KAIMUKI ORCHID SOCIETY, INC. P.O. Box Honolulu, HI December 1, 2009

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1 KAIMUKI ORCHID SOCIETY, INC. P.O. Box Honolulu, HI December 1, 2009 Executive Board Meeting: 1 st Monday of the month, 7:00 PM General Society Meeting: 1 st Tuesday of the month, 7:00 PM All meetings are at the Kilauea Recreation Center Executive Board PRESIDENT 1 st VICE PRESIDENT 2 nd VICE PRESIDENT RECORDING SECRETARY Dave Steele Gayle Ozawa Alan Maii Jane Kageura dave986@me.com gayle@ozawa.org alanmaii@hawaii.rr.com CORRESPONDING SECRETARY TREASURER Refreshments Grace Kobayashi Ralph Kobayashi Jane Nishigaya gykobayashi@hotmail.com Almiko3@yahoo.com Director Director Director Albert Nishigaya Phil Sharp Arthur Watrous sharps-solutions@hawaii.rr.com Newsletter: If anyone receiving their newsletter via the postal service has an address, please send to Grace Kobayashi, gykobayashi@hotmail.com. Those without an will continue to receive their newsletters as usual. Board Meeting: Date:.... Monday, November 30, 2009 Time:.... 7:00 pm Location:. Kilauea District Park THIS IS FOR THE INCOMING BOARD AS WELL AS THE CURRENT ONE! General Meeting: Date:.... Tuesday, December 1, 2009 Time:.... 6:30 pm Place:... Kilauea District Park AOS Judging Commentator:... Ruth Chun Please wear your new shirts. PLEASE DO NOT FORGET YOUR NAME TAGS!! Host:.... None Speaker:.. None Topic:... Pot Luck Party Name Tags: Please see Phil at the admin table if you have lost your name tag. A new one, $5 can be printed and ready by the next meeting. You need your name tag in order to qualify for drawings and special deals presented at the meetings. KOS Shirts: All sizes will be available for $7.00 for the first shirt and $13.00 for the second. The sizes available are: small, large, xlarge, xxlarge. NO MEDIUM

2 Pre-Meeting Activities: Purchase shirts. Register your change of address Purchase replacement name tags ($5.00). Signup new members. Pay 2010 dues. Sign up for annual banquet American Orchid Society Judging: Please bring your blooming plants to be judged. They need to be registered before the meeting starts. We have four categories for culture awards: Category 1: Members with orchids grown for 1 5 years Category 2: Members with orchids grown for 6 10 years Category 3: Members with orchids grown for orchids for 11+ years Category 4: Members with orchids received at KOS Functions. o Bring your blooming (required) plants in by 6:45 o Fill out a plant registration form o Place your plant on the appropriate table GOOD LUCK!! Culture Award Winners for November: (See their pictures on the web!!) Category 1: Orchid Blc. Chungsah x Blc. Pu Luang Tai Yong #19 Owner Alan Maii Category 2: Orchid Schomburgkia Splendisda II Owner Dave Steele Category 3: Orchid Ceratostylis Rubra Owner Wilbur Chang Category 4: Orchid Liparis elmeri Lani Fraser Owner Bobby & Lani Fraser (CCM/AOS) Thanks to Roy Tokunaga for his judging and commentary Executive Board: By unanimous acclimation, the nominees for the 2010 executive board have been elected at the November General Meeting. There will be no voting at the December meeting. President: Alan Maii 1 st Vice President Phil Sharp 2 nd Vice President Lisa Abbott Corresponding Secretary Jane Kageura Recording Secretary Grace Kobayashi Treasurer Ralph Kobayashi Directors: Jill Cavanaugh Joanie Fujishiro Judy Nakamura Larry Ward

3 December 1 st Pot Luck Dinner : Come early to help set up (6:00 pm will be fine) Bring whatever you like (somehow it always works out!) Bring a $5.00 minimum grab bag gift Opening Attachments: The 2010 Banquet form and the Red Poinsettia Order form are included with this newsletter. Please open either form and print it out first. Then fill it out. If you want to get fancy, you can open it, fill it out, and then print it out. I appreciate this because your names are printed out on the form and easier to read. If you are having trouble with printing out the forms, please me at sharps-solutions@hawaii.rr.com. Sorry, I suggest you contact Dave Steele if you use a Mac. dave986@me.com 2010 Banquet: OUR BANQUET IS NEAR!! Date: Sunday, January 24 th Time: 9:30 a.m. Place: Ft. Shafter, Hale Ikena room. (You need to check in) Cost: $30 per person 13 years and older $15 children 5 to 12 $00 children under 4 We will be accepting sign ups and payment for our 2010 banquet. You must be a member in good standing (payed your 2010 dues) in order to attend the banquet. Bring your family and friends! Sign up form enclosed. RED Poinsettia for Sale $12.00: KOS will be selling red poinsettia plants for the holidays. The plants will come from Nii Nursery. Deadline for ordering and paying for the plants will be Monday, November 23 rd. Plants will be delivered to our December meeting, December 1 st. Only the number of plants paid for will be ordered, no extras. Please be sure to come and pick up your order or make arrangements to have your plants picked up. WE WILL NOT DELIVER TO YOUR HOME. Please send in your order and payment to: Kaimuki Orchid Society, Inc. P.O. Box Honolulu, HI A poinsettia order form is enclosed with this newsletter. Call Grace Kobayashi, , if you should have any questions. Zoo Project:: Anyone who can volunteer to help maintain the three areas by the tigers, please see Kean Matsumoto. Although the Society has budgeted $400 annually to buy orchid plants for the zoo, blooming plant donations are always welcome. Mahalo to Michiko Suzuki: Michiko Suzuki our official hostess at our monthly meetings, has made guests and new members feel welcomed. Michiko will be stepping down at the end of the year from her official capacity to give someone else a chance to serve.

4 Mahalo to Jane Nishigaya: Jane Nishigaya has presided over the monthly refreshment for much of the past year. She was responsible for bringing all the stuff necessary to provide the refreshment for all the members. She will also be stepping down at the end of the year. Mahalo to Ernest and Janice Nogawa: Ernest and Janice Nogawa will be taking over the refreshment duties beginning January Mahalo to Ernie Lam: Ernie Lam donated all the plants he received from working at our show. Mahalo to Alice Kim: Alice Kim for her generous monetary donation. Guest Speaker for November, Dr. Bernie Cagauan: Dr. Bernie Cagauan of Kiilani Gifts & Gardens shared a part of his commercial collection of blooming dendrobiums with the club. This is the largest group of dendrobiums orchids grown for commercial use. These plants were later offered for sale to the members. According to Dr. Cagauan, the traits that consumers desire in their orchids are color, bloom size, how long the flowers last and flowering period of the year. He uses the growth hormone BAP-10 to accelerate keiki and flower growth. BAP-10 is not available locally but can be gotten from It is a growth hormone and at this present time is in the experimental stage. He shared a dendrobium plant which he used BAP-10 at the base and as a spray on the leaves. It had about 15 flower spikes which surprised him as well. He mentioned Dr. Bill Sakai who is well versed on this hormone and suggested him for a future speaker. He continues with Nutricote every six months for general growth. When asked about insecticide he preferred Sevin for ants and mealy bugs and soap for mites and thrips. He does not use Malathion because of the strong odor. Bernie concluded the meeting by demonstrating the planting of honohono keikis into 2 inch pots with membership participation. It was a very entertaining evening! He was so popular that many of the members recommended seeing him again next year.

5 New Members and Guests: Please welcome new members: Kim Higo Jennie Dang Orchid Plant Sale: Anyone can sell their plants at our monthly meetings. However, sellers are required to enter at least one blooming plant for judging. The only exception is the month of June when we have our annual silent auction. Please note that the Society does not collect anything for providing this opportunity. A donation of a plant to be raffled would also be greatly appreciated. American Orchid Society Corner: The American Orchid Society has Members Meetings twice a year, once in the spring and then in the fall. These events are open to any orchid lover to attend. Think about going to the next one which is in Oklahoma City from April 28 May 2, You can obtain information under Events at the AOS web site or at At each of these meetings the AOS has been hosting Town Hall meetings where they have been answering questions from membership in a public setting. Let me share a couple of the questions and answers from the recent California town hall meeting. Q. How is the AOS doing financially? Answer: The organization is struggling and has cut its expenses in every instance that it can. The staff has been dramatically cut back. Also several fundraising campaigns have been initiated including the Garden Committee s Save the Garden campaign and the Development Committee has asked for donations from Trustees, Committee Chairs and Committee Members. Also the Development Committee, along with the Affiliated Society Committee, has asked for financial assistance from Affiliated Orchid Societies. If we all pull together we can make it through this difficult financial time. Q. Have we absolutely concluded we can t unload the headquarters? Answer: If AOS can attract enough people to the facility we are better off having it open. It provides positive cash flow. It also provides the means for AOS members to have reciprocal membership to over 200 other gardens around the world. The headquarters was paid for by donations from several generous AOS supporters. If you have a burning question for the AOS leadership, come to a Town Hall meeting you re sure to get your answers there! Or you can me and I will get an answer to you: affiliated_societies@aos.org Sincerely, Carol Holdren AOS Affiliated Society Committee

6 WHAT S COMING UP November 23 Mon Deadline for ordering poinsettia plants 30 Mon KOS Board meeting, Kilauea District Park, 7:00 pm Incoming and current boards meeting. December 1 Tue KOS General meeting, Kilauea District Park, 7:00 pm End of the Year Pot Luck Dinner January 4 Mon KOS Board meeting, Kilauea District Park, 7:00 pm 5 Tue KOS General meeting, Kilauea District Park, 7:00 pm 9 Sat Deadline for banquet sign up 24 Sun Annual banquet, 9:30 am, Hale Ikena February 1 Mon Dinner Board Meeting, 6:30 pm, Prince Court 2 Tue KOS General meeting, Kilauea District Park, 7:00 pm Speaker: Walter Tsuda March 1 Mon KOS Board meeting, Kilauea District Park, 7:00 pm 2 Tue KOS General meeting, Kilauea District Park, 7:00 pm Speaker from Pacific Agriculture and Sales April 5 Mon KOS Board meeting, Kilauea District Park, 7:00 pm 6 Tue KOS General meeting, Kilauea District Park, 7:00 pm Speaker: Dale Miyasaki May 3 Mon KOS Board meeting, Kilauea District Park, 7:00 pm 4 Tue KOS General meeting, Kilauea District Park, 7:00 pm???? Help TOGAH w/ their plant Sale Help Hawaii Kai w/ their Mother s Day Sale 31 Mon KOS Board meeting, Place to be announced 7:00 pm June 1 Tue KOS General meeting, Kilauea District Park, 7:00 pm Silent Auction July 5 Mon KOS Board meeting, Kilauea District Park, 7:00 pm 6 Tue KOS General meeting, Kilauea District Park, 7:00 pm Planning Meeting for Annual Show 22 Thu Set up for annual show; 10:00 am; Kalani High School Gym 23 Fri KOS Show; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm; Kalani High School Gym 24 Sat KOS Show; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm; Kalani High School Gym 25 Sun KOS Show; 9:00 am to 3:00 pm; Kalani High School Gym Take down for annual show; 300 pm; Kalani High School Gym

7 August 2 Mon KOS Board meeting, Kilauea District Park, 7:00 pm 3 Tue KOS General meeting, Kilauea District Park, 7:00 pm Host: Kawamoto Nursery September 6 Mon KOS Board meeting, place to be announced, 7:00 pm 7 Tue KOS General meeting, Kilauea District Park, 7:00 pm October 4 Mon KOS Board meeting, Kilauea District Park, 7:00 pm 5 Tue KOS General meeting, Kilauea District Park, 7:00 pm November 1 Mon KOS Board meeting, place to be announced, 7:00 pm 2 Tue Election Day! Get out and VOTE 3 Wed KOS General meeting, Kilauea District Park, 7:00 pm December 6 Mon KOS Board meeting, Kilauea District Park, 7:00 pm 7 Tue End of year potluck party, Kilauea District Park, 6:30 pm

8 2010 POINSETTIA ORDER FORM Order Dealine: November 23, 2009 Cost: $12.00 Name: Address: Phone: Number of plants: X $12.00 = $ Make check out to: Kaimuki Orchid Society, Inc. Bring to the KOS November meeting or mail to: Kaimuki Orchid Society, Inc. P.O. Box Honolulu, HI Thank you very much for your support. Plants are to be picked up at Kilauea District Park at our December 1 st meeting. If you are unable to attend the meeting, please make arrangements to have your plant(s) picked up. WE WILL NOT DELIVER TO YOUR HOME

9 KAIMUKI ORCHID SOCIETY BANQUET SIGN UP DEADLINE: JANUARY 9, 2010 Sunday, January 24, :30 a.m. check in at Hale Ikena, Ft. Shafter Cost: 13+ $30.00 per person 5-12 $15.00 per child - 4 Free Banquet is open to 2010 members and their guests only. Every paying individual will be entitled to participate in lucky number drawings. Seating will be assigned. Member: $30.00 Associate: Guests: Amount enclosed: $ You will need passes to enter Ft. Shafter one pass per car. We will send you the number of passes you require. Number of passes needed to attend the banquet. Other than my guests listed above, I would like to be seated with: I have renewed my 2010 membership. I have not renewed my 2010 membership. My dues are enclosed. $20.00 Associate member $10.00 Name Please submit a separate check for dues Total: $ Make checks out to: Kaimuki Orchid Society, Inc. P.O. Box Honolulu, HI 96816