2024 Spring Show - "Orchid Obsession"

 

Missed the OSWP 2024 orchid show? Here're what happened:

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Thank You, Committee Chairs - Those who led at the show

It is thanks to the following members who agreed, sometimes reluctantly, to plan, organize and execute a particular job vital to the show, that the 2024 show was a success.

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The entire society is deeply grateful to these members for their work. Here is a listing of these leaders, in

alphabetical order:

 

• Lori Beth Bloom..............Library Liaison, Trophies and Judges Thank You Cards

• Carolyn Bolton...............Society Exhibit

• Michelle Burton..............Education

• Lance Cheuvront...........Security

• Kathy Collins..................Membership

• Beverly Dodson..............Helpers

• Kim Frankenfield............AOS Photography

• Aaron Goldman..............Hospitality

• Janet Greenberg............Hotel Liaison

• Steve Grendinski............Security

• Leslie Kaplan..................Member Sales

• Sherri Kinoshita..............Hospitality

• Susan Levish..................Plant Parking

• Bob Lusnak.....................Exhibit and Vendor Planning/Layout, Storage

• Demetria Marsh..............Publicity

• Lori McDermott...............Garden Club Publicity

• Lisa McGough.................Publicity

• Charlotte Momich............Welcome Table

• Dave Motak.....................Publicity, Photography Backdrop

• Sheila Nathanson...........Shirt Sales

• Jinghua Ou.....................Webmistress

• Michelle, Dave and Rosalie Panasiuk............Raffle and Silent Auction

• Carol Panza...................Judging, Clerks

• Mary Ann Pike............... Welcome Table

• Brian Powell.................. Arts and Crafts, OSWP Brochure Design

• Mona Rice......................Registration

• Cam Schmidt..................Repotting

• Holly Schrum..................Member Sales

• Katie Schuller.................Repotting

• Gary VanGelder..............Registration, Exhibit Planning

• Abby Warhola.................Show Photographer

• Cindy Weiland................Plant Parking

• Tammy Wurst.................Helpers

 

We are truly in your debt- this could not have happened without you, nor would it have been so much fun!

Sheila Nathanson, Janet Greenberg, and Norma Raiff, Show Chairs

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2024 OSWP Show Trophy Winners​

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• AOS Show Trophy…Phipps Conservatory…Giovanny Giraldo

• Orchid Digest Trophy…CPOS…Valdimir Dmitriyev, John Whiting

• People’s Choice Award…CPOS…Valdimir Dmitriyev, John Whiting

• Best 25 Sq. Ft. Open Exhibit…Woodstream Orchids…Bill Goldner

• Best 25 Sq. Ft. Amateur Exhibit…Sheila Nathanson

• Best 50 Sq. Ft. Open Exhibit…Phipps Conservatory…Giovanny Giraldo

• Best Society Exhibit…CPOS…Valdimir Dmitriyev, John Whiting

• Best Cattleya & Related Genera…Epi. secundum ‘Pretty Lady’…Carolyn Bolton

• Best Cattleya & Guarianthe…Bc. Yellow Bird…Hossein Noorbakhsh

• The Richard Sipko Best Amateur Cattleya & Related Genera…Bc. Yellow Bird…Hossein Noorbakhsh

• Best Paphiopedilum…Paph. Alluringly Wood…Wade’s Orchids…Wade Hollenbach

• Best Phragmipedium & Related Genera…Phrag. Jason Fischer…Woodstream Orchids…Bill Goldner

• The Charles Van Dyke Best Amateur Phragmipedium…Phrag. Wossner Fuchs…Holly Schrum

• Best Phalaenopsis & Related Genera…Phal. Happy Dancer…Phipps Conservatory…Giovanny Giraldo

• Best Vanda Alliance…Vanda divas…Windswept in Time Orchids…Edgar Stehli

• Best Oncidium & Related Genera…Beallara Marfitch ‘Howard’s Dream’…Windswept in Time Orchids…Edgar

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• Best Cymbidium & Related Genera…Cym. Scarlet Beauty ‘After Dark’ HCC/AOS…Phipps Conservatory…Giovanny Giraldo

• Best Dendrobium Alliance…Den. specio-kingianum…Phipps Conservatory…Giovanny Giraldo

• Best Pleurothallid…Pths. convallium ’D & M’…Wade’s Orchids…Wade Hollenbach

• Best Miscellaneous Genera…Lyc. Absolutely Stunning ‘Grantham’s Glory’ AM/AOS…Carol Panza

• Best Specimen Plant…Rntda. Sunrise ‘Shade Mountain’…Wade’s Orchids… Wade Hollenbach

• Best in Show…Den. specio-kingianum…Phipps Conservatory…Giovanny Giraldo

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2024 OSWP SHOW PHOTOS

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