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NOVICE MEETING
September 2005 San D
iego C
ounty O
rchid
Society
GENERAL MEETING
September 6, 2005, 6:30 PM– Casa Del Prado—Room 104
By Bill Molnar, 2nd Vice President
Gary Pierwola, the SDCOS past president, will show us how to repot cymbidiums and give some valuable tips for growing them well. Gary has an orchid care and repotting business, so he has perfected a fast, simple and easy method for repot-ting. Gary's gorgeous orchids have won Best of Section awards at our orchid shows, and his blooming plants have been seen on the display tables at our monthly meetings. Last year, Gary shared a repotting technique with me that keeps your cymbidiums blooming the year after repotting. It works! Spikes are forming on my cymbidiums that were repotted last
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September 6, 2005, 7:30 PM– Casa Del Prado—Room 101
year. Come learn his secret. I know that your cymbidiums are "praying" that you'll attend this class so that they can have a richer, happier life. We’ll see you Tuesday night at 6:30.
We would also like to give a big thanks to David Brown for helping us learn to inter-pret what our orchids are telling us. His casual approach, combined with his will-ingness to answer many questions, made for a very informative program. David, thanks for sharing all that you've learned from your reading and growing experi-ences over the years!
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 81
September’s speaker will be Bob Hamilton,
who is a former president of the AOS’s Odon-
toglossum Alliance, and has been growing or-
chids non-commercially since 1975. Bob is
also a lifetime member of the San Francisco
Orchid Society and the Orchid Society of Cali-
fornia, for which he is also a former President.
Bob’s orchid interests involve odontoglossums
and their hybridization, but he also breeds
odontiodas (generally hybrids between Coch-
lioda and Odontoglossum) and rhynchosteles
(formerly Lemboglossum—see the June issue
of your SDCOS Newsletter). Bob is also very
interested in the history of hybridization, and
his presentation at the September meeting will
discuss endangered hybrid orchids.
While it may seem strange to some of you
that hybrid orchids could possibly be endan-
gered, since they don’t generally exist in the
wild, there are many orchid hybrids that were
made around the turn of the last century or
before that are disappearing from cultivation.
Lycaste Wyld Court 'Sir William Cooke' FCC/
RHS is one example. While this is an impor-
tant parent for many of the gorgeous red Ly-
caste hybrids available today, almost all of
these orchids surviving in cultivation are vi-
rused and swiftly disappearing.
Bob is an expert orchid hybridizer, and
knows a lot about odontoglossums, so come
and see him on the 6th of September!
-Christopher
Board of Directors
President: Genie Hammond
First VP: Ron Kaufmann
Second VP: Bill Molnar
Past President: Gary Pierwola
Treasurer: Lynn Ford
Secretary: Lynn Dornfeld
Directors: David Brown
Pam Peters
Membership: Tess Taylor
Bob Clark
San Diego County Orchid Society
San Diego County Orchid Society
Membership
We invite you to join the San Diego County Orchid
Society. With your membership you will receive the
newsletter and many other benefits.
To join, please send your check for $15 for an indi-
vidual membership or $20 for a dual membership,
payable to SDCOS , to:
San Diego County Orchid Society
P.O. Box 161020
San Diego, CA 92176
Newsletter Entries
If you have monthly meetings, classifieds, submis-
sions of interest, photos, or announcements related
to orchids, please contact Christopher Croom at
(619) 583-3804 or [email protected].
Advertisers
Please contact Lynn Ford at (619) 283-4172 or
Information for the October newsletter must be sub-
mitted by September 15.
Meetings
San Diego Orchid Society meetings are held the first
Tuesday of each month at the Casa Del Prado in Bal-
boa Park.
Novice Class: 6:30 p.m., Room 104
General Meeting: 7:30 p.m., Room 101
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September 2005
September 3rd, 9:00 a.m. SDCOS Species Group Meeting First Saturday of the month Paul or Ann Tuskes (858) 274-5829 September 5th, 7:00 p.m. Quail Botanical Gardens Judging Center First Monday of the month September 6th, 6:30 p.m. SDCOS Novice Meeting First Tuesday of the month Casa Del Prado, Balboa Park, Room 104 September 6th, 7:30 p.m. SDCOS General Meeting First Tuesday of the month Casa Del Prado, Balboa Park, Room 101 September 13th, 7:00 p.m. SDCOS Board Meeting Second Tuesday of the month Balboa Park Lynn Dornfeld (619) 889-4612 September 21st Culture class at 6:30. Meeting at 7:00 p.m. Cymbidium Society Meeting The third Wednesday of the month Speaker: Doug Conklin, "Recognizing Better Orchids" The Carlsbad Women’s Club 3320 Monroe Street, Carlsbad (760) 748-8355 September 16th, 10 a.m.— 2 p.m. San Diego Zoo's Orchid Odyssey The third Friday of the month (orchid greenhouse is open) Janette Gerrity (619) 231-1515 ext. 4306 September 16th, 6:45 p.m. Palomar Orchid Society Meeting The third Friday of the month The Carlsbad Women’s Club 3320 Monroe Street, Carlsbad Melana Walding (761) 295-7228 October 14-16th San Diego International Orchid Fair Del Mar Fairgrounds, Bing Crosby Hall Volunteers Needed!!!! Call John at (619) 466-0605
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Trays & supplies
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Paphiopedilums
Dendrobiums
Epidendrums
Species
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 ques-
tions.
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
Bob Hodges (619) 461-4915
Phalaenopsis, Cattleyas, Dendrobiums
Bob Swanson (619) 465-2297
Vandas, Ascocendas
Edith and Leno Galvan (619) 441-7503
Encyclias, Epidendrums, Laelias
Tom Osborn (760) 787-0282
Pleurothallids
Don van Kekerix (619) 224-4938
Cymbidiums
Loren Batchman—[email protected]
Sam DeMaria (619) 295-2951
Northeast County, all types
Dave Reid (7 60) 728-7996
San Diego West County, all types
Jean Beck (6 19) 435-8211
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Outdoor, all types
Help Hotline
September 2005 www.sdorchids.com
Jim Wright (619) 276-5295
Fred Tomaschke (619) 276-3235
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James Masst (619) 443-2800
Bud Close (619) 444-8839
South County, all types
Genie Hammond (619) 426-6831
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July 2005 Mini Show
Felicia Acantilado
Arnold Barron
Alicia Baskette
Wade Bogren
Gerdi Breuer
David Brown
Joy Cisco
Christopher Croom
Lynn Ford
Charlie Fouquette
Hardy & Fouquette
Genie Hammond
Ben Hardy
Bob Hodges
Bill Molnar
Akira Ono
Luduvina Padrilla
Parkview Orchids
Thanks to Parkview Orchids for a
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Paphiopedilums
Oncidium (Psychopsis) papilio
Angraecum
Brassia
Encyclia prismatocarpa
Epidendrums
Mule-ear Oncidium
Gary Peirowola
Pam Peters
Reid’s Orchids (Dave Reid)
Forrest Robinson Donald Doerfler Yvonne Sandza
Pen and Ty Smith
Fred Tomaschke
Jim Wright
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Winners of July 2005 Mini Show
Best of Show:
Wade Bogren
Colmanara Wildcat ‘Ocelot’
Cattleya Best of Section:
Gary Pierowola
Catt. Hawaiian Variable
Vanda Best of Section:
Forrest Robinson
Ascocenda Suksanmaran
‘Sunlight” AM/AOS
Paphiopedilum Best of
Section:
Hardy & Fouquette
Paph. Pedro’s Moon
Mini Cattleya Best of
Section:
Pam Peters
Slc. Mine Gold ‘Corona’
Species Best of Section:
Jim Wright
Oncidium flexuosum
Phalaenopsis Best of Section:
Hardy & Fouquette
Phal. Newberry Parfait ‘Picotee’ AM/AOS
Rose and Joe Alesi
Alicia Baskette
Jerry Boyd
David Brown
Lynn Ford
Charlie and Sue Fouquette
Genie Hammond
Bob Hodges
Chris Manion
Bill Molnar
Rose and Akira Ono
Pam Peters
Gary Pierowola
Jim Reid
Forrest Robinson
Tess Taylor
Jim Wright
Irma Adams
Thank You to Our SDCOS
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What Does “Diploid” Mean?
By: Claire Schneider
SDCOS Member
I was at a general meeting several months ago, when a member asked what the term “diploid” meant. The pre-senter gave a brief answer, but I think the question de-serves a more complete answer. I’m more familiar with Gregor Mendel’s pea plant genetics than with orchid genetics, but perhaps this article will begin a more com-plete discussion of orchid genetics.
The term “diploid” refers to the number of chromo-somes inside cells. Chromosomes are long strings of DNA and each chromosome contains hundreds to hun-
dreds of thousands of genes1 . Generally speaking, each cell contains matching pairs of chromosomes. For ex-ample, every cell in the human body should have 23 pairs of chromosomes (i.e., a total of 46), in each and cell! That’s a lot of DNA. And, every pair of chromo-somes contains matching genes.
However there are some exceptions. A human sperm or egg contains only 23 chromosomes, not 23 pairs. This makes sense when you remember that sperm and egg unite during fertilization to form a human cell with 46
total chromosomes 2. If a sperm cell and an egg each contained the normal quantity of 46 chromosomes, then babies would end up with 92 chromosomes and that wouldn’t work for humans, as aberrations in the chromosome number of humans usually results in pro-found birth defects. The cellular process that halves the number from 46 chromosomes to 23 in the sperm and egg is called meiosis and for animals it occurs in the testes and ovaries. In regular flowering plants, this process occurs with the anthers and ovary; but in or-chids, the structures primarily involved are the anthers, or pollinia, and the column, or gynandrium (where the ovary is located).
A haploid cell contains half the normal number of chromosomes. Sperm and egg are examples of haploid cells because they contain 23 instead of 23 pairs of chromosomes. All the other cells in the body should have a diploid number of chromosomes. In other
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words, all the other cells should have 23 pairs of chro-mosomes. Geneticists also use the terms ‘n’ and ‘2n’ to define the number of chromosomes: ‘n’ is the haploid number; ‘2n’ is the diploid number. For example, in humans n = 23 and 2n = 46.
Although plant fertilization is more complex than ani-mal fertilization, to make it simple, pollen and ovary are to orchids what sperm and eggs are to animals. The haploid pollen fertilizes the haploid ovule to produce a cell with a diploid number of chromosomes. After a complex process involving a double “life cycle,” the fer-tilized plant cell eventually becomes the diploid seed.
And this brings us to tetraploid. Can you guess what this might mean? A tetraploid cell (4n) has four of each chromosome instead of two. Remember that most regu-lar, or diploid, cells have pairs of each chromosome. Thus far, there are no reported cases of tetraploid mammals, but some species of fish, reptiles, amphibi-ans and plants can be tetraploids. And in fact there may be a benefit for having a tetraploid number of chromo-somes (at least for orchids anyway), but that’s another story.
So, now that you know what diploid means, are you ready for a quiz?
Most oncidiums have 56 total chromosomes in their non-reproductive cells.
(1) What is the haploid number for these oncidiums?
(2) How many chromosomes would you expect to see in a normal pollen grain of an Oncidium?
(3) How many chromosomes would you expect to see in a cell from the petal of the Oncidium flower?
(4) A breeder from Santa Barbara has managed to cre-ate a tetraploid Oncidium. How many chromo-somes would be in a cell of its leaf?
1 A gene is a section of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a protein or enzyme to be produced in an organism, which will influence the transmission or expression of a particular trait.
2 The technical term for a fertilized cell is “zygote.” After many cell divisions the zygote becomes an embryo.
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Answers to the “What does diploid mean?” quiz from
previous page:
(1) n = 28
(2) 28, because pollen should be haploid.
(3) 56, because petals are not reproductive cells.
Petals lure pollinators, so they should be dip-
loid, just as leaf and root cells are.
(4) 4n = 112
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August 9, 2005: Called to order at 7:09 PM
Present: Genie Hammond, Sam DeMaria, Gary Pierwola, Lynn Dornfeld, David Brown, Bob Clark, Lynn Ford, Bill Molnar, Pam Peters.
Others Present: Loren Batchman, John Heagney
Reports:
1) Secretary—Lynn Dornfeld—minutes from the July Meeting were read, reviewed and approved by motion.
2) Treasurer—Lynn Ford—the July report was read, reviewed, approved and filed for audit. July mini-show report reviewed, approved and filed for audit.
3) First Vice President—Ron Kaufmann—not pre-sent. September speaker: Bob Hamilton. He will supply plants for the opportunity table. TOPIC: ENDANGERED HYBRIDS
4) Second Vice President—Bill Molnar—September speaker: Gary Pierwola. TOPIC: RE-POTTING CYMBIDIUMS
Old Business
1) Financial report turned in to SD Park & Recrea-tion Dept.
2) Bob Clark discussed the proposed change to the By-Laws regarding membership renewal collec-tion. It was proposed that we change to a renewal system relating to the month a member joined, to ease collection of funds, banking issues, and audit-ing. This will need to be approved by the general membership. Bob will ask Paul Tuskes to review changes. This will go to By-Laws Committee for review.
3) David Brown reported that the representative for the City of San Diego who was to speak at the Botanical Foundation’s July annual dinner made
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discussed AOS wanting every orchid society in America to have an entry in 2008 World Orchid conference in Miami, Florida. For consideration by SDCOS. 2-Loren is one of Pacific South AOS judges vice-chair; they need to raise money for their annual budget. Usual costs are supported by many societies, with SDCOS being a donor for support of this judg-ing region. We will be asked to support this group again. 3-Loren discussed the AOS annual awards. They come with a cash prize, as well as recognition in the magazine and certificates. He brought up the fact that the one genera that doesn’t have a cash award is the Cymbidium genera. He is trying to set up an initial endowment fund of $10000 with dona-tions from various growers, societies, individuals. He approached the Board for help with this project. More to come.
9) David will supply an orchid picture representing SDCOS for Botanical Foundation for their website.
10) Pam Peters suggested that we display names of plants on tables at shows so general public know what they are.
NO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS
Meeting adjourned: 8:16PM
Submitted by: Lynn Dornfeld
no presentation to the group.
4) Lynn Beyerle will be Floral Society representa-tive.
5) Owen Smith will open up Library early. We will try to see how this is accepted by membership.
6) John Heagney discussed his participation in website updates.
7) Gary was finally able to get the lapel micro-phones replaced for use at next meeting.
New Business
1) Members commented to Genie that they liked the donuts in the main room. We will continue for now with this set-up.
2) Group discussed potential need for projector for digital photos. Bruce Kidd and Loren Batchman said they have one for SDCOS to borrow in case a speaker needs it.
3) Gary Pierwola will be 2006 Show Chairman. All dates for Show are approved by Scottish Rite through 2010.
4) Lynn Ford discussed appropriation of any funds for SDCOS library purchases to come out of Gar-ner Educational Fund. Motion was made, dis-cussed and approved.
5) Lynn Ford suggested we add Bob Clark’s name to Membership committee listing because he is doing a great deal of work for that committee and he is a contact person for members regarding e-mail addresses.
6) David Brown asked that e-mail links and phone numbers be added to Board of Directors list for membership to contact members as needed. David will call Chris regarding this.
7) Lynn Ford asked for clarification on use of Or-chid Bucks. We will no longer accept Orchid Bucks.
8) Loren Batchman discussed AOS issues. 1-At a recent AOS meeting Loren attended, Robert Fuchs
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The SDCOS lending library is now open from 6:30 p.m. to the start of the general meeting. Thanks to member Owen Smith for volunteering to help out with this important resource!
Dear SDCOS,
Hello again, and I hope you all have been enjoying what’s left of this summer. Keep in mind that
when we have horrible heat waves, that it’s better to water your orchids at night than not at all. I have to
constantly remind myself this time of year that more water is better than less, and unless we’re having a
summer cold snap, it’s ok to violate this cardinal sin of orchid growing, if the alternative is to let your plants
go dry on a day that topped 95 degrees. I know I promised to write more about the intricate relationship be-
tween light, water, temperature and air quality/humidity in this issue (and I certainly will later), but SDCOS
member Claire Schneider sent in a fascinating article about chromosome numbers in orchids, and this issue
also contains pictures and award winners from the July mini-show. All of you who brought plants to the July
mini-show or volunteered that weekend so that we could have the show (at all) should be very proud of
yourselves, and I’m sorry if not everyone who helped or brought plants was mentioned in this issue.
Also, since the meeting room in the Casa del Prado is owned by the city, no pets
are allowed at our meetings or at our shows, with the exception of service or guide
animals for people who are differently-abled. So basically, unless Snuppy is a pro-
fessional, leave him at home so we can continue to use the City’s facilities. Finally,
don’t forget about the SDCOS library’s new opening time (6:30 on meeting
nights), and we’ll see you in September! Your Loyal Editor,
Christopher
Letter From the Editor
San Diego County Orchid Society P.O. Box 161020 San Diego, CA 92176
Contact Information:
Christopher Croom
(619) 583-3804
NON-PROFIT ORG
US POSTAGE PAID PERMIT #2359 SAN DIEGO, CA
