Reminder: Our Meeting Will Be on the Third Sunday May 19Th

TRIAD ORCHID SOCIETY MAY NEWSLETTER

Reminder: Our meeting will be on the third Sunday May 19th

Rental of room at Garden Club for our meetings.

In April we renewed our lease with the Garden Club for another year. So that TOS could reduce costs, we agreed to open the doors, and set up and take down the tables and chairs. We ask that members help with the set up and take down. To decrease the number of chairs that need to be setup, we will use chairs at the tables for seating during the meeting. If you are unable to help with set up, please stay to help with the take down after the meeting.

We will start at 11:30 setting up the tables and chairs and show table, lunch will be at 1:00PM.

Our speaker will not be selling plants so we will have a farmers market.

Our speaker for May will be Marc Hachadourian, Manager of the Nolen Greenhouses for Living Collections and Curator ofthe Orchid Collection at The New York Botanical Garden.

The topic of Mr. Hachadourian’s talk will be Cultivating Beauty: A History of the Orchid (an entertaining and informative review of the history of Orchid Cultivation)

BIO: Marc Hachadourian is Manager of the Nolen Greenhouses for Living Collections and Curator of the Orchid Collection at The New York Botanical Garden. He has been part of the botanical garden staff for over 10 years, first as the horticulturist for the orchid collection and now overseeing the state-of-the-art greenhouse complex where many of the display plants and most of the Garden’s glasshouse collections are cultivated. Marc is a graduate of CornellUniversity and holds a degree in Plant Science. With over 20 years of experience in horticulture, he specializes in orchids, aquatics, bulbs, and alpines. An active member of many professional societies, he has a strong interest in the conservation and cultivation of all groups of plants. He oversees the CITES Rescue Center Program which rehabilitates endangered plants working with the US Fish & Wildlife Department. Recently, along with award-winning photographer Jonathan Singer and co-author Dr. W.J. Kress of the Smithsonian Institution, Marc published his first book, Botanica Magnifica (Abbeville Press). In addition to participating in orchid research, he contributes his expertise in conservation and cultivation of all types of plants. As an American Orchid Society Judge and Horticultural Educator he has lectured in the U.S. and abroad and is part of the faculty of The New York Botanical Garden School of Professional Horticulture. A published photographer, illustrator, television personality, and now author, Marc has dedicated himself to increasing public awareness about the importance of global plant conservation and the appreciation of plant biodiversity.

*Best Species C.mossiae ‘New River’ Keith Davis

** Best Specimen C. amethystoglossa ‘Bold Statement’ Keith Davis

*** Best Flower Ascm cristensonianum Dorcas Brogdon

April 2013 Show Table Awards

Cattleya Alliance Species

1. Davis KC mossiae “New River’ AM/AOS * Best Species

2. Davis KC. aurantiaca ‘Spotted Queen’

3. BrogdonLaelia kaustykiano

Cattleya Alliance Hybrids, Small

1. DavisLc Aussie Sunset ‘Cosmic Fire’

2. AnglinC Angle Walker ‘Easter’

3. Davis KSlc Jim Elmore ‘Sweetheart’

Cattleya Alliance Hybrids, Large

1. Davis KLc (Starting Point x Mikkie Nagata)

2. Davis KBlc Carolina Orange ‘D’or Lenette’

3. Davis KEpicat Anne Anderson ‘Halcyon’

Phalaenopsis Hybrid

1. GoldbergPhal Linda Cheok

2. BrogdonPhal Flora Gigi

3. BrogdonPhal Everspring Princess ‘Pretty Cat’

Paphiopedilum

1. KepleyPaph. Coos

2. KepleyPaph Mark Rose

3. GoldbergPaph delenatii

Phragmidedium

1. KepleyPhrag Acker’s Twilight ‘Margie Kepley’ AM/AOS

2. N/A

3. N/A

Dendrobium

1. BrogdonDen Lindleyi

2. BrogdonDen Jan Orienstein

3. N/A

Oncidium

1. Davis KOnc Tiffany ‘Sundance’ HCC/AOS

2. GoldbergOnc variegatum lobii ‘Snowflake’

3. GoldbergOncDrumVillage Reef ‘Sundance’ HCC/AOS

Vandaceous

1. BrogdonAscm cristensonianum ***Best Flower

2. GoldbergAngcm leonis

3. GoldbergAscm cristensonianum

Cymbidium

1. BrogdonAnsellia Africana ‘Garden Parky’

2. BrogdonCym PeeWee

3. N/A

Miscellaneous

1. GoldbergPleur grobyii

2. GoldbergMasd Copper Angel

3. GoldbergMts hildebrandtii

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