Next
Meeting: October 7, 2PM, ODU Mills
Godwin. Annual member donated
auction.
Future
Meetings
November
4 – Russ Vernon of
New Vision Orchids is tentatively speaking on Lycastes.
December
2 – Holiday Awards Banquet
January
6, 2008 - Bill Goldner of
Woodstream Orchids is speaking on the new trends in Paphiopedilum breeding.
February
3 - Pictures from the World
Orchid Congress and impressions of members who attended.
March
3 - Helen Hersh of Orchids
Limited and author of many articles in Orchids magazine is speaking on advanced
windowsill growing.
April
6 - Steve Urick will tell us
of his plans for the Kaplan Conservatory, including the society's role.
May
4 - Purchased plant auction.
June
1- Picnic
The
following people have signed up to bring refreshements for the October
meeting/auction:
Kim Owens
Bill Soltis
Becky Tupper
Bob and Daisy Decoudres
Tom and Tia Voytillas
Sue Grasso
Jamie Krochmal
Audrey Knall
Dues
The
Membership Chairman reminds everyone that TOS dues are due now.
Please pay ay the Oct. meeting or mail your check made out to TOS to Mitzi
Lipford, 1036 Ewell Rd. Va.Bch, VA 23455. Yearly dues are $12.00 for a
single membership, $18.00 for a couple. Renewing now will insure your name
is in the new roster coming out in Nov. Please check your name, address,
phone number and email address on the master copy at the table when you come in.
If there are any changes, make them on that copy. Thanks.
Presidents
Message
October is here, so get your plants ready for the
member donated plant auction. Also
make room for all those plants you will be taking home.
Tell family and friends so we have a great turnout.
Thank you to all our new committee heads for
volunteering your time and efforts. It
is greatly appreciated.
Remember
to pay your dues and sign up for our annual Holiday Party.
See you on the 7th,
Ruta Mah
A
Message from the Past-President:
Dear Members,
Please forgive me but at the August
meeting I was caught completley by surprise
It is a Blue Porcelain vase and
on it is a lovely Cattleya. The pseudobulb and leaves are raised above
the vase and have some green painted on them. The six-inch-diameter flower
is also raised and painted a pale Lilac. The overall effect is gorgeous
and I would like to thank the members for such a lovely gift and who ever chose
that particular vase a big thank you very much.
It’s beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.
I will always treasure it.
David Wheatley, Retiring President.
CONSERVATION
NEWS
A
Reminder: The questionnaires for
the Platanthera ciliaris (yellow fringed orchid), which was distributed to 20
society members last year, are due this month.
Please forward your questionnaires to my email address:
ajzuckerwar@yahoo.com or send
hard copy to my home address or call me at home (See membership directory).
Note that my email address listed on the last page in the 2006 directory
is incorrect. You can find a blank
copy of the questionnaire at the TOS web site. From the home page click on TOS
Forms/Questionnaire for the cultivation of native orchids.
Please
submit the form even if your cultivation experience was only partially
successful (foliage only) or unsuccessful (no plant) or was spoiled by a
predator. This information is
equally valuable for our data base.
Photos
of your cultivated plants are always welcome, especially on-line.
The committee thanks Evalyn Walch for the lovely photo of P. ciliaris.
Allan
Zuckerwar, Conservation Chair
Platanthera ciliaris
Vendor Introduction
A
new feature of the newsletter will be an introduction to a vendor, grower or
supplier of orchid plants, supplies, or art that may be of interest to us. I
plan to meet with and interview many different vendors, beginning with our own
members
The
first to be profiled is Tom Voytilla of Everything
Orchids. Tom and his wife, Tia, have been active members of our society
participating in most functions and volunteering regularly to participate on
committees and with functions. Their daughter helps as a runner most auctions.
They grow many orchids (I think I remember Tom saying they are in the thousands)
across many genera. They regularly bring their orchids for the show table and
show many outstanding plants.
Recently
Tom has started selling semi-hydroponic supplies as the exclusive local
suppliers for First Rays PrimeAgra and pots. They promise significant savings
and no delivery cost because they will bring any order to the monthly meeting.
Just call or e-mail.
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EVERYTHING
ORCHIDS
THOMAS
VOYTILLA
Home:
434-372-2491 Cell: 434-210-2726
tvoytilla@yahoo.com
The Kaplan Conservatory
Thanks to so many of you who helped in what was a
monumental task. You were able to move Arthur Kaplan’s orchids into the
conservatory a few weeks ago and we are still currently getting them arranged on
benches or hanging many of them up so we can now begin to acquire other orchids
for the collection.
I have asked Ken Peterson to join me in selecting
those plants we can take. We will try not to duplicate certain plants that may
already be in the collection. However, anyone who has grown orchids for a long
time knows that orchids are like families with a dozen children all of whom are
different in appearance. So it stands to reason that unless a plant is a
mericlone we might want to acquire several or many of the same plant
particularly if it is a species. As an example we have from Arthur’s
collection about a dozen and a half Laelia
anceps and all of the blooms are different. We are hoping to get select
divisions of awarded plants, well grown specimen plants, species, beautiful
hybrids, etc. We know that individually any one of you may have a particular
plant which to you is beautiful and well grown, but may not quite come up to the
standards we are hoping to establish in our ODU collection. Therefore, some
plants may not qualify to be in the collection and would have to be rejected
We are aware that many of the plants we will
acquire could have gone to the Tidewater Orchid Society’s October donated
plant auction. We do not want to take anything away from the Society but there
may be some special plants or plant divisions that members may feel would
greatly enhance the Conservatory and we are so appreciative of this
consideration. As this collection
grows perhaps an arrangement could be worked out so that the Society could share
in how the future divisions of the Conservatory plants are handled.
We already have several members who are coming in
on a regular basis and helping in the Conservatory. As we progress there will be
lots of places where many more of our members can be a great help and a vital
part of what goes on. Anyone interested on being a part of this great orchid
adventure please let it be known. We have facilities for a great Society library
which has not yet been set up.
If you are interested in donating plants to the
Conservatory please contact Steve Urick- e-mail <mariaurick@gmail.com>, or
call Ken Peterson- e-mail <kep777@yahoo.com>. Plant donations to ODU are
tax deductible.
The Conservatory will be open at 1 PM on TOS Sunday meeting dates for Society members to come and
browse around. [Please note that this is one hour before the regular meeting
starts].
Thanks again for all that each of you has done to
support this wonderful project and thanks in advance for any plants
contributions you might choose to make.
Sincerely,
Steve Urick, Curator
