchids as well as culture tips. Mac is well known in the orchid community so expect an interesting evening. Mac & Helen will also be selling plants at our February meeting. The January 2015 Blue Ribbon Winners Are By Bc. Hawaiian Adgenda Florida Winter Bc. Maikai Louise Yeni Logan C. Hawaiian Splash Lea Gerhard Conrad C. War Paint Sun Bulb Enc. Dovesound Treat NN Jan Lowenthal Epc. Rene Marques Tyler Steven Hurst Liparis grossa Natural World Jan Amador Oncidium Sunshine Jan Lowenthal Onc. Tsiku Marquerite Natasha Mullin Paph. Wallcrest Charm x Paph fairrianium album Steven Hurst Pot. Jack Crawford Facells Rhynchostylis gigantea Big Spot Yeni Logan Rhynchostylis gigantea x sib Rhynchostylis gigantea white Mike Vaupel Thank you to everyone who brought in plants! I m sorry that we didn t get to do Show & Tell! We had an excellent speaker and her program was longer than expected but I think everyone benefitted from her remarks! Please don t let the fact that we are sometimes unable to do Show & Tell keep you from bringing in your blooming plants! Many of us love to see them and it gives us an opportunity to see what s in bloom and how you are growing it even if you don t have the opportunity to tell us! We re looking forward to see what s blooming in your garden this month! Show off your blooming orchid and you get a raffle ticket. Click here for the Show & Tell Form.
Page 3 Hi Folks! Shirley s Corner By Shirley Decker While you are attending all the orchid shows in the following months, be on the lookout for a very pretty little species Cattleya named Cattleya aurantiaca. The flowers are somewhat star-shaped, with a spade-shaped lip, and borne in clusters of 10 to 15 flowers, giving a festive, showy display that will last for several weeks. Buy plants in bloom so that you can look for strong stems carrying open, bright flowers. Besides the typical orange, look for shades of yellow, red, and white. Cattleya aurantiaca is native to Guatemala and neighboring Central American countries, and blooms from late winter through spring. It is a bifoliate (two leaves on each psuedobulb.) Let it dry out between waterings. This Cattleya requires a bright location and day temperatures up to 90 F. Do not allow the night temperatures to drop below 60 F in the autumn when the plants are getting ready to set flowers for the following spring. Another species that is a neighbor geographically is Cattleya skinneri, which is called the Flower of San Sebastian in Costa Rica, where it is the national flower. Most flowers are rosy purple with a white throat, but a white form is also available. It is grown under the same conditions as the C. aurantiaca. Since both C. skinneri and C. aurantiaca are grown in the same area, a natural hybrid occurs. It is Cattleya x guatemalensis. The colors range from white to shades of pink and lavender to salmon, orange and red. This orchid is beautiful and can easily become a large specimen that puts on a great show. Some plants fill a shallow bushel basket and they have what looks like hundreds of bright flowers held well above the leaves. Constant air movement and more than 50 percent humidity are necessary to grow these plants well. An oscillating fan will do the job quite nice if you have little air movement. These orchids do not have a rest period so watering thoroughly when necessary and fertilize with 20-20-20 in the autumn to promote the best possible flowering. If repotting use a coarse bark or a mix with mostly bark so that water drains freely through the medium and air moves through the mix, or do as I do and mount your orchid on a tree, fern, or cypress mount. Finally I want to congratulate Lori Parish for her first AOS award at the Ft. Lauderdale Orchid Show last month and two blue ribbons! Good job Lori!! She named her orchid after her grand-daughters.
Page 4 2014-2015 Board of Directors President Jan Amador jbamador@bellsouth.net 954-347-2738 First Vice President Programs Shirley Decker Second Vice President Membership, Website, Newsletter Debbie Brown Treasurer Marcy Schwartz Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary Mike Vaupel Trustee One Year Mary Lathrop Gerhard Conrad Joan Viggiani Trustee Two Year Yeni Logan Peter Stevens Email us at: flamingogardensorchidsociety@gmail.co m Find us on: Facebook Visit our Web site at: FlamingoGardensOrchidSociety.com S i l e n t A u c t i o n Want to sell some of your orchids or other plant related items? Bring them to the meeting and sell them on the Silent Auction table. Ten percent of your profit is donated to the society and the rest you keep! Complete the Silent Auction Form and bring it with your plant. Blank forms will be available on the Silent Auction table. Not Selling? Bidding on auction items is a great way to grow your orchid collection! VOLUNTEER TODAY! FGOS Events at Flamingo Gardens February 21 & 22 The 19 th Annual Garden Festival & Bonsai Show April 4 & 5 The 35 th International Orchid & Bromeliad Show We need volunteers for both of these shows. Please sign up at the February meeting. Board of Directors Meeting The next Board Meeting will be held February 23rd th - 7:30 p.m. It will be held at Mary Lathrop s house 11515 SW 51 Ct, Cooper City, FL 954 426-6745 Members are welcome to come & observe & get a feel of what it s like to be a Board Member. Come join us!
Page 5 Thank you! to Kristi Davis and Sally & Frank Tastinger, for their donations to our Raffle Table at the January Meeting. Kristi donated two Vandas and Frank & Sally brought Mounting materials. Thank you for sharing with our members! Upcoming Orchid Events Flamingo Gardens 19 th Annual Garden Festival & Bonsai Show Welcome Let s all Welcome the following new members who joined our society. Introduce yourself, show them around We re happy you re with us! Patricia Donly Judy Goos Dorry Martinez Affiliated with The American Orchid Society & Flamingo Gardens Meeting 2nd Monday of the Month At 7:30pm at Flamingo Gardens 3750 South Flamingo Road, Davie, FL Email us at: flamingogardensorchidsociety@gmail.com Find us on: Facebook February 21 22 Flamingo Gardens 9:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m. Deerfield Bach Orchid Society Orchid Auction March 10, 2015 Preview 7:00 p.m. Auction 7:30 p.m. 910 E. Hillsboro Blvd, Deerfield Beach, FL The Garden Expo at Volunteer Park March 28 & 29, 2015 The 35 th International Orchid & Bromeliad Show April 4 & 5 Want to win a couple of raffle tickets? All you have to do is: Bring a Show & Tell plant Bring a dish to share Wear your name badge Buy $5 worth of tickets Visit our Web site at: FlamingoGardensOrchidSociety.com
Page 6 Congratulations to had her 3 year old orchid awarded by the AOS West Palm Beach Judging Center on January 24 th. Last year, Joan Viggiani recommended that Sandi consider bring this orchid in for judging the next time it bloomed. So, Sandy took it in and was awarded an AOS HCC! The orchid came from Krull-Smith but because Frank Smith had never registered it with RHS, Sandi was able to register and name it!! She chose to name it after both of her brothers who have passed away. The name is Blc. Memoria Brian Jonathan Susskind Brotherly Love. Frank still grows and sells this orchid, so going forward they will all carry a tag with this name!! The parents of this hybrid are Blc. Susan Harry x Blc. Sylvia Hill. See what happens when you apply water, food, and tender loving care! Congrats Sandi! Blc. Memoria Brian Jonathan Susskind Brotherly Love TICKET PRICES RISE As everyone knows the cost of just about everything has been going up, up, up! The only thing right now we see going down are gas prices and we all wonder when they will start rising again. Recently on Florida Orchid Growing - FOG Facebook page a poll was taken to see what orchid societies charge for raffle tickets. FGOS was very unique. We were the only society charging 50 cents a ticket and, we raffle 3 special blooming orchids on the ticket table. At the last board meeting we discussed the rise in the cost of running the society, the speaker s fees, refreshment supplies, rent, etc., and we felt that the time has come to increase the Raffle Ticket Prices. Beginning with our February meeting, ticket prices will be as follows: Raffle Table: $1.00 p/ticket or 6 tickets for $5.00 Blooming Orchids (on ticket table): $2.00 p/ticket or 3 tickets for $5.00 Raffle tickets are how we support! Your contributions are appreciated. Remember there are ways to win free tickets, see page 5 for details.
Page 7 February Birthday Sweethearts Gail Johnson Feb 3 Jim Allbritton Feb 5 Kristi Davis Feb 17 Nell Sander Feb 20 Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear FGOS member Happy Birthday to YOU! Pauline Boutros Feb 24 If we missed your birthday, we wish you a very Happy Birthday! Please let us know so we can update our information. Friends of FGOS If you re not a member of FGOS and you want to become one, or if you ve forgotten to renew your membership, pick up a membership form at our next meeting Membership is $20.00 per person. You can also complete the Membership Form online, print it, and you can: Bring it with you to our next meeting with Cash or Check Or Mail it to: Debbie Brown, 15101 Durham Ln, Davie, FL 33331 Blank forms are available at the meeting. At FGOS we love our Snacks! We all enjoy the delicious appetizers and amazing desserts that are shared each month. Bring in one of your favorite dishes and earn a raffle ticket! Please remember to sign up (on the clipboard) when you re planning to bring a dish for the following month. Thank you all for bringing our snacks And Thanks to Mary Lathrop and Pat Hady for setting up & cleaning up the refreshment tables each month great job Ladies!