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PO Box 126 Browns Plains BC QLD 4118 Australia 80 May 2014 Volume 54 Number 4 YEARSYEARS Patron The Queensland Governor Ms Penelope Wensley, AC President Mr. Albert Gibbard [email protected] 07 3269 1631 Secretary Mrs. Maree Illingworth [email protected] 07 3800 3213 Treasurer Mr. Nick Woolley [email protected] 07 3201 6414 Editor Mr. Kev Horsey [email protected] 07 3281 9203

Next Committee Meeting at 10 am 19th May 2014 Next General Meeting at 8pm on 12th May 2014 Reg & Maree Illingworth’s Home at Venue: Red Hill Community Sports Centre 51 Lionheart St Forestdale 22 Fulcher Road, Red Hill, QLD 4059

Affiliated Societies, Judging Roster for May Beaudesert O & F.S. 3rd Wednesday @ 7.30pm Adrian Bergstrum ...... Brisbane O.S. 4th Monday @ 7.45pm Arthur Cornell. Brent Nicoll. Adrian Bergstrum Eastern District O.S 4th Thursday @ 8pm ………. ………… …….. ………. John Oxley O.S. 2nd Wednesday @ 7.30pm Les Burow. John Buckley. Logan & District 3rd Tuesday @ 7.45pm David Buhse. Kaye Buhse. Lyn Calligros. Les Burow.

Judges for Q.O.S. General Meeting on 12th May 2014 Judging starts at 7-45 pm John Rooks. Arthur Cornell. Lynda Rapkins. Les Vickers. Gary Yong Gee. Helen Edwards.

May Meeting Information Visiting Society in May Guest Speaker is Ann Sales Eastern District Orchid Society The Subject is ‘Cattleyas’ Brisbane Orchid Society See Ann’s profile Page 3

The Queensland Orchid Society Inc. founded on Wednesday, 24th January 1934

Members who contribute to this Bulletin endeavor to assure the reliability of its contents. Any cultural advice provided is a guide only and may not suit individual growers. It is the responsibility of the individual to validate such advice before applying suggested methods.

The Society welcomes potential members to come to the general meetings as our guests, and advises those wishing to join us, that subscription fees (in Australian Dollars) are $20 for a single, $25 for a family from 1st January $10 for a single, $12.50 for a family from 1st July

Other Orchid Societies interested in affiliating with us are advised that Society Affiliation is $30 Payable on the 1st January each year.

QUEENSLAND ORCHID SOCIETY INC. GENERAL MEETING Red Hill Sports Club, 22 Fulcher Road, Red Hill Minutes Monday, 14th April, 2014

The President, Albert Gibbard, declared the meeting open at 8.05pm and welcomed the members and people from other Societies.

The Judges were Les Burrow, Lynda Rapkins, Les Vickers Pam Price and Ann Kable took care of the benching results.

Apologies: As per the attendance book.

New Members: Nil

Raffle: Albert announced details of the raffle for the evening and prompted members to obtain their tickets. Greg Molloy sold the raffle tickets, thank you Greg. Raffle prizes were later presented.

Correspondence: Members were advised that the Committee had attended to all routine correspondence.

Financial Report: The Treasurer, Nick Woolley, presented the financial report for the month of March, 2014 and moved acceptance. The report was seconded by Anne Gibbard. The Treasurer‟s report was on the notice table for Members to read.

Notice of Society shows, Schedules, Newsletters and other sundry notices were also on the notice table.

AUTUMN SHOW: Firstly we thank Percy Tesch for reorganizing the benches at the Autumn Show. The plants on the benches were arranged beautifully, easy to find each class and the orchids in them. Percy has been doing this job at every show for some years, and we sincerely than him.

Again, the many dedicated growers benched some well grown plants, which so many of the visitors commented on. The quality of the plants for sale was also very good. Laurie Baxter was kept busy advising and giving potting demonstrations to many visitors. Laurie worked very hard, for which we thank him. A job well done.

The QOS Committee will discuss all aspects of our shows to see if we can come up with a few different ideas. Any opinions from the Members would be gladly accepted.

Supper was then served. Thank you to Margaret Horsey and her helpers Myra Westphal and Anne Gibbard for the excellent variety of tasty food and tea & coffee.

The Guest Speaker for this evening was Ann Gillingham, who presented a programme on "The Magic & Medication Properties of Or- chids". This presentation was interesting and amusing. The President thanked Ann and presented her with the speaker's fee.

The Plant of special interest selected, was Brasiliorchis (Bch.) schunkeana, owned by Maree & Reg Illingworth.

Nick drew out raffle tickets, the winners each won a well grown orchid plant or other. Thank you to the raffle ticket seller, Greg Molloy. Thanks to Albert Gibbard for taking care of our raffle prize plants, they always look healthy and well grown.

The First Prize winner of Judges Choice in Hybrid Orchid was Brat. Penny Micklow - Steve Waters The First Prize winner of Judges Choice in Species was Phal. bellina - Margaret Tierney

The Lucky Exhibitor this evening was Myra Westphal

QOS BUS TRIP The President, Albert mentioned that QOS will have a Bus Trip on the 20th July, 2014. We will travel by bus to the Turantha Hotel for a "Christmas in July Dinner" Tickets will cost $50 each so QOS will subsidise $25 per ticket, then travellers will only pay $25 per ticket. We do need to have a deposit by the June Meeting.

Our next General meeting on Monday 12th May at 8pm, the Guest Speaker will be Ann Sales, who will present a new talk on Cattleyas. Ann always gives an excellent presentation, so make sure you do not miss it.

Albert thanked Pam Price & Ann Kable for attending to the benching lists. Albert also thanked all those who helped set up the hall.

Closure: As there was no further business the President closed the meeting at approx. 9.40pm and wished all members and visitors a safe journey home.

The next General Meeting will be held on the second Monday, 12th May, 2014 at the Red Hill Community Sports Centre, Red Hill. Com- mencing at 8pm.

QOS 80th Year Help us celebrate with a bus trip to the Tarampa hotel for Christmas in July Lunch. Full cost is $50.00 per head QOS will subsidise $25.00 per head cost to members will be $25.00 per head includes morning tea Christmas lunch and a free gift per membership. A deposit would be required by the June meeting and balance by the July meeting. So come and join us and have a great time. Pick up times and places to be advised. Phone Albert on 32691631 Maree on 38003213 Or Kev on 32819203 to book a place on the coach.

PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AUTUMN SHOW 2014

The 2014 Autumn show is over. We did not have as many plants as at some of our other shows. What we had was plenty of quality. Really well grown Orchids.

Sales Plants went very well especially flowering Cattleyas and Dendrobiums.

I would like to thank everyone who helped at the Show in any way. A special thank you to Percy Tesch who rearranged the benches so that each plant was in full view. Many visitors commented on the quality of the show plants.

The Kitchen ladies led by Margaret Horsey, did us proud, the food was plentiful and very appe- tising.

I have booked Guest Speakers for each month up till September, if any member knows of an interesting speaker, please let me know.

In May the Guest Speaker will be Ann Sales, an excellent presenter, who has a new programme on growing Cattleyas.

Good Growing,

Albert Gibbard QOS President

Profile _Ann Sales

I have always loved gardens but never ventured into orchids until I retired in 1999. One of my neighbours took me to Aranbeem where I bought my first Cattleya and I was hooked. The first orchid society I joined was Pine Rivers and Kathy Wanka was my host for my first evening at the club and we hit it off immediately. How lucky is that. It is so lovely to find such good friends and I am so fortunate to have had Doug and Kath as orchid mentors over all the years. Ross Maidment of Aranbeem has also tolerated my endless questions and “why is it so?‟ mind. He de- lights in giving me a “hard time” at his monthly growers group. The Aranbeem Growers Group is so valuable for all orchid growers whether they are new or experienced. (first Saturday of the month at Aranbeem -1.30PM). We all never stop learning. Betty Lane has become another close friend and mentor too and she is always steering me to the best of the Cattleya alliance.

I had found it was very difficult to get guest speakers, so called on my former teaching skills and started along the path of more learning and developed talks to share some of the knowledge I have gained over the year. I like to think that I can help newer growers in the same way generous orchid growers have assisted me. I have taught an endless stream of people how to access the wonderful RHS Hybrid Orchid facilities and the Kew gardens Species Data base (both free on the internet)-a wealth of knowledge at your finger tips. I have done some breeding of

Special Interest Plant Of The Month April 2014

PLANT NAME: Brasiliorchis (Bch.) schunkeana

OWNER’S NAME: Maree & Reg Illingworth

JUDGE’S COMMENT: Unusual species orchid

OWNER’S COMMENTS:

Housing: The orchid is grown on a low shelf in a shade house with 70% black shade cloth on roof and sides. It gets filtered sun in the early morning, and shade for the remainder of the day.

Watering: This orchid is watered for four minutes every day in Summer with overhead sprinklers and watered in Winter about twice a week.

Feeding Program: In Winter the plant is fertilised with Peters Blossom Booster and Pete-Lite Spe- cial in Summer.

Potting Medium: It is potted in coconut chip.

Other Cultural Comments: This Orchid grows with other species plants. The very small well formed black flowers grow at the base of the taller green foliage. Unusual!

QOS COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR 2014

President Albert Gibbard 3269 1631 [email protected] Past President Reg Illingworth 3800 3213 [email protected] Secretary Maree Illingworth 3800 3213 [email protected] Treasurer Nick Woolley 3201 6414 [email protected] Editor Kevin Horsey 3281 9203 [email protected] Committee Barry & Ann Kable 3824 5931 Anne Gibbard, as above Margaret Horsey as above, Laurie Baxter 043 755 6608 Alf Filia 3844 4704 [email protected] Greg Malloy 3854 0595 Gordon Grant 3356 3639 [email protected] Margaret Tierney 3341 5174 [email protected] Myra Westphal 3201 6390

Total of 15 Members on QOS Committee

JUDGES‟ CHOICE - HYBRID ONCIDIUM EQUITANT 1 Brat. Penny Micklow Waters S & D 1 Tolu. Capalaba Dusk Waters S & D 2 Paph. Petula Tierney M 3 Vasco. Pine Rivers 'Wasana' Westphal M 3 Blc. Glorious May Rapkins L VANDACEOUS JUDGES‟ CHOICE - SPECIES 1 V. Suk Sam Ran Beauty 'Birthday' Kable B & A 1 Phal bellina Tierney M 2 Degamamra Sky Walker 'Red Star' Westphal M 2 Aerides lawrenceae Kable B & A 3 Den. bowmanii Gibbard A & A PHALAENOPSIS 1 Phal. Sweet Memory Tierney M CATTLEYA EXHIBITION OVER 90mm 1 Rlc. Tainan Gold 'Golden Oriole' Rapkins L ANY OTHER GENERA 2 Bc. Donna Kimara 'Paradise Tame' Horsey K & M 1 Bulb. Wilmar Galaxy Star Illingworth R & M 3 Ltna. Little Drummer Boy 'Bonanza' Horsey K & M SPECIES SYMPODIAL CATTLEYA EXHIBITION UP TO 90mm 1 Coel. ovalis Kable B & A 1 Rlc. Little Toshie 'H & R' Rapkins L 2 Maxillaria schunkeana Illingworth R & M 2 Rlc. Pokai Tangerine x Glenn Maidment 3 Onc. ornithorhynchum Tierney M 'Southern Cross‟ Kable B & A SPECIES OTHER: CATTLEYA NON-EXHIBITION 1 Phal. bellina Tierney M 1 Bc. Glorious May "H & R' Rapkins L 2 Aer. lawrenceae Kable B & A 2 Sc. Lulu's Song x (Gene May x Penny 3 Neo. falcata Kable B & A Kuroda x Mary's Song) Rapkins L 3 C. Barrabui's Luminter Gibbard A & A AUSTRALIAN NATIVE SPECIES 1 Den. bowmanii Gibbard A & A DENDROBIUM 1 Den. Asternova Snow Flake Kidd I R AUSTRALIAN NATIVE HYBRID 1 Sarco. Bonanza Tierney M PAPHIOPEDILUM EXHIBITION 1 Paph. Margurite Knox Tierney M GUEST SOCIETY 1: Logan & Dist. 1 Bulb. Wilmar Galaxy Star Illingworth R & M PAPHIOPEDILUM OTHER 2 Ascda. John de Biose Illingworth R & M 1 Paph. Petula Tierney M 2 Paph. Bellarand Tierney M GUEST SOCIETY 2: West Brisbane 1 Den Pearl Vera Waters S & D ONCIDIUM ALLIANCE 2 Den. Pearl Vera x bigibbum Waters S & D 1 Brat. Penny Micklow Waters S & D 2 Ons. Wildcat 'Bloodshot' Illingworth R & M 3 (Gom. Nonamyre x Western Gold) x (Gom. Arila x River of Gold) Waters S & D Orchids with an „* asterix‟ after the name indicates the plant has been registered. Please change your name tag. SHOWS FOR May 2014

Gold Coast District O.S. 8/10 May Pines Shopping Centre, Elanora Pine Rivers O.S. 1/3 May Aspley Hypermarket, Aspley Pumicestone Dist, O&F.S. 10/11 May Ningi Community Hall Bribie Island Rd Ningi Lockyer Valley O.S. 9/10 May Redcliffe District O.S. 7/10 May Redcliffe Libary Southport & District O.S. 31 May 1 June Albert Waterways Community Centre Toowoomba O.S. 2/4 May Gardenfest Toowoomba

Photography by Reg Illingworth

Judges Choice Hybrid Judges Choice Species

Plant :- Phal bellina Plant :- Brat. Penny Micklow Grower :- Tierney M Grower :- S & D Waters

Cattleya over 90mm Cattleya Up to 90mm Dendrobium Plant :- Rlc. Tainan Gold 'Golden Oriole' Plant :- Rlc. Little Toshie 'H & R' Plant :-Den. Asternova Snow Flake Grower :- Rapkins L Grower :- Rapkins L Grower :- Kidd I R

Paphiopedilum Other Phalaenopsis Any Other Genera Plant :- Paph. Petula Plant:- Phal. Sweet Memory Plant:- Bulb. Wilmar Galaxy Star Grower:- Tierney M Grower:- Tierney M Grower :- Illingworth R & M

Species Sympodial Oncidium Equitant Plant:- Coel. ovalis Australian Native Species Plant :- Tolu. Capalaba Dusk Grower:- Kable B & A Plant :-.Den. bowmanii Grower :- Waters S & D Grower :- Gibbard A & A

Queensland Orchid Society Autumn Show Champions

Grand Champion Reserve Champion Champion Cattleya Hybrid Den. Airy Alowaiana Den. Affine ‘Graham’ Blc. Goldenzelle ‘Tokyo’ Reitano R Markcrow G Greinke R

Champion Oncidinae Champion Dendrobium bigibbum Champion Vandaceous Mtsa. Penny Micklow Den. Bigibbum var. Superbum Phal. Purple Martine X violacea Waters S & D Harvey R & R Tierney M

Champion Species Champion Australian Native Champion Other Genera Paph. Moquettianum Den. Affine ‘Graham’ Paph. Transvaal ‘Meolin’ Mammen P & J Markcrow G McCubbin J & M

Champion Specimen Champion Dendrobium Zel. Onusta Den. Airy Alowaiana Horgan P & C Reitano R

Why have so many Orchid names changed over the past few years??

Historical background The Swedish Botanist, Carl Linneaus proposed and developed a systematic method of classification of plants and animals between 1735 and 1759. His system was based on a structured division into kingdoms, phyla, classes, orders, families, genera and species. At the time, only 8 genera were recognised in the Family Orchidaceae. By 1800 Olof Swartz had classified Or- chidaceae into 25 genera. In the 1830's, John Lindley, regarded as the father of Orchid taxon- omy, recognised 4 sub-families and described 1980 species.Through the 1850's, he progres- sively published his Folia Orchidacea covering most of the orchid species known at the time. The basis of classification was floral and vegetative morphology with em- phasis on the reproductive elements of the flowers as the primary deter- minant of genus and species. The Linnean System of classification con- tinued over the next 150 years with many thousands of species being identified. Species names and, to a lesser extent, genus names changed from time to time as botanists/taxonomists refined the classification.

Along came DNA In the 1950's, scientists developed techniques for the identification of de- oxyribonucleic acid (DNA), a molecule that encodes the genetic instruc- tions used in the development and functioning of all known living organ- isms. It was some years before access to DNA was available at afford- able cost but by the 1980's, scientists were amassing DNA data for a large number of orchid species and anomalies were becoming apparent in the historical classifications by genera, based on genetic rather than mor- phological differences and similarities.

The Genera Orchidacearum Project In the mid-1990's, a large group of scientists from many countries under- took the task of reassessing the classification of orchid species which now number in excess of 24,000. The project was placed under the aus- pices of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) with four eminent special- ists, Alex Pridgeon, Phillip Cribb and Mark Chase of the RHS and Finn Rasmussen of the University of Copenhagen, as the principal authors of a publication in 6 volumes known as Genera Orchidacearum.

Volume 1 covering the sub-families Apostasiodeae and Cyripediodeae was published in 1999. Volume 2 covering Part 1 of the sub-family Orchidoideae, namely, Or- chideae, Diurideae and Diseae, appeared in 2001. Volume 3 followed in 2003. It covered the remaining 105 genera in the sub-family Orchi- doideae and all 15 genera in the sub-family Vanilloideae. The remaining sub-family, Epidendroideae, is enormous and includes most of the epiphytic genera grown by hobbyists. Treatment of this sub-family has been spread across 3 Volumes, each in excess of 600 pages. Volume 4, published in 2006, covers the first 210 genera including the sub-tribe Laeliinae, more commonly known as the Cattleya Alliance. It was the publication of this Volume that led to the major changes on the Cattleya Alliance. Volume 5, published in 2010, covers 187 genera in the tribe Cymbidieae which includes sub- tribes Cymbidiinae, Catasetiinae and Oncidiinae. The re-classification of genera within Oncidii- nae (the Oncidium Alliance) has resulted in widespread changes which have been imple- mented over the past couple of years.

Volume 6 is complete but not yet available. It covers the remaining tribes of the sub-family Epidendroideae, Dendrobieae and Vandeae. The most significant outcomes for hobby growers in Volume 6 (announced in advance of publication) are that the genus Dendrobium will not be split, Doritaenopsis has been moved into Phalaenopsis and Ascocentrum moved into Vanda.

All changes to classification by genera have been reviewed and con- firmed by the Advisory Committee on Orchid Hybrid Registration (renamed the Orchid Hybrid Registration Advisory Group early in 2013). This group operates under the aegis of the RHS and includes representatives from a number of countries but excludes the authors of Genera Orchidacearum. In most cases, only the genus name changed, but in the circumstance where a species was moved to a genus which already had a species of the same name, the species was renamed. A notable example was Odontoglossum crispum which became Oncidium alexandrae. In other cases, the ending of a species name changed to reflect the gender of the genus name, for Onc. alexandrae previously example, Oncidium varicosum became Gomesa varicosa. Odm. crispum

Why Should We Accept the New Names? The reclassification of species into different genera has caused a lot of angst amongst orchid nurseries and hobby growers. It is easy to understand that some people would want to disregard the changes and retain the original genus names. For some, the changes will have de- valued knowledge acquired over many years. However, there are two internationally recognised registers, both maintained by the RHS. Orchid species are registered in the Kew Mono- cot List compiled between 2001 and 2006 and accessible on line. Hybrid registration was originally conducted by the Sander's Nursery in the UK between 1906 and 1960. The RHS took over the register in 1961 and maintains it on an on-going basis. It currently contains around 154,000 hybrids, growing at a rate of 3000 to 4000 per annum. Orchidwiz, which is now widely used as a reference medium for checking and tracking the names of species and hybrids, also uses the RHS registers. Any decision to disregard the registers will result in con- fusion about names., particularly as more hybrids are registered in the future. It is futile to re- sist the changes so we should accept them, correct our labels accordingly and get used to the new names.

Will the Name Changes Continue?? With the publication of Volume 6 of Genera Orchidacearum in the next few months, we can look forward to a period of relative stability. However, with hundreds of Taxonomists looking for material to publish, it is to be expected that, with the paucity of new species being discov- ered, existing species will be revisited, current names will be challenged and some will be changed, but we are unlikely to see a repeat of the broad scale changes that have occurred since 2006.

Acknowledgements This article is based on lectures attended by the author at the 20th World Orchid Conference and subsequent discussions with some of the authors of Genera Orchidacearum, the RHS Registrar and the Curator of the Herbarium at Kew. Bill Lavarack kindly made his copies of Genera Orchidacearum available and he reviewed an early draft with some helpful sugges- tions. Charlie McMonagle