The Houston Happenings - Houston Orchid Society

A non profit organization
established in 1945, HOS is
a recipient of the American
Orchid Society’s Distinguished Affiliated Societies
Service award
The Houston Happenings
Volume 44, Issue 11
November 2014
November Program: Decoding Dendrobium: The Surprising Orchids
You Thought You Knew
By Tom Pickens, VP Speakers & Programs
Inside This
Issue:
Plant Table Winners 2
Volunteer of the
Month
3
2015 Officer
Nominations
3
Dues Reminder
3
Nobile Dendrobiums 4
AOS Corner
7
Quick Tips by Jay
8
Master Gardener
Talk
8
Intermediate Group
Meeting
9
Mercer Sale
9
Stay-At-Home
Orchid Wonders
10
Judging Center
Report
11
Refreshments &
Recipe
11
Calendar &
Committees
12
Upcoming Events
13
Mark Reinke had a passion for
plants from the time he was a
child growing up in a small town
outside of Chicago. When his
family moved to Florida in the
1960’s he got his first orchid
plant as back bulbs while helping
out a neighborhood lady who
had a large orchid and bromeliad collection. Since then, orchids have always been one of
his major interests.
In 2004, he and his partner Gary
Collier sold their business in
Atlanta and moved to the Blue
Ridge Escarpment area of South
Carolina to grow plants full time
under the business name Marble
Branch Farms. They constructed a large greenhouse and seed
laboratory so they could focus
on creating new orchid hybrids,
concentrating especially on miniature and compact cattleya
types, with an emphasis on new
and unusual breeding lines.
They now have a thriving online
business and are challenged to
produce plants quickly enough
to keep up with demand. In
addition to orchids, Marble
Branch Farms currently raises
hybrid daylilies and carnivorous
plants, and produces honey.
Mark is active in the Western
North Carolina Orchid Society
and is the current President of
the Atlanta Orchid Society.
Mark will be selling plants at the
meeting. He will be bringing
some plants that are not listed
on the website because they are
in short supply or special one of
a kind items. He mainly carries
Mark Reinke
Cattleya, Encyclia and Intergeneric Cattleya alliance plants,
unusual Dendrobiums and miniature Vandaceous types.
Presidents Post
By Mary Gunn, President
Fall has finally arrived in Houston, and the weather has been
great. The temperatures have
been just right to put phals outside to initiate spikes. It is delightful to sleep with the window open just a bit and enjoy
the fresh, cool air - and it's good
for my orchids! It's seems surprising that the end of the year
is not far away, and we'll soon
be wrapping up for 2014 and
planning for next year. We'll be
voting for 2015 Officers and
Board Members at the November meeting. To help the new
Officers and Chairpersons get
off to a strong start, our members who are currently serving
will need to meet with their
successor to do a 'knowledge
transfer'. Please spend a few
minutes to document your best
tips and lessons learned and
update any documentation you
received. Our last Board meeting of the year is scheduled on
November 16th at FCC. We
will review our year and financial reports, and we'll discuss
and make a decision about our
meeting space.
HOS members participated in
our first event with Mercer at
their Plant Sale and Market on
October 4th. Our booth had a
display, information table, and
we offered three orchid culture
classes led by Jay, Rick and Denny. Thanks to everyone who
helped with the event.
We're asking members to renew your membership in November or December so that
Membership can get an early
start on putting the 2015 Member Directory together. Be sure
to bring your membership application and a check or cash to
turn in to Debbie Peterson.
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November is our last 'regular'
meeting of the year with a
Speaker, Raffle, Silent Auction,
and Display Table. At our December meeting, we'll have a
short business meeting, installation of new Officers, and introduction of new Chairpersons -
followed by our Annual Christmas Party and featuring the
Houston Judging Center Auction. This is the primary fundraiser for HJC and they always
have very nice plants - a combination of blooming orchids that
Marvin gets from Hawaii and
orchids donated my HJC members. This year there will be a
live auction plus a silent auction
while we party, eat and - as
usual - talk about orchids.
See you at the November meeting!
October Plant Table
By Loren Neufeld, Photos by Malcolm McCorquodale & Susan Dally
Hybrid Winners (Tie):
Catasetum Frilly Doris
Grown by Judith Neufeld
Renanthera Nancy Chandler ‘Red Dragon’
Grown by Susan Dally
Species Winner:
Phalaenopsis hieroglyphica
Grown by Kar Chong
There were 5 species entered and
22 hybrids
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The Houston Happenings
October Volunteer of the month
By Mary Gunn
Malcolm McCorquodale is the
HOS Volunteer of the Month
for October. Malcolm is our
photographer for both the HOS
and Houston Judging Center.
Many of the photos in our Directory, Newsletter, and on our
website are provided by Malcolm. He takes amazing pictures of our members' orchids,
and his 'people shots' are also
excellent – as evidenced by the
photos in our “Volunteer of the
Month" article in the Newsletter. He's 'always there' with his
camera and ready for the next
good photo opportunity. Malcolm, thank you for your time
and effort, and for the gorgeous
photos you provide for us!
Proposed 2015 Officers and Board Members
By Holly Miller
PROPOSED OFFICERS
President: Mary Gunn
VP Speakers and Programs: Derek Lowenstein
VP Plant Table and Shows: Kar Chong & Winnie Yap
VP Membership: Natalie Istin
Treasurer: Rick Hepler
Recording Secretary: Tom Durrett
PROPOSED TWO YEAR BOARD
MEMBERS: (6)
Ted Baenziger
Amy Colville
Marvin Gerber
Holly Miller
Stephen Moffitt
Calvin Starr
PROPOSED SWROGA DIRECTOR:
Sandy Stubbings - 2 year
THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO WILL REMAIN
FOR ONE MORE YEAR ARE: (6)
Jim Butler
Susan Dally
Don Ghiz
Sandra Higham
Lakshmi Narayana
Marianne Walker
THE SWROGA DIRECTOR WHO WILL
REMAIN FOR ONE MORE YEAR IS:
Laurie Skov
2015 Membership Dues
By Debbie Peterson
We're now collecting 2015
Houston Orchid Society membership dues. $30 Individual
$45 Family. See Debbie at the
November meeting to pay your
dues.
Check out
our website www.houstonorchi
dsociety.org for the application.
Let's try to get your dues
paid by the end of the year so
the new Membership VP can
start her shift without any delays. Thanks!!
Please fill out the 2015
Membership Application
and give it to Debbie Peterson with your dues.
You may also mail it in to
the address shown on the
application.
2015 Membership
Application
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How to Grow and Bloom Dendrobium Nobile Hybrids & Related Species
By Mark Alan Reinke, Marble Brance Farms, Walhalla, SC. (Our Speaker on November 6)
Den. Lucky Angel Smash
Den. Love Memory Fizz Close
Upon seeing a well grown
“nobile type” Dendrobium in
bloom for the first time, few can
resist wanting to grow them.
Modern hybrids can be absolutely covered, up and down the
canes, with large, well-shape,
strikingly colored flowers that
will last in good condition for up
to two months. One variety we
have grown has flowers that
approach 4 inches across, with
25 or more of these impressive
blooms on each of the previous
season’s canes!
Producing a reliable and ever
improving display each year
from your plants is not difficult,
but requires cultural practices
that change with the season and
a few important rules that can’t
be broken or results may be
disappointing. First and foremost being that unless you have
very unusual conditions inside
your home, nobile type Dendrobiums are not for windowsill
growers who want to keep
their plants indoors in the same
conditions year round. In fact,
for growers who live in places
like Houston where below
freezing temperatures are infrequent, these orchids are better
suited for leaving outside for
most of the year! To explain
why this is so, let’s look at the
where and how these orchids
grow in the wild.
The species, Dendrobium nobile, comes from mountainous
regions of Southeast Asia, as do
the handful of other species that
make major contributions to
our modern hybrids (with a few
exceptions I’ll mention later). It
grows mainly at elevations between 2000 and 6000 feet
above sea level from Eastern
India to Vietnam. So, while
firmly in the tropical latitudes,
they are not growing down in
the warmest zone along sea
level. The climate is monsoonal,
which means it is controlled by
seasonal shifts in the prevailing
winds.
From May through
October, warm winds blow in
from the South China Sea and
Bay of Bengal, bringing plentiful
moisture and frequent rains.
Some areas receive 150 or
more inches of precipitation
during this time, with August
and September being the wettest of the wet season. About
the time November arrives,
winds shift, coming from the
interior of Asia and bringing
with them drier and cooler
conditions. There is usually less
than 6 inches of measureable
rainfall for the entire period
from November through April,
though from November till
January there is usually enough
humidity to provide nightly dew
and fog. The last part of winter
is so dry that even dew is rare.
This is usually the time that
plants flower in the wild, peaking in March. During this rest
season, nights in some areas
regularly drop into the upper
30’s and even dip to or just
below freezing for short periods, while days soar up into the
upper 70’s to low 80’s.
So, with this information in
mind, here are the key elements
needed to produce robust,
healthy plants and reliable annual blooms. These comments are
based on information from
Yamamoto Dendrobiums, the
premier specialty grower of
these orchids, with a few additional comments added by myself in italics.
Light and Air: Provide plenty of light to flowering-size
plants. As long as there is good
air circulation, they can be
grown without shade even in
summer. If air circulation is
poor, about 30-40% shade
should be provided in July and
August to prevent leaf burn.
Plants can be grown outside in
the US South with several hours
of direct sun from Spring
through Fall. New canes may
be staked upright as they develop or allowed to cascade over
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Dendrobium Nobile Hybrids - Continued
naturally depending on space
available and the desired effect.
I would add to this that the
direct sunshine is essential to
getting robust growths capable
of impressive flowering. Our
plants are summered out of
the greenhouse in an arbor
that receives 8-10 hours of
direct sunshine with very
slight shading from one layer
of window screening between
about 1 and 4 pm.
Watering: There is a direct
relationship between temperature, light, and watering. When
temperatures begin to rise in
the spring, gradually start watering. In the summer, when temperature is high and sunlight is
strong, water almost every day
to keep the plant from drying
out. From about late September, when temperatures begin
to fall, gradually reduce watering. When night temperature
falls below 50 F (10 C), water
only enough to keep the canes
from shriveling. Once a week
should be enough. When night
temperatures fall below 41 F (5
C), keep the plants dry. We
have clients who have lawn
Den. anosmum ’MBF’
irrigation systems and hang
their plants within reach of
the spray during the growing
season so that they don’t
have to remember to water
them frequently!
Fertilizer: There are many
types of orchid fertilizers. The
most common cause of poor
flowering in this type of Dendrobium is the accumulation of
too much nitrogen. For flowering-size plants, use fertilizers
with a low percentage of nitrogen. It is important to stop application of any fertilizer in August. Slow-releasing fertilizers in
pellets (e.g., Osmocote) are not
good for flowering -size plants.
The most common effect of
fertilization and the application of too much water when
plants should be resting is the
appearance of numerous
keikis instead of flowers.
Temperature: For differentiation of flower buds, it is important to expose plants to low
temperature.
Canes
(pseudobulbs) which grew from
spring through summer and
have matured in the fall require
approximately one month of
low night temperatures. Therefore, in the autumn when it
becomes cool, do not rush to
bring your plants into the greenhouse, as with cattleyas. Leave
them outside to cool, and they
will bloom much better. The
minimum cooling needed to
bloom well is 25 nights at 57F
or lower for at least one hour.
The easiest way for most
home growers to meet this
chill requirement is simply
leave their plants outside
until danger of frost or freeze.
The above information is the
minimum chill needed, but
plants can stay out all winter
in frost free areas, or be
brought inside only as needed
to protect from freezes in
areas where they are infrequent. Someplace where this
is an overhang that keeps the
Den. Angel Moon Love Letter
Den. heterocarpum close
plants out of rain, but still
allows them to get plenty of
sun is ideal. The longer you
leave the plants in cool conditions, the later they will flower in the coming season.
Once buds start, expect it to
take about 2 months to see
open flowers if they are
brought into a situation
where nights are 55 to 65
degrees.
When in full bloom, flowers will
last longer if the plant is placed
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Den. Kokomo
in a cool, dry spot away from any
draft and out of direct sunlight.
Water the plant enough to moisten the surface of the medium
once every 5-7 days during the
warmest part of the day. When
given the right amount of water,
the media should dry before
evening.
Overgrown or large plants that
have finished flowering should be
repotted. This should be done
only when night temperatures
remain above 55 F (13 C). To
repot, remove decayed potting
medium and discolored, black, or
decayed roots by washing them
with water. Be careful not to
damage the live roots. Repot
into a larger size container. If the
root ball has decreased due to
removal of decayed roots, pot
the plant into a smaller size container.
Plants with more than 7 or 8
canes can be divided but not
necessary. If healthy plants with
only 4 or 5 canes are divided, the
following year’s growth will be
poor. Transplanting small or
medium-size plants that have
Den.
Fancy
Yellow
finished flowering should be
done only when the pot has
become too small to support the
height of the canes. The best
time for planting or transplanting
is when new shoots grow to
about 4-6 inches. The roots from
the new shoots should take to
the media very well. Plants
should not be replanted when no
new shoots are growing, or plant
has stopped growing.
If keikis appear on the upper part
of canes along with new basal
shoots, pluck them off for better
growth. If left to grow they can
be removed and potted up once
roots are 3 or 4 inches long.
If you follow this advice you will
have beautiful plants that overwhelm with blooms each spring.
As I alluded to earlier, some
hybrids include species from
slightly different climates. Examples would by hybrids that have
good doses of Den. moniliforme
or Den. stricklandianum in them,
or the hybrid between these two
known as Den. Ise. We have
found that these hybrids are very
easy to grow and bloom without
a distinct chill or dry season.
Nights in the 60’s and somewhat
less water in winter are usually
sufficient to provide a nice show
of blooms with such hybrids.
Often the plants and flowers are
of more delicate stature as well.
Some to seek out are Den. Kokomo, Den. Nalene Bui and Den.
Super Ise. The latter has flowers
almost as large as typical nobile
hybrids and is a very vigorous
grower (even more so than is
typical for these orchids). Also,
some hybrids with lots of yellow
in the flowers, such as Den.
Spring Bird, Den. Fancy Yellow
and Den. Yellow Song have a
good dose of the species Den.
friedricksianum in them, a low
elevation warm grower from
Thailand, making these varieties
also easier to flower without a
chill.
There is also a species that is
included in the same section of
the genus, Den. anosmum (syn.
Den. superbum) which comes
from warmer climates in the
Philippines, New Guinea, Borneo
and Indonesia and doesn’t require a chill in winter to bloom,
just a rest from water and fertilizer. It has large striking purple
blooms with a fragrance of
“cherries” or “raspberries.”
Another species lumped into this
section that does not need cool
temperatures to bloom is the
small growing Den. unicum. It
can be grown along with nobile
types, or just given a drier rest in
winter and still produce a show
of unusual bright orange flowers
with a upward facing lip that is
paler with red veins. The fragrance is very unusual and reminds me of “tangerine candles”
or “Crayola crayons!”
I highly recommend venturing
out and giving the nobile type
Dendrobiums a try. The effort
needed to give them different
care at different times a year is
small compared to the reward of
dozens or even hundreds of
striking flowers during their
bloom season.□
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Conservation Corner Endangered Texas Orchids
By Marianne Walker
Spiranthes parksii, also known as
“Navasota Ladies’ Tresses”, a
Texas native orchid purported
to be the only orchid endemic to
Texas, has been on the list of
endangered orchids since 1982.
This October-blooming orchid is
fairly new to the long list of identified orchids, having only been
discovered in Brazos County in
1945, by H.B. Parks. Although
several people searched for it in
the area it was supposedly discovered, and found other species
of Spiranthes, parksii was not
seen again for another 33
years.. In 1978, it was rediscovered northwest of Navasota and
since its placement on the Federal endangered list in 1982, populations have been found
in Burleson, Fayette, Freestone,
Grimes, Jasper, Leon, Madison,
Milam, Robertson, and Washington Counties. Since this orchid
can spend as many as 15 years
underground before producing
its first leaves, it is not an easy
orchid to find. Once the plant
produces its first leaves, it goes
through an annual cycle of
blooming from late October to
early November followed by
photosynthesis from late November to mid-Spring. The plant
then goes dormant, remaining
that way until the next cycle
begins in the Fall.
Although Spiranthes parksii is
on the endangered species list,
that has done little to stop the
destruction of its habitats. Multiple habitats have been disturbed
or destroyed by mountain bike
trails in College Station, the extension of Highway 6 and even
for the Texas A&M annual bonfire. Due to its limited range and
probable continued development, the prognosis is not good
without the establishment of
some sort of preserve.
Sources:
http://miosjournal.org/
j o u r n a l / 2 0 0 5 / 0 3 /
SpiranthesParksii.html
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/
huntwild/wild/species/navasolt/
http://botany.csdl.tamu.edu/
FLORA/hdwsp/sp_part1.htm
AOS Corner
By Don Ghiz
Are you on Facebook? If so,
please check out the “American
Orchid Society” page. We are
always happy to see new faces.
We have some of the most
knowledgeable members available anywhere answering all of
your Orchids related questions.
Post your photos- we love seeing everyone’s beautiful blooming flowers!
AOS Orchids Magazine has
announced that the annual supplement for this year will be
on Stanhopea by Rudolph Jenny.
This is one of my favorite gene-
ra. The flowers are quite unique
and have a very elaborate lip
that is designed to accommodate a very specific bee for pollination. If you are not already a
member, now is the time to
join, so that you will receive
your free supplement with the
December issue. It is just one of
the many perks of membership
in the American Orchid Society.
There are so many great articles
in this month’s Orchids Magazine, that it is hard to pick just
one to recommend…
Sue Bottom’s article
on “Repotting Bifoliate Cattleyas” is a must read if you grow
them. I have never tried this
particular method before, but it
looks like it is just what these
sometimes hard-to-grow plants
require.
I also enjoyed learning
about “Building an Orchid Tower” from Daniel Heyer, his stepby-step guide looks like something that is easy enough for
everyone to do, and who
doesn’t need another place to
store orchids?
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Cultural “Quick Tips”
By Jay Balchan
Photo 1
Photo 2
Photo 3
Photo 4
I grow a lot of cattleyas. These
plants can get very large and if
you want to grow specimen
sized plants, you will need to
work with large pots. For me,
large pots pose an added problem because I have a single watering schedule for all my
plants. Large plants tend to
have a lot of mix compared to
the root mass of the plants and
they end up staying much wetter than their 4 or 6 inch counterparts. Because of that, I use
2 layers on styrofoam peanuts in
pots 10 inches or larger. I first
fill the pot with a layer 2 peanuts thick (Photo 1).
I then
cover that with a layer of mix
deep enough to completely
cover the white peanuts.
(Photo 2). After that, I put
another single layer of loose
peanuts in (Photo 3) and
spread some mix in between
Bruce Cameron Speaks To Harris County Master Gardeners
By Elizabeth Fisher
HOS member Bruce Cameron
spoke to Harris County Master
Gardeners at their lunch meeting on Tuesday October 7th.
There were over 130 people in
attendance and plenty of orchids to look at. Bruce gave a
great talk on the care of orchids. He gave suggestions on
how to start with pots, media,
watering and light. He also
pointed out how to observe
your orchid to see if it is doing
well and if there are problems
how you could adjust the orchid
growing conditions. The group
had a number of questions and
the emcee had to stop the questions or the group would have
been there all afternoon. Bruce
also mentioned the Houston
Orchid Society a number of
times. Great talk Bruce!
(Photo 4). At this point, the
total depth of the peanut and
mix sandwich is about half of
the pot. From here, I put my
cattleya divisions in and pot
them up using mix all the way to
the top.
With this type of potting technique, I find that the large pots
hold just enough water to be
dry about he same time as my
other plants in smaller pots. If
you use plastic pots, you will
need even more peanuts to
ensure the mix drys out bet w e e n
w a t e r i n g s
Specimen plants are great to
grow and put on a super display
compared to their smaller cousins. Pot them up properly and
you can easily have them in your
collection along with many other
sized
plants.
Happy growing!
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September Intermediate Group Meeting
By Susan Dally. Photos by Judith Neufeld
Don Ghiz hosted the Intermediate Group September 28th at
his new home and greenhouse.
Don’s greenhouse is quite large
and high tech and it was a treat
to see.
Also at that meeting Don presented the AOS Silver Certificate award to Loren and Judith
Neufeld which they earned for
the display at the Galveston Bay
Orchid Society Show.
October Sale at Mercer Arboretum
By Bruce Cameron, Photo by Mary Gunn
I would like to express my
thanks and appreciation to the
volunteers who came out to
Mercer Botanic Gardens on
October 4th to help out with
the HOS information
booth! We spoke to a lot of
people and gave out a
lot information. Hopefully, we
will attract some new members
as a result of everyone's efforts. A special thanks goes out
to Jay, Rick and Denny for being
our workshop speakers and to
Mary for coordinating them.
Mercer was very pleased
with the HOS involvement in
their Autumn Plant Sale. They
gave me a rough estimate of 500
to 700 people having attended
the sale, however, at times it
seemed like a great deal more!
Thank you, again, to all who
participated in this event. For
those of you who were not able
to come out, there will be other
opportunities as we expand our
relationship with Mercer!
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Stay-At-Home Orchid Wonders
By Susan Dally
Normally I passively wait for
folks to send in photos of their
Stay-At-Home Orchid Wonders. However, after the frustration of no photos last month
I pushed a bit. Wow, what a
response! Yes, there are lots of
gorgeous orchids blooming in
homes all around the Houston
area! Here are a few for your
viewing pleasure.
Top left is Bulb. Doris Dukes
with ten inflorescences, fifteen
open flowers and five buds!
Judith Neufeld says these
blooms opened after judging and
faded before our last meeting.
Better luck next time Judith.
Top right is Phrag. lemoinianum
sent in by Mary Gunn. Mary
says this plant is a wonder to
her because it was the first
phrag she ever bloomed when
she started growning. This particular flower is the fifth bloom
on this spike. She grows ind oor s u s in g t h e s em i hydroponic method.
Middle left is Paph. Toni Semple
grown - among many other
beautiful plants it seems - by
Roger Pallas. The rest of the
blooms on this page also belong
to Roger. Very nice Roger!
On the next page are Phrag.
Ekolu Quintal, C. Rosa de Corrientes and Psy. Mendenhall
‘Hildos”. These beauties are all
grown by Derek Lowenstein.
Thanks to all for sending in such
great eye candy!
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Stay-At-Home - Continued
Houston Judging Center
By Don Maples
The Houston Judging Center
met on October 18th at St.
Thomas University. There were
13 judges present and four
guests. Only one clerk was available which made for a very busy
day. Seven plants were entered
and no awards were given. Our
next meeting will be November
15th which will also be our final
business meeting of the year.
REFRESHMENT CORNER
The Refreshment Committee had 6 people sign up
to bring snacks for the November
HOS meeting. If anyone else would like to bring
snacks in November please do.
Thanks to Winnie Yap, Denise Mitchell, Mary
Rogge, Margaret Mahoney, Stevan Bodiroga, Marianne Walker, Carolynne White, Linda Livesay,
Cherie Lee, Rosa Guimerans, Shon Valenzuela,
Paulette Thelen, and anyone else who brought
snacks to the October meeting.
A sign up sheet will be circulated at each meeting
to cover 2 months.
Thanks,
Vicki Joern & Mary Bahn
Tasty Recipe of the Month
By Jean-Marie Jones
Zinfandel Marinated Chicken
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1 1/2 cups Zinfandel or other dry red wine
3/4 cup olive oil
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
Pepper to taste
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 (3lb Organic hen) cut up
In a screw jar combine all but chicken and shake
well. Place the chicken in a zip top plastic bag and
pour the marinade all over. Close bag and refrigerate 4 to 6 hours, turning over several times until all
is covered. Grill or broil until the juices run clear
turning it often, drain and place on a platter.
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Newcomers Group
Raffle Table
By Stephen Moffitt
By Roger Pallas
The Newcomers will be meeting at Clown Alley Orchids November 16th. at 2:00 PM. John will take us on a greenhouse tour
and explain how everything works. He will also give us a lesson
on how to grow Cattleyas.
In November the raffle table will be a mix between Hawaiian
sellers Quintal and Kalapana. The plants will include Oncidiums. Dendobriums and Brassias.
The Houston Happenings
Upcoming Events
Nov. 7-9
Mid America Orchid Congress
Hosted by the Central Ohio Orchid Society
Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanic
Gardens
Columbus, Ohio
http://www.coosinfo.info/2014maoc.html
Dec. 6
Acadian Orchid Society 54th Annual Short
Course,
Hotel Acadiana, Lafayette, LA
Registration Contact: Barbara Alexander
balexander@cox-internet.com
Jan. 17-18, 2015
59th Paphiopedilum Guild and First World
Slipper Orchid Conference
Hilo Hawaiian Hotel
Hilo, HI
https://sites.google.com/site/
Jan. 30 - Feb. 1
Gulf Coast Orchid Society Show and Sale
Gautier Convention Center, Gautier, MS
Contact: Jo Ann Vaz
joannvaz@bellsouth.com
Feb. 14 - 22
The 25th Japan Grand Prix
International Orchid Festival 2015
Tokyo Dome
See Ad pg. 14
Mar. 26 - 29
Central East Texas Orchid Society
“Carnival of Orchids”
Tyler Rose Museum & Gift Shop
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HOS Officers and Committee Chairs
Officers
President
Mary Gunn
VP - Speakers
Tom Pickens
VP - Shows & Plant Table Loren & Judith Neufeld
VP - Membership
Debbie Peterson
Treasurer
Rick Hepler
Recording Secretary
Elizabeth Fisher
Past President
Calvin Starr
Chairs
Conservation
Marianne Walker
Guest Hospitality
Shon Valenzuela &
Allan Davies
Happenings Editor
Susan Dally
Intermediate Group
Jay Balchan
Newcomers Group
Stephen Moffitt
Parliamentarian
Marvin Gerber
Photography
Malcolm McCorquodale
Plant Raffle
Roger Pallas &
Sara Bentley
Refreshments
Vicki Joern & Mary Bahn
Silent Auction
Frank & Cherie Lee
Spring Show
Holly Miller &
John Stubbings
Summer Workshop
John Stubbings &
Fr. Ted Baenziger
Webmaster
Tom Durrett
Directors - Two Year Term
Fr. Ted Baenziger
Holly Miller
Jim Butler
Stephen Moffitt
Susan Dally
Lakshmi Narayana
Don Ghiz
Marianne Walker
Sandra Higham
Directors - One Year Term
Marvin Gerber
Diane Taylor
John Stubbings
Representatives
AOS Representative
Don Ghiz
IPA Representative
Fr. Ted Baenziger
ODC Representative
Derek Lowenstein
SWROGA Directors
Sandy Stubbings &
Lauri Skov
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Volume 44, Issue 11
Japan Grand Prix -蘭- International Orchid Festival