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The Ottawa Orchid Society meets every third Sunday ofevery month from September to May inclusive

at 1:30 P.M. at the Tom Brown Arena, 141 Bayview, Ottawa.Guests are welcome.

MEMBERSHIP: $25 from September 1 - August 31.

Ottawa Orchid SocietyP.B. 38038,

1430 Prince of Wales DriveOttawa, Ontario

K2C 1N0www.ottawaorchidsociety.com

BOARD OF DIRECTORSPresident / Editor:Rick Sobkowicz

613-825-0827 / [email protected]

Vice President:Gerry Duffield


Treasurer:André Couture


Secretary:Janet Johns


Membership:Teresa Lafleur


Librarian:Jane Thompson


Program:Julie Mertens


Show Chairman / Webmaster:David Cooper

613-256-2853 / [email protected]:

Richard Aubert613-728-9890 / [email protected]

Past President:Anna Bilsky


COC Representative:Jean Hollebone


AOS Representative:Margaret Haydon

613-825-0827

Conservation Representative:Marilyn Light


This month’s meeting…

Sunday, March 16th, 2008 @ 1:30 p.m.Tom Brown Arena, 141 Bayview, Ottawa

“Orchid Photography 101” with Michael MacConnaill

They say that a picture is worth a thousand words and, in our opinion, thatold adage is certainly true when it comes to orchids. We’ve been awed, amazed, even repulsed, but pictures of orchids always evoke somesentiment. This month, our very own Michael MacConnaill will introduce usto the world of orchid photography and let us in on those tips and tricks totake outstanding shots of our own orchids or some of the many orchids sureto take our breath away at our show in April.

Michael has been an active member of our society since 1982. He is theofficial photographer for several orchid societies, including our own, as wellas the Kingston and Montreal orchid societies, and for the Montreal JudgingCentre. He is also an accepted AOS photographer and his pictures havegraced the pages of several issues of the AOS magazine Orchids. Socome and learn from Michael both the technical and practical aspects oforchid photography, whose presentation will include both examples anddemonstrations.

Don’t forget to bring your blooming orchids to our monthly showtable.

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A Note from the President (and Editor)

Our show is fast approaching and we have confirmation of two new vendors coming toour show. Glen Decker of Piping Rock Orchids in Galway, New York will be attendingboth as a COC speaker and vendor. You will recall from our write up in the SeptemberSpike that Glen is producing some fantastic crosses using Phragmipedium kovachii(pictured on the right) as one of the parent crosses. He encourages you to visit his website (www.pipingrockorchids.com) or call him at 518-882-9002 to place pre-orderswhich he will bring to our April Annual show. Norito Hasegawa of Paphanatics unLtd. inCalifornia will also be coming. Norito is a leading Paph expert and breeder who seeksthe best he can find for his breeding stock. At present, his web site only lists flasks but

he will be bringing interesting seedlings and largersized plants for the paph. aficionados. Have a lookat his flask listing for Paphiopedilum Frank Smith(rothschildianum 'Dark Abyss' x Norito Hasegawa 'Giraffe') ($175 for flask,approx. 20-25 plants per flask). This is similar to Paph. Dollgoldi but much easierto flower. Paph. Frank Smith has been seldom seen for sale. This is a gorgeousyellow-flowered multi! Don’t be afraid of buying a flask from Norito as you can get some very interesting surprises when the plants bloom. On the left are twoexamples of Paph. Dollgoldi, showing the interesting range of coloration. If theprice of some of the flasks appear too much for your budget, consider teamingup with one or more members from the Society, split the cost and divide the

seedlings accordingly. This can be a lot of fun, provide you with an opportunity toown some orchids you might not have otherwise the chance to own, and see andlearn what hybridizing can produce. This experience could lead to someinteresting, personal experimentation. Norito can be reached by phone at (714)826-8432, fax at (714) 639-5124 or by e-mail at [email protected] .

In the February 2008 issue of the AOS publication, ORCHIDS, there is a veryinteresting article, “WATCH YOUR STEP, Possible Consequences of Walking off the Trail” by Marilyn Light and Michael Macconaill of our Society. To read this

very informative and educational article, visit our Society librarian where we have this publication.

We continue to be in need of volunteers to help us with our annual orchid show. Sign up sheets will be on hand atboth the March and April meetings for the various and numerous functions. Any time you could spare will be greatlyappreciated. As thanks, volunteers are admitted free of charge to the show, get to eat some great food prepared byour own members and purchased locally and benefit in a number of other ways.

Thanks to Arlene Lang, a local and very talented photographer, we have some greatphotos in this month’s Spike of some of the February show table plants. YanickChampoux, who is helping Dave Cooper with the Society’s web site, has also been taking photographs of our monthly show table and his photographs are on theSociety’s web site. However, none of this wouldbe possible without the numerousand beautiful plants members have been bringing to our monthly meetings. Weatherconditions have not been the best these past few months and some members havebeen just great transporting their blooming orchids under some very adverseconditions. Thanks to everyone who struggled bringing plants, large and small, to themeetings. A special thanks to Angèle Biljan, pictured on the right, who really makesour show table a show. For those of you who do not know Angèle, she is the ownerof Angel Orchids and in addition to bringing great plants to the show table, she alsois an orchid vendor who brings each month all kinds of orchid supplies and otherplants for members to buy at pretty great prices. Don’t be shy, when you see Angèle, do say “Hi” and express yourappreciation for her hard work and sacrifice. She’s a very nice lady, too!

Enough said, enjoy Spike and see you at the March meeting.

Rick Sobkowicz

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SOCIETY BULLETIN BOARD

Orchid Dreaming, or Visiting Botanical Gardens by Julie Mertens

Trip to the Royal Botanical Gardens: The visit to the Montreal Botanical Gardens in Februarywas a success. All who attended were delighted with blooming orchids galore at the MontrealBotanical Gardens and most of us left the Paradis des Orchidées with a souvenir (or two, or nine in thecase of our program chair). The trip was so successful that we are now looking into planning a similar,though longer, trip to the (Hamilton & Burlington) Royal Botanical Gardens in September. Additionalinformation will be available in the coming months, so keep an eye out. There is an article by DaveCooper on the Montreal trip on the Internet version of Spike.

RECOMMENDED BOOK FOR SLIPPER ORCHID LOVERS by Rick SobkowiczIf you love your slipper orchids there is a new book out, “Tropical Slipper Orchids –Paphiopedilumand Phragmipedium Species and Hybrids” by Harold Koopowitz, which is a must have book. It is411 pages with 359 stunning watercolors and photographs with just the information growers want toknow about orchids they may want to own and grow. Chapters has this book listed at $60.95 (CDN.)but if you go to the Chapter’s web site, the book is offered at $45.50 (CDN.) ($43.23 if you haveirewards). If you can’t wait to order this book and receive it by mail, you may wish to print off the Chapter’s web site offer and take this with you when you go to your local Chapters or Indigo bookstore and see if you can get the discount price on this book if it is available in the store. This must be THEdefinitive book on lady slipper orchids. You won’t regret this purchase!It makes a great gift, too.

LYCASTE AND OTHER ORCHIDS FOR SALEJoe DiCiommo has Lyc. skinneri (blush, alba, or pinkish) and a cross of Lyc. (Macama x WyldSplendour), mostly in the red shade, available for sale. Plants are in flowering size and prices rangeaccording to pot size: 4 inches @$35; 6 inches @$49.00 to $90, according to quality of flower but mostof them are full plants! Not skimpy. Joe also has Cym. Maureen Carter that recently won best Cym. atthe Toronto orchid show. This is an intermediate variety cymbidium that is easier to bloom than mostwith golden yellow fragrant flowers! Joe has a number of these cymbidiums and is selling them at$49.00 each. He also has Lc. Orglade's Grand, a very large semi alba in 6'' pots for $49.00. Joe canbe reached by phone at 905-905-9339 or by e-mail at [email protected] .

Lycaste skinneri var. albaOne of the most beautiful orchid species known to man,Lycaste skinneri variety alba was proclaimed the nationalflower of Guatemala in 1934, where it is known as MonjaBlanca, the white nun. A classic in pure white. this variety isfragrant and an exceptional grower and bloomer requiringcool growing conditions. It is said to symbolize peace,beauty and art.

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FEBRUARY SHOW TABLE JUDGING RESULTS–February 17, 2008

Alliance Prize-winning plants Grower1st prize: *Cym. Nokia*unregistered grex anme

Rita ShandCYMBIDIUM,judged by Michael Lum

2nd prize: *Cym. Sarah Jean ‘Ice Cascade’AD/CSA* Note award

Angèle Biljan

1st prize: Lc. Puppy Love Uli Schmidt

2nd prize: C. loddigesii Angèle Biljan

CATTLEYAjudged by Michael Lum

2nd prize: Epi. stamfordianum Uli Schmidt1st prize: Den. Big Alex (alexandrae × bigibbum) Angèle BiljanDENDROBIUM,

judged by Henry Steger 2nd prize: Den. Pamela ‘Angel Smile’ Angèle Biljan1st prize: Lyc. lasioglossa Marlene Young2nd prize: *Lyc. Hybrida (skinneri × deppei)*Also known as Lyc. Smeeana

Marlene Young

2nd prize: Lyc. Sulphurea (cruenta × deppei) Marlene Young

LYCASTE,judged by Henry Steger

3rd prize: Lyc. Imshootiana (cruenta × skinneri) Marlene Young1st prize: Odcdm. Golden Trident Rita ShandONCIDIUM,

judged by Henry Steger 2nd prize: *Cuitlauzina pulchella (syn. Osmoglossumpulchellum)* Accepted name–Selbyana 24: 44 (2003)

Angèle Biljan

1st prize: Paph. . appletonianum André Couture2nd prize * Paph. (Happy Hill × Hama Chilwin)* Note spelling of Hama Chilwin

Michael BarkerPAPHIOPEDILUM,judged by Michael Lum

2rd prize: Paph. Delophyllum André Couture1st prize: *Phal. Montigo* unregistered grex name

André CouturePHALAENOPSIS andDORITAENOPSIS,judged by Michael Lum 2nd prize: *Phal. Jill Amy

* (Brother Lawrence × Taipei Gold)Marlene Young

1st prize: *Phrag. Barbara LeAnn* Note spelling of grex name

Angèle Biljan

2nd prize: Phrag.Sorcerer’s Apprentice Barbara Wysocka

PHRAGMIPEDIUM,judged by Michael Lum

3rd prize: Phrag. Sedenii ‘Powder Puff’ Angèle Biljan1st prize: V. Art Delight Helgi FatovicVANDA,

judged by Michael Lum 2nd prize: *Ascda. (Krailerk × Varut Leopard)*Note spelling of Varut

Helgi Fatovic

MEMBER’S CHOICE, judged by Helgi Fatovic, Epi. Stamfordianum GROWER: Uli Schmidt. Reasons for thischoice included the multitude of perfect flowers on two inflorescences.

BEST OF SHOW TABLE, judged by Henry Steger and Michael Lum is Phrag. Barbara LeAnn, GROWER:Angèle Biljan

Show table coordinator: Jean Hollebone

* Names reflect taxonomic changes appearing in the World Checklist http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/wcsp/ Membersshould note items indicated (*) have updated generic or grex names or the spelling has been corrected. Awardswhere applicable to a cultivar have been updated. Owners of these plants are requested to update tags and recordsand to label their orchids accordingly.

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Arlene Lang, a local photographer who has graciously volunteered to take photographs of our monthly show table,took all the images on this page at the February 2008 show table. They are, from left to right, Paph. Delophyllumgrown by André Couture; Paph. appletonianum also grown by André Couture; and Phrag. Sorcerer's Apprenticegrown by Barbara Wysocka.

In the second row, from left to right, we have Lycaste Sulphurea grown by Marlene Young; Phrag. Barbara LeAnngrown by Angèle Biljan; and, Phrag. Don Wimber also grown by Angèle Biljan.

Bottom row: On left is Epidendrum stamfordianum grown by Uli Schmidt; middle photo is Paph. (Happy Hill xHanna Chilwin), grown by Michael Barker and the image on the right is Vanda Pat Delight grown by Helgi Fatovic.

CLICK ON THE IMAGES FOR LARGER MORE DRAMATIC PICTURES.

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On the left, Cymbidium Sarah Jean “Ice Cascade” grown by Angèle Biljan; center is Phal. Montigo grown by André Couture; and on the right is Oncidium Golden Trident grown by Rita Shand. All photos above taken by Arlene Lang.

MORE PHOTOS OF SHOW TABLE PLANTS ON SOCIETY WEB SITETo view many more pictures of our show table, go to our Society’s web site, click on the link “ORCHID PHOTOS”that appears near the top of your screen. This will bring you to a page where you will have a number of linksappear in a column on the far left for different shows and other events where photographs have been taken. Clickon the link that reads “SHOW TABLE”. This will open up a new page with a listing of each monthly show table.Enjoy!

Note to photographers: We encourage members and others to photograph the orchids on our show table but ifyou intend to submit your pictures for publication in Spike or to be put on the Society’s web site, we ask that youplease correctly identify the plant as best as you can. Some photographers also take an image of the informationtag that growers fill out and place next to their plant identifying the orchid and the name of the grower.

Note to plant owners bringing plants to the show table: Plant owners are asked to take care to either writeclearly or print the information on the information tags as this will help us tremendously in correctly identifying plantsand recognizing the grower who grew the plant and brought it to the show table.

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MATERIALS NEEDED FOR THE OTTAWA ORCHID SOCIETY ANNUAL SHOW EXHIBITLinda Schopf is looking after the OOS display at the upcoming show, and she is planning an impressive two-sidedexhibit this year. There will be a waterfall with a warm tropical theme on one side, and a cool, misty cloud forest onthe other side. All members are encouraged to bring in your blooming plants - let's have a really spectacular exhibitthis year to impress our COC friends! To avoid having to buy a lot of materials, Linda is making use of many itemsthat she already has available. She is also trying to borrow things where possible, and she is particularly looking forthe following items:

Plastic Milk crates - she needs about 8 Driftwood/wood pieces that would look natural in the setting Small "muffin" fans–three + corresponding adaptors Moss (live or fake)–bug free, both the ground cover type and the hanging type (Spanish moss) Black or stone colored material (disposable or non-disposable) Small ferns with blooming orchids

If you have any of these items that you could lend to Linda, please bring them in to the Sunday meeting onMarch 16. If you have questions you can call Linda at 613-283-3940 or e-mail her at [email protected]

Linda is also looking for volunteers to help with the display, and particularly to record the details of members' plantsas they are brought in. Don't forget to check out the volunteer sign-up sheets at the Sunday meeting!

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Mar. 15-16, 2008 30th Annual London Orchid Society Show and Sale, Western Fair Grounds,Special Events Building, 900 King Street, London, Ontario, website:http://los.lon.imag.net/shows.asp. Show times: Sat. 12:00-5:00 pm; Sunday, 8:00-10:00am artists and photographers only; public: 10:00-5:00pm. Show chair:Jo-Anne Eadie, telephone: 519-471-4643, e-mail: [email protected].

Mar. 16, 2008 Michael MacConaill, our expert AOS photographer in residence, will presentOrchid Photography 101, just in time for you to practice your photography skills forthe orchid show season!

Mar.29-30, 2008 Orchidexpo, CEGEP de Maisonneuve, 2700 Ave. Bourbonniere (&Sherbrooke), Montreal. Show opens at 12:00 noon on Saturday.

April 5, 2008 Toronto Centre AOS Judging, 1:00 pm, Toronto Botanical Garden, EdwardsGardens, 777 Lawrence Avenue East, Toronto. Contact person: Mario Ferrusi,905-892-4187, e-mail: mferrusi@sympatico

April 12, 2008 Montreal AOS Judging, Montreal Botanical Garden, 4101 Sherbrooke St. East (&Pie IX Blvd.), 1:00 pm, contact person: Howard Ginsberg, 514-878-1900 or 514-871-0205, e-mail: [email protected]

April 19-20,2008

The Annual Toronto Artistic Orchid Association Show, Chinese CulturalCentre, 5183 Sheppard Ave. East, (Markham Road), Contact person: LouisaFung, [email protected], telephone: 416-292-9203. Website:http://www.taoa.ca.

April 20, 2008 Henry Steger, a past President of the Ottawa Orchid Society, will speak on LocalOrchids–who says you have to go far to see new orchids?

April 26-27,2008

O R C H I D O P H I L I A , 27th Ottawa Orchid Society Annual Show and Sale inconjunction with the COC Annual Meeting and Symposium, Nepean Sportsplex,1701 Woodroffe Ave., Ottawa, Ontario. Show Chair: David Cooper, e-mail:[email protected] http://www.ottawaorchidsociety.com. Show times: Sat.12:00-5:00 pm; Sunday: 9:00-5:00 pm.

O R C H I D O P H I L I APREORDER WITH UPCOMING SHOW VENDORS. See end of Spike (Internet Version) for contact information).

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Orchids 101

February 17, 2008

Winter Woes

Marilyn H.S. Light

Those of us raising orchids in Ottawa inevitably have to deal with winter which may be very or not so very cold,snowy or rainy, or even freezing rainy but always with shorter days and weaker sunlight. We want to ensure thatour orchids are healthy during this season and that they emerge at the end, robust and ready to take advantage ofthe lengthening days of spring.

Woe betide the pests:1–Give your orchids a regular 'check-up'. Look for pests that may have flourished while you were on vacation.

2 –Examine your collection at least weekly for signs of disease and pests. Have a 'hospital bench' to isolate sickplants.

Woe betide low temperature and humidity:3–Adjust watering frequency to accommodate lower humidity.

4–Reduce the frequency of fertilization or stop fertilizer application altogether if plants are not growing.

5 –Monitor temperature, humidity and air movement in all parts of the growing area. Beware of stagnant airpockets.

6 –Protect orchids against sudden changes in temperature. Shelter plants from cold condensation droplets fallingfrom a greenhouse roof or from hot and cold drafts. Beware of leaves touching windows which can be very cold onoccasion. Likewise, ensure that windowsill plants are shaded from strengthening sunlight in spring.

7–When using tap water, check the temperature before spraying. It can become quite cold in mid winter.

Woe betide reduced light availability:8–Increase or supplement light to maintain plant vigour.

9 - Day length affects many orchids, triggering them to either bloom, grow or rest. Vary the artificial day length inharmony with the season; 8-12 hours in winter versus up to 16 hours in summer. Verify that windowsill orgreenhouse plants are not being illuminated by outdoor or indoor lights at night during winter since this mayinterfere with their growth pattern.

Woe betide unexpected dangers:10 - If using a gas heater, verify that it is vented properly. Install an alarm system to guard against heater failure.Have the heater checked annually to forestall crises. Plan for a back up if sudden loss of power or heaterbreakdown will put your collection at risk.

Happy orchid growing!

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THE SHOW IS COMING, THE SHOW IS COMING,THE SHOW IS COMING…

The Society will be organizing the sale of members’ plants at its annual show, on April 26-27, 2008.Julie Mertens will be coordinating this sale and has sent the following instructions for interestedmembers.

During the upcoming Ottawa Orchid Show, a table will be reserved for the sale of members’ plants. The show is just over a month away; it’s not too early to be thinking of those plants in your collection that youmay want to sell. We all have orchids that aren’t flowering under our conditions or are getting too big for our growing space, so this is a good opportunity to take a good look at these plants and divide or repotthem so they will be well established for the show in April. You might also want to make room for thenew plants you’ll be buying at the show…

Below are a set of guidelines for plants you’ll be selling.

1. Plants must be delivered with the plant list to the sale table between 3:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. onFriday, April 25 (the plant list form is provided in this edition of Spike and will again be provided in theApril edition of Spike). If you are unable to make it at this time and would like to make alternatearrangements, please contact Julie in advance of the show at 613-323-0460 (cellular phone) or by e-mail at [email protected].

2. Plants must be well rooted, healthy and free of bugs. The person in charge of the sales table hasthe right to refuse any plants that do not meet reasonable plant health standards. Plants may also beinspected by other members of the Show Committee.

3. Each plant must have two(2) plastic tags: one must of course have the plant’s full name; the second, the owner’s name, the number on the plant list and the price. Please note that 10% will bededucted from the selling price and will go to the Ottawa Orchid Society to support itsactivities.

4. Members will be limited to selling 20 plants or less. Under extraordinary circumstances (e.g.passing away of the grower), members may request permission to sell more than 20 plants. Anysuch requests must be submitted in writing in person during a meeting of the society or by e-mail,and will be considered by the entire Show Committee. A two-week delay should be allowed for adecision. If approval to sell more than 20 plants is granted, the member must be present to assist inselling the plants.

5. The members’ sale table is in no way responsible for plants or photos that might go missing.

6. Proceeds from plant sales will be paid at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 27 and no earlier.Plants not sold must be picked up at that time also. It is the vendor’s sole responsibility to pick up unsold plants at this time. Vendors who would wish to pick up their plants earlier must advise Juliewhen dropping off their plants. Those members’ unsold plants will be pulled from the sales table Sunday morning and prepared for pick up along with the proceeds from sold plants.

If you have any questions or require further information, please don’t hesitate to contact me by phone at 613-323-0460 or by e-mail at [email protected]. Be on the lookout, the plant registration pageto list your plants will again be included in the April edition of Spike.

Julie

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FORM FOR SALE OF MEMBERS’ PLANTS

PLEASE PRINT ALL INFORMATION NEATLY

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List # Full Plant Name Flower Description / SpecialCare

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Lise Gobeille,Montreal Botanical

Gardens

A “wall” of specimen plants

Marika, thebutterfly guide

Sylvie Paquette, our hostat Le Paradis des

Orchidees

MONTREAL BOTANICAL GARDENS

On Saturday February 23rd a busload of OOS members travelled to Montreal for a trip arranged by JulieMertens. Our first stop was at the Montreal Botanical Gardens where we were met by Lise Gobeille, whois in charge of the Gardens’ orchid collection. She first gave us a brief history of the setting up of the orchid collection, then took us to the public greenhouses where we saw orchids displayed in a realistic

tropical setting along with bromeliads, epiphytic ferns and many different tropicalplants. After we looked through the public area, we wereinvited for a “VIP tour” of the production greenhouses where the orchid plants are grown. There are threeseparate large greenhouses, one for warm growing plants,one for intermediate and one for cool growers. Eachgreenhouse is crammed full of plants, many of them verylarge specimens growing on mats about 2 ft square. Thisarea is normally off limits to the public, and we wereprivileged to be allowed to wander among the plants.Many of us had brought cameras and there was certainlyno shortage of subjects!

For those of you who have not visited the Gardens before, there are a number of separate, interlinkedpublic greenhouses each representing a different climatic region. Although our focuswas of course on the orchids, we had some time to look quickly through the othergreenhouses including the cactus house with its desert climate. We also tookadvantage of the butterfly house, where approximately 80 species of butterfly fly freelyamong the tropical vegetation (and the visitors!). For the photographers there wasquite a challenge, because the butterflies were going about their business and wereunwilling to cooperate by sitting still! This was particularly true of the famous blueMorpho which provided many a glimpse of iridescent blue wings but absolutelyrefused to settle anywhere within range. All too soon it was time to leave, and Juliehad quite a challenge rounding everyone up!

Everyone had been looking at orchids all morning and by now we were itching to buysome plants, so after an excellent lunch we stopped at Le Paradis des Orchidees inLaval where we were welcomed by Laurent Leblond and his wife, Sylvie Paquette.If you like phals, this is definitely the place to come! The state-of-the artgreenhouses have acres of phals in all shapes and sizes stretching in all directions asfar as the eye can see! Of course, not everyone loves phals and Le Paradis did notdisappoint. An excellent selection of paphs were on display, with a range of othergenera including some unusual plants such as vanilla orchids. Most of us left withsome new babies!

You can find a lot more photos of the trip on the website, under the “Orchid Photos” tab.

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From: Dragisa Savic [mailto:[email protected]]Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 5:09 AMSubject: IV International Photography Exhibition

IV International Photography Exhibition

"Orchid obsession"

Call for entries:

National Park Fruska Gora, Serbia is proud to announce that we are, as part of celebration of European Day ofParks on 24/05/2008 in association with Europarc Federation organising photography exhibition on the subject ofOrchids of the World.

The exhibition will tour to all major cities in our country and there will be lectures and seminars, all with an ambitionto draw attention to various ecological issues and further popularise protection of these species. We stronglybelieve that this will have more significance and further reaching effects if we take it to the international level.

This is why we would like to invite you to take part in this exhibition and would greatly appreciate you contribution.

This call for entries is open to all amateur and professional photographers and we are welcoming any photographsthat feature Orchids from all four corners of the world.

The deadline for sending your work is May 10. 2008.

Each applicant should send no more then 10 digital files of photographs via email on [email protected] . Onlyone of the files should be the print size (300 dpi, max size 30cm x 40cm). This chosen photograph will be printed onpaper, exhibited and used in the production of the catalog. The rest of the files should be 500 pixels (longer side)and they will be used for the web presentation and to produce a CD.

Please write clearly your personal details, such as name, address and website address if applicable. We would liketo know where the photographs were taken (locality and country) and if it`s possible latin names of the speciesfeatured. We also welcome your observations, impressions and anecdotes concerning Orchids. This is notobligatory and it will not influence our process of selection.

All selected work will be exhibited and all contributors will be fully credited. Please note that this is not a competitionand there will be no winners. Each photographer will receive a catalog and CD with all selected work (in non-printing resolution) and there will be a presentation of it on website (www.naturefg.com)

Three previous exhibitions "Wonders of dragonflies world", "Through the spider's web" and "Butterflies and Moths"were very successful. You can view the web presentation of it at http://www.naturefg.com/pages/exhibitions.htm

I hope to hear from you soon.

Please feel free to forward this email to all your friends and colleagues that work in this field and would beinterested to take part.

Regards,

Dragisa Savic

Ecological adviser, National Park Fruska Gora

Zmajev trg 1, 21208 Sremska Kamenica

Serbia

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O R C H I D O P H I L I A

PREORDER WITH UPCOMING SHOW VENDORS. The following vendors have confirmed they will becoming to our show:

Bedford Orchids (Howard Ginsberg), tel.#514-738-0437, e-mail: [email protected]'s Orchids (Claudio Rossi), tel.#905-562-8935, e-mail: www.cloudsorchids.comDiCiommo Orchids, (Joe DiCiommo) tel.#905-905-9339 e-mail: [email protected] Greenhouse (Robert Gardiner), tel.#519-647-3301Keith Fern, tel.#514-248-0513, e-mail: [email protected] Paradis des Orchidees, Laurent Leblond, tel.#450-689-2244, e-mail: [email protected] Orchidées MFC (Marie Farley), tel. #514-624-8236, e-mail: [email protected] Hollow (Mario Ferrusi), tel. 905-892-4187, e-mail: [email protected] Hoare Ltd. (David Dolan–book dealer), tel.# 613-562-2665, e-mail: [email protected] in Our Tropics (Terry & Doug Kennedy), tel. #905-727-3319, e-mail: [email protected] (Norito Hasegawa), tel.#714-826-8430, e-mail: [email protected] Rock Orchids (Glen Decker), tel.# 518-882-9002 , www.pipingrockorchids.comRavenvision Photographic (Jay Norris), tel.# 519-271-7964, e-mail: [email protected] Orchids (Gary Schreiber), tel.# 905-473-3405, e-mail: [email protected] St-Jean, Lady Slipper Orchids, tel. #819-827-8149, e-mail: [email protected] Gardens Orchids (Calvin Wong), tel. #416-471-6939, e-mail: [email protected] Orchids, (John & Nicole Doherty), tel. # (W) 519-974-8482 x4703 [email protected]

Other vendors have been invited but we have not yet received their confirmation (by return mail or e-mail) and weawait hearing from them before publishing their names and their contact information.

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