May - San Diego County Orchid Society

San Diego County Orchid Society
Purpose: To promote interest in orchids and their
cultivation, to educate by exchanging information and
experiences related to successful orchid culture, and to
support the conservation of orchids in the wild.
Volume 112
May 2008
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San Diego County Orchid Society's
Dinner and Annual Awards Banquet
Please join the San Diego County Orchid Society for the Annual Awards Banquet
on Tuesday, May 6. Members may bring one guest, who will be charged $20 for
their meal. This event will replace the general and novice meeting. Every year
we have an excellent time at the Banquet, so we hope to see you there!
Schedule:
6:00 PM—Dinner and Awards
Location:
Balboa Park—Casa Del Prado, Room 101
Cost:
Members—None
Guests of Members—$20.00 at the door, per person.
Menu:
Wine, coffee, punch
Hors d'oeuvres
Barbecue Ribs
Barbecue Chicken
Selection of Salads
Vegetables
Dessert
EVERYONE must RSVP!
Contact Genie at (619) 422-2235 or
[email protected]
May 2008
San Diego Cou nty Orchid Society
San Diego County Orchid Society
Board of Directors
President:
Genie Hammond
Ron Kaufmann
First VP:
Second VP:
David Brown
Treasurer:
Lynn Ford
Secretary:
Pam Peters
Directors:
Steve Mallory
Dave Hoffmaster
Christopher Croom
Kevin Rynearson
Meetings
San Diego Orchid Society meetings are held the first
Tuesday of each month at the Casa Del Prado in Balboa Park.
Novice Class:
6:30 p.m., Room 104
General Meeting:
7:30 p.m., Room 101
Newsletter Entries
If you have monthly meetings, classifieds, submissions of interest, photos, or announcements related
to orchids, please contact Christopher Croom at
(619) 583-3804 or [email protected].
Receive your
SDCOS Newsletter
by E-Mail!
Contact Bob Clark at
[email protected]
Casa de las Orquideas
Seedling Sale May 17
Selected varieties of our cymbidium and zygo 3"
seedlings from LB 1368 to LB 1422, and selected
gallon-size plants, will be available at super-low
prices! This could be your last chance to get
some special orchids, so make your plans now!
Visit Casa de las Orquideas
on May 17 from 10 AM to 4 PM.
Visit our website at www.orquideas.com or call us at
(858) 755-7572 for more information and directions.
Parking is limited - Please consider carpooling.
Advertisers
Please contact Lynn Ford at (619) 283-4172 or
[email protected].
Information for the June newsletter must be submitted by May 15th.
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Orchid Dates to Remember
3320 Monroe Street, Carlsbad (858) 748-8355
Janette Gerrity (619) 231-1515 ext. 4306
May 3, 9 a.m.
SDCOS Species Group Meeting
First Saturday of the month
Paul or Ann Tuskes (858) 274-5829
July 26-27
San Diego County Orchid Society
Summer Show
Balboa Park
May 6, 6 p.m.
SDCOS Annual Awards Banquet
Casa Del Prado, Balboa Park, Room 101
RSVP to Genie Hammond (619) 422-2235
October 25-26
San Diego County Orchid Society
Balboa Park
May 7
Palomar Orchid Society Meeting
Culture class at 6:30. Meeting at 7:30 p.m.
First Wednesday of the month
The Carlsbad Women’s Club
3320 Monroe Street, Carlsbad
Melana Walding (760) 295-7228
May 7, 7:00 p.m.
SDCOS Board Meeting
Normally, the Thursday following General
Meeting (usually the first Thursday of the
month; second Friday of the month in rare
cases)
Balboa Park, Rm. 104
Pam Peters (858) 481-9020
May 17, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Seedling Sale
Casa de las Orquideas
170 S. Nardo Ave., Solana Beach, CA 92075.
www.orquideas.com (858) 755-7572
May 16
San Diego Zoo's Orchid Odyssey
Third Friday of the month
10 AM-2 PM
(orchid greenhouse is open)
May 21
Cymbidium Society Meeting
Regular meeting, third Wednesday of the
month
Culture class at 6:30, Meeting at 7:00 p.m.
The Carlsbad Woman's Club
If you have any announcements that you
would like included in the “Dates to Remember” section of the newsletter, please e-mail
[email protected].
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Back Issues—AOS Bulletin
Back issues of the AOS Bulletin have
been donated to benefit the
Conservation Committee budget.
Please check with Peter Tobias
[email protected] or www.sdorchids.com
for pricing and to see what is available.
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San Diego Cou nty Orchid Society
Reginald S. David Orchid
Collection Update
I am writing this to give you, the membership, an
update on my progress on the project of the annotated bibliography of the Reginald S David Orchid
Collection in the Special Collections Dept of the
Love Library at SDSU. I asked for a grant to reimburse me for two hundred hours of my time from
the Garner Educational Fund. Thus far I have put
in a few hours a week when I am not working fulltime. I am currently entering books that had been
cataloged since that last time I worked on the annotated bibliography. I discovered that I could do
this phase of the project at home since the library's' catalogue is online. I am currently entering
the call number, author, name, publishing information and technical description for each
book. This might go better if I was a better typist,
but alas, I am not, and am doing the best I can.
There are over 2000 books in the collectoion covering a myriad of interesting orchid related topics. Once I have finished this part of the I will return to SDSU and give a brief description of each
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760-639-6255
[email protected]
book to give a better idea of what each book is
about. This has turned into a monumental task,
and there is honestly no telling how long this will
take me. The only sure thing is that it will take
considerably longer than the 200 hours I asked to
be compensated for. This has sort of became a
hobby and I will work on it until it is complete no
matter how long this takes me. Once I get past the
current phase of my project I will provide more
reports to our newsletter to inform you better
about the books that we can utilize to learn about
about the plants we love so much. Here are two
samples of what I plan to accomplish:
QK495 O64 A465
Ames, Oakes. An enumeration of the orchids of
the United States and Canada, Boston, The
American Orchid Society, 1924 viii, 120 p. 22 cm
In the following enumeration of the orchids of the
United States and Canada, an attempt has been
made to include every valid species with its variants, and thus to present, for the first time, a comprehensive survey of our orchid flora.”
Reginald S Davis donated this book. This book is
signed by the author on July 4th 1930, and was
presented by the Trustees of the American Orchid
Society.
QK495 .O64 H46
Henderson, M. R. and G. H. Addison. Malayan
Orchid Hybrids, Singapore, Government Printing
Office, 1963. 191 p. ill. (part col.) 28 cm
Limiting the scope of the work to orchids that have
been either raised or commonly grown in the
Malayan region of the world, this text aims to educated enthusiasts about specific orchid hybrids.
The most important hybrids discussed here are
Arachnis, Renanthera, Vanda, Dendrobium and
Spathoglottis. Notes on cultivation and propagation of various groups are included. A large number of black and white photographs are provided
to help the reader through the catalogue of genera.
There are many, many books on huge variety of
orchid related topics and I will bring more of these
to you in the near future.
Happy Orchiding,
David Brown
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Help Hotline
The SDCOS offers this service to members who
seek cultural information about their orchids.
Here are some friendly hobbyists with a great
deal of experience about certain types of orchids,
and they have kindly volunteered to answer your
questions.
Cattleyas, Oncidium/Odonts, Vandaceous
Greenhouse grown, West SD County
Forrest Robinson (858) 270-6105
Species, all types
Indoor and outdoor
Ann & Paul Tuskes (858) 274-5829
Paphiopedilums
Ann Tuskes (858) 274-5829
Phalaenopsis, Cattleyas, Dendrobiums
Bob Swanson (619) 465-2297
MEMBERSHIP
We invite you to join the San Diego County
Orchid Society! Receive this newsletter and
many other benefits, including a holiday
party and a free orchid at the end of the year!
To join, please send your check for $15 for an
individual membership or $20 for a dual
membership, payable to SDCOS , to:
San Diego County Orchid Society
P.O. Box 161020
San Diego, CA 92176
For further details, e-mail Bob Clark at
[email protected].
Vandas, Ascocendas
Edith and Leno Galvan (619) 441-7503
Encyclias, Epidendrums, Laelias
Christopher Croom (619) 583-3804
~ANDY’S ORCHIDS~
“The Species Specialist”
Pleurothallids
Christopher Croom (619) 583-3804
Beautifully mounted epiphytes and potted terrestrials. Many rare and exotic orchids. Blooming
size, established species are what we do best!
Cymbidiums
Loren Batchman— [email protected]
Sam DeMaria (619) 295-2951
Our MAIL ORDER CATALOG features many new and
unusual species from around the world with descriptions and cultural requirements, plus Andy’s orchid
growing tips. For your copy, call write, fax or email us
and we will send our latest issue.
Northeast County, all types
Dave Reid (7 60) 728-7996
San Diego Central
Outdoor, all types
Jim Wright (619) 276-5295
Fred Tomaschke (619) 276-3235
San Diego East County, all types
Bud Close (619) 444-8839
South County, all types
Genie Hammond (619) 426-6831
Ed Marty (619) 470-7175
Your satisfaction is Guaranteed. We take pride
in our reputation for selling a well-established
plant and will replace it if you are not satisfied
upon receipt.
We are open by Appointment Only,
so call in advance and make yours!
Andy Phillips
734 Oceanview Ave., Encinitas, CA 92024
Phone 888-514-2639 Fax 888-632-8991
[email protected]
www.AndysOrchids.com
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Reid’s Orchids Are Here for
Your Collection!
Lots of Cattleyas from Taiwan,
many in sheath, bud and bloom.
Also, many species orchids from
around the world.
Come on in and have a look around.
NET NUGGETS
Ron Kaufmann, 1st Vice President
[email protected]
OrchidMania
www.orchids.org
Cymbidiums in spike, $10 and up!
Cascading Cymbidiums, $25 and
up!
No better deal around.
We need room for some more new orchids.
PLEASE CALL FOR AN
APPOINTMENT
760-728-7996
[email protected]
DAVE REID’S
ORCHIDS
Granite Hills Orchids
Tom Biggart 619.441.9874
1894 Dehesa Road,
El Cajon, CA 92019
FOR SALE
MANY DIFFERENT MATURE
VARIETIES OF
DENDROBIUM SPECIOSUM
PRICES RANGE FROM
$90 ON UP
If you’ve never heard of OrchidMania, the
name might conjure up visions of a pack of
crazed orchid fanatics pushing and shoving to
get at a sales booth with the latest in pendulous Cymbidiums. This scenario may be familiar, but frenzied mobs aren’t the focus of this
web site. OrchidMania’s primary focus is supporting grassroots AIDS prevention and relief
organizations, as well as encouraging orchid
cultivation and conservation. The web site
contains information about the organization
and its efforts, plus a good deal of material
about orchids. The “How to Grow Orchids”
section has extensive recommendations for
good orchid culture, the “References” page includes recommended books about orchids,
and the “Conservation” portion of the web site
explains the need for conservation and describes several different approaches that can
be used. One of my favorite parts of this web
site deals with species orchids and their characteristics. Several hundred genera are included, and many of the listings contain detailed information about the species, including appearance, culture and conservation
status. The icing on the cake is the “Currently
Blooming” page, which contains beautiful orchid photos by OrchidMania president and
web site co-manager Eric Hunt. If you feel the
need for a little OrchidMania, just point your
browser to “orchids.org”.
CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT
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SDCOS Conservation
Committee Raises Money at
Spring Orchid Show
The committee wants to extend its heartfelt
thanks to everyone who helped to make this
show a success. We couldn’t have done it
without you!
The SDCOS Conservation Committee would
like to thank everyone who contributed to the
success of our sales booth at this year’s Orchid
Show. Thanks to the generosity of a wonderful
group of donors and the hard work of a great
group of volunteers, we raised $4,300 to support orchid conservation!!
Ron Kaufmann
Chair, SDCOS Conservation Committee
Donations were provided by a number of people, including Billy Baker, Loren Batchman,
Bruce Berg, Tom Biggart, Rex Foster Orchids,
Polly Fox, Charley Fouquette, Siv Garrod,
Cindy Hill, Dave Hoffmaster, Ron Kaufmann,
Barbara Menzie, Tom Osborn, Gene & Barbara Payne, Harry Polis, Ida Rigby, Tom &
Barbara Smith, Anita & Jerry Spencer, Peter
Tobias, Jim Wright, the San Diego Zoo, and
several anonymous donors.
The Spring show would not have been as successful without the tremendous efforts of our
volunteers who collected donated plants,
planned and set up the sales booth, and
staffed it throughout the show. These hard
working people included Irma Adams, June
Andersen, Bruce Berg, Marga Fountain,
Lenore Haack, Shirley Hall, Dave Hoffmaster,
Ron Kaufmann, Betty Kelepecz, John Kidwell,
Rose Krejci, Lan Lin, Eddy Marks, Pam Peters
and Paul Tuskes. Special thanks go to Dave
Hoffmaster for transporting donated plants
and John Kidwell for his outstanding work at
the sales booth throughout the weekend.
P.S. My apologies if I’ve accidentally left off
the names of any donors or volunteers. Please
contact me, and I’ll make sure to acknowledge
your contributions in next month’s newsletter.
Cym. Pink Champion x
Cym. Kyhyber Pass ‘Spotted
Beauty’, entered by Elma
Lager, rocked at the San
Diego County annual show
from April 4th-6th, at the
Scottish Rite Center. This
plant earned a 1st place in
section 101H.
Cym. Art's Chocolate Drop, Cym. King Arthur x Penalatinga x Ruby Eyes 'Red Baron', and Cym. Fatal
Beauty earned Edith and Leno Galvan the Snyder
Trophy for Best 3 Container Cymbidiums. Awesome
work, Edith and Leno!
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Spring 2008 Orchid Show Award Winners
Trophy Awards
Description of Award
Name of Winning Orchid
Abernathy Cymbidium Tro- Best Cymbidium in Show
Cymbidium New Century
phy
(Amateur)
Bean Trophy (Open)
Best of Vanda Alliance in Show V. Meg Laughlin x V. Agatha
Motes
Best Intergeneric Hybrid exBertsch Trophy (Open)
Ascofinetia Cherry Blossom
cluding Cattleya or Cymbidium
Bishop Trophy (Open)
Bliss Trophy (Open)
Canale Trophy (Open)
Casa Herbrita Trophy
(Open)
Casamajor Trophy
(Amateur)
Casey Trophy (Open)
Best colored cattleya hybrid in C. aurantiaca x Lc. El Cerrito
show
Best Sophronitis hybrid in show Ctna. Why Not
Best of Paphiopedilum Alliance Paph. Motoo Kimura
in show
Best Oncidium Alliance in show Colm. Wildcat 'Norman'
Best Cymbidium in Show
Crosby Trophy (Open)
Best American Hybrid Cymbidium in show
Best reed stem Epidendrum in
show
Doros Trophy (Open)
Haiku Maui Orchids
Gold Country Orchids
Sunset Valley Orchids
Renate Schmidt
Betty Kelepecz
Forrest Robinson
Cym. Ruby Lips 'Erika' AM/
Casa de las Orquideas
AOS and B/CSA
Cym. Dawn Beauty 'Pure Gold' Casa de las Orquideas
Epi Pacific Line (Pacific Lava Cal Orchid
'Lipstick' HCC/AOS x Sun Valley 'Dragon Fruit')
Best intergeneric Hybrid of Pha- Dpts. Raspberry Swirl
laenopsis Alliance in show
Best Species or hybrid Odontoglossum in show
Foster Trophy (Amateur) Best 3 Cymbidiums in containers -not in a massed display
Ota. St. Wood x Oda.
Frechdachs
Cym. Amelia Earhart 'Scott
Valine'
Best Specimen Plant in show all plants in show are eligible
Hadacheck Trophy (Open) Best of Dendrobium Alliance in
show
Laugher Trophy (Open)
Best Phalaenopsis in show
Ansellia africanus
Dugger Trophy (Open)
Geer Trophy (Open)
Jerry & Anita Spencer
Best Miniature Cattleya Hybrid Slc. California Apricot x
Gerdi Breuer
in show
Slc. Bright Angel
Best Species in Show
Catt. lueddemanniana 'Renate' Renate Schmidt
Cobb Trophy (Open)
DeMaria Trophy (Open)
Winner
Lee Landis
Forrest Robinson
Joel Dulland
Long Ngo
Den. Specio-kingianum 'Lucky Cymbidium Society
Z'
Phal. Sogo Yukidian x P. Cyg- Divine Orchids
nus
Best of Paphiopedilum Alliance Paph Macabre Freckle Face
Miller Trophy (Open)
Orchids of Los Osos
in show
Moore Trophy (Amateur) Best White or Semi-Alba Stan- R.S.C. Chungyeah 'Good Life' Jerry & Anita Spencer
dard-sized Cattleya in show
Pacific Trophy (Open)
Best 3 Cattleyas in containers - no entries
not in a massed display in show
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Trophy Awards
(continued)
Peterson Trophy
(Amateur)
Snyder Trophy (Open)
San Diego Cou nty Orchid Society
Description of Award
Name of Winning Orchid
Winner
Best 3 Cattleyas in containers - no entries
not in a massed display in show
Best 3 Cymbidiums in contain- Cym. Art's Chocolate Drop,
Edith & Leno Galvan
Cym. King Arthur x Penalaters -not in a massed display
inga x Ruby Eyes 'Red Baron',
Cym. Fatal Beauty
Thorne Trophy (Amateur) Best Colored Cattleya Alliance Catt. hybrid orange
in show
Van Kekerix Trophy
Best of Pleurothallid Alliance in Masdevallia caesia
(Open)
show
Most Unusual Orchid Flower in Cleisocentrum merillianum
Wilson Trophy (Open)
show
Lila Wagar
LICO Orchids
Andy's Orchids
Best in Show
(Sweepstakes Trophy)
Dendrobium
eximium
Haiku Maui Orchids
Haiku Maui’s species orchid, Dendrobium eximium, stole the show
with its display of creamy white
flared petals on nodding flowers
with pointy, purple-veined lips. This
New Guinean plant is an intermediate to warm grower, requires a moderate amount of light, hates to dry
out completely, and is from the Latourea section of Dendrobiums.
Andy’s Orchids entered this Cleisocentron merillianum in their Wardian case,
and it earned the Wilson Trophy for
Most Unusual Flower. This rare plant
thrives outdoors in coastal San Diego.
Lila Wagar’s Cattleya hybrid earned a Best
of Section for 401 N, 1st Place, a Cultural
Award, and a Judges Commendation at the
62nd Annual Show. Great job, Lila!
This Dendrobium Wonder ‘Nishii’ was
entered by Edith and Leno Galvan and
earned a 1st Place and Best of Section for
11H. This plant’s parentage was from the
Latourea section of Dendrobiums.
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DISPLAY / EXHIBIT
AWARDS
San Diego Cou nty Orchid Society
DESCRIPTION OF AWARD
WINNER
Balboa Trophy (Amateur) Best Exhibit illustrating show theme to include 10 or more flow- Jerry & Anita Spencer
ering orchid plants with background material covering 100 sq ft
or more. Display area does not include tabletop displays. Amateur entries only
Coronado Trophy (Open) Best Exhibit of Non-Orchid Material
SDSU Library
Marosz Trophy (Open)
Most educational exhibit. All displays are eligible.
1st prize $150
2nd prize $125
3rd prize $100
1st prize: SDSU Library. 2nd and 3rd
prizes not awarded (no
entries)
Pinckney Trophy (Open)
Most artistic exhibit. All displays are eligible.
Cal Orchid
President's Trophy (Open) Best Exhibit illustrating show theme to include 10 or more flowering orchid plants with background material covering 100 sq ft
or more. Display area does not include tabletop displays. Amateur entries only
SDCOS Cash Prize (Open) Best exhibit to include 10 or more flowering orchid plants with
background material, covering 100 sq feet or more. All displays
are eligible. 1st prize $250
2nd prize $200
3rd prize $150
Cymbidium Society
SDCOS Cash Prize
(Amateur)
lst: Jerry & Anita
Spencer
2nd: Palomar Orchid
Society
3rd: Forrest Robinson
SDCOS Trophy (Open)
Winship Trophy
(Amateur)
NATIONAL ORCHID
SOCIETIES' AWARDS
American Orchid Society
Show Trophy (Open)
Orchid Digest Show Trophy
(Amateur)
Best exhibit to include 10 or more flowering orchid plants with
background material, covering 100 sq feet or more. All displays
are eligible.
1st prize $250
2nd prize $200
3rd prize $150
Best exhibit in a natural setting to include 10 or more flowering
orchid plants with background material covering 100 sq ft or
more. All displays are eligible.
Best exhibit in a natural setting to include 10 or more flowering
orchid plants with background material covering 100 sq ft or
more. All displays are eligible.
DESCRIPTION OF AWARD
Best exhibit of orchid plants or cut flowers covering 25 sq. ft or
more, awarded by American Orchid Society judges.
Best exhibit by an Amateur grower, covering 30 sq ft or more,
demonstrating high flower quality and excellence of culture,
awarded by American Orchid Society judges.
Cymbidium Society of
Best exhibit of at least 12 cymbidium orchids with a minimum
display area of 80 sq. ft. awarded by Cymbidium Society of
America
America judges.
Paphiopedilum Gold Medal Best exhibit of at least 12 Paphiopedilum or Phragmipedium
orchids with a minimum display area of 25 sq. ft. awarded by
(Open)
Cymbidium Society of America judges.
International Phalaenopsis Best Phalaenopsis orchid plant in show.
Alliance Show Trophy
1st: Haiku Maui Orchids
2nd: Andy's Orchids
3rd: Gold Country Orchids
LICO Orchids
Renate Schmidt
WINNER
Andy's Orchids
Renate Schmidt
Casa de las Orquideas
not awarded
not awarded
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Slc. California Apricot x
Bright Angel
was entered
by Gerdi
Breuer, and
its rich proliferation of
blooms
earned it a
First Place
award and
the Bishop
Trophy for
501F.
Paph. Motoo Kimura, entered by Betty Kelepecz, earned a 1st Place, Best of Section, and
the Casamajor Trophy that went along with it
for this beautiful bulldog Paphiopedilum.
Lee Landis’ Dtps. Raspberry Swirl won the Doros Trophy for
Best Intergeneric Phalaenopsis Hybrid, in addition to a Cultural
Award. These flowers looked so fruity, creamy, and delicious I
tried to drink them at first! Luckily, security was pretty tight.
Granite Hills Orchids exhibited this Phrag.
Sedenii, which happened to be one of the
more photogenic flowers at the show.
Cym. Amelia Earhart ‘Scott Valine’ took home the Foster Trophy
for this spectacular shroud of mauve flowers.
Cal Orchid took home the DeMaria Trophy for Best Reed
Stem Epidendrum and also earned the trophy for Most
Artistic Display with these exceptionally large-flowered
hybrids with snowball-sized inflorescences atop 2’ spikes.
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Board Meeting Minutes
April 14, 2008
San Diego Cou nty Orchid Society
SCCOS will have a booth at the Cuyamaca College Spring Garden Festival, Saturday, April
26. David Brown, Lynn Ford, Dave Hoffmaster, Pam Peters, and Esther Sivila have volunteered to man the booth.
Attendees: David Brown, Bob Clark, Christopher Croom, Genie Hammond, Dave Hoffmaster, Ron Kaufmann, Steve Mallory, Pam
Peters, Kevin Rynearson. Also attending:
Loren Batchman, Kim Thoa Hoang, Candy
Kalman.
David Brown is working on several floor plan
layouts of our meeting room to accommodate
the various SDCOS functions. These layouts
will be given to the city.
The meeting was called to order at 7:15. Minutes of February Board Meeting were approved. The March minutes were approved as
amended.
Below is the schedule for the July SDCOS Summer (mini) Show to be held in Room 101 of
Casa del Prado, Balboa Park. Members are encouraged to bring their plants in for display.
Volunteers can contact Tom Biggart at
[email protected] or just come in.
The Show Banquet will be held in place of the
general meeting on Tuesday, May 6, begin- Plant Registration and set-up:
ning at 6:00 PM. A buffet dinner will be pro- Friday, July 25th 6 P.M. - 8 P.M. and
vided and slides of the SDCOS Spring Show Saturday, July 26th 8 A.M. - 10 A.M.
will be presented.
Open to the Public:
The May Board meeting is scheduled for Saturday, July 26th 11:30 A.M. - 5 P.M.
Wednesday, May 7, Room 104, Balboa Park, Sunday, July 27th 9 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.
at 7:00 PM.
New Business:
The Treasurer’s reports for March and April
A motion was made and approved to have bbq
will be presented at the May Board meeting.
food for the Show Banquet on May 6. A suggestion was made to have a “60th Anniversary
Genie announced that the Nominating Com- Cake” as the SDCOS was incorporated May 21,
mittee consists of the following people: Ann 1948.
Tuskes, Chair, Rose Alesi, Charley Fouquette,
Edith Galvan, and Naomi Stewart.
A suggestion was made to send a follow-up letter to members who have not renewed their
Old Business:
dues.
David Brown in the process of cataloguing the
SDCOS library books at SDSU. He will write Citing the Privacy Act of 1974, the SDCOS
an article about the Ames Oakes books for the members’ mailing addresses are not to be used
May newsletter. He noted that there are many for solicitation. A statement to that effect will
books and the project is taking longer than be published in the newsletter and annually
expected.
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bers. A letter will be drafted asking that member to remove SDCOS members from the
mailing list.
Sign-up sheets will be provided at future
meetings for members to list their email addresses for receiving the SDCOS newsletter by
email. A sign-up sheet will also be provided
for non-members who wish to receive notices
from the SDCOS regarding future shows.
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The Board discussed and approved to give an
additional $200 to AOS for the April speaker
fee since all his expenses were covered by AOS
and the SDCOS did not have to flight and
lodging expenses.
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The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Pam Peters, Secretary
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San Diego County Orchid Society
P.O. Box 161020
San Diego, CA 92176
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SAN DIEGO, CA
Letter From the Editor
Dear SDCOS,
Well, another annual orchid show went off without a hitch, and now we have to laud the results: the
SDCOS Annual Awards Show and Banquet will take place on Tuesday, May 6th in room 101 in the Casa
Del Prado. It is a free dinner to all society members, and is yet another “perk” of being an SDCOS member! Guests are invited, but will be asked to pay a $20 fee at the door. Don’t forget to RSVP to Genie
Hammond at (619) 422-2235 if you’d like to attend!
Another thing you should talk to Genie about, if you’re interested in it, is that the SDCOS now has a nominating committee for new board members. If you’d like to suggest a possible board member, please let Nay
Nay Stewart, Rose Alesi, Ann Tuskes, or Edith Galvan know.
In case any of you didn’t realize it, the SDCOS Mailing List is to be used for official SDCOS purposes only;
namely for disseminating information about San Diego Orchid Society-related activities, and is not to be
used by outside agencies conducting non-orchid society business.
As for your plants, keep them as moist as possible, and increase the amount of fertilizer you’ve been giving
them for these warmer growing months. Don’t forget to guard vigilantly against
sunburn by watering more or moving plants to more protected areas. Buy shade
Contact Information:
cloth now before the damage becomes more noticeable, if you’re in any doubt.
Christopher Croom
Keep in mind the insects should become more active at this time of year, too,
and may need to be dispatched with. Pyrethrin is a beautiful thing, sometimes,
(619) 583-3804
and it comes from chrysanthemums (which doesn’t mean it’s not toxic as Hell).
Happy Growing,
[email protected]
Christopher