Amherst Orchid Society January 2015 Newsletter

The Newsletter of the
Amherst Orchid Society
An affiliate of the American Orchid Society
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Holiday Meeting
Roger West
A little snow greeted a festive group at Munson for a light hearted get together. The food was the highlight with
many nice platters. Surprisingly there was food left over. Our upcoming show was briefly discussed as sign-up
sheets were passed around. Steve Steiner brought up the idea for a Wardian case to display the little bloomers. A
Wardian case is a glass (plastic) enclosed environment to grow the small orchids that require very high humidity.
The size is about 4’ x4’ being completely enclosed with a few air vents. I used to see two of these cases at previous
New York shows. Mountain Orchids (Ludlow, Vt.) and J & L always displayed in these cases. Little plants get
lost in the big Club display and suffer from the dry environment, even constant misting doesn’t help. Keith Tibbetts volunteered to build the case and Steve was sort of volunteered to set up this display. I think this is a great
idea. Many of you growers do not give Joe or I these little beauties for our traveling displays because the plants
really take a beating in the dry environments.
Keith and Alice passed around the orchid quiz to five random groups. As was the case with last year’s quiz, everyone learned something, and it was fun. When I first joined the Club, Verda Dale was the program director and
every December there would be a quiz. She did this to group people that normally wouldn’t socialize together.
Verda spent a great deal of time in Hawaii so the questions had that slant. First time I learned what a keikei (baby)
meant. Keith’s quizzes have some dark humor involved. An example was identifying that Russian name he gave
us. I thought it was a gymnast. Next year I envision a question relating to a homing pigeon with some sort of
flight record.
Marc Gray was quite happy as the mailed newsletters went from 54 down to 21. He would like to see that number
drop even further. If you have e-mail let Marc know so you can get the newsletter this way. E-mailed newsletters
gives you Tom’s color photos. Some gal mentioned “Tumbler” in relation to the Internet. I thought she was referring to Keith’s Russian gymnast! The show table was impressive as Steve highlighted the plants I couldn’t see.
Marc had two plants (not the blooms) the size of a silver dollar. We need that Wardian case! Joe and I will be collecting plants for the Cape show at our January meeting. The Cape show is the following weekend.
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At next week’s meeting, we will have a speaker, Jean Stefanik, an AOS judge in the Northeast Judging Center who took an extend trip to New Zealand last year. She will be talking to us about that trip and her topic
will be on Native and Cultivated New Zealand Orchids.
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Orchid Musings
Keith Tibbetts
orchid musings....so....i wasn't able to attend any club meetings this summer. but at the nov meeting i was welcomed with smiles and "glad you're here". it was nice. alot nicer than the slide show i showed from the American
orchid society. so.....as acting program director, i need suggestions for meeting programs...i will do the follow up ,
but i need some leads. we have some money to pay for speakers etc. next month i will make a second try at the
previous tradition of having an orchid quiz at the december pot luck meeting. we will break into teams with one
experienced member and do some schmoozing while trying to answer the questions for big prizes!!
as to my personal orchid journey..........most know my 2000 plant collection froze to death last february. it took until the end of the summer to completely clean out the dead plants....i would look at each label and get sad about the
loss of such a beautiful flowering potential. and many had a story about their acquisition. i could only clean up for
an hour at a time.
so now i'm in a rebuilding year(s?). as you all know it's alot of fun to get new plants. i'm not limited by having no
space as many of you are. i guess i have about 250? plants now.......look for sales at nurseries on line.............have a
beer and bid on ebay on sunday nights( alot of orchis auctions on ebay end on sunday night). there is a predictability to this ebay process.....i search mostly cattleya and specimen and mounted and vanda catagories. 95 % doesn't
interest me ( compared to 8 years ago starting out, when 95% were exciting). of the plants that interest me, most
are too small!!; divisions or 2 inch pots....OR if there is a nice flower in a big pot, it seems that everyone else wants
it too.....many bids, up, up , up. i have my limits, which are higher the more beers i consume. most times i'm not
around at the final minutes, but sometimes i have fun topping a bid with 30 seconds left. i will say that i have never
been disappointed with the quality of the plants once they arrive.
recently motes orchids of redlands florida announced a sale of high quality vanda seedlings( about 8" across; probably 3 years from blooming) for $10 each. i ordered 16. i used to have 200? vandas, they do well in my greenhouse, but they are harder to come across than cats or oncidiums or (ugh) paphs. i used to go to florida each spring,
but my credit cards are gone, and don't have the real money to go. it was so much fun to fly down with 2 empty
suitcases, and return with 2 suitcases stuffed with vandas. maybe there will be some vandas at the judges auction
on dec 20 ( don't go).
my other source of new plants has been the generosity of club members!! it is very touching to have someone
come up to me and saying " these are for you!"
if any of you need any orchid pots, baskets, wire hangers, pot clips, norlite, i have a 10 x 10 storeroom filled. i will
be happy to give any of this stuff away.
i also want to bring up the topic of helping new members. i would like to see a mentor/buddy system, where an experienced grower offers to help a novice. if any of you new members have any questions, try to find me at a meeting.....
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Restrepias
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Steve Steiner
Restrepia is a genus of about 50 species of Pleurothallids that range from southern Mexico to northern South
America. Most of the species are from the Andes and hence will tolerate cool conditions. Some species will only
grow in cool conditions.
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Most of the species are quite small, only a couple of inches tall. The flowers arise at the junction of the stem and
the single leaf. In some species, the flower is almost invisible, hiding under the leaf and can only be seen by holding the plant upside down, or standing beneath the plant. Other species hold their flowers well away from the leaf
and can be quite showy for a small Pleurothallid. I try to avoid those species with hidden flowers but have a couple which were purchased based on a photo of the flower rather than the whole plant. I presently grow a dozen
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At first glance the flowers appear to have a total of 4 sepals and petals instead of the 6 seen in the vast majority of
orchids. The largest and showiest part of the Restrepia flower are the 2 lateral sepals which are usually fused almost to the tip. The actual lip is much smaller and usually lies on top of the fused sepals. The fused lateral sepals
range in color from tan to yellow to orange, pink, red and purple, often with contrasting stripes or dots. Some of
the species will produce a few flowers almost continuously for months at a time. Others, like Restrepia Lansburkii
bloom in flushes with as many as 20 blooms at a time. Restrepia brachypus is my largest plant, growing in a basket, it measures 8 inches high by 16 inches across. Flowers are bright yellow with fine red stripes. None of the
others I grow are nearly as large. Restrepia striata ‘Waynes’ is the most vigorous. It forms numerous keikis (small
plants coming from the junction of the leaf and stem. Keiki is the Hawaiian word for a child.) These keikis will
continue to grow even when lying on benches as long as I mist them on occasion.
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Restrepias are one of the few orchids which can be grown from leaf cuttings. Use a mature leaf, preferably one
that has already flowered. Cut the stem near the base (always with a sterile tool) and place it in medium with the
stem and bottom of the leaf covered with medium. It works faster if you use a leaf with a small root already showing. Before you start making lots of cuttings, unlike African violets, it takes me 4 to 5 years to get small flowering
plants from a leaf cutting.
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As with many Pleurothallids, the showier the flower, the slower the plant seems to grow and the less likely it is to
form any keikis. A plant I purchased from Lee Kuhn (the “L” of J & L Orchids) about 30 years ago, with beautiful
1 inch carmine red flowers grew slowly for many years and finally had about 15 leaves. I then split it when I repotted it. One plant promptly died. The other died back to 2 small leaves before it slowly recovered. The plant,
Restrepia helmsleyana, now sanguinea, grew back to a reasonable size and began to flower better than ever. It
formed a couple of keikis for the first time and the main plant promptly died. Fortunately most Restrepias are
much more forgiving.
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J & L grow most of their large plants mounted. I have had much less luck growing them that way. I grow most of
them in clay pots with Styrofoam at the bottom of the pot and with a potting medium of New Zealand sphagnum
moss with small amounts of perlite and fine tree fern to keep the medium open. I pack the medium loosely into the
pot, putting only enough medium to keep the plant from falling over. I try to repot every other year. With this
method, it is almost impossible to overwater.
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Speaking of water, I grow Restrepia cuprea, a small plant with beautiful copper colored flowers. It grows and
flowers well but leaves always have brown tips which enlarge as the leaves age. Bill Benner brought in a division
of my plant with perfect leaves. Bill uses rain water to water his orchids, something to consider.
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Restrepias are small plants with exotic and often showy flowers, and best of all, because of their size, there is always room for another one.
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Amherst Orchid Society on Social Media
Rebecca Schwartz
The Amherst Orchid Society currently has two social media websites maintained by two different members. Bill
Arduser maintains the Facebook page, and Rebecca Schwartz maintains the Tumblr page. Both are accessible on a
computer and through a mobile app. I think we are currently the only orchid society in the world that has a Tumblr
page.
Facebook is familiar to most members and was originally founded ten years ago. Users create a user profile and
invite friends whose posts show up on their newsfeed. People can share everything from pictures to text posts to
videos and urls. Once a user profile is created, you can find people you want to be friends with or organizations to
follow. Don't forget to set your privacy settings. There is a picture of a lock on the top right, and you decide who
you want to see your profile and how much. You can set your preferences by clicking the downward facing arrow
on the far right at the top.
Following organizations like the Amherst Orchid Society it easy. When you are viewing any Facebook page, there
is a large white bar at the top of the page with a blue "f" in a white box. That is next to the search box that can be
used to search for people or organizations. In order to follow AOS, you can either search for it or click on the url
below. To have updates show up on your newsfeed, click the "Like" button in the picture at the top of the page.
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Anything posted to the Facebook page can be shared with people on your newsfeed, and they can then share with
their newsfeed. Remember, that the Facebook page is for all of us. Please post anything orchid related to the page.
Questions, comments about what your orchids are currently doing, pictures of your orchids, & links to orchid info
are all great.
The Facebook page url is: https://facebook.com/AmherstOrchidSociety, and if you are reading the newsletter
online, you can click the url and go directly to the page.
Tumblr is not as a familiar website as Facebook, even though it is only two years younger. This social media site is
a microblogging website and works like a cross between a blog and Facebook. However, unlike Facebook, you do
not have to be a member to view content.
If you google Tumblr, it will bring you directly to a page to sign up. You would create a username and password,
select how you want your blog to look, and then the site requires you follow four other blogs to start out. Our site
is https://amherstorchids.tumblr.com. I would also recommend Orchid-A-Day (orchid-a-day.tumblr.com), The
Orchid Whisperer (gabillopastellio.tumblr.com), and The NY Botanical Garden (nybg.tumblr.com). These blogs
will show up on your dashboard every time you visit Tumblr. This part is exactly like Facebook.
Tumblr has a reblog feature which is like Facebook's share feature. This allows posts to be shared with more
people who may also reblog the post and possibly add to it. The most popular post made on our page is a Miltassia
grown by Keith. At last count, it had 76 notes, which means 76 people liked it or shared it on their own blog. These
are people not just from the United States but all over the world including Israel, Russia, and Australia.
Tumblr has tags for each post to make the site searchable. If you are looking for a particular blog about pretty
much anything, search for it, and you never know what will pop up. There is even a blog dedicated to Michael
Buble being stalked by velociraptors, and because this is the internet, there are also hundreds of blogs dedicated to
cats.
However, you do not need to have a blog to view content on Tumblr. You can go directly to the Amherst Orchid
Tumblr and see the pictures from the show table. The blog is set up to post a picture a day. The Tumblr url is:
https://amherstorchids.tumblr.com, and if you are reading the newsletter online, you can click the url and go
directly to the page.
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Oncidiums Roger West
These are my second favorite orchid type, collectively known as Intergenerics. Several Oncidium related genera
have been crossed to make many spectacular displays. Five main genus make up the Intergenerics including Oncidium Onc, Brassia Brs, Odontoglossum Odm, Miltonia Milt and Cochlioda Cda. There are many minor genera
included in the above but play minor roles. When I started my orchid quest 25 years ago there were four main Intergernerics which are Colmanara Colm, Beallara Bllra, Wilsonara Wils and Vuylstekeara Vuyl. These combine
three of the above genera with Beallara using four. How is a cross named? If more than two genera are used then
it is named after the original breeder with –ara added at the end. I used to know what made up the above Intergenerics, but now who cares. There are so many Intergenerics out there with up to seven genera involved. I have
no idea how you put them into judging classes.
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The Intergeneric crossing craze started with a plant registered by the Rod McLellan Co. in San Mateo, Ca. in 1978.
This orchid company was huge in the business with over 1700 registered orchids to their credit. Maclellanara
(Mclna) Pagan Lovesong was the plant combining for the first time Odm x Brs x Onc. It was a tall, upright, nonbranching spike of yellow, green and black colors. As always when something new hits the market, judges throw a
bunch of awards at it. Sixty awards were given with some FCC’s thrown in. Has anyone seen this plant in the last
10 years? I have not. This cross started the ball rolling with eventually Colm Wildcat (Milt x Odm x Onc) hitting
the market and this plant was immensely popular. Still see Wildcat clones at the shows. These plants have branching spikes with mostly reddish blooms. There are tons of Intergenerics out there but not many make it to our show
table. It’s true that many have tall spikes but they are not that big. Once they become established they can grow
like weeds. I will now break down the five genera in hopes more people will give them a try. [Below is Mclna Pagan Love Song ‘Chocolate Thunder’ courtesy of www.AkatsukaOrchid.com]
ONCIDIUM: This is the most often used ingredient making an Intergeneric but on its own very popular. Onc
(now Cyrtocidium) Gower Ramsey, ever heard of this plant? If you are under age 60, probably not. This was the
standard yellow Oncidium. It was everywhere. At the time, I thought Oncidiums only came in yellow. I have not
seen it in a long time because Onc Sweet Sugar has replaced it. This is a compact branching plant with larger
blooms than Gower Ramsey and pure yellow. Everybody knows Onc Sharry Baby with its chocolate/vanilla fragrance coming from red blooms. A great grower but tends to bloom over a long period rather than all at once. Of
course I’m talking a small specimen plant doing this. Last year my Sharry Baby growing in a 16 inch basket started blooming in Feb. and continued until July. It sent up 4 spikes at a time, 2spikes/ bulb. Some clones will only
have one spike per bulb. I have had plants doing both, probably genetics. When growing these Intergenerics,
strive for big pseudobulbs. Bigger bulb equals bigger spike, probably branching and more flowers. The next Oncidium is the grand dam of Sharry Baby. This would be the species Onc ornithorhynchum (sotoanum). A marvelous little guy that has fragrant, small, pink blooms. I once had a nice specimen that grew with my Cattleyas
(lots of light) and it bloomed that Dec. with 6 spikes /bulb. Don’t divide your plants, let them grow up and be
spectacular. Put them in baskets after they finish their time in a 6 inch pot. Finally Onc Twinkle which is the
above species crossed with Onc cheirophorum. Thank god for the name Twinkle, try pronouncing or spelling these
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two species. Twinkle is like the above but with yellow or pink blooms. [Below is Onc ornithorhynchum, courtesy
of www.Slippertalk.com]
ODONTOGLOSSUM: These are usually cool growers with the exception of Odm bictoniense. This fall bloomer
used to be quite common with its heart-shaped pink or white lip. I have not seen it lately. Cross this species with
Onc leucochilum to get Odcdm Black Beauty. Ed Gray used to grow this monster. Ed would bring this plant to the
July get together and lean it against a tree. It had almost black blooms on an open branching spike that was 8 feet
tall. Even too big for me. Odm crispum is the standard for this genus. It is white and needs San Francisco growing
conditions to bloom. This is a very hard species to maintain. When a grower says a plant has that “Odont” look.
They are referring to a white bloom with reddish blotches upon it. This is very characteristic of this genus. [Below
is Odm crispum from www.orchidworks2.com]
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COCHLIODA: Only has two important species but used to bring in red/orange coloration into the Intergenerics.
This genus has small flowers on small plants but cool growing. Combined with Odontoglossum and Miltonia will
give all you cool growers Vuylstekeara. Vuyl Cambria “Plush” was a sensation about 20 years ago having a red
and white pansy looking bloom. One was awarded a FCC of 95 points. Once the Club had a speaker that shown
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16 slides of Cambria “Plush”. They were all different despite being cloned from the same batch. The plants came
in from Holland but were over produced resulting in the genetic drifting. But this was how popular the clone was
back then. [Below is Vuyl Cambria “Plush” courtesy of www.easyorchids.co.uk]
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BRASSIA: The spider orchid by itself is spectacular. You lose the lengthy sepals and petals when you cross Brassias onto anything and the more Brassia in an Intergeneric cross, less chance of a branched spike. I have found this
genus difficult to bloom. Oh, they grow well but no matter how I grow them, they are a challenge to bloom. This
is not true when combined with anything other than another Brassia.
MILTONIA: I saved the best for last. Miltonias are fall bloomers from one main species, Milt spectabilis. This
plant has either white/pink or grape purple single (occasionally two) blooms. They can grow rapidly and specimens (over 50 blooms) are easy and spectacular especially the dark purple. When crossed with other genera there
is a problem of the blooms grouping at the end of the spike. Further breeding has eliminated this crowding with
Bllra Marfitch “Howards Dream” as the result. I consider this clone as the best of all the Intergenerics. The second
half of the Miltonias are called Miltoniopsis even though both have the Milt abbreviation. These are the true pansy
orchids. Cool growing with their leaves requiring a great deal of humidity around them. They don’t like our
summers when temps reach over 80 degrees. This species by itself needs no help. Go to the Cape or N.H. shows
on set up day and you will find at least two commercial growers with a table full of Miltoniopsis in 3 ½ inch pots
with at least two blooming spikes. They are awesome! Come back on take down day and there will be none in
sight. If you see any in a display, they were recently purchased. Every winter Bill Hutchiunson would buy a box
from Hawaii and quickly sell them as they opened up. There should be a Miltoniopsis challenge. The Club should
buy about 25 bloomers, put them on a table display and give them to the people who help on the take down. The
challenge would be to get them to bloom as nicely for the next year. There is a warm growing species called roezlii (santanaei) with smaller white blooms. Not as flashy as the cooler ones and I have a couple of these looking
pretty good. Accordian-pleating on Miltoniopsis leaves is unsightly but not much harm to the plant. Lack of water
or humidity as the new growths emerge is the probable cause of the pleating. [Below is Bllra Marfitch “Howard’s
Dream” courtesy of www.gardenweb.com]
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I have found two problems in growing Intergenerics. One is brown scale which looks like little brown beaver huts.
They get down low in the leaves and can get out of hand before being noticed. Horticultural oil and a toothbrush
will solve the problem. Observe your plants and many disasters are avoided. Mushy, smelly bulb rot is the second
problem. Can be plant threatening if caught too late. I usually cut out the bad bulb and sprinkle cinnamon powder
on the wound. Then keep the plant dry for a couple of weeks. Intergenerics should be in all our collections. They
come in all sizes and colors. The goal is let them grow into something approaching specimen size and see what
results.
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Show Table, December 2014
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Laeliocattlya Santa Barbara Sunset, grown by Kathy Puckett
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Rhyncholaeliocattleya Sunstate Colorguard var. 'Heavenly Bird’,
grown by Roger West
Masdevallia limax, grown by Steve Steiner
Angraecum didieri, grown by Tom McCurry
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Phalaenopsis Kaoda Twinkle 'Chocolate Drops’, grown by Marc Gray
Paphiopedilum Fairly Dreamy, grown by Edwin Gray
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Paphiopedilum Maudiae 'The Queen’, grown by Steve Steiner
Cattlyea Horace x Rhyncholaeliocattleya Deborah Smith,
grown by Roger West
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Amesiella phillippenense, grown by Steve Steiner
Dendrobium Jonathan's Glory, grown by Kathy Puckett
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Medioculacar decoratum, grown by Steve Steiner
Cymbidium tracyanum, grown by Keith Tibbetts
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Phragmipedium Eumelia Arias, grown by Liz Marinelli
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Rhyncholaliocattleya George King ‘Serendipity’,
grown by Marge Tanguay
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Epidendrum porpax, grown by Steve Steiner
Oncidium Twinkle 'Red Fantasy’, grown by Stan Buss
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Show Table December 2014
Kathy Puckett
Dendrobium Wonga
Dendrobium Jonathan's Glory
Brassocattleya Hawaii Stars
Coelogyne fibriata
Dendrochilum tenellum
Laeliocattlya Santa Barbara Sunset
Steve Reardon
Restrepia mendozae
Restrepia trichoglossa
Restrepia sanguinea 'Crawford'
Restrepia trichoglossa
Stan Buss
Oncidium Twinkle 'Red Fantasy'
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Liz Marinelli
Phragmipedium Eumelia Arias
Maryanne Laukaitis
Amesiella monticola
Edwin Gray
Paphiopedilum Judge Philip
Paphiopedilum Fairly Dreamy
Marc Gray
Dendrochilum javieriense
Paphiopedilum Starring Venus
Eria javanica
Lepanthes saltatrix
Lepanthes calodictyon
Phalaenopsis Kaoda Twinkle 'Chocolate Drops'
Restrepia cuprea
Vandaenopsis Newberry Jasmine
Vandachostylis Col. David B. Brooker
Tom McCurry
Cleisostoma discolor
Cattleya Summer Spot
Angraecum didieri
Paphiopedilum Sorcerer's Love
Rhyncholaliocattleya George King 'Serendipity'
Keith Tibbetts
Cymbidium tracyanum
Aerangis luteoalba
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Rhyncholaeliocattleya Golden Sands 'Elizabeth Sands'
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Hawaiian Agenda 'Florida Winter'
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Sunstate Colorguard var. 'Heavenly Bird'
Cattleya Mae Hawkins 'Newberry'
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Hawaiian Avalanche 'Aiden'
Cattlianthe Blue Boy 'Gainesborough'
Cattlyea Horace x Rhyncholaeliocattleya Deborah Smith
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Cirrhopetalum Louis Sanders 'Lourens'
Paphiopedilum Maudiae 'The Queen'
Paphiopedilum Warpaint (Cardinal x John Hanes)
Paphiopedilum Hybrid NOID
Masdevallia limax
Restrepia guttulata
Pleurothallis volcanica
Pleurothallis truncata
Cattlianthe Ann Komine 'Breathless'
Rhyncholaliocattleya George King 'Serendipity'
Epidendrum porpax
Specklinia megalops
Amesiella phillippenense
Maxillaria sophronitis
Medioculacar decoratum
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Amherst Orchid Society Orchid Show
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9AM to 5PM
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Sunday, Feb 22, 2015
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10AM to 4PM
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Smith Vocational High School
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Northampton, MA
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Sponsored by
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The Amherst Orchid Society
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http://www.facebook.com/AmherstOrchidSociety
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Contact Person: Marc Gray: [email protected]
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Smith Vocational High School is located at 80 LocustStreet(Route 9) next to the Cooley Dickinson Hospital.
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Admission: $5.00 (Children under 12 Free)
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Saturday, Feb 21, 2015
Print this card and bring it with you to enter our door prize raffle.
Upcoming
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Next Society Meeting – Sunday, January 18th. Those with last names starting in A, B, C, and D should
bring a dish to share. Also, please remember that we have Jean Stefanik, an AOS judge in the Northeast Judging Center, who took an extend trip to New Zealand last year. She will talking to us about that trip and her topic will be on Native
and Cultivated New Zealand Orchids.
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Cape Cod and Islands Orchid Society 26th Annual Orchid Show, January 24 & 25, 2015, “Orchid Bridges”
“Orchid Bridges”
Thousands of orchids on display, educational programs, instant raffle, large vendor area: orchids, supplies & art
The Resort & Conference Center ay Hyannis
135 Scudder Avenue, Hyannis, MA 02601
(West End Rotary-near the Melody Tent) Admission $10 - Free Parking
Note: Many national and international orchid shows are listed at www.aos.org under the “Events and News: menu
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Amherst Orchid Society Orchid Show
Saturday, Feb 21, 2015, 9AM to 5PM Sunday, Feb 22, 2015, 10AM to 4PM
Smith Vocational High School 80 Locust Street (Route 9) Cooley Dickinson Hospital,
Northampton, MA
http://www.facebook.com/AmherstOrchidSociety
Contact Person: Marc Gray: [email protected]
Admission: $5.00 (Children under 12 Free)
1st Sat of each month, 12pm – Northeast Regional AOS Judging, Tower Hill, Boylston.