The COC Newsletter

January 2012; Volume 24 Number 1
(Miniature Orchids for Canadian Homes)

November 2011; Volume 23 Number 5
(Investment in Orchid Conservation by the Manitoba Orchid Society, Orchid Culture, News from the Societies)

September 2011; Volume 23 Number 4
(Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Orchid Species Preservation Foundation, From the President, Madagascar Student Studies Conservation, The Southern Ontario Orchid Society Conservation Committee, SOOS Conservation Grants, An Orchid Oasis - Edmonton’s Muttart Conservatory)

May 2011; Volume 23 Number 3
(From the President, The Spring Shows, Montreal’s proposal for the 22nd World Orchid Conference in 2017)

March 2011; Volume 23 Number 2
(From the President, The Notice Board, The Orchid Society of Alberta Orchid Fair, The Southern Ontario OS Show, The Internet)

January 2011; Volume 23 Number 1
(From the President, The Notice Board, The Fate of the Commercial Orchid Industry in the USA, The COC Annual Meeting 2011, An Orchid by Any Other Name)

November 2010; Volume 22 Number 5
(From the President, The Notice Board, The COC AGM Report, New COC Executive, COC Certificates Awarded)

September 2010; Volume 22 Number 4
(From the President, The Notice Board, The COC AGM, Le petit manuel de Laurier, AOS corner, COC Show Awards)

May 2010; Volume 22 Number 3
(From the President, The Notice Board, Some growing tips for Phragmipediums, All you did not need to know about Schlimia, Orchid Show Medal Winners, COC AGM 2010)

March 2010; Volume 22 Number 2
(From the President, The Notice Board, Reminiscences, North Okanagan Orchid Society, Native Orchid Conservation on Prince Edward Island)

January 2010; Volume 22 Number 1
(From the President, The Notice Board, Native Orchids on 2010 Canadian Stamps, Orchid Hobbyist Hazards and how to minimize them, Application for the 2010 COC Travel Subsidy)

November 2009; Volume 21 Number 5
(COC AGM2009 Report, The Notice Board, Mentoring the new hobbyist, Conserving Our Collections: Planning for a Future, ONLY ONE - A Tragedy in Three Acts, The Windsor Orchid Society - In its 25th Year!, COC Medal Winner at the Eastern Canada OS Orchidfête 2009, Some photos from FVOS show)

September 2009; Volume 21 Number 4
(From the President, The Notice Board, COC Annual General Meeting and Fraser Valley Orchid Society Show and Sale, Book Reviews, Revisiting Sophronitis cernua - a Nodding Orchid - Modest in Size, The Lilac Orchid, Your Society's Domain Name, Natural Pesticides, COC Medal Winners, Coming Events)

May 2009; Volume 21 Number 3
(From the President, The Notice Board, COC Awards, Fertilizers, Importing Orchids, Importing: Something New Cutting It Off and Throwing It Out,Souvenir from Aussie Land Bifrenaria tyrianthina, Coming Events)

March 2009; Volume 21 Number 2
(From the President, The Notice Board, COC Awards Review, Share Your Brew, COC Program Help, The Newly Formed P.E.I. Orchid Club, Orchid Deception, The Madagascar Star Orchid, Quito Photos, Coming Events)

January 2009; Volume 21 Number 1
(From the President, The Notice Board, The Black Jewel Orchid, Use Of Methanol To Enhance Plant Growth, Q&A, COC Questionnaire, Orchids and their Pollinators, Coming Events)

November 2008; Volume 20 Number 5
(From the President, The Notice Board Keep Orchid Pests And Diseases Out Of Your Collection, Our Native Orchids and their Legal Protection, Bringing Orchids Indoors for the Winter, Book Reviews, COC Slide Programs, Coming Events)

September 2008; Volume 20 Number 4
(From the President, The Notice Board, Principles of Solar Greenhouse Design, COC Projects, COC Slide Programs, Coming Events)

May 2008; Volume 20 Number 3
(From the New President, The Notice Board, Show Report, AGM Highlights, Paph Temperature Requirements, Coming Events)

March 2008; Volume 20 Number 2
(The Notice Board, Orchids and Beginners, Summer Vacation) and the Corsage Competition Brochure

January 2008; Volume 20 Number 1
(The Notice Board, Alberta Grower Stamp, New Canadian Stamps, OOS Show and COC AGM, Cypripedium candidum, COC AGM Agenda, Coming Events) and the COC2008 AGM Brochure

November 2007; Volume 19 Number 5
(The Notice Board, Conservation Award, Can You Help?, OOS Show and COC AGM, COC Societies Tour)

September 2007; Volume 19 Number 4
(The Notice Board, Pollinate a Ladyslipper, COC 2008 AGM, Tree-tapping Orchids, A Note from the Past, Where We are Today)

May 2007; Volume 19 Number 3
(The Notice Board, Chinese Exhibition, William Rhodehamel, NAROSG Request, Ecuador Tour) As an Adobe pdf file

March 2007; Volume 19 Number 2
(Cymbidiums in China, COC AGM Report, IOCC2007 Report, Scholarship Supplement, NAROSG Report, NA Prairie Orchids)

January 2007; Volume 19 Number 1
(Wiki Wiki, Paph hirsutissimum, Native Orchids in the Garden, COC 2007 AGM Agenda, COC 2006 AGM Minutes, Two Winners)

November 2006; Volume 18 Number 5
(You were asking about Vanilla, The Myth of Orchis, The Legend of Venus, Orchid Specialist Group)

September 2006; Volume 18 Number 4
(Introducing Faithe Prodanuk, Introducing Terry Zdan, COC Election, About Orchid Names, Root Advice, Conserving our Collections,SOOS Editorial)

May 2006; Volume 18 Number 3
(Hybridizer Profiles, Bulbophyllum, Phragmipedium kovachii, Your First Dendrobium, Getting Ready for Summer)

March 2006; Volume 18 Number 2
(COC Election, COC AGM and SOOS Summerfest, Native Orchid Conference, Time to be AOS Judge, Getting to Know You)

January 2006; Volume 18 Number 1
(What is pH?, Seed Pod or Capsule?, Orchids in the Garden, The Canadian Grower, Orchids of Manitoba, Hybridization, Your First Moth Orchid)

November 2005; Volume 17 Number 4
(Orchids in the Garden, President's Report to AGM, COC Western Tour Report, Questions, Questions II)

September 2005; Volume 17 Number 3
(The COC Annual Meeting, Constitution Amendment, Phragmipedium kovachii, Questions, Questions, Native Orchid Conference, Manitoba Area Protected)

May 2005; Volume 17 Number 2
(The 18th WOC - Dijon, Cattleya percivaliana, Our Importing Experience, Lorne Heshka - COC VP, A Treasure in B.C., Words - what do they tell us?)

January 2005; Volume 17 Number 1
(Phantoms of the Forest, New Culture Sheets, What's in a Name, CITES Amendments)

November 2004; Volume 16 Number 5
(Bulbophyllum barbigerum, Mentoring a New Hobbyist, Oncidium Name Changes, Growing Substrates for Orchids)

September 2004; Volume 16 Number 4
(Intl Orchid Workshop, Orchid Names, Orchid Specialist Meeting, Hydrogen Peroxide, Orchid Conservation)

May 2004; Volume 16 Number 3
(The COC Annual Meeting, Native Orchid Conference, Speaker's Tours, Foundation for Research, The Solar Greenhouse)

March 2004; Volume 16 Number 2
(The COC Annual Meeting, What's an Orchid?, What's in a Name?)

January 2004; Volume 16 Number 1
(Miltonias, The Lycaste Slide Program, Native Orchid Conference Report)

November 2003; Volume 15 Number 5
(Preparing to Show Orchids, Growing Orchids Under Lights)

September 2003; Volume 15 Number 4
(About Ribbon Judging of Phalaenopsis, Smuggling Case Settled, Intl Conservation Congress, Minutes - COC Annual Meeting)

May 2003; Volume 15 Number 3
(COC Annual Reports, How Well Do Your Slippers Fit?, Code of Conduct, Conservation Education)

March 2003; Volume 15 Number 2
(Orchids - Some Thoughts on Microorganisms and Epiphytic Life, Hardy Orchids, COC Annual Meeting Agenda)

January 2003; Volume 15 Number 1
(Native Wild Orchids, Orchids and Latin/Greek, Canadian Culture Sheets)

November 2002; Volume 14 Number 5
(MAOC/COC/SOOS, COC Rep, The COC is, Importing Orchids, Polystachya)

September 2002; Volume 14 Number 4
(MAOC/COC/SOOS, Orchid Conservation, Genus Doritis, Pleione species/hybrids, On the Web)

May 2002; Volume 14 Number 3
(COC Annual Meeting reports, Our native orchids)

March 2002; Volume 14 Number 2
(Dendrobiums, Good Orchid Growing or the Concept of Stress on Plants)

January 2002; Volume 14 Number 1
(The New World Orchid Species and Display Collection of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Comparettia)

November 2001; Volume 13 Number 4
(Conservation of Orchids - Jacquiniella and Jumellea)

June 2001; Volume 13 Number 3
(New Phrag Species, Building a Solarium)

April 2001; Volume 13 Number 2
(The Importance of Light)

February 2001; Volume 13 Number 1
(What is an Orchid?)

December 2000; Volume 12 Number 4
(The Toronto Judging Centre, Patience Is A Necessity Not Just A Virtue)

September 2000; Volume 12 Number 3
(International Movement of Endangered Species Regulatory Amendments, Potting Mixes)

May 2000; Volume 12 Number 2
(The Orchid Specialist Group)

January 2000; Volume 12 Number 1
(Orchid Conservation into the Next Millenium)

November 1999; Volume 11 Number 4
(Phalaenopsis Section Stauroglottis)

September 1999; Volume 11 Number 3
(Parvisepalum Paphs)

April 1999; Volume 11 Number 2
(The Vancouver Orchid Society, Dr Wally Thomas, Orchids in the Snow)

February 1999; Volume 11 Number 1
(Gordon Heaps, COC Meeting, AOS Show Trophy Displays, Conservation of the Genetic Resources of Vanilla

December 1998; Volume 10 Number 3
(COC Conservation Committee Annual Report, Modern Vinicolor Hybrids)

August 1998; Volume 10 Number 2
(Hybridizing with Paphiopedilum henryanum, Hybridization of the Genus Zygopetalum, Orchids "Back-to-School", Trounce - an Alternative Pesticide, Bletilla, une orchidée vivace)

May 1998; Volume 10 Number 1
(The Hookers of Kew, A Special Orchid Find, Growing Deciduous Orchids under Lights)

Winter 1997; Volume 9 Number 4
(An Orchid Collection, Deciduous Calanthes, Up the Down Staircase or more correctly Down the up Staircase, Little Orchid Jewels, Our Own Jewel Orchid, Slabs and Slabbing Orchids)

October 1997; Volume 9 Number 3
(The Conservation Committee Report, Conservation News, Welcome to ORCHIDSAFARI!, Questions and Answers on CITES)

Spring 1997; Volume 9 Number 2
(Phragmipedium besseae, Disa Know-how)

Winter 1997; Volume 9 Number 1
(Seed Production and Germinability in the Oncidiinae, Starting out with Orchids, Miracles Still Happen)

September 1996; Volume 9 Number 3
(C.O.C. President's Message, Bulbophyllums, Dreise = Masdevallia, Dr. Carl Withner, It's an 0 R C H I D, Mini Cattleyas)

June 1996; Volume 8 Number 2
(C.O.C. President's Message, Message From The Conservation Committee, Bud's Story, Photographic Slide Project - Canada's Native Orchids, Monitoring Temperatures - Day And Night, A Method to Avoid Flask Contamination, Oriental Cymbidiums - Graceful Plants, Fragrant Flowers, Aphids - Trouble With A Capital 'T', Virus-proofing Your Collection, The AOS Trustees Meeting In Vancouver, North American Native Terrestrial Orchids Propagation And Production, Careful Record-keeping Sheds Light on Some of the Mysteries of Successful Flasking And Replating)

April 1996; Volume 8 Number 1
(Love Potions, The Colour Factor in Orchid Judging, A Paphiopedilum by a Different Name, Orchids of Eastern Newfoundland, Flasking - Tricks of the Trade, How Colours of Shading Material Can Effect the Growth and Blooming of Orchids)

August 1995; Volume 7 Number 3
(C.O.C. President's Message, Hardy Orchids, In Praise of Lepanthopsis conception 'Old Lace' CCM/AOS, New Guinea Dendrobiums, a Short Note on Native Orchids and Their Cultivation, Is This Interesting Or Just Weird)

Spring 1995; Volume 7 Number 2
(C.O.C. President's Message, The Genus Dracula, Fragrance Exhibit, The Pain We Go Through To Obtain Orchids!, Pesticide Safety, How Orchids Rule Our Lives, Orchid Species from Seed, The Canadian Orchid Congress to Meet in Edmonton)

Winter 1995; Volume 7 Number 1
(C.O.C. President's Message, White Paphs, Conservation Committee News, U.S. District Court Supports USDA Enforcement for Endangered Plants, Indonesian Wild Orchid Smuggler Convicted under the Endangered Species Act in the U.S.A., Tender Loving Care and Your Orchids, Alberta's Orchid Treasure)

Quebec Issue - November 1994; Volume 6 Number 4
(C.O.C. President's Message, The Influence of One Clone of Cattleya Cherry Chip, A Danger of Orchid Growing!,Cabinet cultivation - Part 2, Trays of Water and Their Effect on Humidity, The Light Effect)

Canada Issue - August 1993; Volume 6 Number 3
(C.O.C. President's Message, Growing Orchids Along the Information Highway, How Muttart Grow Cymbidiums, Success With Brassia verrucosa, Big Beautiful Butterflies, Fragrance Competition at the Ottawa Show, Hi, Calypso, I'll sing you a story....)

Canada Issue - March 1993; Volume 6 Number 2
(C.O.C. President's Message, Hints on Hybridizing Orchids, Orchid History, Canada Tour Diary, Dominant Characteristics in Orchid Breeding, Alberta Orchid Society 1994 Show)

Prairie Issue - November 1993; Volume 6 Number 1
(C.O.C. President's Message, Letter to the Director General, Canadian Wildlife Service, Do You Have Bugs? Don't Panic!, Cattleya walkeriana var coerulea 'Chouju', The Orchid Species Foundation, Rumblings from Regina, Styrofoam 'Popcorn')

Quebec Issue - November 1993; Volume 5 Number 6
(C.O.C. President's Message, Temperature Controlled Cabinets - Part 1, Getting Seed from Pleurothallids, Pas si froides, ces masdevallia!, Blooming Masdevallia peristeria, Paph-Talk)

September 1993; Volume 5 Number 4
(End of Summer Message, The New Brunswick Show - a light-hearted view, New Orchid Society in British Columbia, Q&A - what causes a tube leaf, Orchid Society News from Atlantic Canada, In Praise of an East Window, Manitoba Orchid Now Listed as Endangered, For the Love of Orchids - in living memory, Wondering Why)

May 1993; Volume 5 Number 3
(WOC, Growing Specimen Plants, Education Report)

April 1993; Volume 5 Number 2
(Report of the COC Conference, FROM THE PRESIDENT, MILTONIOPSIS BREEDING AND CULTURE)

Winter 1990; Volume 2 Number 3
(Growing Orchids in Rockwool - part 2)

Fall 1989; Volume 1 Number 2
(Growing Orchids in Rockwool - part 1)