BUNBURY ORCHID SOCIETY

Orchid Talk

Z Conway’s Choice x Zga Adelaide City

Judge’s Award and Open Popular Vote June Meeting Grown by: G & J Winter

The Monthly Publication of the Bunbury Orchid Society

JUNE 2017

Next Meeting Sunday 2nd July, starting at 10.00 am (please note new commencement time of general meeting)

All correspondence to Secretary

PO Box 1074, Bunbury, WA 6239

Editors Edition photos taken by Mike Baker

Den. Val Peck x Star of Gold Wally Heath Z Conways Choice x Zga Adelaide City G & J Winter

Adaglossum Frenchtown J. Palmer Onc unknown (novice popular choice) D. Meade

Paph charlesworthii G & J Winter Paph purpuratum G & J Winter

Sarc Galaxy 'SGS#2' Wally Heath Sarc Velvet Dawn 'Golden Years' Wally Heath

Membership Fees: Change of membership fees for 2017. As of AGM February, it was voted to

change membership fees to Family membership $20.00 and single membership $20.00 per annum.

Membership fees are now due. Please pay at next meeting, or forward to Treasurer, Andrea Shine, PO Box 1074,

Bunbury, WA 6239

Sales Table: A reminder that all your orchid needs can be obtained through the Club on meeting

mornings. If you need to pre-order any orchid bark or Perlite, please contact Norm Martin.

All other supplies such as pots, fertilisers, orchid clips, hanging pots, etc will be available on meeting

morning.

Morning tea Schedule for monthly meetings A schedule is being organised to share the morning tea duties. Please see Derise if you are able to assist with setting up morning tea, providing light morning tea and cleaning up afterwards. Please phone Derease 0412884937. We only need a couple of volunteers each month and a couple of packets of Biscuits would be fine.

Bunnings Sausage Sizzle will be on Sunday 16th July. Secretary Marg Nelson has set up a

roster for the day. Please phone Marg Nelson on 97341343 if you can assist .Hope to see you all at Bunnings to say hello and buy a sausage bun.

Help is also needed for the Winter show on the 28th 29th and 30th July . Phone Marg 97341343.

As it is the Club’s tradition, we will be enjoying homemade soup for morning tea at our July meeting. Thanks to those members who have kindly offered to provide different soups. Cups provided, or bring your own mug. Please call Derease on 0412884937 if you can help.

Winter Show: July 27, 28 & 29 (set up on 27th July) Location will be at the Australind Hall, behind the shops. Help is needed for the Winter show on the 28th 29th and 30th July to man the display and deal with public enquiries. Please phone Marg Nelson on 97341343 to offer your assistance.

Spring Show: September 15, 16 & 17 (set up on 15th September) Location will be at the Italian Club.

Rendezvous Hotel, West Coast H/W, Scarborough, Western Australia

Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th August 2017

WOC24 Bid endorsement …..email from Bruce Larson

Dear orchid enthusiast;

In recent weeks there has been some mis-information being disseminated by members of the NSW

Orchid Society in an effort to prevent Western Australia from gaining Australian Orchid Council

endorsement to bid for a World Orchid Conference & Show in Perth (in 2023).

In particular they have been claiming that orchid plants cannot be sent to WA. This is clearly wrong.

Many of us have been buying and importing orchids into WA for many years. Please see the following

information which is confirmation from the Department of Agriculture & Food (DAFWA).

Our planning and arrangements for WAOS 2017 will not effected. (previous WAOS events, the 2012

AOC Conference & Show and our annual Intersociety Challenges have not been affected in any way)

And to demonstrate the absurdness of statements by NSW we can confirm that commercial growers

Tinonee Orchids (NSW) and Species Plus (Vic) will (again) be attending WAOS 2017 with plants.

1 Movement of plants from the Eastern States to WA. There are no restrictions on the movement of orchid plants from the other States to Western Australia. The Western Australian Department of Agriculture and Food (DAFWA) has a biosecurity regime that requires inspection of plants coming into WA to prevent the transmission of plant pathogens and insect pests. Commercial nurseries can register with DAFWA by undergoing inspection and certification that their premises are free of matters of quarantine concern, and by applying the scheduled spray to plants before they are sent to WA where they are inspected on arrival. Individuals wishing to bring orchids (or other plants) from non-registered commercial nurseries or private growers to WA are able to apply for a permit to bring up to 20 plants that will be inspected on arrival. Fees are charged by DAFWA for these services (registration, import permit and plant inspection).

2 Movement of plants from WA to the Eastern States The recent discovery of the exotic insect pest, the Tomato/Potato psyllid (TPP) in Western Australia has led to restriction on the movement of any plants in the Solanaceae and Convolvulaceae families (potato, tomato, eggplant, capsicum, chilli and tamarillo, along with sweet potato and some weed species such as nightshade) to the other states. Plants in the family Orchidaceae are not known hosts for this insect. Advice from DAFWA is that this restriction should not be applied to orchidaceae as there is no known risk of disease transmission from them.

Bruce Larson

June meeting of the Bunbury Orchid Society was held in the Australind Hall commencing 10.00 am.

President Rick opened the meeting welcoming members and recognizing life members in attendance.

Attendance book was signed and apologies noted.

Minutes of the April meeting were issued with the Orchid Talk.

Minutes Accepted . D.Light (m) B.Harwood (S)

Correspondence Inwards:

Aquitial form from Lotteries West. Rick will attend to this.

Deed of Licence draft from City of Bunbury. Which has been signed and posted.

WAROO annual affiliation fee invoice of $60.00 emailed to Andrea Shine for payment.

Bunnings Sausage Sizzle confirmation form for 16/04/2017 which was emailed back 22/04/2017.

Insurance Cover confirmation email.

New letters from WAROO, Joondalup and Peel Orchid Societies.

Draft Agenda for WAROO.

More Orchid Spectaclar information.

Rose Society and Heather Domoney would like a stall at the Spring Show.

Phil & Shirley forwarded an email from Tony Domoney about the cancellation of the May meeting. He did not

receive his email before leaving for the meeting. All effort was done to contact members with phone numbers

only and as Tony had an email address we assumed that he knew. Next time maybe SMS to be sent.

Correspondence Outwards:

Posted payment of invoice and paperwork to Australind Shopping Centre for Autumn show.

Letter to City of Bunbury for shed lease due November.

Cards to Ron Sparks, Dick Light and Alan Blee who have not been well.

Flowers for Lyn Harwood who is recovering from surgery.

Emailed all relevant people our Insurance Certificate of Currency.

Financial Report:

Opening Balance $3911.36

Closing Balance $3700.26

Petty Cash $171.15

Term Deposit matures September 29th 2017.

General Business:

Awards were presented to all winners for the Autumn show .

It was decided that winners could keep the presentation sashes if they wish.

Signs have been sent to the signwriters for the Spring show.

Trophies are at the engravers for the Autumn Show.

Brian Harwood advised that we need a Show Marshall. Tressels need to picked up from the shed for the July Show

28th 29th 30th.

Brian Harwood will pick up the Ferris Wheel that we are using in our display at the Orchid Spectacular in

August in Perth.

Rick Winch advised that the constitution needs rewriting and he will do this. Will need to call a special meeting to

discuss this.

Insecticide for Scale is available through the club $10.00 for a 100ml bottle.

Seedling Plants available to members. Only 24 out of 30 survived.

Popular Vote:

Novice: Derease Meade.

Open: G & J Winter. With Zga Conways Choice. X Zga Adelaide City. This plant also won the Judges award.

Junior entry winner Lucas Thomson.

Membership number draw: Christine Shadbolt for Novice. Wally Heath for Open.

Mothers Day Raffle that was held over from May meeting was won by Tony Domoney.

Other Raffle winners were John Palmer, Derease Meade and Judy Shelley.

Lucky number winner was G. Winter

Birthday wishes were sent to Alan & Verelle Blee, Dick Light and Rick Winch.

Norm gave an informative talk on the Orchids that were brought for the Meeting.

As the next meeting is the Soup Kitchen Derease Meade is calling for volunteers to make soup.

Please call Derease if you can help 0412884937.

Help is also needed for the Sausage Sizzle on the 16th July and the Winter show on the 28th 29th and 30th July .

Phone Marg 97341343.

Meeting Closed 11.15 am.

Description Grade Exhibitor Plant name

01B Laeliinae - Standard (

Over 90mm ) 1st B+L Harwood Blc. Rosella Yahiro

2nd J Palmer C Bardekin Delight 'Dreamtime'

3rd B+L Harwood Blc. Erin Kobiashi 'Lahaina Gold'

01C Laeliinae - Intermediate

( 60mm - 90mm ) 1st B+L Harwood Blc. Erin Kobiashi x Chine 'Bouton Dor'

01D Laeliinae - Miniature (

Under 60mm) 1st B+L Harwood Slc. Bright Angel x Ctna why not

03A Paphiopedilum Species 1st G+J Winter Paph. charlesworthii

2nd G+J Winter Paph. purpuratum

03B Paphiopedilum Primary

Hybrid (Parentage must be

on the entry card) 1st B+L Harwood

Paph. Henrietta Fujiwarra (primulinom x

haynaldianum)

03D Paphiopedilum Non

Standard Hybrid 1st B+L Harwood Paph. Whitemoor 'Norton'

06A Oncidinae Species 1st J Palmer

Brassostele Summit 'Frenchtown' (was

Adaglossum summit)

08B Aust Native Epiphyte

any hybrid 1st W Heath Sarco Galaxy 'Bleve'

2nd W Heath Sarco Velvet (#3 x 'cool Dude')

3rd

W Heath Sarco Velvet Dawn ' Golden Years'

1st A Blee Den Hilda Poxon

2nd J Palmer Den Avrils Gold ' Robs Gold'

3rd W Heath Den. Val Peck x 'Star of Gold'

10B Any Species not

elsewhere on Schedule 1st B+L Harwood Stenoglottis longifolia

2nd B+L Harwood Stenoglottis longifolia

11B Any Hybrid not

Classified Elsewhere 1st G+J Winter

Zga. Conways Choice Cracker x Zga Adelaide

City Global

2nd S+M Nelson Dock. Tweets x Dock. Chrysantha

3rd B+L Harwood Zga. Conways Choice x Zga Adelaide City

13A Seedling Any Genera 1st W Heath Den. bigibum

2nd R Winch Sarco (Velvet 'Cool Dude' x Heidi Daniel')

14B Junior - Any Hybrid 1st L Thomson Den. Anbelene

15E Laeliinae -Cluster Type (

min 8 flowers ) 1st G Stachlewski C. bowringiana x milleri

17A Paphiopedilum Species 1st G Jackson Paph. insigne

2nd G Stachlewski Paph. insigne var. sanderae

20E Any Other Oncidinae

Hybrids 1st D Meade Burr. Nelly Isler 'Red'

2nd D Meade Onc. unknown

3rd D Meade Odina Pacific Paranoia 'Other Side of Cool'

21B Vandaceous Hybrid 1st D Meade Sartylis Blue Knob

22B Aust Native Epiphyte

any hybrid 1st D Meade Den. Anne's Rainbow 'Surprise'

Please bring JULY plants to the meeting for judging.

Meeting Plants

March

Zyga. (Black Magic x Kuitpo) Laelia crispa

April

Cym. Kirby Lesh “Pink Ice” x Joan Bryant “Harmony” Cym. Flaming Vulcan “Kerwin” x Blazing Fury “Hades” Cym. Flaming Vulcan “Kerwin’ x Joan Bryant “Harmony”

May

Den. Speciosum curvi “Peninsula Princess” x Dunokayla “Killa”

June Zyga. (Black Magic x Kuitpo) Laelia crispa

July Cym. Kirby Lesh “Pink Ice” x Joan Bryant “Harmony” Cym. Flaming Vulcan “Kerwin” x Blazing Fury “Hades” Cym. Flaming Vulcan “Kerwin’ x Joan Bryant “Harmony”

August Den. Speciosum curvi “Peninsula Princess” x Dunokayla “Killa”

September

Zyga. (Black Magic x Kuitpo) Laelia crispa

October Cym. Kirby Lesh “Pink Ice” x Joan Bryant “Harmony” Cym. Flaming Vulcan “Kerwin” x Blazing Fury “Hades” Cym. Flaming Vulcan “Kerwin’ x Joan Bryant “Harmony”

November Den. Speciosum curvi “Peninsula Princess” x Dunokayla “Killa”

BUNBURY ORCHID SOCIETY INC, NORMAL MEETING DATES Society Meetings: 10.00 am –1st Sunday of Month Committee Meeting: 9.00 am. prior to general meeting Venue: Australind Hall, behind the Australind Shopping Centre

Next Meeting 2nd JULY, 2017 Contacts: Secretary: Margaret Nelson Orchid Talk Editor: Phil Bunney 0419901335