At  the Awards Ceremony on Saturday, February 28, 2015, trophies and awards were presented in various categories. We congratulate the winners and thank the sponsors of the awards as follows:

Displays:

Display, 6-15 plants :  won by Zephyrus Orchids  (Ravenvision Award)

Display, 16-25 plants:  won by Di Ciommo Orchids (Evelyn Hearder Memorial Award)

Educational display:  won by Ravenvision Photography (Anonymous donation)

Amateur display:  won by Joyce Medcalf (Donated by Penelope Petrie)

Society display, 1-15 plants: won by Windsor Orchid Society (Donated by Jane and Robert Johnstone)

Society display, more than 15 plants:  won by Southern Ontario Orchid Society (Donated by Jocelyn Webber)

Plants:

Cattleya Alliance Species (Classes 100-160): won by Marcel Carrière, Ottawa Orchid Society (Windsor Greenhouse Award)

Cattleya Hybrid (Classes 170-260): won by Crystal Star Orchids (Cindy and Ben Boers Award)

Paphiopedilum Species (Classes 270-292): won by Crystal Star Orchids (Gary Schreiber Memorial Award)

Paphiopedilum Hybrid (Classes 300- 370): won by Wilson Ng (Linda Will Award)

Phragmipedium Species (Classes 401-403): won by Orchids in our Tropics (Annette Bagby Award)

Phragmidedium Hybrid (Classes 411-414): won by Jim Kendall, Central Ontario Orchid Society (Lynda and Pat Vuurman Award)

Cypripedium Alliance (Class 420): won by Orchid Society of the Royal Botanical Gardens (Joyce Medcalf Award)

Phalaenopsis / Doritis Species (Class 430): won by Windsor Orchid Society (Donated by This Side of Paradise)

Phalaenopsis Hybrid (Classes 440-572): won by Wilson Ng  (Wilson Ng IPA Perpetual Award)

Vanda Alliance (Classes 580-690): won by Jim Kendall, Central Ontario Orchid Society (Donated by Clouds Orchids)

Brassia (Class 700): won by Orchids in our Tropics (John Kafka Memorial Award)

Oncidium Alliance (Classes 710-780): won by Wilson Ng (Donated by Orchids in our Tropics)

Cymbidium Alliance (Classes 790-810): won by Wilson Ng (Donated by OSRBG)

Dendrobium Alliance (Classes 820-880): won by Ruby Chong, Central Ontario Orchid Society (Sherry and Peter Decyk Award)

Pleurothallid Alliance (Classes 890-920): won by Joyce Medcalf (Audrey Travis Memorial Award)

Lycaste (Class 930): won by Marsh Hollow (Gerda Mros Memorial Award)

Maxillaria, Catasetum (Classes 940-960): won by Bernie Butts and Chuck Lefaive, Central Ontario Orchid Society (Doris Jensen Award)

Bulbophyllum and Miscellaneous General (Classes 970-990): won by Peter and Sherry Decyk (Doris Jensen Award)

Specimen Plant (Class 1030): won by Peter and Sherry Decyk (Donated by RBG)

Plant in Show (Class 1040): won by Wilson Ng (RBG and OSRBG Perpetual Award)

COC Trophy : won by June Cramer

AOS Award: won by Marsh Hollow

Artwork

Painting/Mixed Media: won by Zorica Krasvija (Penny Lipcsik Award)

Watercolour / Botanicals: won by Karen Logan

Three Dimensional Craft: won by Yvonne Bando (Charlotte Moore Award)

Photograph / Digital Art: won by John Alexander (Phyllis and Scott Milne Award)

Junior Artist: won by Jainin Rehal

To re-pot or not to re-pot? if that is the question, bring your problem plant to the Orchid Society meeting on March 29 and see what the re-potting experts think. If it needs to be re-potted, they will give you some help and advice. If you are on top of all your re-potting, congratulations! Come to the meeting anyway to help your colleagues, or work on plants from the RBG collection. This is a hands-on session. Bring your secateurs, gloves and pots. Basic potting medium will be provided and extra supplies available for purchase. The meeting is scheduled for 2 p.m. in Room 5 at the RBG Headquarters at 680 Plains Road West, Burlington. Come any time after 1 p.m. to talk to vendors and other members.

At this meeting, esteemed member Pat Vuurman will give a presentation on large yellow Phalaenopsis. He will also provide valuable pointers about prepping your orchids for display at an Orchid Show. The meeting will take place at 2 p.m. at Room 5, Royal Botanical Gardens. Come early (1:30) to chat with vendors and fellow orchid enthusiasts.

The Show is coming up soon. For details see http://www.soos.ca/Show/index.htm

OSRBG outreach AOS awards:  Jan 18, 2015

The AOS judging that was held at the OSRBG monthly meeting had 4 plants awarded.

Dendrochilum parvulum ‘Tom’s Favorite’ CBR, CCM 89

Mediocalcar uniflorum ‘tomato’ CBR ( Provisional pending ID)

Oncidesa Mayfair ‘Trinity’ AM 80    – (Oncsa. Fuchs Gold X Oncsa. Gower Ramsey)

Cycnodes Amalia Savva  ‘B – C’ AM 83 – Mormodes Ignea x Cychnoches lehmanii

AOS Judging.

A team of AOS judges from the Toronto judging centre will be joining us at our general meeting. They will be selecting the best plants from our show table to be judged. So clean them, stake them and bring them in. Who knows? You might be going home with an award orchid.

Auction of orchids and orchid-related items starts about 2 pm with social time to follow.  Bring your donations to Room 5, Royal Botanical Gardens Headquarters from 1 p.m. Guests are always welcome. Members will find more details in  Orchidata.

Jean Ikeson, a well-known orchid grower and a member of our Society will speak on the genus  Sarcochilus, consisting of 25 species native to Australia, New Guinea, Tasmania and New Caledonia.

We took 23 plants to the Windsor Orchid Society show. We won 21 ribbons on the plants plus a 1st. for display.

Sherry and Peter Decyk had a great day as follows:

Coelogyne rochussenii won best of show, best in class and best specimen

1st Dendrobium Andree Millar
1st Xylobium variegatum
1st. Lc. Angel Heart ‘Ann’ X Lc. Puppy Love ‘Kuroda’
1st Bulb. Rothschildianum, also best in class
1st Cat. Bowringiana [High Blue x Blue Smoke HCC/AOS

Lynda and Pat Vuurman

3rd Howeara Chiam Tzy Lovely ‘Red Bug’
2nd Phrag. Peruflora’s Saltimbanco [ this plant was also pulled for AOS judging but not awarded at this time]
3rd Phrag. wallisii
2nd. Cymbidium sinese
3rd Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi

Wendy Hearder-Moan

2nd Beallara Eurostar [ this plant was also pulled for AOS judging but not awarded at this time]

Cindy and Ben Boers

2nd Paph. Pulsar X [Cyperspace x charlesworthii]
1st Galeandra liptoceras
3rd Paph Recovery
3rd Pot. Free Spirit x LC Golden Tangerine
1st. Dtps. Surf Song ‘mor’
1st. Phalenopsis [no name] Also Cindy got best in class for no name plants.

RBG

1st Bc. Deese Charles
2nd Bc. Deese Charles [specimen plant]
1st for Society display 15 to 25 plants.

Thanks to Wendy, Pat & Lynda, Sherry & Peter for supplying plants for the display. Also Pat & Lynda for helping with setup and take down.

Ben Boers

as reported by Pat Vuurman

The Fall show season began with the COOS show in Cambridge at the Hespeler Arena complex on the last weekend of September.  As usual the set-up and plant registration happened on Friday afternoon ably accomplished by Cindy and Ben Boers.  Ribbon judging occurred on Saturday morning and the OSRBG display earned a 3rd place ribbon amongst stiff competition.  Other ribbon winners are listed below.  Tear-down on Sunday afternoon went expeditiously with many hands’ assistance from Cindy, Ben, Lorna Mantle, Wendy Hearder-Moan, Jocelyn Webber, Lynda and PatVuurman.  Thank you Cindy, Lorna, Wendy, Jocelyn, Greta Culley, Linda Will and Ben for allowing your flowering orchids to be part of our display.
The next orchid show on the Fall tour will be held in Windsor the weekend of October 25th / 26th.  Please consider allowing your orchids to be part of the society display.  Groomed flowering orchids should be staked for their journey and can be left in the foyer of the greenhouse at the RBG until the evening of Thursday the 23rd.  They will be collected by the set-up crew early Friday morning for the trip to Windsor.  Please don’t forget to include two lists of your plants’ names and your name so we can be sure that yours will be returned to you.  A sticky label on the pot with your name on it is also helpful.  Thanks.