February 2012 Commencing at 7.30Pm

JUDGES’ CHOICE SPECIAL INTEREST February PLANT OF THE MONTH

2012

Foundation Date January 1976.

Thelymitra ixioides

Spotted Sun Orchid

Postal Address PO Box 411 WOODRIDGE 4114 Queensland Australia 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 Plant Name: Geordorum densiflorum Treasurer Doug Mogg Ph 3806 5316

N’letter Editor Reg Illingworth Ph 3800 3213 [email protected] Grower: Peter Berry Committee Members Adrian Bergstrum Ph 3805 8224 Housing: Growing in an open area under Myrella Coppus Ph 3341 5691 Eucalyptus, approx 50% shade, with no wind or rain protec- Maree Illingworth Ph 3800 3213 tion. I keep the plant well off the ground on mesh benches. Dennis Martens Ph 3200 4369

Phillip McCallum Mobile 0404 495 486 Pam Price Ph 3345 6143 Feeding: I give mine controlled release fertilizer, Osmocote in Spring and late Summer. I don't seem to need Next Monthly Meeting: any extra liquid fertilizer. Osmocote used is 6 month NPK of 13-6-11. Tuesday 21st February 2012 Commencing at 7.30pm. Logan Central Community Centre Watering: The water I use is dam water. I only Cnr Jacaranda Ave & Wembley Road water when the soil becomes fairly dry as too much will pro- mote root fungal diseases. When dormant in winter keep Logan Central. dryer Next Committee Meeting: Tuesday 6th March 2012 Potting Media: I use a good quality well drained potting Commencing at 7.30pm. mix and keep them in squat pots fairly root bound. Only Logan Central Community Centre pot to next size when it outgrows the pot. Cnr Jacaranda Ave & Wembley Road Logan Central. Cultural Notes: If the potting mix is old and less free draining, repot into new mix. Work Roster for 2012 I give mine a soil fungicide, FONGARID every six months or Hall Set-up at 6.30pm: when needed to ward off root rot. Supper: Deidre McAlister and Val Marsden Spraying fungicide on leaves is sometimes needed, then I use Stewards: Trevor Cook & Norma Flannigan Alginox and also Mancozeb. Scribes: Laurie Baxter & Peter Berry

Editorial

This months newsletter has most of the usual information. Maree has prepared a roster for our scribes and stewards, please see if you are prepared to do this job, Page 2 has the shows to come and changes to the names of the benched plants. Page 3 has the minutes from the January meeting, Page 4 has the Judges Choice for January with Page 5 having the photos of the winning plants, Page 6 has the committee notes for February, the President's 2011 report and the advice of no guest speaker for February, the Saturday Cultural Information Meeting, also the news about the stocks of bark. Page 7 is an article from Barry Scriven (on checking in Orchidwiz there is no appearance of C. intermedia in Penny Kuroda's background,) Page 8 is the next piece about BOISDUVAL Scale, only two more parts to complete this article, Pages 9 and 10 are information from Orchidwiz, they have supplied a copy of OrchidWiz Express 2012 to be sold at auction to benefit the society, in next months newsletter details about bulk purchases will be published. In February we have our Annual General meeting where the executive for the 2012 year is decided, on page 11 is a nomination form, if you would like to work for the society or know of someone who would, please submit the completed form to Jan McKenzie before the start of the meeting. Reg

SHOWS TO COME

10/11 March Beaudesert Canungra , 2 Pine St 16/17 March Childers Childers Cultural Centre 23/25 March QOS Auditorium Mt Coot-tha 30/31 March & 1 April Townsville Charles St Kirwan 31.March- 1 April - West Brisbane - Auditorium Mt Coot-tha

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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 Septembereeting with the 1 Dendrobiums 6 Paphiopedilums 3rd John Roberts with Den. mohlianum x sulawesiense is 2nd Margaret Tierney with Paph. adductum x now Den. Hsinying Glomo rothschildianum is now Paph. Johanna Burkhardt 2. Cattleya 60mm to 100mm 19. Intermediate Dendrobium Alliance 2nd N & T Roulstone with Slc. California Apricot x 1st Jan McKenzie with Den. Chao Praya Sweet x Somsack C. Horace is now C. Twilight is now Den. Asternova Galaxy 3rd Ken Marten with Lc. Royal Emperor x Blc. Mt. Isa is 21. Novice Cattleya Alliance now Rlc. Overlander 1st Phillip McCallum with C. Horace Maxima x Beaufort is now C. Dal's Tradition

Orchid Abreviations

Mokara = Mkra. Bratonia = Brat. Cattleya = C. Dendrobium = Den. Paphiopedilum =Paph. Vanda = V. Phalaenopsis = Phal. Oncidium = Onc. Doritis = Dor. Sarcochilus = Sarco.

MINUTES LOGAN & DISTRICT ORCHID SOCIETY INC GENERAL MEETING 17th JANUARY 2012 OPENING: The President Ken Martin opened the meeting at 7.35pm. WELCOME: to members and visitors. Welcome also to our Judges and Stewards for the evening. APOLOGIES: as per register MINUTES: The minutes of the November meeting , which were published in the Newsletter were adopted on the motion of Norm Roulstone and seconded by Trina Holloway. CORRESPONDENCE INWARDS: Orchids Bulletin of the American Orchid Society Dec. 2011 Orchids Australia Dec. 2011 Australian Orchid Review Dec. Jan. 2012 Cheque $175 – C&H Edwards Vouchers – (Open Orders) Fame A/C $160.20 St. Vincent’s – Letter Craig Emerson – calendar Letter – The President Christmas card – Logan City Council CUA Statement OrchidWiz 19th AOC Conference /tours - Perth CUA term deposit acceptance form Gympie &District Orchid Society Show Invitation Eastern District Orchid Society Autumn Show Letter from D&K. Buhse / no membership renewal Okinawa International Orchid Show forms K&H Smart Membership fees T&R Hills Membership fees CORRESPONDENCE OUTWARDS: nil That the correspondence be accepted was moved by Sheila Allen and seconded by John Thorp. FINANCIAL STATEMENT: Doug Mogg moved and George Tsambourakis seconded, that a statement showing balances of : General Account :- $9231.88 Investment Account:- $5169.63 Additional Accounts for payments:- Hall Hire $1144, UNP cheque $64.80, R. Illingworth $40.40 Fame orchids $160.20. NEW MEMBERS: nil GENERAL BUSINESS: Ken Martin explained to the membership that Office Bearers for 2012 including co-ordinator/organiser of guest speakers would be voted in at the next meeting which is the AGM. Helpers were needed in a variety of areas. A vacancy exists - Co-ordinator of guest speakers – as the result of the retirement of Noel Donelly. Nomination forms should be with the Secretary prior to the next meeting. Members were informed of the Centro Display May 10th -12th. Set up Wednesday 9th May 4pm. Plants needed for display and sale. GIFT VOUCHERS: Ken reminded the members that gift vouchers distributed at the August show and at the Christmas Party have an expiry date . These are marked on the vouchers. The orchid nurseries quoted on these vouchers are not obliged to honour them after the expiry date. CLUB BADGES: New 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 from the Treasurer. They are $8. TRADE SALES REPORT: Dennis and Adrian are back in full swing at our meetings. Trade sales are available to all members. Bark and Coconut fibre is available from Reg Illingworth. There is difficulty at present in accessing a supply of charcoal. Please phone large orders through to Adrian and Dennis before the meetings so they can have your order ready and so it is fair for other members. Super Coarse and Jumbo perlite is currently out of stock but is normally available from Adrian Bergstrum. Adrian and Dennis could do with an extra helper on the trade table because of work commitments. Please phone orders to Adrian on Saturday or Sunday. LIBRARY REPORT: See Phil MacCallum at the front of the hall. There is a good selection of books and magazines available. Please return books and magazines promptly. Lots of interest was shown in some of the more recent articles in the Orchid Magazines to which the society subscribes. KITCHEN DUTY FOR THE FEBRUARY MEETING: Deidre McAlister and Val Marsden NEW GROWERS’ GROUP: The new growers’ group has its next meeting the 1st Saturday in February. The subject will be Bush House Hygiene. More information in the Newsletter. GUEST SPEAKER: for the evening was Reg Illingworth who gave an interesting report on The Singapore Conference. The report was accompanied by a power point presentation. This was the result of considerable effort on Reg’s part and I’m sure we all appreciated his work. JUDGES’ CHOICE AWARDS: The President thanked the judges, stewards and scribes. Thank you to John Roberts and John Williams who announced the Judging results of the benched plants this evening. CULTURAL AWARD: Paph. Saint Swithin 'Murray' owned by Jim & Marie McCubbin. SPECIAL INTEREST PLANT OF THE MONTH: Golm. densiflorum owned by Peter Berry. POPULAR VOTE: OPEN: V. coerulea owned by Jim & Marie McCubbin. NOVICE/INTERMEDIATE: Stanhopea unknown owned by Sheila & Bob Allen. RAFFLE WINNERS were announced. CLOSURE :- Meeting closed at 9.55 pm Secretary Jan McKenzie

JUDGES CHOICE RESULTS FOR JANUARY 2012

1. Dendrobiums 14. Australian Native Hybrid– Other Than Dendrobiums 1st Den. Touch of Gold J& J Williams 1st Sarco. Riverdene M Tierney 2nd Den. Masako Taki 'Blue' K Marten 2nd Sarco. Bonanza M Tierney 3rd Den. Hsinying Glomo * J Roberts 3rd Sarco. Cindy M Tierney

2. Cattleyas – Over 100mm 15. Australian Native Species 1st Rlc. (Blc.) Redland City C Gill 1st Plectorrhiza brevilabris J Roberts 2nd C. Unknown J Rutherford 2nd Spa. plicta M Coppus 3rd Blc. Toshie Aoki J & M Zimmerman 16. Species – Exotic Sympodial 3. Cattleyas – 60mm to 100mm 1st Paph. victoria-regina J Roberts 1st Otr. Maili's Surprise 'Asaka' D & D McAlister 2nd Paph. superbiens J Roberts 2nd C. Twilight * N & T Roulstone 3rd Paph. glaucophyllum J Roberts 3rd Rlc. Overlander * K Martin 17. Species – Exotic Monopodial 4. Cattleyas – Under 60mm 1st V. coerulea 'True Blue' J & M McCubbin 1st Gct. (Letna.) Swig of Brandy N & T Roulstone 2nd Rhy. coelestis var. blue 'Blue Giant' D & D McAlister 2nd Rth. (Pot.) Dal's Emperor L Baxter 3rd C. (Sc.) Seagulls Mini-Cat Heaven D & D McAlister 18. Intermediate – Cattleya Alliance 1st C. Queen Sirkhit 'Diamond Crown' T Holliday 5. Cattleyas – Novelty or Cluster 2nd Rth. (Pot.) Dal's Endeavour J McKenzie 1st C. Unknown C Cox 3rd Rlc. Toshi Gem 'Superspots' T Holiday

6. Paphiopedilum 19. Intermediate - Dendrobium Alliance 1st Paph. Saint Swithin 'Murray' J & J McCubbin 1st Den. Asternova Galaxy * J McKenzie 2nd Paph. Johanna Burkhardt * M Tierney 2nd Den. Leong Yok Kin J McKenzie 3rd Paph. Bel Royal J Roberts 20.Intermediate – Any Other Genus 7. Vandaceous Alliance – Flowers up to 40mm 1st Stanhopea Unknown S & B Allen 1st Vasco. Pine Rivers 'Wasana' R & M Illingworth 2nd Ascda. Crownfox Red Delicious 'Jakkit's Ruby' 2nd Vasco. Alice Anie * D & L Martens G & J Hooker 3rd Ascda. Somsri Nugget N & T Roulstone 3rd Golm. densiflorum P. Berry

8. Vandaceous Alliance – Flowers over 40mm 21. Novice – Cattleya Alliance 1st Chtna. Renee Gerber 'Lopburi' M Westphal 1st C. Dal's Tradition * P. McCallum 2nd Mkra. Chao Praya Gold * N & T Roulstone 2nd Bc. Valencia Beauty P McCallum 3rd Vasco. Prapawan 'Chao Prayer' N & T Roulstone 22. Novice – Dendrobium Alliance 9. Phalaenopsis No Entries 1st Phal. reichenbarkiana x Dor. pulcherrima M Tierney 2nd Dor. pulcherrima x Phal. decumbens M Tierney 23. Novice – Any Other Genus No Entries 10. Oncidiinae 1st Ons. (Colm.) Wildcat 'Doris' D & D McAlister Cultural Award 2nd Ons. (Milt.) Bittersweet #8 N & T Roulstone Paph. Saint Swithin 'Murray' Award Percentage 84% 3rd Brat. (Milt.) Aztec 'Betty Hoe' N & T Roulstone J & M McCubbin

11. Miscellaneous Large – 50mm and over Special Interest Plant of the Month No Entries Geodorum densiflorum P Berry Local Native Species having an unusual flowering & seeding 12. Miscellaneous Small - Under 50mm habit. 1st Enc. Cindy M Coppus 2nd Epi. Unknown M Coppus Popular Vote – Open Jim & Marie McCubbin V. coerulea 'True Blue' 13. Australian Native Dendrobium Hybrid No Entries Popular Vote – Novice & Intermediate Shelia & Bob Allen Stanhopea Unknown

Lucky Exhibitor - Unknown

77 Plants Benched by 25 Growers

1. Dendrobium 2. Cattleyas – Over 100mm 3. Cattleyas – 60mm to 100mm 4. Cattleyas – Under 60mm 1st. Den. Touch of Gold 1st. Rlc. (Blc.) Redland City 1st. Otr. Maili's Surprise 'Asaka' 1st. Gct. (Letna.) Swig of Brandy J& J Williams C Gill D & D McAlister N & T Roulstone

5. Cattleyas – Novelty or Cluster 6. Paphiopedilum 7. Vandaceous Alliance – Flowers up 8. Vandaceous Alliance – Flowers over 1st. C. Unknown 1st. Paph. Saint Swithin 'Murray' to 40mm 40mm C Cox J & J McCubbin 1st. Vasco. Pine Rivers 'Wasana' 1st. Chtna. Renee Gerber 'Lopburi' R & M Illingworth M Westphal

9. Phalaenopsis 10. Oncidiinae 12. Miscellaneous Small Under 50mm 14. Australian Native Hybrid 1st. Phal. reichenbarkiana x 1st. Ons. (Colm.) Wildcat 'Doris' 1st. Enc. Cindy – Other Than Dendrobiums Dor. pulcherrima M Tierney D & D McAlister M Coppus 1st. Sarco. Riverdene M Tierney

15. Australian Native Species 16. Species – Exotic Sympodial 17. Species – Exotic 18.Intermediate – Cattleya 1st. Plectorrhiza brevilabris 1st. Paph. victoria-regina Monopodial Alliance J Roberts J Roberts 1st. V. coerulea 'True Blue' 1st. C. Queen Sirkhit 'Diamond J & M McCubbin Crown' T Holliday

19. Intermediate - Dendrobium 20.Intermediate – Any Other 21. Novice – Cattleya Alliance Genus Alliance 1st.Den. Asternova Galaxy 1st. Stanhopea Unknown 1st. C. Dal's Tradition J McKenzie S & B Allen P. McCallum

COMMITTEE MEETING NOTES FEBRUARY 2012

The Committee met on Tuesday last and discussed the organisation of guest speakers (we still need a co-ordinator) for the year, new orders to expand the variety of materials on the trade table, timing of the meetings speakers, the running of the library, how well the New Growers’ Meeting is going and new members. Also discussed were the arrangements for the Mothers’ Day Stall at Centro, the break-up Christmas Party and most pressing of all, nominations for the Executive and Committee for the 2012 Year. Nominations should be mailed to the Secretary or submitted on the night of the Annual General meeting - the next meeting.

Jan McKenzie Secretary PRESIDENT’S REPORT FOR THE 2011 YEAR

Another year has passed by quickly and I hope everyone had an enjoyable and Happy Christmas and New Year. Our Christmas break-up went very well in December 2011 with plenty of raffle prizes and an excellent Dinner. Unfortunately, our Annual Show held in 2011 was disappointing due to inclement weather. A very good display of plants were presented at the Show, but our patronage was down, hopefully better weather this year. Membership of the Society continually grows and I hope this will continue this year. The strength of our Society is due to the continuing support of Members at our General Meetings, Annual Show and Shopping Centre Displays. I would like to thank all Committee members for their help and support throughout the year. Regards Ken

THE TWINS Conjoined twins walk into a pub in Sydney and parked themselves on a bar stool. One of them says to the bartender, "Don't mind us, we’re joined at the hip. I'm John, he's Jim. Two VB thanks." The bartender, feeling slightly awkward, tries to make polite conversation while pouring the beers. "Been on holiday yet, lads?" "Off to the States next month," says John. "We go to the States every year, hire a car, and drive for miles, don't we, Jim?" Jim agrees. "Ah, The States!" says the bartender. "Wonderful Country ... the climate, the beer, the culture..." "Nah, we don't like that American crap," says John. "Pies, peas and VB, that's us, eh, Jim? And we can't stand the Yanks; they're so arrogant and rude, not civil and polite like us Aussies." "So why keep going to The States?" asks the bartender. "It's the only chance Jim gets to drive." GUEST SPEAKER FOR THE MEETING

There will be no Guest Speaker for the February meeting as it is our Annual General Meeting and the election of officers for the 2012 year.

BARK SUPPLIES

Bark is available at $25.00 per 50L Bag 10mm, 15mm, 20mm, and 25mm. Orchid Mate is available in 3 sizes small, medium and large @ $11.00 per block. Call Reg on 3800 3213.

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 3rd March 2012 The topic for the meeting will be orchid pests. 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. Our phone number is: 3800 3213 Our address is: 51 Lionheart Street Forestdale 4118 Maree and Reg are looking forward to seeing you on the day.

BECAUSE IT WAS THERE surprised me a little, as in the Brisbane area it would have been I’m not alluding to the answer a mountaineer gave when asked reasonably plentiful due to a local nurseryman’s imports, with the why he’d scaled a particular mountain, but why I chose to check red flushed form also being on the market although, out a book in the window of a book store of the Hyperdome. The unfortunately, I never came by one, but did see a number book was there, (only $5), and naturally, as it was about orchids, I benched at various venues over the years. felt compelled to examine same, even though it was a paper In a bid to gain more species I procured a plant from a show back. It indeed became a lesson to not judge a book by its (soft) sales table, Bif. tetragona it was labelled, this was in Toowoomba cover. and flowered to be var. ‘citrina’ and a poorer form than my own. Titled, Orchids of Brazil, it is Vol.2 of what I assumed would be a From a more local show one labelled Bif. atropurpurea, another series. The World of Orchids, a Google search, however ‘citrina’ that so closely resembled mine it could have been a revealed no more than two volumes. The publisher’s back page division of a plant I may have sold some year previously. Why addendum informs one it follows on from a volume titled couldn’t one of them have been the red-flushed form?! Miniature Orchids by Jim and Barbara McQueen and that said The authors include members of the genus Stenocryne within authors also ran an orchid nursery in Tasmania at the time of it’s Bifrenaia, which I discovered only earlier this year (2011), as production. seems to be the accepted practice, although they express The copy mentioned was first published in 1993 and I can’t recall reservations as to the correctness of their inclusion, as do others; having encountered either of these, neither in reviews nor actual however they bow to the decision of the botanists, which they before happening upon this one. point out they are not. When beginning to peruse this book, the first pages I opened Several years ago I purchased from a nurseryman who was the were of Bifrenarias, and although I don’t have a great number of featured speaker on one of our meeting nights, a seedling species of some of it’s a genus I like, for no particular reason, but labelled as Enc. vitellina and must have been more taken with the due to a number of hiccups not been able to expand upon, many colour photo label than the plant, for after work the day following, varieties don’t appear on the market frequently being one limiting when putting said plant into the bush house I noted the leaves of factor. the unifoliate bulbs were broad for their length, thin with a The authors have striven to present factual (and up to date) leafstalk or peticle equal to nearly half their length not at all as description of Brazilian orchids, plant and flower size, from an one would expect of a Prosthecea as they are now recognised. experimental position of having studied, in their natural habitats, With each potting I did some guessing as to what it might be, a many of the species presented, as well as growing many on from single leafed species of Coelogyne perhaps? But no, the spike imported material. This has allowed them to establish a fresh in early 2011 came from the base of the bulb and when the data base of information to compare against historical orange toned flowers opened I said ‘Stenocoryne” only to find descriptions whilst claiming most of their descriptions are based that I had accidentally acquired another Bifrenaria, (vitellina was on first hand examination. the specific epithet), as at the time I was unaware of it’s transfer They also remark on a factor that emerged when comparing their to Bifrenaria as the authors had revealed in 1993 findings with reference works that went before them. They Information was furnished by them revealing that the peloric apparently found that many a reference they consulted repeated factor of C. intermedia var. aquinii is dominant in the inheritance, almost word for word descriptions to be found in works going something I suspected but was unable to verify, even Withner back a century and that, ‘the original description, in most of these made no mention of it in his ‘The Cattleyas and Their Relatives’ cases, seems to have appeared first in Veitch’s, Manual of that I could discover, but this soft cover did. Orchidaceous plants published in 1887-1894; and give more I became of the opinion that it was most likely a dominant factor details to support this opinion. quite a number of years ago after seeing, at two different shows, There’s a chapter on geography and climate so a novice grower a number of seedlings labelled as C. intermedia var. aquinii. The should benefit from reading this book as the Cattleyas native to writing (or correct printing) on the labels seemed to be by the this region, along with their hybrid progeny, in the main, grow same person with only two being different. However, it was the quite readily outdoors in the south-east coastal Queensland, similarity of plant size and development that caused me to without the need of more than shadehouse conditions except for conclude there could have been a real possibility of their being some protection for blooming plants, so should a plant of siblings. Six were entered at a QOS show and the other three at Brazilian origin not readily adapt to one’s usual cultural methods, an affiliated society’s show at Wynnum. by checking this chapter’s information on the seasonal climatic Four plants carried peloric blooms two of which had the broad conditions they would encounter in their natural habitat, it should petalled ‘aquinii’ form, the other two had narrow petals, that like be possible to assess what cultural adjustments would be their lips, had splashes of colour to their tops. Of the others one needed. was all white, another resembled a straight C. intermedia in The photographs, though not large, in the main portray their colour and markings, another had a mauve lip in semi-alba style subjects quite adequately and that which I have read of the the other two were similarly marked to the former, but of paler lip concise text seems to be all grain and no chaff, with the only tone presenting more of a delicate effect. downside being that it is now out of print. Reasoning that if the factor was recessive it would have needed Returning to the subject of Bifrenarias, I’m going to comment on to be present on both chromosome loci to produce the ‘aquinii’ the reputation of being a reluctant bloomer given to Bifrenaria parent on which pollination had been effected, hence all progeny harrisoniae, something I had heard over many years past when in would have resembled an ‘aquinii’, whereas a single dominant my experience it was anything but; and not just my plants factor would be passed, on average, to only 50% of the resulting (clone), but also those benched by others that I encountered offspring. when giving plant commentaries at meetings of various societies Now C. Penny Kuroda ‘Spots’. This clone results from C. over the years. Summer Snow (presumably a white) pollinated by C. guttata I became aware that most of the claimants were originally from (claimed to be ‘alba’), now one of the parents may have had a southern states so assumed it was an environmental vagary that recessive gene to highlight the spots from the guttata parent, but saw them proliferate vegetatively at the expense of the blooms as for the dominant splash-petal factor presenting itself leads me just as our hotter summer nights can cause cymbidiums, for to believe that C. Penny Kuroda has been the victim of a label example, to produce growths instead of initiating spikes up here mix-up at sometime. Many hybridizers I’ve discussed this in coastal Queensland. problem with, were at as much of a loss for an explanation as The authors also remarked that for some thirty years they had was I, particularly when none had any positive views to the experimented by providing the plants with many and varied dominance or otherwise of the ‘aquinii’ factor, and as I found no cultural conditions to be only rewarded with sparse flowerings for articles in which anyone else questioned the nomenclatural their efforts. They then decided with some trepidation (their validity of C. Penny Kuroda. Checking Sander’s gave me no joy words) to import several clones; they go on to say that these as I could find no mention of C. intermedia on it’s background. flowered regularly in season year after year. It would seem that This was, twenty years or more ago and a more recent check one vigorously growing clone was the culprit. changes nothing. Their comment that Bif. harrisoniae var. citrina was rare (which it Perhaps our Editor will check it on Orchid Wiz for me! may have been in their area at the time they were writing), 7

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Additional requirements for joining the SWAP are, 1. The OrchidWiz software CANNOT be used for society purposes but only for the purpose of raising money for the society. It must be sold to a single person for individual use only. Furthermore, orchid software provided via the Orchid Swap program is not transferable from one individual to another. 2. The software must be sold at a regular auction or raffle conducted by the society. Miscellaneous

The software only runs on Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7 operating systems. The winner has 30 days after installing to activate the software. OrchidWiz Express can be installed on one computer. Annual upgrades are available. OrchidWiz Express retails for $95.00 plus shipping and handling.

ORDER FORM FOR SALES ITEMS Prices can vary as changes do occur that are not under our control Items listed below are available through Society Bulk Purchasing. Members may avail themselves of this service by either obtaining smaller quantities of various items from the Monthly Meeting Trade Table between 7 and 7.45pm. Larger orders can be given directly to Adrian Bergstrum or Dennis Martens by phoning them on 3805 8224 or 3200 4369. and if possible not on the day of our meeting, this will give them suitable time to prepare your order. N.B. THIS SERVICE IS FOR L.A.D.O.S. MEMBERS ONLY. IT IS ILLEGAL FOR MEMBERS TO SELL TO ANYONE OUTSIDE THE SOCIETY AS TAXATION LAWS FORBID THIS. ITEM UNIT PRICE QTY PRICE 1. STAKES Thin stakes 18" = 450mm (50) $1.70 Stakes 2' = 600mm (35) Cut in half 1' = 300mm (35) $1.40 & $ 0.70 Twisties 1000 per packet 75mm,100mm, 125mm $8.80, $10.60 & $13.70 2. PORT POTS 300mm x 120mm $2.25 100mm x 75mm $0.30 200mm x 100mm $1.12 80mm x 65mm $0.20 150mm x 100mm $0.46 70mm x 50mm $0.11 125mm x 75mm $0.36 Hydroponic Baskets 80mm x 75mm $0.45. 140mm x 100mm $0.95. 200mm x 130mm $1.67 175mm 120mm $0.85 Vanda 165mm x 165mm Square $1.31 Vanda 100mm x 100mm Square $0.60 3. PATERSON & ZAPLIN POTS 70mm $0.09 Dendrobium 75mm x 90mm $0.14 80mm $0.11 100mm $0.15 120mm $0.16 140mm $0.20 150mm GCP $0.35 165mm Yatala $0.45 190mm x 150mm $0.50 4. TRAYS 120 x 160mm $6.00 200mm Tray $11.00 90 x 100mm $6.00 70 x 80mm $6.00 50mm $6.00 Small Trays $2.35 6. STICKY TRAPS $1.10 7. SUPERFISH FISH EMULSION Seasol (Commercial Grade) $11.00 L $4.50 per L 8. NATRASOAP $16.30 per L 9. HIGH NITROGEN FERTILISER $ 3.30 per Kg 10.Peters HIGH P.K. BLOSSOM BOOSTER FERTILISER $7.00 per 500g Peters Cal Mag Grower $5.15 per 500g Peters Peatlite High N $5.50 per 500g 11. VIRUS TEST KITS $11.00 12. EPSOM SALTS $1.50 per Kg 13. CALCIUM NITRATE 500g container $6.70 per 500gm 14. CONDYS CRYSTALS $2.00 per 100gm 15 ZYBAN FUNGICIDE 85gm Sachet $15.30 16. POT LABELS Small 50 $2.50 Large 50 $3.50 17. ENVY 1 Litre $15.40 18. PLANT CLIPS Large 10, $3.25 Medium 10, $1.90 Small 10, $1.30 19. HARPOON PINS $4.70 20. PENCILS 6B $0.70 SPAGNUM BISCUITS Thick 100 $7.00 Thin 100 $5.00 ORCHID MATE Coconut Chips, small, medium, large and From Reg Illingworth $11.00 21. BARK from Reg Illingworth $25 22. PERLITE Jumbo $32.50 Super Coarse $25.50 23.PEAT $30.00 25. TRISODIUM ORTHOPHOSPHATE Stericlean Sterilizing agent $5 per 400gm

26. CHARCOAL from Reg Illingworth Nil Stock $27.50 27. SIMEX CLIPS Large & Medium, Bag of 50 $1.45 & $1.25 Ordered By: TOTAL $