February 2008 - Ottawa Orchid Society

SPIKE
Ottawa Orchid Society
P.B. 38038,
1430 Prince of Wales Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K2C 1N0
February 2008
www.ottawaorchidsociety.com
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President / Editor:
Rick Sobkowicz
613-825-0827 / [email protected]
Vice President:
Gerry Duffield
819-684-8487 / [email protected]
Treasurer:
André Couture
13
-233-7335 / [email protected]
Secretary:
Janet Johns
613-749-0614 / [email protected]
Membership:
Teresa Lafleur
613-726-1477 / [email protected]
Librarian:
Jane Thompson
13
-839-0071 / [email protected]
Program:
Julie Mertens
819-684-5311 / [email protected]
Show Chairman / Webmaster:
David Cooper
613-256-2853 / [email protected]
Publicity:
Richard Aubert
613-728-9890 / [email protected]
Past President:
Anna Bilsky
613-728-4202 / [email protected]
COC Representative:
Jean Hollebone
613-226-2395 / [email protected]
AOS Representative:
Margaret Haydon
613-825-0827
Conservation Representative:
Marilyn Light
819-776-2655 / [email protected]
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Sunday, February 17, 2008 @ 1:30 p.m.
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spend a few weeks in Miami in January? Some of our members
made the trip and have come back full of pictures and stories. This
month, four of them, André Couture, Jean Hollebone, Marilyn Light
and Michael MacConnaill, will give us their impressions of the
WOC and show us some of the many pictures they took. We also
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The Ottawa Orchid Society meets every third Sunday of
every month from September to May inclusive
at 1:30 P.M. at the Tom Brown Arena, 141 Bayview, Ottawa.
Guests are welcome.
MEMBERSHIP: $25 from September 1 - August 31.
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A Note from the President (and Editor)
Hello, everyone, and best wishes for a wonderful New Year to all
our Chinese friends who are celebrating the start of the Chinese
th
New Year this February 7 , the Year of the Rat. Canada Post has
issued a beautiful souvenir sheet to honor this occasion. With all
the things taking place this year in the orchid community, in our
own back yard with our upcoming show, the World Orchid
Conference (WOC) that just concluded, and the many exciting new
crosses in the making, it looks like it will be a fantastic year for
orchid lovers. Speaking about fantastic things in the making, we
have a new and absol
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orchid show. Jane Logan, our member who is responsible for the
Art Galleria in our show, had the incredible good
fortune to have Mr. Richard Robinson participate at our
show. Mr. Robinson is our own Ottawa based, Paristrained couturier and internationally known fashion
designer that dresses Ottawa's elite. He has created
the magnificent dress shown on the right displayed so
beautifully by his radiant assistant, Kadija Brown. Mr.
Robinson designed this dress exclusively for our
orchid show. It will be part of our exhibition. Everyone
is invited to create an orchid corsage that will best
compliment this beautiful dress and the corsage
entries will be judged in their own separate category.
Good luck to all participating.
Things are going exceptionally well with the events
surrounding the COC symposium and banquet and if
you plan to attend, you are urged to get your tickets as
soon as possible as there is a seating limit. If you wish
to read about events planned, the information is
posted
on
our
Society
web
site:
www.ottawaorchidsociety.com
and a registration form was included in our January
newsletter which can also be found on our website.
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folks wishing to enter a display in either the Art Gallery
or the main exhibit area or to participate as a vendor.
Vendors selling orchids are required to enter an orchid
exhibit. Please note that because of the special
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be limited. You are urged to register as quickly as you
can with space to be provided on a first-come-first
served basis.
Rick Sobkowicz
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SOCIETY BULLETIN BOARD
NOTE FROM LIBRARIAN
The following library books are overdue. Members are asked to check to see if these items
may be in your possession. If so, it would be appreciated if you would bring these items back
to the library at the Febr
uar
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The Best Orchids for Indoors”
,byChar
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Fragrant Orchids”
,bySt
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101 Easy to Grow Orchids”
,byWi
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Orchids and their Conversation”
, byHar
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The Orchid
Specialist”
,byDav
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Orchids for Dummies”
,bySt
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UPCOMING TRIP TO MONTREAL BOTANICAL GARDEN –UPDATE!!!
Our trip to the Montreal Botanical Gardens is now just a few short weeks away! If you
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meeting. Julie will also have printed itineraries, which she will be handing out to registered
participants. Please note that we have chosen two pick up spots: the front of the Chapters
bookstore at Pinecrest (we found out that parking was not available at our previously chosen
pick up spot, the Westgate Shopping Centre, for more than two hours) and the front of the
Costco on Innes Road. Final pick up times will be listed on the itinerary.
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we do have someone really looking for a spot.
Canadian Orchid Congress Symposium and Banquet –NEW ITEM
Tickets for the Symposium and banquet are now on sale and can be obtained either through
the mail from Jean Hollebone or at the membership table at our February and March
meetings. The symposium of 8 speakers is a fabulous deal at only $20 for the series (before
March 20 and $30 after March 20), and the banquet is selling quickly at $40 per plate. This
latter includes the cost of the meal, taxes and gratuity as well as fabulous entertainment,
raffles (some free) and a silent auction. This is an opportunity to hear Doug Kennedy of
Orchids in Our Tropics, a lively and entertaining speaker talk tongue in cheek about the trials
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auctioneer. Tickets are starting to go quickly, be sure you book yours.
World Orchid Conference (WOC)
The World Orchid Conference (WOC) was a fabulous show. Jean, Marilyn and Andre will talk
about their adventures at the Show as well as showing you pictures of the event. Jean has
brought back two orchids for raffle at the meeting for Society members. It appears that the
hard work to make import requirements clear, paid off as all. Members who attended have
come home safely with their orchids and we have not heard of any difficulty at Canada
Customs at the time of this writing.
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JANUARY SHOW TABLE JUDGING RESULTS –January 20, 2008.
Alliance
CATTLEYA,
Judged by Michael Lum
CYMBIDIUM,
Prize-winning plants
1st
Laelia anceps
Grower
2nd
1st prize:
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Angélè Biljan
Cym. Nokai
Rita Shand
st
Den. Mini Snowflakes
Helgi Fatovic
nd
Den. Akazukin Chan
Den. Shmezakorta Sanokku
Angélè Biljan
Terez Paksi
st
Lyc. skinneri
Lyc. Cassiopea
Lyc. skinneri alba
Dendrochilum tenellum
Dendrochilum javierii
Coelogyne speciosa
Onc. Tsiku Marguerite
Osmoglossum pulchellum
Marlene Young
Marlene Young
Marlene Young
Ian Pringle
Theresa Lafleur
George Cook
Angélè Biljan
Terez Paksi
Paph. Limidolli* ( chamberlainianum x
henryanum )
Paph. fairrieanum var. alba x self
Steve Levick
Angélè Biljan
judged by Michael Lum
DENDROBIUM,
1 prize:
judged by Michael Lum
2
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LYCASTE,
judged by Michael Lum
1
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PAPHIOPEDILUM,
1 prize:
judged by Mario Ferrusi
MISCELLANEOUS,
judged by Michael Lum
ONCIDIUM,
judged by Michael Lum
st
nd
2 prize
nd
PLEUROTHALLID,
judged by Mario Ferrusi
2 prize: Paph. Delophyllum
nd
2
Paph. concolor
rd
3
Paph. (Pine Glow x delenatii )
st
1
Masdevallia triangularis
nd
2
Masd. angulata
Helgi Fatovic
Janet Johns
Jane Thompson
Steve Levick
David Kalb
Linda Schopf
Member
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ce, selected by Antoinette Brownell and Henriette Watkins, Osmoglossum pulchelum
owned by Terez Paksi.
Best of show table, selected by Mario Ferrusi and Michael Lum: Paph. Limidolli (chamberlainianum x
henryanum) owned by Steve Levick
Show table coordinator: Jean Hollebone
* Names reflect taxonomic changes appearing in the World Checklist http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/ Members
should note items indicated (*) have updated generic or grex names or the spelling has been corrected. Awards
where applicable to a cultivar have been updated. Owners of these plants are requested to update tags and
records and to label their orchids accordingly.
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JANUARY SHOW TABLE PHOTOGRAPHS
Arlene Lang took the photographs shown on the next page and page 11 on the digital February 2008
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Unfortunately, her e-mail did not include names of the plants and its owners. Fortunately, we have been
successful in identifying all the images submitted thanks to Yanick Champoux, Dave Cooper, and Janet
Johns who contacted your editor and provided the missing information. Thank you to everyone for your
input! For those members receiving a hardcopy of Spike by mail, we regret if your newsletter did not
contain all the complete information. We work very hard to try to mail out the newsletters to those
requesting a mail copy so that you get Spike before the weekend of our monthly meetings.
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Photographs displayed on this page all taken by Arlene Lang. The image in the top row, first on the left
is Paph. fairneanum var. alba and is grown by Helgi Fatovic. The middle orchid is Dendrochilum javierii
grown by Theresa Lafleur. The orchid on the right is Coel. speciosa grown by George Cook.
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the middle, is Paph. Limidolli* ( chamberlainianum x henryanum ) grown by Steve Levick. The image at
the extreme right is Paph. Insigne grown by Janet Johns.
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CANADA POST ISSUES NEW STAMPS OF ORCHIDS
In the January 2008 issue issue of the Canadian Orchid Congress,
further information was provided on the issue of the Canadian orchid
stamps released in January 2008. The additional information is
provided below.
“
Postal rates are going up again after January 14, 2008. Hearts are
racing also with a Canadian first, news that four definitive stamps
featuring red, pink, yellow and orange Canadian-bred orchid hybrids
were issued by Canada Post on December 27, 2007. The Official
First Day Cover bears all four values as part of a luminous souvenir
sheet and is cancelled with a watering pot design out of Bloomfield
Station, Prince Edward Island. More info on this series may be found
in the latest issue of Details/en détail, January to March 2008, Vol.
17 #1 which is available at the post office or may be ordered at
http://www.canadapost.ca/personal/collecting/default-e.asp
There have been more than 250 orchids hybridized and
registered by Canadians since 1949 when the first was recorded in Sander's List. These small yet colourful
stamps show differently coloured hybrids made in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Québec.
Odontioda Island Red ( Trixon x Actrix) hybridized by Dr. Wally Thomas, West Vancouver, and registered in
1985, has the honour of being depicted on the most frequently used value, the domestic rate, now
designated by P with no dollars or cents noted. Wally was the first President of the COC and was
instrumental in bringing the World Orchid Conference to Canada in 1999. He bred and registered more
than 70 hybrids over some 20 years, many whose names are prefixed with `Island' after his Charles Island
Orchids. Oda. Island Red has received three awards with a Judges Commendation (`Victoria' JC/AOS) for
intensity of colour
The oversize envelope value ($1.15) depicts one of Marilyn Light's hybrids, Laeliocattleya Memoria Evelyn
Light (C. Cherry Chip x Roy Finley), registered in 1994, and named in memory of her mother who started
Marilyn's interest in orchids in 1970 with a gift of The Golden Guide to Orchids. This cross has not been
awarded but it is a rewarding bloomer with sprays of up to 5 long-lasting brightly coloured and fragrant
flowers up to three times area. Marilyn began hybridizing orchids in the early 1980's, registering her first in
1992, and continues to raise `babies' simply for the joy of creating something new.
The USA stamp ($0.96) features Potinara Janet Elizabeth `Fire Dancer' AM/AOS (Beaufort Gold x Slc.
Orglade's Early Harvest) which was bred by Gordon Heaps of Edmonton AB and registered in 1996.
Named for his spouse and orchid photographer Janet, this showy, floriferous yellow orchid with its stunning
and contrasting red lip was awarded in 1996 at the Orchid Society of Alberta show.
For the international value ($1.60), we have one of Mario Ferrusi's wonderful hybrid Masdevallias. Masd.
Kaleidoscope (Cassiope x Copperwing), registered and first awarded in 2002, has garnered 3 awards
including an FCC/AOS. Selected for the stamp is Masd. Kaleidoscope `Conni' AM/AOS, the clonal name
honouring spouse Conni. This clone has an orange flower with heavy brick red speckling. Mario has an
active hybridization program and we look forward to new and wonderful flowers from him in future.
Look for these stamps now at your local post office or order some from Canada Post either by
mail or on-line. Visit the website for details. http://www.canadapost.ca/personal/collecting/defaulte.asp
Many thanks to Jerry Bolce of Waterloo, Ontario and the editor of the COC Newsletter for getting this
information.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Feb. 9-10, 2008
The Southern Ontario Orchid Society (SOOS) Show at the Toronto Botanical
Garden, Edwards Gardens, 777 Lawrence Avenue East, Toronto. Show hours:
Saturday: 11:00-5:00pm; Sunday: Photographers only: 9:00-11:00am; public:
11:00-5:00pm. Website: http://www.soos.ca/.
Feb.16, 2008
Montreal AOS Judging, Montreal Botanical Garden, 4101 Sherbrooke St. East (&
Pie IX Blvd.), 1:00 pm, contact person: Howard Ginsberg, 514-878-1900 or 514871-0205, e-mail: [email protected]
Ottawa Orchid Society Monthly Meeting: A Recap of the 19th World Orchid
Congress, with a very special plant raffle.
Feb. 17, 2008
Feb. 23, 2008
Day bus trip by OOS to Montreal Botanical Gardens
March 1, 2008
Toronto Centre AOS Judging, 1:00 pm, Toronto Botanical Garden, Edwards
Gardens, 777 Lawrence Avenue East, Toronto. Contact person: Mario Ferrusi,
905-892-4187, e-mail: mferrusi@sympatico
30th Annual London Orchid Society Show and Sale, Western Fair Grounds,
Special Events Building, 900 King Street, London, Ontario, website:
http://los.lon.imag.net/shows.asp. Show times: Sat. 12:00-5:00 pm; Sunday, 8:0010:00am artists and photographers only; public: 10:00-5:00pm. Show chair:
Jo-Anne Eadie, telephone: 519-471-4643, e-mail: [email protected].
Mar. 15-16, 2008
Mar. 16, 2008
Michael MacConaill, our expert AOS photographer in residence, will present
Orchid Photography 101, just in time for you to practice your photography skills for
the orchid show season!
Mar.29-30, 2008
Orchidexpo, CEGEP de Maisonneuve, 2700 Ave. Bourbonniere (& Sherbrooke),
Montreal. More details to be announced.
April 19-20, 2008
The Annual Toronto Artistic Orchid Association Show, Chinese Cultural Centre,
5183 Sheppard Ave. East, (Markham Road), Contact person: Louisa Fung,
[email protected], telephone: 416-292-9203. Website: http://www.taoa.ca.
April 20, 2008
Henry Steger, a past President of the Ottawa Orchid Society, will speak on Local
Orchids –who says you have to go far to see new orchids?
April 26-27, 2008
27th Ottawa Orchid Society Annual Show and Sale in conjunction with the COC
Annual Meeting and Symposium, Nepean Sportsplex, 1701 Woodroffe Ave.,
Ottawa, Ontario. Show Chair: David Cooper, e-mail: [email protected]
http://www.ottawaorchidsociety.com. Show times: Sat. 12:00-5:00 pm; Sunday:
9:00-5:00 pm.
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OTTAWA ORCHID SOCIETY
27th ANNUAL SHOW AND SALE
April 26-27, 2008
Nepean Sportsplex, 1701 Woodroffe Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario
For a map to the show and more information about us, see
www.ottawaorchidsociety.com
The Ottawa Orchid Society is pleased to invite anyone interested in displaying artwork in the form of
painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, ceramics, pottery, needlepoint, stained glass, quilting or other
media to participate in our annual orchid show held at the Nepean Sportsplex on April 26-27, 2008. We
have two 2008-challenge classes: photo close-ups and miniature paintings.
THE MAIN THEME OF EACH ENTRY MUST BE ORCHIDS.
Rules of the Exhibition:
Primary subject:
Orchids; limit of 5 entries per artist
Registration:
All work must be preregistered by April 14.
Set-up time:
Drop off your art between 4 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Friday, April 25, 2008. All two-dimensional
work must be suitably framed, wired, ready for hanging –and dry!
Take-down time:
5:00 p.m. –5:30 p.m. Sunday, April 27, 2008.
Judging & fees:
There are no fees to exhibit. Please see attached entry form for art categories. Limit of 5 entries
per artist.
Advertising:
Business cards, brochures and pamphlets can be displayed in prominent view once judging is
complete.
Tagging:
All work must have the price, name and address of the artist on the back.
Sales:
Indicate the price including GST and PST or NFS on the registration form. You must be
prepared to accept cash or a cheque with two pieces of ID. The show takes a 10% commission.
We will have a volunteer on hand to conduct transactions –butdon’
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ed–sales
are slow. Enter for the fun of exhibiting with 2,000 blooming plants.
We are looking forward to seeing your artistic talents on display in our art gallery!
For more information about the Art Gallery, please contact:
Jane Logan, Art Gallery Chairperson, 613-830-9403, [email protected]
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OTTAWA ORCHID SOCIETY SHOW, APRIL 26-27, 2008
ENTRY FORM: PHOTOGRAPHY, FINE ARTS, FINE CRAFTS
EXHIBITOR
Name:
Address:
Phone:
E-mail:
Assigned
by OOS
Exhibitor Number:
Section Class
Example L
119
Number of Entries:
ENTRY DESCRIPTION
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116
117
118
SECTION K - PHOTOGRAPHY
Cultivated orchids
Orchids in natural habitat
Digital painting featuring orchids
2008 challenge: Close-up of orchids
119
120
121
122
123
SECTION L - FINE ART
Oil, acrylic, & mixed media paintings
Watercolours
Drawings and pastels
Botanical illustration (plant, flower, spike, roots; all media; color or black & white;)
2008 challenge: miniature painting or drawi
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124
125
126
127
SECTION M –FINE CRAFTS
Clay
Fibre
Glass
Other, mixed media and jewellery
Price
$150
E-MAIL THIS FORM TO [email protected] or MAIL IT TO JANE LOGAN,
6251 RAVINE WAY, ORLEANS ON, K1C 7G1; or PHONE 613-830-9403
YOUR EXHIBIT TAGS WILL BE PREPARED AND WAITING FOR YOU AT THE SHOW.
THANK YOU FOR EXHIBITING!
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REGISTRATION FORM
OTTAWA ORCHID SOCIETY
27th ANNUAL SHOW AND SALE
April 26-27, 2008
Nepean Sportsplex,
1701 Woodroffe Avenue,
Ottawa, Ontario
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POSTAL ADDRESS: _____________________________________________________________
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TELEPHONE: (W) ______________________________ (H) ______________________________
E-MAIL: ________________________________________________________________________
CLASS OF EXHIBIT - CHECK OFF APPROPRIATE CATEGORY
(Note: Plant vendors must enter plant display of 6 or more plants.)
 1-5 Plants
 6-15 Plants
 Educational Display
 16-25 Plants
 More than 25 Plants
 Cut Flowers
 Visiting Society (Must also be entered in one previous class.)
Space and exhibit requirements (ex. against wall, table exhibit, all round floor exhibit, access to
hydro, dimension requirements for exhibit, etc.). Please indicate what you require.
VENDOR’
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COMMERCIAL NAME: _________________________________________________
Number of sale tables required ($150.00 each):______________
Payment to be included with registration form.
Payment for sale table(s) is by cheque payable to the Ottawa Orchid Society. Payment for table(s)
must accompany this registration form and be submitted no later than March 20, 2008. Return
completed form with payment to Richard Sobkowicz, 13 Sandringham Court, Ottawa, ON K2J 2H9.
For more information, you may contact Rick by e-mail at [email protected] or by phone
at (O) 613-231-0748 or (H) 613-825-0827.
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The orchid on the left is Cymbidium Nokai, grown by Rita Shand. The orchid in the middle photograph is of
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AM/AOS also grown by Marlene Young. All photographs were taken by by Arlene Lang.
The photograph above on the left is of Paphiopedilum Delophyllum grown by Janet Johns.
The photograph on the right is of Dendrobium Mini Snowflakes grown by Helgi Fatovic.
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The photographs above and below were taken by Yanick Champoux. The orchid on the left is of
Paphiopedilum concolor grown by Jane Thompson. The orchid in the middle is Ascocenda Fuch’
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grown by by Angélè Biljan.The Orchid on the far right is Coelogyne Placcida grown by Terez Paksi,
The orchid on the left is of Paphiopedilum bellatulum grown by Angélè Biljan. The orchid in the middle is
Cymbidium Nokai grown by Rita Shand. The orchid on the right, commonly known ast
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and grown for its beautiful foliage, is Ludisia discolor and is grown by Terez Paksi.
TIP FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS: When Yanick Champoux took the photographs of the plants on
the show table, he made a point of also photographing the show tags that the growers filled out
identifying the plant and the grower. This is an excellent idea as you then have a digital record of this
information and can properly identify your images if this is necessary. We encourage you to do this,
especially if you are submitting photographs to Spike or for insertion to our Society website as we do
wish to fully identify the orchids photographed and give full credit to our growers who take great effort to
grow these wonderful plants and bring them to orchid meetings for the rest of us to enjoy viewing.
A great big thank you to our photographers and everyone who brought their beautiful blooming orchids to
the monthly show table. Without your plants we would not have a show table and, without a show table,
we would not have the wonderful meetings that we do. Thank you!!!
Rick Sobkowicz
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