september newsletter.indd - East Everglades Orchid Society

East Everglades Orchid Society
The Orchid Column
Meeting Place
and Time
Univ. of Florida
Miami - Dade
Extension Bldg.
18710 SW 288 ST.
Homestead, Fl
September 2010
Tuesday
September 28, 2010
Fourth Tuesday
of each month,
7:00 pm
Sandi Jones &
Tom Wells
co-owners of
Broward Orchid Supply
Lecture: Repot and Mount
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The Orchid Column
The East Everglades Orchid Society Welcomes you to the World of Orchids
The goal of our society is to educate ourselves and the general public in the classification,
evolution and propagation, culture, care, and
development of the cultural and economic
importance of orchids; and to support the
conservation of this fascinating group of plants
Membership is open to anyone who is interested
in the objectives, aims, and purposes of the
E. E. O.S., Inc.
The East Everglades Orchid Society
meeting begins with an educational mini-class
at 7:30 pm followed by the general meeting and
program at 8:00 pm on the FOURTH TUESDAY
of each month. Our meetings are held at the
University of Florida
Miami-Dade Extension Bldg.
18710 Sw 288 St
Homestead, Fl
Visitors are welcome.
Visit us at our Website at www. orchidseeos.com
2010 Board of Directors
President:
V. President:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Officers
Idia Macfarlane
Mirta Russis-Heineman
Kim Belisle
Donna Taylor
Robert Fuchs
David Schaffter
Valerie Leonard
Leila Werner
Eduardo Marcellini
Cherri Price
Patrica Garland
Barbara Golob
Immediate Past-president
James Davison
Newsletter Editor
Cherri Price
Web Coodinator
David Schaffter
Trustees
Term thru 2010
Term thru 2010
Term thru 2010
Term thru 2010
Term thru 2011
Term thru 2011
Term thru 2012
Term thru 2012
305-247-5685
786-242-4715
305-248-0093
305-238-3668
305-245-4570
305-245-4643
305-903-0630
305-245-3367
305-246-1492
786-327-1860
786-223-2937
305-232-3033
305-242-3161
786-327-1860
305-245-4643
All the members with Facebook
please join the East Everglades
Orchid Society Facebook
page for more fun!
If you do not have FB, Please Join !
Thank You! Thank You! Thank you!
Barbara Golob, Susan May, Lisa Harriott,
Christie Polk, William Capps, Valerie Leonard,
Donna Taylor, Diann McMillian,
Harriet & George Carr, Marilyn Greene,
Kim Belisle, Bob Watson, Amy & Jim Lindberg,
Michelle Gordon, Janina Matos, Millie Rodriguez,
Idia Macfarlane, Connie Lounsbury,
Don & Karen Ralston, Leila Werner
Thank you all for a wonderful
array of refreshments!
September 2010
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Message from the President
As you know by now, October is approaching and our
orchid show is just around the corner. Valerie Foster,
the show chair, is working very hard on the planning
and preparations, but we still need your help for the
show to be a complete success. You can support your
club by volunteering to work at the show and having
lots of fun with your friends!
Ruben Sauleda’s talk was a complete success at the last meeting, the topic could not have been more well-chosen, his raffle table was a real treat
and the plants he sold were wonderful, just as expected. Attendance
was very good, and everyone gave Ruben a warm welcome and many
of you brought awesome food and refreshments. Thanks to one and all,
and especially Ruben, for making the meeting such a success.
The speakers this month, from Broward Orchid Supplies, promise to be
entertaining and educational, so be ready for another treat (it’s just one
after another--we don’t get bored in this society). I am sure that you
will leave the meeting with new solutions for orchid care.
Please keep checking the EEOS website and Facebook page for updates
on the show, newsletters and other related information.
The rainy season continues strong and steady—I hope your precious
orchids don’t suffer too much and that you have been able to fertilize
them per schedule (I haven’t). Remember that you always can come to
the club for help, because we have the experts available and willing to
assist.
Once again I want to remind you that you can bring any suggestion
or idea you may have to help the Society continue to be the best in the
area. We deeply appreciate any help you can provide.
I look forward to seeing you at the next meeting!!
The Orchid Column
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September 2010
Show Updates
It is once again that time of year when we make plans for our annual orchid show.
Our show is now less than a month away and each year we make it a success thanks to all the efforts of our
dedicated members. Last year was a great show and I hope to make it even better this year. A lot of our members gave a lot of their time at the membership table and at our cooking tent.
We will again serve lunch on all 3 days of the show and I will be very happy to get some members
help at that tent. And of course we will need your help at the membership table as well. It is a great way for
us to recruit new members and sell raffle tickets which help fund our budget quite a bit. If you would like to
volunteer for one of the shifts, please contact me @ 305 903-0630.
It is also a great time to show off your beautiful orchids and I would encourage you to enter your plants for
judging by loaning your plants for the exhibit or by entering them individually. I will talk more about all of
this at our next meeting.
And then finally, I will welcome all the help I can get for the setup of the show on Wed. Oct 13th and
tear down on Sunday.
Thank you!
Valerie Leonard
Show Chairperson
The vendors are as follow: Ruben In Orchids, Orquifollajes, Henington Frams, St Germain, Amazonia,
Stelmar Gardens, OFE, Steve Stern Exotic Palms. Waiting to hear from one more orchid vendor and 2 orchid
related vendors.
Preshow Set-up
Exhibit setup
Great Fun,
helping
with the Show
Clerking has a plus side ,you
get to listen to the Judges
Hospitality tent
The Orchid Column
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Guest Speaker
Our speakers this month will be Sandi Jones and Tom Wells, co-owners of Broward Orchid
Supply, Orchid Curators at the Bonnet House Museum & Garden in Ft. Lauderdale, orchid
hobbyist with about 400 orchids of their own and over 30 years of combined growing experience. Broward Orchid Supply is pleased to say they just celebrated their 4th anniversary.
At this lecture, Tom will be demonstrating repotting of an overgrown orchid and how to mount
orchids on tree fern, cork bark, grapevine & cypress. Common questions like what size/type
of pot or basket to use, what type of potting media and what orchids are best for mounting will
be addressed. General cultural information and when to use what, i.e., fertilizers, fungicides,
pesticides will also be discussed.
Orchid supplies will be available for sale at the meeting, but, of course, there’s not room to
bring some of everything, so members are requested to call or e-mail ahead to place specific
orders: 954-925-2021 or browardorchidsupply@comcast.net.
Check out there website at
browardorchidsupply.com.
Encyclia of the Month
— by Mirta Russis-Heineman
Encyclia alata
This species is found from Mexico to Costa Rica.
In the wild they may grow as terrestrial in white sand
areas. The plants are tough and will do well in
baskets or on slabs hung in sunny locations in the
greenhouse. They are very easy to grow.
They flower in the late spring and summer,
sometimes to the fall. In nature they
grow in dry forest at elevations from 100 to 800
m. It grows long inflorescences, up to 80 in. long
and even many times branched, that may last 4 or 5
weeks. It is very easy to find them in private collections.
September 2010
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The Meeting
Great sales table
1st we pollinate!
2nd The seed, Yes there is a seed.
3 to 5 years to grow!
Valerie talks
about the
show
David talks
about the
culture
winner
please help with the clean up
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The Orchid Column
August Judging
Culture winner
Now is a good time to start fertilizing your orchids for our Orchid Show next month. Be sure
you groom and stake orchids that are coming into bloom. Make sure you put out snail bait or
else those pesky snails can eat your blooms overnight!
Soon, we should see slight change of weather (no more 85 degree nights!) and we can wake up
to cooler mornings. Many orchids will sense this change and start blooming.
We have an orchid that has received the culture award this month! Haydee Navas received a
culture for her beautiful Cynoches William Clarke . Her plant displayed 27 flowers and 3 buds
on a pendulous inflorescence. These well displayed flowers were yellow-brown with a bright
yellow column. Congratulations, Haydee! Other awards are as follows:
Vandaceous Group:
1st
1st
1st
1st
1st
1st
1st
2nd
2nd
2nd
10 entries
Vanvanda Crown Fox Odyssey
Ascda. Anant Gold
Ascda. John De Biase
Ascda. Burning Sands
Mokara Golden Tommy
Trichoglottis brachiata
Trichoglottis brachiata
Coronadoara Crown Fox
Ascda. Rio’s Telstar
Vasco. Crownfox x Red Gem
Jim Lindberg
Jim Lindberg
Amy Lindberg
Bob Watson
Jim Lindberg
Jim Lindberg
Mildred Rodriguez
Jim Lindberg
Jim Lindberg
Jim Lindberg
Cattleya Group:
1st
2nd
2nd
3rd
4 entries
Blc. Cumberland Beauty
Pot. Hawaiian Thrill
Cattlyea Burana Beauty
Cattleya Notte Spot
George & Harriet
George & Harriet
George & Harriet
George & Harriet
September 2010
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Oncidiinae Group:
1st
1 entry
Milt. Earl Dunn
Bob Watson
Cymbidoid Group:
1st
1 entry
Cycnoches William Clarke
Haydee Navas
Paphiopedilum Group:
1st
1 entry
Paph. Lyro Suncatcher
Bob Watson
Miniatures Group:
1st
1 entry
Bulb. moniliforme
Jim Lindberg
Species Group:
1st
1 entry
Cirr. makoyanum
Jim Lindberg
Other Hybrids Group:
1st
1 entry
Angcm. Longiscott
Bob Watson
East Everglades Orchid Society thanks Erna Maxwell, Bob Watson, Kim Belisle, Jim Lindberg,
and David Schaffter, for judging our orchids at the meeting.
Photo credits: David Schaffter, Cherri Price
Great Fun,
helping
with the Show
The Orchid Column
Blue Ribbons Winners & More
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September 2010
East Everglades Orchid Society
15220 SW 232 St.
Miami, FL 33157
October Show and Sale
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Univ. of Florida, Miami-Dade
18710 SW 288 St.
Homestead, Florida