Bromelcairns Bimonthly Newsletter of Cairns Bromeliad Societ Inc. 2011 # 6 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 Brendan Leishman 0740578604 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. 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] 2 Club Actvites & Around te Members NOVEMBER: Our meeting was at Karen, Brian & Sookie’s (new puppy) garden. Wow, they have done more work and it is very classy and colourful. The dark shiny bamboo on the fence really shows up the plants. Karen has massed her on the carport wall - they would be the healthiest collection of tillandsias in our area. Large pots holding alcantarea and Werauhia sanguinolenta are quite stunning. Both the front and back gardens are landscaped with bromeliads of every genera, colour and shape, complimented by palms and many other tropical plants. It is a credit to both Karen & Brian, especially as each are in full time employment. Members enjoyed the variety of plants and the chattering birds gave them an excuse to look at the garden and think, instead of listening. * We had a wonderful array of plants and again the tillandsias were exceptionally bright. Dave’s T. ‘Marron’ had developed a glowing yellow centre; Marguerite’s clump of T. ‘Fuego’ was on fire and Nalda’s dainty looking T. filifolia had several spikes with mauve flowers. * With 10 entries in Open section Bromeliad, voting was close with 5 entries tying for second place. President Dave asked for casting votes and Richie as caster. MINI SHOW – Foliage Bromeliad 1st. Werauhia kupperiana - Darryl Lister 2nd. Orthophytum ‘Warren Loose’ – Gloria Wegner 3rd. Vriesea ‘Splenriet’ – Karen Cross POPULAR VOTE: NOVICE: Bromeliad 1st. Neoregelia ‘Shelldance’ – Frances Boyd 2nd. Neoregelia “Earth Rose’ – Bernice Mark 3rd. Guzmania lingulata var. cardinalis – Kath Radloff Cryptanthus Nil entries - Tillandsia ionantha – Richie Sharpe OPEN Bromeliad 1st. Dyckia ‘Yellow Glow’ – Dave Weston 2nd. Neoregelia ‘Red Macaw’ - Darryl Lister 3rd. Neoregelia ‘Shelldance’ – Maria Grant Cryptanthus 1st. Cryptanthus ‘Elaine’ – Karen Stevens 2nd. Cryptanthus ‘San Juan’ – Lynn Hudson 3rd. Cryptanthus acaulis variegated - Lynn Hudson Tillandsia 1st. Tillandsia ionantha ‘Fuego’- Marguerite Sexton 1st. ‘Marron’ – Dave Weston 3rd. Tillandsia filifolia – Nalda Wilson

2011 POPULAR VOTE & MINI SHOW RESULTS 3 Most Points – Lynn Hudson - Bob Hudson Trophy Popular Vot Novice Bromeliad - Bromeliads & Logs Trophy - John Mark Cryptantus - Grace Goode Silver Ingot Trophy - Frances Boyd Tilandsia - Bromeliads & Logs Trophy - None qualified Open Bromeliad - 2002 WBC Florida Sundial Trophy - Darryl Listr Cryptantus - Grace Goode Trophy - Lynn Hudson Tilandsia - Bob Hudson Trophy - Bob Hudson Total Points - Societ + Cairns Show Lynn Hudson - 26+51=77, Dave Westn 23.5+26=49.5, Darryl Listr 33+14=47 Bob Hudson 24.5+17=41.5, Karen Stvens 24+2=26, Bernice Marks 10+14=25, Marguerit Sextn 16+4=20, Karen Cross 9+8=17, Brendan Leishman 2+14=16, Rob Giddins 15.5+0=15.5, John Marks 12+1=13, Moyneen Charltn 12+0=12, Gail Taifalos 10+0=10, France Boyd 11+0=11, Maria Grant 5+3=8, Beryl Watson 6.5+3=6.5, June McGlew 6+0=6, Gloria Wegner 5+0=5, Nalda Wilson 4.5+0=4.5, Judit Walsh 4+0=4, Marie Giddins 3.5+0=3.5, Paul Ventn 2+0=2, Harold Cooper 2+0=2.

Congratulations to each member who ‘had a go’ & entered plants, especially novice members. !!All Entrants are Winners. Well Done each of you. Congratulations to the winners who get to dust the Trophy for a year. ! Remember your peers voted you The Best. ! So who goes up to join the Big League? Any person who has been in the Society since 2009 and the Winners. Winners up you go Frances & John plus Bernice, Pina, Jan and Moyneen. Points allotted in Popular Vote, Mini Shows and Cairns Show are 3 points for first, 2 for second and 1 for third. Ties are shared as fractions - if three tie for first each gets 2 points. If two tie for first they each get 2.5 points, there is no second place, third gets 1 point.

4 More November Plants Werauhia kupperiana grown by Darryl is a real beauty that we have watched grow and never tire of seeing. The leaves now reach out to over a metre, each one now being 15cm wide. The markings are prominent and the leaves shine with health. Orthophytum ‘Warren Loose’ grown by Gloria was four plants in a large pot. Three had and they cascaded over the rim. It was spectacular and somehow Gloria had kept the scurf intact. In cultivation we attempt to keep the upright to suit our desires, but in habitat orthophytum lean to deposit their offsets and seed for future plants. The hybrid Orthophytum ‘Warren Loose’ came from seed of Orthophytum gurkenii grown by Bob Whitman. Vriesea ‘Splenriet’ grown by Karen Cross had long wide leaves with excellent dark markings. The inflorescence was straight and tall. Vr. ‘Splenriet’ is a Corn Bak hybrid from Vr. splendens that usually produces just one offset from the centre of the mother plant. Neoregelia ‘Shelldance’ a hybrid by Don Woods of Perth from Neoregelia ‘Fairy Paint’. This plant does not conform to a regular shape and we had two examples to see - one was open flat in flower, the other had the centre leaves reaching upward almost in perfect mathematical precision. The latter was grown by Maria, the former by Frances and it has some history - this plant had originally been grown by Lesley who donated it to our 2010 Christmas raffle and was won by Frances. It already developed a long stem and now had small hair offsets at the base. The pictured plant of curls was included in Nigel Thompson’s WBC 2008 display - he had curled it specially for the event! It caused a lot of enquiries and people requested offsets. I should have taken deposits for orders!!

Dyckia ‘Yellow Glow’ grown by Dave Weston was purchased at New Orleans WBC It does have vicious spines but the contrast between the outer green and yellow central leaves is stunning. It is a cultivar of Dyckia brevifolia and we hope it has at least 50 offsets. Neoregelias ‘Earth Rose’ and ‘Rainbow Warrior’ grown by Bernice were huge and had great colour. These neos really love living at Mareeba with Bernice Mark. Androlepsis skinneri also loves living at Mareeba with John Mark. The leaves were wide and a lustrous cherry red.

5 Show & Tell with Dave Weston Bifurcation & Trifurcation - Neoregelia ‘Moana Beauty’- Dave showed plants that were bifurcated, that had two heads that had split from the base, and one that was trifurcated, had three heads. Apart from this, the plants looked healthy and had good colour. Many of us had this same happening with this plant. Dave said it was the decision of the owner whether to split the plants or leave them to grow as one.

Architectural Plants - Dave suggested plants could be used to enhance landscapes when they were positioned to compliment each other, using their structural shapes. He suggested grouping plants like Billbergia ‘Domingos Martens’ with their strong vertical shapes and colours to compliment the circular shapes and softer colours of Vriesea gigantea. Alcantareas are now popular landscape plants, being used at entrances to soften columns and are spectacular when used to line avenues. ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now that you are ‘a full bottle’ on Canistropsis after I gave you two entries in the last Bromelcairns, here is the article I intended to include. The Weather. “Everyone complains about the weather but no one does anything about it” Mark Twain. The rain we had last month after strong gusting winds, was very welcome as our ground had become very dry. We were blessed with steady soaking rain and it was raining concurrently throughout the whole Cairns area - very welcome as we have been having suburb rain, one suburb at a time. This rain was really beneficial, the change in the plants was amazing. I realized I should give my garden more water, I have and my plants have responded well. ! We have had wonderful flowering in our aechmeas and other genera that have not flowered for years and this has probably been activated by our colder winter. No doubt the extra fertilizer has also assisted. ! It is getting more humid and removing offsets will be a necessary chore soon. While this is not good weather for garden work just remind yourself of John Catlan’s advice - that when it is humid and raining it is good rooting weather! Truly, your plant will push out strong white roots within a week. ! As we come into cyclone season if we get a warning, place your plants on the ground and pack them together so they cannot roll. Place bricks or rocks or a heavy object in front of them to keep them snug. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2011 has been another good year for our society and it has been really special to welcome back former members and some new members. We have had interesting meetings where we each should have learned at least one new idea or fact. It has bee good to have Novice members pluck up courage to enter Popular Vote. We done, keep it up. 2012 will be busy with two ‘Bloomin Broms’ with good speakers including ‘Mr. Bromeliad’ Harry Luther in September.

6 Members are becoming more interested in tillandsias and growing them well. Bob has provided information but we begin with a quote from Edouard Andre - you will find your amazement of the lure of bromeliads is quite a normal phenomenon!

“ Andreanae” 1889 by Edouard Francois Andre (1840-1911). ! “Among the plants I which were my favourite objects during the long trek across the Cordilleras were the Bromeliaceae. For fifteen years they have been the target of my increasing enthusiasm … Gradually a whole group of botanists was captivated by the Bromeliaceae because of ... the beauty of their foliage, their regular and strange mode of growth, their often brilliant flowers which are sometimes ephemeral, their decorative value for the greenhouse and the home, the ease with which it can be cultivated, etc. ! Large such as Tillandsias secunda and paniculata take hold in the tops of large trees, often overtopping them by as much as 3 meters or more with their scapes, jutting up as grandiose candelabras. The weakest of branches are adequate for supporting them and they are able to keep erect due to an unfailing balance. You might ask yourself how they are able to withstand the gusts of winds if you did not remember that there are hardly any winds in this equatorial where the ancient conquistadores discovered the famous “Pacific” Ocean and which Humboldt called correctly “the region of calms”. ! The green luster of the green tillandsia leaves is often very brilliant and shimmering in the sun when it is not richly marked with purple, wine, or blood, spotted or marked with zebra stripes. This coloration of the Bromeliaceae is so striking that several of them are appreciated by amateurs only because of their beautiful leaves. ! More than 700 species have already been described. We have come far from the number known to Linnaeus, i.e. about fifteen. However, what is still more remarkable is that the number of species has doubled in less than twenty years just as if these peculiar and beautiful plants had been patiently waiting in their unexplored solitude to be pushed out into the light of science. ! The traveller-botanist who becomes attracted to this task does not fail to report on fine and numerous new species. The field is open and the worker does not lack for work, nor does the work lack for workers.” This article was written in 1889 -122 years ago - what has changed? Very little.

Tillandsia funckiana by Bob Hudson 7

This species was collected in Columbia by N. Funck and to honour him Gilbert Baker named it Tillandsia funckiana. It is easy to grow and quickly forms a clump as it is caulescent and offsets grow along the stem. The flower is a bright red tube. In 1888 Morren named Tillandsia andreana for the bromeliad researcher Andre. It is similar to Tillandsia funckiana and also comes from Columbia. For a long time L.B. Smith placed this species with Tillandsia funckiana but to-day it is a separate species. Tillandsia andreana differs from Tillandsia funckiana in its growth, the axis in funckiana is elongated but in andreana it is short. Both are single flowered and have a large red inflorescences. Werner Rauh in “The Bromeliad Lexicon” he says it would be better to list funckiana as a variety of andreana. “The Bromeliad Lexicon” Werner Rauh 1979.

A few forms of Tillandsia funckiana 1. T. funckiana blushes red on the leaf tips when flowering and the leaves flare slightly at end of the plant and has a lipstick red flower 2. T. funckiana var. recurvifolia blushes a slight pink when flower is really recurved at the end of the plant 3. T. funckiana var. recurvifolia grey form colors slightly at tip when flowering. 4. T. funckiana recurvifolia 'Giant’ - a very thick form and has a very red flower 5. T. funckiana ' Marron' this form is very close to the same form 'giant' but has a maroon blush to the plant and nice red flower 6. T. funckiana var. stricta this form is a little different in that the leaf tips do not flare at the end of the plant. 7. T. funckiana 'grey leaf' this form clumps up nicely but very reluctant to flower. 8. T. funckiana a small form from Neville Ryan 9. T. funckiana 'giant silver' does not color very much on flowering. ****************************************************************************************************** Sorting Tillandsia utriculata var. pringeli and Tillandsia karwinskiana. ! Ritchie Sharp bought in two plants Tillandsia utriculata var. pringeli and Tillandsia karwinskiana. They are hard tell apart when not in spike as they both develop many pups at the base and usually make quite a clump before flowering. They are both very silvery/grey in their foliage and grow to about 100-125mm in height. The difference is Tillandsia utriculata v. pringeli has a branched spike, whilst Tillandsia karwinskiana has a simple spike. 8 TILLANDIAS - some of the DIFFERENT SHAPES by Bob ! Caulescent: Having an evident leafy stem above the ground. Rosette: Shaped like a rose, circular.!! Tubular: A cylindrical shape. Bulbous: Bulb-like, with the structure of a bulb. Grasslike: Looking like grass, thin long leaves. Caulescent Rosette Tubular Bulbous Grasslike albida brachycaulos balbisiana bulbosa capiliaris types araujei chiapensis dyeriana caput-medusae dodsonii edithea harrisii flexuosa ehlersiana festucoides funckiana hondurensis intermedia pruniosa juncea neglecta houston limbata seleriana juncifolia palacea ionantha xsmalliana ‘Showtime’ remota tectorum meridionalis ‘Curly Slim‘ ‘Ty’ setacea tenuifolia rothii ‘Eric Knobloch‘ stricta tectorum

funckiana stricta flexuosa bulbosa remota

Miniature Odd Bods azioides duratii bartramii kalembacheri bryoides straminea crocata streptocarpa retorta .

T. tectorum rosette & caulescent T. capitata ‘Marron’ !

Plant Preparation for Sales. 9 At the October committee meeting there was discussion regarding the standard of plants offered for sale. We considered that in some cases the standard had been lowered and was not a good reflection on our society. As President Dave said at the general meeting, we must present to the public bromeliads that are of a higher standard than those offered in stores and at markets. Good presentation is a reflection of our knowledge of our favourite plants - * Clean leaves aid the plant in photosynthesis - using light energy to make chemical energy to feed the plant. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1_uez5WX1o * Complete leaf removal from the base rather than cutting and leaving part of leaves. Complete removal looks cleaner plus exposing the nodes to the light stimulates growth. To show these nodes as future offsets is a customer bonus and constructive education. * Clean pot filled with weed free mix should not need comment. * Plant should be secure in the pot or offered for sale without a pot. Selling Tips. * You can only tell people what you know, never make it up, it could come back * Never be afraid to say “I’m new to bromeliads, I don’t know but ask so and so.” When you do this you are placing yourself on the same level as the customer and they will feel more comfortable. * Do not ask “Can I help you?” as you give them the chance to say “no” and walk away. Better to say “are you having a good day; have you seen bromeliads before; do you grow bromeliads; isn’t that one beautiful; do you like that one, I grew it” Stay with the plants, do not stray to other topics. * My favourite is to look in their eyes - some look confused and stunned. I ask “haven’t you seen bromeliads before” - especially with tillandsias ... some look like they are in a lolly shop, wondering “which one will I get first”... some you can read their lips “I have that one, that one” etc. * Usually at a plant sale people go just to buy plants. There will always be the “I’m just looking people - they also deserve your attention. Maybe today they do not have spending money but they will remember you were nice to them. You never know when they will come back and even say “I met you at … four years ago”! Price Tags. * Make them from recycled plastic - milk, ice cream and juice containers are ideal at least 10 cm tall. The price on the top, seller’s initials on the stem. * We put the price on BIG and put the tag in the centre of the plant as Many people do not wear their glasses when they go out - their choice. Many people will not ask the price of a plant in case they cannot afford it. * If you price tag is big and bold it says many things - This is what I want for growing this plant. This plant is worth this much for the time and care I gave it - usually a year! Bottom Line - That person you are speaking with is not just a customer, They could become an important person in your life. They could become a society member - treat them as special. 10 FOR ALL THE LEXIOPHILES (LOVERS OF WORDS) A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.. He often broke into song because he couldn't find the key. Every calendar's days are numbered. A plateau is a high form of flattery. When you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall. Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis. Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses. Acupuncture is a jab well done. Those who jump off a Paris bridge are in Seine. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart Marathon runners with bad footwear suffer the agony of defeat. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wayne the Painter" There was a Scottish painter named Wayne who was very interested in making a penny where he could, so he often thinned down his paint to make it go a wee bit further. As it happened, he got away with this for some time, but eventually the Baptist Church decided to do a big restoration job on the outside of one of their biggest buildings. Wayne put in a bid, and, because his price was so low, he got the job. So he set about erecting the scaffolding and setting up the planks, and buying the paint and, yes, I am sorry to say, thinning it down with turpentine. Well, Wayne was up on the scaffolding, painting away, the job nearly completed, when suddenly there was a horrendous clap of thunder, the sky opened, and the rain poured down washing the thinned paint from all over the church and knocking Wayne clear off the scaffold to land on the lawn among the gravestones, surrounded by telltale puddles of the thinned and useless paint. Wayne was no fool. He knew this was a judgment from the Almighty, so he got down on his knees and cried: "Oh, God, forgive me; what should I do?" And from the thunder, a mighty voice spoke.. "Repaint! Repaint! And thin no more" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

!! The Light at the End of the Tunnel

Due to recent budget cuts and the rising cost of electricity, gas, oil, as well as current market conditions, The Light at the End of the Tunnel has been turned off. We apologize for the inconvenience. IF you see this sign - DO NOT BELIEVE IT! They do not have power over this light & we are here as testament to the fact that this light endures. We cannot sit under it but ... We have often believed it is there and just kept going to the end of the bloody tunnel & .. Into the Light

Actual 'small ads' in newspaper 11 FREE! YORKSHIRE TERRIER 8 years old. Hateful little bastard. Bites! FREE PUPPIES Half Cocker Spaniel, half sneaky neighbour's dog. FREE PUPPIES Mother, a Kennel Club registered German Shepherd. Father, Super Dog . . able to leap tall fences in a single bound. FOUND DIRTY WHITE DOG Looks like a rat. Been out a while. Better be a big reward. FOR SALE - Small herd of COWS - NEVER BRED also 1 gay bull for sale. JOINING NUDIST COLONY! Must sell Hotpoint washer/drier £100. WEDDING DRESS FOR SALE Worn once, by mistake. Call Stephanie FOR SALE BY OWNER Complete set - Encyclopaedia Britannica, 45 volumes. Excellent condition.. £200 or best offer. No longer needed, got married last month and wife knows everything.

I wish you enough I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the day may appear. I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more. I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting. I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear bigger. I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting. I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess. I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An Irishman who had a little too much to drink is driving home from the city one night and, of course, his car is weaving violently all over the road. A cop pulls him over. " So," says the cop to the driver, where have ya been?" "Why, I've been to the pub of course," slurs the drunk. " Well," says the cop, "it looks like you've had quite a few to drink." " I did all right," the drunk says with a smile. "Did you know," says the cop, standing straight and folding his arms across his chest, that a few intersections back, your wife fell out of your car?" "Oh, thank heavens," sighs the drunk. "For a minute there, I thought I'd gone deaf.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nothing just happens or just gets done - someone has to do it.

Wishing Each of You & Yours a Safe & Happy Christmastme & realy Great Growing, Busy & Happy Year for 2012

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Hudson ’s Bromeliads Down Under Bromeliads & Tilandsias Bob & Lynn Hudson ABN 66 951 932 976 47 Boden St. Edge Hill Cairns Phone: (07) 40533 913 email: [email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 20th. WBC Sept 24 - October 1, 2012 Caribe Royal Hotel, Orlando, Florida Registration Fee (in United States Dollars) $US 160 on or before February 28, 2012, $US 175 paid between March 1, 2012 and August 24, 2012, then $US 200. All plus BSI membership. Remit Registration & Payment to: Dan Kinnard, BSI Membership Secretary 6901 Kellyn Lane, Vista CA 92084-1243, USA or on line at bsi.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cairns Lovebirds - bred by Karen Stvens 6 Alabama Street, Whiterock, Qld. 4868 Phone 0419021302 [email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Collins Ave Flowers offer unique, individual and beautifully crafted flower arrangements; fragrant Italian soaps; scented candles; hand blown & designer double glazed vases and Clifton umbrellas. A fantastic range of pots, plants, baskets & hampers. Fully stocked at Shop 2, 138 Collins Ave, Edge Hill Qld. 4870. Christopher Thompson & Joe Palcak Ph 074032 0697 info@collinsaveflowers.com.au ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Bromeliad Cultvaton Nots” by Lynn Hudson A little ‘how to’ book. Cultivation made easy. Basics in language anyone can follow. “Bromeliads Under te Mango Tree” by John Catlan A ‘must have’ book to help you think and grow your bromeliads better. Both available in bulk at reduced price. Contact Lynn on 07 40533913 or [email protected]