It is SHOWTIME! Welcome visitors, orchid and plant lovers to our community event!!
Feast your eyes on a bounty of orchids grown by local and international orchid vendors. Wander through the lush displays and let your eyes and nose take you through a tropical journey. Learn from the pros during our weekend presentations! Shop to your heart’s delight within the orchid market! Come and enjoy the day with us!!
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Fall is coming! Our annual show is coming up soon and time to place your Pre-orders to our International vendors who have a stunning array of plants for sale!
SHOP, SHOP, SHOP!
Ching Hua Orchids - www.chinghuaorchids.com.tw
Visit website for plant listings
Deadline for pre orders is October 21, 2011
Ten Shin Gardens - www.tenshinorchids.com
See PDFs for plant listings
Ten Shin Chinese Cymbidium Retail List
Ten Shin retail price list 2011
Deadline for pre orders is October 15, 2011
Here is an interesting tidbit that is featured in this month’s BBC Nature section.
“Ruthless hunters track their prey around the globe, snatching stunning individuals from their homes before they can even be named.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/12774613
It is with much sadness FVOS lifetime member Norman Young passed away. The FVOS extends our thoughts and condolences to the Young Family. Norman constructed and presented our lovely orchid library case in September 1986 in which we still use to this day at our monthly meetings. Our hearts and prayers are with your family and friends at this time of reflection.
Norm Young Norm along with his wife Elsie was a founding member of FVOS. He was born in 1918 in Alberta. They travelled to Hawaii in 1979 with another couple who were interested in orchids. Upon returning home, they got a book on orchids and soon met Kay Smith who convinced them to join the FVOS.Norm spent many hours silversmithing, faceting and lapidary work as well as being a rockhound. Norm and Elsie both loved orchids and grew many even in their condo in later years. Norm passed away in 2010 and Elsie now resides at Langley Lodge.
Dr. Eric A. Christenson
Dr. Eric A. Christenson passed away last week and the FVOS extends our warm sympathies to the Christenson family – our thoughts and condolences are with you.
He was notably one of the most well-informed taxonomist in the world. It is with great sadness the orchid community and the plant world has lost a treasure and a font of orchid wisdom. His jovial smile will be missed.
What is a Taxonomist – Dr. Eric A. Christenson (Google Video)
Dr. Christenson is a research taxonomist with strong interests in the Aeridinae (Sarcanthinae), neotropical floristics, and the conservation of horticultural plants. He authored a monograph of Phalaenopsis for the International Phalaenopsis Alliance (IPA) in 2001. He has done field work in both Guyana and French Guiana and authored the orchid treatment for the Vascular Flora of Central French Guiana. He is also actively assisting David Bennett of Lima, Peru, with a modern inventory of Peruvian orchids. To date they have published 800 illustrations as Icones Orchidacearum Peruviarum, including more than 150 new distribution records and more than 100 new species from Peru. His bilingual florula Machu Picchu: Orchids was published in 2003. A prolific author of more than 300 publications, Dr. Christenson is known for his articles that attempt to bridge the gap between taxonomy and horticulture as well as his in-depth book reviews. He is a strong advocate for orchid conservation, particularly ex situ propagation, and actively works with commercial growers to that end.
Thank you to the UF/IFAS/Tropical Research and Education Center who authored, documented and posted this video on March 30, 2006. A Living Legacy will be cherished forever!
23 May
Harry Akagi from H&R Nurseries in Hawaii will be our speaker for our May meeting.
H&R Nurseries has a worldwide reputation for having many new and innovative orchid hybrids in various genera. They also stock many unusual, desirable and sometimes rare orchid species. Their growing conditions and more than 30 years of experience allow them to provide excellently grown plants.
Please ONLY use the attached list for available plants and prices. (some plants on their website have been omitted due to shipping constraints and difficulty in preparing them for shipping). You can refer to H&R’s website for pictures (www.hrnurseries.com), but plant availability and pricing for FVOS preorders are with the attached list only.
Please place your preorders with Roy Harrison (harrison1767@shaw.ca) ONLY (i.e. please do not email your order directly to H&R or other executive officers). The prices on the list are in US dollars. Roy must receive your payment (in US funds or US bank drafts ONLY) before your preorder will be accepted and processed. If you are paying with US cash, deadline for preorders will be April 25th at the FVOS meeting. If you are paying with a US bank draft (payable to “Fraser Valley Orchid Society”).
HRSpringList.Vancouver (Accepting Pre-orders and payments, please contact Roy Harrison at harrison1767@shaw.ca) This offer is for Fraser Valley Orchid Society Members only. Pre Order Deadline is April 20.
25 April
Chuck Taylor has been growing orchids in Edmonton for a little less than twenty years under the name Fatoldbaldguy Orchids. The name arose as a joke made by a student years ago and it stuck. He has a mixed collection of plants but concentrates on phragmipediums. As a retired teacher of mathematics, chemistry and art he tries to bring a mixture of logic, science and aesthetics to his small intermediate greenhouse. Being retired gives him time to pursue his other interests, photography, fly fishing, fly tying, wood carving and pheasant hunting. Chuck feels that his wife, Trudy, makes a significant contribution to the orchid collection because she cares competently for the plants when Chuck is absent.
This offer is for Fraser Valley Orchid Society Members only. Please place your preorders directly with Chuck. Preorder deadline is April 17.
(Chuck Taylor plant list, please contact fatoldbaldguy@shaw.ca)
Phragmipedium Fire Cascade ‘Trud’s Muir Monster’ FCC/AOS 90pts (20112828) (Phrag. Andean Fire x Phrag. caudatum)
In Memorian - Lynne Cassidy
In Memoriam to one of our long standing members and friend of the FVOS – Lynne Cassidy.