Phalaenopsis Journal Second Quarter 2014

BLUE PHALAENOPSIS ... continued from page 19 Wedding Promenade and replace it with the blue flaveonoid 3’,5’-hydroxylase gene. The cells were also infected with a gene which enabled the unconverted cells to be destroyed to all those who contributed to the leaving the Outing, Silent to develop Sales ItemsPhalaenopGolf converted cells Auction, into plants. and sis Registration Bags as was chosen because it is a triploid Wedding Promenade well as providing a donation and the scientiststhe Members breed. for use at think it won’t Luncheon Auction: In the absence of blue Phalaenopsis people have put flower spikes into vases of dye which is absorbed and passes up Repotme the spike and colors the flowers. In Joinville, Brazil, in one Barbara Noe display at APOC11, in sales areas in Tokyo and other places Tim Brooks there were plants where dyeJames Rider into a hole drilled Cathy & was injected into the spikes to Stones River OrchidsIn these plants the produce blue flowers. blue color will not Crowne Plaza the next flowering and on be repeated on Hotel many seems to run out as new flowers open. From comments Zuma Canyon Orchids made, it seems that theLynn Fuller not being told this. I purchasers are believe that the transgenic Phalaenopsis are better for the orchid world than the dyed successthe the Symposium A large part of the ones as of public will feel conned when wasdyed ones do not flower the same next year. the due to the generosity and commitment One thing isof all participants, flowers are here and here to the IPA certain transgenic registrants, speakers, to stay so we need to accommodate it. The process does not vendors and the donor of items and services only apply to color, Professor Masahiro Mii also explained and IPA thanks you. that on a control sample they modified the gene that controls when the plants flower so that they would flower in the flask INSIDE ... the success of the method before growing on the to predict continued from page ?? IPA members. Yes,It will in the future create newthe value of main specimens. we will continue to emphasize colors. In the this programthe plantworknotstrengthen it. from the univermean time and will has to been released Your executive officers are beginning a new project this fall to sity detailed job descriptions for each executive is understood buildbecause it has been genetically modified. It officer posithat the Japanese an excellent has record to recruit respontion. While we haveGovernmenttracknot approved the exploitation of genetically modified plants. sible and energetic individuals to hold office in the IPA, we lack the informationclaim it isto fully understand all ofit has foreign Some people for them not an orchid because the responsibilities that accompany each “Code ofproject will fix that. Cultigenes. However under the job. This Nomenclature for Many thanks it John Stubbings for of Phalaenopsis handvated Plants” to would be a cultivarsharing the officerWedding book from the Houston Orchid Society, and to Lynn Fuller who Promenade. To some this transgenic method is an exciting scanned the document making it available to the Executive development while others it along with other information Committee (EC). We will use may find it frightening. It takes the romance the of breeding. Since writing a number of gathered from out responsibilities of each IPA officer to build articles and posting When completed, it will serve as a amused our own handbook.pictures on Facebook I have beenguide for IPAthe comments. The vast majority seem anyoneit; many just by officers and become readily available to to like who would consider joiningA few a future officer in theit wasCopies should saying WOW. us as emailed me saying IPA. an act against be available bywas evil for promoting, one person takes every nature and I spring 2012. San Antonio, Texas will be the site of our fall board of directors opportunity be meeting on meeting. We’llto say it is ugly.Friday afternoon, October 28. On Note: you success was reported in members’ luncheon Saturday, The are invited to join us at our the Japanese news in March 2012 raise monies on the web. At Fund. Hope to and auction toand reported for the IPA ColorAPOC11 non desee you there. formed flowers were displayed to the orchid public for the Thank you first time. for your continuing faith in, and your support ‘Thank you’ Q of, the IPA. Through these difficult economic times, you have stayed with us, and we appreciate that. We now have our IPA Acknowledgements Journal on schedule and our website is showing significant 1. Abstract APOC11 Conference 2013 become even better. improvements. We continue to grow and toOkinawa by Masahiro Mii in you, and the Chin, continue School of HortiWe believeand Dong PohIPA willGraduateto do its best! culture, Chiba University 2. Presentation at APOC11 by Professor Masahiro Mii Phalaenopsis - Second Quarter 2011 Phalaenopsis: A Monograph By Eric Christenson Without a doubt, the most widely grown orchids in the world are the species and hybrids of Phalaenopsis, the “moth orchids.” Since their discovery by western botanists in the 18th century, Phalaenopsis were considered aristocrats even among orchids and were eagerly sought out by the most discerning — and wealthy — of collectors. With advances in orchid propagation and breeding in the middle 20th century, however, these orchids became accessible and affordable to anyone with an eye for exceptiona

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