December - Staten Island Orchid Society

Volume XXXVI, Issue 12, December 2013
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Hello,friends!
It was good
seeing you all
at last month’s
Orchid Society meeting! I
I regret that we will not be able
to be there at the next meeting.
Barbara and I would like to wish all
of you a very happy holiday season.
We look forward to seeing you next
year! Till then,
~ John Foley, Pres.
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hope your Thanksgiving day was as
wonderful as ours.
After last meeting, I feel very
comfortable with the society looking
forward. We have a dedicated board
and officers, our treasury is sufficient
for our needs and our plans for the
future are solid.
This months meeting is our
auction and potluck dinner. You
know the drill. Bring food, money,
friends and family. It will begin at
6:30 PM. Dave will arrive at 5:30
and I’m sure he could use some help
setting up the plants. From what
I heard, there’s going to be some
lovely plants to choose from.
Jeff Li’s Dendrobium Mini Snowflake (Den. aberrans x
Dendrobium johnsoniae)
Our next meeting is:
December 17th, 2013 at 6:30 pm
The Staten Island Orchid Society meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
All Saints Episcopal Church, 2329 Victory Blvd. at Wooley Ave., Staten Island, NY 10314
November
Show Tables
Dendrobium Tie Die ‘Dappled’ x Rutherford Sunspot
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Sc. Crystelle Smith ‘Aileen’ AM/AOS
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Dendrobium Bucko ‘Beckett’ Pee Wee x Tangerinum
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Cattleya triumphans (Cattleya rex (Imperial) x Cattleya dowiana)
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Blc. Golden Chieftan ‘Akukii’
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Ascoscenda kolvadee Fragrance
Catasetum Frilly Doris ‘SVO’
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Oncidium Twinkle ‘Fragrance Fantasy’
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Rhynchorides Magic Wand
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EPC. Midldleburg ‘Maj’
Vanda Coerulia
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Phrag. richarti ‘Green Giant’ x lindeyanum ‘Mile high’
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Radiant Orchid reaches across
the color wheel to intrigue
the eye and spark the
imagination,” said Leatrice
Eiseman, executive director
of the Pantone Color
Institute®. “An invitation
to innovation, Radiant
Orchid
encourages
expanded
creativity
and originality, which
is increasingly valued in
today’s society.”
“An enchanting harmony
of fuchsia, purple and pink
undertones,
Radiant
Orchid
inspires
confidence
and
emanates great joy, love and
health. It is a captivating purple,
one that draws you in with its
beguiling charm.”
SIOS Member Kathleen Ruoti shared
an interesting tidbit with us via e-mail.
Kathleen writes: “Those of us in the society
involved in the arts may be interested in
the latest color forecasting for 2014. The
pinky purple color named ‘Radiant Orchid’
was announced as Pantone’s Color of the
Year.” Kathleen went on to share a Wall
Street Journal Online article with us which
you can read here: http://goo.gl/XdZFl6.
Following Kathleen’s lead, here is
Pantone’s Press Release: Pantone Reveals
Color of the Year for 2014: PANTONE 183224 Radiant Orchid
Pantone, an X-Rite company and the global
authority, today announced PANTONE®
18-3224 Radiant Orchid, a captivating,
magical, enigmatic purple, as the color of
the year for 2014.
“While the 2013 color of the year,
PANTONE 17-5641 Emerald, served as a
symbol of growth, renewal and prosperity,
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Radiant Orchid for Fashion
Radiant Orchid’s rosy undertones
radiate on the skin, producing a healthy
glow when worn by both men and
women. A dazzling attention-getter,
Radiant Orchid permeated the runways
during the spring 2014 fashion shows
and is already making its way onto the
red carpet. Fashion designers featured in
the PANTONE Fashion Color Report Spring
2014, including Emerson by Jackie FraserSwan, Juicy Couture and Yoana Baraschi,
are incorporating Radiant Orchid into their
spring collections and variations of this
hue will carry into men’s and women’s
clothing and accessories throughout next
year.
Radiant Orchid for Beauty
A modern and surprisingly versatile
shade, Radiant Orchid enlivens the skin,
making all who wear it feel more healthy
and energetic. Blending both cool and warm
undertones, purple is an appealing hue for
distinctive combinations and flattering to
many hair, eye and skin tones.
This multifaceted hue is seductive
when combined with red and pairs well with
its sister shades of lavender, purple and pink,
which provides an assortment of lipstick and
blush options. Radiant Orchid’s exuberance
also acts as a brilliant finishing touch to nails.
Radiant Orchid for Interiors
Spruce
up
interior
spaces
by
incorporating this eye-catching hue in paint,
accent pieces and accessories. As adaptable
as it is beautiful, Radiant Orchid complements
olive and deeper hunter greens, and offers
a gorgeous combination when paired with
turquoise, teal and even light yellows.
Likewise, the vibrant color is sure to
liven up neutrals including gray, beige and
taupe. Uplifting and bold without being
overpowering, Radiant Orchid reenergizes
almost any color palette and provides a
unifying element for diverse spaces.
November Showtable Tallies
Greenhouse
Ronald Altman = 30
Tano carbonaro = 8
Dave O’Dell = 24
Colman Rutkin = 43
Year End Showtable Tallies
Congratulations to our members
who put forth such wonderful show
tables throughout the year. Here are
the First, Second and Third Place
winners for each category. Prizes
will be awarded at our next meeting.
Greenhouse
First Place: Dave O’Dell
Second Place: Ronal Altman
Third Place: Colman Rutkin
Lights
First Place: Ray and Gertrude Fox
Second Place: Pat Cammarano
Third Place: Renee Lichtman
Window
First Place: Amy Trautwein
Second Place: Jeff Li
Third Place: Judy Hafner
Lights
Pat Cammarano = 21
Roy and Getrude Fox = 28
Window
Jeff Li = 5
Vivian Prestia = 21
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Collector s
’ Items
Cattleya maxima
Reprinted from the AOS Website
(http://www.aos.org/Default.
aspx?id=157)
Cattleya maxima
‘Crownfox Delicado’ AM/AOS
During the Virreynato del Peru
expedition, Hipolito Ruiz, Jose Pavon
and Joseph Dombey collected Cattleya
maxima. This trio comprised the first
botanical group assembled to document
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the native plants for the famous Flora
Peruviana et Chilensis and arrived in Lima
April 8, 1778. For 10 years they traversed
the surroundings of Tarma, Huanuco,
Cuchero and Pozuzo in the rainforests of
central Peru. However, they never explored
the areas of Quito and Loja, in Ecuador.
While in Peru, Ruiz and Pavon started to
train a third Spanish botanist, Juan Jose
Tafalla, to carry on their exploration.
Beginning in June 1785, and continuing
until his death in 1811, Tafalla followed in
Ruiz and Pavon’s footsteps, collecting plant
material and sending it to Spain. In May
1799 Tafalla set off to explore Loja, where
he remained and collected for 10 years.
After the French occupation in 1816, Ruiz
died in Madrid, and difficult times forced
Pavon to start mailing drawings and plant
herbaria of the Peruvian expeditions to
London. .
As stated in Lindenia, Aylmer B.
Lambert acquired this botanical material
and showed the herbaria to Dr. John
Lindley, who concluded that a plant
collected by Juan Tafalla in the Andes near
Guayaquil, Ecuador, was a new Cattleya.
Lindley had established the genus Cattleya
in honor of Sir William Cattley in 1821,
and described three species - Cattleya
labiata (1821), Cattleya loddigesii (1823)
and Cattleya forbesii (1823) - before
publishing Cattleya maxima in 1831.
By 1842 explorer Hartweg had sent
live plants of C. maxima to the Royal
Horticultural Society in London. In 1866
the search for this species was resumed
when Linden dispatched explorer Gustav
Wallis to the region between Rio Tumbes
and Rio Huancabamba. Wallis obtained
plants that were sent to Linden’s nursery
in Brussels.
Two distinct forms of C. maxima the “lowland type” and the “upland type”
- occur (Withner, 1988). The elevations of
the habitats range from 330 to 6,000 feet
(100 to 1,800 meters) above sea level.
The lowland type occurs near Guayaquil
in the Pacific Coastal areas near this
Ecuadorian port. Vegetatively it is “...
gigantic compared to other cattleyas”
(Withner, 1988). It stands 28 inches (70
cm) tall and is larger than any of the
Cattleya labiata group. The number of
quite-floppy-and-small flowers rendered
in soft colors ranges from 12 to 25. In
Cattleya maxima ‘Crownfox’ AM/AOS
contrast, the upland form is similar in
size to members of the Cattleya labiata
complex. Four to six very dark 6-inch (15cm) flowers are borne in a cluster.
Except for Cattleya aurea, C.
maxima is the only Cattleya that grows
on the Pacific side of the western slopes
of the Andes in an extended area ranging
from Peru northward through Ecuador and
Colombia; it also occurs in Venezuela. In
Peru it is called Flor de Navidad, Christmas
Flower (Withner, 1988).
HYBRIDS
In 1859 the famous orchid firm
of Veitch and Sons registered the first
Cattleya hybrid, and one of its parents was
C. maxima. Named Cattleya Dominiana
(maxima x intermedia), it honored John
Dominy who first obtained orchid hybrids
from seeds. This same firm registered other
C. maxima hybrids in the last decades of
the 19th century: Laeliocattleya Amesiana
in 1884 (x Laelia crispa), Cattleya Chlois
in 1893 (x bowringiana) and Cattleya
Vestalis in 1899 (x C. dowiana). According
to Sander’s List of Registered Orchid
Hybrids, there were 22 primary and three
secondary C. maxima hybrids registered
prior to 1925. No C. maxima hybrids
were registered between 1925 and 1960.
Since then through 1990, however, 15 C.
maxima hybrids were registered.
According to Ernest Hetherington
(1985), bifoliate cattleyas impart the
shape of their lips to their progeny when
hybridized with unifoliate cattleyas.
However, it seems this is not the case
with the monofoliate C. maxima. Hybrids
within the genus Cattleya, such as
Cattleya Coloramax (x bicolor), possess
a C. maxima-like lip, as do intergeneric
hybrids, such as Brassocattleya Fuchs
Star (x Brassavola nodosa).
There are special horticultural
characteristics to anticipate in future
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hybrids. Cattleya maxima (upland type)
has been observed growing outdoors in
California, Florida, Guayaquil and Lima,
sometimes in full sun. We have grown C.
maxima where it receives cool nights 40
F (5 C) and full sunshine, which suggests
C. maxima possesses the ability to adapt
to many climates, and, therefore, can be
cultivated in a diversity of environments.
Well-grown plants produce two
growths each year. Combining Laelia
anceps hybrids with Cattleya maxima
might yield improved orchids for growing
outdoors where temperatures dip to
freezing. Although the fragrance of C.
maxima’s flowers is unremarkable, there
are a few clones of the upland type that
do perfume the air of a small greenhouse
in the morning.
COLOR FORMS
• var. alba There are two Ecuadorian
forms. One was exhibited at the
Guayaquil International Orchid Show in
1988. There is a Peruvian variety not
yet presented at any show, but we have
a previous record of another Peruvian
alba form at the Botanical Garden of
Heidelberg (Dr. Senghas, personal
communication).
• var. coerulea One of the most beautiful
coerulea forms was exhibited at the
1991 Guayaquil, Ecuador orchid show
where it received an AM/AOS (86 pts.).
This C. maxima ‘Hector’, AM/AOS, was
raised by Padre Angel M. Andreeta. The
flowers are spaced for an attractive
presentation.
• var. concolor An Ecuadorian form with a
lovely pure soft rose color and no veins
in the lip, but with the usual yellow vein
in the middle of the lip.o
• white sepals and petals. There are no
colored veins inside the lip, which is
pigmented a soft rose color.
• var. semi-alba From the highlands of
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Ayabaca, this form is published here
in color for the first time. There is
one division of the plant in Dr. Sergio
Oliveria’s collection (Sao Paulo, Brazil),
from which he will prepare the botanical
description.
• var. superba From the uplands of
Northern Peru. The shape of the flower
is similar to the upland type but the
flower reaches 9 inches (22 cm) in
good growing conditions. This cultivar
has been selfed and the seedlings are
healthy.
• var. venosa This has the type colors
of the upland variety, but with dark
venation in the petals. Without a
doubt, the future appears bright for C.
maxima - the greatest cattleya - whose
true beauty is only now beginning to be
appreciated.
References
Hetherington, Ernest. 1985. The bifoliate cattleyas
- 1 - purples, pinks, and whites. Amer. Orchid Soc.
Bull. 54(10): 1210-1219.
Withner, Carl. 1988. The Cattleyas and Their
Relatives: Volume I, The Cattleyas. Timber Press,
Portland.
OFFICERS
John Foley, President
Jeff Li, Vice President
Amy Eli Trautwein, Co-Vice President
Colman Rutkin, Treasurer
Carol Cammarano, Co-Treasurer
Sharon Jaffee, Secretary / AOS Rep
Keith Litchman, Membership Secretary
NEWSLETTER
Jeff Li, Editor and Photography
TRUSTEES
Ron Altman, D.D.S.
Carol Cammarano
Patrick Cammarano
Gerry Cassella
Roy Fox
Renee Lichtman
David O’Dell
Kathleen Ruoti
Karen Silverman
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