2007 southland orchid show

This year’s Southland Orchid Show at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens was held on October 19-21, and featured beautiful displays by local orchid societies and vendors from around the world. The theme of the show was “Orchidelic” and, as usual, OSSC participated, offering a display based upon a classic 1968 “psychedelic” song by Cream entitled “White Room.” An open-walled "room" contained over 100 blooming orchids set displayed on pure white tables, chairs, benches, and bookcases. The lustrous black curtains were inspired by the first line in the song "In a white room, with black curtains, in the station...". True to the theme, "White Room" played in the background while "psychedelic" graphics, synchronized with the music, were projected onto the white ceiling. More photos of the display and its construction can be found here.

For its display, OSSC was awarded the Silver Medal for displays larger than 50 square feet. OSSC members were awarded the following ribbons and honors:

Owner	Plant	Awards
Richard Rothschild	Zygopetalum unknown	1st, Best in Class
Norito Hasegawa	Paphiopedilum Helice	1st, HCC (75 pts.)
Alfred Hockenmaier	Vanda tricolor	1st, HCC (78 pts.)
Alfred Hockenmaier	Dend Big Alex	1st
Alfred Hockenmaier	Dend Maiden Charlotte	1st
Hoa Nguyen	Ascocenda Fuch Sunglow 'Starrlyn'	1st
Norito Hasegawa	Paphiopedilum Clair de Lune	1st
Norito Hasegawa	Paphiopedilum unnamed (Ruby Mist x Macabre)	1st
Norito Hasegawa	Paphiopedilum Anne Shirley	1st
Alfred Hockenmaier	Blc Pirate's Fortune 'Gambler's Luck'	2nd
Alfred Hockenmaier	Doritis buysoniana 'Zuma Canyon'	2nd
Alfred Hockenmaier	Dtps Queen Beer 'Red Sky'	2nd
Norito Hasegawa	Paphiopedilum Alice Barrios	2nd
Norito Hasegawa	Paphiopedilum unnamed (parishii x stonei)	2nd
Norito Hasegawa	Paphiopedilum unnamed (Double Shot x Double Trix)	2nd
Alfred Hockenmaier	Restrepia brachypus	3rd
Hoa Nguyen	Cattleya Penang 'Black Ceasar''	3rd
Hoa Nguyen	Cattleya Portia coerulea 'True Blue'	3rd
Norito Hasegawa	Paphiopedilum Debbie Robinson	3rd
Norito Hasegawa	Paphiopedilum unnamed (Greyi x Sierra Lace)	3rd
Norito Hasegawa	Paphiopedilum unnamed (Pinocchio x primulinum)	3rd
Richard Rothschild	Miltonia clowesii	3rd

The concept for the display came from the OSSC Show Committee, comprised of the following:

Ted Augustyn
Carol Beule
Krystine Chaparro
Ralph Keating
Alberto Ossa

Construction of the display started several weeks before the show, overseen as usual by Alberto Ossa, with the following people involved in construction:

Conrad Chitwood
Roger Hendricks
Ralph Keating
Alberto Ossa
Susan Roberts

Setup of the display started on the Tuesday before the show, in which the following people participated:

Ted Augustyn
Linus Bittner
Carol Beule
Krystine Chaparro
Ralph Keating
Alfred Hockenmaier
Dan Howell
Estee Magid
Marissa Mitchell
Alberto Ossa
Luis Pineda

Orchids from the collections of the following members were incorporated into the display:

Carol Beule
Ned Daniger
Norito Hasegawa
Alfred Hockenmaier
Ralph Keating
Harold Koopowitz
Dan Howell
Charles & Norma Johnson
Hoa Nguyen
Marissa Mitchell
Doug Overstreet
Richard Rothschild
Tommy & Maria Yee

A number of OSSC members volunteered to work in the “plant hotel” and greeting tables:

Ted Augustyn
Lumi Guy
Pedro O. Elizando
Dan Howell
Ralph Keating
Francine Lockett
Luis Pineda
Richard Rothschild
Norma Skinner

Also, a number of OSSC members acted as judges for the ribbon judging, which was coordinated this year by OSSC member Ralph Keating:

Harry Atighi
Carol Beule
Charles & Norma Johnson
Susan Roberts
Alberto Ossa
Maria Yee

And finally, we had to tear the display down and schlep the (10’) pieces ¼ mile to the dumpster (my back is still sore!) after the show on Sunday; here are the people who helped in that effort:

Ted Augustyn
Carol Beule
Krystine Chaparro
Bill Henderson
Charles & Norma Johnson
Ralph Keating
Marissa Mitchell
Alberto Ossa
Richard Rothschild
Tommy & Maria Yee