December - Staten Island Orchid Society
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December - Staten Island Orchid Society
Volume XXXVI, Issue 12, December 2013 a g e fr o s s ent id m the Pres Hello,friends! It was good seeing you all at last month’s Orchid Society meeting! I I regret that we will not be able to be there at the next meeting. Barbara and I would like to wish all of you a very happy holiday season. We look forward to seeing you next year! Till then, ~ John Foley, Pres. M e hope your Thanksgiving day was as wonderful as ours. After last meeting, I feel very comfortable with the society looking forward. We have a dedicated board and officers, our treasury is sufficient for our needs and our plans for the future are solid. This months meeting is our auction and potluck dinner. You know the drill. Bring food, money, friends and family. It will begin at 6:30 PM. Dave will arrive at 5:30 and I’m sure he could use some help setting up the plants. From what I heard, there’s going to be some lovely plants to choose from. Jeff Li’s Dendrobium Mini Snowflake (Den. aberrans x Dendrobium johnsoniae) Our next meeting is: December 17th, 2013 at 6:30 pm The Staten Island Orchid Society meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. All Saints Episcopal Church, 2329 Victory Blvd. at Wooley Ave., Staten Island, NY 10314 November Show Tables Dendrobium Tie Die ‘Dappled’ x Rutherford Sunspot SIOS Page 2 Sc. Crystelle Smith ‘Aileen’ AM/AOS SIOS Page 3 Dendrobium Bucko ‘Beckett’ Pee Wee x Tangerinum SIOS Page 4 Cattleya triumphans (Cattleya rex (Imperial) x Cattleya dowiana) SIOS Page 5 Blc. Golden Chieftan ‘Akukii’ SIOS Page 6 Ascoscenda kolvadee Fragrance Catasetum Frilly Doris ‘SVO’ SIOS Page 7 Oncidium Twinkle ‘Fragrance Fantasy’ SIOS Page 8 SIOS Page 9 Rhynchorides Magic Wand SIOS Page 10 EPC. Midldleburg ‘Maj’ Vanda Coerulia SIOS Page 11 SIOS Page 12 Phrag. richarti ‘Green Giant’ x lindeyanum ‘Mile high’ SIOS Page 13 SIOS Page 14 SIOS Page 15 Radiant Orchid reaches across the color wheel to intrigue the eye and spark the imagination,” said Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute®. “An invitation to innovation, Radiant Orchid encourages expanded creativity and originality, which is increasingly valued in today’s society.” “An enchanting harmony of fuchsia, purple and pink undertones, Radiant Orchid inspires confidence and emanates great joy, love and health. It is a captivating purple, one that draws you in with its beguiling charm.” SIOS Member Kathleen Ruoti shared an interesting tidbit with us via e-mail. Kathleen writes: “Those of us in the society involved in the arts may be interested in the latest color forecasting for 2014. The pinky purple color named ‘Radiant Orchid’ was announced as Pantone’s Color of the Year.” Kathleen went on to share a Wall Street Journal Online article with us which you can read here: http://goo.gl/XdZFl6. Following Kathleen’s lead, here is Pantone’s Press Release: Pantone Reveals Color of the Year for 2014: PANTONE 183224 Radiant Orchid Pantone, an X-Rite company and the global authority, today announced PANTONE® 18-3224 Radiant Orchid, a captivating, magical, enigmatic purple, as the color of the year for 2014. “While the 2013 color of the year, PANTONE 17-5641 Emerald, served as a symbol of growth, renewal and prosperity, SIOS Page 16 Radiant Orchid for Fashion Radiant Orchid’s rosy undertones radiate on the skin, producing a healthy glow when worn by both men and women. A dazzling attention-getter, Radiant Orchid permeated the runways during the spring 2014 fashion shows and is already making its way onto the red carpet. Fashion designers featured in the PANTONE Fashion Color Report Spring 2014, including Emerson by Jackie FraserSwan, Juicy Couture and Yoana Baraschi, are incorporating Radiant Orchid into their spring collections and variations of this hue will carry into men’s and women’s clothing and accessories throughout next year. Radiant Orchid for Beauty A modern and surprisingly versatile shade, Radiant Orchid enlivens the skin, making all who wear it feel more healthy and energetic. Blending both cool and warm undertones, purple is an appealing hue for distinctive combinations and flattering to many hair, eye and skin tones. This multifaceted hue is seductive when combined with red and pairs well with its sister shades of lavender, purple and pink, which provides an assortment of lipstick and blush options. Radiant Orchid’s exuberance also acts as a brilliant finishing touch to nails. Radiant Orchid for Interiors Spruce up interior spaces by incorporating this eye-catching hue in paint, accent pieces and accessories. As adaptable as it is beautiful, Radiant Orchid complements olive and deeper hunter greens, and offers a gorgeous combination when paired with turquoise, teal and even light yellows. Likewise, the vibrant color is sure to liven up neutrals including gray, beige and taupe. Uplifting and bold without being overpowering, Radiant Orchid reenergizes almost any color palette and provides a unifying element for diverse spaces. November Showtable Tallies Greenhouse Ronald Altman = 30 Tano carbonaro = 8 Dave O’Dell = 24 Colman Rutkin = 43 Year End Showtable Tallies Congratulations to our members who put forth such wonderful show tables throughout the year. Here are the First, Second and Third Place winners for each category. Prizes will be awarded at our next meeting. Greenhouse First Place: Dave O’Dell Second Place: Ronal Altman Third Place: Colman Rutkin Lights First Place: Ray and Gertrude Fox Second Place: Pat Cammarano Third Place: Renee Lichtman Window First Place: Amy Trautwein Second Place: Jeff Li Third Place: Judy Hafner Lights Pat Cammarano = 21 Roy and Getrude Fox = 28 Window Jeff Li = 5 Vivian Prestia = 21 SIOS Page 17 Collector s ’ Items Cattleya maxima Reprinted from the AOS Website (http://www.aos.org/Default. aspx?id=157) Cattleya maxima ‘Crownfox Delicado’ AM/AOS During the Virreynato del Peru expedition, Hipolito Ruiz, Jose Pavon and Joseph Dombey collected Cattleya maxima. This trio comprised the first botanical group assembled to document SIOS Page 18 the native plants for the famous Flora Peruviana et Chilensis and arrived in Lima April 8, 1778. For 10 years they traversed the surroundings of Tarma, Huanuco, Cuchero and Pozuzo in the rainforests of central Peru. However, they never explored the areas of Quito and Loja, in Ecuador. While in Peru, Ruiz and Pavon started to train a third Spanish botanist, Juan Jose Tafalla, to carry on their exploration. Beginning in June 1785, and continuing until his death in 1811, Tafalla followed in Ruiz and Pavon’s footsteps, collecting plant material and sending it to Spain. In May 1799 Tafalla set off to explore Loja, where he remained and collected for 10 years. After the French occupation in 1816, Ruiz died in Madrid, and difficult times forced Pavon to start mailing drawings and plant herbaria of the Peruvian expeditions to London. . As stated in Lindenia, Aylmer B. Lambert acquired this botanical material and showed the herbaria to Dr. John Lindley, who concluded that a plant collected by Juan Tafalla in the Andes near Guayaquil, Ecuador, was a new Cattleya. Lindley had established the genus Cattleya in honor of Sir William Cattley in 1821, and described three species - Cattleya labiata (1821), Cattleya loddigesii (1823) and Cattleya forbesii (1823) - before publishing Cattleya maxima in 1831. By 1842 explorer Hartweg had sent live plants of C. maxima to the Royal Horticultural Society in London. In 1866 the search for this species was resumed when Linden dispatched explorer Gustav Wallis to the region between Rio Tumbes and Rio Huancabamba. Wallis obtained plants that were sent to Linden’s nursery in Brussels. Two distinct forms of C. maxima the “lowland type” and the “upland type” - occur (Withner, 1988). The elevations of the habitats range from 330 to 6,000 feet (100 to 1,800 meters) above sea level. The lowland type occurs near Guayaquil in the Pacific Coastal areas near this Ecuadorian port. Vegetatively it is “... gigantic compared to other cattleyas” (Withner, 1988). It stands 28 inches (70 cm) tall and is larger than any of the Cattleya labiata group. The number of quite-floppy-and-small flowers rendered in soft colors ranges from 12 to 25. In Cattleya maxima ‘Crownfox’ AM/AOS contrast, the upland form is similar in size to members of the Cattleya labiata complex. Four to six very dark 6-inch (15cm) flowers are borne in a cluster. Except for Cattleya aurea, C. maxima is the only Cattleya that grows on the Pacific side of the western slopes of the Andes in an extended area ranging from Peru northward through Ecuador and Colombia; it also occurs in Venezuela. In Peru it is called Flor de Navidad, Christmas Flower (Withner, 1988). HYBRIDS In 1859 the famous orchid firm of Veitch and Sons registered the first Cattleya hybrid, and one of its parents was C. maxima. Named Cattleya Dominiana (maxima x intermedia), it honored John Dominy who first obtained orchid hybrids from seeds. This same firm registered other C. maxima hybrids in the last decades of the 19th century: Laeliocattleya Amesiana in 1884 (x Laelia crispa), Cattleya Chlois in 1893 (x bowringiana) and Cattleya Vestalis in 1899 (x C. dowiana). According to Sander’s List of Registered Orchid Hybrids, there were 22 primary and three secondary C. maxima hybrids registered prior to 1925. No C. maxima hybrids were registered between 1925 and 1960. Since then through 1990, however, 15 C. maxima hybrids were registered. According to Ernest Hetherington (1985), bifoliate cattleyas impart the shape of their lips to their progeny when hybridized with unifoliate cattleyas. However, it seems this is not the case with the monofoliate C. maxima. Hybrids within the genus Cattleya, such as Cattleya Coloramax (x bicolor), possess a C. maxima-like lip, as do intergeneric hybrids, such as Brassocattleya Fuchs Star (x Brassavola nodosa). There are special horticultural characteristics to anticipate in future SIOS Page 19 hybrids. Cattleya maxima (upland type) has been observed growing outdoors in California, Florida, Guayaquil and Lima, sometimes in full sun. We have grown C. maxima where it receives cool nights 40 F (5 C) and full sunshine, which suggests C. maxima possesses the ability to adapt to many climates, and, therefore, can be cultivated in a diversity of environments. Well-grown plants produce two growths each year. Combining Laelia anceps hybrids with Cattleya maxima might yield improved orchids for growing outdoors where temperatures dip to freezing. Although the fragrance of C. maxima’s flowers is unremarkable, there are a few clones of the upland type that do perfume the air of a small greenhouse in the morning. COLOR FORMS • var. alba There are two Ecuadorian forms. One was exhibited at the Guayaquil International Orchid Show in 1988. There is a Peruvian variety not yet presented at any show, but we have a previous record of another Peruvian alba form at the Botanical Garden of Heidelberg (Dr. Senghas, personal communication). • var. coerulea One of the most beautiful coerulea forms was exhibited at the 1991 Guayaquil, Ecuador orchid show where it received an AM/AOS (86 pts.). This C. maxima ‘Hector’, AM/AOS, was raised by Padre Angel M. Andreeta. The flowers are spaced for an attractive presentation. • var. concolor An Ecuadorian form with a lovely pure soft rose color and no veins in the lip, but with the usual yellow vein in the middle of the lip.o • white sepals and petals. There are no colored veins inside the lip, which is pigmented a soft rose color. • var. semi-alba From the highlands of SIOS Page 20 Ayabaca, this form is published here in color for the first time. There is one division of the plant in Dr. Sergio Oliveria’s collection (Sao Paulo, Brazil), from which he will prepare the botanical description. • var. superba From the uplands of Northern Peru. The shape of the flower is similar to the upland type but the flower reaches 9 inches (22 cm) in good growing conditions. This cultivar has been selfed and the seedlings are healthy. • var. venosa This has the type colors of the upland variety, but with dark venation in the petals. Without a doubt, the future appears bright for C. maxima - the greatest cattleya - whose true beauty is only now beginning to be appreciated. References Hetherington, Ernest. 1985. The bifoliate cattleyas - 1 - purples, pinks, and whites. Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 54(10): 1210-1219. Withner, Carl. 1988. The Cattleyas and Their Relatives: Volume I, The Cattleyas. Timber Press, Portland. OFFICERS John Foley, President Jeff Li, Vice President Amy Eli Trautwein, Co-Vice President Colman Rutkin, Treasurer Carol Cammarano, Co-Treasurer Sharon Jaffee, Secretary / AOS Rep Keith Litchman, Membership Secretary NEWSLETTER Jeff Li, Editor and Photography TRUSTEES Ron Altman, D.D.S. 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