Bromeliad Society. Vol 50 No 11 November 2017 UPCOMING EVENTS: November 18 10:00 AM 3202 Riverlawn, Kingwood, Tx 77339

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1 Bromeliad Society Vol 50 No 11 November 2017 UPCOMING EVENTS: November 18 10:00 AM 3202 Riverlawn, Kingwood, Tx Volunteers needed to help Gary Gallick and Jan Liang move plants for upcoming winter. See Page 7 for more details December 2... Holiday Party 6:30 P.M. to 10:30 P.M. Cryptanthus Honeysuckle Rose - Earth Star Designs MEETING DATE: Tuesday, November 21, 2017 TIME: 7:30 P.M. Location: 1475 West Gray, Houston PROGRAM SPEAKERS: BS/HI Members - John Edmonson and Mary Cinotto PROGRAM TITLE: Bromeliads in Pastel MEETING AGENDA: Greetings/Call to Order/ Member Plant Sale Show and Tell Break/Refreshments/Buy raffle tickets Program Adjourn Raffle LOS TIOS 9527 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX (713) See page 8 for more details May 29 to June 3, World Bromeliad Conference Paradise Point Resort San Diego, California Registration rate has been reduced to $290.00! If you paid at the $350 registration rate, you will be able to apply your refund of $60 to the purchase of tickets on the optional bus excursion or have your refund processed through the BSI treasurer. DECEMBER PROGRAM: December Holiday Meeting Dinner and Auction (See Page 8 for details) NEXT BOARD MEETING: November 16, 2017 TIME: 7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. LOCATION: 1475 West Gray, Houston 77019

2 PRESIDENT S PAGE This will be the last regular Bulletin of the year, although I hear that there may be a bonus Bulletin in December. Since our Bromeliad year ends in early December with our Holiday Dinner Meeting, I wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have contributed so generously of your time, energy and often your cash in making our year so successful. After the highs of a memorable World Bromeliad Conference in 2016, I thought it might be difficult to keep everyone involved and looking forward to our meetings and events. Thanks to the work of our Nominating Committee last fall they gave me a great group of Officers and Directors who have done all the work, leaving me to run the meetings with all the details taken care of ahead of time. Our Committee Chairs and members have done an outstanding job in handling all the tasks necessary for successful meetings. They have done such an excellent job that it appears effortless and we sometimes forget to thank them for the wonderful job they have done. Let me start by thanking the Committee Chairs and Members who have done so much for us all: Cherie Lee and her Program Committee rounded up a stellar slate of speakers and took care of all the details of getting them to meetings and taking care of their needs; Allyn Pearlman has kept our finances in order for I don t know how long; Charlien Rose and David Whipkey worked very hard to keep me in line and focused on the next necessary thing. Thanks also to Ruby Adams for stepping into the Secretary s post on a temporary basis when Charlien had to step away from those duties. Since Bromeliad groups never seem to be able to do anything without lots of good food, we need to give Verna Powers, Daryl Page, Gordan and Shirl Stowe our heartfelt thanks for organizing the goodies we enjoyed. John Schmidt, Rick Richtmyer and Wray Page have made Show and Tell especially enjoyable and enlightening. John not only brings his knowledge of the plants presented for show, but regularly brings in his own beautiful plants- which I venture to say few of us have ever grown as well. Noreen Tolman and Kenneth Gardner give up a lot of their socializing time to register the members and visitors for our meetings. These records are shared with the City of Houston to help evaluate the needs of the various groups competing for use of City facilities. The raffle table is probably my favorite part of the meetings. Thanks to Frank and Cherie Lee for taking care of this activity. And we cannot end our thanks without a standing ovation for Mary Cinotto for volunteering to take on the editing of our BS/HI Bulletin. She has done a marvelous job and I have enjoyed what she has been able to produce. November s Speakers: John Edmonson and Mary Cinotto from BS/HI John Edmonson and his wife Mary have both loved plants since they were kids. John has built 5 greenhouses the first while in high school. He raised orchids, had terrariums and numerous staghorn ferns. When they met, he had built a small greenhouse at his apartment that housed numerous plants (including some bromeliads!!). John got his second degree in photography and owned his own business for 20 years. He was also a member of the Professional Photographers Association winning numerous awards for his photographic works. He worked for the Houston Ballet and has many outstanding photos of the various artists there. Today, he enjoys photography in conjunction with his plants and helps Mary photograph her work as well. Mary loved art from when she was a kid (along with plants, snakes, dogs, cats, all things outdoors). As an adult, she was able to attend the Museum of Fine Arts Houston s Glassell School for 7 years and the Art League of Houston for 5 years. Glassell introduced pastels during one of her drawing courses. The course featured many drawing mediums such as colored pencil, pen and ink, oil pastels, various graphite tools, charcoal and soft pastels. Mary did both watercolor and pastel work for a number of years and sold her work to various clients with themes from boats, to landscapes to animal portraits. When she started at Compaq, she ceased art and has just recently come back to pastels because of her fascination with bromeliads and bromeliad art. 2

3 NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS BRIEF RECAP OF 38TH ANNUAL SOUTHWEST BROMELIAD GUILD SHOW 15TH INTERNATIONAL CRYPTANTHUS SOCIETY SHOW As mentioned in the Editor s note on page 2, there will be photos from the shows for the Holiday edition of the newsletter. Yes, we generally don t do a December newsletter but 2017 has been one weird year. And that leads to the show in Dallas - turnout wasn t the usual due in large part to Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma. Harvey impacted members in Houston and Irma cut into much of Florida. Many folks who generally attend were not able to this year and they were deeply missed. The joy of a conference is being able to spend some time with our fellow bromeliad aficionados, share war stories and learn about new tricks and techniques. Meetings don t generally allow much chat time and we don t get to see other club folks except at these events. Hopefully, 2018 will be more gracious and we will be able to have more good times together. Shirl Stowe 11/01 Betty Zugheri 11/04 Carole Richtmyer 11/05 Faye Martin 11/11 Sidney Newton 11/14 Ray Johnson 11/16 Cindy Gray Strickland 11/25 However, there were folks from many parts of Texas, Michigan (I got to meet Penrith Goff a most marvelous bromeliad artist) San Diego, Louisiana, Florida to enjoy the festivities and fun. The auction was lively and successful. Charlie Birdsong was the auctioneer. Vickey Gurka and Barbara Szymczak were the Vanna Whites who went from table to table with the items. Food was marvelous at the dinner as well. Net of $ that is split among the participating groups. There were 103 plants entered for both shows. It was a pretty show in spite of the scarcity of entries. Also, the weather was perfect. And a million thanks for everyone who worked together to make another good time for all. DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS Anthony VanWright 12/7 Dorothy Novak 12/12 Carole Speer 12/20 Merrill O Neal 12/22 Barbara Szymczak 12/27 WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS Demo and Elayne Kouzounis ekouzounis@att.net Galen Younger jgyounger@comcast.net Member Update: John Edmonson new phone: ; Mary Cinotto new phone:

4 Recap of October s Meeting with Dennis Cathcart, Owner and Operator, Tropiflora Bromeliads from the Wilderness to Greenhouse to Your House BS/HI was fortunate to have Dennis Cathcart present at the October meeting because...while Houston had Harvey, Florida had Irma. Hurricane Irma did damage to Tropiflora and it seemed touch and go as to whether Dennis would be able to come to Texas for both the BS/HI October meeting and the Southwest Bromeliad Guild Show. Luckily, Dennis came with wonderful plants and a captivating presentation on his many Indiana Jones-like adventures. Over the years, Dennis and his teams traveled into beautiful yet rugged areas of the world to find, retrieve and transport the wonderful bromeliads we all enjoy today. His stories and pictures are enthralling to many of us who can t imagine the treks they made to these vast wild regions. Many thanks again to Dennis and the folks at Tropiflora. Plant Shopping: Wray and Dennis Even more plants... More Shopping: Lovely Tillandsias Dennis w/ slides Seedlings at Tropiflora In the nursery Preparing for shipment Tropiflora Nurseries...in Sarasota, Florida 4

5 SOUTHWEST BROMELIAD GUILD 38TH ANNUAL SHOW October 20-22, 2017 AWARDS AFFL NAME/ENTRANT GENUS PLANT NAME MULFORD B. FOSTER BEST OF SHOW - HORTICULTURE RRBS Windham, Bryan DEUT brevifolia v. chlorantha MORRIS HENRY HOBBS BEST OF SHOW - ARTISTIC BSH Schneider, David QUES marmorata var. 'Tim Plowman' HOBBYIST SWEEPSTAKES BSH Richtmyer, Rick CAT THE JOHN M. ANDERSON BEST AECHMEA GDFWBS Davila, Aaron AE orlandiana THE VALERIE L. STECKLER HORT. DISPLAY SWEEPSTAKES BSH Whipkey, David TILL THE LOU TRAHAN ARTISTIC SWEEPSTAKES BSH Whipkey, Linda CRYP BEST OF DIVISION II RRBS Hardouin, Terry TILL streptophylla rubra BEST OF DIVISION III RRBS Windham, Bryan DYCHO- NIA 'June' BEST OF DIVISION IV BSH Richtmyer, Rick ORTH harleyi BEST OF DIVISION VI BSH Richtmyer, Rick TILL funckiana BEST OF DIVISION VII BSH Dominguez, Annette TILL stricta, ionantha BEST OF DIVISION VIII RRBS Bayhi, Catherine DYC 'Natalie' BEST OF DIVISION II SECTION A BSH Richtmyer, Rick CAT berteroniana BEST OF DIVISION IV SECTION A BSH Richtmyer, Rick AE recurvata 'Kiwi' BEST OF DIVISION VI SECTION A BSH Cinotto, Mary TILL brachycaulos BEST OF DIVISION VI SECTION B BSH Cinotto, Mary TILL ionantha 'Fuego' BEST OF DIVISION VII SECTION A RRBS Bayhi, Catherine Till/AE Tillandsia & Aechmea "Seashore" BEST OF DIVISION VIII SECTION A BSH Whipkey, Linda BI 'Allison Sill' BEST OF JUDGES CHALLENGE GDFWBS Davila, Aaron TILL canescens BEST NOVICE ENTRY GNOBS Breaux, John D. BI 'Casablanca' 5

6 15 TH INTERNATIONAL CRYPTANTHUS SHOW October 20-22, 2017 AWARDS AFFL NAME/ENTRANT GENUS PLANT NAME MULFORD B. FOSTER BEST OF SHOW - HORTICULTURE BSH Edmonson, John CRYP 'Eureka' MORRIS HENRY HOBBS BEST OF SHOW - ARTISTIC BSBR Birdsong, Charles CRYP 'Cranberry' GRACE GOODE SILVER INGOT - BEST CRYPTANTHUS HORTICULTURE BSH Edmonson, John CRYP 'Eureka' MICHAEL YOUNG BEST OF SHOW ARTIS- TIC BSBR Birdsong, Charles CRYP 'Cranberry' THE BOB WHITMAN BEST CRYPTANTHUS SPECIES BSH Richtmyer, Carole FORZ leopoldo-horstii THE WARREN LOOSE BEST CRYPTAN- THUS HYBRID BSH Richtmyer, Carole CRYP 'Witch Doctor' BEST INDIVIDUAL CRYPTANTHUS - DIV I BSH Richtmyer, Carole CRYP 'Witch Doctor' BEST CRYPTANTHUS MULTIPLE - DIV II BSH Richtmyer, Carole CRYP 'Moon River' BEST HORTICULTURAL DISPLAY - DIV III BSH Richtmyer, Carole CRYP teretifolius BEST DECORATIVE CONTAINER - DIV V RRBS Bayhi, Catherine CRYP 'Elaine' BEST OF DIVISION I SECTION A BSH Schneider, David CRYP 'Red Baron' BEST OF DIVISION I SECTION B RRBS Hardouin, Terry CRYP 'Richard Lum' BEST OF DIVISION II SECTION B BSH Edmonson, John CRYP 'Ann Collings' BEST OF JUDGES CHALLENGE FECBS Thurrott, Calandra "Hidden Flowers" 6

7 Volunteers needed to help Gary Gallick and Jan Liang move plants for upcoming winter November 18-10:00 AM 3202 Riverlawn, Kingwood, Tx Hi Friends, We are assisting Gary Gallick and Jan Liang to assemble a work party to move Gary's wonderful terrestrial collection from his front yard into winter quarters in their garage again this year. We plan to meet at Gary and Jan's home in Kingwood at 10:00 AM Saturday November 18th. With a good spirited crew this should not take over two hours. Jan asked that everyone who can help bring a good pair of work gloves, a wagon or dolly if you have one, cold water or soft drink, and a folding chair to use at break time. You might want to bring a camera to take some pictures of some of Gary's rare and unusual plants. As we all know, Gary is fond of green, spiny, rare and beautiful plants. Please call or Rick or Carole Richtmyer at this number ( or at planobrom@aol.com) if you will assist.. Even if you previously told us you would help, please refresh our memories and or call us again. With many thanks in advance from Gary and Jan. Their address in Kingwood is 3202 Riverlawn, Kingwood, Tx Rick and Carole Richtmyer Editor s Note: This newsletter contains photos and information from Dennis Cathcart s visit. Another holiday newsletter will be coming in early December with both the details and photos from the Southwest Bromeliad Guild Show. This edition has the results (pages 5 and 6) but no photos yet. Cheers! The Plantastics (Journey Through a Greenhouse) 7

8 WHIPKEY S WORD Sport Shades of the X-Men! Logan, also known as Wolverine, once said Mutants abound around us. I agree with him. No, I don t mean people with super powers. I mean mutations that occur in the plant world. The word this month is sport. The English Oxford Living Dictionaries gives the following definition: sport: an animal or plant showing abnormal or striking variation from the parent type, especially in form or color, as a result of spontaneous mutation. A Bromeliad Glossary published by the Bromeliad Society, Inc. gives the following definition: sport: A sudden spontaneous deviation from a typical form; a mutation. Sports are mistakes. When DNA is replicating, sometimes something goes wrong. Some of the chromosomes or genes change in unexpected ways. Sometimes changes are so profound that the plant is no longer viable and it dies. Some of our most popular Bromeliads are sports. Aechmea orlandiana Ensign is a sport that showed up in a batch of Aechmea orlandiana seedlings. Aechmea orlandiana Reverse Ensign is itself a sport of Ensign. The variegated Billbergia Beth Whitley is a sport of Billbergia nutans that was discovered by our own Sam Chism. One last thought on sports. They can be unstable. The explanation for the instability is rather complex. If you are interested, you should read The Many Mutations of Ae. orlandiana `Ensign' by Joseph F. Carrone Jr. in The Journal of the Bromeliad Society Vol. 30(2): For those of you who only have a passing interest suffice it to say if a pup on a variegated plant arises from a green area, it will not be variegated. If it arises from a variegated area it will be variegated. Allyn NOVEMBER is here and so it is time to think about our Bromeliad Holiday Meeting. There is a new restaurant this year LOS TIOS. December 2, :30 P.M. to 10:30 P.M. Los Tios Mexican Restaurant Westheimer Road Happy Hour 6:30 7:00 6:30 P.M. to 10:30 P.M. CASH BAR however, Your $40 per person includes: Fajita Fiesta beef & chicken fajitas with grilled onions and peppers, Mexican rice, refried beans, queso, guacamole, pico de gallo, tortillas, chips and salsa Your non-alcoholic beverage. Appetizers on the table include guacamole and queso. Your choice of dessert will be either flan with caramel sauce or tres leches cake. All this and a spectacular holiday bromeliad purchased from Jimmy and Joanne Woolsey of Jimbo s Nursery $40 a bargain price. Accepting your money at the NOVEMBER meeting. AND remember the annual HOLIDAY PLANT AUCTION Please contact Cherie Lee, (Cherie.d.lee@sbcglobal.net, ) with any auction donations 8

9 OCTOBER 2017 BROMELIAD SOCIETY HOUSTON RAFFLE $140 Texas Gulf Coast Fern Society Regular meeting third Sunday of month at 2:00 P.M. Judson Robinson Jr. Community Center 2020 Hermann Drive Next meeting will be November 19, 2017 The Houston Orchid Society, Inc. Regular meeting first Thursday of month at 7:30 P.M. First Christian Church 1601 Sunset Blvd Next meeting will be January 4, 2018 Thinking of holiday gifts? BS/HI will have original pastel paintings for sale. DONORS Ruby H. Adams Dennis Cathcart Sam Chism Wray & Daryl Page John Schmidt Carole Richtmyer David & Linda Whipkey WINNERS John Edmonson Billye Emanuel Elizabeth Fisher Don Green Vickey Gurka Elayne Kouzounis Faye Martin Ernie Spacek Shirl Stowe David Whipkey REFRESHMENTS: N Z Everyone should contribute when it is their turn. Please refer to the Bulletin to determine if it is your turn (last name begins with A thru M group, and last name begins with N thru Z group). Please bring your refreshment ready to serve with the appropriate serving tool, and pick up your items at the close of the meeting! 8x10 : $40 11x14: $80 16x14: $120 Pictured 11 x 14 of Crystal Jackson Jimmy Antle Moon River Jimbo s Nursery th St., Santa Fe,TX 77517, Jimbos3@earthlink.net We have a large selection of Aechmea, Billbergia, Cryptanthus, Dyckia, Neoregelia, and Tillandsia. Please compare our prices and our quality. 9

10 BROMELIAD SOCIETY/HOUSTON INC. AFFILIATED WITH THE BROMELIAD SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL MEMBER OF SOUTHWEST BROMELIAD GUILD AFFILIATED WITH THE CRYPTANTHUS SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL About the Bromeliad Society/Houston This corporation is organized exclusively for purely public charity and strictly educational purposes. Specific goals of the Society shall be to: Increase knowledge of bromeliads through interchange and dissemination of information. Use such funds as are available for the purpose of research and/or equipment in institutions of higher learning within the State of Texas. There are two classes of membership: Individual Family $20.00 per year $30.00 per year All memberships begin with January of the current year. Visit our website at for more information. The Bulletin is published monthly and is mailed or e- mailed to members of the BS/H, Inc. prior to monthly meetings. Articles and any other information pertinent to bromeliads are solicited. Articles may be reprinted with proper acknowledgment given to author and publication. A Yearbook is published annually based on the membership roll at the end of the regular February meeting of each year and distributed to members of the BS/H, Inc. Please address any correspondence regarding this publication to: Mary Cinotto Pebble Bend Drive Houston, TX mary@edmonsonphoto.com President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Past President Officers and Chairmen Don Green 1226 Fountain View Houston, TX greensarkisian@att.net Cherie Lee Charlien Rose Allyn Pearlman David Whipkey Board of Directors Term Expires 12/31/17 12/31/18 12/31/19 Jan Garver Ruby Adams Mary Cinotto Rick Richtmyer John Schmidt John Edmonson I. Standing Committees 1. Publicity Allyn Pearlman Bulletin Editor Mary Cinotto 2. Plant Sales Chairman Allyn Pearlman Members: Phil Speer, Lynn Friedman, Ken Gardner 3. Programs Chairman Cherie Lee Standing Committees Ex-Officio Members: David Whipkey/ Don Green II. Committees of the Board 1. Annual Show None 2. Bromeliad Culture TBD 3. Holiday Party Allyn Pearlman 4. Garden Tours John Schmidt 5. Historian David Whipkey Vice Chairman Jimmy Woolsey 6. Hospitality Coordinator Verna Powers Members: Daryl Page Gordon Stowe 7. Librarian Ruby H. Adams 8. Membership Allyn Pearlman 9. Raffle Plants Cherie and Frank Lee, Wray Page 10 Show & Tell John Schmidt assisted by Wray Page and Rick Richtmyer 11. Members and Visitors Registrar Ken Gardner, Noreen Tolman, Midge Gorman 12. Courtesy Midge Gorman 13. Webmaster Joy Reynolds Representatives Southwest Bromeliad Guild Bromeliad Society International Charlien Rose, Ray Johnson Steve Reynolds, Rick Richtmyer 10

11 Bromeliad Society Vol 50 No 11 November 2017 Mary Cinotto Pebble Bend Drive Houston, TX FIRST CLASS 11