The Urban Gardener 11b

Supplementary Page for 11th Issue Vol.2, No.8

ISSN 2094 – 1765

August 2009

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 63RD POS MIDYEAR ORCHID AND GARDEN SHOW by Norberto R Bautista

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Photos by Art Sebrio

The rainy season will not be over till the staging of the Philippine Orchid Society’s 63rd Midyear Orchid and Garden Show, which is commonly held at the Orchidarium Park, Lagoon Area, Quezon City Hall grounds, East Avenue corner Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City. With this season’s theme: “Orchids for Health and Wellness” , the 12-days show started last August 27, run till September 7, 2009. Once again, the POS has transformed the park into a colorful garden paradise, teeming with colorful flowering orchids, bromeliads, aglaonemas, bonsai, cacti, and other types of ornamental plants, all landscaped in unique and artistic pocket gardens.

RIBBON CUTTING : L-R: Mody Manglicmot ( Bonsai Group ), Lawrence Chan ( Publicity & Promotion Chair ), Carlos Valeriano C. Lazaro ( POS President ), Ms. Joy Belmonte ( guest of honor ), Mylene Quinones ( Over-all Show Chairman ) Ms. Dorie Bernabe ( President-Catus & Succulent Society of the Philippines ) together with the members and guest of the Philippine Orchid Society. Cut the ribbon last August 27, 2009 at the Orchidarium Park, Quezon City Hall, Diliman.

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Miss Joy Belmonte, as guest of honor, together with Mr. Carlos Valeriano C. Lazaro, POS President , with members and guest of the Philippine Orchid Society graced the opening ceremony and cutting of ribbon of the show. The group was later joined by Hon. Vice-Mayor Herbert M. Bautista during the awarding ceremony.

AWARDING: L-R: Kelvin Neil B. Manubay ( POS Board of Director ), Carlos Valeriano C. Lazaro ( POS President ), Ms. Joy Belmonte (guest of honor), Rolita V. Spowart (POS 1st Vice-President received the award for the best Orchid in Show) and Hon. Vice-Mayor Herbert M. Bautista during the awarding ceremony of the 63rd Mid-Year Orchid and Garden Show which runs until September 07, 2009. This garden event is already a horticultural tradition in the metropolis to celebrate the blooming of one of our prestigious Philippine orchid species, the Waling-Waling or Vanda sanderiana, during the August-September season . It is also a way for the society to promote orchid growing and gardening among Filipinos, not to mention supporting the local orchid industry through staging of the regular landscape exhibits, plant competition, trade show and daily lectures. Like a beauty pageant competition, the plants are the superstars in this show, and their awards will be carried by their name, especially when these plants will be used as parents in orchid hybridization in the future. With events like this, garden enthusiasts, landscapers and breeders are inspired to do better in their work in growing their plants better and producing new orchid hybrids.

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Best Orchid in Show & Best Other Genera-Sympodial Orchids, Gram.multiflorum var. citrinum. Exhibited by Miss Rolita V. Spowart. This year’s plant winners includes the Grammatophyllum multiflorum var. citrinum, exhibited by Ms. Rolita V. Spowart. The plant won the highest award -- the Best Orchid in Show and Best Other Genera in the Sympodial Orchid division. For large flowered Cattleyas, Brassolaeliocattleya (Blc.) Haadyai Delight, won the Best Cattleya, while the Blc. Malvarosa Prince ‘Nani” won the Best Philippine Hybrid. Both plants were exhibited by Malvarosa Orchids & Nani Perez. The Best Dendrobium Award was won by Dendrobium Popeye, which was exhibited by Mr. Dennis Sy; the Best Oncidium by Burr. Jimbo Sarn, exhibited by Ms. Mary Ann Wu; The Best Phalaenopsis was awarded to Phalaenopsis Hsin Ying Arewind, exhibited by Cora and Anna Ruth Purificacion; Best Vandaceous Alliance was won by Vanda Rattana x Kimigayo, by Mary Ann Wu; Best Philippine Species by Aerides quinquevulnera var. farmeri (odorata), exhibited by Dra. Olivia Sanchez; Best Foreign Species was won by Dendrobium bracteosum, exhibited by Mr. Edwin Francisco; and Best Other Genera was won by Renanthera philippinensis, which was exhibited by Dra. Olivia Sanchez.

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Best Cattleya, Blc. Haadyai Delight. Exhibited by Malvarosa Orchids and Nani Ferez (Left) BEST PHILIPPINE HYBRID, Blc. Malvarosa Prince ' Nani Perez ' Exhibited by: Malvarosa Orchids and Nani Perez

Orchid and Garden shows are certainly good venues wherein plant lovers can buy good quality plants with good bargain. It is a one-stop shop for both professional and amateur plant enthusiasts as there are a lot of plants to choose from. There had been also a daily free-lectures on various plant topics, from orchids, ferns, bonsai, dish gardening, fertilization, landscaping, and others. With this, amateur gardeners can learn a lot about plants and can meet plant experts for advice. Garden accessories like pots, garden tools, potting media, fertilizers, pesticides and garden décor were also on sale.

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For the Orchid Landscape Exhibit, the award was won by Cora and Anna Ruth Purificacion, while the Best Ornamental Exhibit Landscape was won by C & A Garden.

BEST ORCHID EXHIBIT LANDSCAPE

Exhibited by: Cora & Anna Ruth Purificacion AWARDING L-R Carlos Valeriano C. Lazaro ( POS President ), Ms. Joy Belmonte ( guest of honor ) Anna Ruth Purificacion-Conde ( received the award for the Best Orchid Exhibit Landscape ) and Hon. Vice-Mayor Herbert M. Bautista during the awarding ceremony of the 63rd Mid-Year Orchid & Garden Show. 5

The show also has a landscape exhibit booth in commemoration and respect to the former past president Corazon C. Aquino, mostly decorated with yellow orchids named after her and her husband – Brassolaeliocattleya Cory Aquino and Brassolaeliocattleya Mem. Benigno Aquino and also 2 aglaonema plants It had also been a perfect destination for students and teachers studying botany or horticulture, as there were a lot of live plant specimens around, and most visitors were able to photograph these plants to their heart’s content. Children were also seen touching actual plant specimen in admiration to their beauty and color, which they usually only see in books. BEST ONCIDIUM - Burr. Jimbo Swarn exhibited by : Ms. Mary Ann Wu

BEST OTHER GENERA - MONOPODIAL ORCHID, Renanthera philippinensis - Exhibited by: Dra. Olivia Sanchez

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BEST FOREIGN SPECIES, Dendrobium bracteosium - Exhibited by: Edwin Francisco

Best Philippine species - Aerides Quinquevulnera var. farmeri (odorata) Exhibited by Dr. Olivia Sanchez 7

BEST VANDACEOUS ALLIANCE - Vanda Rattana x Kimigayo - Exhibited by Mary Ann Wu

BEST DENDROBIUM -- Dendrobium Popeye - Exhibited by Mr. Dennis Sy

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Best Phalaenopsis, Phal. Hsin Ying Arewind. - Exhibited by Cora and Anna Ruth Purificacion.

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