In This Month’s Newsletter:  EIOS 3 annual show — pages 2 to 4 November 2014  AOS Awards — page 5 President: Lois Dusdieker (319) 626-2236 E-mail: [email protected] Vice President: Jim Quaintance (319) 624-2758 E-mail: [email protected] Secretary: Mike Hampton (319) 377-0106 E-mail: [email protected] Treasurer: Cathy Wilcox (319) 354-5879 Email: [email protected] AOS Representative: Laynez Ackermann (319) 656-2063 Email: [email protected] Mid-America Representative: Nile Dusdieker (319) 626-2236 E-mail: [email protected] Newsletter Editor: Mike Hampton (319) 377-0106 E-mail: [email protected] Web Page Editor: Jim Quaintance (319) 624-2758 E-mail: [email protected] A small group of people with a big love of growing orchids. The Spike EASTERN IOWA ORCHID SOCIETY  Meeting directions — page p. 6 EIOS is now on Facebook! EIOS Exhibit at the 3rd Annual show Presidents Message Nov. 2014 Absolutely Beautiful! Those two words sum up the Third Annual Eastern Iowa Orchid Show and Sale Oct. 18-19th. A huge thank you to the 24 club members who worked hard to make our show a SUCCESS! Members helped with setup on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday before the show, takedown on Sunday, staffing the welcome tables, answering orchid care questions, giving repotting lectures, and keeping the judges, vendors and workers very well fed! Many of the 800+ visitors had been to previous show and new and old promised to return for the 2015 show. Again, thanks for all you did to make our educational mission a success. At our upcoming meeting, Nov. 4th, Professor Joe E Meisel from the Ceiba Foundation for Tropical Conservation and the Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, will be presenting ‘Orchid Conservation in Ecuador’ He is a good speaker and will cover more than just orchids in the wild. Bring your guests even if they are not ‘into’ orchids. Ceiba has an extensive education mission in Ecuador. Check out their website – ceiba.org Our holiday party will be 6:30 appetizers 7 (Continued on page 6) Calendar of Events EIOS Meeting, 6:30 Social, Meeting at 7:00PM. First Presbyterian Church, 2701 Rochester Ave., Iowa City, IA Speaker Joe Meisel PhD from U of WI Topic: Orchid Conservation in Ecuador The CEIBA Project 11/04/14 MAOC meeting and show Columbus, OH 11/7-9/14 EIOS Meeting, 6:30 Social, Meeting at 7:00 PM. First Presbyterian Church, 2701 Rochester Ave., Iowa City, IA Christmas food and membership plants 12/2/14 No January EIOS Meeting Winter Carnival Orchid Show at Como Conservatory St. Paul, MN Orchid Quest – Madison Orchid Show at Marriott Hotel EIOS MEETING – First Presbyterian Church – Topic Phragmipediums the Other Slipper Orchids AOS webinar 1/24-25/15 1/31-2/1/15 2/3/15 Page 2 THE SPIKE Third Annual Eastern Iowa Orchid Show and Sale EIOS Orchid Display won Blue Ribbon and Best of Class for Orchid Society Displays. Top right: Beautiful Ctt. Acker’s Madisons of Doc. Bannister and Jon Lorence Right: Jim Quaintance’s Best of Class Paphiopedilum Hilo Quatal x fairrieanum Fantastic SHOW! Great Crowd at Weekend Orchid Show! Over 800 people attended our Third Annual Eastern Iowa Orchid Show at Noelridge Gardens Greenhouse in Cedar Rapids. Orchid Societies from Kansas City, Omaha, Minnesota, Illinois and Batavia plus our 3 Iowa Societies (us, Central Iowa and Illowa) provided a great variety of over 400 orchids. In addition, we had photo, craft, and collectable exhibits bringing the show total to 22 displays. Visitors were asked to vote for the 'People's Choice Award' given to their favorite exhibit in the show. The Eastern Iowa Orchid Club's display received the award with Iowa Orchids from Des Moines a close second. The Illinois Orchid Society display was nestled in amongst the tropical flora and came in third. Five AOS awards were given including the Show Trophy to our display. A AOS Artistic Award went to Dorothy Hampton for her hand crafted orchid quilt. Joan Lorence’s collectable china table setting received Best of Class for Orchids in Use. Grand Champion of the show went to Tony Nuccio of Batavia Society for his Vanda Pachara Delight. Reserve Grand Champion went to Dendrobium Lavender from the Noelridge Display—Bill Snyder can take some credit for that one! The vendors were happy as they nearly sold out. We are ON for next year—Oct. 17-18th, 2015: Nile D Hamptons’ awarded Quilt and Joan Lorence’s china—above Grand Champion V. Pachara Delight, Larry Sexton Reserve Grand Champion Den. Lavender, Bill Snyder Left Page 3 Show Pictures Weird and Wonderful Award: Bulb. arfakianum Orchid Trading Co. (L) Nature’s Best (R) Habeneria rhodocheila Illinois Orchid Society EIOS lovely lavenders below Mini but Mighty: Trichosalpinx orbicularis Larry Sexton , Batavia Society above Creative Art in the Show Synder’s photos above Andy’s Photos and Coins left Marsha Whitmore’s paintings right Page 4 THE SPIKE Some Fun Pictures of the show and setup! Display Setup crew - left Greenhouse ready for the show right Jane and Dorothy hospitality crew below Big job putting up the quilt Thanks to John Dorsam and the Hamptons Lois and Andy put final touches to our display left down Carson Whitlow records Central Iowa’s Orchids and Batavia crew in background. Jon Lorence keeps classes straight, below Happy folks from Illinois just about done with their beautiful exhibit. THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED! Page 5 THE SPIKE American Orchid Society Awards at EIOS Show Phrag. Kyle Quintal ‘Larry Barnick QT’ HCC/AOS (Haley Decker - a kovachii cross x besseae) left Phrag. Peruflora’s Cirila Alca ‘Harvey Barnick QT’ HCC/AOS (kovachii x dalessandroi) below Both awards to David Bird of Kansas City Society Phrag. Les Dirouilles AM/AOS (Grande x Sorcerer’s Apprentice) left Owner Sherry Maloney from Illinois Society Orchid Quilt Display by Dorothy Hampton AOS Artistic Certificate awarded. Right Award photos by Nile Dusdieker E a s t e r n I o wa O r c hi d S oc i e t y Micheal Hampton 2280 McGowan Blvd. Marion, IA 52302-2258 The Eastern Iowa Orchid Society A small group of people with a big love of growing orchids www.easterniowaorchidsociety.org (Continued from page 1) PM meal on Dec. 2nd upstairs at the church. Since we made nearly $300 at our quarter auction in October, we will have chicken (not spam) for our main entrée. Please sign up for the potluck at the November meeting. Everyone always brings great tasting ‘goodies!’ More important – sign up that you will be attending or send me an email by Nov. 15th so that we know how many blooming orchids to purchase for gift plants. All signed members in attendance receive a gift plant. (no sign up – no gift plant!) We will have a brief year end business meeting and slide show of the year in review. We will not have a January meeting but plan an educational talk on Phragmipediums for February. Lois Dusdieker Hosts for Upcoming Meetings November Lois Dusdieker and Jane Engeldinger If you would like to volunteer to help with refreshments, please e-mail Lois Dusdieker ([email protected]). Directions to First Presbyterian Church in Iowa City From East on I-80 take exit 249 on Herbert Hoover Hwy turn left and go about 5 minutes on Rochester and turn left on Mount Vernon Dr. As soon as you turn left the church parking lot is on your left. From West on I-80, take exit 246 turn right to Dodge St, turn left to Scott Blvd, turn right on First Ave, and stay on until you meet Rochester Ave, turn left , go few minutes, turn right on Mount Vernon Dr. As soon as you turn right the church parking lot is on your left. The meeting is in the Youth Room, as soon as you enter the building turn left & turn right.