April 2015 Commencing at 7.30Pm John Roberts, Adrian Bergstrum, Lynda Rapkins and Les Burrow
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April 2015 Foundation Date January 1976 . Thelymitra ixioides Spotted Sun Orchid Postal Address PO Box 411 WOODRIDGE 4114 Queensland Australia Patrons: Logan City Mayor Pam Parker Plant Name : Thrixspermum platystachys and Graham Oldham Exhibitor : John Roberts President Laurie Baxter Ph 0417 614 838 Vice President Trevor Cook Ph 3345 4049 Housing: Bush house:-70%shade, grows over a bath filled with Secretary Jan McKenzie Ph 3208 8721 water for very high humidity , air movement essential, cannot tolerate Treasurer Doug Mogg Ph 3806 5316 frosts. ¡ ¢ £ ¤ ¤ £ ¥ ¦ § ¨ ¤ © ¥ £ ¢ ¢ ¨ © ¥ ¤ Ph 3800 3213 [email protected] Feeding : Fertigator feeding of what is going on the day. Normally weekly in warmer months, monthly in winter. Committee Members Adrian Bergstrum Ph 3805 8224 Watering : Tank water once a week on winter mornings, twice or [email protected] three times a week in the peak of hot weather in the late afternoon. Myrella Coppus Ph 3341 5691 Maree Illingworth Ph 3800 3213 Potting Medium: plant is mounted on cork. Trevor Law Ph 3489 3340 Phillip McCallum Ph 3427 7774 Any other Cultural Notes: This Australian species grows from the Pam Price Ph 3345 6143 Johnson River region South West of Innisfail to the Range half way up Kurt Raup Web Master Ph 3388 8771 Cape York. Val. Marsden Ph 0437 556 608 Thrixspermums occur throughout North Australia into Asia and the Pacific Islands. The flowers only last a day, but they flower several times from late Spring through to Autumn. Web Address: www.lados.org.au From Orchidwiz ORIGIN/HABITAT: A miniature to small sized, hot growing lowland monopodial epiphyte from Queensland Australia to Papua and New Guinea in lowland forests at elevations of 10 to 460 meters. -- Source: Jay Pfahl's IOSPE at www.orchidspecies.com Next Monthly Meeting: Judges for the April 17th, 2015 Meeting Tuesday 21st April 2015 Commencing at 7.30pm John Roberts, Adrian Bergstrum, Lynda Rapkins and Les Burrow. Logan Central Community Centre Cnr Jacaranda Ave & Wembley Road Logan Central. Next Committee Meeting: Work Roster for April 2015 Tuesday 5th May 2015 Hall Set-up at 6.30pm Commencing at 7.30pm Those that can come early. Logan Central Community Centre Supper : Val Marsden and Cnr Jacaranda Ave & Wembley Road Logan Central. Editorial This months Newsletter has most of the usual information. Page 2 has the shows to come, potting supplies and a request from Adrian, the guest speaker for the April meeting is not known at this stage. Page 3 has the Minutes from the March meeting and the Committee Notes for April 7th 2015. Page 4 has the Judges Choice for March with Page 5 having the photos of the winning plants. Page 6 has info on the next Cultural Meeting which will be on Orchid diseases and some notes ¥ © ¢ £ ¥ ¥ ¨ £ § £ ¥ ¥ ¡ © ¢ £ ¨ ¢ § £ § ¤ £ £ ! ¥ ¥ © ¤ £ ¤ £ ¥ ¥ ¨ £ § ¤ £ ¥ ¤ £ ¥ newsletter had already been printed. Page 9 has Part 1 of a 2 Part article from the American Orchid Society Magazine " # ¨ § ¡ ! © ¤ © ¥ ¨ § ¥ © © ¤ ¥ . Pam has been working on our bus trip which is planed for later in the year, it will be a trip to the Toowoomba Orchid Conference in July, we will keep you informed about this, see her note on the bottom of Page 3. Happy growing and check your plants regularly, watering can be reduced now as the weather cools down, most plants would only need watering approximately every 3 days , as the nights get colder water in the mornings so the plants are damp but not wet by nightfall. Reg COMMITTEE NOTES April, 7th, 2015 The committee discussed arrangements for the upcoming table-top display at the Brisbane Orchid Society Show at Mt Gravatt State School on 18 th and 19th April. Set-up is at 4pm on Friday 17th April. Please contribute flowering plants for the display. Pick-up again on Sunday afternoon. # ¨ ¢ ¢ ¨ ¥ © ¤ £ ¥ © ¥ ¦ $ © ¤ £ ¥ ¡ % § ¨ & ¢ § ¢ £ ¤ ¤ £ £ ' ¤ £ £ ¥ ¢ £ £ ¤ ¨ ( ¢ £ £ ! ¥ ¨ ¨ ¢ © £ ¥ ¨ plants for sale as possible. Remember the display. Jan McKenzie POTTING SUPPLIES ORCHIATA Bark is available FROM Ken Martin, Phone 3341 5474. 9 Dianna Street UNDERWOOD. It is available in 4 sizes, Small 6-9mm, Medium 9-12mm, Large 12-18mm and Extra Large 18-25mm. The price to LADOS members is $25.00 per 40L bag Coconut Chips are available in 2 sizes, small and large from Ken @ $11.00 per block. Ken has also taken delivery of Perlite which is now available from him. Adrian has sourced Charcoal in 10L bags @ $10 a bag and is available from Ken. When buying a quantity of any product Adrian has requested that you ring him so a suitable supply of stock can be brought to the hall as it makes it possible for other members to purchase product. You can call him Adrian Bergstrum ' 3805 8224 or Email [email protected]. It is probably best to call before lunch as Adrian works an afternoon shift at WW bulk store. GUEST SPEAKER FOR THE APRIL MEETING The guest speaker on 21st April is to be a surprise. SHOWS TO COME 16/18 April City of Lismore O. S., Lismore City Library 17/19 April Townsville O. S., Charles St Kirwan. 18/19/April Rockhampton O. S., High School Hall, Campbell St. 18/19 April Ipswich O. S., Silkstone State Primary School Hall. 18/19 April Brisbane O. S., Mt Gravatt State School. 30 April/2 May Caboolture O. S., Morayfield Community Centre. 30 April/2 May Mackay & Dist. O. S., Mt Pleasant Shopping Centre. 30 April/2 May Pine Rivers O. S., Aspley Hypermarket, Aspley. 1/2 May Maclean Dist. O. S., Maclean Bowls Club. 1/3 May Gympie & Dist. O. S., The Pavilion, Gympie Showgrounds. 2 May Redlands O. S., Donald Simpson Centre. 6/8 May Redcliffe Dist. O. S., Redcliffe Library. 7/9 May Gold Coast Dist. O. S., Pines Shopping Centre. 8/9 May Innisfail O. S., venue to be advised 8/9 May Lockyer Valley O. S., Gatton Shire Hall. 8/10 May Bundaberg O. S., Bundaberg Civic Centre. 9 May Pumicestone Dist. O. S., Ningi Hall. 9 May Toowoomba O. S., St Pauls Lutheran Church Hall. 9/10 May Aspley O. S., Com. Hall Edinburgh Castle Rd Wavell Hts. 9/11 May Ballina Dist. O. S., RSL Club Ballina. 19/11 May The Atherton Tableland O. S., Anglican Church Hall Vernon St. 2 MINUTES GENERAL MEETING LOGAN & DISTRICT ORCHID SOCIETY INC. 17th March 2015 OPENING President Laurie Baxter opened the meeting at 7.35 pm. WELCOME to all members and visitors. Welcome to our judges :-Gary Yong Gee, John Roberts, Arthur Cornell and Mick Billiau. Stewards for the evening were Gary Kapernick and Bev Pritchard. Scribes for the evening were Olympia Pearce and Glynis Cox. APOLOGIES as per register MINUTES The minutes of the February meeting, published in the Newsletter, were passed on a motion of Norm Roulstone. Seconded Graham Maggs. CORRESPONDENCE INWARDS AND OUTWARDS were accepted on a motion by Jan McKenzie, Seconded Jim Zimmerman. FINANCIAL STATEMENT Treasurer Doug Mogg moved and Ken Martin seconded that a statement showing balances of General Account $12,921.05 Investment Acc. $6046.84 be accepted and that the following accounts be accepted for payment. R. Illingworth $42.70 Postage. (Full details on file) NEW MEMBERS Ron Jenkins was welcomed to the Society. GENERAL BUSINESS The President, Laurie Baxter, reminded members of the Centro Display and sales, and the need to get behind this. Set-up on Wednesday 7 th May 4pm, Thursday, Friday and Saturday sales. He explained that this is a chance © £ ¢ ¢ & ¢ ¤ § & ¥ © © ¤ £ ¤ £ © ¨ £ ¤ ( ) £ £ £ § & ¢ ¤ © ¥ ¤ £ § ¨ & ¢ § © ¥ ¢ £ ( ¢ © £ ¥ ¨ & ¢ ¤ ¥ £ ! £ ¤ * ¨ ¤ ¡ © ¤ £ ¥ ¡ ¤ s Day), but if not put a photo on the plant. $50 booking fee so need to be organised to cover this cost. Brisbane Orchid Society Show, 18 th and 19th April, Mt Gravatt State School Hall. We are doing a display. We need a variety of good flowering plants. Set up is 4pm on Friday 17 th April. Our Members are able to bench some plants as it is an open show. Laurie explained to the members that the committee is looking at ways to improve the use of the library. The Committee will bring the library cupboard out into the hall if membership wants increased use of the library. Pam Price will organise a bus trip to the Toowoomba Conference and Show on Fri 24 th July leaving at 7.30am with a 4pm return. Cost will be $15 each which includes $5 entry to the show. Pam will organise lunch at another venue. This trip is subsidised by the Society. Twenty members have already indicated interest. Thanks you to Pam. TRADE TABLE REPORT Adrian Bergstrum showed the members the new pots that he has ordered in and explained the situation with fertilizers. Members were reminded to check the dates on gift vouchers. Kitchen volunteers for supper in April, Val Marsden and Myra Westphal Scribes for April, Dale Lynch and Alf Filia. + , - . , / 0 - 1 2 2 3 + 4 / 5 6 / 4 7 1 / . £ ¢ ¢ ¨ © ¥ ¤ ¤ © ¢ § ¤ £ £ £ ¤ ¨ ¤ ¤ ¤ £ ¢ ¤ £ 8 ¥ © £ ¥ ¡ £ £ ¤ ¨ ! © ¤ fertilizers. He said it was a good meeting and that the next meeting is on Easter Saturday, the subject will be pests (of orchids) Guest Speaker for the evening was Kurt Raup who spoke about the Society Website. Thank-you Kurt for all the hard work in developing the website and for delivering an informative talk. , : ; 4 6 5 + < 1 3 + 4 0 = 0 / : 6 9 CULTURAL AWARD Rossimlmiltonia (Rsm ). San Damiano Star *79% Merv Stewart SPECIAL INTEREST AWARD Thrixspermum platystachys John Roberts LUCKY EXHIBITOR Jan McKenzie POPULAR VOTE Open Epi. porpax Ken Haase Intermediate/Novice Onc. Sharry Baby Kurt Raup RAFFLE was drawn. CLOSURE Meeting closed at 9.30 pm Secretary Jan McKenzie DATE CLAIMER FRIDAY 24 th JULY 2015 BUS TRIP TO THE TOOWOOMBA ORCHID SOCIETY 60 TH BIRTHDAY CONFERENCE AND SHOW COST INCLUDING ENTRY INTO SHOW WILL ONLY BE $15 > OUR SOCIETY WILL SUBSIDISE THE BALANCE.