Phalaenopsis 21(2) 2011

Journal of the International Phalaenopsis Alliance

Fourth Quarter

Sowing Seed Phalaenopsis amabilis Bob Gordon

Vol. 21(2) 2011

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C ONT E NTS Published by the International Phalaenopsis Alliance, Inc.

FOURTH QUARTER, Vol. 21(2) 2011

FEATURES Phal Ringspot 7 White Carlye Baker, David Davison 8

& Carol Scoates

Sowing Seed Is Easy Fred Bergman

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Remembering Bob Gordon -

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The White Double Angrek -

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I Dreamed I Grew ... -

Tom Harper & Carlos F. Fighetti

Peg Alrich & Wes Higgins

Kit Kitchen-Maran

DEPARTMENTS Inside the IPA - 5 President Tom Harper

Regional Reports From USA and Abroad

Walla Walla -

Northwest Region Meets

Joan Bateman & Tom Harper

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Donations -

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AOS Awards -

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Phalling for Phals -

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RHS Hybrid List -

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Calendar -

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Photos of award winners

Marilyn Shapiro & Carri Raven-Riemann

June 1 - September 31

PHOTOS: Front Cover: Phalaenopsis Jiaho’s Lovely Star ‘Peter Lin’ HCC/AOS 78pts

Exhibitor: Peter Lin Photographer: Jeanne Thompson

Contents Illustration:

Dtps. Tying Shin Pink Girl ‘Crownfox Pink Passion’ AM/AOS 81pts (Phal. amabilis x Dtps. Luchia Pink) Exhibitor: R.F. Orchids West Palm Beach judging; 2-25-11

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Officers President

Tom Harper, 9373 Clovercroft Road, Franklin, TN 37067-8131, 615-771-2755 harper_sro@bellsouth.net

1st Vice-President

Alliance

EDITOR Wesley Higgins

Carlos Fighetti, HC-03 Box 8125, Guaynabo, PR 00971, 787-708-0669 cfighetti@onelinkpr.net

2nd Vice-President

Barbara Noe, 1703 Grove Avenue, Richmond, VA 23220-4607, 804-355-2270 barbaranoeipa@gmail.com

Treasurer

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ASSISTANT EDITOR Peggy Alrich

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ADVERTISING MANAGER Dick Wells

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Olie Garrison, 1757 County Road 711, Nacogdoches, TX 75964, 936-462-8796 orchidolie@me.com

Recording Secretary

Cathy Rider, 6306 Amberly Place, Austin, TX 78759, 512-343-8166 cathyr@imp-res.com

Immediate Past President

Russ Vernon, 12661 W SR 32, Yorktown, IN 47396, 765-749-5809 Newvisionorchids@aol.com

2012 Symposium Co-chairs

Carlos Fighetti, cfighetti@onelinkpr.net Frank Smith, orchidfrank@aol.com

Membership Secretary

Lynn Fuller, 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue, #1604, Wilmington, DE 19806, 302-594-0765 mlfuller@comcast.net

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Regional Directors

Region 15 — Mid-Atlantic Region 1 — Southern California Leslie Werner Norman Fang 11039 Monte Vista Avenue, Montclair, CA 91763-6116 1604 Farmhorn Street, Crofton, MD 21114 909-627-9515 • Norman@orchids.com

Region 2 — Central Pacific Vivian Sellers

Region 16 — NJ, PA Mitch Paroly

8609 Brodie Court, Elk Grove, CA 95624 916-686-1530 • vrsellers@frontiernet.net

Region 3 — Northwest Joan Bateman

2022 Wallula Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362 509-525-9566 • joanbateman@orchidaceae.com

Region 4 — Mountain West Wes Addison

2960 N. Swan Rd., Ste. 217, Tucson, AZ 85712-6020 520-327-5025 • wesadd@cpatucson.com

Region 5 — Mid-America Joe Lankton

410-793-0756 • leswer@verizon.net

109 Pinewood Drive, Levittown, PA 19054 215-943-7516 • Hilolip@aol.com

Region 17 — NY, Eastern Canada Marilyn Shapiro

235 East 87th St., Apt. 5L, New York, NY 10128 212-831-3076 • mlshap2@juno.com

Region 18 — New England Carri Raven-Riemann

182 Guinea Road, Stamford, CT 06903 203-329-7255 • carrir@optonline.net

7153 N 50th Street, Omaha, NE 68152 402-571-8331 • JLANK46150@aol.com

Region 6 — North TX, OK, Region 7 — South TX United Kingdom & Region 8 — LA, AR Peter White Olie Garrison 1757 County Road 711, Nacodoches, TX 75964 936-462-8796 • ogarrison@sbcglobal.net

Region 9 & 10 — Midwest Bil Nelson

61 Stanwell Lea, Middleton Cheney Banbury, Oxfordshire OX17 2RF England Phone: 01295 712159 • Fax: 01295 710668 peter@orchidsbypeterwhite.co.uk

Germany Sascha Heikens

P.O. Box 341606, Milwaukee, WI 53234 414-672-6446 • qorchids@att.net

Region 11 — Eastern Great Lakes Dick Wells

1151 E. County Road, 800 S, Cloverdale, IN 46120 765-795-6016 • rwells@ccrtc.com

Region 12 — Southeast Tom Harper

International

9373 Clovercroft Road, Franklin, TN 37067 615-771-2755 • harper_sro@bellsouth.net

Auf dem Backenberg 24, 44801 Bochum, Germany Phalaenopsis@gmx.com

Caribbean Carlos Fighetti

HC-03 Box 8125, Guaynabo, PR 00971 787-708-0669 • cfighetti@onelinkpr.net

Southeast Asia Marshall Ku Region 13 — Piedmont 16, Alley 4, Lane 99, Nan Tan Road Linda Thorne Yuan Lin, Taiwan 510 • msku@seed.net.tw 3455 Brower Mill Road, Seagrove, NC 27341 Australia 336-879-6677 • orchidlinda@RTMC.net

Region 14 — Central, South FL Joan Viggiani

6800 Appaloosa Trail, SW Ranches, FL 33330 954-434-3794 • aviggent@bellsouth.net

Graham McKay

P.O. Box 874, Toowon, Queensland, Australia 4066 Phone: +61738703344 • Fax: +61738707830 ggmckay@bigpond.com

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isiting San Antonio is always a pleasure, great food and great hospitality - and this year was no exception. Hosted by the San Antonio Orchid Society, the venue was excellent and the hosts most accommodating. Our IPA Board met on Thursday, October 27, 2011 from 4–7 PM. I wanted to share these highlights with you since I feel we accomplished so much and are continuing to work to improve the IPA. 1. The Strategic Planning Committee (SPC) has completed its work with specific recommendations to the Board. All Board members will receive copies of this document, and I have asked for their comments and input. A summary of the committee’s work and the Board’s suggestions will appear in an upcoming issue of the Journal. If you wish to view the original document in its entirety, please visit the IPA website.

2. At our 2012 spring members’ meeting in Wichita, we will conduct our election of IPA officers for the following positions: President, 1st Vice President and Membership Secretary. I have appointed a Nominating Committee consisting of Frank Smith, Meir Moses, Norman Fang, Bill Nelson and Mike Mims. They are to select a chair and report back to me by January 1, 2012 with their recommendations. Note: because Lynn Fuller has served two consecutive terms, she is not eligible to serve again. The Board however, has agreed to place her name in nomination again due to her “exceptional talent or experience” as provided by the IPA By-Laws, Article III, Number 8. The Board has directed Lynn to work to improve the handling of the membership records in order to assist the new membership secretary elected at a future date.

3. An Audit Committee was also selected to examine the financial records of the IPA. While usually chosen at the spring meeting, I have waited until now in order for our Treasurer to complete the changeover of our financial records to new software. Working with our Treasurer, Olie Garrison, will be James Rider, Greg Truex and Karen Armstrong. Their report is due April 1, 2012.

4. The By Laws Revision Committee has completed a preliminary revision of the IPA By-Laws and continues to receive input from its committee members Carri Raven-Riemann, Marilyn Shapiro, and others. Committee member Sarah Waddoups’ professional legal knowledge of nonprofit organizations is proving invaluable to the committee’s work. Soon the final copy of the proposed revisions will be posted on the IPA website for everyone to view and copies will be distributed to all alliance members via an upcoming Journal mailing. Your comments and suggestions are welcomed and encouraged. Voting to accept the new document may occur at the spring members meeting in Wichita or certainly at the fall meeting in Portland, Oregon.

5. Second Vice President Barbara Noe and I have been working to realign the IPA regions in order to accommodate new regional directors. The recent success of two recent meetings plus the valuable input from several regional reps is helping to bring about these changes. The Board is supportive of these changes and realignments. The revised map of the IPA regions is to be published in a future Journal and will be available at the IPA website.

6. I have appointed Lester Poole to work with Dick Wells, our advertising manager, and Wes Higgins, our Journal editor, to implement an advertising campaign to increase IPA revenues. With Dr. Higgins adhering to a set Journal publication schedule and planned article listing per issue, we can begin to target advertising in the Journal to match those articles. While this is not a new concept, it is certainly a more workable one given the regularity of the Journal’s publication. I am sure our potential vendors will welcome this as will our members.

7. At our Board meeting, Carlos Fighetti suggested that we help our editors by establishing a Publication Committee. Its purpose would be to assist our editors identify contributors to the Journal by either directly (writing articles) or indirectly (by identifying an individual or topic for an article). I am currently seeking members to serve on this committee. Contact me (harper_sro@bellsouth.net) if you are interested in helping.

8. Most of you are aware that our next symposium is scheduled for the Orlando, Florida area on August 24-26, 2012. Our 1st VP Carlos Fighetti is working with local chair, Frank Smith, on the arrangement details of the meeting. The hotel is selected and the presenters are being reviewed. Look for Phalaenopsis - Fourth Quarter, Vol. 21(2) 2011

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his month we have interesting approaches from both coasts on excellent Phal outreach. It is our hope that you will find various aspects from each to use in your own region. For those who find it difficult to manage effective regional meetings, Carri and Marilyn show us how to combine efforts with other directors for exceptional results. Joan gives us a perfect example of an energetic ‘can-do’ approach by a relatively new regional director yielding top-notch results. And, then, there is Tom who consistently manages to conduct excellent regular meetings in his own region while at the same time traveling near and far to assist other directors by speaking at their meetings and giving other support. Marshall adds an ever present high level of Phal expertise and outreach for the IPA in Southeast Asia. Kudos to Olie for being a constant and reliable contributor to the Regional Director program.

We are grateful to each of these fine IPA leaders.

Region 6: North TX, OK — Olie Garrison

IPA Region 6 will co-host a one-day seminar with the Shreveport Judging Center on March 24, 2012. We will have ribbon judging and AOS judging, as well as two speakers. Tom Harper, president of IPA will give the first presentation; the other speaker is to be determined. Lunch will be served. More details to follow on IPA and Shreveport Judging Center websites. For more information, contact ogarrison@suddenlinkmail.com.

Region 12: Southeast — Tom Harper

IPA SE Region Winter Meeting Mark your calendar for Saturday, February 18, 2012 for the annual winter meeting of the IPA SE Region. We’ll return to Peach State Orchids in Woodstock, Georgia with the greenhouses open at 9 AM and our meeting to begin at 10 AM. The program will be David Kessler of Atlanta presenting a PowerPoint program on “The Development of Harlequin Phalaenopsis”. As a probationary judge in the Atlanta Judging Center, this was David’s choice of topics in meeting his requirements to become an accredited judge.

The program was very well received at the judging center and received excellent reviews from the judges. In addition to our speaker, we’ll have a discussion on culture in the afternoon followed by an auction of selected plants and 6

related materials to raise monies for the IPA Color Fund that supports color photos in the Journal.

IPA SE Region Summer Meeting Our summer regional meeting is scheduled for Saturday, June 2 at Lines Orchids in Signal Mountain, TN; I have scheduled Carlos Fighetti, former AOS President and currently 1st VP of the IPA, to speak. Carlos is well travelled in the world and has a number of Phalaenopsis presentations available to us. Details to follow in the next Journal issue.

Southeast Asia — Marshall Ku

The Taiwan International Orchid Show 2012 - TIOS 2012 - will be held at Taiwan Orchid Plantation - TOP - from Feb 29, 2012 to March 12. TIOS is one of the biggest orchid shows in the world. It attracts more than two hundred thousand foreign and local visitors each year to view the many new Phalaenopsis on display. It’s a great opportunity to buy orchids during the show time. Advanced arrangements are necessary for those who are interested in visiting TIOS or local orchid nurseries, book tickets, and hotel reservations. If you need any help, please contact Marshall Ku at msku@seed.net.tw

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White Phalaenopsis Ringspots

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Carlye Baker, David Davison and Carol Scoates 2

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NTRODUCTION: Since 2000, orchid growers have sent white Phalaenopsis spp. orchids with necrotic/chlorotic target spot symptoms (Fig. 1) to the Division of Plant Industry (DPI). The samples always arrived during the late fall and early winter. Although it was suspected that these plants were infected with a virus, all serological tests for known orchid viruses were negative. The cause of these particular symptoms on white Phalaenopsis orchids has remained a mystery until 2007. Samples from two different nurseries have tested positive for two tospovirus species. One sample tested positive for Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) and another tested positive for Impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV).

PATHOGEN: Tospoviruses (Adkins et al. 2005) belong to the virus family Bunyaviridae, which are primarily animal-infecting viruses. The genus Tospovirus is the only plant-infecting member of the Bunyaviridae. Fifteen to 18 different species of

ruses do not appear to spread systemically in this orchid host.

Serological tests with non-symptomatic leaves of infected plants are negative. The lesions, though spectacular on some plant leaves, appear to be local lesions and the titer of virus is low and decreases with time. This means that serological testing should be done soon after the appearance of symptoms.

Historically, the symptoms have disappeared during the summer and then reappeared in the fall to early winter when the plants were blooming.

CONTROL: The best control of a plant virus is always avoidance of infection. Obtain orchids from clean sources and grow orchids away from any host that could harbor these two viruses or their thrips vectors (Pottorff and Newman 2006). This would include plants such as chrysanthemums, which are susceptible to both TSWV and INSV, and impatiens and prayer plants which are susceptible to INSV. The control of weeds that could harbor either virus or the thrips vector is also warranted. Any plants with symptoms should be removed or at least separated from plants without symptoms.

SUMMARY: Although early serological diagnosis is possible, this appears to be one situation where a viral diagnosis can be made with symptoms. White Phalaenopsis orchids with the symptoms shown in Fig.1 apparently have been visited by thrips carrying one of two tospoviruses, TSWV or INSV. LITERATURE CITED

Fig. 1. Symptoms of Tospovirus infection in Phalaenopsis.

Photo: Jeffrey Lotz

tospoviruses have been recognized including TSWV and INSV. TSWV has a large host range (800 plant species) and is mostly, but not exclusively, a viral disease found in field crops.

INSV has a smaller host range and is mostly a virus found infecting ornamental greenhouse-grown crops. Both viruses have been reported in orchids since the early 1990s (Hu et al.

1993, Koike and Mayhew 2001).

VECTOR: Tospoviruses are transmitted from plant to plant by several species of thrips. The most common species that vectors these viruses is the western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis).

DETECTION AND DIAGNOSIS: The diagnosis of these viruses in Phalaenopsis orchids has proven difficult. These viPhalaenopsis - Fourth Quarter, Vol. 21(2) 2011

Adkins, S, T. Zitter, and T. Momol. 2005. Tospovirus (Family Bunyaviridae, Genus Tospovirus), Fact Sheet PP-212. Plant Pathology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Services, Institute of Food and Agriculture Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/PP134 Hu, J.S., S. Ferrerira, M. Wang and M.Q. Xu. 1992. Detection of Cymbidium Mosaic Virus, Odontoglossum Ringspot Virus, Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus, and Potyviruses Infecting Orchids in Hawaii.

Plant Disease 77: 464-468 Koike, S.T. and D.E. Mayhew. 2001. Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus found in Oncidium. Orchids. The Magazine of the American Orchid Society 70: 746-747 Pottorff, L.P. and Newman, S.E. 2006. Greenhouse Plant Viruses (TSWV/INSV). http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/Garden/02947.html 1Plant Pathology Circular No. 406

2Carlye Baker (bakerca@doacs.state.fl.us), David Davison (davisond@

doacs.state.fl.us) and Carol Scoate: Plant Pathology Section, Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services — Division of Plant Industry, P.O. Box 147100, Gainesville, Florida 32608.

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Sowing Seed Is Easy

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ongratulations! You have seed from your own cross; now you must decide about getting it sowed.

You can have someone do it for you or you can sow it yourself. There really is no reason you cannot sow your own seed. Most seed sowing problems are the result of incorrect information. I first attempted sowing orchid seed in 1949, an effort that continued without success for four years. The only sowing directions I could find at that time were in the book American Orchid Culture by Edward A. White. He covered seed sowing and included the formula for Knudson’s Solution B within only three pages.

At first, my repeated sowings failed to produce a clean culture. To help identify the source of contamination, I designed and constructed a seed-sowing system. It was built around a double-ended autoclave and a glove box— laminar air flow hoods had not yet been developed. Later, my contamination source was found to be seed purchased from a Florida grower. The seed was so contaminated that a clean culture was impossible. The problem was indicated by clues uncovered during the successful sowing of my own crosses.

To locate some common seed sowing errors, take a close at my sowing procedure. Try to understand what I do and the reason I do it. How do I sow and is it a better way? What I do is not the only way, but simply my way. In this example, I am sowing six different crosses. I still use the original glove box, a system that is available and convenient. I use a prepared (only add water) media. I have tried many and settled on Vacin & Went or Hill’s. Flasks containing media fitted with loose rubber stoppers and a cotton plug are placed in the autoclave. Also placed in the autoclave is a wire basket containing accessory equipment including six funnels pre-fitted with filter paper and covered with foil.

The autoclave is operated at 18-19 psi for 30 minutes and allowed to cool overnight. The autoclave with a door on each end permits loading outside and unloading inside after sterilization. Everything is sterile at the time it enters the glove box. Seed is disinfected outside the box using 2ml bottles that are loaded, capped, and shaken occasionally for 20 minutes. The bottles are immersed in a 10% bleach solution. I also rinse my rubber gloves and wet the sleeves used to protect my arms from a UV light. The autoclave is opened using the inside door and the glove box floor cov8

ered with a sterile towel. The bottles containing the seed are transferred to the box using a glove port. Inside the box, a funnel with filter paper is placed in an empty flask and a seed bottle emptied in the funnel. A flask is moved into the glove box and the rubber stopper is removed and placed back into the autoclave. After draining, the seed retained on the filter paper is washed with a stream of water and the funnel moved to a media-containing flask. A hole is punched in the bottom of the filter paper and the seed washed into the flask using a small volume of water. The stopper is replaced and the flask returned to the autoclave.

This procedure is repeated until all the crosses have been sown. Total time in the glove box sowing six crosses is seven to eight minutes.

Sowing dry seed (not green-capsule) allows you to accumulate multiple crosses and sow them at one time. The glove box, UV lamp, and autoclave are turned on and the lamp remains on until seed sowing is complete. I sow with my arms inserted in the box through 5-inch open holes that are not equipped with baffles. The openings are closed between sowings with cotton stoppers.

Now, let’s talk about sowing your seed. This starts after a capsule matures. For mature pod sowing, it is essential that you collect the capsule as it turns yellow or just as it splits.

Air dry the seed immediately by placing it on filter paper in an airtight container. Store the dried seed over a drying agent (silica gel or anhydrous calcium sulfate) in a jar in a refrigerator until you are ready to ship or sow.

If you want to sow a green pod, consult one of the books on the subject. I won’t discuss green pod because I don’t consider myself knowledgeable. I have occasionally sown a green pod but not on a regular basis, primarily because of two major drawbacks. Drawback one is that after the seed germinate you must reflask, a process I carefully avoid.

Drawback two, if you sow green pod and have contamination, you lose the cross—there is no second chance.

If you plan to sow seed more than a few times consider constructing a glove box. It need not be elaborate. There are simple alternatives that can be used if you plan only one or two sowings. For example, I have successfully sown seed at the local orchid society working under a sheet of heavy plastic. I have also sown seed under a towel that had been soaked in 10% solution of bleach.

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extended periods of time without loss. However, beware of directions that recommend 10g /140ml because this concentration is incorrect.

Calcium hypochlorite is readily available as a swimming pool disinfectant. Read the label (purity varies) and calculate the amount required to prepare a 0.5% solution calculated as (AC) available chlorine, the optimum strength. After preparation, store the extra solution in a glass bottle in a refrigerator for later use.

A small amount of liquid detergent, a fraction of a drop, added to the solution just prior to use improves disinfection. If you still have some contamination, try pulling a vacuum on the seed-calcium hypochlorite mixture. My sowing system, in combination with vacuum treatment, results in an overall contamination rate of The Pressure Cooker 1 to 2%.

Do you need to remove the hypochlorite before sowing?

If you start reading about seed sowing, you will almost I don’t know because I always remove it. I know of two immediately run into poor advice. One example is the methods that can be used for removal—the one I use and suggestion that you can use a microwave to disinfect your one that uses a large syringe. To use a syringe, first place media. The maximum temperature obtainable in a microwave is the boiling point of water. This is a temperature that pasteurizes but does not sterilize. If you don’t have access to an autoclave, a pressure cooker may be used to sterilize your media and tools. Here’s another one—after sterilization, remove the flasks and place on a clean surface to cool.

This procedure allows the outside of the flasks to become contaminated.

Leave the flasks in the closed pressure cooker until you are ready to sow. It is quite common to see the advice to use a 10% bleach to disinfect your seed. Studies run in the 1960s found that contact time was critical with liquid bleach with 1015 minutes being sufficient. Those studies further demonstrated that seed could be left in contact with calcium hypochlorite solutions for The Glove Box Phalaenopsis - Fourth Quarter, Vol. 21(2) 2011

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the seed and calcium hypochlorite solution in the syringe barrel. A needle with a small cotton plug inside the ferrule is then attached to the syringe and the syringe shaken.

Block the needle and pull back on the plunger to draw a vacuum on the mixture. Release the plunger and shake the syringe occasionally for the next 20 to 30 minutes. Eject the disinfecting solution and draw and eject sterile water two times. Finally, remove the needle and cotton plug and inject the seed directly into the flask.

After sowing, keep your flasks under cool white lights at 85-90°F for a year. The seedlings will then be large enough to remove from the flask. My seedlings are planted in 4-inch deep trays filled with a fine bark mix. The key to success after removal from the flask is growing seedlings warm and humid. My flats are suspended over a water bath that provides near 100% humidity and 90°F for the first year. Vigorous crosses bloom in as little as three years after deflasking. Less time would be required in a warmer greenhouse but mine is set for 68°F for six hours and 62°F the remainder of the day to minimize fuel costs.

After your cross blooms, you may want to register it. Registering a cross is easy. Forms are available for downloading from the American Orchid Society website or from the Royal Horticultural Society. The most practical way to pay the registration fee is by credit card—the RHS accepts several cards. To register, both parents must either be registered or a species. Check to make sure the name you selected has not been used and the cross has not been registered. You can check using the current volume of Sander’s List of Registered Hybrids, one of the available computer programs, or check the RHS site here: apps.rhs.org.uk/horticulturaldatabase/orchidregister/orchidregister.asp. Click on the “Parentage search” tab and fill in the seed and pollen parent information. If all is clear, complete the form (available at rhs.org.uk/Plants/Plant-science/Plant-registrationforms/orchidform) and mail it to the International Orchid Registrar. The full address for submission is on the back of the registration page.

For additional seed sowing information I recommend three books. Orchid from Seed by P. A. Thompson is a good basic book. Or, if possible, obtain a copy of the PhytoTechnology Laboratories Catalogue that contains an excellent set of directions in the appendix. You will also receive a listing of most items needed for sowing seed. The third book is Asymbiotic Technique of Orchid Seed Germination

by Aaron J. Hicks. Aaron covers almost everything that has ever been written on seed sowing.

Remembering

Fred Bergman 1928–2011

Fred Bergman, 82, died August 28, 2011 in Kansas City. By profession, Fred was a chemist at the Midwest Research Institute, but his great passion in life was orchids. For nearly 60 years, Fred was an avid orchid grower and hybridizer, registering 257 crosses, primarily Phalaenopsis. In his later years, he was increasingly active in hybridizing working on reds, miniature harlequins, and what he called “true miniatures,” plants with small blooms and branched spikes. He registered 60 Phal crosses in 2009. Fred’s great sense of humor is reflected in his hybrid names: Fred’s Folly, Fred’s Charmer, Fred’s Adventure, and Fred’s Hohum being only a few of his witty registrations.

Fred was an early member of the Orchid Society of Greater Kansas City (OSGKC) which was formed in 1949. When the AOS hosted its first World Orchid Conference in St. Louis in 1954, Fred and his wife, Pat Bergman, then a young honeymoon couple, were one of 600 registrants.

An Honored Lifetime Member of OSGKC, Fred received the Orchidist of the Year Award several times. He was wellknown for his scientific approach to growing orchids, and shared his knowledge with society members as chair of the monthly beginners’ group meetings.

Fred wrote many articles for publication, including the AOS Orchids magazine, the International Phalaenopsis Alliance’s magazine Phalaenopsis, Orchid Digest and Phalaenopsis Fancier. His article, “Sowing Orchid Seeds, An Easy Approach to New Rewards,” (Orchids magazine, July 2006) has inspired many orchid growers to try hybridizing for the first time.

Fred is survived by his wife of 56 years, Pat, three children, Laura Bergman, Cindy Phipps and John Bergman, three grandchildren and his sister, Gayle Bergman.

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hat happens when you put 25+ orchid lovers in the modern hybrids. Tom’s program was well illustrated with lots same room? How about lots of fun, laughter and of educational and useful information. Everyone enjoyed it and was quite complimentary of it. education?! And it was a day full of all of these.

For our lunch, the pizzas arrived on schedule and everyone The IPA Northwest Region 3 meeting was held on Saturday, October 15th at Orchidaceae in Walla Walla, Washington. Par- enjoyed their favorite. Afterward we had a lively auction. Our ticipants came from all parts of our large geographical region in- auction table featured an excellent variety of plant material docluding Seattle, Portland, Tri-Cities, Spokane, Lewiston and On- nated by a number of our attendees. The items that fetched the tario. Our activities started on Friday night with a spaghetti feed most money were a copy of Orchid Wiz donated by Alex Maxiand bonfire at the greenhouse for folks arriving early. We had miano, Managing Director of OrchidWiz, LLC and a leatherbound and signed copy of Phalaenopa fine time preparing the greenhouses, sis: A Monograph donated by the IPA. getting the meeting area in order and Andy Wright, our auctioneer, proved setting up the large tables to accommothat he could definitely raise monies date our visitors for dinner. Mark Srull, for the IPA. Our auction raised $1390 owner of Orchidaceae, is famous for and paid for all the meeting expenses his made-from-scratch homemade spawith some money left over for next ghetti sauce featuring lots of tomatoes, year’s meeting. Wow! What a genergarlic, Italian sausage and all the trimous bunch of orchidists. mings of salad, crusty garlic bread, desAfter the auction we held a panel dissert and wine. His recipe did not disapcussion on Phalaenopsis culture with point and was greeted by rave reviews.

Tom Harper, David Edgley and Mark Many of us made more than one trip Srull. With growing experience in to the spaghetti pot. It was sooo good! such diverse parts of the country from What a feast! After dark, we gathered Tennessee to both sides of Washingaround the bonfire on the cool evening Tom Harper, Mark Srull and David Edgley listening to culture ton State there were growing tips and exchanging orchid stories well into the questions. night. What a great setting among orchid friends to conclude tricks for everyone. We asked people to bring problem orchids and questions to stump the panel. One question was asked about the day.

On Saturday morning, we began with a short history of the the benefits of fir bark versus sphagnum moss. Fir bark has been IPA, how it was formed and its growth in the 20+ years of its ex- used for years with excellent results, but newer methods of proistence. Afterward, our featured speaker, Tom Harper, provided cessing it are not the same as the older ones specifically in two us with an excellent and interesting program on Phalaenopsis ways: the bark is not as clean containing bits of wood and trash species and breeding. Tom is a retired educator and owns and in the bag, and drying of the bark is not as efficient resulting operates Stones River Orchids in Franklin, TN. He is also the in a higher moisture content reducing its life span in the pot. current president of the IPA. Tom’s program was entitled “The Another consideration in potting media is its pH (i.e. acidity/ 12 Most Important Species in Phalaenopsis Breeding”. Each alkalinity). Orchids prefer to grow in an acidic media much as species was presented alphabetically and included some terrific they do in their native environments amongst the ferns, mosses pictures, showing some of the Phalaenopsis species growing in and leaf debris on the tree limbs and trunks. Knowing the pH their native habitat in the wild. Each species was listed with its of your water is essential to successfully growing orchids. This plant and flower characteristics including color, patterns, size is also true regarding your fertilizer. Select the right one based and number of flowers on the inflorescence. The species breed- on your water’s pH and the nutrients you want to provide your ing features were also presented and included both good and plant. Follow the directions in applying the fertilizer, because undesirable contributions to breeding. Pictures of both primary too much can injure the roots and stunt your plant’s growth.

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ment. First and foremost, moss retains moisture longer so watering is less frequent. Let the moss dry between waterings. Taking time to examine your plant as to its water needs is more important than watering it every week. Less fertilizer is needed because the plant is able to absorb the nutrients more readily in its compacted moss. The plant can also receive additional light because it has more readily available moisture and nutrients. Learning to grow in moss can be a challenge and frankly, is not for everyone. If you like to water and do so often, then sphagnum moss may not be the best choice. Professional orchid growers use it because it gives quick uniform growth and strong resilient plants. They carefully manage their watering and fertilizing schedules.

Insect control (pest management) was also discussed. Inexpensive and effective materials include rubbing alcohol and horticultural oil for scale, mealy bugs, mites and other insects for the windowsill grow-

er. Applications of these must be done often since they are not residual. For greenhouse growers the use of the product of Merit was discussed. Several of the Bayer products contain this systemic pesticide, and they have proven effective in insect control.

The importance of light was discussed at length. Mark Srull talked about how over the years he has increased the amount of light by removing layers of shade cloth and adding grow lights along with lowering the daytime temperatures in the greenhouse. The results have been an increase in spike initiation including double spikes and more buds formed per spike. Warmer temperatures will increase the spike height, but reduce the bud count especially with temperatures above 80°F. After sitting for most of the day, everyone was ready for a greenhouse walkabout to check out the plants blooming and those for sale. We all look forward to our next IPA meeting next year. Stay tuned for that announcement.

Andy Wright, auctioneer in action.

Joan at registration.

View of Orchidaceae’s greenhouse.

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Tom Harper giving a species presentation.

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Phalaenopsis: A Monograph

By Eric Christenson Phalaenopsis has in recent years, with millions of plants being produced for the mass market annually. Moth orchids have helped eliminate the misconception of orchids as temperamental conservatory plants only for the very rich.

In the words of author Eric Christenson, we are witnessing “the makings of an orchid revolution.”

Against this backdrop of change, Christenson set out to write a definitive monograph of the genus Phalaenopsis, the first thorough treatment since Herman Sweet’s revision in 1969. Focusing mainly on the forebears of today’s omnipresent hybrids — the species — he always keeped an eye on the characteristics that species might bring to today’s hybridization programs. With extensive keys and detailed reviews of the taxonomy of the genus, Christenson provides a thorough picture of the current scientific understanding of these remarkable plants.

In addition to its scientific content, this book offers a wealth of practical information for the orchid hobbyist. A useful chapter on cultivation techniques is included, as is a chapter on hybrids in their many forms, shapes, and colors. More than 200 color photos and 60 drawings enliven the work and provide a fascinating visual overview.

With the full sponsorship and support of the International Phalaenopsis Alliance, Christenson has written an extraordinary book reflecting years of botanical research and horticultural experience with the genus. No orchid specialist will want to be without it.

Eric A. Christenson was a research taxonomist with strong interests in the Aeridinae (Sarcanthinae), neotropical floristics, and the conservation of horticultural plants. He did field work in Peru, Guyana and French Guiana and authored the orchid treatment for the Vascular Flora of Central French Guiana. A prolific author of more than 300 publications, Dr. Christenson attempted to bridge the gap between taxonomy and horticulture, and was a strong advocate for orchid conservation, particularly ex situ propagation. He died in 2011.

Phalaenopsis: A Monograph

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Remembrances of

Bob Gordon

I received the call in the fall of 1988. It was a bit of a surprise because of who the caller was and the nature of his call.

Bob Gordon was on the phone, and he was inviting me to join him and two of his friends on a week-long orchid tour (Phalaenopsis) of the orchid nurseries on the West Coast between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Those friends were Carlos Fighetti and the late Arnie Linsman. I had met both while attending orchid shows in the Northeast and even staying with Arnie during presentations to the Manhattan OS and the Staten Island OS. Carlos had hosted me another time, so I knew them as Phalaenopsis growers and fanciers. We all had so much in common regarding Phalaenopsis, that it was easy for me to say “yes” to Bob’s question in an instant.

We coordinated our arrivals in San Francisco the following March close to each other’s. Bob greeted each of us as we arrived in the baggage claim area. When we gathered our luggage to head to his minivan, we were greeted to treats provided

by Bob. As a retired USAF Lieutenant Colonel, he had visited the PX prior to meeting us to obtain what looked to be five gallons of shelled pistachios plus a bottle of Wild Turkey for great social snacking after our visits and dinners together!

I never envisioned what would happen next.

Immediately we renewed our friendships and began the week-long trek. Bob’s talkative nature and warm personality helped to bring us all together for a wonderful and memorable week. I still recall our visits to all of the nurseries along the way. At the time, there were numerous orchids nurseries each requiring a stop of several hours to visit and see all of their plants. While Phalies were our primary interest, Catts, Miltonias and Paphs also made our list. How funny it was during each of our visits to see Carlos and I briefly give our hello to the owner/manager then dash down separate isles to see who would discover the best prize of the day. Meanwhile, Bob would still be talking to the owner/manager when Carlos and I had completed our searches. Bob told us later that his intent was to capture material for a new book that he was researching – one that featured the growers and breeders behind the development of Phalaenopsis. Sadly, that project was never completed, and I am unsure of its fate today.

After the passing of his wife, Nancy, I lost contact with Bob as his direction in life changed. His move from Rialto to the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the Bear Lake area seemed to cut most of his ties with the orchid world. I saw him again a few years later at one of the AOS Trustees meetings on the West Coast. He still held his enthusiasm for Phalaenopsis, and I enjoyed those brief encounters together.

We were able to recruit Bob to present a program on basic Phalaenopsis culture for our West Coast spring meeting (Region 1, Southern California), in 2010 at Norman’s Orchids. I saw the old enthusiasm return as he presented his program, and his charisma was evident. The audience was drawn in and captured by his charm. What a treat to see him in his element!

The IPA owes a great deby gratitude to the visions of Bob Gordon. His four books on the genus plus his speaking engagements coast to coast and worldwide helped to build a strong following of Phalie lovers around the world. Our trip down the West Coast provided the ideas to begin the formation of an organization that would become the International Phalaenopsis Alliance. His support, after our founding, helped to build the foundations of the IPA. Bob served as our first Regional Director, helping to provide direction to the entire organization.

Thank you, Bob, for all that you envisioned and what you did for the IPA. I think you would be proud of our first 20 years as an organization. We’ll all certainly miss you!

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Remembering

Bob Gordon

I met Robert J. (Bob) Gordon just about the time when he had published his first book, Culture of the Phalaenopsis Orchid, in 1985. He created his own publishing company: Laid-Back Publications...and that said it all about this man. He was always calm and composed and spoke with a strong voice but with a slow delivery that everyone could understand. I invited him to speak to our orchid society in New York in January 1986, where he gave a talk or perhaps I could say a sermon on growing Phalaenopsis: the room was so quiet that you could “hear a pin drop” as it is said. People were mesmerized by this man and the way that he delivered his talk. At the end of the evening, we were all “converted” to his Phalaenopsis culture the way that he explained it. From that day on, we became good friends until he retired and moved to the California Hills around the turn of the millennium. I saw him one last time two years ago during an IPA Regional meeting at Norman’s Orchids in Ontario California. He was giving a talk on Phalaenopsis culture the Bob Gordon way. He had not missed a beat.

His culture book was such a success that he printed it several times, and as Bob was zigzagging around the country, people were buying his book by the tens or hundreds. Bob was a retired Air Force instructor, and as such, he learned to write and speak in a language that everyone could understand. With him, there were no complicated words or long convoluted phrases. During those years, he was the hottest thing in the orchid talk circuit. He went on to write three other books: Beginners Guide to Growing Phalaenopsis in 1986 , Phalaenopsis Culture: A Worldwide Survey in 1988, and Orchid Seedling Care in 1991.

In the winter of 1988, the late Arnie Linsman, the first editor of the Phalaenopsis Newsletter, and I made a trip to California to visit orchid nurseries and we teamed up with Bob Gordon. There we learned that Bob, the great writer, was not the best of orchid grower, as in this trip we had the opportunity to visit his house and greenhouses in Rialto, California.

He lived in at the foothills of the California Sierra Nevada in the desert where temperatures were very high and humidity during the day was as best 20%. With these conditions, you had to follow a very precise routine just to keep the orchids alive, and thus that was the reason for his first book: a very exact plan to grow his orchids, and he did that by interviewing all of the good Phal growers that he could reach. The compilation of all of the comments and advice given by others on how to grow Phalaenopsis was the basis for his book. His book was very well received and his Phals somehow managed to survive. He loved the reds and the blue Phals.

The 1988 California tour was such a success that plans were made to make this journey a year later, adding Tom Harper to the group. It was during this trip in January 1989 that the idea of forming the IPA was born. I remember that the trip ended in Anaheim, California in the home of another well known Phalaenopsis grower, John Miller. There, John explained to us that there had been two other Phalaenopsis groups formed earlier in the 1950s and 1960s but both had failed after a couple of years and he was reluctant to give us his blessing because of this. But we were determined to do it. In the spring of 1990, we all met during a Speakers Day hosted by the Delaware Orchid Council and at the end of the meeting the IPA was formed.

At this meeting in 1990, Bob Gordon proposed the concept of having Regional Directors (instead of trustees) and he volunteered to be the person in charge to provide the IPA with a map of the US describing the 12 regions. Since he was in the midst of his speaking tour, he had met Phalaenopsis fanciers all over the country. So, he drew the map and he contacted and proposed the first regional directors for the organization. This concept worked well for the IPA then and is still being used today.

In retrospect, I think Bob Gordon was the force behind the formation of the IPA, but his laid-back nature and his ailing wife prevented him from being very active in it. However, he found three people that he thought that could do it: Tom Harper, Arnie Linsman and me. With his help and enthusiasm, the IPA became a reality, and for that we thank you, Bob. Carlos F. Fighetti Phalaenopsis - Fourth Quarter, Vol. 21(2) 2011

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AOS Awards Gallery On these pages, Phalaenopsis features photos of the American Orchid Society awards to Phalaenopsis, Doritaenopsis, Paraphalaenopsis and their hybrids.

This gallery does not include every award - photos of some awards are not available for various reasons.

Stephanie Nicnaber

Brian Kelly

Dtps. Anna-Larati Soekardi Dtps. Brother Bloody Mary ‘Bob’s Choice’ ‘Xavier Hamilton’ HCC/AOS (77pts.) May-31-08 AM (80pts.) May-24-08 Exhibitor: Ann B. Roth

Exhibitor: Phillip Hamilton

Jim Butler

Raymond Lee

Dtps. Clownalley Madame Dtps. Clownalley Rose ‘Clown Alley’ ‘antkaren’ HCC/AOS (78pts.) Mar-14-08 AM/AOS (80pts.) Mar-29-08 Exhibitor: Clown Alley Orchids

Exhibitor: Karen Armstrong

Arthur Pinkers

Alyn Nishioka

Dtps. Happy Cat ‘Hello Kitty’ Dtps. Hsinying Heart ‘#1’ HCC/AOS (77pts.) Jun-14-08 AM/AOS (81pts.) Mar-20-08 Exhibitor: Norman’s Orchids

Raymond Lee

Exhibitor: Lea Takafuji

Stephanie Nicnaber

Exhibitor: Clown Alley Orchids

Bryan J. Ramsay

Dtps. Dung Nguyen ‘Harford II’ HCC/AOS (75pts.) Jun-7-08 Exhibitor: The Little Greenhouse

Raymond Lee

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Exhibitor: Norman’s Orchids

Jay Norris

Exhibitor: Lea Takafuji

Stephanie Nicnaber

Dtps. Fusheng’s Diamonds Dtps. Fusheng’s Mystical ‘Wilson’s Choice’ Dream ‘Come True’ HCC/AOS (75pts.) Mar-8-08 HCC/AOS (79pts.) May-31-08 Exhibitor: Wilson Ng

Exhibitor: Eddie & Alice Barrios

Raymond Lee

Exhibitor: Patsy Boersma

Matthew Nutt

Alyn Nishioka

Dtps. Ching Hua Fair ‘Red Flash’ AM/AOS (82pts.) Mar-20-08

Jim Butler

Dtps. Hsinying Mount Dtps. Imp ‘Boersma’ Dtps. Little Gem Stripes ‘Boersma’ HCC/AOS (76pts.) Jul-26-08 ‘M-SWR’ HCC/AOS (76pts.) Mar-29-08 Exhibitor: Patsy Boersma AM/AOS (80pts.) Mar-14-08

Charlie Rowden

Dtps. Long Pride Tiger Dtps. Pixie Star ‘Martha Ann’ Dtps. Soka Doll ‘Petticoat’ ‘MP 0329’ HCC/AOS (76pts.) Nov-1-08 JC/AOS (0pts) Apr-28-08 HCC/AOS (77pts.) Apr-26-08 Exhibitor: Nathan Bell Exhibitor: Norman Fang Exhibitor: Linda Roberts

Arthur Pinkers

Dtps. Brother Formosa Love Dtps. Chian Xen Mammon ‘Clown Alley’ ‘Norman’s Wow’ HCC/AOS (76pts.) May-31-08 AM/AOS (83pts.) Jun-14-08

Exhibitor: Clown Alley Orchids

Michael MacConaill

Michael MacConaill

Dtps. Taisuco Bloody Mary Dtps. Taisuco Micky ‘Denise et Jeanine’ ‘Bredren’s Grapette’ HCC/AOS (79pts.) Mar-29-08 AM/AOS (82pts.) May-24-08 Exhibitor: Le Paradis des Orchidées Exhibitor: Phillip Hamilton

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Kurt Keller

Mike Pearson

Dtps. Taisuco Micky ‘Jolah’s Dtps. The Pride of Ben Yu Grape Splash’ ‘No. 1’’ HCC/AOS (76pts.) May-17-08 AM/AOS (80pts.) Feb-23-08 Exhibitor: Jolah Orchids

Exhibitor: David A. Edgley

Greg Allikas

Karl Siegler

Phal. Ba-Shi Canary ‘Sarah Phal. Bedford Grumpy Dameron’ Melinda ‘M & B’ HCC/AOS (78pts.) Mar-19-10 HCC (78pts.) Mar-15-08 Exhibitor: Thomas G. Coffey

Craig Plahn

Phal. Brother Green Jade ‘Iowa’ CCM/AOS (83pts.) Apr-5-08 Exhibitor: Robert Bannister

Craig Plahn

Phal. Chingruey’s Sun Goddess ‘Cat’s Paw’ HCC/AOS (79pts.) Jun-7-08 Exhibitor: Craig and Diana Plahn

Bryan Ramsay

Exhibitor: Bryon Rinke

Craig Plahn

Phal. Brother Green Jade ‘Iowa’ HCC/AOS (78pts.) Apr-5-08 Exhibitor: Robert Bannister

Mike Pearson

Charlie Rowden

Exhibitor: Norman Fang

Exhibitor: Norman Fang

Greg Allikas

Unknown

Exhibitor: Tom Coffey

James McCulloch

Greg Allikas

Phal. Bedford Sally Gelb Phal. Brecko Dawnet ‘Lillian Phal. Brother Glory ‘Long ‘Grant’s Ginsbergling’ Rose’ Fong’ HCC/AOS (79pts.) Oct-11-08 HCC/AOS (79pts.) Feb-20-10 AM/AOS (80pts.) Apr-18-09 Exhibitor: Jannes Szyren

Exhibitor: Hilltop Orchids

Brian Kelly

Exhibitor: Whimsy Orchids, Inc

Bill Littell

Charles Rowden

Phal. Brother New Canary Phal. Brother Peterstar Phal. Brother Precious ‘Deleon’ ‘Isabella’ Stones ‘Neo’ CCE/AOS (91pts.) May-24-08 AM/AOS (80pts.) May-30-08 HCC/AOS (78pts.) May-4-09 Exhibitor: DeLeon’s Bromeliads

James McCulloch

Phal. Connie Moody ‘Aldarra’ Phal. Desert Dreams ‘Bloody HCC/AOS (78pts.) Sept-18-10 Mary’ Exhibitor: Scott Ware AM/AOS (83pts.) Dec-13-09 Exhibitor: New Vision Orchids

Patrick Wu

Charlie Rowden

Dtps. Tying Shin Champion Dtps. Tying Shin Glider Phal. amboinensis ‘Perrin ‘FANGtastic’ ‘FANGtastic’ Henderson’ HCC/AOS (76pts.) Apr-28-08 HCC/AOS (77pts.) Apr-28-08 AM/AOS (80pts.) Jan-29-09

Exhibitor: Gail & Terry Mathews

Brian Kelly

Exhibitor: Eric Goo

Craig Plahn

Phal. Eugene Sitton ‘Brother Phal. Fantasy Musick Paul’ ‘Linda’s Diamond’ AM/AOS (80pts.) Apr-23-08 AM/AOS (81pts.) Mar-8-08 Exhibitor: Donna Sitton

Raymond Lee

Jeanne Thompson

Exhibitor: Carlos Fighetti

Greg Allikas

Phal. fimbriata ‘Hummingbird’ Phal. Formosa Dream ‘Clown Phal. Haur Jin Princess Phal. Jiaho’s Lovely Star Phal. Krull’s Butterfly’ KrullCCM/AOS (86pts.) Jun-7-08 Alley Orchids’ ‘Jayne Garrison’ ‘Peter Lin’ Smith’ Exhibitor: R.J. Griesbach HCC/AOS (75pts.) Feb-6-09 HCC/AOS (76pts.) Apr-26-08 HCC/AOS (78pts.) Apr-11-09 AM/AOS (80pts.) Feb-9-08 Exhibitor: Clown Alley Orchids

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Exhibitor: Olie Garrison

Exhibitor: Peter Lin

Exhibitor: Krull Smith Orchids

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The White Double Angrek Wesley Higgins & Peg Alrich

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halaenopsis amabilis was first discovered on a small island off the east coast of New Guinea by botanist Georgius Everhardus Rumphius in 1653; he named it Angraecum ablum majus Rumphius which was published in Herbal Ambonese, 6: 99, t43 (1750). The species was know by several different names; Angrec Puti besaar in Malay, Angrec colan in Balinese, and Vliegende Duive in Dutch.

This species is one of Indonesia’s national flowers (along with Jasminum sambac and Rafflesia arnoldii).

Georgius Rumphius (1627–1702), lived and worked on the island of Ambon in the Moluccas (The Spice Islands) now part of Indonesia.

Rumphius had a very afflicted life. He lost his sight in 1672 to glaucoma (age 42). Four years later he lost his first wife and their youngest daughter to an earthquake. In 1687, his collections of books and all the color illustrations for his life’s work, a herbal about the plants of Ambon and the Indies, were lost in a fire. Rumphius was obliged to have everything redrawn by local scribes and a variety of artists. His greatest work was the Herbal (Het Amboinsche Kruydboek), consisting of 1,661 folio pages and 695 plates. The Dutch East India Company would not allow the Herbal to be published, concluding that it divulged too much confidential information that would be detrimental to its monopoly in the trade of cloves and nutmeg. When Rumphius died in 1702 nearly forty years would pass before the first volume of Ambonese Herbal was printed.

Since the starting point for modern botanical nomenclature is Linnaeus’ Species Plantarum (1753), the Rumphius name has no standing.

The Linnaean name for the species is Epidendrum amabile L., Sp. Pl.: 953 (1753). The species would remained in obscurity until 1825 when Karl Ludwig Blume republished the species and gave it the name by which it is presently known: Phalaenopsis amabilis (L.) Blume, Bijdragen tot

1): Phalaenopsis amabilis, Hort Belge, 5: 112 (1838).

2): Phalaenopsis amabilis, Fl Serres, 1: (1845).

3): Phalaenopsis grandiflora, Orchid Album, 6: 277 (1887).

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de Flora van Nederlandsch Indie, 294 (1825).

There are currently three subspecies recognized

by World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2011): Phalaenopsis amabilis subsp. amabilis.

Phalaenopsis amabilis subsp. moluccana (Schltr.)

Christenson, Phalaenopsis: 189 (2001).

Phalaenopsis amabilis subsp. rosenstromii (F.M.Bailey) Christenson, Phalaenopsis: 190 (2001).

The colored plate illustrated on page 18 was published by Blume in Rumphia - sive commentationes botanicae imprimis de plantis Indiae orientalis, volume 4: (1848). The other species included in this illustration are Fieldia lissochiloides (Vandopsis lissochiloides), Luisia teretifolia (Luisia tristis) and Podochilus scalpelliformis.

SYNONYMS:

Angraecum album majus Rumphius, Herb. Amb., 6: 99, t43 (1750).

Epidendrum amabile Linnaeus, Sp. Pl., 2: 953 (1753).

Epidendrum amabile Swartz, Nov. Act. Ups., 6: 67 (1799).

Epidendrum amabile Schrader’s Journ. Bot., 2: 210 (1799).

Epidendrum amabile Willdenow, Sp. Pl., 4: 115 (1805).

Epidendrum amabile Persoon, Synopsis Plantarum, 2: 518 (1807).

Cymbidium amabile Roxburgh, Hort. Bengal., 63 (1814).

Cymbidium amabile Roxburgh, Hort. Bengal., 63; Fl. Ind., 3: 457 (1814).

Phalaenopsis rosenstromii F.M.Bailey, Queensl. Agric.

Journ., 17: 231 (1906).

Phalaenopsis gloriosa Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., 1: 554 (1888).

Phalaenopsis aphrodite var. gloriosa (Rchb.f.) Veitch, Man. Orch. Pl., pt. 7: 25 (1891).

Phalaenopsis grandiflora Lindl., Gard. Chron., 39 (1848).

Phalaenopsis grandiflora var. gracillima Burb., The Garden, 22: 118 (1882).

Phalaenopsis amabilis var. rimestadiana L. Linden, Lindenia, 16: 35, t736 (1901).

Phalaenopsis amabilis var. fournieri Cogn., Chron.

Orchid., 166 (1898).

Phalaenopsis amabilis var. ramosa van Deventer, Orchideeen, 1: 94, figs. 1 & 2 (1935).

Phalaenopsis amabilis var. grandiflora Bateman, Second Cent. Orchid. Pl., plate 114 (1867).

Phalaenopsis rimestadiana (Linden) Rolfe, Orch.

Rev., 13: 260 (1905).

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4): Phalaenopsis amabilis, Bot. Mag., 73: 4297(1847).

5): Phalaenopsis amabilis, Bot. Reg., 24: 34 (1838).

6): Phalaenopsis grandiflora, Bot. Mag., 86: 5184 (1860).

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Phalaenopsis pleihary Burgeff, Cat. Bot. Garden, Wuerzburg (1968).

Phalaenopsis amabilis var. aphrodite subvar. gloriosa Ames, Orchidaceae (Ames), 2: 226 (1908).

Phalaenopsis celebica Vloten, Orchidee (Bandoeng,) 1: 125 (1932).

Phalaenopsis amabilis var. fuscata Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin), 20: 214 (1862).

Phalaenopsis amabilis var. rosenstromii (F.M.Bailey) Nicholls, Australian Orchid Review, 14: 104 (1949).

Phalaenopsis amabilis f. fuscata (Rchb.f.) O. Gruss & M.Wolff, Orchid., Atlas: 319 (2007).

Phalaenopsis amabilis var. moluccana Schltr., Repert.

Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., 10: 193 (1911).

Phalaenopsis amabilis var. papuana Schltr., Orch.

Deut.-Neu-Guinea, 968 (1913).

Phalaenopsis amabilis var. cinerascens J.J.Sm., Bull.

Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, II, 25: 88 (1917).

Phalaenopsis Ă— Elisabethae (= amabilis Ă— rimestadiana) Vacherot (1927).

Synadena amabilis Raf., Fl. Tellur., 4: 9 (1838).

DESCRIPTION: Phalaenopsis amabilis is found growing in hot to warm rainforests at elevations up to 600 meters on trunks and branches overhanging rivers, swamps and streams of Southeast Asia: Australia (Queensland), Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines. The robust medium-sized pendent growing epiphyte has its stem completely subtended by overlapping leaf bases,

seldom with more than five clear green leathery leaves that are obovate-oblong, elliptic, ovalelliptic, or oblong-oblanceolate with a tip that is obtuse or obliquely emarginated and length 20 in. (50 cm), width 4 in. (10 cm). The slender racemose or paniculate inflorescence, up to 3 ft. (90 cm) long, has small dry, triangular bracts. The fragrant, showy, long-lasting white flowers are variable size, occurring in spring through summer. The sepals are spread out. The dorsal sepal is elliptic-oblong, elliptic-ovate, or elliptic, sometimes short-clawed. The lateral sepals are oblonglanceolate, oval, or sometimes oblique with the tip acute, seldom sub-acuminate or oval-lanceolate. The broad, very blunt petals are sub-rhomboidal and narrowed at the base. The deeply trilobed lip is much shorter than the petals and fleshier than other floral segments. The side lobes are erect, obovate-oblanceolate, rounded above, laterally emarginate below apex. The midlobe has a wedge-shaped, cruciform base with two long filiform appendages (sinuous filaments). The basal callus is dotted red or yellow, fleshy, conduplicate, almost square with smooth edges, separated in two lobes by a deep throat. The short subclaviform column is white. The pedicellate ovary can be up to 5 cm long. Phalaenopsis amabilis is usually pollinated by large carpenter bees from the genus Xylocopa.

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Primary hybrids with Phalaenopsis amabilis Hybrid Name

Pod Parent

Pollen Parent

Registered by

Year

Amabell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bellina . . . . . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Orchids Ltd. (R-J. Quené) . . . . . . . . . . 2007 Ambriata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . fimbriata . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fredk. L. Thornton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981 Artemis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . equestris . . . . . . . . . . . . . Veitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1892 Bataan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . aphrodite . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rapella Orchid Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1943 Belle de Cernier . . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . corningiana . . . . . . . . . . . Luc Vincent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997 Bogoriensis . . . . . . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . gigantea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Buitenzorg Bot. Gard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1856 Celebes Beauty . . . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . celebensis . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hou Tse Liu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 Chickadee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lindenii . . . . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Griesbach . . . . . 1982 Chitari Dream . . . . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . sanderiana . . . . . . . . . . . . T. Ban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 Confirmation . . . . . . . . . . . . rimestadiana . . . . . . . schilleriana . . . . . . . . . . . Bultel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1925 Deventeriana . . . . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . amboinensis . . . . . . . . . . Van Deventer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1927 Elisabethae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . rimestadiana . . . . . . . . . Vacherot & Lecoufle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1927 x flava . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . javanica . . . . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ayub S Parnata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982 Florabilis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . floresensis . . . . . . . . . . . . E. Burkhardt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999 Formosa Dream . . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . lobbii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hou Tse Liu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992 Formosa Star . . . . . . . . . . . . micholitzii . . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morris Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991 Fuscatilis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . fuscata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. S.L. Minne (J & L Orchids) . . . . . . 1968 Gilles Gratiot . . . . . . . . . . . . aphrodite . . . . . . . . . . rimestadiana . . . . . . . . . Gratiot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1920 Harriettiae . . . . . . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . violacea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Veitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1887 Hiroshima Amaraspis . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . speciosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Masao Kobayashi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994 John Seden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . lueddemanniana . . . . . Veitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1888 Kung’s Amar Philip . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . philippinensis . . . . . . . . . Kung’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997 Leda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . stuartiana . . . . . . . . . . . . Veitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1888 Little Spot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . inscriptiosinensis . . . . . . Luc Vincent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 Little Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cornu-cervi . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Royal Bot. Gard. Peradeniya . . . . . . . 1962 Maria-Theresia Berod . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . wilsonii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Luc Vincent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994 Paskal Terang . . . . . . . . . . . pantherina . . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ayub S Parnata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984 Putrianda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . modesta . . . . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atmo Kolopaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989 Rimesand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rimestadiana . . . . . . . sanderiana . . . . . . . . . . . Guillaumin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1923 x rothschildiana . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . schilleriana . . . . . . . . . . . Natural Hybrid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1887 San Shia Ama . . . . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . maculata . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hou Tse Liu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 Pulamab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pulchra . . . . . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Luc Vincent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 Sakura Shower . . . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . fasciata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mukaishima Orchid Center . . . . . . . . 2006 Sumabilis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . sumatrana . . . . . . . . . . . . F.C. Atherton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1938 Tariflor Singerflora . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . pallens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 Thor-Flame . . . . . . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . mannii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thornton’s (Mrs. Lester McCoy) . . . . 1963 Venolis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . venosa . . . . . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zuma Canyon Orchids Inc. . . . . . . . . 1991 Versailles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rimestadiana . . . . . . . sanderiana . . . . . . . . . . . Vacherot & Lecoufle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1923 Viviane Dream . . . . . . . . . . amabilis . . . . . . . . . . . cochlearis . . . . . . . . . . . . Luc Vincent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999 Source: http://www.phals.net/amabilis

CULTURE: Phalaenopsis amabilis is easy to grow and very adaptable. In its native habitat, it thrives in temperatures from 65°F at night to 85°F during the day. Low night temperatures are more important in the fall and winter months to induce flowering which takes place during the spring and early summer. The plants can tolerate higher light levels than other Phalaenopsis species. The plant is receiving the proper light levels if the leaves have a slight reddish cast.

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REFERENCES: Christenson, E.A. 2001. Phalaenopsis: A Monograph. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon.

Beekman, E. M. (translator) 2003 Rumphius’ Orchids: Orchid Texts from “The Ambonese Herbal” 224 pages, Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut Blume C. L. von, 1848, Rumphia, volume 4, plate 194.

Rumphius G., 1741-55 Herbarium amboinense, Amsterdam: Uytwerf.

World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, (2011). The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.kew. org/wcsp/ accessed 8/11/2011.

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Phalling for Phals in the Northeast

Marilyn Shapiro and Carri Raven-Riemann

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his September 10th and 11th, 2011 marked an auspicious start to what is now known as the First Annual IPA Northeast Region Back-to-Back Focus on Phals Speakers’ Day. Due to major changes occurring at the nurseries where we traditionally held our meetings, it became necessary to think “outside of the box” for the 2011 events. If we could not go to the greenhouses, then we needed to attract the growers and experts to our new meeting venues in addition to all those growers in the region who are interested in Phalaenopsis.

In the last issue (Third Quarter, Vol. 21(1) 2011) of Phalaenopsis, we shared our new meeting approach with both our fellow IPA Regional Directors and our entire membership.

To achieve this goal, we needed two very energetic and involved orchid societies in our regions that hold their meetings on weekends. The two selected societies, New Hampshire (NHOS – New Hampshire Orchid society) and Northeastern New York (NENYOS – Northeastern New York Orchid Society), both do so on the second Saturday of each month. With one society changing its regular day to Sunday, we had the ideal

In front of Harmony Hall Community Center in Ballston Spa, NY, site of September 11th Focus on Phals Meeting NY, Marilyn Shapiro, IPA Region 17 Director chats with Glen Decker, Ballston Event Facilitator and Patti Lee, Speaker.

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situation. In cooperating on these meeting days and venues, we could provide each society with a mini speakers’ day (8:30am3pm) at no extra cost to the society, with our regions selecting the speakers and covering the speakers’ expenses. Both society members and non-members, in addition to IPA members, could attend after registering and paying a minimal fee to just cover the cost of a continental breakfast and light lunch.

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We were fortunate to have two very special venues for the meetings: on September 10th, 2011, the Bedford Town Hall in Bedford, NH (built in the 1800s and located near Manchester, NH) provided a wonderful venue. The agenda included breakfast and lunch, our speaker’s program, a mini-auction (fundraising for future programs), a show table complete with American Orchid Society judging and a roundtable discussion. Our fantastic vendors were OrchidPhile (Carri RavenRiemann), Norman’s Orchids (Norman Fang) and Kelley’s Korner Orchid Supplies (Darryl Yarden & Carl Doremus).

On September 11th, 2011, the Harmony Hall Community Center in Ballston Spa (built as a single-room schoolhouse around 1755) served as our location for a similar event in the Albany area. In lieu of AOS judging, everyone was invited to an open house at Piping Rock Orchids. Special thanks to Glen Decker, owner of Piping Rock, who worked closely with the NENYOS, arranged for this unique event location and made all the breakfast and lunch arrangements. Glen’s goal was to get more people interested in growing orchids.

The Program Since one of our co-hosting orchid societies goes on hiatus for the summer, we began the planning process seven months in advance and were most gratified by their encouragement and support. To NHOS President, Steve Tacopina, NHOS Treasurer, Chuck Crisler, NHOS Hospitality Chair, Laurie Savoy, NENYOS President, Stan Lee, and NENYOS Treasurer, Janet Vinland, we are most grateful for all their efforts in supporting this endeavor and working with us to see it to fruition. In addition to those mentioned, each society had many volunteers, too numerous to mention, who helped with set-up and clean-up and whatever else needed to be done.

We are most appreciative of Adrienne Giovino, for her gracious assistance and her diligence in obtaining the names of all the various newsletter editors in our two regions and providing them with our publicity for both their newsletters and websites. In addition, the IPA website and Journal carried the information to the membership as did Marilyn Shapiro’s email campaign to our individual members in the Northeast.

Norman Fang, our keynote speaker, spoke on “The Changing Face of Moss Culture: Tips for Success.” This provided an opportunity for the attendees to learn about this newer method of growing Phals; in addition, Norman waived his Fourth Quarter, Vol. 21(2) 2011 - Phalaenopsis

travel expenses to benefit our regions.

Because Carlos Fighetti had to bow out due to hurricane predictions, Patti Lee graciously replaced him with her brilliant presentation on the newest directions in under-lights equipment. Carri Raven-Riemann completed the speaker line-up with an update on the newest breeding trends as seen during her recent visit to Taiwan.

At the New Hampshire meeting, 97 registrants attended. IPA enrolled two new members and the NHOS enrolled one new member at the door. The New York meeting, on Sunday, drew 54 registrants with one new IPA member en- Norman Fang, keynote speaker. rolling at this event. At both meetings, the IPA was warmly received and had

AOS Judging at Bedford Town Hall.

Photo: Adrienne Giovino

Lee, auctioneer at the NENYOS event.

So, too, our thanks to the following for their generous plant/supply donations benefitting our auctions: Norman Fang (Norman’s Orchids), Carri Raven–Riemann (The OrchidPhile), Glen Decker (Piping Rock Orchids), Chuck Crisler, Dick Green, Bob Richter and Darryl Yarden and Carl Doremus (Kelley’s Korner Orchid Supplies ).

We are truly grateful to all the members of the New Hampshire Orchid Society and Northeastern New York Orchid Society who so generously provided their invaluable assistance in making sure these meetings ran smoothly and for the help they extended to us, in addition to their arranging for the food and setting up the meeting areas. We could not have done this without their amazing participation and enthusiasm.

These events have proven that this was a win-win for everyone: the Regional Directors can reach out to orchid societies in their respective areas for assistance and, in turn, IPA provides them with the opportunity to hear speakers whom they might not be able to financially bring in. The best measure of this program’s success is the fact that both societies have extended a most enthusiastic invitation to do this again in 2012—and the attendees from both events are already telling us they’re really looking forward to next year.

Photo: Adrienne Giovino

Carri Raven-Riemann presenting an update on the newest breeding trends in Taiwan.

Photo: Adrienne Giovino

most of the attendees begging us to do it again ‘next year.’

The mini-auctions at both meetings helped raise funds for future meeting speaker expenses. Special ‘Thanks yous’ for their talents benefitting our “Focus on Phals” events go to Chuck Wingate, auctioneer for the NHOS event and to Patti Phalaenopsis - Fourth Quarter, Vol. 21(2) 2011

Speaker Patti Lee with NHOS Treasurer Chuck Crisler and NHOS President Steve Tacaopina.

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NEW ORCHID HYBRIDS

Phalaenopsis Group REGISTRATIONS 1st June – September 2011

Supplied by the Royal Horticultural Society as International Cultivar Registration Authority for Orchid Hybrids NAME

PARENTAGE

Arden’s Joy Jean Aung San Suu Kyi Barb’s Beauty Bramble Ripple Catherine Clifford Chiada Angela Chiada Becky Chiada Fire Spot Chiada Ingrid Chiada Jennie Chiada Karen Chiada Maxine Chiada Opera Chiada Red Rose Chiada Spot Queen Chiada Sweet Spot Chian Xen Rose Chian Xen Venus Chien Da Dakin Chien Da Model Ching Ann Berry Ching Ann Fellowship Ching Ann Genki Eternity Red Flannel Ever Spring Diamond Fangmei Green Light Flames of Fire Fuller’s Kaala Fureshing Acclaim Fureshing Angel’s Kiss Fureshing Baby Fureshing Beacon Fureshing Black Grape Fureshing Butterfly Fureshing Coot Fureshing Copper Fureshing Curio Fureshing Dawn Fureshing Eve Fureshing Fencer Fureshing Firebird Fureshing Flame Fureshing Golden Rose Fureshing Island Fureshing Magic Fureshing Magpie

Phal. Brother Love Hero x Dtps. Fire Dancer R.V. Kiley Phal. Naseweis x Dtps. Gerd Röllke Röllke Orchzt. (G. Röllke) Dtps. Minho Princess x Dtps. Newberry Parfait R.V. Kiley Dtps. King Shiang’s Rose x Dtps. Ever Spring Prince P. Lindsay (O/U) Dtps. Memoria Diane Jope x Phal. Jean White Garard Dtps. Join Angel x Phal. Sogo Musadian Nat. Chiayi University Dtps. I-Hsin Sesame x Dtps. Chian Xen Pearl Nat. Chiayi University Dtps. Chiada Elsa x Dtps. Chian Xen Pearl Nat. Chiayi University Phal. Sogo Festival x Dtps. Chiada Heidi Nat. Chiayi University Phal. Chiada Peggy x Dtps. I-Hsin Honey Girl Nat. Chiayi University Dtps. Chiada Arthur x Dtps. Chian Xen Pearl Nat. Chiayi University Dtps. Chiada Jennie x Phal. Sogo Pinkama Nat. Chiayi University Dtps. Taisuco Wonder x Dtps. Ruey-Lih Red Rose Nat. Chiayi University Dtps. Chiada Shawn x Dtps. Jiuhbao Red Rose Nat. Chiayi University Dtps. Pingtung Fire Rose x Dtps. Chian Xen Pearl Nat. Chiayi University Phal. Ever Spring Gentle x Dtps. Ruey-Lih Red Rose Nat. Chiayi University Phal. New Cinderella x Dtps. Luchia Roseherz Fu-Liang Huang Dtps. Chian Xen Queen x Dtps. E-Hsin Angel Fu-Liang Huang Dtps. Ruey-Lih Red Rose x Phal. Brother Girl Chien Da G.F. Dtps. Ruey-Lih Red Rose x Dtps. Chien Da Queen Chien Da G.F. Dtps. Sogo Berry x Dtps. Fuller’s Panda Ching Ann Dtps. Ching Ann Gem x Phal. Sogo Genki Ching Ann Phal. Sogo Genki x Dtps. Ching Ann Bengie Ching Ann Dtps. Ho’s Sweet Valentine x Dtps. Minho Venus Eternity Fl. Co. Dtps. Ever Spring Prince x Dtps. Sun Jye Diamond Shiina Yoran-en Dtps. Sogo Shito x Phal. Pinlong Cheris Pi-I Chou Dtps. Pyh Yueh Guang Ziwei x Dtps. Ben Yu King Chao Chan Fang Dtps. Bread Rose x Dtps. OX Black Jack Fuller’s Orch.

Dtps. Chian Xen Magpie x Dtps. Yu Pin Fireworks Ching Ann (Hsu Hsin-Man) Dtps. Fureshing Sweet Angel x Dtps. Shiuh-Dong Sweet Heart Ching Ann (Hsu Hsin-Man) Phal. Tying Shin Baby Smile x Dtps. Fusheng Wedding Feast Ching Ann (Hsu Hsin-Man) Dtps. Mark Davis x Dtps. Yu Pin Fireworks Ching Ann (Hsu Hsin-Man) Dtps. Jiuhbao Sweetie x Dtps. Fusheng Purple Velvet-Mount Ching Ann (Hsu Hsin-Man) Dtps. Fureshing Speckle x Dtps. Yu Pin Fireworks Ching Ann (Hsu Hsin-Man) Dtps. Chian Xen Magpie x Dtps. Fusheng Purple Velvet-Mount Ching Ann (Hsu Hsin-Man) Dtps. Sin-Yaun Golden Beauty x Dtps.Fusheng Velvet Lavender Ching Ann (Hsu Hsin-Man) Dtps. Lioulin Amber x Dtps. Fusheng Purple Velvet-Mount Ching Ann (Hsu Hsin-Man) Dtps. Sin-Yaun Golden Beauty x Dtps. Fusheng Purple Velvet-Mount Ching Ann (Hsu Hsin-Man) Dtps. Yu Pin Fireworks x Dtps. Fureshing Sweet Angel Ching Ann (Hsu Hsin-Man) Dtps. Sogo Berry x Dtps. Fusheng Purple Velvet-Mount Ching Ann (Hsu Hsin-Man) Dtps. OX Firebird x Dtps. Fusheng Purple Velvet-Mount Ching Ann (Hsu Hsin-Man) Phal. I-Hsin Bonjour x Dtps. Fusheng Purple Velvet-Mount Ching Ann (Hsu Hsin-Man) Phal. Tying Shin Golden Rose x Dtps. Sin-Yaun Golden Beauty Ching Ann (Hsu Hsin-Man) Phal. Yu Pin Easter Island x Dtps. Fureshing Sweet Angel Ching Ann (Hsu Hsin-Man) Dtps. Lioulin Golden Apple x Dtps. Fusheng Purple Velvet-Mount Ching Ann (Hsu Hsin-Man) Dtps. Chian Xen Magpie x Phal. Yu Pin Easter Island Ching Ann (Hsu Hsin-Man)

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DORITAENOPSIS

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(O/U = Originator unknown)

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Fureshing Mark Fureshing Red Apple Fureshing Velvet Diamond Fureshing Velvet Rose Hsinying Melody Hwa Yuan Cloris Hwa Yuan Firebird Hwa Yuan Rose Hwa Yuan Star Indiana’s Pink Ribbon Jean Trubey Jincheng Black Diamond Jincheng Black Dragon Jincheng Maple Leaf Jincheng Moonlight Treasure Box Jincheng Pearl White Jincheng Sunkist Jiuhbao Ballet Jiuhbao Candy Jiuhbao Eden Jiuhbao Honey Jiuhbao Mount Scenery Jiuhbao Pearl Necklace Jiuhbao Pink Baby Jiuhbao Rose Red Jiuhbao Spring Sunshine Jiuhbao Star Jiuhbao Vivien Joe’s Jackpot Jumbo Join K S City-Fairy K S Delight Gift K S Golden Embers K S Happy Valentine K S Little City K S Little Prince K S Little Sunny K S Pink Pellet K S Schill Mary K S Sweetie Gold K S Sweetie Spots K S Venus Pixie K S Vio Barbie Kaoda Davis Pearl Kaoda Twinkle King Car Happy Rose King Car Pink Rose King Shiang’s Joy Kingcar White Pearl Lucas Lindsay Fowler Lyndon Crystal Stream Lyndon Formosa Moonbeam Lyndon Golden Phoenix Lyndon Red Lantern

Dtps. Mark Davis x Phal. Yu Pin Easter Island Dtps. Fureshing Sweet Angel x Dtps. Fusheng Purple Velvet-Mount Dtps. Ching Ann Diamond x Dtps. Fusheng Velvet Lavender Phal. Tying Shin Golden Rose x Dtps. Fusheng Purple Velvet-Mount Dtps. Sinica Melody x Dtps. Hsinying Kingbeauty Dtps. I-Hsin Cloris x Dtps. Ben Yu Star Dtps. Taisuco Firebird x Dtps. Sogo Ballet Dtps. Hwa Yuan Firebird x Dtps. Ben Yu Star Dtps. Ben Yu Star x Dtps. I-Hsin Wine Dtps. Hsinying Melody x Dtps. Brother Pink Mask Phal. Fortune Buddha x Dtps. Inferno Dtps. LeBio Venise x Dtps. Jincheng Sun Dtps. LeBio Venise x Dtps. Chian-Huey Red Rose Phal. Jincheng Fans x Dtps. Chian-Huey Red Rose Dtps. Jiuhbao Red Rose x Dtps. Sunrise Star Dtps. Jiuhbao Red Rose x Dtps. Aen Abe Phal. Fortune Saltzman x Dtps. Taisuco Firebird Dtps. Jiuhbao Pink Lady x Phal. Sogo Yukidian Dtps. Happy News x Dtps. Little Gem Stripes Dtps. Gu Keng Beauty x Dtps. Acker’s Sweetie Dtps. Jiuhbao Victoria x Dtps. Tinny Honey Dtps. Chian Xen Sweet Valentine x Dtps. Ney Shan Gu Niang Dtps. Jiuhbao Freckled Beauty x Dtps. Yu Pin Beauty Dtps. Jiuhbao Pink Lady x Phal. Jiuhbao Polar Bear Dtps. Jiuhbao Victoria x Dtps. Jiuhbao Sweetie Dtps. Chian Xen Queen x Dtps. Acker’s Sweetie Dtps. Jiuhbao Coral x Dtps. Chian Xen Mammon Dtps. Sogo Vivien x Dtps. Chiada Kitty Phal. Wound-up Bird x Dtps. Ever-spring Pearl Dtps. Join Angel x Phal. equestris Phal. Ever Spring Fairy x Dtps. Taisuco Newcity Phal. K S Delight Sunset x Dtps. Lioulin Gift Phal. Brother Golden Embers x Dtps. Sogo Pride Dtps. K S Happy Venus x Dtps. LeBio Valentine Dtps. Chingruey’s Baby x Dtps. Little City Phal. Sogo Mystery x Dtps. Sogo Pride Phal. Sogo Lit-Sunny x Dtps. K S Little City Dtps. Tzu Chiang Prince x Phal. Venus Dtps. Kung’s Dark Mary x Phal. schilleriana Dtps. Sogo Sweet x Dtps. Sogo Golden Dtps. I-Hsin Sun Beauty x Dtps. Acker’s Sweetie Phal. Venus x Dtps. K S Yenlin Pixie Phal. Jungo Viotris x Dtps. Lioulin Barbie Dtps. Fusheng Pink Pearl x Dtps. Sogo Davis Phal. schilleriana x Dtps. Malvarosa Valentine Pearl Dtps. Han-Ben Rose x Dtps. Happy Valentine Dtps. King Car Happy Rose x Phal. Brother Little Yellowboy Dtps. King Shiang’s Beauty x Phal. Collin’s Joy Phal. Yu Pin Pearl x Dtps. Taisuco Wonder Dtps. King Shiang’s Beauty x Phal. Wedding Promenade Dtps. Kuo’s Golden King x Phal. Timothy Christopher Dtps. Formosa Rose x Dtps. Sogo Moonhalo Dtps. Sogo Golden x Dtps. Tying Shin Phoenix Dtps. Hsia’s Cherry x Phal. Grosbeak

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Ching Ann (Hsu Hsin-Man) Ching Ann (Hsu Hsin-Man) Ching Ann (Hsu Hsin-Man) Ching Ann (Hsu Hsin-Man) R. Vernon (O/U) Hwa Yuan Hwa Yuan Hwa Yuan Hwa Yuan R. Vernon S. Arthur (O/U) Jin Cheng Orch.

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Jiuh Bao Biotech.

Jiuh Bao Biotech.

Jiuh Bao Biotech.

Jiuh Bao Biotech.

R.V. Kiley Jumbo Orchids Kung Sir Orch.

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Phal. Sogo Rose x Dtps. Tzu Chiang Princess Dtps. Sogo Sweet x Phal. Joy Spring Canary Dtps. Sogo Manager x Phal. Haur Jin Diamond Phal. [Dtps.] Meidarland Goldsmith x Dtps. Acker’s Sweetie Dtps. Sunrise Beautiful Girl x Dtps. Acker’s Sweetie Dtps. Sin-Yaun Golden Beauty x Dtps. Acker’s Sweetie Phal. Liu’s Rainbow x Dtps. Fuller’s Pink Swallow Phal. Dou-dii Pride x Dtps. Acker’s Sweetie Dtps. Meidarland Beach Star x Dtps. Sunrise Beautiful Girl Dtps. Fuller’s Greenapple x Phal. Mei Dar Green Dtps. Purple Martin x Dtps. Fuller’s Pink Swallow Dtps. Mei Dar Rose x Dtps. Sunrise Beautiful Girl Phal. Sogo Grape x Dtps. Ching Ann Diamond Dtps. Mei Dar Romance x Dtps. Sin-Yaun Golden Beauty Dtps. Lioulin Queen x Phal. [Dtps.] Meidarland Goldsmith Dtps. Tying Shin Phoenix x Dtps. Mei Dar Romance Phal. Nobby’s Amy x Dtps. Mei Dar Romance Dtps. King Shiang’s Joy x Dtps. Hsinying Melody Dtps. Miva Sioule x Dtps. Miva Tosca Phal. Arromanches x Dtps. Miva Pop Dtps. Eda Shvetz x Phal. Taisuco Kochdian Dtps. [Drlla.] Tiny x Dtps. Musick Surprise Phal. Coral Lake x Dtps. OX Spot Queen Dtps. OX Little King x Dtps. OX Firebird Dtps. Sogo Vivien x Dtps. OX Golden Star Dtps. Surf Song x Dtps. OX Golden Star Dtps. OX Red Shoe x Dtps. OX Rose Dtps. OX King x Dtps. OX Black Jack Dtps. Pyh Yueh Guang Amy x Dtps. I-Hsin Cinderella Dtps. Pyh Yueh Guang Ziwei x Phal. Abendrot Dtps. Pyh Yueh Guang Amy x Dtps. Pyh Yueh Guang Ziwei Dtps. Happy Valentine x Phal. Fantastic Stripe Phal. Chingruey’s Gold x Dtps. Tiannong Special Phal. Liu’s Bright Ruby x Dtps. Beauty Sheena Dtps. Beauty Sheena x Dtps. Beauty Century Dtps. Ever Spring Diamond x Dtps. Sheena’s Century Dtps. Anna-Larati Soekardi x Phal. violacea Dtps. Jiaho Kitty Face x Phal. Timothy Christopher Dtps. Wen Ming Fire Fox x Phal. Haur Jin Diamond Phal. Timothy Christopher x Dtps. Sunrise Star Dtps. Han-Ben’s Girl x Dtps. Fusheng’s Bridal Dress Phal. Sweet Memory x Dtps. Ruey Lih Beauty Dtps. Sogo Vivien x Phal. modesta Dtps. Join Angel x Phal. violacea Phal. Yungho Gelb Canary x Dtps. Sogo Golden Dtps. Sunrise Star x Phal. Yungho Gelb Canary Phal. Sweet Memory x Dtps. Han-Ben’s Girl Phal. [Dtps.] Mei Dar Golden x Dtps. Sunrise Star Dtps. Little Gem Stripes x Phal. Yungho Gelb Canary Dtps. Han-Ben’s Girl x Phal. modesta Dtps. Han-Ben’s Girl x Phal. Yungho Gelb Canary Dtps. Han-Ben’s Girl x Dtps. I-Hsin New Girl Phal. Yungho Gelb Canary x Dtps. Kun-Cheng Dtps. Sogo Melinda x Dtps. Han-Ben’s Girl

Lyndon Lin Lyndon Lin Mai Orchids Mei Dar Mei Dar Mei Dar Mei Dar Mei Dar Mei Dar Mei Dar Mei Dar Mei Dar Mei Dar Mei Dar Mei Dar Mei Dar Mei Dar R. Vernon Michel Vacherot Michel Vacherot R.F. Orchids D. McDaniel OX Orchids OX Orchids OX Orchids OX Orchids OX Orchids OX Orchids Chao Chan Fang Chao Chan Fang Chao Chan Fang Aloha Orchids Hsien Ta Chen Shiina Yoran-en Shiina Yoran-en Shiina Yoran-en W-R. Su Young-Tsu Lin Guo Jiang-Jyun Taoyuan DARES Taoyuan DARES Taoyuan DARES Taoyuan DARES Taoyuan DARES Taoyuan DARES Taoyuan DARES Taoyuan DARES Taoyuan DARES Taoyuan DARES Taoyuan DARES Taoyuan DARES Taoyuan DARES Taoyuan DARES Taoyuan DARES

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Tydares Stripes Candy Tydares Sweet Perfume Tydares White Memory Tying Shin Astro Boy Tying Shin Black Angel Tying Shin Golden Angel Tying Shin Golden Staff Tying Shin Golden Star Tying Shin Happy Juliet Tying Shin Little Pearl Tying Shin New View Tying Shin Pokemon Tying Shin Red Emperor Tying Shin Smile Angel Tying Shin Sophia Tying Shin Swallow Tying Shin Tiffany Tying Shin Unicorn Tying Shin Wish Tying Shin World Class Tying Shin Zinger Yaphon Dill Yayu Beauty Yen Shuai Firework Yen Shuai Golden Diamond Younghome Little Vermilion Younghome Purple Gold Yushan Beauty Yushan Champion Yushan Evergreen Yushan Grace Yushan Lit UFO Yushan Mongo Yushan Princess Yushan Snow Pearl Zhu Nong Fuller Zhu Nong Hongmei

x PARAPHALRAECUM

Memoria Barbara Oviatt

PHALAENOPSIS

Akiko Alexandra Prinzessin zur-Lippe Arne Schunter Beverly Matherne Carolyn June Schoffstall Chang Yuan Golden Peoker Chiada Benson Chiada Jennifer Chiada Kate Chiada Natasha Chiada Peggy Chiada Sunny

Phal. Nobby’s Little Candy x Dtps. Tzu Chiang Orange Phal. Sweet Memory x Dtps. Sogo Smith.

Phal. Sweet Memory x Dtps. Taisuco Wonder Dtps. Formosa Cranberry x Phal. Timothy Christopher Dtps. Yu Pin Lady x Dtps. Tying Shin Angel Dtps. Sin-Yaun Golden Beauty x Dtps. Tying Shin Champion Phal. Chih Shang’s Stripes x Dtps. Yu Pin Fireworks Phal. Tying Shin Festival x Dtps. Tying Shin Champion Dtps. Tying Shin Canary x Phal. Tying Shin Christmas Gift Dtps. Fuller’s Lily x Dtps. Sogo Vivien Dtps.Chian Xen Pearl x Dtps. Yu Pin Fireworks Dtps. Sin-Yaun Golden Beauty x Phal. Tying Shin Christmas Gift Dtps. Champion Lightning x Dtps. Yu Pin Fireworks Dtps. OX Firebird x Dtps. Yu Pin Fireworks Dtps. Sogo Davis x Phal. Tying Shin Cupid Dtps. Little Gem Stripes x Dtps. Yu Pin Fireworks Dtps. Sogo Moonhalo x Dtps. Tinny Honey Dtps. Leopard Prince x Dtps. Yu Pin Fireworks Phal. Tying Shin Festival x Dtps. Sogo Pride Dtps. Sogo Vivien x Dtps. Yu Pin Fireworks Dtps. Tying Shin Fantastic World x Dtps. Yu Pin Fireworks Phal. Yaphon Lobspis x Dor. pulcherrima Dtps. Yushan Beauty x Phal. Luchia Lip Dtps. Fusheng Pink Pearl x Dtps. Sunrise Star Phal. Chingruey’s Gold x Dtps. Sunrise Star Dtps. Younghome Sunkist x Phal. Brother Oconee Dtps. Fusheng’s Golden Age x Dtps. Jiuhbao Queen Diamond Dtps. King Shiang’s Coral x Dtps. Happy Smile Phal. Liu’s Twilight Rainbow x Dtps. Tying Shin Champion Dtps. Sogo Vivien x Phal. Chang Maw Evergreen Dtps. OX Prince x Phal. Taida Ivory Dtps. Sogo Berry x Dtps. Happy Ufo Dtps. Leopard Prince x Phal. Yu Pin Easter Island Dtps. Formosa Sunrise x Dtps. OX Prince Phal. Sogo Ibon x Dtps. Yushan Little Pearl Dtps. Sweet Strawberry x Dtps. Fuller’s Magician Dtps. Walnut Valley Halo x Dtps. Fuller’s Valentine

Taoyuan DARES Taoyuan DARES Taoyuan DARES Tying Shin Orch.

Tying Shin Orch.

Tying Shin Orch.

Tying Shin Orch.

Tying Shin Orch.

Tying Shin Orch.

Tying Shin Orch.

Tying Shin Orch.

Tying Shin Orch.

Tying Shin Orch.

Tying Shin Orch.

Tying Shin Orch.

Tying Shin Orch.

Tying Shin Orch.

Tying Shin Orch.

Tying Shin Orch.

Tying Shin Orch.

Tying Shin Orch.

Yaphon Orch.

Wu Fu Shun (Wu Chen Yu) Yen Shuai Orch.

Yen Shuai Orch.

Young Home Orch.

Young Home Orch.

Wu Fu Shun Wu Fu Shun Wu Fu Shun Wu Fu Shun Wu Fu Shun Wu Fu Shun Wu Fu Shun Wu Fu Shun Zhu Hai Agr. Res. Zhu Hai Agr. Res.

Angcm. magdalenae x Pps. [Phal.] Kolopaking

B. Oviatt (R. Ciesinski)

Phal. Nani Mau Stripe x Phal. equestris Phal. Kathrin Röllke x Phal. Rosel Lorenzer Phal. violacea x Phal. kunstleri Phal. Taisuco Crane x Phal. Memoria Donald Plank Phal. Krull’s Heat x Phal. De Etta’s Wild Fling Phal. Haur Jin Princess x Phal. Dou-dii Pride Phal. Chiada Spark x Phal. Chiayi Yellow Green Phal. Liu’s Bright Ruby x Phal. Chiada Timothy Phal. Chiada Willy x Phal. violacea Phal. Chiada Pioneer x Phal. Dragon Tree Eagle Phal. Sogo Lit-Angel x Phal. Rothschildiana Phal. Chiada Willy x Phal. Dragon Tree Eagle

S. & S. Okamoto (R.T. Fukumura) Röllke Orchzt.

S. Schunter A. Matherne J. Naugle Orchis Flor.

Nat. Chiayi University Nat. Chiayi University Nat. Chiayi University Nat. Chiayi University Nat. Chiayi Univ. (O/U) Nat. Chiayi University

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Chian-Tzy Warm Beauty Phal. Pink Girl x Phal. Timothy Christopher Debbie’s Red Spots Phal. Dou-dii Golden Princess x Phal. Yu Pin Pearl Eternity Green Phal. Unimax Moonlight x Phal. Emeraude FANGtastic Dottie Kone Phal. Ever-spring King x Phal. Norman’s Stripes Geneviève Lecoufle Phal. cornu-cervi x Phal. celebensis Gentleman Jack Phal. gigantea x Phal. tetraspis Giant Lin Crystal Phal. Sogo Manta x Phal. Sogo Ibis High Society Phal. modesta x Phal. javanica Jelly Belly Phal. Lydia Tobia x Phal. corningiana Jo-Anne Pilon Phal. Brother Matou Tris x Phal. Brother Lawrence Judy Fister Phal. Brother Purple x Phal. H.P. Norton June Simpson Phal. Lippegruss x Phal. John Naugle K S Balas Pixie Phal. Paiho Balas x Phal. Zuma’s Pixie K S Bright Jade Phal. In Charm Jade x Phal. Liu’s Bright Ruby K S Gelb Knight Phal. Auspice Knight x Phal. Kung’s Gelb Star K S Gelb Lina Phal. bellina x Phal. Yungho Gelblitz K S Gelb Viol Phal. Yungho Gelblitz x Phal. Kung’s Viol K S Little Amber Phal. Friend Amar Gem x Phal. Kuntrarti Rarashati K S Little Sparkle Phal. Golden Sparkle x Phal. Caribbean Sunset K S Roth-Schill Phal. Kung’s Roth-Fairy x Phal. Kung’s Schill K S Sunrise Pixie Phal. Sunrise Delight x Phal. Zuma’s Pixie K S Tex Violet Phal. U-Bix Pixie x Phal. Kung’s Tex Violet Kai Yong Phal. Pinlong Cinderella x Phal. Katherine Katja Wichmann Phal. Celler Weihnachtsfreude x Phal. Double Delight Kingfisher’s Princess Phal. Kung’s Princess x Phal. Princess Kaiulani Kung’s Penang Girl Phal. Penang Girl x Phal. Kung’s Princess Liberty Creek Phal. Ching Her Buddha x Phal. Dou-dii Goddess Liu’s Hua Lien Red-Carpet Phal. Liu’s Twilight Rainbow x Phal. celebensis Louise Burns Phal. Equalacea x Phal. violacea Lyndon Ambrosial Offering Phal. Equalacea x Phal. amboinensis Lyndon Golden Age Phal. Sogo Lawrence x Phal. Tying Shin Golden Age Lyndon Green Elf Phal. Chang Maw Evergreen x Phal. Su-An Cricket Lyndon Green Titan Phal. Su-An Cricket x Phal. Joy Spring Canary Lyndon Jade Agate Phal. Ho’s Dreamy Jade x Phal. Chang Maw Evergreen Lyndon Passionate Dancer Phal. Lea Marie Salazar x Phal. Hannover Passion Lyndon Passionate Gril Phal. Yuanshan Girl x Phal. Brother Ambo Passion Lyndon Red Sun Phal. Sogo Lawrence x Phal. Kung’s Red Cherry Lyndon Romantic Dream Phal. Equalacea x Phal. Brother Ambo Passion Lyndon Tai Chi Phal. Tai-I Yellow Bird x Phal. amboinensis Lyndon Venice Fervor Phal. Equalacea x Phal. venosa Mai Jade Phal. Yellow Peoker x Phal. South China Sea Mai Pearl Phal. Join Queen x Phal. Join Star Meen Estrella Phal. cornu-cervi x Phal. tetraspis Meidarland Cherry Phal. Tying Shin Tarzan x Phal. Nobby’s Amy Meidarland Crystal Queen Phal. stuartiana x Phal. Mei Dar Green Memorial Alice Rinard Phal. Taisuco Fall x Phal. Ruth Edelman My Treasure Ed Phal. Wound-up Bird x Phal. Picotte Orchid Classic’s Golden Showers Phal. [Ki.] deliciosa x Phal. chibae OrchidKonnection Bright Fairy Phal. Ever Spring Fairy x Phal. Bright Peacock OrchidKonnection Glamour Phal. Brother Glamour x Phal. Brother Sally Taylor OrchidKonnection Kaiser Phal. Brother Kaiser x Phal. Ching Her Buddha OrchidKonnection Love Black Phal. Brother Love Baron x Phal. Black Ball OrchidKonnection Super Girl Phal. Dou-dii Super Star x Phal. Penang Girl Peter Stopford Phal. Carmela’s Wonder x Phal. Taisuco Kaaladian Pylo’s Bellina Phal. bellina x Phal. Grosbeak 28

Chian-Tzy Orch.

A. Nakaji Eternity Fl. Co. Norman’s Orch. (N. Fang) Marcel Lecoufle A. Lurton (O/U) Ching Ann (L-C. Tsai) A. Lurton (Jia-Ho Orch. Nurs.)

Orch. Ltd [MN] (R-J.Quené) Paradis Des Orch.(Taisuco Canada) L.H. Fister Krull-Smith Kung Sir Orch.

Kung Sir Orch.

Kung Sir Orch.

Kung Sir Orch.

Kung Sir Orch.

Kung Sir Orch.

Kung Sir Orch.

Kung Sir Orch.

Kung Sir Orch.

Kung Sir Orch.

Lim Kong Wing(Wong Kok Thye) Wichmann Orch.

P. van Adrichem P. van Adrichem A. Taylor (O/U) Hwa-Tung Liu R.A. Shepherd Lyndon Lin Lyndon Lin Lyndon Lin Lyndon Lin Lyndon Lin Lyndon Lin Lyndon Lin Lyndon Lin Lyndon Lin Lyndon Lin Lyndon Lin Mai Orchids Mai Orchids Meen Nursery Mei Dar Mei Dar R. Vernon R.V. Kiley D. McDaniel Orchid Konn. (O/U) Orchid Konn. (M. Moses) Orchid Konn. (M. Moses) Orchid Konn. (M. Moses) Orchid Konnection D. Penman Big Leaf Orch.

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Pylo’s Giant Luedde Pylo’s Green Valentine Pylo’s Petit Tigre Pylo’s Princess Lisa Pylo’s Princess Star Pylo’s Queen Tiger Pylo’s Spring Fever Pylo’s Starburst Pylo’s Sweet Gem Pylo’s Sweet Orange Pylo’s Sweet Rose Pylo’s Tetra Gelb Pylo’s Texas Heat Pylo’s Violet Pearl Rarashati Princess Sapphire’s Dragonbreath Sapphire’s Violitz Serene Chan Guat Hwa Taisuco Fall Ten Sides Little Rouge Ten Sides Little Ruby Ten Sides Lucky Ten Sides Perfume Tetralind Tydares Fragrant Snow Tydares Grape Beauty Tydares Green Memory Tydares Guppy Tydares Little Girl Tydares Parrotfish Tydares Pink Angel Tying Shin Fly Eagle Tying Shin Golden Queen Tying Shin Golden Ring Tying Shin Love Song Tying Shin Miffy Windy’s Wonder Wound-up Bird Yaphon Anise Yaphon Juniper Yaphon Lily Yen Shuai Wedding Dress Younghome White Apple Yushan Big Lip Yushan Fox Yushan Green Pixie Yushan Island Yushan Ivory Yushan Kooper Yushan Peacock Zheng Min Anaconda

Phal. Giant Passion x Phal. lueddemanniana Phal. Green Fox x Phal. Valentinii Phal. El Tigre x Phal. Joy Dreamy Jade Phal. Sogo Lisa x Phal. Haur Jin Princess Phal. Yungho Princess Gelb x Phal. Star of Dixie Phal. Mary Tauscher-Goo x Phal. Tiger Butter Phal. Joy Spring Tina x Phal. Chang Maw Evergreen Phal. Yungho Princess Gelb x Phal. Green Fox Phal. Harford’s Gem x Phal. George Vasquez Phal. Katie Morris x Phal. Yungho Gelb Canary Phal. Emily Grimball x Phal. Yungho Gelb Canary Phal. Gelblieber x Phal. Tetra Green Phal. Taida Lawrence x Phal. Krull’s Red Hot Phal. violacea x Phal. Pearl Red Coral Phal. Kung’s Princess x Phal. Kuntrarti Rarashati Phal. I-Hsin Sunflower x Phal. lueddemanniana Phal. Tzu Chiang Tetralitz x Phal. violacea Phal. Princess Kaiulani x Phal. Dragon Tree Eagle Phal. Taisuco Bridian x Phal. Maui Snowfall Phal. Sogo Fairyhood x Phal. Timothy Christopher Phal. Zuma’s Pixie x Phal. Liu’s Luedde Phal. Wedding Promenade x Phal. Crystal Veil Phal. Wedding Promenade x Phal. Little Mary Phal. tetraspis x Phal. lindenii Phal. Sogo Yukidian x Phal. modesta Phal. Timothy Christopher x Phal. Sogo Grape Phal. Sweet Memory x Phal. Timothy Christopher Phal. Sweet Memory x Phal. amabilis Phal. Wedding Promenade x Phal. Timothy Christopher Phal. Tai Lin Red Angel x Phal. Yungho Gelb Canary Phal. Tai Lin Red Angel x Phal. violacea Phal. tetraspis x Phal. Dragon Tree Eagle Phal. Tying Shin Baby Smile x Phal. Golden Sun Phal. Sogo Lawrence x Phal. Yungho Princess Gelb Phal. Sogo Genki x Phal. Nobby’s Amy Phal. Tying Shin Goal x Phal. Tying Shin Christmas Gift Phal. Miva Smartissimo x Phal. Double Exposure Phal. Ever-spring King x Phal. Bright Peacock Phal. Yaphon Lobspis x Phal. Yaphon Rose Phal. Yaphon Evergreen x Phal. Princess Kaiulani Phal. [Phlla.] Tying Shin Interest x Phal. modesta Phal. Cassandra x Phal. I-Hsin Black Tulip Phal. Emeraude x Phal. amabilis Phal. Kung’s Amar Dott x Phal. Taida Ivory Phal. Liu’s Rainbow x Phal. Yushan Phoenix Phal. Timothy Christopher x Phal. Chang Maw Evergreen Phal. Taida Ivory x Phal. Yu Pin Easter Island Phal. Nankung’s 4.55 PM x Phal. Taida Ivory Phal. Yushan Pixie x Phal. Sogo Kooper Phal. Brother Peacock x Phal. Zuma’s Pixie Phal. Sunrise Red Peoker x Phal. Fusheng’s Super Man

Big Leaf Orch.

Big Leaf Orch.

Big Leaf Orch.

Big Leaf Orch.

Big Leaf Orch.

Big Leaf Orch.

Big Leaf Orch.

Big Leaf Orch.

Big Leaf Orch.

Big Leaf Orch.

Big Leaf Orch.

Big Leaf Orch.

Big Leaf Orch.

Big Leaf Orch.

P. van Adrichem R.A. Shepherd R.A. Shepherd Ng Boon Kwang(How Wai Ron) R. Vernon (O/U) Young-Tsu Lin Young-Tsu Lin Young-Tsu Lin Young-Tsu Lin L. Vincent Taoyuan DARES Taoyuan DARES Taoyuan DARES Taoyuan DARES Taoyuan DARES Taoyuan DARES Taoyuan DARES Tying Shin Orch.

Tying Shin Orch.

Tying Shin Orch.

Tying Shin Orch.

Tying Shin Orch.

R.V. Kiley R.V. Kiley (O/U) Yaphon Orch.

Yaphon Orch.

Yaphon Orch.

Yen Shuai Orch.

Young Home Orch.

Wu Fu Shun Wu Fu Shun Wu Fu Shun Wu Fu Shun Wu Fu Shun Wu Fu Shun Wu Fu Shun Zheng-Min Su (O/U)

Kasorn’s Viola Coequestris

Phal. equestris x Rhy. coelestis

M. Chanyangam

x RHYNCHONOPSIS

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PHAL CALENDAR

A look ahead to Annual and Semi-Annual IPA meetings and Symposiums, major orchid shows and other events of interest to IPA members 2012 2011 Jan 23-28 - Asociacion Salvadorena de Orquideologia Show. Contact: Teresa de Hasbun, tetehasbun@gmail.com Feb. 4-5 - Orchid Grower’s Guild Orchid Quest, Alliant Energy, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI. Contact: Judy Stevenson, 222 S Kenosha Dr., Madison, WI 53705; (608) 231-3163; judy_steveson@sbcglobal.net Feb 16-19 - Asociacion Acostena de Orquideologia Show, Gimnasio de la Villa Olimpica Jose Figueres Ferrer, Sos Cereas, Desamparados, San Jose, Costa Rica. Contact: Alfredo Mora Castro, Apdo 13031-1000, Acosta, San Jose; (506) 2410 2686; asaco_ cr@yahoo.com Feb. 18, 2012 - Annual Winter IPA meeting SE Region. Peach State Orchids, Woodstock, Georgia. Contact: Tom Harper, 615-7712755, harper_sro@bellsouth.net Feb. 29-Mar 12, 2012 - Taiwan International Orchid Show. Held at Taiwan Orchid Plantation. Contact: Marshall Ku, msku@seed.net.tw March 24-25 - Les Orchidophiles de Montreal Show, College de Maisonneuve, 2700 Bourbonniere, Montreal, Quebec. Contact: Andre Poliquin, 113 Oakwood, St. Bruno, Quebec, J3V 3J6; (450) 653-5416; mor-pol@sympatico.ca

April 12-15 - 15th European Orchid Congress and Show, SYMA Event Centre, Budapest, Hungary. Contact: For Information, www.eocbudapest.hu April 25-29 - American Orchid Society Spring Members Meeting. Host: The Kansas Orchid Society. Location: The Hyatt Regency, Wichita, KS. June 2, 2012 - IPA SE Region summer meeting. Lines Orchids at Signal Mountain, TN, Contact: Tom Harper, 615-771-2755, harper_sro@bellsouth.net Aug. 24-27 - IPA Symposium. Location: Orlando, Florida. Contacts: Frank Smith, orchidfrank@aol.com 407-886-4968 or Carlos Fighetii, cfighetti@onelinkpr.net, 787-7080669.

Sept. 11-16 - 19th Australian Orchid Conference. Perth, Western Australia. Contact: The Secretary, 19th Australian Orchid Conference, 31 6062, Western AusP. O. Box 576, MORLEY tralia. Website: www.waorchids.iinet.net.au Nov. 13-18 - American Orchid Society Fall Members Meeting. Host: The Portland Orchid Society. Location: Doubletree Lloyd Center, Portland, OR. Contact: Susan Heuer; susanheuer1@gmail.com

2013 Feb. 2-11 - Eleventh Asia Pacific Orchid Conference. Okinawa, Japan. Contact: No. 1

Imohori, Ushida-Cho, Chiryu-shi, Aichi-ken 472-007, Japan. Website: www.apoctrust.org March 2013 - American Orchid Society Spring Members Meeting. Host: The Southeastern Pennsylvania Orchid Society. Location: Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA. Fall 2013 - American Orchid Society - Fall Members Meeting. Venue not yet chosen.

2014 April 30 - May 4th - American Orchid Society - Spring Members Meeting. Host: Orchid Society of Minnesota. Location: Bloomington Sheraton, Bloomington, MN. Spring - 21st World Orchid Conference.

Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa; dates to be confirmed. Website: www.woc21.org.za.

2017 Spring - 22nd World Orchid Conference.

Venue/dates to be confirmed. Provisionally awarded to Guayaquil, Ecuador.

For specific details on the dates and times of lectures, luncheons and other IPA events for the Annual and Semi-Annual meetings and the Symposiums. Contact: First Vice President Carlos Fighetti, cfighetti@onelinkpr.net, 787-708-0669.

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complete details regarding the symposium in an upcoming issue of the Journal. For 2013, we have made preliminary plans to be in Houston, Texas to have our symposium held in conjunction with their Speaker’s Day event in August. Dates and more details are forthcoming.

The Board is also looking beyond 2013 to the possibility of an international symposium location.

9. Our new and improved IPA website will make its debut soon. Webmaster Peter Lin is devoting considerable time and effort to make the changes. Now that the IPA has completed its changeover to a new credit card processing service, Peter can plug it into the website to allow for payment of dues and other financial transactions on the website. Considerable savings to the IPA will be the result of this new service.

10. Last but certainly not least in my report to you is the results of our auction in San Antonio at the members’ luncheon. Through the generosity of vendors and IPA members, we raised a total of $1470. These monies and those raised at our two other auctions during the year, are extremely valuable to the IPA. They, in essence, provide for payment of the fourth issue production of the Journal each year.

Your membership dues adequately cover three issues and our auctions provide the remaining support for the fourth issue. The monies also support increasing use of color in the Journal.

Our meeting in San Antonio was indeed productive. We accomplished a lot, and of course, have lots more to do. Thanks for your continuing support of the IPA!

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I Dreamed I Grew Fantastic Orchids in My Maidenform® Bra Kit Kitchen-Maran

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etween 1949 and 1969, the Maidenform Brassiere Company ran a series of very successful ads based on the concept of “I dreamed I (___) in my Maidenform® Bra” (this blank was filled in with an everyday or a fantastic activity.) The models were dressed in haute couture clothing or costumes, except for one thing—a Maidenform® bra was all the clothing they had on above the waist. These ads were seen in Life, Seventeen, Vogue, McCall’s and many other magazines.

I’d been thinking of about using orchids to draw attention to a cause, in this case, breast cancer. In the Naples Orchid Society March 2011 show I entered a container titled, “I Dreamed I Grew Fantastic Orchids in My Maidenform® Bra”. I included a brief explanation of the history of the Maidenform® advertisements and my reason for the display — Pink is for Breast Cancer Awareness. This exhibit is dedicated to honor my daughter and friends who survived it and in memory of those who didn’t. While my container did not win an award, my society gave me the Booby Prize award at our next meeting. There were many a giggle heard as show attendees walked around the corner and saw the size 44DD lacy pink bra with the gardening gloves placing yet another beautiful orchid in the white basket container.

Kit Kitchen-Maran, naplesorchids2012@gmail.com

Photo Greg Allikas

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Boutique Breeder Tung-Hsien Chen owns a small orchid business, Mituo Orchid based in Taiwan. He recently constructed a new greenhouse to expand his business. Photographs of the construction process can be seen on his Facebook page ( ). Tung-Hsien Chen considers himself an amateur breeder. In 2007 he made a cross of Phalaenopsis Diamond Beauty ‘1202’ x (Phal. Tsay’s Evergreen x Phal. mannii var. green).

This cross first flowered in 2009; the flowers measured 4.5cm-7.5cm across and some were scented. Phalaenopsis Diamond Beauty is a cross of Phal. Chingruey’s Beauty x Phal. Haur Jin Diamond (Auspice Orch.

2003) and Phal. Tsay’s Evergreen is a cross of Phal. Sheba’s Elf x Phal. Yungho Princess Gelb (Evergreen 1995). Combined with Phal. mannii var. green, they make up the spectacular grex shown on the left.

Another interesting cross made by Tung-Hsien Chen is Doritaenopsis Mituo Golden which was registered in 2009 by Ching Ann. This is a cross of Phal. Taida Diamond Star x Dtps. Dragon Tree Gold shown along the right.

Tung-Hsien Chen No.4-6, Guanghe Road; Mituo District; Kaohsiung City 827; Taiwan [R.O.C].

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