T here is really nothing better than getting a break from the icy days and nights of our Rochester winters - and our February meeting will be the perfect antidote. Join

us in February as our own Fran Murphy takes us on a “Tropical Trip to Hawaii. - Part One.” Fran will welcome us all to the Big Island of Hawaii, with his discussion of the different growing zones from very cold to very warm, various orchid nurseries, and orchid growing by the acre! Fran will focus on the legend-ary Carmela Orchids of Hakalau, Hawaii - one of the premier commercial orchid growers in the USA.

F ran Murphy has been “growing and killing orchids” for 50 years, beginning with working as a helper in a long-defunct orchid nursery in the Rochester suburbs. He

has been a member of the GROS since the 70’s - one of our most experienced members. His current growing setup includes a 28’ x 48’ Gothic Arch greenhouse, and a 40’ × 50’ shade house for the summer months. He is a frequent exhibitor and vendor at our annual Spring Show, as many of you know.

A n experienced world traveler and mountain climber, Fran has traveled by foot, elephant, camel, mule, chop-per, and jet - always on the hunt for orchids, of course.

He has journeyed to California, Florida, Philadelphia, Rio de Janiero, the jungles of South America, the Himalayan Mountains, the Adirondacks and the Smokey Mountains. His Hawaiian adventures include fre-quent visits - and he’s willing to share his secrets of “How to get to Hawaii on a shoestring!”

Fran will be bringing orchids to sell from his extensive greenhouse collection - so members are NOT permitted to bring their own orchids to sell or trade at this meeting. As an added bonus, all members who arrive wearing a Hawaiian shirt will automatically be

entered into a raffle for a free orchid plant!

There is no pre-meeting dinner this month, but perhaps there will be some Hawaiian-themed specialties with the coffee in February - you never know. We’ll see you there!

Genesee Region Orchid Society, Inc.http://www.geneseeorchid.org

Vol. 38, No. 5 - February, 2017

NEXT MEETING: Monday, Feb. 6, 2017“Orchids 101” 6:00 p.m a Social “Hour” 7:00 - 7:15 p.m. a Meeting begins at 7:15 p.m.

Louis S. Wolk Jewish Community Center, 1200 Edgewood Ave., Rochester, NY

IN THIS ISSUE:

Meeting Minutes D2Show Table D3-4Windowsill Growing D5

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GROS Meeting Minutes for January 2, 2017Happy New Year! First meeting back at the JCC.

Jeanne Kaeding called the Business Meeting to order and welcomed new members and guests to the meeting.

Thank you’s to: Gretchen Beaver for tonight’s refreshments. Thank you’s from: Toronto Judging Center and Sonnenberg Gardens for the Society’s contributions

Orchids 101

At this session held at 6:00, Bill Renick did a presentation on the watering needs for every season and selecting and cleaning orchid pots.

Treasurer’s Report

Denis Monefeldt presented this report:

Bank balance $18,801.68

Income received $1,464.45

Expenses paid ($ 44.03)

Membership

Please sign in with Emilie Monefeldt to con-firm your preferred email contact information. Jeanne confirmed that everyone at the meeting is getting Society emails.

By-laws

Jeanne reminded everyone that the proposed changes to the by-laws are published on the website and announced again at the Febru-ary meeting. The Society will be asked to vote on them at the February meeting. Jeanne had received one suggestion that the treasurer’s duties be split between two positions. De-nis Monefeldt indicated that splitting out the responsibility for the tax preparation is not necessary as the return is very simple and not more than some information on a post card. The secretary takes care of the name tags.

Show Report

Carol Butcher gave a show update. Diane Ber-nard has posters, postcards and mailing labels ready to go. Subsequent to the meeting, it was determined that the postcards need more in-formation. Please do not distribute the cards picked up at the December or January meet-ings.

The Show will be a four day show this year running on March 30, 31 and April 1 and 2, 2017.

Show Schedule:

Set-up: Thursday, March 30th

Judging: Friday, March 31st

Public Access: Saturday and Sunday, April 1st and 2nd.

Clipboards will circulate at the February meet-ing. Please think about which committees you can work on or volunteer your time at the show including but not limited to:

• Food committee – Joe Jurenko?

• Registration

• Judging - Jeanne

• AOS judging - Jeanne

• Ribbon and record clerks

• Admissions, Member’s table

• Hospitality

• Set-up

• Tear down

Dutch Connection

Noel Krzesinski spoke to the group about the Dutch Connection at the Eastman House. Society members have traditionally provided flowering orchids to be placed throughout the house. The event runs February 10th through the 26th. Plants can be dropped off on the 9th and picked up on the 27th. Plants can be dis-played for one or both weeks. Please contact Noel if you have plants that might be blooming during this time. Noel stressed that the East-man House personnel take extremely good care of the orchids and will follow any specific directions that come with the plants.

Toronto Orchid Show - Feb 10 - 12

The Society will be setting up a display at the show. Flowering plants will be needed for this event as well.

Library

There was a lively and extended discussion on the library. It was only used minimally last year and is currently in storage with Phil will put a list of the books on the website so members will know what is available. Diane Bernard asked whether we should maintain the library as part of our educational toolbox. Fran suggested keeping all the beginner books

and the current AOS Magazine and Orchid Digest. The remaining books could be auc-tioned. Bill Renick and Natalie Auburn asked whether the library could be stored at the JCC along with the Society’s grey cabinet. The de-cision was tabled until the question of storage can be determined.

Membership Application

Diane Bernard opened a discussion on the need to update the membership application. A draft form is ready. Finalization will need to be done fairly quickly so that they can be printed in time for the show. Denis Monefeldt said he would take care of this and put a revision date on the form to identify it as the current form.

Fran Murphy moved that the Business Meet-ing be adjourned, seconded by Gretchen Bea-ver. The meeting was adjourned.

Speaker

Kim Hober introduced the speaker for the evening – Carol Butcher. Carol is a Society member and show chairwoman. She is also a probationary judge at the Toronto Judging Center.

Carol presented an excellent slideshow and talk on “Paphiopedilium delenatii and its Hy-brids”.

presented the extensive and beauti-ful show table.

Elizabeth Bieck supervised the raffle of the nu-merous raffle plants.

Next meeting: February 6, 2017

Website: www.geneseeorchid.com

- JoAnn Roberts, GROS Secretary

The Orchid Collection is a publi-cation of the Genesee Region Orchid Society. It is published ten times per year for

our members. Single membership is $20.00, family membership is $25.00 annually. Dues should be sent to the GROS at P.O. Box 20606, Rochester, N.Y. 14602.

Phil Matt, Editor, P.O. Box 10406,

Rochester 14610

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January Show TablePlant Genus Synonym seed parent pollen parent growerCattleya AllianceCattleya (C.) brevipedunculata ‘Nevada City’ AM/AOS

Sophronitis (S.) Allan Sowinski

C. walkeriana1 Allan Sowinski

C. wittigiana (cross of 2 clones) Sophronitis C. wittigiana ‘Pink Opal’ C. wittigiana ‘Diamond Orchids’

Allan Sowinski

C. Crystelle Smith ‘Meadow Rue’ HCC/AOS

Sophrocattleya (Sc.) C. (formerly Sc.) Beaufort C. loddigesii Jeanne Kaeding

C. Dinard ‘Blue Heaven’ Laeliocattleya (Lc.) C. Saint Gothard (1908) C. Dinah Fran Murphy

C. Orpetii ‘Ellenberger’s Orchid Eden’ C. pumila C. (formerly sophronitis) coccinea

Fran Murphy

C. tenebrosa Laelia (L.) Sib cross Fran Murphy

Cattlianthe (Ctt.) Tristar Bouquet ‘Hawaii’ Laeliocattleya (Lc.) C. Rosette Warland Ctt. Chocolate Drop Fran Murphy

Epidendrum (Epi.) Little Miss Sunshine xanthinum magnoliae (syn. conop-seum)

Jeanne Kaeding

Rhycolaeliocattleya (Rlc.) Ahchung Yoyo ‘Little Goldfish’

Potinara (Pot.) Rlc. Netrasiri Starbright Ctt. Little Fairy Kate Recard

Rhyncattleanthe2 (Rlc.) unnamed cross Potinara (Pot.) Rlc. (formerly Pot.) Little Toshie

Ctt. (formerly C.) Or-chidglade

Kate Recard

Rlc. Tsutung Beauty ‘Taiyoung Three Brother’

Brassolaeliocattleya (Blc.) C. Mari’s Song Rlc. Tzeng-Wen Beauty Fran Murphy

Cypripedium AlliancePaphiopedilum (Paph.) LSF Prime Periodot Jolly Green Gem Green Mystery Jeanne Kaeding

Paph. spicerianum Carol Butcher

Paph. spicerianum ‘St. Albans’ Allan Sowinski

Paph. Spicerianum (20 or so sibs) Alan Salzman

Paph. Via Ojai ‘Spring White’ HCC/AOS Freckles Hellas Carol Butcher

CymbidiumsCymbidium (Cym.) Doris insigne (var. album)3 tracyanum Jeanne Kaeding

Cym. lancefolium Jeanne Kaeding

Cym. Minneken ‘Khobai’ AM/AOS floribundum Rosalita Jeanne Kaeding

Cym. Tiger Baby floribundum tracyanum Jeanne Kaeding

Dendrobium AllianceDendrobium (Den.) Spring Doll Ise Yukidaruma Kim Hober

Den. transparens (note spelling) Kim Hober

Den. Yellow Song ‘Canary’ Midas Gold Santana Margery Greene

OncidiinaeAliceara (Alcra.) Hani ‘Star of Unicorn’ AM/AOS

Degarmoara (Dgmra.) Bratonia (Brat.) Charles M. Fitch

Oncidium (Onc.) hallii Fran Murphy

Alcra. Marfitch ‘Howard’s Dream’ AM/AOS Beallara (Bllra.) Brat. Charles M. Fitch Onc. Fremar Fran Murphy

Comparettia (Comp.) speciosa Jeanne Kaeding

Oncidesa (Oncsa.)Sweet Sugar ‘Lemon Drop’

Oncidium Oncidesa Aloha Iwanaga Gomesa (Gom.s) varicosa Gretchen Beaver

Onc. Tsiku Marguerite NN #1 Twinkle sotoanum (formerly orni-thorhynchum)4

Claire Cordaro

Onc. Volcano Hula Halau5 Odontioda (Oda.) Issaku Nagata Kilauea Kim Hober

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Oncostelopsis (Osp.) Sunkissed ‘Buttercup’ Burrageara (Burr.) Oncidopsis (Oip.)Living Fire Oncostele (Ons.) Catatante

Kim Hober

Rodrumnia (Rrm.) The Hollow’s Promise Rrm. Seneca Hollow Tolumnia (Tolu.) Walnut Hollow

Kim Hober

MiscellaneousNeobenthamia gracilis Constance Anglin

Notes1The label for the Cattleya walkeriana said var. alba but actual plant was semi-alba (white with colored lip)2Cattleanthe with an e and Cattlianthe with an i names are driving me nuts!3Kew does not list “albescens” as a variety, does list “album” but doesn’t accept the varietal name in any case.4Oncidium ornithorhynchum is a valid species, but per Kew this cross was made with Onc. sotoanum. Per Jay Pfahl , whose website is www.orchidspecies.com. “CAUTION!!!!!! This orchid for most of the last 200 years has been known as Oncidium ornithorhynchum which with recent studies has been found to describe a yellow flowered species from Andean South America known commonly as Oncidium pyramidale. A new name was needed for the pink, highly fragrant flowers that occur in Central America hence this new name Oncidium sotoanum for the species in the photos above.” Jay’s website is an invaluable resource, and I urge all of you to visit it and subscribe to support his work.5The full clonal name is Onc. Volcano Hula Halau. Hula Halau is not a grex name.

Thank you to every one who brought plants for this spectacular show table.

- Margery Greene

Genesee Region Orchid Society Officers 2016-2017

GROS Committee Chairpersons 2016-2017

Co-President Jeanne Kaeding 621-4983 copres2@geneseeorchid.org

Executive VP Natalie Auburn veep@geneseeorchid.orgTreasurer Denis Monefeldt treas@geneseeorchid.orgProgram VP Kim Hober prog@geneseeorchid.orgSecretary JoAnn Roberts sec@geneseeorchid.org

Education <open> Community Outreach <open>

Member-at-Large Kate Ricard matlarge@geneseeorchid.org

AOS Rep. Dave Weiss 544-3561 aosrep@geneseeorchid.org

Librarian <open>

Auction <open>

Monroe Cty. Liaison David Hayes 782-0112 monroe2@geneseeorchid.orgNewsletter Phil Matt 288-7025 webnews@geneseeorchid.orgNominating Mark Gillette 589-6031

Property (Exec. VP)Raffle <open> Show 2017 Carol Butcher 742-3403 show2013@geneseeorchid.orgSocial <open> Sonnenberg Liaison Fran Murphy 924-7763Webmaster Phil Matt 288-7025 webnews@geneseeorchid.orgYouth Rep. Jack Randolph

ODC Rep. Alan Salzman 377-3213

Co-President Fran Murphy 924-7763 copres2@geneseeorchid.org

In MemoriamMatt Salzman, 36, son of GROS members Alan and Susan Salzman, passed away on January 6 in Virginia Beach, VA.

Calling hours will be on Sunday, January 22, 2017, from 4 to 7 p.m. with service at 6:30 p.m. at Falvo Funeral Home, 1295 Fairport Nine Mile Point Road, Webster, NY.

In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to your favorite charity in Matt’s name.

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Ideas For the Windowsill Grower: On Increasing the HumidityEquitants have been difficult for me to grow. They like high humidity, which as a windowsill grower is difficult for me to provide in my home. (We keep our Thermostat set at 62° during Winter. I also use a household humidifier, on the floor about 5 feet from the plants, set at 50%.) The humidity amongst the plants is about 48%. If I turn the humidifier up above 50% there is too much condensation on our windows, etc. I am also trying some potting techniques, described below, to increase the humidity around certain, more sensitive, plants. These are some additional things I am trying to help increase my humidity.

The first plant I obtained in Spring of 2015

is Tolumnia “Nothern Lights” (DiCommo

Giuseppe × compressicaule). It is mounted

on bark with a small amount of moss

padding under the plant. I have placed

about 1½" of moss in the bottom of a plastic

pot, and set the edge of the mount into the

pot to provide a little bit of extra humidity.

The second plant I obtained at the 2016

GROS show is Rrm. Apple Hollow “Full

Red Blush” (Hare Hollow × Sycamore

Hollow) This plant is also mounted, but

I have set the mount inside a clay pot

surrounded by a mix of small lava rock,

perlite, & charcoal. This clay pot is set

down inside a clear plastic container to

increase the humidity around the pot.

Both of these plants are showing lots of new growth- let’s hope it will follow with Flowers this year too.

The next two Vandaceous plants I am also growing in a similar way. Both of these plants I have had since about 2010. (I’m also working on keeping better records!)

The first plant is Neostylis Lou Sneary “Blue Bird”. If you look closely you can see that this plant is potted in bark mix in a small clay pot. The clay pot is set down inside a larger clear plastic pot that has about 2" of small bark mix. This increases the humidity without keeping the plant wet.

The second plant is Ascofinetia

“Cherry Blossom” (Neofinetia falcata

× Ascocentrum ampullaceum). This

plant is set about 1" up in a clay pot

and then potted with small bark mix.

This pot stays inside a clear plastic

dish to increase the humidity. Both

of these have flowered fantastically

this year, so I’m hoping I’m on to

something!

- Natalie Auburn

Tolumnia Northern Lights

Tolumnia Northern Lights

(Editor’s note: The RHS has recently done a “bit” of reclassification. Personally, I think that everything is now either a Vanda or Something Else.) To wit:

Neofinetia = VandaAscocentrum = VandaSo, Ascocentrum × Neofinetia = Vanda × Vanda = Vanda Neofinetia × Rhynchostylis = Vanda × Rhynchostylis = Vandachostylis

Neostylis Lou Sneary “Bluebird”

Ascofinetia “Cherry Blossom”

All photos © Natalie Auburn - All Rights Reserved