Bromelcairns Bimonthly Newsletter of Cairns Bromeliad Societ Inc. 2012 # 1 P.O. Box 28 Cairns Queensland 4870 Austalia

President Dave Weston 0740578604 V-President Karen Stevens 0740361086 Secretary Lynn Hudson 0740533913 Treasurer Frances Boyd 0740552550 Librarian Maria Grant 0740370161 Editor Lynn Hudson 0740533913 Editor Assist. Moyneen Charlton 0740337390 Member Concierge Nalda Wilson 0740544825 Popular Vote Steward Karen Cross 0740545497 OIC Raffles Lesley Hepburn 0488788892 Honorary Life Member - Grace Goode O.A.M. Honorary Life Member - Kay Edington Life Member - Lynn Hudson Life Member - Robert (Bob) Hudson ******************************************************************** Aims of the Society Promote and Develop Interest in Bromeliads through Friendship To Co-operate with similar Clubs throughout the World ******************************************************************** Membership Fee: $15 Single, $25 Family, Country Member $25. $7.50 junior (if not in family membership) Meetings start at 1.pm sharp first Saturday of the month. Please bring a cup and a chair.

Library: All books & magazines borrowed are to be returned in good order to the following meeting. If not on wait list, they may be rebooked. Display/Sales: To participate, a member must be financial and circumstances permitting, have attended at least three meetings in the past six months. Where the society is charged a stall fee - 20% of sales are deducted for club funds. No charge venue & meetings - 10% of sales is deducted. All to be clean, free of disease, named and price tagged. Show Plants: Must be the property of and in the custody of the entrant for the past three months. For Society Shows the entrant must be financial and have attended at least three meetings during the past six months. Pens, Plant Tags & Pots: available at each meeting.

If reprinting article, wholly or in part, please acknowledge Author & Newsletter. Any article will be Emailed on request to [email protected] 2011 PRESIDENTS REPORT (Dave Weston)

2011 started off with a drama which we each could have done without, the approach of Cyclone ‘Yasi’ had us preparing our homes and property for what could have been for Cairns a truly catastrophic event had it crossed the coast in near proximity to the city. However for those who bore the brunt of the monster many are still in recovery mode, for some it will take years to get back on their feet. The devastation of property and the environment south of Innisfail to Cardwell is still very evident today. The scars of not only the physical destruction but also the mental trauma will be with those residents for many years to come. After C. ‘Yasi’ Brendan and I realized we needed to cull a lot of the accumulated bromeliads that were taking up space and we donated a considerable quantity to James Watson for landscaping the median islands on Nautilus Street, Port Douglas. 2011 provided some great events for us. The 16th Australian Bromeliad Conference held in April in Darwin was an absolutely stunning event, the speakers were first rate, the plant sales were well run, the organization superb and the venue an excellent choice. Those members from our Society who were able to participate in this event will attest to the unique experience provided by our NT cousins. Following the Darwin Bromeliad Conference Cairns members were fortunate to attend a special event in April - a presentation on Cloud Forest habitats by Dennis Cathcart of Tropiflora Nursery, Florida USA. Dennis had extended his holiday trip in Oz and was hosted by the Hudsons. It was indeed a privilege to have such an esteemed authority as a guest of our Society. While on the subject of events, how great was the 2011 Bloomin Broms!! The weekend was a resounding success, the speakers were informative and the organization as smooth as silk. The quality of the plants offered for sale on the Sunday was excellent and this was reflected in the amazing sales figures. Thank you to each of the Committee members and others who have offered their services or otherwise assisted our Society over the past year. In particular, I expressly wish to thank Lynn Hudson for her unerring dedication and management of the Society, Lynn has again taken on more than can be reasonably expected and I sincerely hope that in the coming year other members will volunteer to relieve her of some of this burden. To the members who have hosted one of the monthly meetings, thank you for the opportunity to share with us your hospitality and your special bromeliad treasures. I would also like to make special mention of the efforts made by our Librarian Maria Grant in providing the informative précis of some of the vast collection of library books, many thanks and much appreciated. 3 On behalf of our members, it was my privilege to present to Kay Edington an Honorary Life Membership in recognition of the support and assistance willingly given at our various events and functions. Looking to the coming year, we already have some great events programmed. There will be not one but two Bloomin Broms events this year and we have already been very fortunate to secure an exceptional bromeliad authority in the person of Harry Luther formerly of Marie Selby Botanic Gardens and now currently Assistant Director Horticulture at The Singapore National Parks Board Gardens By The Bay Development. Brendan and I are looking forward to catching up with BSI members at the 20th World Bromeliad Society Conference in Orlando this September. In closing I ask all members to consider how they may be able to support and assist our Society in the coming year, not only with filling Committee positions but how you may be able to contribute towards the collective knowledge, interpretation and cultivation of Bromeliads. Please consider giving a short presentation at one of our meetings, it is not that difficult - just allow for a bit of research and preparation. Dave Weston, President

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2011 Roundup from Lynn The Members: 2011 was a very interesting year in many aspects - we welcomed New Members and it was very special to welcome back ‘old‘ members Lesley, Tricia & Brian who found we could still laugh and stir while we learn. !! The Plants: It is especially good to see members bringing in plants for identification and to show, both for interest and competition. The quality growth and presentation has improved, showing bromeliads at their best potential. Some 4 members would not see these plants if you did not show them. The same applies to Cairns Show - this is where we can showcase our bromeliads to a large cross section of our community. There are still many persons who have not seen a bromeliad - or think they haven’t until a pineapple is mentioned! The Presentations: Members were encouraged ‘to think outside the square’ when Dennis took us to the cloud forests; John showed us the capitata series; Stephen assessed our water quality; Dave showed variegations and ‘architectural plants’; and interest was stirred when members who went to Darwin for the 16th. Australian Conference returned claiming they attended ‘the best conference ever’. The Weather has given us another trip ‘outside the square’. Cyclone ‘Yasi’ brought many problems that affected some members more than others. Following heavy rains at the beginning of the year I noticed a big improvement in my plants and I realized they needed more water. Yes they survive on a little but they really smile with more - just like us! Plants that had not flowered gave is colourful inflorescences to colour our days. Then came the wonderful cool winter and our plants showed stronger colours, especially the neoregelias from deep pink through to blue black. The horrid heat at the end of the year has played havoc, burning even the ‘all day sun’ plants and some have reverted to green to cope with the heat. We hope colour will return with cooler days. The Creatures: Flyspeck scale had a big visit, plus there were plenty of hungry grasshoppers of all sizes. The Torres Strait pigeon returned and hatched another squab before Christmas. Yes again we had the ack ack gun droppings that Treazure thought was food. Yes, we needed to hunt those horrid butcherbirds. ! It was a successful year for our society and we eagerly go forward for more soul food and happy meetings. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A few 2011 lesson reminders: Plant presentation - last September President Dave reminded members to keep a high standard when presenting plants for sale as it reflects on our society. Dave said this habit should commence when we place plants on the raffle table and if the member did not know the name, they should enquire before the raffle begins. Leaves that are removed should be entirely removed, leaving the base bare - not cut across and left on the plant. Name Tags - it takes no longer to write a tag correctly! The should be written in full. names in lower case, eg. Tillandsia xerographica. Hybrids begin with a capital letter and in single parenthesis eg Vriesea ‘Gnom’. Names: a reminder that some neoregelias that have had names changed. Neoregelia ‘Monstrosus’ is the large red cruenta. ‘Tiger’ is now ‘Skotak’s Tiger’. 'Rainbow' is now ‘Rainbow Carcharodon’ Neoregelia ‘Pemiento‘ is beautiful. Please watch the spelling. A ‘pimento’ is a sweet red pepper, not a beautiful neoregelia !

Club Actvites & Around te Members FEBRUARY: From Moyneen - Well we are off again with another year. Our AGM was held at Cominos House and we were all appreciative of the air conditioned location. We welcomed two new committee members - Frances as Treasurer and Lesley as OIC Raffles. As a club member I hope I speak for everyone by saying how much we appreciate the input and extra efforts of all committee members, helping to make the society run smoothly. * The year got off to a great start with a data presentation on Tillandsia ionantha by Bob. It was good to see so many type pictures of these plants in flower, and the variations you can get of the same plant in slightly different conditions. We all hope to have more of these presentations. * The "My Favourite Plant" selection was spectacular. Thank you to those members for bringing in such lovely plants. We found our voting quite a challenge. * The raffle table, always a highlight, was well stacked again, good effort everyone. MINI SHOW – My Favourite Bromeliad 1st. XNeophytum ‘Galactic Warrior’ – Stuart Howe 2nd longifolia – Dave Weston ionantha 3rd. morreniana – Sharron Miller

POPULAR VOTE NOVICE: Bromeliad 1st. Vriesea philipo-coburgii - June McGlew 2nd. Orthophytum ‘Warren Loose’ – Paul Venturi 3rd Nidularium campos-portoi – Paul Venturi Cryptanthus – zebrina Cryptanthus ‘Ti’ – Kath Radloff Tillandsia 1st. Tillandsia cyanea – Kath Radloff 2nd. Tillandsia butzii – June McGlew ionantha OPEN var. ionantha Bromeliad 1st. XNeophytum ‘Galactic Warrior’ – Stuart Howe 2ndDyckia ‘Yellow Glow’ - Dave Weston 3rdAechmea longifolia – Dave Weston Cryptanthus 1st Cryptanthus ’Elaine’ – Marguerite Sexton 2nd.Cryptanthus ‘San Juan’ - Lynn Hudson 3rd. Cryptanthus ‘Elaine’ - Karen Stevens ‘Fuego’ Tillandsia 1st. Tillandsia ionantha ‘Fuego’ - Lynn Hudson 2nd.Tillandsia stricta - Maria Grant 3rd.Tillandsia harrisii – Stuart Howe

!! ! ! ! ! ! 6 The Beautiful Plants you showed us in February, an eye feast. * XNeophytum ‘Galactic Warrior’ a variegated sport of XNeophytum ‘Ralph Davis’ grown by Stuart Howe was large, with good colour and very little leaf damage - not easy with this plant. At anthesis it will colour deep red like the parent. * Aechmea longifolia grown by Dave Weston. Habitat is , the very long leaves (hence name) are extremely spiny and the inflorescence a hot pink knob with white flowers. Closely related to the former Streptocaylx genus. * Catopsis morreniana an almost perfect flowering clump grown by Sharron Miller The pale green very soft leaves appear to be dusted in powder. Each plant was at anthesis, a compoumd spike with white flowers. This plant is widespread with Catopsis hahnii on the nametag, please change yours to Catopsis morreniana. C. hahnii is a much larger plant with yellow flowers in knobs. * Vriesea philippo-coburgii grown by June McGlew had just commenced to spike. We hope June will bring it next meeting as the flowering is spectacular, habitat is and sadly we cannot flower this plant in Cairns. This very attractive plant has green leaves with dark maroon tips. The red scape (or rhachis) bears lots of lateral spikes with red flower bracts and yellow flowers that appear to drip from the spike. * Orthophytum ‘Warren Loose’ is a cultivar of gurkenii but has not carried the striping. The first one I had was from Grace Goode and it was a lovely pink but all progeny have been light grey colouring with lots of scurf like Pauls. Most orthophytum have soft, easily damaged leaves and need a soft mix as they also feed through their roots. * Nidularium campos-portoi, another from Brazil is quite happy growing in dark places. Leaves are green and produce orange splashes as it begins anthesis, then has bright yellow flowers and offsets form on stolens - we hope Paul gives us another look. * Dyckia ‘Yellow Glow’ grown by President Dave was purchased at New Orleans WBC. It does have vicious spines but the contrast between the outer green and yellow central leaves is stunning. A cultivar of Dyckia brevifolia - we hope it has at least 50 offsets! * Cryptanthus ‘Ti’ was large with excellent dark pink colouring, well done Kath. Cryptanthus ‘Elaine’a fosterianus cultivar has inherited the wriggly striations and chocolate colouring but with a dark pink leaf edging. Both Marguerite and Karen showed plants with good colour. Cryptanthus ‘San Juan’ is probably another fosterianus cultivar. The leaves are glossy chocolate brown with fine silver cross bands. * Tillandsia cyanea with a pink paddle was shown by Kath. Large purple spice smelling flowers will emerging from the paddle base.! * Tillandsia butzii grown by June was a clump of three with good banding. Maria’s well grown stricta had delicate pink bracts. Mark your diary & tell your friends

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5th & 6th May 2012 Enviro Hall, Edge Hill School, Russell Street, Edge Hill. Saturday: 8:00am sign on. 9:00am – 3:30pm Seminars, then Plant Sales Registration Early Bird rate!$25.00 per person before 8th April, 2012 After 8th April,!$30.00 p.p. !At the door!$40.00 p.p. Cost includes morning & afternoon teas & lunch Special Guest Speakers: Brendan Cadd from Victoria & Harry Frakking from NT. Sunday 6th May: 8:00 open to Registrants. 8:30am – 3:00pm Open to the General Public,!$2 entry fee 10:30am Special Plant Auction There will be a Plant Doctor & Information Workshops with Practical Demonstrations on bromeliad cultivation at 9:30am, 11:30pm, & 1:30pm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On the Web You may now view your newsletter in colour on the Web and over time I will add back issues. http://www.bromeliadsdownunder.com/wp/ Click on ‘Newsletters’, then the year you want and the issue you want. You may print the PDF. You may still receive a black & white copy, just let me know. Printed copies will be handed out at the meeting. An email will advise “Bromelcairns” has been entered online. Please keep me advised if you change your email address.

There are lots of bromeliad sites to peruse. The Bromeliad Cultivar Registry is accessible on the Bromeliad Society International site http://registry.bsi.org - this site does not include species. Much work went into setting up and it has a marvellous search engine -“Search the BCR” eg. If you want to know a breeder’s plants type the name, click ‘Breeder’ & Search eg. if you know one parent, place it in box and click ‘Parents’ & Search. http://www.bromeliad.org.au is the site of the Australian Bromeliad Society and specialize in the bromeliads growing in Oz. http://fcbs.org/pictures.htm is the Florida Council of Bromeliad Societies site.

****************************************************************** Nothing just happens or just gets done, Someone has to make it happen or do it. 8 My trip to Brisbane for the Tillandsia Day by Bob Hudson ! Sunday was tillandsia day at Olive & Len Trevor’s at Ferny Grove. Speakers were Chris Larson of Victoria, Peter Tristram NSW, Bruce Dunstan, Barry Genn, Neville Ryan, and John Olsen of Brisbane and me from Cairns. The talks were interesting and the sales tables had a great selection. It looked like a plague of locusts had arrived when sales were opened after lunch. The day was a great success and a credit to the organizers. !

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" Sales"" " " Sales"" " Show & Tell I stayed with John & Sheree Olsen and John took me visiting old mates. Barry Genn was first, he has a great species collection plus his own hybrids. Remember when he told us he grows on an A-frame? There are 4 inside. Below is his storage! system ..

John Olsen with his Tillandsia krukoffiana" Barry Genn & his ‘storage’ with Chris Larson

More outside and there is more!"" " This is the verandah of his home!! Next Bromelcairns will be Nev Ryan and George Stamatis with pics. Are Bromeliads Serial killers? !! by Barry Osborne

Trying to get the right sunlight conditions for bromeliads is not straightforward. Aechmeas blanchetiana and ‘Bert’ are fairly easy to accommodate in our tropical setting. So when I started filling in my small front garden bed that already had a 3.5 meter tall lilly pilly central to the bed, I simply placed a blanchetiana at either end in full sun and ‘Bert’ beside one of them. They all thrived and I placed a few more shade lovers closer to the trunk of the lilly pilly. And all was well for the bromeliads for quite a while but slowly the lilly pilly died. Undeterred, I planted a lovely advanced callistemon in its place and left the bromeliads to continue to thrive for another couple of years. Then the callistemon, after quite rapid growth, began to die. I suspected that bromeliads kill Australia’s native trees, but not directly. The real culprit seems to be the little bit of fertiliser I give my broms when I first pot them up. It is high in phosphorous, which Australian natives do not tolerate. So my bromeliads, or rather their teaspoon full of fertiliser, slaughtered the trees. Fortunately the serial count was only two! Thirds time around I am using 4 crotons ‘Mad Painter’, very common but lovely green leaves with splashes of yellow - just like a painter has flicked excess paint from her brush onto her palette. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fertilizer - how does this ‘slow release’ work? To activate fertilzer balls, or prills, they need both moisture and heat. The moisture softens the outer covering and the temperature builds up pressure that forces it to expand, allowing small amounts of fertilizer to leach out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Bloomin Broms 2012 #2 1st & 2nd September 2012 Enviro Hall, Edge Hill School, Russell Street, Edge Hill. Saturday: 8:00am sign on. 9:00am – 3:30pm Seminars, then Plant Sales Registration Early Bird rate"$25.00 per person before 8th April, 2012 After 8th April,"$30.00 p.p. "At the door"$40.00 p.p. Cost includes morning & afternoon teas & lunch Special Guest Speakers: ‘Mr. Bromeliad’ - Harry Luther from Singapore. Sunday 1st. September: 8:00 open to Registrants. 8:30am – 3:00pm Open to the General Public,!$2 entry fee 10 !! Who is Harry Luther??? ! The press release from Selby Gardens (Sarasota, FL, January 27, 2010) World Renown Selby Gardens’ Botanist/Horticulturist Accepts Position in Singapore Harry E. Luther, director of the Mulford B. Foster Bromeliad Identification Center and Curator of Living Collections at Selby Gardens, has accepted the position of Assistant Director / Horticulture at the Gardens by the Bay, National Parks Board in Singapore. In 1978 Luther was hired by the first Gardens’ director, Dr. Calaway H. Dodson to develop the Mulford B. Foster Bromeliad Identification Center. In 1980, he was named Curator of Living Collections. Tom Buchter, CEO of Selby Gardens commented, “Luther’s vast contributions to the collections and expertise at Selby Gardens over the past 32 years have been invaluable. This is a great opportunity for Harry and he will be missed.” Luther is recognized internationally as an expert in the horticulture and botany of bromeliads, and he is one the leading experts on the systematics of the bromeliad family. He has described more than 100 bromeliad species new to science, and has authored more than 200 scientific and popular publications. Luther is active in local, national and international bromeliad societies. He is an honorary member of the Brazilian Bromeliad Society and the Japanese Bromeliad Society, and he is an honorary trustee of the Bromeliad Society International. Luther serves on the editorial and scientific advisory boards of several organizations in the Unites States, Costa Rica and Brazil. (photo by Ken Marks)

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Did you ever wonder why there are no dead penguins on the ice in Antarctica - where do they go? Wonder no more ! ! ! (from Pina) It is a known fact that the penguin is a very ritualistic bird which lives an extremely ordered and complex life. The penguin is very committed to its family and will mate for life, as well as maintaining a form of compassionate contact with its offspring throughout its life. " If a penguin is found dead on the ice surface, other members of the family and social circle have been known to dig holes in the ice, using their vestigial wings and beaks, until the hole is deep enough for the dead bird to be rolled into and buried. The male penguins then gather in a circle around the fresh grave and sing: "Freeze a jolly good fellow, freeze a jolly good fellow." Did you really believe that I know anything about penguins? Sorry, I fell for it too. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Life isn’t about how you survived the storm, it’s about how you danced in the rain. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, and the other was eating fireworks. They charged one and let the other one off. * You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen. It said 'Parking Fine', so that was nice. * A man walked into the doctors, he said, 'I've hurt my arm in several places' The doctor said, 'Well don't go there anymore’. * What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh. * Two blondes walk into a building … you'd think at least one of them would have seen it.' * A guy walks into the psychiatrist wearing only Clingfilm for shorts. The shrink says, 'Well, I can clearly see you're nuts.' * I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I couldn't find any. *. My friend drowned in a bowl of muesli. A strong currant pulled him in. * I went to a seafood disco last week … and pulled a muscle. * Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly. They lit a fire in the craft, it sank, proving once and for all that you can't have your kayak and heat it. * Our ice cream man was found lying on the floor of his van covered with hundreds and thousands. Police say that he topped himself. * 'Doc I can't stop singing 'The Green, Green Grass of Home' 'That sounds like Tom Jones syndrome. ''Is it common?” 'It's not unusual.' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Daddy, how was I born? !! ! ! A little boy goes to his father and asks 'Daddy, how was I born?' " The father answers, 'Well, son, I guess one day you will need to find out anyway! " You’re Mom and I first got together in a chat room on Yahoo. "Then I set up a date via e-mail with your Mom and we met at a cyber-cafe. "We sneaked into a secluded room and googled each other. "There your mother agreed to a download from my hard drive. "As soon as I was ready to upload, we discovered that neither one of us had used a firewall, and since it was too late to hit the delete button, nine months later a little Pop-Up appeared that said: 'You got Male!

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