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BUCKS COUNTY ORCHID SOCIETY NEWSLETTER
September, 2019
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BCOS Meeting and Program
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Churchville Nature Center
501 Churchville Lane
Churchville, PA 18966
Show Table Setup-7:00 p.m.
Program:
ANNUAL POTTING PARTY
The Society is again hosting its
Annual “Potting Party”. Da-
vid Carrick, Program Chairman,
has a diverse group of seedlings
this year. See page 6 below for
plants and pricing. There will
also be some larger plants in
3.25" + pots (~24), some of
which are in spike Pots and potting materials will
be provided by the Society. Join us for an evening
of fun with members and hone your potting skills
at the same time.
If you are starting a collection or just trying to re-
place those plants that have been lost over the last
year, this is a great way to do so at a minimal
cost. You don’t have to be a member to partici-
pate, so bring a friend. Also, please bring boxes
or other containers for your potted plants.
There will be a show table, so bring plants in
bloom.
In addition, Dr. Selvakumar Ponniah from
GapsEcosystem will be at the Potting Party and
he'll bring coco chips & coco coir, and if we want,
BCOS Annual Orchid Auction
The BCOS Annual Orchid Auction will be held
October 17, 2019 at the Churchville Nature Cen-
ter. Preview starts at 6:30 pm with the auction
starting promptly at 7:00 pm. If you have not yet
divided and re-potted any plants to donate to the
auction, it is not too late, but please do it soon.
Plants should be appropriately labeled. Instruc-
tions regarding submitting the plants for the auc-
tion will be discussed at the September meeting,
but if you intend to donate a plant please send
Alan Block (Email: [email protected]) a
list of names of your plants so that he can add
them to the list early. If you know anyone who
might be interested in joining the Society, the auc-
tion is the perfect time. The orchid selection and
prices can’t be beat, plus new members (not previ-
ously a member) get a free one-year BCOS mem-
bership with a purchase.
he can do a very brief demo. If people want to pre-
order, contact President, Sandy Kern at
[email protected], who can forward your order
to him.
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BCOS Showtable June, 2019
Dendrobium Fran's Twist
Den. Tenellum ‘Memoria Lois Duffin
Van-
Phalaenopsis Hybrid
Den Gatton Sunray
Windowsill Growers
Species/Grex Cultivar or Common Name Grower
Cattleya Alliance
1st Cattlianthe Molly Tyler David Carrick
2nd Prosthechea mariae Stuart Hughes
3rd Cattleya Little Dipper David Carrick
Cymbidium
1st & BG Cym. Dorothy Stockstill Stuart Hughes
Dendrobium
1st Stuart Hughes
2nd Den. cuthbertsonii Cuthbertons's Dendrobium Stuart Hughes
Miniatures
1st Den helwigianum Hellwig's Dendrobium Stuart Hughes
Oncidium Alliance
1st Oncidium Wildcat Hidden Gold David Carrick
Paph & Phrag Alliance
1st Paph Avalon Love Stone Alan Block
2nd Paph Delophyllum David Carrick
Phal & Dtps Alliance
1st Phal Optimisitc Angel David Carrick
2nd Phal Pink Panther David Carrick
3rd Phal Hybrid Sandy Kern
Pleurothallid Alliance
1st Restrepia brachypus (syn striata) The Short-Column Foot Restrepia Stuart Hughes
2nd Stelis ornata Stuart Hughes
3rd Masdevallia turckheimii Turckheim's Masdevallia Stuart Hughes
Species
1st Pogonia ophioglossoides Snake Mouth; Rose Pogonia Stuart Hughes
Cattlianthe Molly Tyler
Cym. Dorothy Stockstill
Den. limpidum
Paph Avalon Love Stone
Phal Optimisitc Angel Pogonia ophioglossoides
Den. limpidum
Photos courtesy of Stuart Hughes
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BCOS Showtable June, 2019
Phalaenopsis OX Happy Girl ‘OX1502’
Den
Greenhouse Growers
Species/Grex Cultivar or Common Name Grower
Cattleya Alliance
1st Encyclia alata (syn belizensis) Chuck Keiser
Miniatures
1st Gastrochilus retrocallus Chuck Keiser
Paph & Phrag Alliance
1st Paph Susan Booth Chuck Keiser
Phal & Dtps Alliance
1st Phal Fuller's Gold Stripes Alma Bannett
1st Phal Hybrid Alma Bannett
2nd Phal Hybrid Alma Bannett
Vanda Alliance
1st & BG Renanthera Seet Kim Soh (monachica x coccinea) Bob Gore
Renanthera Seet Kim Soh
(monachica x coccinea
Phal Fuller's Gold Stripes
Paph Susan Booth Gastrochilus retrocallus
Encyclia alata (syn belizensis)
Photos courtesy of Stuart Hughes
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BUCKS COUNTY ORCHID SOCIETY ANNUAL AWARDS 2018-2019
Greenhouse Growers Windowsill Growers
Category Place Grower Total Pts Place Grower Total Pts
Cattleya Alliance 1st Andy Braun 34 1st Stuart Hughes 35
2nd Chuck Keiser 13 2nd David Carrick 26
3rd Bob Gore 11 3rd Laurie Gill 7
Cattleya Classic 1st Andy Braun 25 1st Stuart Hughes 13
2nd Heidi Welch Helmich 4 2nd David Carrick 12
3rd Ida Know 2
Cymbidian 1st Andy Braun 13 1st Stuart Hughes 18
2nd Jean Norton 7
3rd Sandy Kern 3
Dendrobium 1st Chuck Keiser 12 1st Stuart Hughes 34
2nd Bob Gore 8 2nd Jean Norton 5
3rd Andy Braun 5 2nd Sandy Kern 2
Minitures 1st Chuck Keiser 4 1st Stuart Hughes 30
2nd Carl Gustafson 13
Oncidium Alliance 1st Andy Braun 9 1st David Carrick 13
2nd Alma Bannett 8 2nd Jean Norton 8 }
2nd Alan Block 8 }
3rd Laurie Gill 7
Open 1st Bob Gore 15 1st Jean Norton 11
2nd Andy Braun 3 2nd Stuart Hughes 9
3rd Sandy Kern 4
Paph & Phrag Alliance 1st Andy Braun 15 1st Stuart Hughes 12
2nd Chuck Keiser 12 2nd Sandy Kern 11
3rd Heidi Welch Helmich 10 3rd David Carrick 10 }
3rd Carl Gustafson 10 }
Phal & Dtps Alliance 1st Alma Bannett 18 1st Mitch Paroly 26
2nd Heidi Welch Helmich 4 2nd Alan Block 13
3rd Stuart Hughes 9
Species 1st Andy Braun 29 1st Stuart Hughes 30
2nd Bob Gore 8 2nd Carl Gustafson 11
3rd Chuck Keiser 5 3rd Jean Norton 8
Vanda 1st Andy Braun 16 1st Stuart Hughes 13
2nd Bob Gore 11 2nd Laurie Gill 7
3rd Chuck Keiser 8 3rd Jean Norton 5
Pleurothallid Alliance 1st Stuart Hughes 35
2nd Jean Norton 3
3rd Carl Gustafson 2
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SOCIETY NOTES
Hospitality Table
The Society is in need of 2 or 3 people to assume
coordination of refreshments for the Hospitality
Table.. Please contact Sandy Kern to volunteer.
Plant Clinic: You are encouraged to bring in that sick plant for
evaluation by the expert orchid growers in our So-
ciety. Please, bring the needy plant in a closed
plastic bag and we will try to advise you on bring-
ing it back to good health.
Show Table Judging Rules:
See the website for information on submitting
plants for the show table,
http://041d544.netsolhost.com/WordPress/show-
table-2/overview/
BCOS recognizes and awards the growing and
flowering of plants. Keeping this in mind, mem-
bers are asked to please remember that anything
brought to the show table for judging, should have
been in their care for at least 90 days. .
Officers, Other Societies and Vendors:
The list of officers, other societies and vendors is
now exclusively available on the BCOS website.
www.buckscountyorchidsociety.org for officers
and http://041d544.netsolhost.com/WordPress/
library/local-vendors/ for other societies and ven-
dors.
Library:
Contact Andy Braun at [email protected]
to borrow any item in the BCOS Library (See the
Society’s website for a list of books, equipment
and videos.) http://041d544.netsolhost.com/
WordPress/library/bcos-lending-library/
EDITOR’S NOTE – Contributions to
the newsletter will be greatly appreciated.
Please submit relevant news, photos,
awards or information relating to the Society, its
members, the care and culture of orchids to the Edi-
tor at [email protected]. I am also looking for
your favorite tip on growing orchids, for the feature,
Orchid Tip of the Month. Please submit your copy
by the first day of the month.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sun. Sept. 15, 2019 International Phalaenopsis Alli-ance Focus on Phals Day Union Presbyterian Church Community Center 44 Balmville Road, Newburgh (Balmville), NY (See Pages 8-9)
Fri-Sun Sept. 20-22, 2019. Fall Harvest Silva Orchids 635 Wayside Road, Neptune, NJ (See page 11) Sat. Oct. 5, 2019 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Deep Cut Orchid Society Auction. with plant preview available from 9:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at Mon-mouth Park Racetrack, 175 Oceanport Avenue, Oceanport, New Jersey. (See Page 10).
Oct. 17, 2019 7:00 p.m. BCOS Annual Orchid Auction Churchville Nature Center, Churchville, PA (See Page 7) Nov. 21, 2019 7:30 p.m. BCOS Meeting Beth Davis from Waldors. Topic - To Be Annouced. Churchville Nature Center, Churchville, PA
THE ORCHID JUDGES ARE MOVING For decades the Mid-Atlantic Judging Center has met the third Wednesday of every month, from 6 – 10 pm, at Hor-ticultural Hall in Fairmount Park. All this will change in October. Instead of meeting Wednesday evenings, we’ll meet the 2nd Saturday of every month from 10 am – 3 pm. Our new venue will be All Saints’ (Episcopal) Church, 1325 Montgomery Avenue, Wynnewood, PA 19096. For those of you with long memories, yes, this is the church where SEPOS met for many years several decades ago. The reasons for the move are clear. Our purpose is to ser-vice and encourage participation by members of the local community who live within a 100 mile radius around Philadelphia. Our meeting time on Wednesday evenings was negatively affected by rush-hour traffic that discour-aged many exhibitors and observers. And we want more time at our monthly meetings for training and education that would be a plus for any attendees. Our new format will be determined by the most advanta-geous use of the time between Judging and Training. We will open for plant registration at 10:00 am. Judging will start at 10:30 am. We are suggesting an informal bring-your-own lunch break at 12:30 pm. Our meetings are al-ways open to exhibitors and guests and we encourage comments, questions and participation from all. We will devote afternoons to formal presentations by our students and judges. We hope that the new venue and meeting time will en-courage members of the orchid community to join us. Our judges look forward to seeing at judging many of the spectacular plants we see on show tables. Please plan to join us Saturday, October 12 at All Saints’ Church, Wynnewood, PA.
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Bucks County Orchid Society
Orchid AuctionOrchid Auction
Thursday, October 17, 2019
Churchville Nature Center
501 Churchville Lane, Churchville PA
Preview at 6:30 PM - Auction begins at 7:00 PM
Over 100 plants (many in bloom) and orchid supplies will be up for bid.
Refreshments and helpful hints on orchid culture will be available.
A Great Opportunity to get Quality Plants at Great Prices!
Free 1-year membership to purchasers who have never been a
BCOS member!!
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Every Phalaenopsis enthusiast knows Peter Lin, an avid hobbyist and hybridizer, owner of Big Leaf Orchids in
North Texas.
Peter started growing orchids over 30 years ago, enhancing his Phalaenopsis
growing hobby by creating new hybrids. Big Leaf Orchids, formed in 1996,
now houses over 5000 species and hybrids. He’s been the recipient of a mul-
titude of American Orchid Society awards to his Phalaenopsis.
As a result of his annual trip to Taiwan to see some of the newest results in
Phalaenopsis breeding, he hand-selects many of the most up-to-the minute
varieties to incorporate into his hybridizing program. He specializes in
Phalaenopsis for their long-lasting flowers, diverse sizes, brilliant colors, pat-
terns and fragrance. A recipient of numerous AOS awards, he says his inter-
est in Phalaenopsis is the artistry of breeding by maintaining the finest in his
selection of Phalaenopsis. He’s always looking to take his breeding to the
next level, to create something better and different to breed on with, to offer to his clients and to share with the
orchid world at large.
Peter has also served the IPA as our Newsletter Editor, has written numerous Phalaenopsis articles for several
orchid publications and has been a featured Guest Speaker at orchid societies, at the IPA Symposiums and at
the annual Taiwan International Orchid Show. Although his focus is on Phalaenopsis, he also grows Cattleyas,
Vandaceous and Paphiopedilums.
Peter will be sharing with us the newest in cutting-edge directions in breeding for Novelty Phalaenopsis and
will be bringing select plants from his collection for sale.
International Phalaenopsis Alliance Focus on Phals Day
Speaker Peter Lin
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