OSSC at the 2003 East West Orchid Show
For
the 17th year in a row, OSSC
participated in the
East West Orchid Show,
held at the
New
Otani Hotel & Garden in the Little Tokyo section of downtown Los
Angeles.
This year's theme was "Dreamland of Orchids", and our
volunteers realized the theme by referencing
the centerpiece of the dream sequence of the Wizard of Oz, the Emerald
City. The highly successful show ran from Friday, October
17 through Sunday, October 19, and
attracted an estimated 25,000 orchid lovers from the Southern California
area and beyond. More pictures related to this event can be found
here.
Awards
Incorporating over 150 blooming orchids, the OSSC display won the
following awards:
- 1st Place (Gold) Award: Best Society Display over 75 Square Feet, awarded by the Southland Orchid Show Committee
- Best Theme of Show, awarded by the Southland Orchid Show Committee
- Best Display, awarded by the Orchid Digest Corporation
In addition, the plants displayed within OSSC's entry won numerous awards:
| Plant | Award | Owner |
| Masd Annette Hall | Best Pleurothalid of Show | Orchids Only |
| Paph Unnamed (Living Desert x Makmaster) | CSA Award of Distinction, First | Paphanatics UnLtd. |
| Paph Oriental Marble 'Orange Petals' | CSA Bronze, First | Paphanatics UnLtd. |
| Colm Wildcat 'Bobcat' | First | Zuma Canyon Orchids |
| Dtps Ever Spring Prince | First | Alfred Hockenmaier |
| Dtps Joseph | First | Zuma Canyon Orchids |
|
Dtps Unnamed (Dtps Rosina Pitta 'Hughes' x P Plantation Serenade 'Zuma') |
First | Alfred Hockenmaier |
| Paph tigrinum | First | Paphanatics UnLtd. |
| Phal Brother Lawrence | First | Zuma Canyon Orchids |
| Slc Unnamed (Slc Tiny Pixie x Lc sincorana) x Lc Bethune | First | Orchids Only |
| Stelis argenttata | First | Orchids Only |
| Vasc Blue Fairy | First | Lucille Banks |
| Cym suave | Second | Art Mendoza |
| Cym tracyanum | Second | Santa Barbara Orchid Estate |
| Dtps Ever Spring Prince | Second | Alfred Hockenmaier |
| Dtps Pixie Star 'Magenta Fire' | Second | Paphanatics UnLtd. |
| Epidendrum diffusum | Second | Dan Howell |
| Lyc Geyser Gold 'Santa Barbara' | Second | Santa Barbara Orchid Estate |
| Paph hirsuttissimum 'Wakefield' | Second | Alfred Hockenmaier |
| Paph Macabre | Second | Zuma Canyon Orchids |
| Paph wardii 'Dark Wind' | Second | Paphanatics UnLtd. |
| Phrag sargentianum | Second | Alfred Hockenmaier |
| Bulb putidum | Third | Marissa Mitchell |
| Cym Dutchmans Gold | Third | Art Mendoza |
| Dendrochilum cobbianum | Third | Orchids Only |
| Paph Night Flight 'Giant Vini' | Third | Paphanatics UnLtd. |
| Paph Unnamed (Makuli alba x Flame Arrow) | Third | Paphanatics UnLtd. |
| Paph Unnamed (parishii x stonei) | Third | Paphanatics UnLtd. |
| Vasco Pine River 'Fuchsia Delight' | Third | Alfred Hockenmaier |
Plants
Plants in the OSSC display came from the following OSSC members:
Lucille Banks
Carol Beule
Linda Cadwallader
Norm Franzle
Paul Gripp (Santa Barbara Orchid Estate)
Mea Hack
Dr. Norito Hasegawa (Paphanatics UnLtd.)
Alfred Hockenmaier
Dan Howell
Art Mendoza
Marissa Mitchell
Steve Myers
Alberto Ossa
Susan Roberts
Ron Smith
George Vasquez (Zuma Canyon Orchids)
Maria Yee
Volunteers
OSSC's success was the result of many hours of dedicated work by the following members:
Committee Chairpersons
| Ted Augustyn | (Data Management) |
| Alfred Hockenmaier | (Plant Logistics) |
| Estee Magid | (Plant Display) |
| Alberto Ossa | (Display Construction) |
Team Members
(Listed alphabetically within task)
| ACTIVITY | TEAM MEMBER |
| Plant Commitments | Estee Magid |
| Alfred Hockenmaier | |
| Construction Plan Generation | Ted Augustyn |
| Reminder Calls | Marissa Mitchell |
| Photography | Ted Augustyn |
| Harry Sinanian | |
| Construction | Ted Augustyn |
| Carol Beule | |
| Astrid Ferency | |
| Norm Franzle | |
| Mea Hack | |
| George Hernandez | |
| Dan Howell | |
| Benny Lahav | |
| Jan Olssen | |
| Alberto Ossa | |
| Ray Rennenbaum | |
| Michael Scarbrock | |
| Harry Sinanian | |
| Display Transportation | Norm Franzle |
| Jan Olssen | |
| Alberto Ossa | |
| Display Assembly | David Dassey |
| Norm Franzle | |
| George Hernandez | |
| Jan Olssen | |
| Alberto Ossa | |
| Plant Collection & Tracking | Ted Augustyn |
| Linda Cadwallader | |
| Alfred Hockenmaier | |
| Trudi Marsh | |
| Art Mendoza | |
| Plant Screening | Alfred Hockenmaier |
| Plant Grooming and Tagging | Susan Aqui |
| Astrid Ferency | |
| George Hernandez | |
| Alfred Hockenmaier | |
| Estee Magid | |
| Art Mendoza | |
| Aurora Mendoza | |
| Plant Classification for Judging | Ted Augustyn |
| George Hernandez | |
| Alfred Hockenmaier | |
| Plant Name Entry | Ted Augustyn |
| Linda Cadwallader | |
| Angela Chung | |
| Jon Tjandra | |
| Plant Tag Design & Printing | Ted Augustyn |
| SOSC Plant Registration | Ted Augustyn |
| Plant Transportation To Hotel | Ted Augustyn |
| Sandra Sinanian | |
| Plant Setup & Mossing | Ted Augustyn |
| Trinidad Campbell* | |
| Alfred Hockenmaier | |
| Estee Magid | |
| Jan Olssen | |
| Michael Scarbrock | |
| Sandra Sinanian | |
| Harry Sinanian | |
| Ron Smith | |
| Lighting | Ted Augustyn |
| Dan Howell | |
| Jan Olssen | |
| Award Dinner Participation | Ted Augustyn |
| Larry Freeman | |
| Joe Herbert | |
| Alfred Hockenmaier | |
| Estee Magid | |
| Alberto Ossa | |
| Jon Tjandra | |
| Talitha Tjandra | |
| SOSC tag removal | Ted Augustyn |
| Alfred Hockenmaier | |
| Alberto Ossa | |
| Award Transcription |