Paph fairrieanum ('W.S. ' X 'Red' AM/AOS)
Lc Mem. Robert Strait 'Lakeland'
Bc lindleyana
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Most regular scheduled meetings will be held at the Capital Manor Community Center in west Salem from 7:00 to 8:30 on the 2nd Wednesday night of every month (except July). Occasionally meetings may take the form of a potluck or field trip to an alternate destination, so if you are considering visiting it might be wise to contact a member to confirm the location of the meeting you are considering visiting or check alternate locations noted on the scedule.
We are always looking for an interesting new topic and a friendly smile! If you are knowledgeable about some facet of orchids and/or orchid growing, and would like to share your wisdom with the group, please communicate this to one of the board members and we will see if we can schedule you as a speaker.
Note that there are other activities available to members at meetings besides the monthly scheduled programs.
Members are encouraged to bring in their own plants for show & tell - either/and to "show off" their wonderful plants/flowers or to ask questions regarding growing/culture.
Program Schedules Update (as of 5/24/10):
June 9, 2010 - Walter Orchard is scheduled to talk to us about Disas. His talk will cover the main Disa species of interest, all of which grow in a winter rainfall area close to Cape Town, South Africa, in close association with water. He will discuss the main hybridization lines and describe how to grow these colorful orchids. Disas are rarely seen in orchid collections, which is a great pity as they are among the most beautiful and colorful of all terrestrial orchids. See the June newsletter for additional information.
July - NO MEETINGAugust 11, 2009 - Summer Potluck
September 8, 2010 and beyond - as yet to be determined. If you are interested in sharing your knowledge of some facet of orchids or know of someone else who would please contact a member of the CCOS board to let us know.
To get an idea of the meeting topics of the most recent past, continue to scroll down this page.
May 12, 2010 - planned meeting topic of hardy orchids ended up with schedule conflicts with speakers. Make-up topic from February - watched a DVD put together by the Orchid Wrangler - covered basic orchid care for the five most popular genera. Short presentation noting this year's challenge plants are also being grown on an online forum and members challenged to share their plants and review information here - Orchid Geeks.
April 14, 2010 - We dispersed our challenge plants for this year - aerangis biloba and phalaenopsis Intermedia. Both plants are suitable for a number of potential culture techniques from home windowsill to greenhouse growing - so it will be exciting to compare notes and see what seems to work best. Tom Vallente also brought a number of divisions of a calanthe for a half dozen members to try their hand at growing, with the stipulation that they share what they learn in the process of growing them.
It was interesting to compare plants from last year's challenge - oncidium type intergenerics (note specific plants in the 2009 schedule below). Phyllis Wolf did an excellent job with last year's challenge plant and shared her secret - growing in a peat based media.
March 27 - Special Field Trip out to Hillsview Gardens to visit with Theresa Hill. We must do this again next year - EXCELLENT visit and SUPER plants!
March 10, 2010 - Jim Rassmann was our speaker, an expert on the genus draculas and pleurothallids in general, his presentation was on his most recent (November) trip to Colombia. This included judging the Cali show, a trip to Popoyan to see the Andean Condors, and a walk (with military guard) on the road from Cali to the Choco on the west coast. This is the first time the road has been open for nearly ten years. Additionally the talk will cover two days spent at El Rugio, a 25 acre homestead in the mountains above Cali. Were we all ready to head to Columbia or what?!
February 10, 2010 - reviewed pictures from this years Tacoma Orchid Show & Sale last January. At our meeting we had lots of plants available to members in the form of a silent auction, raffle plants, and plants for sale by members.
January 13, 2010 - Marcia Romick will be our featured speaker and her talk will be on Miltonia and Miltoniopsis species and their hybrids. Marcia says that they do well in our area and are easy to grow in either the house or greenhouse, so come and learn all about them and bring a little cash to take home a plant or two and find out how much you learned!
December 9, 2009 - our annual Christmas potluck. During this meeting we traditionally have one free orchid available for each CCOS member and this year we auctioned off a copy of OrchidWiz as well.
November 11, 2009 - Theresa Hill from Hillsview Gardens was our guest speaker. She is a partner in Hillsview Gardens, growers of Miltoniopsis, Masdevallias and Complex Paphiopedilums. They have been breeding orchids since 1985. Since that time, they have received over 100 AOS awards which include two FCC/AOS, a Gold Certificate Display, five Awards of Quality and a Bronze award from the 16th World Orchid Conference. Theresa spoke on the development of the breeding program at Hillsview Gardens with the emphasis on Complex Paphiodilums. You can learn more about Hillsview Gardens from their website at www.hillsviewgardens.com.
October 14, 2009 - Mike Ayres, CCOS VP, briefly discussed several online orchid resources and then discussed online forums and various orchid growing projects which he has been a part of through Orchidgeeks.com. Genera included catasetums, phalaenopsis, dendrobiums, paphiopedilums, and masdevallias.
September 9, 2009 - Round table discussion led by two members of the CCOS board discussing a few select items from their orchd growing experiences - Becky Thompson and Tom Valente.August 12, 2009 - Summer Potluck
July - NO MEETING
June 27, 2009 - Special Field Trip
1) Hana Farms (Sean McMillan) - 1600 SW Borland Rd. West Linn, Oregon 503-638-0985 (see web site link above)
2) Blue Barn Orchids (Hal & Zan) - 29550 NE David Lane Newberg, Oregon 97132 503-537-5395 Link to website
3) Clackamas Orchids (Dave Morris) - 7920 S Zimmerman Rd Canby, Oregon 97013 503-651-3438 Link to website
June 10, 2009 - Sean McMillan of Hana Farms gave a presentation of hardy orchids, with emphasis on many of the plants he grows at his business in West Linn. Dick & Nadine Gerhardt shared some pictures they took when a small group of CCOS members visited Bill Duke's south Salem garden - where they initially went to view a healthy stand of blooming Cypripedium parviflorum.
May 13, 2009 - Patricia Harding's program "What Makes a Good Cattleya?" Many photographs and associated discussion comparing South American and American judged features in large species cattleyas.
April 8, 2009 - CCOS members are given the opportunity to share in a group growing project involving eight different types of intergeneric orchid plugs (young plants) from The Orchid Works in Hawaii. Brief potting demonstration and discussion on how to take care of these plants as both young starts and as they mature.Plants available were:
March 12, 2009 - round table discussion between CCOS members discussing some of the important facets of what it takes to plan and put on an AOS judged orchid show.
Bllra. Pluto's Drummer 'Pacific Clown', Degarmoara Hani 'Star of Unicorn' AM/AOS, Odontonia Papageno 'Me Armour', Bllra Patricia McCully 'Pacific Matriarch', (Milt. Maui Titan X Odcdm Harry Sutton) 'Sunday Best', Odontioda Cheys Keigh 'Yellow Yellow', and Zygonesia Cynosure 'Blue Birds'.
