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Bulletin of the Orchid Society of Canberra, Inc. GPO Box 612 Canberra ACT 2601 Volume 16, Number 6 November - December 2001 News in Brief Regular monthly meetings February 2002 (date to be set). New members Monthly meetings of the Society are held on the first workshop. Tues of each month (Except January) in Room 1, Griffin Centre, Bunda Street, Civic. Meetings Next Committee meeting commence at 8:00pm with the library and trading table open from 7:30pm. To be announced November meeting: Yunnan 2001! Committee Members Ben Wallace will talk on his latest trip to China to see orchids and other wonderful plants. Ben always has President- Jane Wright 62541119 wonderful slides and his talks are so interesting, you Vice President- Laurie Woods 6258 6187 won't want to miss this! Treasurer- Robyn Noel 6258 5734 Secretary- Brian Leedham 6251 6621 December meeting Tony Boyd 6255 2218 This month brings our annual Christmas party. Bring Dean Carriage 6258 7698 along a plate of food to share and any special libations Yvonne Day 6297 5165 you require. The Society will provide some cask wine David Rees 6254 1119 and soft drinks. Be prepared to play some very fun Ben Wallace 6241 4277 orchid-related games and to enter in a growing competition - yes - everyone will take home a plant! Disclaimer © 2001 The Orchid Soc of Canberra, The Orchid Coming events Society of Canberra disclaims liability for any loss, financial or otherwise caused as a result of the Nov 3-4 2001. Horticultural Society of Canberra. contents of this Bulletin The Iris, Rhododendron and Azalea Show. Details of orchid classes inside on p 9. Editorial Nov 17-18 2001. Horticultural Society of Canberra The Spring Exhibition and Rose Show. Details of I was listening to a program on Radio National a few orchid classes inside on p 9. days ago when something caught my attention. It was concerning a researcher who had been working with Nov 4 2001. Members' Open Glasshouses 12:30 - indigenous Australians whose country was in the hills 3:30 pm. This time we go northside to see the to the NE of Melbourne. In particular he was glasshouses of Ben Wallace (8 Burnett St, Kaleen. investigating thier view of thier world in terms of 6241 4277), Robert Rough (25 Moruya Circuit, seasons. Instead of four seasons those of us of Kaleen. 6241 2719) and David Rees and Jane Wright European decent may attempt to see in the southern (135 Osburn Drive, Macgregor. 6254 1119). This is a Australian landscape these people see six! One of great opportunity for new growers to see how some of these is 'Orchid Season' - that time of year when the old hands do it, and for the old hands to learn some bright stars and spiders of colour emerge in the bush new tricks. We're looking forward to seeing you! as if by magic. That time is now. Those of us who take the trouble will see the magic that is unfolding around us. Coffee and Orchids -Our orchid coffee club will meet again on Sunday 12 November from 11 am - 2 pm at In these deeply troubling times I think it is important Tosolini's at Bailey's Corner in Civic. to know that there is much of beauty in this world. Get out and enjoy 'Orchid season'. Take time to enjoy 1 your plants and wonder at the beauty and complexity appropriate articles for publication. He said that any of nature we are so fortunate to have on our doorstep. ideas that members had would be appreciated. He intended to incorporate photos from time to time and I hope you enjoy the colour section I have included in that the technology for this presented no problem. this bumper edition of the bulletin - another first for The President presented a membership badge to the Society. Gerlinde Lenz, and distributed outstanding Popular Vote cards. Jane also urged members to consider David Rees exhibiting their orchids at the Horticultural Show on 15-16 September, and reminded them of our own Minutes of general meetings Spring Show (22-23 September), and the South and West Regional Show at Batemans Bay on 29-30 MINUTES OF GENERAL MEETING 4 September. She also advised that Dennis Diehm had September 2001 donated a new trophy to be presented each year to the Attendance : 32 Members 10 Apologies 2 Visitors most successful exhibitor at our Spring Show. President Jane Wright opened the meeting at 8.05 pm, Brian Leedham spoke about information received and welcomed all present. concerning the use of "Maidenwell Diatomite" in both PREVIOUS MINUTES orchid culture, and in the garden, noting that Accan Sales, Queanbeyan had a pallet of bags available at a Minutes for the meetings of 3 July and 7 August were cost of $12.50 each, provided we purchased a approved on the motion of Laurie Woods, seconded by minimum of six 40 litre bags. Orders were placed for Sandra Fraser. seven bags. Single bags were likely to be available at SECRETARY'S REPORT nurseries at higher cost. Presented by Brian Leedham Newsletters Brian also advised that Noel Price has decided to Gosford (Aug); Sapphire Coast (Aug); Wagga dispose of some 150 to 160 Cattleyas at very Wagga (Aug); Albury-Wodonga (Sept); reasonable prices, because he can no longer care for Campbelltown (Aug). them as he would wish. Correspondence Robyn Noel urged members to place their names on OSNSW advising that the meeting on 25 August the helpers lists for the Spring Show. would be both an Affiliated Societies meeting and an Laurie Woods advised that bags of bark were now AOC State Representatives meeting. available in fine and medium grades. Eurobodalla providing a replacement Show Schedule. NEW MEMBER OSNSW (Subscription notice). Robyn Noel advised that we had a new member Griffin Centre invoice. Griffin Centre re the (Sokkha Dunstan) joining us tonight. development of an OH&S policy statement. GUEST SPEAKER Bank statement; Tom Dent requesting a copy of Our guest speaker (Daryl Smedley) of Oceana "Growing Orchids in Canberra"). Orchids, spoke about the Bulbophyllums of Australia, AOC (Agenda for the 14th AGM & the 8th meeting of PNG, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, noting that Council he had a special interest in the orchids of Australasia. Canberra Rubber Stamps enclosing a $20 gift He noted that there are some 700 species in the South certificate. Pacific area alone, and that many of those are not, as Publications yet, named. Australia has only 28 species. He The Orchid Review (RHS Sept/Oct) demonstrated the incredible diversity of shape, colour COTA (invitation to attend seminar on impact of GST and size of Bulbophyllums, through numerous l on clubs and societies). fascinating slides. Sizes can range between A inch to Catalogues 14 inches across. Colour appears to cover the Simpson Orchids (March - mostly Sarcochilus) spectrum, including one which was almost entirely The Secretary's report was accepted on the motion of black. Most are heavily scented, although not Tony Boyd, seconded by Ben Wallace. necessarily pleasantly scented. Some have a putrid TREASURER'S REPORT scent to attract pollinators such as carrion beetles and Presented by Robyn Noel. blowflys. Bank balance was $ 4827.90. Raffle : Winners were : Pat Hewlings, Felicity Leigh, Robyn noted that membership renewals were still Quin Yuen Chung, and Richard Cooper. coming in, and that outgoings were normal. Door Prizes : Pamela Phillips, Jessie Pearce. The Treasurer's report was accepted on the motion of Judges Choice : Stenorhynchus speciosum grown by Tony Boyd , seconded by Ben Wallace. David Rees. OTHER MATTERS The Meeting closed at 10.32 p m. David Rees (Bulletin Editor) informed members about ideas he had for the production of future issues of the Bulletin, and asked that thought be given to 2 MINUTES OF GENERAL MEETING 2 October A number of applications for membership were lodged 2001 at the Spring Show, and these will be considered at Attendance : 36 Members 8 Apologies 2 Visitors next week's Committee Meeting President Jane Wright opened the meeting at 8.02 pm SPEAKER and welcomed all present. IN the absence of a guest speaker, Ben Wallace SECRETARY'S REPORT provided an interesting demonstration of the method Presented by Brian Leedham used for mounting orchids on acid-free paper under Newsletters invisible tape for the purposes of identification, Gosford (Sept); Sapphire Coast (Sept). classification and preservation. Publications Raffle : Winners were : Sally Gardner and Bob Orchids (AOS); The Alpine Gardener (Sept) Evans. Catalogues Door Prize : Bob Evans Dendi Orchids; Keiths Nursery. Judges Choice : Caladenia aff tentaculata, owned by Correspondence Laurie Woods Bank Statement; Cheque books (2); COMSTAT re The Meeting closed at 10.05 p m. Christmas cards; Griffin Centre invoice; Griffin Centre Newsletter; AOC re AGM Sydney International Orchid Fair. Brian Leedham The Secretary's report was accepted on the motion of Dean Carriage, seconded by Judy Osborne. From the president TREASURER'S REPORT Presented by Brian Leedham on behalf of Robyn Noel. This is certainly a big issue of the bulletin - with the There were substantial receipts and payments this first set of colour pictures ever. We hope you like month due to the Spring Show. The gross value of them, and look forward to your feedback. Thanks to plant sales at the Show was over $10,500. Current Lynne Phelan and Gerlinde Lenz for submitting balance was $7854.84, but there are some outstanding articles for die bulletin. Because of the amount of payments yet to be made. material this time from the show, we've had to hold The Treasurer's report was accepted on the motion of Gerlinde's article over until the next issue - something Dean Carriage, seconded by Judy Osborne.