Summer Field Trips

Road trip! Actually, two of them. The first is almost at hand - a trip to see Russ Vernon's state of the art greenhouses where he grows and sell as New Vision Orchids. The date is Saturday, July 23, 2005. It will be a day trip to Yorktown, Indiana and back. Russ grows primarily phalaenopsis although, for the adventurous in the hot Midwest, he also grows odontoglossum hybrids. Call Larry Sanford at 931-2295 or e-mail him at coolgrow@eos.net if you want to go.

Save August 20 for a day trip to Orchid Inn, Sam Tsui's greenhouses in Bloomington, Illinois. Sam specializes in paphs and phrags and sells them in all sizes, from flasks to mature, blooming-size plants. Call Jan Yates at 475-9771 or e-mail her at jyates11@earthlink.net if you want to go. This will also be a (long) day trip; bring some music CD's and the drive will seem shorter.

Ohio Valley Seminar

In this month's newsletter is a registration form for the Ohio Valley Seminar. The Ohio Valley Seminar is rapidly approaching - Saturday, August 13th at the Civic Garden Center. It's hard to believe but the seminar is now 14 years old. When it started, a seminar in which local societies would bring in nationally or internationally known speakers (who would also sell plants) was a novelty. Now it's not but the Ohio Valley Seminar remains a good time and a good value. This year's speakers are William Goldner, Ph.D. of Woodstream Orchids in Huntingtown, Maryland and Erich Michel of Hoosier Orchids of Indianapolis. Bill's program will be on Panamanian orchids and Woodstream's web site has an extensive roster of Panamanian species with cultural information, photos as well as separate sections for epidendrums and lycastes. If you want something more familiar, check out Woodstreams' paphs and phrags. In the most recent edition of the Awards Quarterly, Woodstream had at least five awarded paphs and phrags so it is another source, possibly not on your radar screen before, for high-quality paphs and phrags. Bill will have a sales table but if you see a plant on the web site that you can't live without, e-mail him and ask him to bring it to the seminar.

Erich Michel has presented programs before for the society; his company Hoosier Orchids is known internationally for its work propagating orchid species. Now Hoosier is turning its resources to terrestrials, including the jewel orchids which once graced terrariums before many of us even knew they were orchids. Hoosier is propagating stunning species with metallic veined leaves and even hybridizing in this group. Erich and Hoosier will also have a sales table and again, if you see a plant on Hoosier's web site that you want Erich to bring to the seminar for you, e-mail him.

At the lunch break, there will be a brief auction of select plants to benefit the Cincinnati Judging Center. The seminar is a fun event and a great opportunity to add quality orchids to your collection. A registration form is included in this month's newsletter.

MAOC Orchidfest

As you all know, GCOS is co-hosting the fall Mid-America Orchid Conference in mid-October with the Miami Valley society - it will be the largest single show either society has ever had in terms of exhibits, orchid vendors and lecturers. It is very exciting. Registration is on the web site with more information about the show hours, speakers and their topics and the special events associated with a Mid-American show.

Although we will be asking for volunteers for specific tasks later this summer, right now we could use some help putting together the 'goody bag' that goes to everyone who registers for the show. (Registration also includes access to all the programs). The goody bag includes a seedling plant, a Mid-America pin that Toni Doty designed, and other treats -- it is those other treats that we are assembling in the next couple months. Traditionally, the items have some relationship to the host city, Or in this case, cities - Cincinnati and Dayton. So, for example, we'd like to include items like samples of Olay or other P&G products, possible samples of Montgomery Inn barbecue sauce, Gold Star or Skyline chili fixin's, discount coupons for Graeter's or other local businesses - you get the idea. If you work for one of these companies or have an 'in" with someone who might be able to help us acquire tempting 'goody bag' items (free or at cost or in exchange for an ad in the MAOC program brochure), please e-mail Warren Sipos at csswsg@sbcglobal. net Warren from the Miami Valley Society is chairing this task; if you cannot reach him, then e-mail Jan Yates at jyates11@earthlink.net

The next meeting of the Greater Cincinnati Orchid Society will be on Tuesday, September 6, 2005. Note that this is the first Tuesday of the month. The meeting will be held at the Civic Garden Center on Reading Road across from Bethesda Hospital. The meeting is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. There will be time to socialize from 7:00 to 7:30.

Program

Next month’s program will be by Alexa Noel on “Tolumnias” with a 7 pm panel on ”Bringing In Your Plants”

Refreshments by Pat Brockhoff and Roger Habertheir.

Raffle tickets are $1 each or 6 tickets for $5.

Nearby Shows/Events (note there are changes to calendar passed out)

July 23	Van trip New Vision Orchids	Russ Vernon
August 13	1th Annual Ohio Valley Seminar, CGC, Cinci,OH	‘Orchids of Panama” by Bill Goldner/ Woodstream Orchids & 'Terrestrial Orchids by Erich Michel of Hoosier Orchids

September 24-25	Indiana OS	Indianapolis, IN
October 22-23	MAOC Orchidfest	Kings Island Resort, Kings Mills OH,
December 2	Christmas party	WE NEED SOMEONE TO ORGANIZE THIS

Next Meetings * Speaker brings plants for sale. No silent auction plant.

September 6, 2005

7:30 pm Alexa Noel - “Tolumnias”

7 pm Panel ”Bringing in your Plants”

October 7, 2005

Steve Benjamin* - (“To be announced”)

November 1, 2005

Russ Vernon* - ( To be announced”)

Steering Committee:

The next Steering Committee meeting will be held Middletown Golden Dragon at 7:pm. on Tuesday, August 23, 2005. Officers 2005 should attend: Roni Adkins, Jim France, Steve Helbling, Pat June, Jeanne Sanders, Larry Sanford, Toni Doty and Dana White.

Hospitality List – to bring snacks, ice (in cooler) and drinks for the meetings

September	Pat Brockhoff	November	Steve Helbling
	Roger Habertheir		Pat June
October	Katherine Miller
	Dionisia & Hugo Rosal

Plant Judging

AOS Judging of plants is done at the shows listed below under Nearby Shows as well as at the regularly scheduled judging sessions listed immediately below. These sessions begin at 1:00 p.m. at the Civic Garden Center. You are welcome to bring a plant to be judged or just to observe the judging. Be a little early; plant registration is from Noon to 1:00 p.m.

August 14, 2005

September 11, 2005

October 9, 2005

November 13, 2005

December 11, 2005

Results Columbus Orchid Society Show – June 4 – 5th:
Greater Cincinnati Orchid Society Dana and Ed White

6 blue + trophy exhibit

Class # award Plant Name

Exhibitor Name: Larry Sanford

***79 red Miltoniopsis Lady Snow ‘Hanashobo’ AM/AOS (= endressii X Edwin Sabourin)

***114 blue + trophy Miltoniopsis Lady Snow ‘Hanashobo’ AM/AOS (= endressii X Edwin Sabourin)

79 ----- Miltoniopsis Jolene Carlson ‘Doug Kennedy’ HCC/AOS (= Gascogne X Meadowdale)

93 white Cyrtopodium (glutiniferum X punctatum)

87 blue Odontoglossum triumphans ‘Gold Ace’ (species)

101 ---- Masdevallia veitchiana ‘Betty’ AM/AOS (species)

11 ---- Encyclia citrina (species)

77 ---- Brassia gireoudiana ‘Dr. Russ Clark’ AM/AOS (species)

50 blue Ascocenda. Fuchs’ Honeycomb (= V. Charlie Clark X Ascda. Yip Sum Wah)

88 red Odontioda Leysa ‘Mary G’ (= Nutley X Sanderae)
Exhibitor Name: Rick & Alexa Noel

32 ---- Paphiopedilum Joyce Hasegawa (= emersonii X delenatii)

113 ---- Paphiopedilum Joyce Hasegawa (= emersonii X delenatii)

***34 red Paphiopedilum Mt. Toro (= philippinense X stonie)

106 ---- Lycaste Lemon Twist (= tricolor X campbellii)

84 blue Rodrumnia Moon Cat (=Rodrumnia Just Cute X Tolumnia Natalie Warford)
Exhibitor Name: Ed & Dana White

49 red Ascocentrum curvifolium (species)

55 white Renanthera monachica (species)

44 ---- Phragmipedium Grande (= caudatum X longifolium)

56 red Vanda roeblingiana (species)

58 red Stereochilus dalatensis (species)

80 white Colmanara Wildcat ‘Red Lip’ (= Odcm. Croborough X Odtna. Rustic Bridge)

33 white Paphiopedilum Honey (= philippinense X primulinum)

13 blue Brassoepidendrum Janette Reder (= Bepi. pseudosa X B. glauca)

Exhibitor Name: Jeanne Sanders

37 white Paphiopedilum Tom Larkin (= Sierra Lace X delenatii)

77 red Brassia gireoudiana (species)

Exhibitor Name: Steve Helbling

111 ---- Trigonidium egertonianum (species)

58 ---- Paraphalaenopsis laycockii (species)

11 ---- Encyclia parvaflora (species)

11 ---- Encyclia dickinsoniana (species)

111 ---- Stenocoryne aurea (species)

79 ---- Miltoniopsis Mary Sugiyama

79 white Miltoniopsis Arnold Linsman X Hajime Ono

23 red Slc. Tiny Titan

Greater Cincinnati and Miami Valley Orchid Societies Host/Present

Orchidfest

Mid-America Orchid Congress

October 21, 22, & 23, 2005

Kings Island Resort & Conference Center

Mason, Ohio

http://www.gardenersutopia.com/MAOC2005fall/

Text Box: Peristeria alata

William Goldner, Ph.D.

Woodstream Orchids

Huntingtown, MD

www.woodstreamorchids.com

Orchids of Panama

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Erich Michel

Hoosier Orchid Co.

Indianapolis, IN

www.hoosierorchid.com

Terrestrial Orchids, Including

Jewel Orchids

Civic Garden Center

2715 Reading Road

Cincinnati, OH

First lecture 10 a.m.

Plant sales 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

http://www.gardenersutopia.com/GCOS/

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Seminar reservations ______ x $ 12.50 = ___________

Box lunches. Each lunch includes bottled water or soft drinks, chips, pickle, fruit & cookie.

#1 Bacon Turkey Bravo (sliced turkey breast, smoked bacon

smoked gouda on tomato basil bread) ______ x $ 7.45 = ___________

#2 Smoked ham & cheese on stone-milled rye. Mayo, lettuce,

red onion, tomato _______x $ 6.45 = ___________

#3 Asiago roast beef, smoked cheddar, horseradish sauce on

Asiago cheese demi roll _______ x $ 7.45 = __________

#4 Portabella mushroom & mozzarella cheese on rosemary-onion

focaccio _______ x $ 7.45 = __________

Total enclosed $ ___________

Name: ____________________________ Name: __________________________

Address: __________________________ Address: ________________________

___________________________ _________________________

Please mail checks no later than Friday, August 5, 2005 to: GCOS, 4110 Rose Hill Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45229

*President:*	*Steve* *Helbling*	*Treasurer:*	*Dana White*
*Vice-president :*	*Toni Doty*	*Program director:*	*Larry Sanford*
*Secretary:*	*Jeanne Sanders*	*Members-at-large:*	*Jim France & Roni Adkins*

Next Meetings * Speaker brings plants for sale. No silent auction plant.

Results Columbus Orchid Society Show – June 4 – 5th: Greater Cincinnati Orchid Society Dana and Ed White

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Results Columbus Orchid Society Show – June 4 – 5th:
Greater Cincinnati Orchid Society Dana and Ed White