March 2010 Date: March 19, 2010 Time: 7:30 PM (Doors open and plant sales begin at 7:00 PM) Place: The San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo

Take the Alameda de las Pulgas exit off Highway 92. Turn south. The Garden Center is located between 26th and 28th Avenues.

Program: Our speaker this month will be Jeff Trimble speaking on the "Current Status of White

Standard Cymbidiums", covering white hybridizing on several continents. Breeding for high quality whites with pristine color has been and continues to be one of the most challenging tasks for the Cymbidium hybridizers. Jeff started growing Cymbidiums in 1973 when his mother gave him three plants from her front porch. A former Gold Coast President, Jeff currently is the President for the Cymbidium Society of America. He is currently growing his plants in a Co-op nursery in Half Moon Bay and is starting an orchid lab out of his home.

Plant Table: The plant table will be composed of plants from Santa Barbara Orchid Estate, Orchids

Royale of Carpenteria and a few divisions of special plants from Jeff's own collection. This promises be a new and exciting opportunity table, so come prepared!

Dinner at 5:45 PM with the Speaker: March 19th at the Silver House Restaurant, 2224 S. El Camino

Real, San Mateo, CA, 94403. Members and guests are welcome. Call Eanghak Quach at 408-316-4320 by Thursday March 18th to be included in the dinner reservation group.

Board Meeting: March 19th at 5:00 PM at the Silver House Restaurant, 2224 S. El Camino Real, San

Mateo, CA, 94403. Call Eanghak Quach at 408-316-4320 if you cannot attend. Membership Attendance Raffle: A surprise plant of high quality will be raffled to members who attend

the March meeting. One ticket will be given to each member(ship) in attendance. This raffle will take place at the end of the meeting, just before the usual plant table raffle.

Plant Sales Begin at 7 PM: All plants brought for sale by members must be properly labeled, priced (in

even dollar amounts) and free of disease. 10% of the sale price will go to the club; the remainder goes to the individual seller. Label each sale plant and provide a summary sheet of your sale plants to Katie Walden at the sales table. Sales forms will be available at the sales table if you need them. Plant sales close prior to the start of the raffle.

Refreshments for the March Meeting: Be sure to pick up your free raffle tickets for providing

refreshments. If you haven't signed up, you can still bring refreshments. Five free raffle tickets will be given to each person who provides refreshments. Please ensure that all items are labeled with the name of the provider so that Tony can record the names for the next newsletter and provide the 5 free raffle tickets prior to the draw.

Thank You for Refreshments at the February meeting: from Tony n' Doug. Carol Armendariz Rich Copeland Ed Dumaguin Carole Finnegan Marron Honigman Mel & Val Jones Louis Liu Hanifa Munir Pat Proctor Elizabeth Storti Janusz Warszawski Audrey Young-Tarter

Welcome to New Member:

Rick Charlson 814 Waite Street Eugene, Oregon 97402-1938 541-461-9680 rickcharlson@comcast.net

Welcome to returning member:

Pat Kajikawa 1028 Rubis Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94087-1857 Change of Phone Number for Tony Gee 415-286-8812

CSA Membership: Members are strongly encouraged to join the Cymbidium Society of America. The

CSA is the parent organization of the GCCG and provides liability insurance for GCCG events. Contact Darrel Wong at any of the GCCG meetings for CSA membership information or contact the CSA membership secretary, Clara Moura at 510-537-8923, via email at MelClaraMoura@aol.com or by mail at 1742 Grove Way, Castro Valley, CA 94546. Dues are $35.00 per year and include a subscription to the CSA Journal.

Nominating Committee: The nominating Committee was chosen last month and consists of the

following Board members and Members at Large: Marron Honigman (chair), Carl Jukkola, Pat Raynak, Jeff Trimble, and Katie Walden. Their proposed slate will be presented at this month's Board Meeting and the nominating committee report will then be presented at the March meeting. Additional candidates will be considered until the close of the April meeting and the members will vote for the new officers and board at the May meeting.

GCCG Show: Our Show is next month and everyone should be keeping an eye on those special plants

which they plan to enter, as well as letting our chair (once again Audrey Young-Tarter), know the jobs for which you are willing to volunteer. The show schedule and potluck food assignments will be detailed in the April newsletter but the schedule and sales forms are currently on the GCCG website.

Show judging will take place on Friday night, April 16, in conjunction with our annual potluck dinner. The show will be open to the public on Saturday, April 17, from 10 AM to 4 PM, and will include member plant sales. Many members signed up last month to help but there is always room for more members in all those little tasks that help make a show successful. There will still be an opportunity to sign-up at this meeting as well as get entry show cards.

Supplies: Labels, Razor Blades and Pots and Stakes available at the February meeting:

Unprinted Labels - $2 per bundle of 100 labels; Single-edged Razor Blades - $5 per box of 100 blades; Pots: 5" x 5": .20 each; 1 gallon - .50 each, 2 gallon - $1.00 each; 3 gallon - $1.50 each; Stakes: 3' - 20 for $2.00, 4' - 20 for $3.00.

ICU: Bring a problem plant (properly packaged if sick) and our ICU "Doctor for the Night" will try to

answer your questions during the break. Email Newsletter: This year we are encouraging all members who have email addresses and are

currently NOT receiving the Newsletter by email to consider doing so. Hard copy mailing costs approximately $5.00 per year and GCCG began charging that with the 2009-2010 memberships. If you would like to receive your GCCG Newsletter via email, please send your request to: goldcoastcymgrowers@gmail.com

Plant Judging: The CSA judges Cymbidiums, Paphiopedilums, and Phragmipediums at the Lakeside Garden Center in Oakland on the fourth Wednesday of each month except November and December, when it is on the third Wednesday. To have a plant judged, call Jeff Trimble at 650-368-8260 at least one day in advance, to ensure that the CSA judges know that plants will be submitted for judging. Plant entry is between 6:30 PM and 7:00 PM the evening of judging. Clerks can advise you in filling out the plant entry form on your arrival. If you have a plant that will be ready for judging at one of our GCCG meetings, please contact Jeff Trimble at least 24 hours prior to our meeting. The AOS judges all genera of orchids in San Francisco at the SF County Fair Building (Hall of Flowers) in Golden Gate Park on the first Tuesday, and in Oakland at the Lakeside Garden Center on the third Monday, of each month. For either judging, plants need to be submitted to the clerks between 6:15 PM and 7:00 PM. CSA and/or AOS judging takes place at most of the local shows. Contact the show organizers for specifics regarding plant entry for judging.

Recent AOS and CSA Judging Results:

February 5, 2010. Malihini Orchid Society Show: Cymbidium Cranberry Velvet 'Epigarden' (Nancy Hatsuko Ikeda x Ruby Eyes) received an HCC/AOS of 76 points and a B/CSA of 78 points. Exhibited by Eanghak Quach. Cymbidium Lambert Day 'Tangerine Glaze' (madidum x Hot Line) received an HCC/AOS of 79 points. Exhibited by Eanghak Quach. Cymbidium Melanie Webb 'Stirling' (Rosemary Goode x Solana Beach) received an HCC/AOS of 75 Points. Exhibited by Barry Zimmerman. Cymbidium unregistered hybrid 'Cinnabar' (Khan Flame x Francis Aebi) received an HCC/AOS of 79 points and a B/CSA of 78 points (pending registration). Exhibited by Weegie Caughlan. February 15, 2010. Pacific Central Judging Center Oakland: Cymbidium sinense var. album 'Roshan' (species) received an HCC/AOS of 75 points. Exhibited by Anna S. Chai. February 25, 2010. Pacific Orchid Exposition Show: Cymbidium Gladys Whitesell 'Epigarden' (Fifi x parishii) received an HCC/AOS of 78 points. Exhibited by Eanghak Quach. Cymbidium John Wooden 'Geyserland' (Red Beauty x Solana Beach) received an AM/AOS of 80 points. Exhibited by Japheth Ko. Cymbidium Pele 'Fireworks' (Quasar x Brandy Wine) received an HCC/AOS of 75 points. Exhibited by Top Hat Orchids. Cymbidium unregistered hybrid (Pepperpuss x Memoria Amelia Earhart) received a B/CSA of 76.39 points (pending registration). Exhibited by Van and Thu Ba Nguyen.

Orchid Show Winners: Congratulations to the GCCG members who won trophies at recent shows. February 5, 2010. Malihini Orchid Society Show

Weegie Caughlan won Best Flower in Show, The Jim Williams Trophy for Best Cymbidium in Show and Best Advanced Cymbidium for Cym. (Khan Flame x Francis Aebi) 'Cinnabar'. Ken and Amy Jacobsen won Best Advanced Odontoglossom Alliance for Odcdm. Wildcat ’Ocelot’ (Rustic Bridge x Crowborough). Japheth Ko Best Advanced Cattleya for Lc. Purple Splendor (Mini Purple X Culminant). Eanghak Quach won Best Species in Show (Lillian Severin Trophy) for L. anceps ’1651’. Bill Weaver won Best Intermediate Cymbidium for Cym sinense ’Pao Shan’.

February 25, 2010 Pacific Orchid Exposition: Greg Corrales received a ribbon of Cultural Excellence for Cymbidium Sweet Wine 'Rika' (Sweetheart x Rathel). Heather Drobus won Best Cattleya Alliance in Show and Best Open/Commercial Cattleya Alliance for L. Santa Barbara Sunset 'Showtime' HCC/AOS (anceps x Ancibarina) and received a Ribbon of Cultural Excellence for Den. speciosum 'Waga Waga' (species). Japheth Ko won Best Oncidium Alliance in Show and Best Advanced Oncidium Alliance for Wilsonara Dianne Feinstein ‘San Francisco’ HCC/AOS (Oda. Remembrance x Odcdm. Crowborough). Eanghak Quach won Best Cymbidium in Show and Best Advanced Cymbidium for Cym. Gladys Whitesell 'Epigarden' HCC/AOS (Fifi x parishii). Fred Schull won the Best Advanced Cattleya Alliance trophy for Lc. Carl Bornshine 'Mendenhall' HCC/AOS (Irving Dietsche x Ernie Pyle). Top Hat Orchids won Best Open Cymbidium for Cym. Pele 'Fireworks' HCC/AOS (Quasar x Brandy Wine).

Upcoming Events: March 12–14, 2010. 65th Santa Barbara International Orchid Show, 'Orchid Escape'. Earl Warren

Showgrounds, Exhibit Hall, 3400 Calle Real, Santa Barbara, CA. (Highway 101 at Las Positas Road). For information, E-Mail: SBORCHIDSHOW@GMAIL.COM or visit: www.sborchidshow.com

March 13, 2010. Cymbidium of America 35th Annual Cymbidium Congress and Awards Banquet.

Adams Elementary School Auditorium 2701 Las Positas Road. Santa Barbara, CA. 93105. For more information visit the CSA Website: www.cymbidium.org

March 13-14, 2010: Central California Orchid Society Show. Sierra Vista Mall, 1050 Shaw Ave.,

Clovis, CA. For information, visit: www.centralcaliforniaorchidsociety.com March 19-21, 2010: San Joaquin Orchid Society Show. Sherwood Mall 5950 Pacific Ave., Stockton,

CA. Contact: www.sanjoaquinorchidsociety.org for more information. March 20-21 Golden Gate Cymbidium Society. 9AM to 5PM. Lakeside Garden Center. 666 Bellevue

Ave. Oakland, CA. For information contact: 510-276-2851 or the website at www.ggcymbidiums.com

March 26-28, 2010. Santa Clara Valley Orchid Society Show and Sale. Westgate Mall. 1600

Saratoga Ave, San Jose, CA. Free Admission. For information, visit the club website at: www.santaclaravalleyorchidsociety.org

March 27-28, 2010. Napa Valley Orchid Society Show. Napa Senior Activity Center 1500 Jefferson

Street, Napa, CA. Contact: Connie Barri (707) 226-1021 May 1 and 2, 2010. Carmel Orchid Society Mayfaire Show. 9 AM – 4 PM. Hidden Valley Music

Seminars, 88 W. Carmel Valley Road, Carmel Valley Village. 11 miles East of Highway 1. Please visit our website: www.carmelorchidsociety.org for more information or contact Joanie Linares, COS Chairperson at winecow@gmail.com

MEMBER SALES RULES FOR THE 2010 GCCG SHOW AND SALE

Sale hours 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

To ensure that our show runs as smoothly as possible, the Show Committee has set into place the following rules concerning the sale of member plants:

1. Members are not limited in the number of plants brought in for sale, but please be considerate of your fellow members and do not overload the sales table at any one time.

2. Please make sure your clean, labeled, sales ready, plants are brought to the garden center between 9 AM and 10 AM on Saturday. No sales plants will be accepted Friday night due to space limitations or after 10:00 AM on Saturday.

3. Member sales plants should be priced in whole dollar amounts with the Commercial Member plant seller receiving 75% of the displayed price and the Non-commercial Member plant seller receiving 80% of the displayed price. The displayed price includes sales tax.

4. Each member will provide a master list* of plants checked in for sale. It is advised that the member keep a second copy for record keeping.

5. Members selling plants must work the sale at least a half day (3 hours) on Saturday. Who knows a plant better than its seller? Any members who were not present in the morning to sell their plants will have their plants removed from the sales area if they are not present by 1:00PM.

6. Member sellers are asked to provide a detachable label* with the owner ID and sale price on each plant.

7. Unsold member plants may be checked out and removed only after 4 PM on Saturday at the close of the show.

8. Member’s checks will be based on the removable tags’ accumulated sale prices. Lost tags are not the responsibility of GCCG. Each member selling plants assumes risk of such tags, and unless the member can indisputably verify that the sale occurred, there will be no reimbursement to the member.

9. The above rules will be deemed accepted upon submitting the plants for sale and the plant ID list. If there are questions or concerns pertaining to these rules, please address them to the Ways and Means Chair, Marron Honigman, by phone at 408-257-4855 or preferably by email at mhonigman@blachschool.org. *Copies of the preferred forms will be attached to the email version of the April GCCG newsletter or may be downloaded from the GCCG website. Hardcopies will also be available at the Friday Potluck Dinner and Show.

GCCG C/o Weegie Caughlan 10836 W. Loyola Dr. Los Altos Hills, CA .94024

First Class Mail Newsletter Deadline: The deadline for submission of information for the Newsletter is the fourth Friday

of the month. The Newsletter will publish announcements of upcoming events for other orchid societies as space permits. Please send all Newsletter related items to goldcoastcymgrowers@gmail.com.

Gold Coast Cymbidium Growers Officers and Board of Directors:

President: Eanghak Quach 408-316-4320 Vice President: Weegie Caughlan 650-948-2342 Secretary: Trudy Hadler 510-483-1277 Treasurer: Stanley Fuelscher 408-257-4855 Director of Ways and Means: Marron Honigman 408-257-4855 Director of Membership: Darrel Wong 510-582-5896 Director at large: Louis Liu 408-865-0317 Director at large: Marie Lofton 408-629-0264 Director at large: MaryAnne Schreier 408-281-8930 Director at large: Catherine Walden 650-593-1981 Other Duties: CSA Delegate: Lyn Gomes 925-373-1105 CSA Membership: Darrel Wong 510-582-5896 Newsletter Editor: Weegie Caughlan 650-948-2342 Refreshments: Tony Gee 415-286-8812

Special Door Prize Raffle,Vendors, Plant Sales &

Demonstrations

Free admission Information: 510-276-2851 or www.ggcymbidiums.com

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666 Bellevue Ave.Oakland, CA

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2010 Orchid Show & Sale Saturday, April 17, 2010 10 AM - 4 PM

Website: www.GoldCoastCymbidiumGrowers.com

Questions? Email GoldCoastCymbidiumGrowers@Yahoo.com or phone Audrey at (408) 741-2882

(From Hwy 92, turn South at the Alameda de Las Pulgas exit. Drive about .7 miles & turn right on Parkside Way. The center will be on the left.

Free Admission & Parking)