Upcoming Events WITWATERSRAND 2019: ORCHID SOCIETY

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Fun & Friendship Through Orchids For more details on these shows, see SAOC website or individual Society’s website. OCTOBER 2019

Meeting: SUNDAY, 3RD NOVEMBER 2019

NOTE : CHANGE OF DATE

TOPIC: W.O.S.A. - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.

SPEAKER: Karsten Wodrich

Date: 3RD November 2019

TIME: 13h00 for 14h00

VENUE: The Floreum, Johannesburg Botanical

Gardens, off Oliphants Rd, Emmerentia n

TEA DUTY FLOREUM RENOVATION CHALLENGE!

The members doing tea duty this month are: The Committee has received notice that the Floreum will be undergoing a long-awaited Leon du Toit renovation.

This will have a significant impact on our Society for about 6-7 months. We will not be RAFFLE able to use it for our monthly meetings or our Autumn Show. In addition, we will have There were 2 raffled this month; to move our books out of the Library building. The Dendrobium unknown, donated by the Crowe family, was won by Richard Florence. If anyone has any suggestions where we can hold our meetings for the next 6-7 months, The Bulbophyllum scaberulum was won by please contact Marinus Kort. Irene Mann This also applies to a venue for the Autumn Show. 1 | Page We will keep you informed as we get further information. Hopefully we will have a much better venue when all is complete.

… WOS YEAR-END FUNCTION …

Due to the success of last year’s function at Eagle’s Fare restaurant at Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens, the Committee has decided to return to the same venue for this year’s Year-End function.

Members and their spouses/partners are invited to:

 Venue: Eagles Fare Restaurant, Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens.  Date: 12h30 for 13h00 to 15h00, Sunday 24th November 2019.  Members and Spouses/Partners are invited  The Committee will pay for the Buffet and Garden’s entrance fees:  Wines & juices will be supplied from the R50 per person advance payment (see below)  Please advise Marinus if you have a WildCard or Bot Soc Card or over 60 years old  Attendees (except those with a WildCard or Bot Soc Card which must be presented) will have to sign the WOS list at the Entrance  There will not be a table.

Since we will have to declare a final number of members (and spouses/partners) attending in advance and will be charged on those numbers, the society will ask members to contribute R50 per person, in advance, as commitment to their attendance. This money can be handed to Marinus at the forthcoming monthly meeting on 3 November or sent as an EFT to the banking details at end of this message

Kindly RSVP soonest possible and before the month end general meeting on Sunday 3rd November so that we can finalise the booking.

Contact/payment details are:

Please email Marinus at [email protected] Or SMS me on 082 447 5081 Or WhatsApp me on the same number

Banking details for EFT are:  Witwatersrand Orchid Society  Acct No: 023092491  Standard Bank  Cresta branch  Branch Code (00) 051001 Kindly use your surname as reference to assist in tracing your payment

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2019 WOS SPRING SHOW RESULTS

GRAND CHAMPION

Guarianthe skinneri owned by Andre van Wyk

RESERVE CHAMPION

Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum owned by Erhard Schmid

SPECIMEN ORCHID

Not awarded

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CLASS WINNERS

CLASS WINNER OWNER

Paphiopedilum Best hybrid Paph Hinsyin Alien Jan & Ancabeth Grobler Best species Paph hirsutissimum Erhard Schmid

Cattleya Best hybrid C. Ann Duckworth Plantae Best species Guarianthe skinneri Andre van Wyk

Oncidiinae Best hybrid Oncidium Joe's Drum Orchidology Best species Not awarded

Vandaceous Best hybrid Vanda Roll on Red Erhard Schmid Best species Vanda tricolor var suavis Keith Palmer

Phalaenopsis Best hybrid Not awarded Best species Phal. lobbii Chris Steckner

Dendrobium Best hybrid Den Sunya Mark & Margaret Peters Best species Den thrysifolium Erhard Schmid

Exotic Orchids Best hybrid Lycaste Arcadian Sunrise Marieta Pelsner Best species Pleione formosana Chris Steckner

Best Specimen Orchid Lc Hot Sauce x C Tokyo Magic Plantae

Pleurothallidinae Best hybrid Not awarded Best species Masd nidifica Plantae

Cymbidium Best hybrid Cym Pauwelsii Mandy & Marinus Kort Best species Cym lowianum Jane Kratz

Best African/Mascarene Best hybrid Satyrium Johanna Augustyn Karsten Wodrich Best species Ansellia africana Chris Steckner

First Flowering Seedling Lc Hot Sauce x C Tokyo Magic Plantae

Best SA Orchid Bred & Raised Rlc Shane Burns Rth Free Spirit Plantae

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THE PLANT TABLE – SEPTEMBER 2019

By Allan Abel

Rules of the Plant Table

Every member is encouraged to bring and share their flowering orchids with other members.

However, for plants to be entered in the prize selection process, they must comply with the following rules

• All plants must have been grown by the owners for at least 6 months. • Novice section is for those members who are new to growing orchids. A Novice will cease to be a Novice when they; o win a Red Ribbon at a WOS Show or o win the Plant Table Annual Prize.

This month, the plant table consisted of 38 orchids belonging to 9 members.

Erhard Schmid Chris Hammond Angulocaste Olympus Guarianthe skinneri Bulbophyllum taiwanense unknown Cymbidium eburneum Den chrysotoxum Porrovallia Eva's Pacificadora Masd coccinea David Eastman Masd Gold Dust Phrag Elizabeth March Masd hirtzii Paph Saint Swithin Promenaea Silvana Marie Coumbanakis Jane Kratz Den x delicatumT Sarcochilus (Sunspot x Fitzhart) Pleurothallis unknown The Peters Jkf. Appleblossom Den New Comet Ctt Rojo ‘Barbara’ HCC/AOS Phalaenopsis lobbii The Groblers Guarianthe skinneri (alba form) Chris Hammond The Korts Chris Steckner Aerangis modesta Lycaste powellii Den lindleyii Paph delenatii Gomesa echinata Paph Julius Leptotis bicolor Phalaenopsis lobbii Sarcochilus Bunyip Jumellea species unknown x 2 Rlc (Bouton D’Or x C Coronet) C Irene Holquin C Sparkles C Unknown hybrid

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The best orchids, as selected by the members, were:

BEST AFRICAN BEST SPECIES

Aerangis modesta owned by Guarianthe skinneri owned by Mandy & Marinus Kort Chris Hammond

BEST HYBRID BEST NOVICE

Angulocaste Olympus owned by Phalaenopsis lobbii owned by Jane Kratz Erhard Schmid

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There was a Question & Answer Panel at our last meeting, and one of the questions asked was about the plastic mesh baskets Erhard makes for his orchids.

Erhard kindly provided us with a design plan on how to make them yourself, which is attached to this newsletter as a separate file. He has mentioned that the size of the mesh used depends on the size of the plant and its roots, and if it has pendulous spikes (eg Stanhopea). Another hint is that instead of wire for joining the edges, cable ties are much easier to use.

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MEMBERS PLANT TABLE ARTICLE

It has been agreed that should the person doing the discussion see any plant of interest, any type of interest, the owner would be requested to supply the information about that orchid. This information would be used to produce a short article for the Newsletter. I will provide a guide-line template for contributors.

Notes  You will be supplied with a template to complete

 Must be between 200 – 250 words

 Attach a photo if possible

 Complete all sections please

 If information is unknown, say so

 If a date not certain, estimate

 Any queries on completing this, please phone me 082 728 8360 Complete Form, save to your computer and then email to me as an attachment [email protected]

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Committee Members

Position held Name Email Address Contact Details President Marinus Kort [email protected] 082 447 5081 / 011 794 1041 Vice President Vacant – contact President

Secretary Kaitlin McNally [email protected] 071 164 3530

Treasurer Teresa Pretorius [email protected] 083 251 7573 Meetings Vacant – contact President Organiser

Newsletter Editor Allan Abel [email protected] 082 738 8360 / 011 477 7938

Extra Member Chris Steckner [email protected] 011 782 3959 Librarian Mandy Kort [email protected] 011 794 1041 Show Organiser Vacant – contact President

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