Bromelcairns Bimonthly Newsletter of Cairns Bromeliad Societ Inc
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Bromelcairns Bimonthly Newsletter of Cairns Bromeliad Societ Inc. 2012 # 4 P.O. Box 28 Cairns Queensland 4870 Austalia President Dave Weston 0740578604 V-President Karen Stevens 0740361086 Secretary Lynn Hudson 0740533913 Treasurer Monica Stapleton 0740331330 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 Karen Stevens 0740361086 *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. Plant 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 plants 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] 2 Club Actvites & Around te Members JULY: From Moyneen - Todays meeting was at the home of Helga Biro located in Whitfield, a lovely leafy suburb. Helga's garden seemed very protected with plenty of dappled light and trees providing shade and spots for epiphytes to grow superbly. It is very neat and ordered with many treasures and hidden pockets of interest like a remarkable collection of xNeophytum including 'Galactic Warrior ' and 'Firecracker'. Another plant attracting discussion and admiration was her pitcairnia with strong red coloured stems that combined with the red painted chair and other splashes of red gave the garden such a sense of life and fun. Of particular note was Helga's collection and presentation of driftwood and other things to display her many tillandsia. Thank you Helga for sharing your garden with us. * The topic was aechmeas and Lynn showed many said most of them like a lot of warmth, some will even take all day sun like Aechmea angustifolia, purpuro-rosea, blanchetiana, mariae-reginae, recurvata and its’ hybrids, however ‘Pink Goddess’, ‘Mild Chilli’, ‘Rakete’, ‘Saturn’ and soft leafed aechmeas need softer conditions. Aechmeas do not really like the cold and grow easily in our area. MINI SHOW – Aechmea 1st. Aechmea mariae-reginae variegated – Dave Weston 2nd. Aechmea ‘Vin Rose’ - Marie Giddins ! 3rd. Aechmea ‘Pink Goddess’ – Kath Radloff POPULAR VOTE: NOVICE - Bromeliad: 1st Aechmea ‘Pink Goddess’ – Kath Radloff 2nd. Billbergia nutans - Paul Venturi Crypthanthus 1st Cryptanthus ‘Tartan’ – Wendy O’Bryan 2nd Cryptanthus ‘Marion Oppenheimer’- Kath Radlof Tillandsia Moyneenʼs Tillandsia ʻHoustonʼ 1st Tillandsia stricta - Paul Venturi !2nd. Tillandsia stricta - Kath Radloff OPEN - Bromeliad 1st Neoregelia ‘Brian Webber’ – Bernice Mark 2nd. Aechmea pectinata - Bernice Mark 3rd. Neo. correia-araujoi x ‘Sands of Time’ – Rob Giddins Cryptanthus 1st Cryptanthus ‘Anne Collings’ - Bernice Mark! 2nd Cryptanthus ‘Arctic Storm’ - Dave Weston 3rd Cryptanthus ‘Houston’ - Marie Giddins Tillandsia 1st Tillandsia ionantha – Lynn Hudson 2nd Tillandsia ‘Roma’ - Karen Stevens rd 3 . Tillandsia stricta - Rob Giddins Karenʼs Tillandsia ʻRomaʼ !!!!! Club Actvites & Around te Members August: Thank you from our Hostess Maria I just wanted to say thank you to all the members and guests that came to the meeting at my home at Holloways Beach - my favourite place (except when there's a Cyclone and possible storm surge). I was thrilled with the turn out and that you enjoyed my home and the venue I provided. I received lovely comments from a lot of people on my garden which unfortunately hasn't received the attention it deserves in the last few months. Just knowing everyone felt relaxed enough to enjoy my place has inspired me to give my bromeliads more attention - I know just about all of them by name even though I may get the pronunciation wrong sometimes. To win 1st place in the Mini Neoregelia section was such a surprise especially with the lovely entries brought to the meeting. I do love my little Neoregelia 'Small World' - one of my favourites. The Dengue Team gave a great presentation and I was thrilled that they could attend my meeting to provide this ongoing research information to all who attended. My garden will again be one of the venues on 2013 programme. It was great to have you all here. MINI SHOW – Neoregelia 1st Neoregelia ‘Small World’ - Maria Grant 2nd Neoregelia ‘Palmares’ - Dave Weston 3rd Neoregelia ‘Pheasant’ - Brendon Leishman 1st Neoregelia ‘Red Macaw’ - Dave Weston 2nd Neoregelia ‘Painted Delight’ - Brendon Leishman 3rd Neoregelia ‘Justins Song’ - Bernice Mark POPULAR VOTE: NOVICE - Bromeliad: 1st Neoregelia ‘Torch Dancer’- June McGlew 2nd Neoregelia ‘Apricot Nectar’ - Kath Radlof 3rd Neoregelia ampullacae Hybrid - Wendy O’Brien Crypthanthus 1st Cryptanthus ‘San Juan’ - Paul Venturi 2nd Cryptanthus ‘Cafe au Lait’ -Kath Radloff Tillandsia 1st Tillandsia ‘Tanya Marie’ - Kath Radloff OPEN - Bromeliad 1st Dyckia ‘Arizona’- Dave Weston 2nd. Neoregelia ‘Painted Delight’ - Brendan Leishman 2nd Neoregelia ‘Justins Song’ - Bernice Mark Cryptanthus 1st Cryptanthus ‘Marion Oppenhiemer’ - Karen Stevens 2nd Cryptanthus ‘Arctic Storm’ - Gail Taifalos Tillandsia 1st Tillandsia neglecta x stricta - Lynn Hudson 2nd Tillandsia xerographica - Dave Weston 3rd. Tillandsia stricta - Gail Taifalos ! # !!!Cairns Show 2012 Congratulations Rob Giddens - Guzmania lindenii. Grand Champion Bromeliad AND Grand Champion Pot Plant of the 2012 Show AND the Runner Up - Vriesea ʻPatriceʼ! From Moyneen - When looking at the photos my son described it as "Interesting the juxtaposition and reverberation of colours and refraction of light illuminated." I was a little taken aback with his statement, he is no gardener, but he was clearly impressed by the visual aspect of the plant and I think we can all agree it really was something special. Entries this year where of a high calibre, showcasing the Best of Bromeliads and making judging very challenging. As suggested every year, it is well worth members taking time to be there for the judging. I would say the judges, Chris, Kurt, Graeme and Barry, did us proud with their thoroughness and attention to detail. In some classes they were provided with multiple "star" quality plants and a lot of time was spent searching for what could eliminate some of the field. It is an intensive job and took them many hours - for which we are very grateful. 2012 Show Report The past 12 months were not kind to bromeliads, especially those grown in our gardens. Some days were extremely hot, bleaching out the colours, burning bromeliads that had lived all their life in the sun and also spot burning of plants even under shade cloth. We had lots of windy days, not only drying out our plants but also blowing them over. Winter has given us good leaf colour but the lovely crisp days has also slowed growth. Many aechmeas, vrieseas and guzmanias have surprised us with wonderful inflorescences, many we have not seen previously. There were 214 entries by 16 persons, 5 plants were entered by 3 non members. Lynn 58, Rob 29, Bob 25, Bernice 24, Dave 17, Marie 15, Gail 13, Marguerite 11, Nalda 4, Gloria 4, Karen S 3, Karen C 3, Brendan 3, Jacque 2, Ellen 2, Wade 1. Congratulations to each person who entered the competition. Overall standard was very high, many plants were perfect. Some were not so perfect, entered in case no others were entered. Again judging the neoregelias was hard - conformation deleted some. Some were almost perfect but not mature, whilst others in the section were mature. As soon as I saw Guzmania lindenii, I knew it would be Champion Pot Plant of the Show - just beautiful and perfect. Congratulations Rob. Judging was good, I am certain Olive Trevor would have selected the same.The stand out judge was Chris Young. I consider he would be a very acceptable judge for the future. He has good bromeliad knowledge, and while a member was an excellent grower. A very big THANK YOU to Moyneen who again gave me hours of her time. Lynn Points achieved: Lynn 69, Rob 31, Bob 23, Dave 14, Bernice 11, Marguerite 6, Karen S 3, Karen C 3 , Gloria 3, Brendan 3, Marie 3. At our August meeting President Dave brought along a few examples and gave us an insight to some of the colour and marking features of Neoregelia. Neoregelia Marking and Colouration Anthocyanins: These are pigments produced by the plant and appear to serve a number of purposes. In Bromeliads this is particularly evident in the genus Neoregelia. Anthocyanins can be produced in response