Postal Address

PO Box 411 WOODRIDGE Q 4114

Patrons: Logan City Mayor Pam Parker

and Graham Oldham

President Ken Martin Ph 3341 5474

Vice President Reg Illingworth Ph 3800 3213

Secretary Jan McKenzie Ph 3208 8721

Treasurer Doug Mogg Ph 3806 5316

N‘letter Editor Reg Illingworth Ph 3800 3213

r.m.illingworth@bigpond.com

Committee Members

Adrian Bergstrum Ph 3805 8224

Maree Illingworth Ph 3800 3213

Dennis Martens Ph 3200 4369

Pam Price Ph 3345 6143

Derek & Barbara Smith Ph 3208 5398

March

2011

Foundation Date January 1976.

Next Monthly Meeting: Tuesday 15th March 2011

Commencing at 7.30pm. Logan Central Community Centre

Cnr Jacaranda Ave & Wembley Road

Logan Central.

Next Committee Meeting: Tuesday 5th April 2011

Commencing at 7.30pm.

Logan Central Community Centre

Cnr Jacaranda Ave & Wembley Road

Logan Central.

Work Roster for March 2011

Hall Set-up at 6.30pm:

Supper: Laraine Richmond & Kathy Walker

Thelymitra ixioides

Spotted Sun Orchid

JUDGES’ CHOICE SPECIAL INTEREST

PLANT OF THE MONTH

Plant Name: Isochilus linearis

Grower: Pam Price

Housing: This orchid is grown on the southern side of a 70%

shade bush house. A solarweave covering is put

over the roof and on the western side from end of

May to August each year.

Feeding: I probably don‘t fertilize as often as I should but

when I do I alternate between – Horticultural So-

lutions, Thrive for Flowers and Fruit and Seasol/

Powerfeed.

Watering: My orchids are watered with tank water every sec-

ond day in summer graduating to once a week in

winter.

Potting Media: This orchid is potted in small bark and char-

coal and will be repotted in the next couple of

weeks.

Species orchids appeal to me because many of them are so dif-

ferent and interesting.

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8. Vandaceous Alliance Over 40mm

3rd N & T Roulstone with V. (Mamo x Somjit) is now

V. Chao Praya Delight

10 Oncidiinae

2nd C & M Gill with Milt. Anne Warne x William Kirch x

Golden Wonder is now Milt. Victoria x Golden Wonder

20 Intermediate Any Other Genus

3rd Chris Cox with Onc. Liz 'Full Moon' is now

Zlm. Liz 'Full Moon'

22. Novice Dendrobium Alliance

1st Jan McKenzie with Den. Woon Leng 'Blue Lip'

Should be Den. Woo Leng 'Blue Lip'

SHOWS TO COME

19 Mar Childers & Isis Dist O. S. Cultural Centre Churchill St

26/27 Mar West Brisbane O. S. Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens

26/27 Mar Capricorn O. & Foliage C.Bauhina House N/Rocky

1/3 Apr Townsville O. S. O. S. Hall Charles Street Kirwan

2 Apr Redlands O. S. Donald Simpson Centre

2/3 Apr Boyne Tannum O & F S. Tannum Sands High School

6/9 Apr Alstonville O. S. Alstonville Plaza Shop. Centre

7/9 Apr West Moreton O. G. Ipswich City Square S/Centre

8/9 Apr Sunshine Coast O. S. Caloundra Uniting Church Hall

9/10 Apr Brisbane O. S. Hibiscus Place Klumpp Rd

14/16 Apr City of Lismore O. S. Shopping Centre Carrington St

14/16 Apr Mackay & Dist. O. S. Mt Pleasant/Greenfields S/Centre

16/17 Apr Eastern Dist. O. S. Church Hall 420 Wondall Road

16/17 Apr Ipswich O. S. Silkstone State Primary School

16/17 Apr Rockhampton O. S. Rockhampton High School

22/24 Apr Queensland O. S. Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens

22/23 Apr Bribie Island O. S. Bribie Island State High School

22/24 Apr Gladstone O. & F S. Bill Robertson Toyota Hansen Rd

28/30 Apr North Star O. C. Lutwyche S/Centre

29/30 Apr Lockyer Valley O. S. Lutheran Hall Gatton

29/30 Apr Maclean Dist. O. S. Maclean Bowling Club

29/30 Apr The Atherton Tableland O. S. Vernon St

30Apr/1 May Gympie & Dist O. S. Gympie Showgrounds

30 Apr/2May Toowoomba O. S. Lindsay St

Editorial

Well isn't it great that our Annual General Meeting is over, we have a few changes with Ken Martin taking on the job as

President and Jan McKenzie as Secretary, Pam has agreed to a committee position and the Roulstones are having a well

deserved break, many thanks to all of the administrative officers of the society who signed on for another year and to those

that have agreed to do the other jobs.

As I stated last month Pam has booked Centro for the week leading up to Mothers day, this will give you plenty of time to

prepare your sales plants for this event.

On pages 7 and 8 Part 2 of some notes from the American Orchid Society of 1982.

Reg

CORRECTION TO PLANT TAGS

To help members to correct the name on their orchid tags, a check has been made of plants benched at the February meeting with the

OrchidWiz Data Base.The changes are marked with an asterix on the page ―Benching Results‖ which is Page 4 of this Newsletter, below

are the corrections, please change your name tags.

Zlm. = Zelemnia, Spa. = Spathoglottis Ctd. = Cyrtocidium Ddc. = Dendrochilum, Srnps. = Sarconopsis

Logan and District Orchid Society thank the Logan City

Council and especially Councillor Phil Pidgeon for the

printing of the Monthly Newsletter

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MINUTES LOGAN & DISTRICT ORCHID SOCIETY INC, GENERAL MEETING 15th FEBRUARY 2011

OPENING: The President Pam Price opened the meeting at 7.45 pm. WELCOME: to the members and visitors, to our Judges Michael Billiau, Don Nitschinsk, Nick Woolley, David Cleal and Associate Judges Lynn

Calligros, David & Kaye Buhse, Stewards for the evening are Marie McCubbin, Diane Walker, Laurelle Martens and Bev Pritchard.

APOLOGIES: as per Register. MINUTES: The minutes of the January meeting which were published in the February Newsletter were adopted on the motion of

Graham Maggs and seconded by Elizabeth King.

CORRESPONDENCE INWARDS:

Queensland Orchid Society Inc – Calendar 2011 Letter of resignation from Jan Pigram

Reinvestment advice notice from CUA re Term Deposit Notice of show and schedule from Eastern District Orchid Society

Queensland Government Notice of Annual Return of Association Membership Fees Member No 144 Notice of show and schedule from West Brisbane Orchid Society Membership fees Member No 55

Nomination form Jan McKenzie Membership fees Member No 151 Notice of show Pumicestone District Orchid Society Membership fees Member No 80

Plant sale of divisions from Cedarvale Orchids Membership fees Member No 83

Orchids Australia February magazine Redlands Orchid Society Newsletter

CORRESPONDENCE OUTWARDS:

Nil.

Moved by Jim Zimmerman and Seconded by Bev Pritchard. At this point our General meeting was abandoned in favour of our Annual General Meeting. All positions held within the Club were declared vacant

by Pam Price and our Annual General Meeting conducted.

At the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting our new President Ken Martin proceeded with the February General Meeting.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT:

Treasurer Doug Mogg moved and Laraine Richmond seconded that a statement showing balances of: General Account $6442.38 and Investment Account

$5169.63 be accepted and that accounts as above and those under be passed for payment. Additional Accounts for payment: Reg Illingworth $45, Hall Hire $761.65 and Norm & Trish Roulstone $125.88

GENERAL BUSINESS:

New Patron: The Mayor of Logan Pam Parker has agreed to become a Patron of the Club. Pam Parker is very pleased to be asked to become a Joint Patron and is looking forward to further involvement within our Club. The Secretary has been contacted by her office to say that she will be attending our

meetings on the 19th April, 20th September and our Christmas function on the 15th November. So when Pam does attend please make her welcome.

Centro Display: Yes I know that it is some time away – early May but start to sort your sale plants now. Have them established and in good condition well ahead. Mark the Wednesday before Mothers Day as the setup date for that display on your calendar now. Yes we have secured the display for Mothers Day

again so we look forward to a great display with good numbers of flowering plants for sale.

World Orchid Conference Singapore: The conference is being held in Singapore in November 2011. Easy Orchids in conjunction with Casino Travel Shoppe are offering the following package deals.

WOC plus 14 day, 13 night Vietnam tour $4995 pp Twin share. WOC plus 14 Day Thailand tour $5396 pp Twin Share.

WOC plus Malaysia & Borneo tour $5345 pp twin share. Each booking made will earn $100 bonus to this Society, but you must mention it is a Society Booking when you book. Limited brochures on each of these tours are available from the secretary. (One copy only is left after this meeting so suggest if a

copy is required to contact Casino Travel Shoppe in Casino Ph 02 6662 6255 email www. casinotravelshoppe.com.au. Original letter from Easy Orchids

was also removed from notice board). World Orchid Conference Singapore: George Tsambourakis has also put together a tour to this Conference and to Borneo run by LADOS. Details and

costs are also available. Brochures were available at the meeting and shall be at the next. Contact Maree Illingworth or George for further information.

Beaudesert Orchid & Foliage Show: 12th and 13th March at Canungra. Plants can be benched after 10.00am on Friday 9th and the show closes at 3.00pm on the Sunday for those who do not like driving in the dark. If you bench plants you can sell plants at the show. Prizes are paid in cash.

Murray Shergold: of Easy Orchids at Woodburn has suffered a stroke and is paralysed down the left side but is able to speak. Our thoughts and prayers

are with Murray at this time for a speedy recovery. Alex Wrigley: On the last weekend in February Alex is having a sale of many of his plants including Clivias, Bromeliads and Anthiriums at his home in

Deception Bay. Alex is now confined to a wheelchair and is unable to care for all of his collection so if you require any of these please go and see Alex at

Deception Bay. Annual Subscriptions: These are now due $20.00 per family or $16.00 per single. Envelopes are available at the General meeting or post your

subscriptions with your name and membership number to the Club at P.O. Box 411, Woodridge Q 4114 Thank you.

Prize Vouchers: Prize vouchers that are distributed at the years end and after the Annual Show. Please note – These vouchers do have an expiry date.

It is marked on the vouchers and should always be presented by that expiry date. The Orchid Nurseries quoted on those vouchers DO NOT have to honour

those vouchers should they be presented after that date. Please keep this in mind if you are presented with these vouchers.

Club Badges: Logan and District Orchid Society Badges are now available. These are $8.00 each and are available from the Treasurer. Our name badges are also available form the Treasurer. They are also $8.00.

Orchid Wiz: LADOS have again been given a copy of Orchid Wiz for us to raffle. Raffle will be running for the first three meetings in the new year and

will commence at January meeting. Do not forget to buy your raffle tickets. All proceeds go to the Club and it is a great piece of software to add to your collection. This will be drawn at the March meeting.

Terry Turner: moved that the Club fees be waived for Bruce Vayro in respect for his losses during the recent floods. This was seconded by Pam Price and

unanimously accepted by show of hands. Noel Donnelly: Noel released the results form the last meeting‘s quiz. Noel took out all judges and associates and the winners were 1st Graham Maggs

with 19, 2nd Barry and Regina Chandler with 17 and 3rd Anne Smallegange with 15. Winners were presented with a bromeliaed. Trade Sales Report: Dennis and Adrian are back in full swing at our meetings. Trade sales are available to all members. Remember to be fair to all

members and phone all large orders through to Adrian or Dennis prior to meetings and they will have them packed up for you. A complete list of products is

in your last newsletter. Plenty of all stocks available. Bark, and Cocoanut Fibre is available from Reg Illingworth. Super Coarse and Jumbo Perlite is available form Derek Smith.

Library Report: A library booklist is available from Graham Maggs. You will find Graham down the front of the Hall on the right hand side of the stage

area. A good selection of books and magazines are available so take advantage of this service. Graham urged all members who have taken books out in the past year to please return them or we will have to start making phone calls to ask for their

return.

Cultural Officers Report: The meeting at Reg and Maree‘s residence will be confirmed in the Newsletter. KITCHEN DUTIES FOR THE FEBRUARY MEETING: Laraine Richmond, Kathy Walker thanks to all.

Please let a Committee Member know if you cannot attend so we can arrange an alternative. GUEST SPEAKER: No Guest Speaker due to the Annual General Meeting

Judges Choice Awards:

The President Ken Martin assisted by Terry Turner announced the awards for tabled plants.

CULTURAL AWARD: none awarded SPECIAL INTEREST AWARD: Pam Price EXHIBITORS AWARD: Chris Cox POPULAR VOTE: Open: Dennis & Laurelle Martens Novice/Intermediate: Jan McKenzie.

Closure: Meeting closed at 9.35pm.

Norm Roulstone Secretary

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1. Dendrobiums

1st Den. Busaba J & J Williams

2nd Den. Alice's Rainbow R & M Illingworth

2. Cattleyas – Over 100mm 1st Rth. (Blc.) CRB's Reward 'Jimar' J & M Zimmerman

2nd Rlc. (Blc.) Alma Kee 'Tipmalee' D & L Martens

3rd Rlc. (Blc.) Dal's Fry 'Garden World' x

C. (Bc.) Horace 'Maxima' D & L Martens

3. Cattleyas – 60mm to 100mm

1st C. Tiny Titan R & M Illingworth

2nd C. (Lc.) Mini Purple 'Mutant' J & M Zimmerman

3rd C. (Sc.) Princess Beautiful N & T Roulstone

4. Cattleyas – Under 60mm

1st C. (Slc.) Charming Jewel 'H & R' A Bergstrum

2nd C. (Lc.) Scarlet Imp x Ctna. Why Not J Griffiths

3rd Ctna. Capri 'Lea' B & R Chandler

5. Cattleyas – Novelty or Cluster 1st Pot. Hoko Gem J & J Williams

2nd C. Lulu 'Hot Pink' J & M Zimmerman

3rd Gct. (Ctna.) Starrlyn J & M Zimmerman

6. Paphiopedilum

1st Paph. Dragontale M Tierney

2nd Paph. Clifton Booth M Tierney

3rd Paph. Vanguard M Tierney

7. Vandaceous Alliance – Flowers up to 40mm

1st Vasco. Alice's Annie D & L Martens

2nd Vasco. Pine Rivers 'Wasana Blue' D & L Martens

3rd Ascda. Arthorn D & L Martens

8. Vandaceous Alliance – Flowers over 40mm

1st Vasco. Prapin 'White' A Bergstrum

2nd V. Darres' Golden Heritage x Thananprai A Bergstrum

3rd V. Chao Prayer Delight * N & T Roulstone

9. Phalaenopsis

1st Phal. Golden Peoker 'BL' R & M Illingworth

2nd Phal. Chain Xen Queen R & M Illingworth

3rd Dtps. Lioulin Sparrow R & M Illingworth

10. Oncidiinae

1st Ctd. Moon Shadow 'Tiger Tail' J Rutherford

2nd Milt. (Victoria x Golden Wonder * C & M Gill

3rd Milt. (Purple Queen x Sunset) N & T Roulstone

11. Miscellaneous Large – 50mm and over 1st Phrag. Sorcerers Apprentice B & R Chandler

2nd Phrag. calurum B & R Chandler

JUDGES CHOICE RESULTS FOR FEBRURY 2011

12. MISCELLANEOUS SMALL Under 50mm

1st Snps. Noelene Russell x Phal. amabilis M Tierney

2nd Epi. (Pink King x Peach Glow) T & B Pritchard

3rd Epi. Double Delight x Joseph Glow T & B Pritchard

13. Australian Native Dendrobium Hybrid - No Entries

14. Australian Native Hybrid– Other Than Dendrobiums

1st Den. Johulatum G Tsambourakis

15. Australian Native Species

1st Oberonia titania D & K Buhse

2nd Oberonia muelleriana D Cleal

3rd Spa. paulinae M Coppus

16. Species – Exotic Sympodial

1st Dcd. uncatum M Coppus

2nd Isochilus linearis P Price

3rd Prosthechea cochleata D & K Buhse

17. Species – Exotic Monopodial

1st Phal. cornu-cervi J Roberts

2nd Phal violacea R & M Illingworth

3rd Phal. pulchra K Martins

18. Intermediate – Cattleya Alliance - No entries

19. Intermediate - Dendrobium Alliance

1st Den. Unknown T Holloway

20.Intermediate – Any Other Genus

1st Paph. Pinocchio x Robinianum T Holloway

2nd Paph. Pinochio T Holloway

3rd Zlm. (Onc.) Liz 'Full Moon' C. Cox

21. Novice – Cattleya Alliance

1st C. (Blc.) Amber Glow J McKenzie

2nd Rlc. (Blc.) Port Royal Sound 'Mary Ellen' S & B Allen

3rd Ctna. Hunabu Fairy Flare * T Cook

22. Novice – Dendrobium Alliance 1st Den. Woo Leng 'Blue Lip' * J McKenzie

2nd Den. Masako Taki 'Blue' J McKenzie

3rd Den. bigibbum var. superbum P McCallum

23. Novice – Any Other Genus

1st Rhy. retusa x sib J McKenzie

2nd Phal. Unknown T Cook

3rd Onc. Unknown T Cook

Cultural Award –No Award

Special Interest Plant of the Month

Isochilus linearis P Price

Popular Vote – Open

1st V. Alice's Annie D & L Martens

Popular Vote – Novice & Intermediate

1st Den. Woo Leng 'Blue Lip' * J McKenzie

Tabling Statistics - 31 Members Benched 114 Plants

Observations of Life

There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither works.

Never miss a good chance to shut up.

If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.

The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back into your pocket.

There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading. The few who learn by observation.

The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

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1. Dendrobium

1st. Den. Busaba

4. Cattleyas – Under 60mm

1st. C. (Slc.) Charming Jewel 'H & R'

A Bergstrum

3. Cattleyas – 60mm to 100mm

1st. C. Tiny Titan

R & M Illingworth

9. Phalaenopsis

1stPhal. Golden Peoker 'BL'

R & M Illingworth. 10. Oncidiinae

1st. Ctd. Moon Shadow 'Tiger Tail'

J Rutherford

19. Intermediate - Dendrobium Alliance

1st. Den. Unknown

T Holloway

6. Paphiopedilum

1st. Paph. Dragontale

M Tierney

7. Vandaceous Alliance

Flowers up to 40mm

1st. Vasco. Alice's Annie

D & L Martens

8. Vandaceous Alliance

Flowers over 40mm

1st. Vasco. Prapin 'White'

A Bergstrum

11. Miscellaneous Large

50mm and over

1st. Phrag. Sorcerers Apprentice

B & R Chandler

17. Species – Exotic Monopodial

1st. Phal. cornu-cervi

J Roberts

14. Australian Native Hybrid Other

Than Dendrobiums

1st. Den. Johulatum

G Tsambourakis

22. Novice – Dendrobium Alliance

1st. Den. Woo Leng 'Blue Lip'

J McKenzie

16. Species – Exotic Sympodial

1st. Dcd. Uncatum

M Coppus

2. Cattleyas – Over 100mm

Rth. (Blc.) CRB's Reward 'Jimar'

J & M Zimmerman

5. Cattleyas – Novelty or

Cluster

1stPot. Hoko Gem

J & J Williams

12. Miscellaneous Small Under 50mm

1st. Snps. Noelene Russell x Phal.

amabilis M Tierney

15. Australian Native Species

1st. Oberonia titania

D & K Buhse

20.Intermediate – Any Other Genus

1st Paph. Pinocchio x Robinianum

T Holloway

23. Novice – Any Other Genus

1st. Rhy. retusa x sib

J McKenzie

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The Logan and District Orchid Society Inc.

Saturday Cultural Information Meeting

Invitation to all Logan & District Orchid Society Inc. members to attend the meeting of the The Logan and District

Orchid Society Saturday Cultural Information Meeting, at 51 Lionheart Street Forestdale 4118

The meeting will be at 9.30 am on Saturday the 2nd of April 2011

The topic will be potting on from compots.

Please bring along any problem plants or a plant in need of a repot and if time permits we can discuss these

problems and repotting methods.

As with previous meetings it would be appreciated if you would contribute $1.00 towards the cost of photocopying.

If possible put a fold up chair in the car it may or may not be needed.

Our phone number is: 3800 3213

Our address is: 51 Lionheart Street

Forestdale 4118

Maree and I are looking forward to seeing you on the day.

MINUTES OF THE LOGAN & DISTRICT ORCHID SOCIETY INC ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 15TH FEBRUARY 2011.

OPENING: The meeting was declared open at 7.45pm by the President Pam Price

MINUTES: The minutes of the 2010 AGM as read by the Secretary were adopted on the motion of Elizabeth King and seconded by Terry. Turner FINANCIAL STATEMENT: The Treasurer Doug Mogg presented the Annual Audited Financial Statement and moved the acceptance of same. This was

seconded by Laraine. Richmond

PRESIDENT’S REPORT: Phillip McCallum moved and Elizabeth King seconded that the report published in the January 2011 newsletter be adopted. ELECTION OF OFFICERS: All positions were declared vacant by the President Pam Price.

The Chair was assumed by Don McAlister who proceeded with the election of officers for 2011.

NOMINATIONS FOR OFFICE BEARERS FOR 2011

POSITION NOMINEE PROPOSER SECONDER

PRESIDENT Ken Martin Pam Price Adrian Bergstrum

VICE PRESIDENT Reg Illingworth Maree Illingworth Pam Price SECRETARY Jan McKenzie Jan Hooker Gary Hooker

Assist Secretary

SHOW SECRETARY Pam Price Norm Roulstone Reg Illingworth Joint Show Secretary Maree Illingworth Trish Roulstone Norm Roulstone

TREASURER Doug Mogg Ken Martin Reg Illingworth

NEWSLETTER EDITOR Reg Illingworth Norm Roulstone Derek Smith

Assist. Editor COMMITTEE Barbara & Derek Smith Pam Price Norm Roulstone

Adrian Bergstrum Ken Martin Doug Mogg Maree Illingworth Pam Price Trish Roulstone

Dennis Martens Adrian Bergstrum Norm .Roulstone

Pam Price Don McAlister Trish Roulstone

LIBRARIAN Graham Maggs Pam Price Adrian Bergstrum

RAFFLE SELLERS Hartley Smith Ken Martin Jan McKenzie Don McAlister Norm Roulstone Trish Roulstone

PUBLICITY OFFICER SHOW CO-ORDINATOR Reg Illingworth Pam Price Barbara Smith TEA PERSONS Glynis Cox Laraine Richmond Pam Price

Chris Cox Laraine Richmond Pam Price

GUEST SPEAKER CO-ORD N .Donelly ( till end of 2011 only) Trina Hollaway Terry Turner MEETING STEWARD Terry Turner Jim Zimmerman Margaret Zimmerman

RECORDER Trish Roulstone Don McAlister Laraine Richmond

TRADE TABLE Adrian Bergstrum Dennis Martens Reg Illingworth Dennis Martens Adrian Bergstrum Reg Illingworth

TRADE TABLE ASSISTS Phillip McCallum Pam Price Adrian Bergstrum

Mary Wenck Laraine Richmond Dennis Martens Margaret Tierney Laraine Richmond Dennis Martens

MEETING REPORTER Barry Scriven Pam Price Trina Hollaway AUDITOR KT Accounting

PATRONS The Mayor of Logan City Pam Parker

Graham Oldham and Norm Roulstone moved and Phillip McCallum seconded that the positions listed as above be confirmed as office bearers for the 2011 year.

Ken Martin assumed the chair and called for any other General Business.

General Business: After discussions by the Committee and a show of hands at a previous General meeting in 2010 a letter was sent to Logan's Mayor Pam Parker in regards to her becoming a Joint Patron of the Club. This was because of the level of support that the Logan City Council gives us for our Annual

Show. Logan's Mayor Pam Parker has agreed to become a Patron and this needs to be ratified by the Club.

Moved by Jeff Griffiths and Seconded by Glynis Cox, Carried. CLOSURE: the meeting closed at 8.25pm

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Some Plants Tabled at the February 2011 Meeting

In Species Exotic a Den. crocatum with long slender canes

presented it‘s flowers on the previous season‘s growths and

as it was only in the early stages of flowering, of the eighteen

or so spikes, I counted six in bloom some with up to four

flowers, while among those still developing some had seven

buds. On this clone the segments were white inside showing

some yellow to the lip bases. Tepal reverses were of a yel-

lowish base tone lightly overlaid rosy-mauve, with the long

nectaries, that extended rearwards at 180° and not curled

under and forward to form the chin-like structure of the many

more commonly grown hybrid dendrobiums, being a some-

what reddish-tan colour

An Isochilus linearis had many tallish, very slender stems

with some twenty of these bearing spikes presenting up to

seven, tubular, mauve blooms with two dark eyes, (well,

spots really), to the basal area of the lips. The straight leaves

that alternated in two opposing ranks along almost the entire

length of the pseudobulbs were held close to these stems and

were quite narrow in relation to their length.

A Bulb. dearii carried one yellow bloom the acutely reflexed

petals were much narrower than the other segments with the

reverse of the comparatively broad dorsel sepal sporting nu-

merous small red spots while the incurved ventrals had red

stripes to the mid-region of their length, these being equiva-

lent to approximately half of those segment‘s lengths. The

lip had a narrow red central strip and repeated this effect

along the edges thereof.

Intermediate– Any Other Genus featured a Paph. Pinocchio x

Robinianum whose bloom‘s both sepals were green with bold

vertical lines of a darker green while the pale yellow pouch

was veined in a muted red tone; the cream petals were spot-

ted red to their basal halves with the edges of their tips

flushed soft mauve-pink.

Another plant of the above-mentioned grex was tabled in

Paphiopedilum (open class) and was very similar to that in

the Intermediate class except, to me, it seemed the mauvish

tone of the petal tips was paler.

In this later section was a Paph. Dragontale presenting on an

average to tall spike, four blooms whose tepals were green

toned, the dorsals boldly striped vertically in brown, the ven-

trals less heavily so. The curiously twisted petals were not

only spiralled in the typically drooping habit of this breeding

line, but had a pronounced semi-circular divergence from the

actual spiral form occurring at about halfway along their

length. However unorthodox, the form of said petals none-

the-less didn‘t, (in my opinion), detract from the flower

form‘s balance and symmetry. The green of the petals was

spotted brown along the full length while the pouches were

flushed brown with darker veining of that tone. The stami-

nodes were in the green tone of the tepals, maybe a little

creamier, and reflexed rearwards, and formed a hollow sec-

tion to their reverse with the rear outer area encircled in short

reddish hairs.

Paph. Clifton Booth had three yellow-green blooms and one

bud well displayed on an above average length spike, the

dorsals had vertical brown toned stripes with the ventrals

being less adorned in this fashion, the petals were about twice

as long as the dorsal height and hung at approximately 45° to

the flower centres horizontal plane and had lines of spots,

again in brown tones, extending longitudinally from their

bases to the tips, the green pouches were veined and flushed,

also in brown with the staminodes having a darker green spot

to their centres.

Den. Woo Leng, a Novice section entry had the fitting clonal

name of ‗Blue Lip‘. It had two flowering leads each with two

mildly arching spikes a couple carried some fourteen blooms

each, these were well displayed and the pure white of the

tepals highlighted the indigo-blue lip tones.

In Oncidiinae a Milt. Purple Queen x Sunset made a bright

showy display with five flowering leads carrying six spikes,

each with three to four green blooms with as many buds to

their tips, the yellow tepals were flushed and spotted a pale

red tone and lips had mauve tips with the basal areas being a

slightly darker shade of this tone.

A Dgmra. Flying High bore no varietal name and had tepals

of a yellow base tone overlaid horizontally with barring of a

mahogany colouration, the large (broad & bold) yellow lips

were covered with red spots with these markings becoming

larger over the basal regions. Eight flowers on an upright

spike made for a very showy exhibit.

Colourful standouts among the Cattleyas included (in 60-

100cm), a C. Tiny Titan whose yellow base tone enhanced

the tepaline red flushing while the yellow base of the lip was

highlighted by the red of the mid-lobe and side lobe tips.

Although the following two have each been around for a fair

while, I feel those who grow them would quite agree they are

most deserving of their growing space. The Blc. Alma Kee

‘Tipmalee‘ had bright all yellow tepals while the yellow of

the lips was dominated by the red around their ruffled edges

that extended as veining into the throats thereof. The tabled

plant carried two large blooms.

The other plant alluded to was a smallish plant of Blc. Mount

Isa ‘Jean‘ it‘s two blooms were also yellow, but of a paler

tone to those of the previous plant, with the ruffled lip edges

and tips being mauve, backed by a dark red-purple that also

created extensive veining to the basal zones thereof that

formed a yellow eye to each of the side-lobe interiors.

Vandaceous sections were quite well represented and a

showy Ascda. Fuchs Joy ‘Red‘ x V. Kasems Delight had dark

pink blooms whose dorsals and petals were tessellated red-

purple with the ventrals similarly marked in a rust-red tone,

and the reverse of all segments was pink. It‘s eight large

blooms were of classic Vanda shape and it also had four buds

yet to open.

Vasco. Prapin ‘White‘ was, predictably, predominantly white,

the seventeen blooms were lightly flushed to their inner tips

with rosy lavender, the ventrals being lightly washed with

yellowish tones with lips that were tipped dark purple.

V. Lumpini Red carried six blooms, the rosy-mauve tepals

heavily tessellated red-mauve with darker lips, flowers were

of full form; as the plant was not yet as large as potentially

possible for this line of breeding, as it develops further it will

no doubt produce longer spikes with more blooms hence even

better display.

V. Darres‘ Golden Heritage x Thananchai was at the rear of

the displayed plants on a table that was against a wall so

could not establish an accurate flower count, but feel it would

be at least a dozen. The blooms were of a somewhat mustard

yellow tone, heavily covered with reddish spots to the petals

and tessellations to sepals on average sized flowers of above

average shape.

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Orchid Culture — Propagation on a Small Scale STEPHEN R. BATCHELOR

Part 2 from the AOS BULLETIN Volume 51, Number 2 February 1982

Monopodial orchids, those which grow vertically from one growing point at the top, afford more limited opportunities for

propagation by division. Conventional division is by "tip cuttings" — essentially by making the cut somewhere between the

rooted base of an established monopodial and its growing tip. Vandaceous orchids, such as the ascocendas, fortunately

produce roots along at least the lower half of the stem, so that a tip cutting of an older, established plant can be made which

possesses those very helpful, already initiated roots (see Fitch, Charles Marden, How to Shorten Ascocendas, in the

December 1981 BULLETIN, pages 1472-1473). Some leaves may have to be removed from the base of the tip cutting before

potting up, so before potting up, so as to not bury leaves as well as roots in the potting medium.

FlGURE 4 — well established some three years after i ts last repotting, Phal. Martha

Jane has extended some distance above its 12-inch plastic pot. This plant could be

propagated by making a tip cutting of that portion, with its abundant roots, which has grown above the rim.

Shorter, slower growing monopodials such as phalaenopsis may also in time grow too tall, and will require division of the

stem if anything just to place the majority of the roots properly in the medium when repotting (see FIGURE 4). When a tip

cutting is made, what results is obviously not just a tip cutting, but also an established "topless" base section of the plant. If

the plant was vigorous to begin with, this base section is likely to initiate one, possibly more, new growing points. These in

turn may be treated as keikis, separated from the mother plant and potted up when ready or left to continue on and flower.

FIGURE 5 — Phalaenopsis Tyler Carlson has produced a substantial keiki off an old inflorescence — one more than ready to be removed and potted up.

Whatever the type of division made, it is crucial to make the separation with the proper tool: one that can make a clean cut,

and has been sterilized beforehand (by flame, sterilizing solution or first-time use). This lessens the possibility of virus

transference and disease attack. A clean cut, one preferably "dressed", or coated, with a powder fungicide, is not as

vulnerable to infection as a ragged, untreated cut.

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KEIKIS

Some commonly cultivated orchids obligingly produce vegetative offshoots, called keikis by orchidists. Keikis develop from

uninitiated buds (areas of meristematic tissue) — be they on the flower spikes of phalaenopsis (FIGURES) or the canes of

dendrobiums (FIGURE 6), for example. These, whether made independent by removal and potting up, or left on the "mother"

plant, keep right on growing, and can flower in a surprisingly short time. With keikis, as with all propagations, the preference

is to make the separation after roots have formed on the portion of the plant to be severed, to make rapid its establishment as

an independent plant. Keikis readily form roots soon after they initiate. Once these roots are an inch or two long, the keiki can

then be removed, either with sterilized clippers, or with a hand grasp and a quick snap of the wrist, and potted up. Some

orchids, such as Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana for example, have a disposition towards "throwing" keikis, while many others

do not. Culture can greatly alter this inherent tendency to produce, or not to produce, keikis. Dr. Clair Ossian, author of the

current series on antelope dendrobiums, makes this remark when writing on the culture of this group: "When truly happy,

these forms can bloom much of the year, so if you get few flower spikes and lots of keikis, the plant is unhappy. In fact, this

is one of the rare problems of the group. When you are doing things right and the plant is prospering, you don't get any keikis

for trading stock."

FIGURE 6 — Over-potted and over-watered, this Dendrobium nobile-type hybrid is

expressing its distress in the form of over-abundant keiki formation. Note the various stages of keiki development.

So, if you have a dendrobium, be it a Ceratobium ("antelope") type, Den. nobile type, or Den. phalaenopsis type, and you

would like lots of keikis, do as I did (and not as I preached!) with the nobile dendrobium in the accompanying picture

(FIGURE 6). Repot the plant in too large a pot with a moisture-retentive mix, and be sure to overwater. The result: an

imperiled plant with few roots, no flowers, but loads of keikis! This, I suppose, is what technically could be called "keiki

induction", and through my own "experimentation" seems to be a successful propagation technique with many genera of

orchids. Other less foolhardy, though equally effective methods of keiki induction include either "stem propagations" or

hormone paste applications. Stem propagation of phalaenopsis involves the removal of a portion of a flower spike possessing

dormant nodes (eyes), followed by its placement in a sterilized bottle containing nutrient agar. This treatment encourages a

node to develop vegetatively, hopefully within a few months. Vegetative development of a flower. spike node into a keiki can

also be induced with the application of a hormone paste. With this method, the outer bract covering the node is removed,

while the spike is not. The paste is then applied (see Brasch, James D. and Ivan Kocsis, You Can "Meristem" with Hormones,

Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 49(10): 1123-1132).

GUEST SPEAKER FOR THE MARCH MEETING

The Guest Speaker for the March meeting will be Reg Illingworth with a Power Point presentation on Tolumnia oncidiums.

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A pallet of Bark 40 bags has been ordered and should be available by the time you read this Newsletter.

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