Here’s a google picture album that Rob Vanderheyden put together on the 2020 OSRBG with the help of Pat Vuurman. It complements the report below: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMXYYqRTHOygCU5FbqU5xUp8ztG1rGWD07p_Oxvupu8_dqr1ZoFpgdVjFrwkXqLWw?key=bjdWYlBpVkZORVZBNzFzMFhDRklFNU1qcVhLaXZ3
Report of the Orchid Society of the Royal Botanical Gardens Show, February 20 – March 1, 2020
by Wendy Hearder-Moan
A team composed of Frank Washburn, Gavin Clark, Rob Vanderheyden, Heather Detheridge, Martha Novoselac, Cindy Boers and Amanda Crabbe executed Ben Boers’ vision for the OSRBG display, assisted by Sandra Ianiri, Jacqui Arrindell and myself working “behind the scenes” doing the labelling and fitting up the plants with pot socks. (‘Pot socks” for the uninitiated are the black cloths that cover the clay and plastic pots.) Many thanks to all the members who contributed plants for the display. Special thanks to Linda Will and Robert Johnstone who registered not only the plants in our display but also those in all the other displays in the Show, a labour-intensive and painstaking task which must be acknowledged. Karen Logan organized the art portion of the Show virtually single-handedly for which we are very grateful. This aspect of the Show grows in importance every year thanks to her involvement. Thanks are also due to Lynda and Pat Vuurman who arranged for the AOS judging (Pat as head judge), in addition to their many other functions, and of course our eminent Show Director, Ben Boers (and not forgetting the essential role played by Cindy Boers!)
Coming back to our display, the big winner was a Coelogyne cristata, grown by Gavin Clark. It rang all the changes, winning Best in Class, Best Specimen Plant and Best in Show. Congratulations, Gavin!
Other ribbon winners were as follows:
Royal Botanical Gardens
Myrmecophila (Schomburgkia) wendlandii – 1st
Ansellia africana ‘Garden Party’ HCC/AOS – 3rd
Linda Will
Phragmipedium Eric Young – 1st
Phragmipedium Zopatilla de la Virgen – 2nd
Phragmipedium Fritz Schomburg – 2nd
Bc. Green bird – 2nd
Phragmipedium Cape Sunset – 3rd
Paphiopedilum Lady Booth x sanderianum – 3rd
Robert Johnstone
Phragmipedium Penns Creek Cascade – 1st
Paphiopedilum Doll’s Kobold – 2nd
Paphiopedilum tuxedo Junction ‘ David Warren’ HCC/AOS – 2nd
Paphiopedilum Fairly Sauced – 3rd
Paphiopedilum spicerianum – 3rd
Phragmipedium Cardinale ‘Kilworth’ AM/AOS – 3rd
Wendy Hearder-Moan
Phalaenopsis Sogo Jessica ‘Blush’ – 1st
Phalaenopsis (No ID – Pink) – 3rd
Phalaenopsis (No ID – Yellow) – 3rd
Ed Drury
Cattleya (Slc. Newberry Promise x Pot. Lynette and Alan) x Rlc. Dream Circle – 1st
June Cramer
Cymbidium Swan Lake ‘Margot’ – 1st
Cymbidium Intermediate Yellow – 2nd
Cymbidium Jia Ho’s Green Emerald – 2nd
Cymbidium Fuss ‘ Fantasy’ – 3rd
Cymbidium Mighty Remus ‘Vintage’ – 3rd
Pat and Lynda Vuurman
Bifrenaria (leucorrhoda x vitellina) – 2nd
Phalaenopsis Yushan Green Pixie (Timothy Christopher x Chang Maw Evergreen) – 2nd
Phalaenopsis Queen Beer (pulcherrima x Meteor) – 3rd
Robert Vanderheyden
Phragmipedium Leslie Garay (Phrag. longifolium x Phrag. caudatum) – 3rd
Paphiopedilum gratrixianum – 3rd
Ben and Cindy Boers
Phalaenopsis Almanis – 3rd
Sarco. Metalica – 3rd
A list of award winners in the various categories will be posted elsewhere on the website, but I should take this opportunity to thank all the donors who make the awards possible.
The show was well-attended and it seemed to me that just about everyone who visited the sales area went away with at least one purchase. Thanks to all our vendors for helping to make the customers happy. The talks on re-potting and on orchid culture were also well-attended and the participation of Sandra Ianiri, Heather Detheridge, Pitson Dantanarayana, Katherine Golightly, Denise McLeod, and Ann Stallman was much appreciated, as well as that of Spencer Hauk who spoke on orchid pests.
A myriad of other volunteers helped to make this show a success. Whether you sold raffle tickets (thanks, John Boers), worked Security, staffed the info desk or the Society Sales Table, sold memberships or helped dismantle the display, give yourself a pat on the back for a job well done.
Ed Drury’s Cattleya
SOOS Orchid Show February 8 & 9, 2020 Report
By Rob Vanderheyden
The OSRBG display at the SOOS Orchid Show featured 22 plants: 18 on loan from members of our society and 4 from the RBG greenhouse.
Heather Detheridge, Cathy Tozer, Gavin Clark, and myself, Rob Vanderheyden, had the pleasure of setting up the OSRBG display at the SOOS Valentines Orchid Show 2020. Twenty-two plants is not a large number of plants for a display but there were some very impressive plants that the team had to work with. Thank you to the team for your efforts in creating a display that showed off our orchids well.
Congratulations to all who received awards at the show. The display was awarded a 2nd place ribbon, 13 member plants and 2 RBG plants were awarded ribbons as noted below. Congratulations to Wendy Hearder-Moan as her Phalaenopsis Sogo Jessica ‘Blush’ was awarded 1st in Phalaenopsis hybrids – Class 047, Best in Class and the International Phalaenopsis Alliance Trophy.
Ribbon Report
Wendy Hearder-Moan
Phalaenopsis Sogo Jessica ‘Blush’ (Liu’s Twilight Rainbow x Sogo Rostris) – 1st, Best in Class and the International Phalaenopsis Alliance Trophy
Coelogyne Unchained Melody (cristata x flaccida) 2nd
Gavin Clark
Coelogyne cristata 2nd
June Cramer
Cymbidium (pumilum x Flare) x Clarissa ‘Austin’ 3rd
Cymbidium Kyancutta ‘Sweet Lorraine’ (airy Wand x Paracel) 3rd
Sandra Micucci
Laelianthe Meadow Gold (Laelia anceps x Guarianthe aurantiaca) 2nd
Rhyncattleanthe Key Mersorcamdan (Izumi Charm x C. Fire Fantasy ‘Royalty’) 3rd
Linda Will
Miltoniopsis Sun Glow ‘Amazing’ (Pink Lady x santanaei) 3rd
Phragmipedium Eric Young (besseae x longifolium) 2nd
Phragmipedium Fritz Schomburg (kovachii x besseae) 3rd
Rob Vanderheyden
Cymbidium sinensis 3rd
Oncostele Eye Candy ‘Pinkie’ (Catatante x Oncidium Barossa Delight) 3rd
Phragmipedium Sedenii (longifolium x schlimii) 3rd
Royal Botanical Gardens
Trichocentrum sprucei 1st
Schomburgkia undulata 1st
COOS Report – 2019
By Wendy Hearder-Moan
The OSRBG display at the COOS Show featured 45 plants, of which 8 were from the RBG greenhouse and the remaining 37 were on loan from members of the Society. Thank you to everyone who contributed their prized specimens. Without your participation there would be no display.
Forty-five plants made for a large display, as shown above. Many thanks to Frank Washburn, Jacqui Arrindell, Heather Detheridge and her friend Cathy, and Gavin Clark who, along with myself, put together the display.
Four of the RBG orchids received ribbons as did 20 of the plants belonging to members. Congratulations to all the ribbon winners and a special congratulations to Ben Boers whose Cattleya maxima var coerulea received the award for Best Cattleya in the Show. A photo of his Cattleya can be found below.
Here is a list of all the ribbon winners from our display.
Royal Botanical Gardens
Epidendrum prismatocarpum – 2nd
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Déese Charles – 2nd
Epidendrum (Mabel Kanda x cordigera alba) – 3rd
Guarianthe bowringiana – 3rd
Pat and Linda Vuurman
Kefericzella Ash Trees (Kefst. tolimensis x W. marginata) – 2nd
Phragmidpedium Apple Pie (Magdalene Rose x besseae) – 2nd
Coelogyne Orchideengarten Joachim (salmonicolor x usitana) – 3rd
Ben and Cindy Boers
Cattleya maxima var coerulea ‘Ben Boers’ HCC/AOS – 1st and Best Cattleya Award
Cattleya Walkerinter var coerulea (walkeriana x intermedia) – 1st
Cattleya tigrinia – 2nd
Rhynchostylis coelestits – 3rd
Wendy Hearder-Moan
Phalaenopsis Queen Beer (pulcherrima x Meteor) – 1st
Miltonidium Plum Fancy ‘The Best’ – 2nd
Frank Washburn
Oncidium Heaven Scent ‘Redolence’ (Ruffles x Sharry Baby) – 3rd
Linda Will
Paphiopedilum purpuratum – 2nd
Phragmipedium Norvin Olivas (pearcei x kaieteurum) – 3rd
Phragmidpedium (lindleyanum x Hanna Popow) – 3rd
Faye Menzies
Brassolaelia Aurora (L. anceps x B. nodosa) – 1st
Encyclia vespa – 3rd
Cattleya Hawaiian Wedding Song ‘Virgin’ HCC/AOS – 3rd
Daniel Scher
Paphiopedilum Predacious ‘Lestat’ (adductum x glanduliferum) – 2nd
Cattleya jenmanii var typo ‘Mem. Emily Scher – 3rd
Philip Scher
Dracuvallia Dorothy Stevenson (Masd. uniflora x Drac. roezlii) – 1st
Masdevallia peristeria ‘Predator’ – 1st
Gavin Clark
Dendrobium trinervum x sib – 1st
Here are a few more photos from the Show:
