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VOL. 59 No. 11 Our 59th Year November, 2011

IOS Meetings and Show Dates

Generally, meetings at CBG follow the following schedule: • 11:00 a.m. Meet and Greet • 11:30 a.m. Mentors meeting • 12:30 p.m. Judging starts 12:30 p.m. Monthly

workshop • Short Business Meeting • 1:15 p.m. approx., Speaker begins • Schedule is subject to change as needed. • November 13

th, CBG

• Board Meeting 9:00 a.m. All IOS’s are welcome.

• Workshop: Bud Blast - Orchid Radio • Speaker: Bill Thoms: Orchid issues

diagnosed

• December 11th, Hausermann’s Orchids • Villa Park, IL • IOS Annual Holiday Pot Luck • Doors open at 11:00 a.m. • Whip up your best recipes to share. • Plant judging will take place

• Fun to be announced….. http://www.orchidsbyhausermann.com/

• April 27-29th

, 2012, CBG • IOS 60

th Anniversary

• Spring Show 2012 http://www.iosoc.com/show/spring.shtml

Orchid Events

• Chicago Judging Center Nov. 12, 2011 • 12:00 p.m. Registration -- CBG http://www.iosoc.com/cjc/ • 20

th World Orchid Congress

• November 13th

– 20th

• Singapore • http://www.20woc.com.sg/site/ • Anything Orchids Open House • Thanksgiving weekend in lovely Frankfort, IL • Show your current IOS badge for a 10%

discount http://anythingorchids.com/

President’s Message

Loren Pollock, IOS President

Another IOS show and another job well done! Thank you everyone for all your hard work! The exhibits looked great (thank you, everyone, for exhibiting your plants) and the sales plant selection was incredible. Once again I managed to find a gem or two to add to my collection. Hopefully you found something special as well, and a place to squeeze it into your collection. And a big, BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE for the dynamic duo of Jeanne and Rose. Their hard work, creativity, and unbelievable organizational skills really made for a smooth running, well-orchestrated, well-attended event. As I write this column, the temperature is slowly dropping outside. I’m looking at the thermometer and I see it is getting a bit chilly – dipping down into the 30’s. I trust that everyone’s orchids have been brought back indoors with the exception perhaps of a cymbidium or two. As the weather gets colder and the days shorter I find myself poking around my orchids, repotting, reorganizing, adjusting the lights or otherwise taking care of things that are so easy to put aside on a warm summers day. With the oncoming cooler weather, I thought it would be a good idea to have another ‘hot coffee’ day at our upcoming meeting. Once again our very own Barry Lubin will be providing his personally roasted coffee. So, if you are up for a hot, individually brewed, hand-crafted cuppa, stop in at the usual place and meet up with the gang. Hopefully you’ll be ‘infused’ with some good, warming conversation to stave off those winter blues. And for all of you talented bakers out there please consider whipping up some ‘coffee-friendly’ treats to share. Look forward to seeing you all there! ~ Loren

Orchid Opus

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View from the Speaker’s Chair

Victor Lentini, 1st Vice President and Program Chairperson

As we roll out of a fantastic fall show, there is no rest for the weary. It’s back to rolling up the sleeves and having at it some more. Honestly, this is the time the real work begins. I am focusing on most of 2012, our 60

th year. Yes,

we will continue to have an excellent speakers program from experts, growers, educators and conservationists from the orchid world. With our 60

th

year as the Illinois Orchid Society, the planning is ongoing and tireless. On November 13

th, at 11:00 a.m., you’ll have

some premium coffee service from IOS members ‘Barry-ista’ Lubin and Loren ‘Percolator’ Pollock. This will be tasty! 11:30 a.m. is the time to get your questions answered in our Mentor’s Meeting. Before I get to our headliner, in this month’s Workshop we’ll get a sneak peek what this 60

th

Anniversary show has to offer. Our own Bud Blast hosts “Orchid Radio” where he has show chairpersons Jeanne Becker and Rose Matchen talk about what they have in store. Join us in the Alsdorf Auditorium at 12:30 p.m. Now our featured speaker for November comes to us from central Florida. Bill Thoms from Tampa Bay has not only authored a book, but also piled up 86 Awards for Culture in over 29 genera including 37 in the Bulbophyllum alliance and 15 Certificates for Cultural Excellence (90 points or better); First Class Certificates for Bulbophyllum, Cattleya, Paphiopedilum and Phragmipedium; and over 300 total awards in all categories. Bill recently received one of the most prestigious awards given to a hybridizer, an Award of Distinction, given for a worthy new avenue of breeding. The American Orchid

Society added an Award for the Bulbophyllum group, the Bill Thoms Award. From the AOS website: This award is given to the grower of the orchid plant, either species or hybrid, which is regarded as the most outstanding example of the Bulbophyllinae Subtribe whose award was officially recorded during the preceding calendar year. Bill Thoms got his first orchid in 1969 when he rescued plants of Encyclia tampensis in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. After moving to the Tampa area in the early 70’s, he and his wife, Doris Dukes, took several thousand of their favorite plants and built their own greenhouse. After having an orchid nursery for 25 years called Hilltop House, it was time to retire from the retail orchid business to relax and continue their hybridizing program. Mr. Thoms joins us November 13

th at the Chicago

Botanic Garden to speak on plant problems and how to fix them. Members can bring in plants with problems and they will be diagnosed and remedies given. Additionally, you can purchase his book: Bulbophyllums; the Incomplete Guide, From A to WHY? ($44.95). It also comes as a CD ($19.95) for use on a computer. The book will be discounted for IOS members! It’s plants you want? No problem! He’ll bring plenty, or you can preorder by e-mailing dukesthoms@verizon.net your choice from his catalog listed in this newsletter. If you make a preorder, it must be done in the next few days by e-mail or phone (813) 684 4101. All pre-orders of 3 plants or more get a free plant of Bill’s choice.

~ Victor

The Wisconsin Orchid Society presented a magnificent display at our fall show!

Photo by Katie Payeur

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IOS Fall Show: Fantastic Fall Orchids – October 15th

and 16th

, 2011

By Jeanne Becker, 2nd

V.P., Home Show Chair & Rose Matchen – Co-Chairs IOS Fall Orchid Fills the Greenhouse Galleries with

Orchids!

The Greenhouse Galleries at the Chicago Botanic Gardens overflowed with color and activity on October 15 and 16, when the Illinois Orchid Society hosted Fantastic Fall Orchids. The orchid show was just one of several special activities and shows at the Garden over the weekend, attracting almost 9,000 visitors. Twenty-four commercial and amateur members of the IOS prepared exhibits that were judged early Saturday morning. Eighteen Best of Class awards were given out, plus seven special awards.

This year’s exhibits took a variety of forms, as illustrated by the photos in this newsletter. The above exhibit was designed by Natt’s Orchids. The Wisconsin Orchid Society won the AOS Show

Trophy for Most Outstanding Exhibit in the Show. Other orchid societies that participated in the fall show were the Michiana Orchid Society, the Batavia Orchid Society and the Eastern Iowa Orchid Society. Ellen Powell managed a team of very competent volunteers at the plant sales tables. The volunteers sold hundreds of orchids and orchid related items during the weekend. A steady stream of customers visited the sales tables on both Saturday and Sunday.

At the children’s activity tables, Kathleen Garness kept children of all ages busy with flower pot painting, coloring, and orchid crossword puzzles. The young girl in this photo is very pleased with the pot she has painted. Over thirty volunteers assisted in all aspects of the show, from set up on Friday to take down and clean up on Sunday evening. Thank you to the volunteers, exhibitors and the many members who brought plants for sale! You all helped make the show a great success. ~ Jeanne

Reminder:

Our Nov meeting is the last meeting for members’ plant sales

for 2011. Bring ‘em while you can!

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IOS Fall Show 2011 Member Sales Table

By Ellen Powell, IOS Sales table Coordinator

Thanks to EVERYONE who lent a helping hand at the plant sales table. A few were there both days and some stayed long hours. As you know, we had a zillion (I don't know how many zero's that is) fragrant, beautiful orchids. It was especially hectic Saturday morning. I have not yet heard how many dollars we earned for the Society. However, I am eternally grateful to all of you who helped. We could not have done it without each one of you. A big thank you goes to all of you who could not work, but were able to supply much needed bags and

boxes. And another thanks to all who contributed orchids. And so.....a BIG THANKS to the volunteers for a job well done. ~ Ellen

Heddi Schellbach organizing the plant

sales table at the fall show, while Dave

Tribble makes change in the back.

Photo by Katie Payeur

Yes, here is your Orchid Opus editor with her mouth open, and reaching for ‘da

Money! And not gonna hand over that plant until she gets it! Anne Puvalowski in the background is getting ready to catch.

Photo by Katie Payeur

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Excel

By Lois Cinert

We did. Our show was beautiful, and it’s thanks to all of you who brought your flowers, took the time to work on a display, and helped with all the work that needed to be done. It was Excellent.

We got to see LC. Mary Elizabeth Bohn, from Hausermann; Paph Princess Bianca from Rosalie and Joe Dixler, Brassia Rex from Victor Lentini, Oberonia toppingii from Jane and Charles High, Coryhopea cutuco from Sherry Maloney, Spiranthes cernua from Jane and Charles High, Phrag Memoria Julius Dixler, from Rosalie and Joe Dixler, all Best of Class winners.

The quality of those and all the other plants made our show wonderful. And we earned points for all the plants we brought; double points or more. The current totals are in the newsletter; let me know if there are corrections needed.

This was excellent, and we need you to keep growing your plants so well that for our spring show, we will again exceed the standards of excellence we have just set.

~ Lois

Current Points for 2011-2012:

Location Name Total Pts. Name

Total Pts. Name

Total Pts.

Greenhouse Dixler, J & R 392 Matchen, Rose 126 Spatzek, James 78

Golan, Sue 354 Rogerson, William 130

Windowsills /Lights

Bloome, Cathy 163 Luce-Kopesdy, Rebecca 37 Powell, Ellen 68

Castillo, Karen 10 Maloney, Sherry 258 Puvalowski, Anne 54

Cinert, Lois 55 Manuel, Alex 17 Seidel, Jerry 10

Dusdieker, Nile 157 Millman, Morrie 2 Spitz, Nancy 2

Edwards, Joel 164 Mulkerin, Diane 92 Stastny, Jane 10

Engle, Beth 2 Nelson, Bil 82 Tirzmalis, Sue 10

Goodman, Joan 30 Nelson, Synda 50 Titterton, George 15

Hall, Julie 225 Nielsen, Diana 10 Tomaszewski, Larry 96

High, C & J 579 Nies, Ann 21 Topczewska, Jolanta 26

Kotowski, Anne 49 Papiewski, Claire 40 Tribble, Allison 4

Larsson, Gregor 79 Payeur, Ron & Katie 30 Vrabel, Ken 63

Lentini, Victor 236 Plantinga, Janet 30

Beautiful display by Jerry Seidel and Julie Hall

Photo by Katie Payeur

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IOS Spring Show 2012 Celebrate Orchids!

By Jeanne Becker and Rose Matchen, Show Co-Chairs International Vendors Scheduled to Participate in

IOS 60TH

Anniversary Spring Show April 28 and 29, 2012

Registrations for the 60

th Anniversary Show

Celebrate Orchids in April 2012 have already started to come in. As of October 20

th, the following orchid

growers have made a commitment to participate:

� Ten Shin Gardens, Taiwan

� Ecuagenera, Ecuador

� Clown Alley Orchids, Pasadena, Texas

� Oak Hill Gardens, Dundee, Illinois

� Natt’s Orchids, Naperville, Illinois

We’re pleased to be receiving a mix of registrations, from our faithful local growers and those from much further afield. The diversity of orchids available for purchase from these growers is

sure to attract orchid lovers from throughout the Midwest region. Visitors will be treated to beautiful displays of orchids in Nichols Hall. Plus, they will be able to enhance their orchid collections with rare and unusual flowering plants.

Have you marked the spring show on your calendar yet? If not, do it now: April 28 and 29, 2012. Setup begins Thursday morning (April 26). We will be needing lots of volunteers throughout the four day period. Watch this column for future updates about the IOS 60

th Anniversary Orchid Show

and Sale! ~ Jeanne and Rose

A gorgeous display at the fall show from the family Dixler

Photo by Katie Payeur

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IOS Financial Fun

By Anne Puvalowski, IOS Treasurer

It’s time for Halloween, so I’ll regale you with a horror story. Unfortunately this one is true and I’m still not sure if it has a happy ending. Thankfully, it has nothing to do with finances, but since they made the mistake of giving the Treasurer a monthly column you get whatever I feel like writing about. As was typical of most of us, I couldn’t resist adding a few finds to my collection at the Fall Show. I was admiring them a few days later when I saw something that can strike terror into the heart of any orchid addict – mealybugs. After a little cursing (it’s a good thing that my grow room has heavily insulated walls) I removed the plant from the rest of my collection for some damage control. Before incorporating them into my collection I had actually taken the precautionary measure of dipping my new additions in pesticide so as not to infect my other plants which had just been thoroughly cleaned due to an outbreak of brown scale. Obviously I missed a spot. Hopefully none of the other plants took notice. I don’t blame the grower so much. If you look closely enough at any large collection you’re bound to find some bugs. In addition to constant vigilance, the advice I offer you is this: If you bring any new plants into your preciously tended collection, clean them carefully first (the thought of this chore may actually be enough to deter you from over-indulging). Even if you are buying from a reputable grower or you trust your friend who generously gifted you a division, or maybe they were sitting on the plant sale table next to some riff-raff that I brought in, clean, clean, clean. If you are bringing your plants in from outside for winter, do the same. If your collection is small, rubbing alcohol and a cotton ball will do the trick for leaves, but remember that some bugs love to live in pots (as I found out when I had white scale coating the interior of my pots one year). Mealybugs like to hide, so full immersion in an appropriate pesticide seems to work the best when you suspect an outbreak. Don’t wait for a systemic to work its way through the plant if you know it is infested – that

could take weeks, during which it will infest more of your collection. For creepy crawlies (think pill bugs, or roly-poly’s as my kids call them) I found a non-chemical method of instant death. Run the faucet until water coming out of the tap is hot – think shower hot, not scalding. Water your infested plant until the pot fills to the top, leaving no air bubbles for critters to hide. One of two things will happen. Either the critters will escape out the bottom and down the drain, or they will die very satisfyingly on the soil surface as the hot water hits them. Don’t forget to give your plant an immediate cool water rinse to prevent damage. Killing bugs only takes a few seconds and none of my plants have shown any ill effects when I’ve used this method on them. For Treasurer matters, I don’t have preliminary numbers for you yet but I can conservatively say that income exceeded expenses. Together we signed up nine new members, repotted 42 plants and sold a whole lotta plants for our members and growers. Thank you to Chalet Nursery for a wonderful donation of plants! Thanks to everyone who put together a display, brought in items for the plant sale table, volunteered during the weekend, helped advertise by hanging posters or bought plants at the show. Without all of you there would be no show and no funding for all of the fun things we do the rest of the year. A special thank you to our show coordinators, Jeanne Becker and Rose Matchen, for doing a fantastic job! And a personal thank you to Joni Kurtenbach and all of her helpers for doing a great job managing the hospitality room! I hope some of your collection saved itself for our November meeting, and I hope to see all of you there! ~ Anne Ed. note: Watch for your check from Chase Bank for your plant sales from the fall show. It won’t look like the checks you have received in the past….Don’t mistake it for junk mail!

Orchid Envy?

Photo by Katie Payeur

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Monthly Checklist for November and December Cattleya

Growers of just about every level of expertise will have begun to notice autumn conditions by now. Days are becoming shorter, hence cooler; the sunlight has less intensity as a result of the sun's lowering angle, nights are longer and generally cooler. Plants are responding by slowing and ripening their growth in preparation for winter.

The first cultural change noticed should be a reduced frequency of watering, as the plants dry out more slowly. This is a function of both the reduced day length and lower temperatures, as well as the plants' slowing growth rate. Reduced water needs signal a reduced need for fertilization. Note that the key word is reduced, not eliminated. Feed less frequently and at lower dosage, but feed. Growths, made during summer's heat, and relatively soft and green, will be ripening -- hardening -- in preparation for a brief period of rest (in many cases).

Many of these ripening growths will have a sheath, presaging the coming winter or spring flowering season. In some cases, these sheaths will have been evident since as early as July. (Early sheath development does not mean early flowering on plants with winter-spring seasons.) You may notice that some of these sheaths are showing signs of yellowing. This is not abnormal. Autumn's more pronounced temperature fluctuation can lead to water condensation inside the sheath, hastening the normal process of senescence, so yellowing sheaths can be left on the plant only so long before they must be carefully removed to preserve the bud primordia within. Water condensation left unchecked can rot the bud primordia. The sheaths can be safely removed by slitting open and peeling down toward the pseudobulb.

Cool-Growing Orchids

One can almost hear a sigh of relief from all of the cool-growers, from Masdevallia to Odontoglossum. As day temperatures decline, one can see a noticeable improvement in these plants. Shorter days and lower light levels do not seem to bother them. Repot before winter arrives.

Cymbidium

Finally we begin in earnest the main cymbidium season. Cymbidium ensifolium can give some early and fragrant hybrids, but it is now that the bulk of the crop will be flowering. The season

lasts for about seven months, adding color to any collection. Miniature varieties will peak for the next three to four months. There are three important things to do: stake inflorescences ramrod straight for best presentation, watch for slugs and snails (especially just after a rain), and fertilize with a mild balanced formula regularly.

Oncidium crispum Complex

This is the season for plants in Oncidium section crispum from Brazil to shine. Extremely vigorous hybrids come in wide varieties of markings dominated with chestnut and brown and butter yellow. Give plants high light to produce strong upright inflorescences. The pseudobulbs should be plump, so do not let the plants dry out while they are in bloom. Later, plants will enter a dormant period.

Paphiopedilum

The flowering season for the "toads" or "bulldog" paphs is just getting underway. These cannot be grown everywhere, but where cooler summer nights allow their growth, there is no longer-lasting or more exotic display than these. Paphiopedilum are, in general, not heavy feeders, and it is especially important with this type to reduce nitrogen levels now for best flowering and spike length. Be watchful for water accumulating in the growth around the sheath, or

Cymbidium ensifolium

produces delicate flowers

with a delightful citrus

fragrance.

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for a late-season warm spell, either of which can lead to the sheath's rotting. As the spikes emerge, do not change the orientation of the plant toward the light, as this can lead to a crooked or twisted spike.

While Paphiopedilum rarely like to dry out entirely, water needs are significantly reduced beginning now. Overwatering at this time of year can quickly lead to root rot or Erwinia problems. Now is the time to practice good sanitary practices in your greenhouse or growing areas, as pest and disease problems have a way of multiplying rapidly in the darker and more crowded conditions that generally mark the winter growing area. With Paphiopedilum, especially, "cleanliness is next to godliness" and if the growing area is littered with old foliage, weeds and dying flowers, keeping the plants alive and flowering will be next to impossible.

Phalaenopsis

Shortening days and cooler nights are the signals for inflorescence initiation in Phalaenopsis. In more northern climates, or on the west coast, growers have already begun to see the early inflorescences that may be ready for Christmas. In the eastern areas, nights in the greenhouse will now be in the low to mid 60s, depending on the thermostat setting, so the first of our Phalaenopsis will not begin to bloom until Valentine's Day at the earliest.

A reduction in nitrogen levels will go a long way to giving the best possible spiking, as will a boost in potassium and phosphorus. In other words, a "bloom booster"-type fertilizer is definitely indicated in the next few months. Disease and pest problems are best dealt with now, especially as mealybugs hide in the bracts and flower buds.

Once they have established themselves, they are difficult to eradicate, and flower damage or crippling results. Potential disease problems can be dealt with by the application of a copper-based compound to control/alleviate rot problems before they start. There is nothing more frustrating than to have shepherded your plants through a growing season, only to have them decline before your eyes.

Vandaceous Genera

Whereas the general decline in temperatures is beneficial to cool-growing orchids, it is not for vandaceous plants. The only cold-hardy member is Neofinetia falcata. Orient your plants in such a way as to take advantage of as much light as possible. This can be a problem in northern latitudes. Reduce watering and feeding schedules.

Neofinetia falcata will thrive in cooler temperatures and produce graceful vanilla-

scented flowers.

The AOS/IOS thanks Ned Nash and James Rose for this essay.

People streaming by and ‘oohing and aahing’ the display created by Anne

Puvalowski and Victor Lentini.

Photo by Katie Payeur

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Bill Thoms Plants for Sale

I don’t have a lot of anything. Please understand if plants become unavailable. I never produce zillions of any cross and my breeding stock can only grow so fast. I made the mistake years ago of dividing things down too small and it took a long time for them to grow back. Thanks for your interest, Bill Thoms

SEEDLINGS Price Bulb. bicolor first offering of seed-grown outcross; 3” $18

umbels of 2” to 3” flrs in pink or gold w/red stripes & spots

Bulb. claptonense outcross from seed 2” $12 (‘D&B’ CHM/AOS X ‘Interlaken’ AM/AOS) easy to grow, blooms a lot! 3” $20 Bulb. echinolabium outcross from seed 3” $22 18” long flowers in orange to red w/ bizarre lip Bulb. facetum great flower from the Philippines; 3” $16

3” cream w/ purple overlay; great parent (B. Tonya Jacobs) 4” $26

Bulb. rothschildianum (F3 generation; ‘A-doribil’ FCC X ‘Stripe’) 3” $32 Bulb. A-doribil Candy Ann (A-doribil Candy X annandalei) 3” $16 3-8 light pink/yellow flowers w/ red stripes; will be great at maturity, 5 plants have been awarded so far Cross has received an Award of Quality (has 9 awards so far) and these plants come from the awarded cross.

Bulb. A-doribil Upwind (basisetum ‘A-doribil’ CHM/AOS

X echinolabium ‘A-doribil’ AM/AOS) 3” $18 6” orange flower w/ red lip produced for months; stinky 4” $28 Bulb. Doris Dukes (fascinator X rothschildianum) remake 3” $16 Cream flowers w/ dark red feathers on dorsal & petals Bulb. Laurie Nissen newly registered cross of Jim Clarkson 3” $24

X echinolabium; first to bloom shows great potential; limited

Bulb. Wilbur Chang (echinolabium X carunculatum) 3” $26 Two of the best crossed together; 4” $38

NEW CROSSES

Bulb. A-doribil Cecilia (lobbii X agastor) yellow with red stripes 2” $8

X small growing plant in the Macrobulbum Section 3” $12

Bulb. Crownpoint (rothschildianum ‘Kaylee Marie’ HCC/ X frostii ‘A-doribil’) 2” $8 Blue ribbon winner at 19th WOC and first year winner of Bill T Bulbo Award Bulb. Summer Car (sumatranum ‘V B’ X carunculatum ‘A-doribil’ AM/AOS) 2” $8

raspberry plant that blooms a lot X very colorful form of this excellent species

Bulb. Fullerton (Frank Smith X claptonense ‘D&B’ CHM/AOS) 2” $8 Yellow with red lip X free flowering plant from NE Borneo

(on front cover of Orchids of Borneo Vol.2) very limited

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Bulb. medusae outcross from seed (‘A-doribil’ AM X ‘USF Botanical Gardens’) 2” $12 A-doribil clone is so spotted it looks pink and the USF clone has spots too Bulb. (echinolabium X Jan Ragan) the Jan Ragan is lobbii X facetum 2” $9 Should be peachy-orange flrs w/ red suffusion Bulb. Tonya Jacobs (echinolabium X facetum) remake 2” $10 I used 2 different awarded clones of echino for these remakes and I am looking for great things. See Jan 2010 AOS Bulletin Bulb. (orthoglossum X claptonense) ortho is a smaller carunculatum-like flower 2” $9

w/ a red lip X a well-known breeder of super flowers (see Jim Clarkson)

Bulb. Fascination =(longissimum ‘Orange Lip’ X fascinator ‘K’s P’ FCC) 2” $12 longiss is Burmese with dark pink in the background and the FCC is 10” long! Bulb. (echinolabium ‘Near Fan’ X bicolor ‘A-doribil Too’) 2” $10 New avenue; I’m not sure what to expect, but both plants are super parents Bulb. Grace Thoms (echinolabium X paluense ‘A-doribil’ CHM/AOS) 3” $18 These have bloomed as 6-8 inch star-shaped flrs in red-orange w/ stripes Bulb. (rothschildianum ‘Kaylee Marie’ HCC/ X carunculatum ‘A-doribil Sunset’) 2” $14 New avenue; probably successive blooming art shades w/ star shapes Bulb. (Doris Dukes ‘A-doribil’ AM X elegans ‘Krull-Smith’) 2” $10 See AOS Bulletin Dec 10 for Doris X hot pink umbels of 3-4 inch flowers Divisions Very Limited (Usually 2-3 bulbs) Bulb. agastor ‘Magnifico’ CBR/AOS; easy to grow & flower species in the giant New $125 Guinea group, but only 6” leaves; blooms 3-4 times yearly Bulb. annandalei ‘A-doribil Yellow Bird’; almost solid yellow form of this usually $35 Gold w/ red stripes species; free flowering Bulb. bicolor ‘Kaylee Marie’ AM/AOS large, excellent form and color of this rare $40 species from Hong Kong Islands Bulb. bicolor ‘Yellow Bird’ very yellow markings on this form; rare! $40 Bulb. carunculatum ‘Kaycee’ HCC/AOS gold and orange form of this $45

great species from the Philippines; good form too!

Bulb. carunculatum ‘Magnifico’ AM/AOS $45 large 4 ½” yellow with black lip; Lepidorhiza Sect, successive Bulb. carunculatum ‘A-doribil Sunset’ very nice bronze tones in this clone $60 Bulb. claptonense ‘D&B’ CHM/AOS first offering of this great plant from $100

Borneo; orange w/ red stripes and fuchsia spot on lip; blooms many times a year; long lasting and a great parent

Bulb. levanae ‘A-doribil’ AM/AOS $35 3” flrs dark cherry-red with yel-orange lips; stinky; Lepidorhiza section Bulb. lobbii ‘A-doribil’ AM/AOS; see below; easy to flower w/ great color $50

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Bulb. lobbii ‘A-doribil Too’ AM/AOS (polystictum variety) $55 large gold flr w/ dark stripes and great petal position; good for breeding Bulb. lobbii ‘Bill’s Bronze’ (CCM 88 pts) (colossus variety) $40 large lobbii-like with heavy bronze coloring Bulb. medusae ‘Max’ AM/AOS super-long (10”) white form of this $75

easy-to-grow-and-bloom species

Bulb. medusae ‘A-doribil’ AM/AOS most heavily pink-spotted $65 form of this neat species

Bulb. orthosepalum ‘A-doribil’ CHM/AOS super species in the giant-leaved $200 group from New Guinea; not as large as B. phalaenopsis (only 2 feet);

flrs look like large bird beaks; very rare; first offering

Bulb. pardalotum ‘A-doribil’ small plant, large flower blooms and closes each $30 morning after 10AM; yellow-orange w/ darker markings; cute addition

Bulb. recurvilabre ‘A-doribil’ CHM/AOS orange w/ red stripes; $28 successive blooming; stinky, but neat

Bulb. rothschildianum ‘A-doribil’ FCC/AOS up to 9 flrs in red w/ very $75 heavily fringed tops

Bulb. rothschildianum ‘Kaylee Marie’ HCC/AOS 2nd generation cross with great color $50 Bulb. rothschildianum ‘Stocker’s’ easy to grow great clone from Australia $35 Bulb. veitchianum ‘A-doribil’ CHM-HCC/AOS $45 species from Borneo; lobbii-like; plants & spikes w/ heavy red spots; flrs

gold-orange w/ darker stripes and good petal positioning

Bulb. A-doribil Anna Roth ‘Candy Stripe’ AM/AOS; first to be awarded in this cross $30 Striped red & gold flowers; easy to grow & bloom Bulb. A-doribil Anna Roth ‘Cherry’ AM/AOS; winner of the Bill Thoms Bulbophyllum $50 Award in 2009; almost solid red umbels Bulb. A-doribil Anna Roth ‘Goldie’ AM/AOS this clone produced 10 flrs in an $38

almost complete circle (gold w/ red stripes)

Bulb. A-doribil Anna Roth ‘Eileen’s Choice’ HCC/AOS $30 Easy to grow and bloom; umbels of orange w/ red spots; very nice Bulb. A-doribil Anna Roth ‘Jay’s Surprise’ AM/AOS; wonderful red & gold flowers $35 Bulb. A-doribil Super Star ‘A-doribil’ AM/AOS Produces 6-8 inch gold $100

w/ red striped flrs several times a year and stays close together!

Bulb. A-doribil Candy ‘Frank’s Favorite’ AM/AOS the best from this cross $75 Sub-umbels of 5” red & white striped flrs w/ golden tips Bulb. Crownpoint ‘A-doribil’ HCC/AOS; Blue Ribbon winner at the 19th WOC $30

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Half umbels of 4” dark red flrs; super-cute plants Bulb. Doris Dukes ‘A-doribil’ AM/AOS (87 pts) highest awarded in the group w/ $35 great color and fantastic “feathers” Bulb. Doris Dukes ‘Wisconsin Wings’ AM/AOS; giant flower w/ great color & form $30 Bulb. Elizabeth Ann ‘Jean’ HCC/AOS; great plant and flower; $30

up to a dozen pink blooms w/ yellow lips; easy to bloom

Bulb. Emly Siegerist ‘A-doribil Too’ HCC/AOS small plant, large blooms; $30 flrs cream w/ red spots and red-black tops; long lasting

Bulb. Louis Sander ‘Crownpoint’ AM/AOS true form of this much mistaken $30 hybrid w/ 2 flrs per inflr.

Bulb. Icicles ‘A-doribil Route 66’ (our 66th CCM, now has a CCE) (longissimum X wightii) $25 wightii is syn. of pingtungense; flrs 4” long, cream w/red spots in

umbels of 4-8 with hairy tops

Bulb. Sue Blackmore ‘A-doribil’; 1st hybrid in the Megaclinium Section; long rachis $35 in rich brown w/ dozens of red & gold flowers in succession Bulb. Tonya Jacobs ‘Dark Star’ AM/AOS; (facetum X echinolabium) $80 First offering of this spectacular hybrid! Cream flrs w/ purple center;

blooms only 3-5 times a year and stays close together Others Prosthecea cochleata (Epidendrum) the cockle-shell orchid outcross of the 2 best $20 awarded clones; almost black stripes; successive blooming Begonia ‘A-doribil Red’ Rex begonia with metallic red leaves $16 Said by many to be the most intense colored red they have ever seen

BOO! Masdavallia erinacea

Photo by Katie Payeur

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Officers and Board Members

Officers (Terms of office are from July 1 until June 30):

President Loren Pollock 847-219-0718 b_rand@yahoo.com 1

st Vice President (Meetings/speakers) Victor Lentini 773-763-6363 f1orchid@aol.com

2nd

Vice (Home Show Chair) Jeanne Becker 847-945-8107 beckerjeanne@hotmail.com 3

rd Vice President (Away show chair) Diane Mulkerin 312-742-2376 iosawaychair@gmail.com

Secretary (Recorder) Justine Bricheno 773-244-9488 justinebricheno@yahoo.com Asst. Secretary (Newsletter Editor) Beth Engle 815-886-4953 IOSOCeditor@gmail.com Treasurer (Collects/disburses monies) Anne Puvalowski 224-699-9021 apuvalow@hotmail.com Asst. Treasurer (Membership/ Dues) George Titterton 773-989-9044 getinteriors@juno.com Immediate Past President Luis Torres 847-303-6838 mrltorres@hotmail.com Board Members (Terms of office expire June 30 of the year shown):

Bob Tropp 2012 874-676-2495 jackietropp@comcast.net

OPEN 2012

Joe Dixler 2013 847-432-7708 jmd@dixler.net

Joan Goodman 2013 847-470-0469 joangoodman2002@yahoo.com

Rose Matchen 2014 847-587-6525 goldrosey@att.net

Claire Papiewski 2014 847-622-8664 dreflap@yahoo.com

Katie Payeur 2015 574-247-1065 rpkpbp@earthlink.net

Ellen Powell 2015 847-249-2120 orchidlover5708@att.net

IOS Affiliations

Orchid Conservation Coalition http://www.orchidconservationcoalition.org

Orchid Digest http://www.orchiddigest.com

American Orchid Society http://www.aos.org

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