CVIOS NEWSLETTER

CENTRAL VANCOUVER ISLAND ORCHID SOCIETY November 2016

CVIOS UPCOMING EVENTS: November 19, 2016 Visit to Paramount Orchids

December 10, 2016 Christmas Party Potluck Lunch – Please bring a dish

Paphiopedilum Imperial Jade ‘Emmett’

Paphiopedilum Imperial Jade ‘Emmett’ HCC/AOS 79pts

Exhibitor: Donna McDonnell Photo: Judith Higham

CVIOS Meeting are held September to June on a Saturday at the

Harewood Activity Center, 195 Fourth St, Nanaimo. Doors open

at 11:00 with a brief business meeting starting at 12. Following is

a display of plants brought in by members, a coffee break, prize

draw and a featured presentation or demonstration. There is a

sales table where orchid supplies and plants brought in by

members can be purchased.

Mailing Address: PO Box 1061 Nanaimo BC, V9R 5Z2 Website: www.cvios.org Email: Laurie Forbes: turtleplace@telus.net Newsletter Submissions: suzcur.sc@gmail.com CVIOS EXECUTIVE 2016/17 President: Laurie Forbes Past President: Bryan Emery Vice President: Constance Gordon-Webster Treasurer: Joann Grey Secretary & Newsletter: Suzanne Currie Membership: Dora Glover Plant Sales Table: Donna McDonnell Library: Dusty Smith Refreshments: Sandra Lathrope Publicity: Open Programs: Open Directors At Large: Alexey Tretyakov, Corey Timmins

2016:

November 19, Paramount

Orchids Visit

December 10, Christmas Party

2017:

January 21

February 18

March 18

April 22

May 27

June 17

September 23

October 21

November 18

December 9

UPCOMING MEETINGS & EVENTS

CVIOS MINUTES OF GENERAL MEETING October 22, 2016

Laurie Forbes called the meeting to order at 12:05 pm. 22 members present. Welcome three new members, Darlene Rathwell and Lauren Cameron, Joanne Nemeth. Today Pepe Portilla from Ecuagenera is presenting his programs on Situ Orchids of Ecuador and has brought 5 boxes of orchids for sale.

Secretary’s Report:

Minutes from September, 2016 meeting approved. Motion to accept Sept. minutes Mike, second Dora. Motion carried

Treasurer’s Report:

Joann presented the report for June, July, August and September. Motion to accept Bryan. Second Shirley. Motion carried.

Memberships:

Four new members signed on at show. Membership cards are now available. Member renewals are due by November 30

Plant sales:

The few plants brought by members had already been purchased

Refreshments:

Thank you, Connie, Clementine, Suzanne and Dusty. As we are going to Paramount in November, those scheduled to bring goodies please bring in January. December is a Christmas potluck lunch. Club provides coffee, tea and punch

Upcoming Meetings & Programs:

November 19, 12pm excursion to Paramount Orchids. A map will be sent out with Oct minutes. Suzanne will collect names and numbers of those willing to drive and any carpoolers can contact those members for rides

December 10, Christmas potluck party. If you have orchids to display, please bring them and food for lunch. There will be a silent auction and or a bag draw.

CVIOS Show:

A huge thank you to the volunteers who helped man the show! It was a success. Laurie personally thanked many members for the time committed to attend and help all weekend long. There were 6 orchid displays at the show. Ribbon and AOS awards will be listed in the newsletter.

Fraser Valley Show:

Mike Miller will be on the 5:45 ferry Friday morning with CVIOS orchids. Plant drop off is at Dora and Laurie’s – info will be emailed to members by Suzanne. The FVOS show awards and ribbons won by CVIOS members will be listed in the December newsletter.

Meeting adjourned at 12:35 pm

CVIOS SHOW

A huge thank you to all members that volunteered at the CVIOS show Sept. 30 to Oct 2! It

would not have been possible without all your dedication and hard work!

- 10 members from CVIOS contributed 42 plants to our display

- The 6 displays at our show included a total of 211 plants submitted for ribbon judging

- The Best Visiting Orchid Society Display was Vancouver’s display

- The Grand Champion was Dendrobium laevitolium from Paramount and the Reserve Champion was Alexey’s

Cat. Maxima

- Best in Class awards were won by Alexey (3), Donna (2), and Shirley (1)

- Donna had 2 AOS nominations, one of these plants (Paph. Imperial Jade) won an AOS award.

- 4 other AOS awards were given out at our show including the AOS Show Trophy for Most Outstanding Orchid

Exhibit, Bryan Emery, Memories of Mario

CVIOS Show 30 Sept 2016 Ribbon Awards

01 1.1-1.9 Best Cattleya species or hybrid, Cattleya maxima, Alexey Tretyakov 02 1.10-1.11 Best Other Laelia Subtribe, Epidendrum peperomia (porpax), Alexey Tretyakov 03 2.1-2.12b Best Phalaenopsis, Phalaenopsis bellina 'XL', Pat van Adrichem 04 2.18-2.20 Best in Vanda Group, Trichoglottis atropurpurea, Paramount 05 3.1-3.7 – Best in Pleurothallis Group, Dracula gongora, Bryan Emery 06 4.1-4.11 Best Paphiopedilum, Paphiopedilum Imperial Jade, Donna McDonnell 07 4.12a-4.15 Best Other in Cypripedium sub-family, Phragmipedium Nitidissimum, Joe Chow 08 6.1-6.3 Best in Miltonia, Miltonia moreliana, Paramount 09 6.4-6.6b Best Oncidium, Oncidium John Louis Shirrah 'Profusion', Shirley McClare 10 6.7-6.12 Best Other in Oncidium Group, Gomesa radicans, Paramount 11 8.1-8.2 Best in Coelogyne Grouping, Coelogyne fimbriata 'Yellow', Calvin Wong 12 9.1-9.4 Best in Stanhopea/Catasetum Grouping, Stanhopea tigrina, Yolanda Breck 13 10.1-10.6 Best in Dendrobium Grouping/Best Other in Dendrobium Alliance, Dendrobium parthenium, Donna McDonnell 14 11.1-11.3 Best in All Others Not Listed Above, Habenaria erichmichaelii 'pink', Calvin Wong 03 12.1-12.3 Best in Special, Phalaenopsis bellina 'XL', Pat van Adrichem 15 12.4 Best Orchid Grown Under Artificial Light Only, Phragmipedium Calurum, Daniel Kwok 16 12.5 Best Orchid Grown on Windowsill – No artificial Light, Brassolaelia Yellow Bird, Kathryn Collins 01 12.6 Best Orchid Mounted, Cattleya maxima, Alexey Tretyakov 17 BEST IN SHOW, Dendrobium laevifolium, Paramount Orchids 01 RESERVE CHAMPION, Cattleya maxima, Alexey Tretyakov 18 Best Visiting Society (COC) – Vancouver Orchid Society 19 Best Display (AOS Award) - Bryan Emery 20 Jerry Suffolk Award – Best Oncidium Alliance – (no name), Dusty Smith, CVIOS 21 Mike Miller Award – Best Miniature – Trisetella hoeijeri, Bryan Emery 11 Harry Johnson Award – Best Specimen Plant - Coelogyne fimbriata 'Yellow', Calvin Wong 01 Dora Glover Award – Best Cattleya Alliance - Cattleya maxima, Alexey Tretyakov

CVIOS 2016 SHOW RIBBON AWARDS Photos by Judith Higham

From left to right:

Best Oncidium: Oncidium John Louis Shirrah 'Profusion', Shirley McClare

Best in Vanda Group: Trichoglottis atropurpurea, Paramount

Best in Pleurothallis Group: Dracula gongora, Bryan Emery

Best Other Laelia Subtribe: Epidendrum peperomia (porpax), Alexey Tretyakov

Best in Miltonia: Miltonia moreliana, Paramount

Best Other in Oncidium Group: Gomesa radicans, Paramount

From left to right:

Best in Dendrobium Grouping/Best Other in Dendrobium Alliance, Dendrobium parthenium, Donna McDonnell

Best Orchid Mounted, Cattleya maxima, Alexey Tretyakov

Best Display (AOS Award): - Bryan Emery

Mike Miller Award – Best Miniature: Trisetella hoeijeri, Bryan Emery

Jerry Suffolk Award – Best Oncidium Alliance – (no name), Dusty Smith, CVIOS…

Photo by Ed

Higham

From left to right:

BEST IN SHOW: Dendrobium laevifolium, Paramount Orchids

RESERVE CHAMPION: Cattleya maxima, Alexey Tretyakov

2016 CVIOS SHOW AOS AWARDS photos by Judith Higham

From left to right:

Paphiopedilum Imperial Jade ‘Emmett’ HCC/AOS 79pts (Paph. stonei x Paph. primulinum)

Exhibitor: Donna McDonnell

Dendrobium Hibiki ‘Pauwela’ AM/AOS 81pts

(Den. bracteosum x Den. laevifolium)

Exhibitor: Diana Rowles

Phaphiopedilum Harold Koopowitz ‘Paramount’s Simone Morin’ HCC/AOS 77pts(Paph.

malipoense x Paph. rothschildianum) Exhibitor: Paramount Orchids Phalaenopsis Kingfisher’s Dragon Wing ‘Giant Star’ HCC/AOS 76pts (Phal. John Ewing x Phal. Dragon Tree Eagle) Exhibitor: Pat van Adrichem, Kingfisher Orchids

AOS Show Trophy ‘Memories of Mario’ ST/AOS 83pts

Exhibitor: Bryan Emery

TIP OF THE MONTH, Alexey Tretyakov

At the September meeting Alexey spoke about fertilizing orchids. This is a summary of his presentation.

Seasonal Fertilizer Schedule

Seasonal rotation of fertilizers is important for improving plant growth, maturation, and bloom.

Contemporary industrial horticulture uses a rather sophisticated feeding programs of the fertilizer

application. As an example, General Hydroponics identifies 12 phases of plant development with special

fertilizer formula for each period. One can reference a feedchart of Flora Series, Drain-to Waste

methodology of that company Website: http://generalhydroponics.com/

That sophisticated approach yields a maximum crop if someone grows only tomatoes or only cucumbers

or any other monoculture. However, that scheme is impossible to implement for a typical orchid collection,

which consists of diversity of the species and hybrids with non-synchronized phases of plants’ growth.

Below is an outline of our society September meeting Tip of the Month about my seasonal fertilizer

schedule.

Active growing period: from late February-March to late August-September. Use high nitrogen fertilizer,

relatively high concentration of fertilizer solution and frequent application. My favorite fertilizer is a

Miracle-Gro All Purpose Plant Food (24-8-16). Apply ½ of recommended dose by-weekly at the

beginning of the growing season and weekly from April-May.

Period of maturation and dormancy: from September to February. Use low nitrogen fertilizer, low

concentration of fertilizer solution and non-frequent application. My favorite fertilizer is a Miracle-Gro

Tomato Plant Food (18-18-21). Apply ¼ of recommended dose weekly, then by-weekly at the beginning

of the season and monthly from October-November.

Perhaps lumping from 12 to just two phases can be considered as a very radical action, but I am using

this schedule for many years with reasonable results.

Shirley and Ernie McClare’s greenhouse (solar power set up) photos by Diana Rowels