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Epi News
San Diego Epiphyllum Society, Inc.
November, 2015 Volume 40 Number 11
SDES’s 45th Anniversary
Rhipsalis pilocarpa
Found in Brazil Stems cylindrical, densely bristly
Flowers yellowish white, the base of the flowers bristly
Photo by Linda Sinkovic
President's Corner “Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn."
- Elizabeth Lawrence
This year probably won’t be the best for fall color in San
Diego due to the unseasonably warm weather. Enjoy
autumn’s beauty with a walk through Balboa Park.
Pecan, Fremont cottonwood and Chinese flame trees will
display gold and yellow foliage. Look on the corner of
Quince and 6th Avenue for American sweetgum trees—
the best tree for fall color in Southern California—with
brilliant shades of red and orange. My pecan tree’s leaves
are still green, so we need to wait for some cooler
weather before we will see some color.
Our updated website, sandiegoepi.com, will be up and
running in a few weeks. The first draft will be ready by
November 5th and it won’t be long after that that it will
go live. We will have full access to the website and will
be able to make changes. But you needn’t wait for the
updated website to access the many articles that are
available. There is information regarding various potting
mixtures, how to make cuttings and label them, how to
start cuttings in either potting soil or perlite, how to
harvest seeds and many more topics.
I’m looking forward to seeing you at the November
meeting on Thursday, the 12th ,when we will enjoy all of
the photos displayed for the epi photo contest.
Please Note:
The November General Meeting will be on
Thursday November 12th instead of the normal Wednesday. This change is due to
the Veterans Day Holiday on Wednesday
November 11th, the second Wednesday of the month. Casa del Prado will be closed
for the holiday.
November, 2015 SDES Epi News Page 2
Society Officers and Directors
President Janice Wakefield
[email protected] (619) 464-1086
1st Vice President Velma Crain (pro tem)
[email protected] (619) 421-4785
2nd Vice President Gina Contreras
Treasurer Tim Paule
[email protected] (619)-443-0826
Recording Secretary Cindy Decker
[email protected] (619) 972-9664
Corresponding Secretary Beth Jackson
[email protected] (858) 638-0956
Membership Secretary Humberto Contreras
Director (2014-15) Victoria Chapman
[email protected] (619)221-0027
Director (2014-15) Marie Dempewolf
[email protected] (619) 573-5060
Director (2015-15) Jerry Moreau
[email protected] (619) 208-7654
Director (2015-16) Oliver Lapuebla
[email protected] (619) 793-6683
Director (2015-16) Mildred Mikas
[email protected] (760) 690-1124
Coordinators & Committee Chairperson:
Sales Events Cindy Decker
Librarian Marie Dempewolf
Garden Caravan Mildred Mikas
Installation Banquet Mildred Mikas
Safari Park Jerry Moreau
EpiNews Co-Editor Jerry Moreau
EpiNews Co-Editor Linda Sinkovic
Past President Ron Crain
[email protected] (619) 421-4785
‘Degas Dancer’ photo by Jerry Moreau
Calendar of Events
2015 November
7 Fall Plantstravaganza
Cuyamaca College
12 (Thur) General Meeting
14 Safari Park Work Party
18 Board Meeting
28 Safari Park Work Party
December
5 ESA Diamond Jubilee
6 SD Zoo Volunteer Event
9 Installation Banquet &
Holiday Party
12 Safari Park Work Party
January 2016
13 General Meeting
Meeting Programs — Velma Crain
Pre-Meeting Workshop: Last month’s pre-meeting workshop covered harvesting epi fruit for seeds
to use for hybridizing. Ron Crain also discussed "monstrose" growth in plants.
During this month’s pre-meeting workshop, Ron will plant epi seeds and show slides of epi sprouts and
seedlings. Because we are meeting on Thursday the pre-meeting workshop will not be in Room 104...please
join us Thursday November 12th, in Room 101 at 7:00 pm for the workshop!
October Program: Last month we enjoyed seeing some of the small hybrids created by Wressey
Cocke...many favorites appeared on the screen. Thanks to Jerry Moreau for presenting the program and to
ESA President Robert Kuettle for creating it.
November Program: This month we will learn about the Epiphytic Cacti species, Rhipsalis. This
program created and presented by Linda Sinkovic. Check out Linda's article on page 9 and the cover photo of
Rhipsalis pilocarpa for a preview. Please join us on Thursday, November 12th in room 101! Also this month is the annual photography contest, see information regarding the contest on page 4.
Don’t forget the November General Meeting will be on Thursday November 12th due to the Veteran's
Day Holiday!!!
Inside This Issue
President’s Corner 2
Meeting Program 3
Calendar of Events 3
Now Is The Time 4
Safari Park Report 4
Election — Slate of Officers 5
Installation & Holiday Banquet 6
Off-Season Blooms 6
An Afternoon with Wressey Cocke 7
ESA Diamond Jubilee 8
Get Your Facts First 9
Photo Contest 11
November, 2015 SDES Epi News Page 3
‘Honeycomb’ ‘American Beauty’ Photos by Jerry Moreau
Watch weather reports for freezing temperatures. In
areas that freeze, plants can be protected for a short
period with newspaper, but plastic sheeting will
provide more durable protection.
If epis are subjected to hail, rinse the ice off
immediately. Prolonged contact with ice can
damage the plants more than the impact of the hail
itself.
Protect against strong winds. Plants in hanging pots
are subject to broken branches as they bump into
other pots or are knocked to the ground.
Withhold fertilizers as plants become semi-dormant.
Avoid over-watering. Epis require less watering
during the cool, rainy season.
Winter rains are good for epis. Collect rainwater in
opaque containers and cover containers to keep
debris out. Don’t let pots on benches sit in puddles
of water.
Continue to keep an eye out for snails and slugs.
Keep plants and containers free of debris.
Monitor plants for root fungus diseases.
Discoloration of branches just above the soil level
may indicate problems below the soil.
Check fruit for ripeness.
The cooler weather is wonderful and allowed us to get some good work done while out at the Epi Display. This
month we were able to finish the fertilizing, continued repotting plants and potted up cutting and repotting, and
we are continuing to organize plants. The plants are growing and looking good. There were a few flowers but
nothing like this past spring.
Helping out these past work parties were Sandra Chapin, Humberto & Gina Contreras, Ron & Velma Crain, Cindy
Decker, Bob Holzinger, Dennis Hughes, Jerry & Betsy Markle, Mildred Mikas, Jerry Moreau, Mary Nash, Tim
Paule, Paul Vanderploeg, and Janice Wakefield.
The next work parties will be November 14th & 28th.
Safari Park Epi Display House — Jerry Moreau
Now is the Time
November, 2015 SDES Epi News Page 4
4 day old tiger cub at the Safari Park
Velma Crain locked in the Epi Display House at
the Safari Park. She went in to take pictures and
her husband locked her in, not knowing she was
inside.
Roger & Sandra Chapin working a sale at
Cuymaca College, May 2005
‘Little Guy’
President: Janice Wakefield
1st VP (Programs): Open
2nd VP (Mother’s Day
Show Coordinator): Gina Contreras
Recording Secretary: Dennis Hughes
Corresponding Secretary: Beth Jackson
Membership Secretary: Humberto Contreras
Treasurer: Tim Paule
Directors:
Nominated for a 2-year term:
Karl Almryde (1st term)
Cindy Decker (1st term)
Jerry Moreau (2nd term)
To serve the 2nd year of their 2-year term:
Van-Ahn Le (appointed to complete
Oliver Lapuebla’s term)
Mildred Mikas
November, 2015 SDES Epi News Page 5
Slate of Officers for Elections 2016
The society would like to thank the committee for all their good work putting together this slate of officers. Thank you Mil-
dred Mikas, chairwoman and committee members: Sandra Chapin, Cindy Decker, Patricia Frank, and Laura Johnson for
your dedicated service toward SDES. Thank you to all the members volunteering to serve on the board.
Holiday Installation Banquet Wednesday Dec. 9, 2015 at 6:30
Let’s start off the Holiday Season with SDES Installation Banquet! Join us for an
evening of fun, fellowship, an (optional) gift exchange and door prizes.
We will be at The Butcher Shop Restaurant in Kearny Mesa.
Dinner choices are either Filet Mignon or Salmon. Your dinner comes with salad, main
course, dessert, coffee or tea and wine.
Optional Gift Exchange Bring a $15.00 wrapped NEW garden related gift. Something you would like to receive.
The Dinner price is $ 30.00 for members and $60.00 for non members. SDES offsets the
difference. It’s SDES way of saying Thank Y ou for a good year. Honorary Life Members
are invited as our guest.
A Suggestion - last year some members gave their family a holiday gift - tickets to our
Installation Dinner. Why not consider this for your friends or family?
You can purchase your tickets at the November meeting. See Gerry Mikas - All Credit Cards Accepted.
All reservations must be paid by Dec 1st! That’s when we pay the restaurant in advance and give them total
count of those attending.
Make your check payable to SDES Dinner
Send your check with your dinner choices to:
Gerry & Mildred Mikas
3502 Avenida Amorosa
Escondido CA 92029
Questions: just call Mildred @ 760-690-1124
Or email @ [email protected]
November, 2015 SDES Epi News Page 6
Off-Season Blooms
SDES Epi Shirts
Wear at Sales, Shows & Events
The time is right - to order your White SDES shirt with either a
Purple or Peach Epi or Black SDES shirt with a Peach Epi
bloom. The cost is $30.00 for either women’s or a men’s shirt.
Sizes Small to 3X . They make great Christmas gifts too!
Join the group, show your Epi Spirit and wear your shirt at all
our spring & fall sales & events or meetings.
Call Mildred & Gerry Mikas to order 760-690-1124 or e-mail
your order to [email protected] then send us a check or pay at a
meeting.
Sandra Chapin: ‘Bambi’, ‘Beautie Wegner’,
‘Chopin’, ‘Crystal Claret’, E. caudatum,
‘Jalisco Disco’, ‘Jalisco Grace’
Jerry Moreau: E. hookeri ssp. hookeri
Don Patterson: ‘Eddie Huey’
Linda Sinkovic: W. bradei, W. frohningiorum,
H. undatus and E. hookeri ssp. hookeri
Janice Wakefield: ‘Ruby Pinwheel’
Safari Park: ‘Al Bustan’, ‘’Beautie Wegener’,
Becky Dell’, E. anguliger, E. hookeri ssp.
hookeri, E. oxypetalum, E. pumilum,
‘Heliotrope’, ‘Herbert S. Irwin’, ‘
George’s Favorite’
November, 2015 SDES Epi News Page 7
(continued from October 2015 Epi News.)
The best cross that Mr. Cocke has done is that of ‘Ruby
Snowflake’ and ‘Tassel’. This is known as the fifties
cross. It has produced many outstanding flowers. Mr.
Cocke's favorite flower is from this cross. It is ‘Curtain
Call’. Another of his good cross is that of ‘Lilac Time’ x
‘Mon Cheri’. Both flowers are variegated and the cross
was done in hopes of getting some variegated flowers. But
the cross did not produce any variegated flowers. There
are some excellent flowers from this cross. Most of the
plants from the above crosses, as well as many of his
hybrids have gone to the nurseries in the area where they
have been made available to the public. Many of the
flowers have been named by the
nurseries, rather than by Mr.
Cocke himself. Another good
cross is that of ‘American
Sweetheart’ and ‘Ruby
Snowflake’ and back again. Mr.
Cocke did not do the cross but
raised the plants. Many of the
plants were later given to Ken
Nores. Many of the plants are
now available at Hurst Nursery.
One of the flowers from this cross
is ‘Ethel Hurst’. One of the early
crosses produced a few plants that
were variegated. One of them
was kept for
the unusual
foliage. The
plant did not
bloom for
about twenty
five years.
About three
years ago it
decided to
bloom. It
has white
flowers
similar to
those of
‘Cooperii’. The plant has bloomed every year since.
Mr. Cocke has sent seed to many places including China
and Paraguay. As he has not received any information
back, he does not know what, if any, flowers may have
been produced from the seeds. He has received some seed
from species crosses from Clive Innes in England. Some
of the seeds sprouted and grew, but the cross did not
produce any good flowers. There is an excellent view
from the window toward the ocean, looking south and
west. The only problem now days is that there is a large
tree in an adjacent yard that prevents him from seeing the
ocean. If you look hard, you are able to get a glimpse of it
through the tree. Mr. Cocke hopes to be up and walking
around the first of the year. Because he is confined to a
wheel chair, he has not been able to go down to his see his
Epis. Right now he relies on Tony (Mr. Cocke's care-
taker) to take care of his plants
and to bring up any flowers that
are in bloom. Again I must
compliment Tony on his
excellent care of the plant.
Time to go out for a quick lunch.
Excellent restaurant, good
atmosphere and food. Then back
to the house for a last look
around. A quick trip down to
pick out a couple of plants to
take home with me. What a
difficult choice. It would have
been an easier choice if they
AN AFTERNOON WITH
MR. WRESSEY COCKE By David Graham (reprint from the December 1992 Epi News)
Wressey Cocke and George French 1990c ‘Tassel’
‘Ruby Snowflake’ Epi pictures by Roger Chapin
November, 2015 SDES Epi News Page 8
Wressey Cocke and Herbert S. Irwin
were all in bloom, so I had to take "pot luck" in hopes of getting a wonderful
flower.
Time to say my good byes. I find that I must ask one last question before I
leave. As I inquire as to Mr. Cocke's age, to find that he is 87 years young.
He will be celebrating another birthday
in a few months. My thanks to Mr.
Cocke for allowing me the time I have
spent with him. It is my hopes that his
article will give a small amount of
insight to those members who do not
live in Southern California, or have not had the opportunity to meet him. He has
done a great service to the Epi lovers of the world who have seen his flowers and
may even have some of his Epis in their
collections.
Epiphyllum Society of America
Diamond Jubilee You are all invited to attend the Epiphyllum Society of America’s 75th
Anniversary and Holiday Luncheon at the Monrovian Resturant in Monrovia,
CA. This event will be on Saturday, December 5th, beginning with a “social
hour” at 11:00 a.m. Cost will be $25.00 in addition to a no-host bar.
There will be an exhibition of the best of our epiphyllum memorabilia
collection from the ESA and members’ private epi collections. ESA will
pay tribute on the retirement of Chuck Everson & Jerry Williams of
Rainbow Gardens after 36 years in the business. The program will
feature special awards, a silent auction of rare epi cuttings, and
door prizes. Entertainment will be provided by singer/pianist Tommy
Dodson.
Get reacquainted with old friends and reminisce with other members who
made a difference in our 75 year history. Don't missed out on this once
in a lifetime historical celebration.
Questions should be directed to Jim Nones, 818.284.1199.
Reservations should be directed to Geneva
Coats, 909.438.8242. Checks/credit cards are accepted.
‘Curtain Call’
‘Ethel Hurst’
‘American Sweetheart’ epi pictures by Roger Chapin
“Get your facts first, then you
can distort them as much as you
please…”
-Mark Twain
Growing epiphytic cactus has its pluses
and minuses, like any other interest or
occupation. Enjoying beautiful flowers is definitely a plus. So is the feeling of
accomplishment when you succeed
with a difficult to grow plant, or your seedling blooms for the first time. And
naturally, there are the minuses: a rare
plant dies, or pests chew up your plant,
or you knock over a plant and break all the branches.
We've all experienced those situations, but we keep growing because the
pluses outweigh the minuses. There's
another small minus I'd like to
mention,*1 and if you only grow epicactus hybrids this won't affect you
very much. If you grow
epicactus species, you will be affected by this and you
will need to be flexible about
it.*2 So what am I talking about? Basically, a plant's
scientific name can change.*3
Meaning you'll need to
update your plant tags every time it changes. And
possibly your reference
materials as well.
To be fair, many of these
name
changes are due to new discoveries being made. Up
until fairly recently, the only
way to classify a plant was by
seeing how well its form and flowers
matched (or not)
with other similar plants. Now there
are DNA analysis
methods and
scientists can do comparisons at a very
low level to find which
species are related (or not).*4 For example, if it
turns out that Hatiora
gaertneri does not have that much in common with other
Hatiora species, then it probably
doesn't belong in that genus. It could be
put into another genus and (re)named Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri. *5
Lately all this name-changing business has been affecting me directly. I've
been researching Rhipsalis and related
genera for a presentation,*6 and there
are a lot of name changes involved. Some species are moved from one
genus to another. Some species
become obsolete as they are grouped in with another (previously-different)
species. It's been an adventure
following all the names and their changes.*7
If you want to learn a little bit about Rhipsalis and their name changes
through the ages, come see the
presentation at the November general meeting. In any case, enjoy your
offseason blooms!
Notes: 1. And maybe I'm the only one gets annoyed by
having to write yet another tag and change the
records? 2. And have a lot of plant tags on hand. 3. And the name can change as many times as needed. 4. Make no mistake, the taxonomists (the scientists
who do all this classification and naming) have a
tough job. 5. As it has been, see Feb 2015 'Get Your Facts First'.
(Make sure your tags are up to date). See Korotova et
al 2011 for details. 6. Come watch the presentation at the November
general meeting! Lots of photos, I promise. 7. You know, they say 'The only constant in life is
change' so the answer is to embrace change. And
make more plant tags as needed. References: Epiphyllum Society of America, Registry of Hybrids
and Species, Addendum 37 KOROTOVA, NADJA, THOMAS BORSCH, DIETMAR
QUANDT, NIGEL P. TAYLOR, KAI F. MÜLLER, and
WILHELM BARTHLOTT. 2011. 'What does it take to
resolve relationships and to identify species with
molecular markers?', American Journal of Botany 98
(9) 1549-1572. Accessed 17 October 2015, http://
www.amjbot.org/content/98/9/1549.full
Get Your Facts First -- Linda Sinkovic
November, 2015 SDES Epi News Page 9
‘Orange Icing’
‘April Showers’
Photos by Linda Sinkovic
‘Marmalade N’ Honey’
November, 2015 SDES Epi News Page 10
Wressey Cocke Hybrids Cultivars from his 50th cross
‘Ruby Snowflake’ X ‘Tassel’
‘Big
A’
‘Ep
i So
ciety
’
‘Ca
mp
fire
’ ‘H
ot’n
spicy
’
‘Pa
ris Ba
llet’
‘Pe
tal P
ush
er’
‘Pin
k P
lum
es’
Photos by
Roger Chapin
‘Scre
en
Te
st’
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NEXT GENERAL MEETING
November 12, 2015
The meeting is on Thursday this month due to the Veteran’s Day
Holiday falling on our normal meeting day.
Meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Room 101, pre-meeting workshop 7:00 p.m.
Casa del Prado, Balboa Park
Next Board meeting:
November 18, 2015
At Sandra Chapin’s home
Details of How To Become A Volunteer at the Safari Park can be found on our website. Click on SanDiegoEpi.org
November, 2015 SDES Epi News Page 11
Annual Photo Contest this month! Don’t forget to bring your favorite Epi Photo(s) to the November meeting!
Criteria as follows:
Any size photo can be entered
Photos should be matted (not framed).
Write your name and the flower name (if known) on the back of the photo.
Categories will be single flower, multi-flower, “People’s Choice”, and
judges’ choices.
Winners of the single and multi flower category photos will be featured on
the covers of Epi News
Galen Pittman, 2006
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