February 2020 - Volume 69 Number 2
February: Wenquing Perner, "The Rare, the New and the Unusual - a Tour of chinese Orchids" Wenquing is the owner of Hengduan Mountains Biotechnology, an orchid nursery in Chengdu, Chnina. Trained as a linguist and psychologist, Wenquing is fluent in English, Jaoanese and German, as well as her native language Manadrin Chinese. She obtained a masters Degree in Japan and worked there as a Businesswoman for 8 years. In 1998 she met and married Dr. Holger Perner, a well known german ecologist and orchid specialist. After living in Germany for 3 years, the couple moved to Sichuan in 2001 to work as consultants for German-China project at Huanglong National Nature Park. Upon completion of the project the couple remained in China. working at the Nature Park and developing their own company, Hengduan Mountains Biotechnology, focused on the propagation of chinese slipper orchids and many other chinese orchids. The company is the only company in China that can export CITES listed chinese orchids to countries abroad. Additionally, since 1999, Wenquing led botanical tours to western China's diverse in incredible flora. Wenquing and Holger also travelled extensively, attending orchid shows and conferences and giving talks around the globe. After Holger's passing in 2017, Wenquing continued his legacy, running the company, attending orchid shows and conferences and leading 2-3 botanical tours each year. to !"#$ %" & %"'()**'""+ &!" ,#!"-"# $.//)&!"0 122&3" 1"& &#" "" """4($ , )***% 5%# #4# #&,5./)6 " .7- %
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Next Meeting: Tuesday, February 4th, 2020 Doors open at 6:30 pm for plant sales and refreshments, General Meeting starts at 7:30 pm Where: San Francisco County Fair Building - “Hall of Flowers”, Golden Gate Park, 9th Avenue at Lincoln Way, San Francisco, CA Skill Session: Starting at 7pm, second Part of a 2 Part Session by Tom Perlite. 'Preparing your plants for the POE display, Judging and member plant sales'. Speaker’s Dinner: If you would like to join us for dinner at 5:30 pm before the meeting, please RSVP with Erik Sayle (VP@orchidsanfrancisco.org; cell: 415-787-3402) by no later than noon on the day of the meeting to confirm the location and that there is room. American Orchid Society Judging: Begins at 7:00 pm.(Enter plants for AOS Judging between 6:30 and 7:00 pm) Opportunity Table: Provided by Chris Mende & Tony Wells from The Tiny Jungle & Let's talk plants (Check out their eBay Store)
For over 65 years the SFOS mission has been to foster the culture and conservation of orchids and to promote education of its members and the public about orchids. Our goals include: an exchange of information from exhibitions, publications, and the Internet, maintenance of a reference library, and participation in worldwide activities.
Paphiopedilum Hengduan Grace Helen
Cypripedium Wenquing
First I want to thank everyone who helped out with the display at Filoli - especially Lynne Murrell who organized most aspects for us. There was a little write up about it in the Mercury News, you can read it here: Our big event of the year - POE - is coming up soon - February 20-23. One of our newer members - Laurie Jean Anderson - has stepped up to help us with the themed display this year … 2020 - Orchids in Focus. Please start setting aside your nicest blooming plants to groom and bring them to include in our display - plant entry to the display will be on Wednesday Feb 19 - We may also have a special space for miniature orchids to be displayed - so if you have some you would like to include - please let us know ahead of time if possible - we want everyone to participate. A shout out to Stuart Menaker - who has been doing a stellar job of getting new silent auction donors and lining up potential new SFOS sponsors, and to Heidi Arno, who is buiding on last year’s successful start to “Kids Corner”. Tom Perlite has brought in a new POE vendor - Habitat Horticulture - to put in a plant wall to be used for photo ops. Most importantly we need all of you to come and participate - Every member should be signed up now for at least one shift to help out - and please encourage your friends to buy tickets to Preview Night - the best deal is a weekend pass including preview night - don’t miss it! Many volunteer shifts remain available - sign up online at: https://signup.com/go/oOQSjZO In the meantime - we continue to have excellent general meetings with top notch speakers, show & tell tables, plant opportunity tables and hands-on skills sessions. If you have not been to a meeting in a while - what are you waiting for? Come check it out. And if you have not paid your dues online via Member Planet - please come to the next meeting or go to the membership table at POE. ushttps://airtable.com/invite/l?inviteId=invWRmYYdvzbmeLzs&inviteToken=8174b022079e2c2583246249219c9d6bc3dca91b424b5a4521b4e020cd33d330 Also if you did not check it out yet, AOS launched their new "Orchid Pro" platform which is free with your AOS membership: https://op.aos.org/ We will be having the potluck holiday party at the December meeting on Dec 3rd – which starts earlier than usual - around 6:30pm – and is a great time to mingle more and get to know everyone a bit better. Plan to bring a dish to share (enough for at least 10-20 people) and know the ingredients so that we can put a label on it that informs people of the contents they may care about (does it have nuts, shellfish, meat, gluten, or milk?). Though we will of course have some available, to help reduce the waste we ask people to bring their own reusable plates and utensils as well as serving utensils.We’ll send another reminder as it gets closer, but the link to RSVP is at: www.memberplanet.com/s/sanfranciscoorchidsociety/2019holidaydinnerpotlucksignup January 3-14 we will be participating in the Filoli Gardens orchid show Please let me know if you might volunteer to put in plants for the display or put in a shift or more staffing the event for us. Email me at president@orchidsanfrancisco.org February 20-23, 2020 is POE – this year’s theme is “2020 - Orchids in Focus” – meant to be a play on words of course, but aiming to fulfill our mission around orchid culture, habitat conservation, and education. We still need more people to help out with advance planning and creative efforts, as well as helping out at the event itself. Want to help out with advertising the event? designing the displays? planning for preview night, the demonstrations and/or kids corner activities? membership recruitment efforts? If you are potentially interested, let me know what you are good at and/or enjoy doing and we will find something for you to do and make it fun. Have you filled out the member survey yet? Let us know what you like best about the SFOS meetings, and what could change to make it better for you. You can fill on out in person at the meeting, or here’s the online link to do it now: https://www.memberplanet.com/s/sanfranciscoorchidsociety/2019sfosmembermeetingssurvey4_1 As always please post on our social media Facebook and Instagram pages and bring a friend to a meeting – help us grow! https://airtable.com/invite/l?inviteId=invWRmYYdvzbmeLzs&inviteToken=8174b022079e2c2583246249219c9d6bc3dca91b424b5a4521b4e020cd33d330 Also if you did not check it out yet, AOS launched their new "Orchid Pro" platform which is free with your AOS membership: https://op.aos.org/ We will be having the potluck holiday party at the December meeting on Dec 3rd – which starts earlier than usual - around 6:30pm – and is a great time to mingle more and get to know everyone a bit better. Plan to bring a dish to share (enough for at least 10-20 people) and know the ingredients so that we can put a label on it that informs people of the contents they may care about (does it have nuts, shellfish, meat, gluten, or milk?). Though we will of course have some available, to help reduce the waste we ask people to bring their own reusable plates and utensils as well as serving utensils.We’ll send another reminder as it gets closer, but the link to RSVP is at: www.memberplanet.com/s/sanfranciscoorchidsociety/2019holidaydinnerpotlucksignup January 3-14 we will be participating in the Filoli Gardens orchid show Please let me know if you might volunteer to put in plants for the display or put in a shift or more staffing the event for us. Email me at president@orchidsanfrancisco.org February 20-23, 2020 is POE – this year’s theme is “2020 - Orchids in Focus” – meant to be a play on words of course, but aiming to fulfill our mission around orchid culture, habitat conservation, and education. We still need more people to help out with advance planning and creative efforts, as well as helping out at the event itself. Want to help out with advertising the event? designing the displays? planning for preview night, the demonstrations and/or kids corner activities? membership recruitment efforts? If you are potentially interested, let me know what you are good at and/or enjoy doing and we will find something for you to do and make it fun. Have you filled out the member survey yet? Let us know what you like best about the SFOS meetings, and what could change to make it better for you. You can fill on out in person at the meeting, or here’s the online link to do it now: https://www.memberplanet.com/s/sanfranciscoorchidsociety/2019sfosmembermeetingssurvey4_1 As always please post on our social media Facebook and Instagram pages and bring a friend to a meeting – help us grow! ://www.memberplanet.com/s/sanfranciscoorchidsociety/2019sfosmembermeetingssurvey4_1 - Jeff Harris https://www.memberplanet.com/s/sanfranciscoorchidsociety/2019sfosmembermeetingssurvey4_1 It is hard to believe we are approaching the end of 2019 – As has been done the past few years we intend to have a holiday party at the December meeting on Dec 3rd. Then in January we plan to participate in the Filoli Gardens orchid show again (we are still firming up the exact dates, but please let me know if you might volunteer to put in plants for the display or put in a shift or more staffing the event for us). Then February 20-23, 2020 is POE – this year’s theme is “Orchids in Focus” – many thanks to Sam Wantman for coming up with the theme and ad graphic – we are very greatful for his generous donation of his creative effort. So start looking at your plants when they start to spike and stake them so you can have nicely displayed flowers at the shows – maybe even get them officially judged (either for a ribbon or even by AOS judges). If you are curious about AOS judging, just ask – we have a very active group of judges here who are friendly and interested in demystifying the process for you. As always please post on our social media Facebook and Instagram pages and
From the President
- Jeff Harris
Paph. Hengduan Grace Helen
Paph. Hengduan Kobold
Paph. Hengduan Snake Charmer
Have you joined SFOS's MemberPlanet Community?
Memberplanet helps us better maintain our membership roster and gives you complete control over your personal information. Even if you are a Lifetime Member, we would like you to sign up. Joining also provides a very convenient online process to pay your annual dues. If you have not paid for 2019, we urge you to please take the time and do so. Join Member Planet If you want help with this process we can assist you at the membership desk. If you cannot use the online process, then please go ahead and mail a check with your contact information to: SFOS Membership PO Box 27145 SF, CA 94127-0145 Annual Dues $25: Standard Membership (includes email newsletters) $40: Household membership (2 or more people, includes email newsletters) $75: Supporting Membership (includes two 2020 POE weekend passes plus email newsletters) $150: SFOS Patron Membership (includes four 2020 POE weekend passes, email newsletters, one signed copy of A Bay Area Guide to Orchids and their Culture) $500: SFOS Benefactor Membership (includes four 2020 POE Gala OR weekend , and mention in one of the newsletters, email newsletters, one signed copy of A Bay Area Guide to Orchids and their Culture) $1,000: SFOS Orchid Circle (includes four 2020 POE Gala OR weekend passes, your name included in one of the newsletters, email newsletters, one signed copy of A Bay Area Guide to Orchids and their Culture. Plus, a one-time donation of one third of the amount to the Orchid Conservation Alliance towards purchase of orchid preserve land.
Wear Your Name Badge When you pick up your name tag from the membership table at our meetings you will get a special raffle ticket for a chance to pick up an early selection from the plant opportunity table. What’s not to love about that!
General Meeting Plant Sales By attending the general monthly meetings, not only do get to hear great speakers, but you also have an opportunity to purchase some wonderful plants from SFOS members. Did you know that one of the many benefits of membership is that you may also sell your plants 100% commission free at the meetings?
Design by Samuel Wantman & Photos by Ron Parsons
If your last name starts with A thru B SFOS members are encouraged to help out with refreshments, setup and cleanup at monthly meetings based upon the first letter of your last name. Check the calendar below for the monthly meeting corresponding to your last name. Members whose last name starts with the letter range A - B should bring snacks to the meeting on February 4, 2020. Please bring snacks for the next meeting such as: Nuts Fruit or veggie sticks Crackers & Cheese Cookies, Cake, Pies, & Tarts Your favorite munchies! Surprise us!!!
Each month the opportunity table provides an awesome way to acquire new and unique orchids for experts and beginners alike, at very affordable prices. Support our society by spending more, don’t feel guilty for the splurge. You deserve it!
2020 Refreshment Calendar
Jan: V - Z
Feb: A - B
Mar: C - D
Apr: E - F
May: G - H
Jun: I - K
Jul: L - M
Aug: N - P
Sept: Q - R
Oct: S - T
Nov: U - Z
Dec: Potluck: Everyone
Monthly Meetings
Remember to ask Ellen for your FREE extra ticket for the opportunity table when you bring refreshments to a meeting!
Upcoming Meetings March: TBD April: Chien Lee - Plant animal interactions May: Hadley Cash - Complex Paphs
Please bring your blooming plants for display at the monthly meetings.This is a great viewing experience for all and a great way to learn about new plants we might want to try to grow in the future for ourselves. You can bring in a blooming plant that you might not be certain about the name or type and have our group of experts help identify your plant. The more you know, the better your chance of success. When you bring a plant to show and tell, fill out the identification tag with your name and you can get one entry into a special raffle for a chance to pick up an early selection from the plant opportunity table. We look forward to seeing you and your plants at the next monthly meeting.
Papahiopedilum tigrinum Chris Neitro
January Show & Tell Table Photos by Chris Neitro
Dendrochilum cootsii 'Curly' Chris Mende
Sophronitella violacea Fritz Bredeek
Paphiopedilum Icy Icy Wind Chris Mende
Paphiopedilum insigne (Yunnan type) Chris Mende
Sophronitis sp. Fritz Bredeek
Sophronitis wittigiana Fritz Bredeek B BrThe Boomers
Dendrochilum cootsii Chris Mende
Laelia superbiens Dale Martin
Coelogyne incrassata Susan Anderson
Diplocaulobium ridleyanum Judy Carney
Paphiopedilum Deception Susan Anderson
Sophronitis wittigiana Judy Carney
Paphiopedilum villosum Susan Anderson
Saccalabium guasumbingii Susan Anderson
Ctsm. Frilly Doris x Ctsm. saccatum Chris Mende
Angraecum Memoria Mark Aldridge Dale Martin
Phragmipedium caudatum Chris Neitro
Octomeria caldensis Kay Klumb
LC. C. G. Roebling Lynne Murrell
Cymbidium canaliculatum 'Mary Frances' HCC/AOS Bill Weaver
Laelia anceps x Laelia albida Bill Weaver
Oberonia macronata Lynne Murrell
((Laelia hapophylla x L. flava) x Sl. Orpetii) Bill Weaver
Laelia anceps 'Barkeriana' Bill Weaver
Laelia anceps 'Mini Harry' Dave Hermeyer
Sl. Mini Pet John McCallen
Phragmipedium Fritz Schomburg John McCallen
Sl. Tiny Star John McCallen
Cattleya walkeriana x C. intermedia v. coerulea Dave Hermeyer
Phragmipedium dalessandroi x Inca Fire John McCallen
Phragmipedium Jason Fisher John McCallen
Laelia autumnalis John McCallen
Phragmipedium Tupac Amaru John McCallen
Photos by Ramon de los Santos
20202250 January 8, 2020 Pescatorea wallisii 'Bonheur' species CHM 83 Exhibited by: Lynne Murrell
AOS Awards from the California Sierra Nevada Judging Center
Ferbuary 2020 - Volume 69 Number 2
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20202251 January 8, 2020 Paphiopedilum Mountain Lass '5 Pattonyos' (Paph. Mountain Meadow x Paph. helenae) HCC 75 Exhibited by Dave Sorokowsky
20202252 January 8, 2020 Dendrobium Green Flash 'Alan' (Den. Andree Millar x Den. convolutum) AM 80 Exhibited by Cheryl Jones
You can help... The San Francisco Orchid Society joins other orchid societies and businesses participating in the 1% FOC campaign by committing to budget 1%or more of our net revenue towards in situ orchid conservation projects. For more information: orchidconservationcoalition.org Upcoming Orchids in the Wild® trips March 14-26, 2020 OCA - post World Orchid Congress Tour of southern Yunnan, China For more information, see the OCA website
SFOS Board Meeting Minutes January 13, 2020
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Zoom Meeting Attendees: Jeff Harris, Erik Sayle, Faye Rabino, Jeremiah Chua, Lynne Murrell, Debra Vails-Qualters, Christian Neitro, John McCallen, Dave Hermeyer Board meeting called to order: (6:20pm) President's update: Jeff Abbreviated meeting format tonight to accommodate joint POE show committee time Embezzlement Case Update: arraignment hearing date is Feb 5, 2020 (more details in Dec 2019 minutes) Filoli - Jan 3-14, 2020 - show wrapping up - well attended Treasurer’s report: Faye Faye presented the monthly (Dec 2019) finance report - Lynne moved to endorse the monthly finance report, Debra seconded the motion which passed unanimously by verbal vote. VP’s update: Erik Upcoming speakers and skill sessions: February: Wenqing Perner - “The Rare, the New and the Unusual” a tour of Chinese orchids” March: TBD April 2020 - Chien Lee (nature guide and photographer from Borneo) - (chienclee.photoshelter.com) on Plant-animal Interactions in the Rainforests of Southeast Asia May - Hadley Cash - North Carolina - Complex Paphs June - Tomas Bajza - TBD Miniature orchids http://tarzanegroup.com/ July - TBD Aug 2020 - Tim Culbertson? Or Jason Miller? - SFOS 2019 research grant recipient: Genetic diversity of Cypripedium arietinum within Wisconsin Sept - Oct Nov - Alan Koch - Gold Country Orchids Dec - Holiday party Chris Mende/Tony Wells from Tiny Jungle & Lets Talk Plants will be providing plants for the opportunity table (check out their page on EBay:https://www.ebay.com/str/letstalkplants) Skills sessions - Feb: Tom Perlite on “Preparing Plants for POE;” March TBD... Greenhouse tour plan (still looking into details re: volunteers to host and organize these ~ every 3 months) POE 2020 (Jeff/Faye) - meeting for the 2020 POE show committee to follow this one Membership update: (Debra) 2 new members joined since last meeting/newsletter (Hana Hardy and Alie Fishman); January meeting headcount was ~48. with one guest. Newsletter editor update: (Christian) - plans to add a “classifieds” section and allow ads for plant sales - reminder to submit contributions by the 15th of the month for target e-distribution of newsletter by the 20th of the month. Old Business: Web designer/maintenance - now under a month-to-month hourly contract with Hop Studios (https://www.hopstudios.com/) Jason Miller of $1500 “research / conservation” grant award - confirm. Faye issued the check Chris Mende and Ron Norris asked to chair the nominating committee for May 2020 elections - will be contacting current and potential new candidates for officer and Board roles. Request to consider live video recordings at meetings including projection of show and tell for better visibility - John is going to try out some new setups at the Skills Sessions before attempting to implement them at Show & Tell sessions. Anyone interested in helping him please get in touch directly. New Business: Donation on behalf of Asuka - Lynne proposed a donation to SF SPCA in memory of Asuka; board recommended raising the donation at the next meeting and/or POE from any materials donated to SFOS from his wife Carla. May 2020 Berkeley ACCI Gallery show - request for SFOS orchid demo or having orchids on display during the opening event on May 9 at the Berkeley ACCI gallery Bold Botanicals show - (https://www.accigallery.com/bold-botanicals-2020-entry.html); sent them a POE Silent Auction donation/co-promotion request - general support if some members willing to help out (post-meeting note - Bob Hamilton willing to help with some plants and a talk) Endowment / Donation campaign - Paul Bourbin suggested we consider actively working on expanding our endowment donations - he gave the society money to start one and noted other non-profits get to the point of being able to run off just the interest from the endowment accounts -https://www.thebalancesmb.com/how-to-start-an-endowment-for-your-nonprofit-2502103 Other new items - Debra - ideas for infrastructure spending for speaker sound system, lighting & video for show & tell etc., check out cactus & succulent society equipment Next Board Meeting: Monday Feb 10 - Zoom Meeting to be scheduled to start at 7 PM Meeting adjourned (7:20pm) Respectfully submitted by Jeremiah Chua SFOS Secretary
Special Pricing $60.00 for SFOS Members! Written by Phillip Cribb and Christopher Purver, this 282 page book covers the tropical American species of three genera of slipper orchids, Selenipedium, Mexipedium and Phragmipedium. Beautifully illustrated throughout with color botanical paintings by Carol Woodin, as well as black and white line drawings, color photographs and maps. To purchase your copy please contact Jeff Harris: president@orchidsanfrancisco.org
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Get your copy of “The Bay Area Guide to Orchids and Their Culture”, featuring many of the members of the San Francisco Orchid Society and our neighboring orchid societies. Cost is $21.69 ($19.99 plus sales tax ($1.70). Contact Mary Gerritsen for purchasing arrangements: meg570@comcast.net
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Current SFOS Officers and Contacts President: Jeff Harris (president@orchidsanfrancisco.org) Vice President: Erik Sayle (VP@orchidsanfrancisco.org) Secretary: Jeremiah Chua (jeremiah@orchidsanfrancisco.org) Treasurer (CFO): Faye Rabino (Treasurer@orchidsanfrancisco.org) Directors: Christian Neitro (Chris@orchidsanfrancisco.org) Debra Vails-Qualters (debravq@yahoo.com) John McCallen (john@orchidsanfrancisco.org) Lynn Murrell (ynn@orchidsanfrancisco.org) Past President: Dave Hermeyer (dave@hermeyer.us) Membership Chair: Debra Vails-Qualters (debravq@yahoo.com) Newsletter Editor: Christian Neitro (newslettereditor@orchidsanfrancisco.org) AOS Representative: Japheth Ko (japhethko@gmail.com) Orchid Digest Representative: Faye Rabino (faye@orchidsanfranciso.org) Opportunity Table Tickets: Ellen Edelson Librarian: Lauren Iversen Show Chair: Vacant - please apply! Webmaster: Orysia Riesen
Orchid Digest Do you subscribe? If not, you might want to consider doing so. Orchid Digest is published quarterly with over 200 pages of amazing photos and excellent articles. 1 year subscription (4 issues) $39.00 2 year subscription ( 8 issues) $75.00 www.orchiddigest.org
Here are the ‘how to’ rules for submitting plants for sales at the member plant sales area for POE 2020 Everyone who brings plants for their own personal sales or for donation are obliged to donate at least 3 hours of a sales shift within the sales area. That time can be split into segments depending on just how busy it is at a given time. If you don’t help the sales area for a shift, we won’t put your plants out for sales. Please see me for any special circumstances. Please remember this is an area for plant sales for the amateur growers of the SFOS. This is not a site for re-sale of plants that have been purchased for the explicit purchase of re-sale. One must be a member in good standing of the SFOS in order to have plants on this table. If you have donations, please contact me so arrangements can be made to take care of your donated plants and you do NOT have to work in the sales area if you are only donating plants for the benefit of the SFOS. Information for SFOS Members Who Want to Sell Plants: - Each SFOS member will be permitted to have 75 plants only in the Member Plant Sales area at a time. That means that as your individual plants are sold, you can bring in more. Each night I will make a tally of those plants sold and make that information available to anyone who wants to call me about it. - Place a label on each plant and make 2 inventory sheets-one for your records and one to give to the chair/sales staff for record keeping. - The inventory list should be either printed legibly or printed. If printed, the font size should be at least 11. - Place your name, address, email and phone number on the list. Place the plant number, plant name and price on one line. Labels must be legible and that includes the price. Member codes will be 3 letters followed by 1 to 3 numbers. At the time of check-in, your chosen letter code will be checked to insure that there are no duplicate codes. Before being placed on the sales table, plants must be checked in by a SFOS Member Plant Sales volunteer. The volunteer staff is responsible for removing any plants that are diseased or not established. A good rule of thumb is, if you would like to buy the plant, then it is good to sell to someone else. - Plants can be checked in for sale starting Thursday February 20 from noon. Please do not leave your plants without official check-in. If you drop plants off’ without check in we won’t put them on the bench for sale. - The San Francisco Orchid Society will assume a 25% commission for the sale of plants at the table. - Each person bringing plants to sell must work at the plant sales table for at least 3 hours (EXCEPT if your plants for sale are ALL donations)-it doesn’t have to be all at one time. If you are busy doing other things at POE, you must find someone to take your shift obligation. And that shift obligation will have to be at a time where there is a need. - Each member who brings in plants is completely responsible for any loss to his or her plants. - Plants can be removed from the plant sales area on Sunday February 23 beginning at 15 minutes before the close of the show. Any exception to this must be cleared with the chair of the Member Plant Sales area. - There will be no ‘saving’ plants [removing plants from the general sales table] for anyone other than those folks who are working in the plant sales area at the time of their shift. - The member plant sales area will be open for business right after ribbon judging at about 4:00 for 2 hours only on Thursday the 20th. This is for the benefit of those volunteers who are donating their time for judging and set up on Thursday. No plants will be sold at the Member Plant Sales area before then. There will be no exceptions. No one can put plants behind the sales table for later purchase or give them to folks to pay later. - For this abbreviated sale session on Thursday we should be able to accept cash, check or credit cards. Volunteers are needed for all shifts especially Friday, Saturday, and Sunday AM! Contact me at czoltowski@sbcglobal.net or 415-657-3222 if you are planning to bring plants to sell and to volunteer. Carol Zoltowski, Member Plant Sales Chair
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Save the Date! Pacific Orchid Exposition • 2020: Orchids in Focus • Coming in February of 2020 February 20 - 23, 2020
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Ribbon Judging Volunteers needed for POE 2020! We need your help! Ribbon Judging at the Pacific Orchid Exposition is fun, educational and helps with an important part of our Show. Unfortunately several of our "regular" judges will not be attending this year, so we REALLY need some more volunteers. As a judge you will be among the first to see the Show, get a free lunch, and receive a discount on preview night tickets. No previous exoerience is necessary, all the information and guidance will be provided. Judging will be on Thursday (Feb. 20th) starting with lunch at noon and judging itself will begin at 1:00pm. If you are interested in volunteering, please send an e-mail to: rnorris.sf@gmail.com Please let me know in your message if you have any particular expertise or interest in a certain section (i.e. Dendrobium, Cymbidium, etc. I will try to match you with your area of interest as much as possible. Thanks, Ron Norris -POE 2020 Ribbon Judging Chair-
Who are we? Introducing the member profile project As anyone who grows orchids knows, keeping them happy isn’t always a walk in the park—but getting there is also one of most the rewarding journeys! So many SFOS members have been growing orchids for years, while quite a few others have been at it for decades. The collective knowledge of our membership—all of the learning, practice and labor involved in becoming a bona fide “friend of the orchids”—is really unique and valuable, and that’s why I’d like to share the idea of creating a member profile project. This effort would involve speaking with interested members about their experiences growing orchids and their participation in SFOS (a recorded sound interview), as well as visually documenting their collections (photo and video are both options). My interest in the project stems from a wish to apply my skills as a professional science documentary producer and a practicing analog filmmaker for the benefit of SFOS. The hope for this project is that together, we'll be able to collate the knowledge and histories of our membership and perhaps share them with the larger orchid community! You can preview some of Lauren's work on both her Tumblr and Vimeo accounts. Just click on the Buttons below. For all of those who are interested in participating, please contact Lauren Iverson for more information either in person or @ lauren.iverson2@gmail.com. Thank you!
Announcement Starting with the next Issue of the Nesletter we would like to add a Classifieds Section! Whether you have any Plants or Supplies to sell or you are looking for something specific or you are looking for or offering a shared Ride to our Meeting or a specific Show, you can now post it in the Newsletter. Please send all submissions to cneitro@yahoo.com. Submissions must be sent in by the 15th of the month to be added to the Newsletter for the following month. Don't forget to add how you would like to be contacted.
The Bloom Room
Most (if not all) of the orchids we grow have an identity tag, either in the pot or attached to the basket or mount, which tells us the 'Name' or ID of the plant. To a lot of growers these tags tell not only the species, but provides much more information. But to many growers those tags still remain a mystery. Many growers buy plants from nurseries which have printed tags, with the correct nomenclature and capitalization. But if you have ever bought a plant from a grower that has a handwritten or incomplete tag then you might have trouble deciphering if the plant you just aquired is a species or a hybrid, and even what is part of the hybrid name and what is the cultivar name. I have been asked by fellow growers and friends to explain the differences in nomenclature and will try my best here to give you some brief insight. In the picture you can see three such tags. Let's start with the one on the very top and work our way down: Phalaenopsis wilsonii The first letter is capitalized, which tells us that Phalaenopsis is the species. The following name (wilsonii) starts with a small cap letter, indicating that this is a species name. Ctsm. Susan Fuchs 'Leucadia' x Ctsm. tigrinum 'SVO' This next tag tells us a lot more about the plant. The first thing being that it belongs to a hybrid. This is marked by the x in between the two names. The first plant here is Ctsm. (the abbreviation for Catasetum) Susan Fuchs 'Leucadia', which is a Catasetum hybrid. We can tell that it is a hybrid by the capitalized first letter of the name. The latter part of the name ('Leucadia') is the cultivar name. Species and hybrids can both have cultivar names, or none at all. (I will try and explain more on cultivar names and their meaning in one of the next issues.) Cultivar names can clearly be distinguished by the capitalization and by the use of the quotation marks. Now the second plant involved in the maing of this hybrid is a species, since the name is in small caps. It is also a named cultivar ('SVO'). Another interesting detail about this plant is that we can tell which was the pod (female) and which was the pollen (male) parent of our plant, since the pod parent will be named first on the tag. Psychopsis Mendenhall 'Hildos' FCC/AOS This tag belongs to a hybrid, which we can tell again by the capitalized first letter after the species. This particular cultivar ('Hildos') has been awarded in the past, whcih we can tell by the FCC/AOS abbreviation. FCC stand for the First Class Certificate awarded by the AOS, American Orchid Society. The numbers you see on these labels are either inventory or order numbers of these plants, and have no further meaning in the indentification and correct nomenclature. Thank you for reading and feel free to ask more questions about indentifying through tags and nomenclature, or submit a topic you always had questions about and i can answer for you. Happy growing Chris Neitro
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