November - Staten Island Orchid Society

Volume XXXVI, Issue 11, November 2013
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Hello,friends!
It was very
nice seeing you
at the last Orchid
Society meeting! It was an
interesting evening. What
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sounded like fun turned out to be
our first and last members’ sale and
the swap meet.
I apologize. I should have
given this a lot of more thought.
Some sort of plan would have been
helpful. I do want to thank all of you
who participated. We did have a
wonderful show table.
As we are getting ready to start
the new year, I ask you to let us
know what kind of programs might
interest you. We will have speakers
when they are available, but, what
else would you like to do?
Remember, we are planning
on participating in the Deep Cut
show this February. We are going
to need some help. I will be taking
volunteers on Tuesday the 19th.
Also, please remember to talk
to Karen Silverman about the Orchid
Society polo shirts. We are trying
to ensure everyone who wants one
has the opportunity to get an order
in. Be sure to talk to Karen at the
meeting. I look forward to seeing
you then.
~ John Foley, Pres.
Pat Cammaranos C. bowringiana x C. Armstrongiae
(C. Hardyana x C. loddigesii ) Reg. 1897 Pat notes that this
would be out of bloom by our meeting, and the orchid had 13
flowers.
Our next meeting is:
November 19th, 2013 at 7 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
October
Show Tables
Vanda (Meg Laughlin x Agatha Motes) ‘Maui Spots’
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Vanda Nonthaburi
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Oncidium
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Oncidium Wildcat
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Cattleya Portia Coerulean (Longwood)
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Laelopcattleya Mary Elizabeth Bohn ‘Royal Flare’ AM/AOS
Ascoscenda kolvadee Fragrance
Paphiopedilum Henrietta Fujiwara (haynaldianum ‘PZandCo’x
primulinum var.purpurascens ‘Tall 50’)
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C. Summer Spot ‘Carmela’
Zygopetalum Advance Australia ‘HOF’ AM/AOS
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Dendrobium Thongchai Gold Mountain
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EPC. Midldleburg ‘Maj’
Blc. Rustic spots
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Potinara Burana Beauty
(Detail)
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Potinara Burana Beauty
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Colm. Wildcat ‘Green Valley’
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Cattleya Chocolate Drop
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Dendrobium Enobi Purple ‘Splash’
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Cymbidium Amazing ‘Cutie Pie’ AM/AOS
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(Vanda Katsura x Ascoscenda Peggy Foo) x Vanda Doctor Anek
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Brassophronitis Edna ‘Summit’
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Slc. California Apricot x BLC Love Sound
October Showtable Tallies
Greenhouse
Ronald Altman = 73
Dave O’Dell = 49
Colman Rutkin = 9
Lights
Pat Cammarano = 41
Window
Michael Corace = 8
Roy and Getrude Fox = 42
Outside
Vivian Prestia = 9
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Collector s
’ Items
Cattleya lueddemanniana
Rchb. f.
Reprinted from the AOS Website
(http://www.aos.org/Default.
aspx?id=156)
Cattleya leuddemanniana ‘Dark’ x ‘Tina’
The first description of this species
was done by the German botanic H. G.
Reichenbach in 1854 in Xenia Orchidacea,
based on a plant without an exact known
identity. This plant was sent under the
name of Cattleya maxima to the well
known collection of Mr. Pescatore in
St. Cloud, near Paris, France. H. G.
Reichenbach in his description mentioned
that the dry flower had a natural spread
of 26 cm (10.5 inches) and also about the
narrowness of the labellum in comparison
with C. labiata. But he never mentioned
the two small horns (wings) at the apex of
the column, which only C. lueddemanniana
has. Once H. G. Reichenbach noticed that
it was a different Cattleya species than C.
maxima, he decided to name it after Mr.
Lueddemann, who was the head gardener
of Pescatore. About 10 years later in
England, after C. lueddemanniana was
described in France by H. G. Reichenbach,
in Garden’s Chronical, p. 404 in adnot.,
without any taxonomic revue, the same
plant was named Cattleya speciosissima
Hort. This is one of the reasons why still
today this species is named in England and
especially in Venezuela C. speciosissima.
Cattleya lueddemanniana is endemic to
the northern Coastal Range of Venezuela
and grows from the sea level up to
1,800 feet elevation. In this part of the
country we have very little rainfall and
the vegetation is totally xerophytic. The
temperature during the daytime can get
as high as 90° F and at night cools down
to the 60°’s F. The flowering season is
from late December to March. In some
occasions and mainly on huge plants
which grow near the sea, we can observe a
second flowering season from September
to November. The bloom sheath appears
right after the growth matures. In some
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cases the pseudobulbs and the leaves
have some maroon anthocyanin spots.
This pigmentation disappears once the
flowers get older. C. lueddemanniana has
very round bulbs which have two to three
segments, one of the characteristics that
identifies this species. The leaves are
relatively short, round and very thick in
comparison to the long pseudobulb. This
is probably due to the very high light
intensity and temperature of the habitat.
In the habitat exists a natural hybrid
of C. mossiae and C. lueddemanniana,
called Cattleya x gravesiana. The habitat
of the C. mossaie is the same northern
coastal range, only difference is that this
latter species grows at higher elevations
(from 3,600 to 4,600 feet). Some
taxonomists think that C. lueddemanniana
should be separated in two different
sub-species (groups of plants with some
visable differences from two different
geographical areas), but the habitat is not
really divided or separated. The difference
is that plants from the eastern part of the
Coastal range have a bigger, fuller flower
and the two yellow eyes on the lip are
not very intense. The C. lueddemanniana
from the western part of the habitat have
smaller flowers but a much darker purple
color and a very bright yellow on the lip.
C. lueddemanniana has several
different color forms: alba, semi-alba,
coeruela and the tipo form. In the last
10 years a lot of improvement has been
achieved by hybridizers line-breeding
select parents, and these once-rare color
forms are now very easy to obtain.
This beautiful Cattleya species is
very easy to grow and adapts very quickly
to new environments which is why it is
recommended for the beginner. General
“Cattleya Conditions” would be the perfect
recommendation. Water it once or twice
a week, use a very quick drying medium
and preferably, a wooden basket or a clay
pot allowing their roots to dry quickly. C.
lueddemanniana doesn’t like to “sleep”
with wet feet (roots). It can tolerate a high
intensity of light, but it is not necessary
to grow and flower well. The best time
for repotting is right after the blooming,
when the new pseudobulb starts to make
new roots.
Best in Class Trophy; Unifoliate Cattleya
Species. Best in Show Trophy; Cattleya
19th WOC; exhib: R.F. Orchids
Many thanks to Michael Sinn of
Canaima Orchids for this essay.
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The habitat of Cattleya lueddemanniana in
Lara State, Venezuela
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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