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March 2020

SPIKE Newsletter of the Ottawa Orchid Society

Shawn Hillis - Garden Slippers

This month we welcome Shawn Hillis, owner of Garden Slippers in Calgary. Shawn is an excellent speaker, who runs his own Orchid Nursery specializing in temperate Cypripedium or Lady Slipper Orchids which can be grown successfully in Canadian gardens in spite of our cold Canadian winters. His success in getting these plants to survive Calgary winters has been outstanding, and if he can grow them, we should be able to as well. He offers native Canadian species such as the Showy Lady Slipper (C. reginae) and the Yellow Lady Slipper (C. parvisepalum) and also carries some of the very colourful and exotic lady slipper hybrids from Frosch orchids in Germany. He will show us some of the beautiful flowers that can be grown in Ottawa gardens and will talk about culture and growing methods during his talk. He will be bringing some orchids for sale, and they may also be purchased by pre-ordering though his site www.gardenslippers.com. If you would like to join us for dinner with Shawn at 6 p.m. Sunday at Milestones Restaurant (beside Ikea, at the Pinecrest Mall), please call or email Jan Johns before Sunday morning so she can reserve the appropriate seating. Robert St-Jean will have the Cypripedium reginae seedlings propagated from seed, for those that have pre-ordered with him. Orchids 101: Growing Miniatures in Glass Globes with Doug Vye at 12:30 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Please Note: There is no OOS Meeting in April due to preparations for the April Orchid Show. Next meeting will be in May.

The Ottawa Orchid Society meets the third Sunday of every month from September to May, except April, at 1:30 p.m. at the

Tom Brown Arena, 141 Bayview Road, Ottawa MEMBERSHIP: $25.00 from September 1 to August 31, $5.00 donation for Visitors

Don’t forget to bring your blooming Orchids for the Show Table.

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Board of Directors President/Webmaster/Show Co-Chair David Cooper 613-256-2853 david_cooper@storm.ca Vice President Jan Johns 613-253-1996 janet.johns@sympatico.ca Past President/Show Chair Janet Johns 613-749-0614 johnjns@sympatico.ca Secretary Pam McLennan 613-710-9336 mclennan48@gmail.com Treasurer Douglas Vye 613-722-6738 douglas.vye@sympatico.ca Membership Helen Nitschkie 613-823-6876 h.nitschkie@gmail.com Program Chair Jean Hollebone 613-226-2395 Jean@Hollebone.ca AOS Representative Margaret Haydon 613-825-0827 haydonm@rogers.com COC Representative Joyce Medcalf 613-659-2760 jmedcalf@1000island.net Conservation Representative Pam McLennan 613-710-9336 mclennan48@gmail.com Newsletter Editor Bev Burtnyk 613-739-1941 blair.burtnyk@sympatico.ca

Mailing Address Ottawa Orchid Society 221 Glebe Avenue Ottawa, Ontario K1S 2C8 Canada

www.ottawaorchidsociety.com

Table of Contents Shawn Hillis - Garden Slippers…….………………….1 Board of Directors…………………………...………….2 President’s Message…………………….……………..3 Vice President’s Message……………….…………….3 Annual Auction………………………………………….4 Continuing Program for 2019 - 2020……………....…5 Orchids 101 March - Growing Miniatures in Glass Globes with Doug Vye……..………………...…..……5 Show Handouts…………………...………….…...……5

Show Poster for the OOS 'Orchidophilia'…………….6

Road Signage Advertising the Show…………..……..7 New Members………………………………………......7 Southern Ontario Orchid Society Show Results…….8 OOS Display at the OSRBG Orchid Show…………10 JGP Orchid and Flower Show………………..……...13 Suwada Orchid Nursery………………………………19 Oncidium Culture Sheet………………………………20 OOS Show Table for February...…………………….21 WOC - Taiwan Postponed…….………….………….28 AOS - Spring Member’s Meeting………………..…..29 Montréal Supplemental Judging Centre……….……30 Montréal Judging Meetings……………………….….31 Judging Centres……………………………………….31 Upcoing AOS Webinars………………………………31 Upcoming Canadian Orchid Shows…………………32 Upcoming USA Orchid Shows……………………….34 Upcoming International Orchid Shows……..…….…34 Editor’s Wrap…………………………………………..35

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President's Message I am very pleased to see that everything is running smoothly in my absence thanks to Jan as Vice-President and Janet as Show Chair. From Jan's message below I can see that the auction was a great success once again, and my thanks to all involved for your hard work. The Show is coming together very well, with a full slate of vendors and exhibitors once again. We have one or two new vendors and new exhibitors, but overall it should be very similar to last year's Show. If you have not already volunteered, please check out the volunteer sign-up sheets that we will have at the March meeting - we cannot run the show without you!

Dave Cooper

Vice President's Message Well…that was a wonderful auction! Many thanks to our enthusiastic auctioneer, Doug Vye, and our amazing auction team: Femmy Mes, Monique Savard and her husband, Jean Guy Cyr, led by the indomitable Diane Aubry. We are very grateful for these very organized and efficient volunteers who stepped up to make this event such a success. You will be pleased to know that you raised $1,041.79 this year. We have enough to send to our Judging Centres and more. Thanks to all of you who brought items for the auction, some of them were fantastic. It appears that our audience really likes to buy plants. Thanks to those who bid and took home auction items. Participation is what makes our Society strong. I hope you all got at least one item that makes you happy. I know I did. Show season is upon us. Thank you to Joyce Medcalf for taking plants and doing the display for the SOOS show and to those who donated plants for that event. There are several more shows coming up for which we will need plants. Helen Nitschkie and I are taking plants to the OSRBG show in Hamilton, and Barbara Wysocka has volunteered to do the Les Orchidophiles de Montréal Show coming up on March 28 - 29. There are two other shows besides ours in April: Les Orchidophiles de Québec, April 4 - 5, and The Toronto Artistic Orchid Association on April 18 - 19, a week before ours. If anyone is willing to assist Barbara with a vehicle and driving (gas will be reimbursed of course) please let us know. Another necessity is orchids! It is not possible to do a display without a few orchids. If you have good orchids that are in bloom at these times, please watch for instructions for registration and delivery; make sure your orchids contribute to our displays. The wonderful displays we have at our show, Orchidophilia, are partly due to the displays we take to other shows. In March we have Shawn Hillis from Slipper Gardens. This is a great opportunity to learn about Cypripediums and how to keep them happy in your garden. Spring is coming! See you at the meeting.

Jan Johns

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Annual Auction

Auctioneer Doug Vye assisted by Claude Brault

Femmy Mes and Diane Aubrey with Jean-Guy Cyr looking on.

Some items up for Auction

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Continuing Program for 2019 - 2020

April 39th Annual Ottawa Orchid Society Show April 25 - 26, 2020

May Jean Ikeson will speak on the trail of White Cattleyas

June - August Summer Vacation

Orchids 101 March: Growing Miniatures in Glass Globes with Doug Vye Time: 12:30 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. If you like small orchids this is the session for you. Doug will show you how to pot and maintain a glass globe terrarium with miniature orchids and other plants. There will be glass globes for sale as well. You will be able to get started right after the meeting! Don’t miss it.

Jan Johns

Show Handouts Once again, we are asking Members to please help publicize our Show. Both posters and bookmarks (offering discounts on admission) will be available at the March Meeting. There are lots available so don’t be shy in sharing with friends and neighbours. Also, announcements to florists, senior residences, community centres etc., have been bundled by district. Please help us spread the news by helping distribute those that are in your neighbourhood. Distribution by members is one of the most effective means we have of spreading news about our Show. Please help us reach as many people as possible.

Jean Hollebone Show Publicity

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Show Poster for the Ottawa Orchid Society 'Orchidophilia' 39th Annual Orchid Show on April 25 - 26, 2020

$2.00 Off One Admission Coupons

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Road Signs Advertising the Show Coroplast road signs will be available for posting anytime after April 5 along roadsides in the city. Under city bylaw they may only go up on or after April 5 and must be removed the day after the show. The city has certain limitations which are published below which must be followed. Below is the City Bylaw text. Bylaw requirements for signs: http://ottawa.ca/en/residents/laws-licences-and-permits/laws/signs-city-roads-law-no-2003-520

COMMUNITY SPECIAL EVENT SIGNS

11. No person shall place a community special event sign on a highway other than on an inner or outer boulevard, provided that,

(a) the sign is not placed more than twenty one (21) days immediately preceding the special event date,

(b) no sign is placed within fifty centimeters (50 cm) of a curb or sidewalk, or where there is no curb or sidewalk, within two metres (2 m) of the roadway or within fifty centimeters (50 cm) of the edge of a shoulder where such exists, and,

(c) the sign and its appurtenances are removed within forty eight (48) hours following the community special event date.

Signs may go up as of April 5 and must be taken down by April 27. Best sighting is at entrances and exits to subdivisions or communities. Do not post at a mall as these are usually pulled up and discarded by the mall staff. Please note and follow the instructions above. Please save the signs and return them to the May meeting or they can be left in my carport at 1176 Castle Hill Crescent, Ottawa, anytime.

Jean Hollebone Show Publicity

New Members A warm welcome to Jake Ireland and Daniel Brumar who recently joined as our newest Members of the OOS! We hope that you enjoy our Society. Please feel free to ask myself, any of the Board of Directors or other Members any questions that you might have about the Society or about orchids.

Helen Nitschkie Membership

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Southern Ontario Orchid Society Results

Society Display

SOOS Display Ribbon Winners Photos taken by Joyce Medcalf

Award Name Owner Photo #

3rd Society Display Joyce Medcalf Above

1st & Mario Ferrusi Memorial Trophy for Best Pleurothallid 3rd Specimen Class

Pleurothallis bivalvis 'Hill Island' CHM/AOS Joyce Medcalf 5

1st Oncostelopsis Leopoldo (Oncidopsis Pacific Waters x Oncostele Aloha Sparks)

Maria Martins 1

1st Paphiopedilum Valerie Tonkin (Paphiopedilum Hellas x Paphiopedilum Stefani Pitta)

Jean Hollebone 2

2nd Guaricyclia Rossy Ochoa (Guaricyclia Plicaboa x Guarianthe bowringiana)

Angèle Biljan No Photo

2nd Paphiopedilum Benkei (Paphiopedilum godefroyae x Paphiopedilum S. Gratrix) x bellatulum

Maria Martins 3

2nd Restrepia Frank Feysa #1 (Restrepia sanguinea x Restrepia guttulata)

Joyce Medcalf No Photo

3rd Paphiopedilum Olympic Halo (Paphiopedilum Olympic Mountains x Paphiopedilum Halo) x spicerianum

Jean Hollebone 4

3rd Rhyncholaeliocattleya Angel Lace (Cattleya Little Angel x Rhyncholaelia digbyana)

Angèle Biljan No Photo

3rd Restrepia Frank Feysa #2 (Restrepia sanguinea x Restrepia guttulata)

Joyce Medcalf 6

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1st Place & Mario Ferrusi Memorial Trophy for Best Pleurothallid and 3rd Place in Specimen Class Pleurothallis bivalvis 'Hill Island' CHM/AOS

Congratulations to Joyce Medcalf for her prize winning Pleurothallis bivalvis 'Hill Island' CHM/AOS. Congratulations to the OOS Members who won ribbons and who contributed to this OOS Display. Thanks to Joyce for creating this display for the OOS and the SOOS!

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OOS Display at the OSRBG Orchid Show February 29 - March 1

Helen Nitschkie and I took 16 gorgeous orchids to the Orchid Show in Hamilton at the lovely Royal Botanical Gardens. Thank you to all those who offered plants: Jan Johns, Nina Ziolkowski, Monique Savard, Angèle Biljan, Marie-Josée Bergeron, Jean Hollebone and Maria Martins. Even if all the plants did not win ribbons, they helped us to create the OOS display which won 2nd Place. In addition, thank you to Jean Hollebone who offered her home as a drop off point. We are also grateful to Joe Di Ciommo who offered discount plants for the raffle table in March. We also got some from Terry Kennedy at Orchids In Our Tropics. Be sure to buy a raffle ticket at our next meeting!

Jan Johns

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1st Oncostelopsis Leopoldo (Oncidopsis Pacific Waters x Oncostele Aloha Sparks)

Maria Martins 1

1st Cattlianthe White Bridal 'Yuki' (Cattleya Angelwalker x Cattlianthe Candy Tuft)

Monique Savard 2

2nd Cattleya walkeriana f. coerulea Angèle Biljan 3

2nd Phalaenopsis Yaphon Green Jewel (P. Buena Jewel x P. Su-An Cricket)

Angèle Biljan 4

2nd Laeliocattleya City Life (Laeliocattleya Liptonii x Cattleya Circle of Life)

Angèle Biljan 5

2nd Vandachostylis Pine Rivers 'Pink' (Vanda Peggy Foo x Rhynchostylis coelestis)

Marie-Josée Bergeron 6

3rd Phalaenopsis Pylo's Slurpee (Lawrie Springate 'Round' x Mituo King Bellina 'Pylo #1')

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3rd Paphiopedilum Urban Vogue (Paphiopedilum urbanianum x Paphiopedilum Vogue Wonder)

Jean Hollebone 8

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Joyce Medcalf won the Best Display by an Amateur - again…another beautiful display. Her Pleurothallis bivalvis 'Hill Island' CHM/AOS also won the Mario Ferrusi Memorial Award for Best Pleurothallid Alliance - again. Many congratulations Joyce - these are well-deserved awards!

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Japan Grand Prix 30th Anniversary International Orchid and Flower Show

Feb. 14 - 21, 2020, Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan

Seeing the JGP International Orchid and Flower Show in person was amazing! The most gorgeous orchids that I have ever seen. If you ever get a chance to be in Tokyo around Valentine’s Day, it is well worth the visit! Photos taken by Bev Burtnyk.

Grand Champion Paphiopedilum Tsukuba Sweet 'Hisashi' C. wittigana 'Pink Moon'

Paph. Galaxy Stone 'Kaoru' SM/JGP Lycaste virginalis 'Akiko' (Snow Galaxy x Stone Lovely)

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Suwada Orchid Nursery

While recently in Japan, Masa Matsuo and I had the pleasure of visiting Suwada Orchid Nursery in Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan. The owner Mr. Munekazu Ejiri, graciously showed us around his many orchid greenhouses. Munekazu Ejiri is the 3rd generation to run this Orchid Nursery. His Grandfather, Sozaburo Ejiri started the business in 1945. They have been in the orchid business for more than 75 years in Japan. Their specialty is fine hybridized Cattleya Orchids, but offer other orchid genera as well. Suwada currently has 8 greenhouses. Photos taken by Bev Burtnyk

Main Show Room OOS Member Masa Matsuo with Munekazu Ejiri Some of the lovely orchids throughout Suwada’s Greenhouses

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Suwada’s Vendor Booth at the JGP

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Oncidium Culture Sheet

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This is an extraordinarily large and diverse New World genus with an equally diverse number of habitats. Oncidiums may originate anywhere from sea level in the tropics to the high elevations of the Andes. This obviously makes cultural generalizations difficult. More specific instructions may be available from the grower. Some genera included are Aspasia, Brassia, warm- growing miltonias (often called the Brazilian type) and many of their hybrids. Light needs can vary from bright to nearly full direct sun depending on the species. Most will thrive with one to several hours of sun a day. Generally, thicker leaved plants, such as "mule-ear" and "equitant" oncidiums, can stand more light. In a greenhouse, 20 to 60 percent shade is required, or about 2,000 to 6,000 foot-candles, depending on the plants. In the home, east, south or west windows are ideal. Many types of oncidiums will grow under artificial light: Four fluorescent tubes supplemented with incandescent bulbs and placed 6 to 12 inches over the plants are necessary for proper growth. Metalhalide and sodium-vapor bulbs also provide sufficient light without needing to be so close to the plants. Temperatures for this group are generally considered intermediate to warm: 55 to 60 F at night, and 80 to 85 F during the day. Temperatures up to 95 to 100 F are tolerated if humidity and air movement are increased as the temperatures rise, a good general rule in any case. Water requirements vary with the type of plant. Generally, plants with large fleshy roots or leaves need less-frequent watering than thin-leaved or thin-rooted plants. Watering should be thorough, and the medium should dry at least halfway through the pot before watering again. This may be every two to 10 days depending on weather, pot size and material, type of orchid and type of potting medium. Plants not actively growing should be watered less; many species have winter rest periods.

Humidity should be between 30 and 60 percent. Many oncidiums require less humidity than other orchids. Most greenhouses have adequate humidity. In the home, placing the plants above moist pebbles in trays is ideal. Fertilize regularly while plants are actively growing. Applications of 30-10-10 formulations twice a month are ideal for plants in a bark-based potting medium. A 20-20-20 formulation should be used on plants in other media or on slabs. If skies are cloudy, applications once a month are sufficient. Potting should be done when new growth is about one-half mature, which is usually in the spring. Fine-grade potting media are usually used with fine-rooted plants and coarser mixes with large-rooted plants; the standard size is medium grade. The plant should be positioned in the pot so that the newest growth is farthest away from the edge of the pot, allowing the maximum number of new growths before crowding the pot. Spread the roots over a cone of potting medium and fill in around the roots. Firm the medium around the roots. Keep humidity high and the potting medium dry until new roots form. Equitant and mule-ear oncidiums, as well as other fleshy-leaved or large-rooted plants, can be grown on slabs of cork bark or tree fern or in pots filled with a coarse, well-drained medium such as charcoal. This allows the drying between waterings that these types need.

http://www.aos.org/orchids/culture-sheets/oncidium.aspx

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OOS SHOW TABLE FOR FEBRUARY 16, 2020

CLASS JUDGED BY PLACE NAME OWNER PHOTO

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Cattleya Alliance

Judged by Joyce Medcalf 1st Cattlianthe White Bridal 'Yuki' (Cattleya

Angelwalker x Cattlianthe Candy Tuft) Monique Savard 1

2nd Guaricyclia Yucatan (Guarianthe bowringiana x Encyclia Gail Nakagaki) x Catyclia Purple Glory (Encyclia adenocaula x Cattleya violacea)

Angèle Biljan 2

2nd Rhyncholaeliocattleya California Queen 'Angel Red' SBM/JOGA (Rhyncholaeliocattleya Hisako Akatsuka x Cattleya California Apricot)

Marie-Josée Bergeron 3

3rd Cattleya walkeriana h.f. coerulea Angèle Biljan 4

Cypripedium Alliance Paphiopedilum

Judged by André Couture

1st Paphiopedilum Berenice (Paphiopedilum lowii x Paphiopedilum philippinense)

Marie-Josée Bergeron 5

Oncidium Alliance

Judged by André Couture 1st Oncostelopsis Leopoldo (Oncidopsis

Pacific Waters x Oncostele Aloha Sparks) Maria Martins 6

2nd Epidendrum (Syn. Oerstedella) centropetalum

Angèle Biljan 7

3rd Tolumnia Jairak Flyer (Tolumnia Jairak Firm x Tolumnia Jairak Rainbow)

Angèle Biljan 8

Dendrobium Alliance

Judged by André Couture 1st Dendrobium officinale Asif Islam 9

2nd Dendrobium nobile Asif Islam 10

3rd Dendrobium nobile Maria Martins 11

Phalaenopsis Alliance

Judged by Marie-Josée Bergeron 1st Phalaenopsis No Name Hybrid Asif Islam 12

2nd Phalaenopsis tetraspis 'Liliane' JC/AOS Angèle Biljan 13

3rd Phalaenopsis No Name Hybrid Hessalene Attong 14

3rd Phalaenopsis No Name Hybrid Asif Islam 15

Vanda Alliance

Judged by Marie-Josée Bergeron 1st Ceratostylis retisquama Claude Brault 16

Miniature

Judged by Joyce Medcalf 1st Cattleya coccinea Angèle Biljan 17

Best of Show Table

Judged by André Couture & Joyce Medcalf

Cattlianthe White Bridal 'Yuki' (Cattleya Angelwalker x Cattlianthe Candy Tuft)

Monique Savard

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Member's Choice

Judged by Brian Peever Cattlianthe White Bridal 'Yuki' (Cattleya

Angelwalker x Cattlianthe Candy Tuft) Monique Savard

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Member’s Choice: Beautiful floral display. Flowers are a clear white with a pleasing fragrance.

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Best of Show Table and Member's Choice

Cattlianthe White Bridal 'Yuki' Grown by Monique Savard, pictured with her husband Jean-Guy Cyr

Best of Show Judged by Joyce Medcalf & André Couture Member's Choice Judged by Brian Peevers

Photo taken by Arlene Lang

Cattlianthe White Bridal 'Yuki'

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Joyce Medcalf judging at the Show Table, with the assistance of Marcel Carrière.

André Couture judging the Show Table, at the Displays.

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Show Table Judging, Marie-Josée Bergeron

Brian Peever making his Member's Choice

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WOC - Taiwan Postponed

February 28, 2020 https://www.woc23.com/eng-of-the-novel-coronavirus

Concerned About Spreading the COVID-19, The City of Taichung, Taiwan, Decided to Postpone the “2020 World Orchid Conference and Show” In order to protect the health and safety of the people in Taiwan and all of the WOC participants, as well as to avoid overloading the medical community and to comply with the central government policy, The City of Taichung has announced to postpone the “23rd World Orchid Conference and Show”, which was scheduled for March 9-18, 2020 at the former Flower Expo site in Waipu. The city government of Taichung said that, “although tremendous efforts have been placed on organizing the orchid conference and show and plenty has been done to keep everyone safe, in light of possible further disease spread and the central government raising the condition to Level 1, the City of Taichung and Taiwan Orchid Growers Association have jointly decided to postpone the event to a later time in 2020 after the COVID-19 has subsided.”

City of Taichung Announcement

“It took many years of efforts to secure the right to host the World Orchid Conference”, said the Agriculture Bureau of the City of Taichung which is the sponsor. The City further stressed that “This is the first time the World Orchid Conference takes place in Taiwan since its inception in 1954. After being awarded this honoring opportunity in South Africa in 2014, the City of Taichung and Taiwan Orchid Growers Association have spent the last three years preparing for this event. However, due to health concerns and to comply with the national healthy emergency policy, following extensive deliberations, we decided to postpone this long anticipated major orchid event. We understand that this postponement creates difficulties for those who have nearly completed their orchid exhibits. We further realize the financial losses for those overseas orchid scholars and experts who have been invited or volunteered to join this conference to contribute valuable presentations. As such, the Agriculture Bureau will seek all possibilities to minimize their losses. We hope that this Conference will soon be resumed after the danger of COVID-19 no longer exists.”

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The American Orchid Society - Spring Members Meeting April 15 - 19: Sacramento, California, USA

For more information, please check out their website: http://www.aos.org/news-and-events/members-meetings/schedule.aspx

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Photo taken by Bev Burtnyk

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Montréal Supplemental Judging Centre Plants Awarded in February 2020 Photographer: Thang Dam

Specklinia corniculata

'Jardin botanique de Montréal' CCM/AOS 83 points

Owner: Jardin botanique de Montréal

Cyrcochilum detortum 'Jardin botanique de Montréal'’

CBR/AOS

Owner: Jardin botanique de Montréal

NOTE: Award subject to identification by the Species Identification Task Force

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Montréal Judging Centre Meetings

Members are welcome to assist at the judging meetings. Meetings are held in the main building of the Montreal Botanical Garden. Those attending should register at the Security desk; the Judging Centre meets in room 243 (check at the registration desk and sign in). The meetings are held on the 3rd Saturday of each month except for March and April (Judging is then held in conjunction with the Montréal or Ottawa Orchid Shows).

Judging Centres

March 28: Montréal Additional Judging Centre They meet on the 3rd Saturday of each month. Montréal Botanical Garden, 4101 Rue Sherbrooke E, Montréal, QC H1X 2B2

April 4: Toronto Judging Centre They meet on the 1st Saturday of each month. Toronto Botanical Gardens, 777 Lawrence Avenue, Toronto, ON M3C 1P2

Upcoming AOS Webinars

March 19: Greenhouse Chat with Ron McHatton 8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Open to Public

March 31: A Junior Orchid Show with Barbara Schmidt 8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Open to the Public

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Upcoming Canadian Orchid Shows

March 20 - 22: Vancouver Orchid Society Show & Sale VanDusen Botanical Garden Floral Hall, 5251 Oak Street Vancouver, British Columbia

http://www.vancouverorchidsociety.ca/?page_id=530

March 21 - 22: London Orchid Society 41st Annual Orchid Show And Sale Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School 1065 Sunningdale Road East London, Ontario http://londonorchidsociety.com/shows.asp

March 27 - 29: Orchid Society of Alberta Orchid Fair Annual Show & Sale Enjoy Centre 101 Riel Drive St. Albert, Alberta https://orchidsalberta.wildapricot.org/page-18132

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March 27 - 29: Manitoba Orchid Society Orchid Celebration Breezy Bend Country Club 7620 Roblin Blvd. Headingly, Manitoba http://www.manitobaorchidsociety.ca/?page_id=103

March 28 - 29: Les Orchidophiles de Montréal Orchidexpo 2020 Collège Maisonneuve 2700 Bourbonnière Montréal, Québec http://orchidophilesmontreal.ca/English-version.php http://orchidophilesmontreal.ca/index.php

April 4 - 5: Les Orchidophiles de Québec Orchidofolie 2020 Exposition et vente d’orchidées 2480 Blvd. Hochelaga Québec City, Québec https://www.orchids.org/events/les-orchidophiles-de-quebec-les-orchidophiles-de-quebec-orchidofolie-2020

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Upcoming USA Orchid Shows

March 28 - 29: Central Florida Orchid Show It’s Raining Orchids! 64th Annual Orchid Show National Guard Armory 2809 S Fern Creek Orlando, Florida https://cflorchidsociety.org/

Upcoming International Orchid Shows

March 28 - 29: Jamaica Orchid Society presents An Orchid Carnival, 2020 Spring Show and Sale Jamaica Horticultural Society Showgrounds Gibson Drive, Hope Pastures Kingston, Jamaica https://www.facebook.com/Jamaica-Orchid-Society-278166828872696/

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Editor’s Wrap

Many thanks to Mr. Munekazu Ejiri, owner of Suwada Orchid Nursery, for taking us through his greenhouses, to see all the gorgeous Cattleya Orchids and many other genera of orchids. It was such a pleasure that he allowed us to take pictures and for me to publish them in SPIKE. We also visited him at Suwada’s Vendor Booth at the Japan Grand Prix International Orchid and Flower Show. Thank you for your time and patience, while being so busy with the JGP Orchid Show!! Thanks to Masa Matsuo for showing me a great time in Japan. He was the perfect host. I found the language difficult. He was probably tired of me asking me what each product was, as not all were in English. He was an excellent navigator getting around Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka. The Japan Grand Prix International Orchid and Flower Show was incredible. If you ever get the chance to go, it is well worth the visit. Thanks to Joyce Medcalf for creating the Display at the SOOS Orchid Show that received a 3rd Place. Congratulations for your 1st Place & Mario Ferrusi Memorial Trophy for Best Pleurothallid and 3rd Place Specimen Class, Pleurothallis bivalvis 'Hill Island' CHM/AOS. Congratulations to the other OOS Members who received winning ribbons. Thanks also to all that lent their orchids to this OOS Display. Thanks to Jan Johns and Helen Nitschkie for creating the Display at the Orchid Society of the Royal Botanical Gardens. Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to everyone to contributed to this display. The display received a 2nd Place ribbon. I think that the City of Taichung, Taiwan and the World Orchid Conference Committee made the right decision with the postponement of the World Orchid Conference in Taiwan. After so much preparation, I hope that they will be able to have the event at a later date this year. The Coronavirus has many people nervous about traveling and the possibility of getting this contagious virus. I know that our OOS Members are probably relieved and disappointed by this postponement as they had planned to attend this Conference in March. Hopefully, they will be able to attend once the date has been rescheduled. Thanks to the American Orchid Society for their Culture Sheet on Oncidiums. This gives us a detailed description on how to grow them well. Many of us have one or two of these gorgeous orchids. If you have something that you wish to share or post in SPIKE, please send me an email on or before the 1st of the month. If submitted later, it will be entered into the next month’s SPIKE. As always, it takes many people to put SPIKE together each month. Many thanks for all who contributed this month. Until next month, Happy Orchid Growing!!

Bev Burtnyk, Editor, SPIKE Newsletter