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ORCHID SOCIETY OF MINNESOTA

ONLINE ANNEX TO THE OSM NEWSLETTER

January 2011


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This is the first issue of the Online Annex of the OSM Newsletter. Here in the Annex, members can access additional information and features online that are not included in the monthly OSM Newslet-ter.

As the opening page demonstrates, there is the opportunity to feature large images of exceptional flowers in stunning color. Members who enjoy diigtal photography as a hobby may want to display some of their orchid photography there.

The online format of the Annex allows ample space for large color images of the winning plants from the Plant Table at the monthly OSM meetings. Everyone enjoys the plant table, and the infor-mation about the plants that is provided by their owners, about how they grew them.

Members with wide screen monitors may want to request an emailed PDF file of the high resolu-tion version of the Annex. Some images will be attached in the high resolution version and it will be possible to see some of the most minute details of some flowers. Most of the pages of the high resolution file can be printed with quality approaching a photographic print. To obtain a high resolu-tion file, contact the Newsletter Editor, Rod Knowles. The online version can be printed too, and will look quite nice if printed on a laser printer. “BLOOMS THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT TO THE PLANT TABLE” is a section of large color photos of members’ plants that bloomed too early or too late - or were just too BIG, to bring to the meeting.Members are encouraged to send in photographs of plants that they could not bring to display on the Plant Table. Email all such photos to the OSM Newsletter Editor, Rod Knowles at: [email protected]

In addition, the Annex can be used for a variety of additional features such as special articles and features. All members are encouraged to send any articles, or suggestions for features that they would like to see included here. Many members travel to orchid shows, symposia, and other orchid events all over the USA and in foreign countries. The Annex is a great place to share those experi-ences with text and photos. If you have photos from past events or travel, please consider sending in an article or a photo essay, even if the event occurred in the past. If you have prints or video, there may be members who can scan and convert that information into digital format. Send your sugges-tions, article, and photos to the OSM Newsletter Editor, and include a copy to the OSM President.. All suggestions for articles and special features will be discussed for approval by the Editor and the OSM Board.

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OSM PLANT TABLE WINNERSNOVEMBER 2010

CATEGORY PLANT NAME OWNER(S)Cattleya Hybrid Lc. Jalapa (C. Leopoldii x L. Milleri) Ross & Julie HellaCattleya Species NO PLANT SHOWN IN THIS Cymbidium/Dendrobium Den. Peng Seng (cruentum x tobaense) Jim VlasicOncidium Beallara Marfitch ‘Howard’s Dream’ AM/AOS Skip & Lynn SaegerMiniature Oncidium cheirophorum Skip & Lynn SaegerMiscellaneous Bulbophyllum aff. inunctum Linda SizerPaphiopedium Paphiopedilum dianthum ‘Seascape’ Ross & Julie Hella Phalaenopsis Doritaenopsis Sogo Chastic Rick BrinkPhragmipedium Phragmipedium Schlimii ‘Afton’ Ross & Julie HellaVanda/Vandaceous Ascda. Blue Tahourdin ‘Bronze Grape’ Esther TikalskySpecies (any Genus) Calanthe arisanensis Lori BenassiFirst Year Member Lc. Purple Cascade ‘Fragrance Princess’ Bruce CameronFirst Bloom seedling Paph. ( Honeycomb Creek x fairrieanum v. alba) Ross & Julie HellaPlant of the Month Paph. Barbi-Doll Ross & Julie HellaTheme Plant HAPPY THANKSGIVING: Paph. spicerianum Skip & Lynn Sager

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Theme Plant HAPPY THANKSGIVING: Paph. spicerianum Skip & Lynn Sager

Photo: Patricia Kono


OncidiumBeallara Marfitch ‘Howard’s Dream’ AM/AOS Skip & Lynn Saeger

Cymbidium/DendrobiumDen. Peng Seng (cruentum x tobaense)Jim Vlasic

Cattleya Hybrid Lc. Jalapa Ross & Julie Hella





Paphiopedium Paphiopedilum dianthum ‘Seascape’ Ross & Julie Hella

Miscellaneous Bulbophyllum aff. inunctum Linda Sizer

MiniatureOncidium cheirophorumSkip & Lynn Saeger






Vanda/Vandaceous Ascda. Blue Tahourdin ‘Bronze Grape’ Esther Tikalsky

PhragmipediumPhragmipedium Schlimii ‘Afton’Ross & Julie Hella

PhalaenopsisDoritaenopsis Sogo ChasticRick Brink





First Bloom seedling Paph. ( Honeycomb Creek x fairrieanum v. alba) Ross & Julie Hella

First Year Member Lc. Purple Cascade ‘Fragrance Princess’ Bruce Cameron

Species Calanthe arisanensis Lori Benassi

Photo: Ross & Julie Hella


Photo: Lori Benassi


Plant of the Month Paph. Barbi-Doll Ross & Julie Hella

Photo: Ross & Julie Hella

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Bulbophyllum medusaeKim and Steve Livingston sent this image in in October. It’s a whopper! Hope it makes it to the plant table the next time it blooms! .



Phragmipedium Haley Deker ‘Rose Sapphire’Rod Knowles - yours truly - the OSM Newsletter/Annex Editor - This is the second Haley Decker we’ve bloomed. Much better than the first, but only for a day. The pet-als reflex severely along the central vein, and by day two, the petals look like long skinny tacos from this view. The color is great, however, but the shiny fuzz on these flowers makes them difficult to photograph and retain the intense color saturatinon of the flowers. First bloom seedling - two successive flowers, exactly five inches wide.


Dendrobium thyrsiflorum Ross and Julie Hella bloomed this plant but it was on its way out by the time of the October meeting.


C. amethystoglossa x [C. bicolor x C. aclandiae]Kim & Steve Livingston. -“[this] is a cross we bought from Gordon Kocur (OSM member). I’ve emailed him to see if he made it and is going to register, or if he cares if I send it in with his name if not going to do it. Love the spotted glossy flowers!”



Guarianthe Jose’s Melody (G. bowringiana var coerulea x G deckeri) Kim & Steve Livingston --According to Kim: “This is a plant we received at the holiday party in 2009. Found the cross on OrchidWiz”.

( L. eyermaniana x Ctt.Chocolate Drop ) Kim and Steve Livingston -- Kim said it “is a cross I bought at one of the plant sales in about 2002 as a seedling. It has never been registered so I’m going to send in the paperwork this week... sort of nice we thought”.



C. walkeriana v. coeruleaKim & Steve Livingston. -Kim: “We bought several years ago as a small seedling and it struggled with scale until this year, so this is first bloom for us... it is truly lovely in person and wonderfully fragrant. Of course it will be done by Winter Carnival - Murphys law!



Blc. Fordyce Fantasy 'Raspberry Ruffles' HCC/AOS (Blc. Horizon Flight x C. aurantiaca)

Kent Peterson: “ Blc. Fordyce Fantasy ‘Raspberry Ruffles’ HCC/AOS (Blc. Horizon Flight x C. aurantia-ca) is blooming in early January with a cluster of five - 4” flowers. I treasure this plant when it blooms because I bought it directly from the hybridizer Frank Fordyce when he was selling out during the Fall 2005 AOS meeting in Somona County, California.



Sobralia powelliiKent Peterson -- “purchased from Ecuagenera in 2004, has been blooming every 2 or 3 weeks since I brought it inside last fall. The one-day, large fragrant flowers bloom successively from the end of cane-like stems. Flowering sobralia in the wild are awesome in their native habitat (disturbed ditches and open hillsides) in Ecuador when hundreds are blooming together”.



Vanda Robert’s Delight Kent Peterson: “with 2 inflorescences and 11 flowers has been blooming for over a month. The notewor-thy point is that it’s in a large, airy pot with sphagnum moss so that it maintains good humidity while being in highest light all year. Thanks to Jason Fischer who sold me the plant, pot and good advice a year ago.”



Eria acervataBrian O’Brien



Eria acervataBrian O’Brien -- A closer view of acervata.



Eria acervataBrian O’Brien -- A great closeup of acervata flowers in all stages as they open.



Cattleya bicolorBrian O’Brien - Let’s hope Brian tells us something about this beauty!



Angraecum erectum Brian O’Brien



Lc. Molly Tyler FCC/RHSRod Knowles & Russ Tyler -- Rod: “One of the great ‘classic’ Cattleyas. This one is fairly large but well worth the space it occupies. Two other clones are just as nice, and only a little different. I remember seeing this clone in flower at Rivermont Orchids in the late 1950s and in shows afterward. Rivermont had many divisions that they used for cutflower production as well as hybridizing. It won’t fit into the Prius when it is in bloom!”



Lc. Chyong Guu Swan ‘White Jade’Rod Knowles & Russ Tyler -- Rod: “I am a bit partial to semi-alba Cattleyas, and this is really a good one. It has great substance, form and color, and it lasts about a month. The plant is fairly compact but carries the large, heavy flowers quite well.”



Paphiopedilum sanderianum ‘Coronet’Rod Knowles & Russ Tyler --Rod: “This is a first bloom seedling purchased from Chuck Acker about one year ago. I had no idea it could grow and bloom this quick-ly. The petals were 28.5 in. long when photographed but grew to almost 30 inches.”



Paphiopedilum sanderianum ‘Coronet’Rod Knowles & Russ Tyler -- A closeup view of the flowers showing the little “crown” that is formed by the stripes in the dorsal sepal. Hope it is there the next time it blooms. This is the second sanderianum we’ve bloomed whose pouches “sweat”.



Laelia purpurata v. carneaRod Knowles & Russ Tyler -- This bloomed last spring and as gorgeous as it is, it is not as good as the Ecuadorean carnea that we lost a few years back. The flowers on this one are almost a foot wide.



Cattleya bowringiana fma. SplendensRod Knowles & Russ Tyler -- We have grown this plant for over forty years. It most likely originated from Stewart Orchids around 1965, and may be a wild collected plant. The plant is growing in a patio pot about 20 inches wide. We have a “sibling” that is a fraction of its size. This one has had up to 27 flowers on one inflorescence -150 flowers total. This year’s largest spike had 19 flowers (89 tot). It currently has about 20 growths. It sometimes grows a growth downward and out the bottom of the pot. I am not sure it will go through the door now, so come see it next October!



Lc. White Spark ‘Panda’Rod Knowles & Russ Tyler -- This bloomed in early December. We bought it as a seedling (cloned) at a show several years ago. The flowers are really HUGE.. The fuchsia color on the petals begins as “spatter” and extends toward the center of the flower progressively as it ages. Sometimes the “spatter” remains more prominent. The substance of the flowers is quite thick and velvety, but the flowers are a bit flop-py. The color is really intense and it has a nice fragrance.



Cattleya maxima v. coerulea ‘Blue Gem’Rod Knowles & Russ Tyler -- This is a first bloom seedling we purchased from a Venezuelan company several years back. I didn’t know it was big enough to bloom until I discovered the first bud about to crack, while watering. It is a nice slate blue, and the flower form is better than most of this species. We will be using it in our blue Cattleya breeding program. C. maxima can have huge heads of many flowers. We hope this one does soon!That’s all for January. Please send your pictures and articles in to be posted in the next edition! I hope everyone enjoys seeing the wonderful plants that didn’t get onto the Plant Table. Rod Knowles, OSM Newsletter/Annex Editor

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