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Sutherland Shire Orchid Society January 2017

Reminders:

Membership Renewals Now

Due

AGM Nominations

Upcoming Events:

SSOS January Meeting 9th Jan

Camden Haven Orchid

Society Show 14th Jan

SSOS February Monthly

Meeting 13th Feb

President: Frank Daniel

Vice President: Jan Robinson

Editor: Richard Dimon

dimon.richard@gmail.com

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SSOS GENERAL MEETING MINUTES

12 DECEMBER 2016

Frank extended a welcome to our members and guests, Josie

Moar and the USA cousins, Rhonda, Becki & Jean.

Apologies: David Brookes

Frank asked for a member to motion that the November

minutes which were printed in the Bulletin and distributed

either by mail or email were accurate. Sandra Crosby

motioned they were correct.

Correspondence received

OSNSW September & October 2016 Orchid News and Eastern

Suburbs, North Shore, Eurobodalla, Species & Batemans Bay

Orchid Societies newsletters

There were no new members this month.

At tonight's meeting the Annual Point Scores winners were

announced, the Christmas party was held and the judging of

the growing competition occurred.

Upcoming speakers

January meeting: Seedling competition presented by

Richard Dimon; & George Birss will talk on his orchidaceous

adventure.

February meeting: Karen Sommerville from Royal Botanic

Gardens will talk on her work in pollinating Diuris arenaria

and other Diuris species.

March meeting: AGM

ITEMS OF INTEREST

Our Society’s membership renewals are due and can be paid

tonight. All members who pay their membership by the close

of the January 2017 meeting will go in the draw for a 12

month subscription to Orchids Australia. For those of you

who wish to receive the bulletin in the mail there will be an

additional charge of $15 per annum to assist with the

photocopying and postage costs. This does not apply to life

members.

The Society sent a letter to Kareela Golf Club seeking

sponsorship for the Society's shows by reducing the cost of the

room hire. The letter was timed to be considered by the

Club's November Board Meeting. Frank received an email

from KGC to advise that they are unable to waive the room

hire as the room hire fee is used to pay for the set-up, linen

and cleaning of the venue by outside contractors. They are

happy for the Society to have Monday to Friday at normal

room hire rates. As a result, the Society will need to source an

alternative venue for next year's shows. The committee will

be contacting venues to see what is available.

The next growers group meeting will be held on a Saturday in

February 2017 at George Birss' house. The date will be

announced at the next meeting.

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Frank advised members that the Society will need to fill the

positions of Secretary, Treasurer and President at the AGM in

March. If these positions are not filled then the Society will

close which will be very disappointing after operating for over

60 years. Additional committee members are needed on the

committee, with the departure of Louise Gannon and Cheryl

Matheson from the committee. He asked members to

seriously consider nominating for these positions.

For those of you who are interested in attending or have

already registered for Western Australian Orchid Spectacular

in Perth (5-6th August 2017) we have been provided with the

link to the “Tours” information pack. Please note that only

registrants & accompanying partners are eligible to

participate in the tours. Places are limited so please confirm

as soon as practical. The link is:

http://www.waorchids.iinet.net.au/Conference_Tours.htm

Each year the committee considers who should be promoted

from the Novice and Intermediate classes based on the annual

point scores and general ability in growing orchids. The

committee has approved the elevation of Peter Ng (117 pts) ,

Peng Sanaphay (92 pts) and Rhonda Jackson (75 pts) to

Intermediate class and Michael Dimon with 111 points, and

Michelle Rose & Bill Howse with 92 Novice class points will

be promoted to the Open class. Bill and Michelle won the

Novice Annual Points Trophy at Bankstown Orchid Society

and will be promoted to the Open class at that society.

The winners of the judging of the growing competition at the

meeting was Heath Myers' whose plants came first and

second in Open class; and in the Intermediate/Novice class

Rhonda Jackson was awarded first and third and Jenny

Sharpham second.

From tonight's meeting there will be a new Open class called

Dendrobium species.

On behalf of members, Frank congratulated Irene and Ian

Chalmers on their recent nuptials.

As part of the annual presentations, the president gave a

special thanks to the following:

the committee who have worked very hard in managing the

business of the Society.

the members who have worked tirelessly over the year such as

our judges, raffle ticket sellers, sales table assistants and those

people who put out and put away the tables at our meetings,

and those volunteers at our shows.

Heath Myers and Jenny Sharpham for managing the growing

competition.

George Birss for his efforts with the Growers group

Madge and Karen Errington and Cheryl Matheson for

organising of our suppers at our meetings. Madge and Karen

were awarded with a gift.

Pam Davies for her efforts in tallying the monthly show bench

results from which the annual point scores are calculated, and

the taking the photographs at our meetings. Frank presented

Pam with a gift.

Frank also thanked those who brought a gift for our Raffle

tonight.

LUCKY PLANTS - Rhonda Jackson, May Luk and Sandra

Crosby & Tony Costa.

PRESIDENT'S AWARD - Heath Myers for his mexipedium.

Frank presented certificates and gifts to the first and second

place getters in each class of the annual point scores.

The winner of the Rona Goudie Trophy for 2016 is Rhonda

Jackson who gained the most ‘first places’ in our 3 shows

(Winter, Spring & Spectacular) but failed to win a Champion

Prize.

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The winner of the Annual Point Score Trophy for 2017 is

Sandra Crosby and Tony Costa who achieved an outstanding

710 points. ST Ho was second with 355 points and May Luk

third with 272 points.

Christmas Party

Our members and guests adjourned to the hall for the

christmas party where people had some food and plenty of

opportunities to win a raffle prize.

Next meeting: 9 January 2016

YOU GREW IT

Vanda suavis grown by Lee Buivids

A wonderful species of Vanda that is found in Central and

Eastern Java. Growing as an epiphyte, lithophytes or

terrestrial it requires warm to heated growing conditions.

A rather large plant of evergreen linear (long and narrow)

leaves where an inflorescence emerges between the leaves

carrying 15 or more waxy, long lasting flowers of variable

colour.

Vanda tricolor is similar but comes mainly from West Java.

The inflorescence usually only carries 6 – 9 flowers. The

sepals and petals are different in width and are shorter.

In the Shire this orchid can be grown in a shade house and

protection in Winter. Grow against a brick wall, facing north

with a plastic or hard roof, particularly in Winter.

Dendrobium unicum grown by George Birss

A miniature orchid that is best mounted on wood or cork. It

has only short canes or stalks with a 20 – 40 mm

inflorescence usually on leafless canes with few flowers, up to

4 or 5. Although few in number the bright iridescent orange

reflex sepals and petals stand out in any green house. The

paler orange lip is quite large and has dark orange vane,

striking markings.

Coming from Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand growing

at elevations of 800 – 1500m it likes warmer growing

conditions with a drier winter. In saying this I grow mine in

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my shade house with 50% shade. I hang it high and it gets all

the usual winter conditions. Maybe if I was to give it warmer

and more protected conditions at this time of year I may get a

better showing, maybe, if I remember I’ll do it next year.

Oncidium pumillum grown by George Birss

Recently moved to genus Lophiaris pumillum. A dwarf sized,

mule eared, rigid plant with petite flowers so densely packed

on their inflorescence that they give the flowering a fuzzy

appearance. So rigid and compact this orchid looks very much

like some kind of succulent. The tiny flowers are only about 2

3 mm across on a short inflorescence.

This species originates from Brazil and Paraguay in hot humid

savannah at low elevations and requires heated conditions in

cultivation. Best grown mounted on cork and allowed to dry

out between watering. Needs heat, year round watering, with

a dryer winter.

This is a first flowering for me and I hang it high in my hot

house with bright light and near daily misting or watering.

fter mounting and now that it has become established it has

doubled in size in the last year and although still rather small

is, I would think, nearly specimen size for this plant.

Maxillaria tenufolia – no specific grower there were

six plants exhibited.

This wonderful species is found in Mexico, Guatemala, El

Salvador, Honduras, Niacaragua and Costa Rica found on

trees in the open or dense forests at low elevations up to

1500m.

The plant grows pseudobulb on top of pseudobulb on top of

pseudobulb in a pole like fashion. Each pseudobulb is

potentially a new plant as each pseudobulb has it’s own roots

under the sheaf like covering at the base of the pseudobulb.

You can plant a lot of single or double growth pseudobulbs in

a pot and as each grows you end up with a specimen plant or

pot full very quickly.

Each pseudobulb has a single leaf and from a mature

pseudobulb will emerge a singleflowered inflorescence. The

red flower with a strong coconut smell ( commonly called the

“coconut orchid”) or to some the smell is that of tiny black

ants, has a red dorsal and sepals with red petals that are much

smaller. The lip is white / cream with red spots.

A fairly easy orchid to grow. A squat pot, as it has a reasonably

shallow root system, bright bight, even watering year round

and increased fertiliser in the spring. It will tolerate Shire

conditions nicely and withstands temperature extremes.

There were six members exhibiting this species at our

monthly meeting and most plants were well grown and well

flowered. They can be pruned when they grow too tall and this

will encourage a squatter plant and more densely flowering.

The pruned ends should be potted up and passed on to other

members to enjoy.

IN MY GREEN HOUSE – December 2016

Well, sitting down to write this article, Summer has hit,

expecting high thirties today. After a great growing Spring

that had a below average rainfall I hope you have been

keeping the water up to your plants. Water in the mornings

and evenings, not in the heat of the day, throw water under

the benches on hot days to keep the humidity up or put trays

of water under the benches. A good idea is to grow short

bromalides under the benches.

For me my soft cane dendrobiums have finished flowering

and are throwing up new growths, time to re pot and divide.

My late flowering Cymbidiums, C madimum and C. Suave are

just finishing and gave a good display even if I was the only

one to enjoy it.

As I walk in to the shade house the first thing that catches the

eye is Dendrobium Gowan’s Tangelo. A scraggy rambling,

pendulous plant hanging up with lots of small vivid orange

flowers, a very bright spot among all the greenery. Another

eye catcher are the “Indian Dendrobiums”, D. Thyrsiflorum

with a great display of white and yellow and D. Mousmee,

unfortunately the display will only last about a week.

Walking around there is a distinct coconut smell and yes

maxillaria tenufolia is in flower with it’s small red flowers.

Further on are metre long sprays of Oncidium sphacelatum

just starting to open with hundreds of small bright yellow and

brown flowers.

Something I have struggled with are Paphiopedilums, but

after learning about this genera from others and re potting

what I thought were only a few but turned out to be around 40

and moving them into the same area so they can be attended

to, low and behold I have two in flower. Paph. Esquirolei, with

the most beautiful maroon petals. The other a hybrid, Paph.

Wellesyanum, which is a cross, P.concor x P. Godefroyae. I

suppose having two Paphs. Out is nothing to some but to me

it’s exciting.

In the glass house I have a Phragmipedium longifolium in

spike. Previously my Phrags. Were growing well, but no

flowers. I moved them slightly, a little more light maybe, and

now a spike.

In flower in the hot house Chiloschista parishii, small yellow /

cream flowers but the interesting thing about this genus is

that they lack leaves, just a bunch of bare roots on a slab of

cork and then a tiny leaf that drops off and a flower spike

appears. Another tiny dwarf orchid is Oncidium pumillum ( I

think it is now called Lophiaris pumillum)it has short “mule

eared” leaves with densely packed small smelly yellow flowers.

On inspecting my Masdavillias recently what were nice spikes

with buds are now in some cases just stalks. Bl__dy little

green grubs. Now is the time for these grubs, grass hoppers

and the dreaded Dendrobium Beetle, I try not to spray too

much but for some things you just have to get nasty to protect

those succulent tasty new growths and spikes.

Sorry for the absence of this article from prior newsletters but

times have been busy and there is soooo much to do when you

grow orchids.

IN MY GREEN HOUSE – January 2016

Wow another year has gone and again I am behind in re

potting. So busy before Christmas and hot too and so busy

over the festive period and now too hot to re pot again. Today

is cooler and I hope to get cracking this afternoon. I did get a

chance to look through my plants and dispose of a couple not

doing so good or had been neglected from hiding behind taller

plants and going to a better place. Also found a lot of good

stuff that obviously lives on neglect this includes weeds and

ferns. Maybe I should give orchids away and grow weeds and

ferns.

When inspecting I found very little mealy bug or scale which

was great and the little I found was easy to eliminate. I did

find however some small green grubs, not many, but enough,

chewing away on the flowers and new growths of my

Masdevallias. Funny how they only attack the soft, new

growths, or crawl 10cm up a stem, to munch on a new flower.

I’m not sure where they come from, obviously from a moth or

butterfly possibly those tiny grey moths that find a way in.

Could be a talk for a guest speaker? I don’t like to spray too

much so individual plant inspection looks the go.

Some members have had a lot of Dendrobium Beetles around

their plants, not just a few but lots. So far I’ve been lucky. So

keep an eye out because they are very destructive.

With all this funny weather we have had over winter, spring

and summer seasoned growers are saying how the flowering

of plants is changing. Either weeks earlier or weeks later. I am

finding it with my Stanhopea. S. Nigroviolacea always flowers

the week prior to Christmas my nigroviolacea and other

Stanhopea are now only in spike. Maybe if others are finding

the same we will see some on the show bench in January. A

new problem, how to transport them to the meeting, good

luck.

My soft canes have heaps of new grows, now is the time to

pump in the water and fertilizer and stake the new growths.

In my glass house I have a few nice surprises. Kefersteinia

taurina, a cute little species from Central America is in flower.

The plant is in a 50mm tube with 40mm leaves and cute

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cream flowers with a maroon/ mauve lip. Very nice. Sandra

and Tony check yours out. Also in flower are several different

types of Trichoglottis. I have a Bulbophylum Wilbur Chang

with a 20cm spike and last month I reported my

Phragmipedium longifolium was in spike, it is now open with

two flowers as a seedling, great. I moved my Phrags. About

one metre to give them better light, as they were growing well,

just not flowering. Well the move achieved results.

Back in the shade house and my Oncids. Both species and

hybrids are in spike or flowering. Also in flower is Angraecum

magdelanae which comes from Madagascar but grows well

here. It has beautiful white flowers about 60mm across and

they have a long “spur”. My plant is only about 10cm high and

has 4 flowers, stunning.

A lot of Cattleya orchids are showing nice new fleshy growths,

time to stake and time to give the plant a little TLC. The old

sheafs should be cleaned of the old husky growth. Be careful

because this is where the new eyes are developing and they

will be soft and brittle. Also hiding away there is where you

will find mealy bug and scale if you are going to find it. Spray

with Neem Oil and Confidor and rub off or use an old tooth

brush to scrub off.

Time to go, get things ready and relax in my Orchid house.

Annual Point Score for 2016

Name

Annual Points

Crosby S/Costa T 710

Ho S.T. 355

Luk M 272

Buivids L 219

Birss G 192

McEvoy W 183

Costa J 151

Brandon C 121

Dimon R 121

Robinson J 117

Chapman W & J 93

Chalmers I 78

Curtis G 67

Davies P 57

Moss J 54

Myers H 51

Field J 48

Hyde T & J 44

Gannon L 42

Phillips D 40

Petrovski V 38

Hitchcock M 22

Nidagal C 20

Hodder G 17

Fraser C 14

Coulton D 9

Chappel M 7

Dimon M 7

Errington M 6

Sutton O 4

Intermediate

Dimon M 111

Nicol R 75

Haney T 74

Matheson C 50

Hannah D & M 39

Middleton P 29

Sanaphay P 8

Novice

Ng P 117

Rose M/Howse B 92

Sanaphay P 78

Jackson R 75

Chan J 60

Sharpham J 49

Daniel F 37

Went D 28

Castle C 20

Spring M 12

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Coulton R 4

OPEN POINT SCORE TROPHY

1st Crosby S./Costa T. 710 2nd Ho S.T. 355 3rd Luk M. 272

INTERMEDIATE TROPHY

1st Dimon M. 111 2nd Nicol R. 75 3rd Haney T. 74

NOVICE TROPHY

1st Ng P. 117 2nd Rose M./Howse B. 92 3rd Sanaphay P. 78

CLASS # 1 AUSTRALIA NATIVES

1ST Crosby S./Costa T. 41 2nd Dimon R. 27 3rd Birss G. 23

CLASS # 2 PAPHIOPEDILUMS SPECIES 1ST Ho. S.T. 90 2nd Crosby S./Costa T. 13 3rd Dimon R. 7 3rd Robinson J. 7

CLASS # 3 LAELIINAE OVER 110MM (CLASSICAL

SHAPE) 1st Hyde T. & J. 39 2nd McEvoy W. 30 3rd Buivids L. 16

CLASS # 4 NOVELTY PAPHIOPEDILUMS

1st Ho S.T. 81 2nd Myers H. 18 3rd Chapman W. & J. 11

CLASS # 5 LAELIINAE OVER 80MM UP TO &

INCLUDING 110MM (CLASSICAL SHAPE) 1st Crosby S./Costa T. 38 2nd McEvoy W. 28 3rd Biuvids L. 26

CLASS # 6 PAPHIOPEDILUM

1st Ho S.T. 52 2nd Costa J. 3 2nd Phillips D. 3

CLASS #7 LAELIINAE ( NON CLASSICAL SHAPE)

1st McEvoy W. 33 2nd Crosby S./Costa T. 32 3rd Buivids L. 8 3rd Curtis G. 8

3rd Luk M. 8 3rd Moss J. 8

CLASS # 8 LAELIINAE UP TO & INCLUDING 80MM

(CLASSICAL SHAPE) 1st Crosby S./Costa T. 35 2nd Buivids L. 18 3rd Costa J. 14

CLASS # 9 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE HYBRIDS

1st Crosby S./Costa T. 77 2nd Brandon C. 26 3rd Dimon R. 15

CLASS # 10 SPECIES ASIAN (OTHER THAN

COELGYNINAE) 1st Buivids L. 30 2nd Dimon R. 26 3rd Chapman W. & J. 12

CLASS # 10B ONCIDINAE SPECIES

1st Ho S.T. 29 2nd Crosby S./Costa T. 23 3rd Birss G. 11

CLASS # 11 PHALAENOPSIS OVER 75MM

1ST Luk M. 61 2nd Curtis G. 14 3rd Moss J. 6

CLASS # 11A COELGYNINAE SPECIES 1ST Birss G. 18 2nd Chapman W. & J. 15 2nd Gannon L. 15

CLASS # 12 SEEDLING

1st Ho S.T. 59 2nd Birss G. 9 2nd Robinson J. 9

CLASS # 13 ONCIDIUM HYBRIDS 60MM AND

UNDER 1ST Crosby S./Costa T. 42 2nd Luk M. 30 3rd Field J. 20

CLASS # 14 PHALAENOPSIS 75MM AND UNDER

1ST Luk M. 16 2nd Curtis G. 9 3rd Dimon R. 5 3rd Hodder G. 5

CLASS # 15 ONCIDIUM HYBRIDS OVER 60MM

1ST Luk M. 48 2nd Crosby S./Costa T. 34 3rd Costa J. 14

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CLASS # 16 MISCELLANEOUS HYBRIDS

1ST Robinson J. 22 2nd Crosby S./Costa T. 20 3rd Chalmers I. 16

CLASS # 17 DENDROBIUM HYBRIDS

1st Crosby S./Costa T. 44 2nd Birss G. 17 3rd Costa J. 14

CLASS # 18 VANDACEOUS

1ST Luk M. 29 2nd Crosby S./Costa T. 19 3rd Moss J. 12

CLASS # 19 MASDEVALLIA & DRACULA SPECIES

1ST Crosby S./Costa T. 18 2nd Birss G. 5 2nd Buivids L. 5

CLASS # 20 INTERMEDIATE CYMBIDIUMS 60 TO

90 MM 1ST Gannon L. 9 1st Luk M. 9 3rd Curtis G. 5 3rd Myers H. 5

CLASS # 21A PLEUROTHALLIDINAE HYBRIDS

1st Crosby S./Costa T. 87 2nd Birss G. 20 3rd Ho S.T. 4

CLASS # 21B LAELIINAE SPECIES

1st Buivids L. 39 2nd McEvoy W. 36 3rd Crosby S./Costa T. 34

CLASS # 22 MINITURE CYMBIDIUMS UNDER 60MM

1st Crosby S. /Costa T. 14 2nd Gannon L. 13 3rd Petrovski V. 11

CLASS # 23 SPECIES OTHER (NOT ELSEWHERE

INCLUDED) 1st Buivids L. 34 2nd Crosby S./Costa T. 21 3rd Birss G. 17

CLASS # 23A OTHER PLEUROTHALLIDINAE

SPECIES 1ST Crosby S./Costa T. 53 2nd Birss G. 36 3rd Chalmers I. 23

CLASS # 24 STANDARD CYMBIDIUMS 1st Fraser C. 5 1st Luk M. 5

CLASS # 24A NATIVE SARCANTHINAE HYBRIDS

1st Brandon C. 62 2nd Crosby s./Costa T. 27 3rd Costa J. 4

CLASS # 25 NOVICE – PAPHIOPEDILUM

1st Rose M./Howse B. 36 2nd Chan J. 9 2nd Ng P. 9

CLASS # 26 NOVICE – CYMBIDIUMS

1st Daniel F. 14 2nd Jackson R. 10 3rd Chan J. 8

CLASS # 27 NOVICE – NATIVE & NATIVE HYBRIDS

1st Jackson R. 36 2nd Rose M./Howse B. 23 3rd Castle C. 12

CLASS # 28 NOVICE – LAELIINAE

1st Ng P. 85 2nd Sanaphay P. 14 3rd Jackson R. 10

CLASS # 29 NOVICE – MISCELLANEOUS

1ST Sanaphay P. 47 2nd Sharpham J. 29 3rd Ng P. 16

CLASS # 30 NOVICE – SPECIES 1st Went D. 28 2nd Rose M./Howse B. 23 3rd Chan J. 13 3rd Daniel F. 13

CLASS # 31 INTERMEDIATE – PAPHIOPEDILUMS

1st Matheson C. 15 2nd Haney T. 9 3rd Middleton P. 5

CLASS # 32 INTERMEDIATE – CYMBIDIUMS 1st Hannah D. & M. 14

CLASS # 33 INTERMEDIATE – NATIVE SPECIES &

NATIVE HYBRIDS 1st Hannah D. & M. 23

2nd Sanaphay P. 8 3rd Middleton P. 4

CLASS # 34 INTERMEDIATE – LAELIINAE

1st Haney T. 27

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2nd Nicol R. 21

CLASS # 35 INTERMEDIATE – MISCELLANEOUS 1st Dimon M. 89 2nd Nicol R. 30 3rd Matheson C. 22

CLASS # 36 INTERMEDIATE – SPECIES 1st Haney T. 38 2nd Nicol R. 24 3rd Dimon M. 22

MONTHLY JUDGING RESULTS

For : Dec-15

PLANT OF NIGHT

Winner Den. chrysotoxum var suavissimum

G. Hodder

OPEN CLASS HYBRID

Winner Paph. Lebaudyanum S. T. Ho

OPEN CLASS SPECIES

Winner Den. chrysotoxum var suavissimum

G. Hodder

INTERMEDIATE JUDGES CHOICE

Winner Den. 'unknown' P. Middleton

NOVICE & JUNIOR JUDGES CHOICE

Winner Onc. Sum Lai Woh J. & J. Riley

CLASS # 1 AUSTRALIAN NATIVES

1st Sarco. ceciliae 'Redeye' x 'Tinonee' P. Davies

2nd Doc. wassiellii L. Buivids

3rd Den. lichenastrum G. Birss

CLASS # 2 PAPHIOPEDILUMS SPECIES

1st Paph. moquetteanum S. T. Ho

2nd Paph. liemianum S. T. Ho

3rd Paph. esquirolei G. Birss

4th Paph. barbatum S.Crosby/T.Costa

CLASS # 3 LAELIINAE OVER 110MM (CLASSICAL SHAPE)

1st Lc. Rosie's Surprise S.Crosby/T.Costa

CLASS # 4 NOVELTY PAPHIOPEDILUMS

1st Paph. Lebaudyanum S. T. Ho

2nd Paph. Wellesleyanum G. Birss CLASS # 7 LAELIINAE (NON CLASSICAL SHAPE)

1st C. Mareeba Tiger W. McEvoy

2nd Encyclia Butch Luce W. McEvoy

3rd Epi Bee's Knees x Psh. Pastoris M. Luk

4th Blc. Glorious May 'HRR' V. Petrovski

CLASS # 8 LAELIINAE UP TO & INCLUDING 80MM (CLASSICAL SHAPE)

1st Pot. Roy's Magic 'Janet' V. Petrovski

2nd Blc. Momilani Rainbow x Slc. Red Jewel

V. Petrovski

CLASS # 9 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE HYBRIDS

1st Den. Gulginni x Andrew Persson

S.Crosby/T.Costa

CLASS # 9A DENDROBIUM SPECIES -ASIAN

1st Den. chrysotoxum var suavissimum

G. Hodder

2nd Den. chrysotoxum L. Buivids

3rd Den. anceps I. Chalmers

4th Den. catenatum L. Buivids

5th Den. unicum G. Birss

CLASS # 10B ONCIDINAE SPECIES

1st Onc. harrisonianum S. T. Ho

2nd Brs. verrucosa M. Luk

3rd Onc. sphacelatum M. Luk

4th Onc. sphacelatum G. Birss

5th Brs. verrucosa W. McEvoy

CLASS # 11 PHALAENOPSIS OVER 75MM

1st Dtps. Sogo Yukidian G. Hodder

2nd Phal. 'unknown' P. Davies

3rd Dtps. C.Leopard Prince x I-Hsin Golden Sun M. Luk

4th Phal. 'unknown' M. Luk

CLASS # 11A COELGYNINAE SPECIES

1st Ddc. latifolium G. Birss

2nd Coel. rumphii G. Birss

CLASS # 12 SEEDLING

1st Paph. Shin-Yi Sanders x sanderianum S. T. Ho

2nd Onc. pumilum G. Birss

3rd Paph. Wossner China Moon S. T. Ho

4th Den. atroviolaceum I. Chalmers

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CLASS # 13 ONCIDIUM HYBRIDS 60MM AND UNDER

1st Colm. Wildcat 'Bobcat' S.Crosby/T.Costa

2nd Onc. 'unknown' V. Petrovski

3rd Onc. Sharry Baby P. Davies

4th Onc.Pacific Pagan 'Kileua' M. Luk

CLASS # 14 PHALAENOPSIS UNDER 75mm

1st Phal. 'unknown' M. Luk

2nd Phal. 'unknown' G. Birss

3rd Dtps. Sogo Moonlight G. Hodder

4th Phal. Lianher Happy Go M. Luk CLASS # 15 ONCIDIUM HYBRIDS OVER 60mm

1st Pyp. Kalihi S.Crosby/T.Costa

2nd Onc. Tropical Heatwave 'Everglades'

J. Robinson

3rd Mps. Banana Fandango 'Banana Bread' M. Luk

CLASS # 16 MISCELLANEOUS HYBRIDS

1st Phrag. Geralda I. Chalmers

2nd Phrag. Praying Mantis I. Chalmers

3rd Lyc. Taurus S.Crosby/T.Costa

4th Lyc. Noriko Takaki S.Crosby/T.Costa

CLASS # 17 DENDROBIUM HYBRIDS

1st Den. Gerald McCraith H. Myers

2nd Den. rhodopterygium W. McEvoy

3rd Den. Genting Lipstick S.Crosby/T.Costa

4th Den. New Guinea S.Crosby/T.Costa

CLASS # 18 VANDACEOUS

1st Vanda suavis L. Buivids

2nd Ren. Poipu G. Birss

3rd Phal. Weddemanniana ???? L. Buivids

4th Chsch. parishii G. Birss CLASS # 19 MASDEVALLIA & DRACULA SPECIES

1st Masd. Medelita ???? S.Crosby/T.Costa

CLASS # 21A PLEUROTHALLIDINAE HYBRIDS

1st Masd.Ada's Leopard S.Crosby/T.Costa

2nd Masd. Beenak Vintage I. Chalmers

CLASS # 21B LAELIINAE SPECIES

1st Laelia purpurata var carnea J. Costa

2nd C. mossiae W. McEvoy

3rd Epidendrum baculus L. Buivids CLASS # 22 MINITURE CYMBIDIUMS UNDER 60mm

1st Cym. Australian Midnight 'Black Beauty'

S.Crosby/T.Costa

CLASS # 23 SPECIES OTHER (NOT ELSEWHERE INCLUDED)

1st Eulophia guineensis L. Buivids

2nd Mexipedium xerophyticum H. Myers

3rd Maxillaria tenuifolia L. Buivids

4th Maxillaria tenuifolia V. Petrovski

CLASS # 23A OTHER PLEUROTHALLIDINAE SPECIES

1st Pths. tribuloides G. Birss

2nd Pths. semiscabra G. Birss

3rd Rstp. iris I. Chalmers

4th Dryadella edwallii S.Crosby/T.Costa

CLASS # 24A NATIVE SARCANTHINAE HYBRIDS

1st Sarco. Delta S.Crosby/T.Costa

CLASS # 29 NOVICE - MISCELLANEOUS

1st Phal. 'unknown' R. Cawley

2nd

Phal. Baldrons Kaleidoscope 'Golden Treasure'

J. Sharpham

3rd Phal. 'unknown' R. Cawley

4th Mps. Banana Fandango 'Banana Bread'

R. Cawley

CLASS # 30 NOVICE -SPECIES

1st Onc. Sum Lai Woh (species ??)

J. & J. Riley

CLASS # 34 INTERMEDIATE - LAELIINAE

1st Bc. Marg Putman P. Middleton

CLASS # 35 INTERMEDIATE - MISCELLANEOUS

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1st Den. 'unknown' P. Middleton

2nd Den. 'unknown' P. Middleton

3rd Vanda 'unknown' P. Sanaphay

4th Dtps. Alice's Josephine Lewis

P. Middleton

CLASS # 36 INTERMEDIATE - SPECIES

1st Brs. verrucosa P. Middleton

2nd Brs. verrucosa C. Matheson

5 Easy Specimen Orchids

By Daniel Coulton

I often go to shows and talk to novices and members of the

public who ogle the large specimen plants and lament that

they will never be able to grow something so beautiful and

grand. Thing is though, often nothing could be further from

the truth. You see often those plants you see as specimens are

some of the easiest plants to grow and flower. The point being

that easy plants are best to grow year on year and are the most

consistent flowerers. But as this is not the case with all

specimens I have outlined a few of the easiest and best

specimen plants that are excellent starting points.

Coelogyne Unchained Melody

In my opinion this is the specimen plant for Sydney growers.

A common sight at shows during spring this plant bulks up

readily and quickly and can consistently double the number of

flower spikes it puts out every year if given a little attention. A

true survivor this plant is one of the first I recommend to new

growers and that’s because it’s so great. Preferring to be kept

moist and moderately shaded this plant grows well and

flowers consistently. The only trick is to only repot every three

years and to minimise root disturbance other than that as

long as you do not break it into too smaller pieces it grows like

a weed and you will have a plant covering the show benches in

no time. In addition, for the avid collector out there, there’s an

alba form that is well worth getting hold of.

Paphiopedilum insigne

Slippers or Paphs have a reputation for being a little picky and

slow to grow but not so with Paph. insigne. The bulletproof

cousin to those other fusspot plants this guy really can take a

beating and still produce a large clump with loads of flowers.

Another plant that likes a fair amount of shade and to be kept

moist it will reward you with flowers in early to mid winter.

This plant is so tough that I have seen it growing in full sun on

a patio and even planted in the garden though I wouldn’t

recommend either. Best results are achieved potted in a

cymbidium style mix and some good dappled shade. Another

plant with a number of varieties for the collector however i

find the normal form to be the only one that makes good and

consistent specimens.

Dendrobium fimbriatum

There are a lot of easy to grow Dendrobiums out their but

some make very unwieldy specimens while others can look a

little ‘messy’. Den. fimbriatum though can make a great

specimen. Grown like most softcane dendrobiums it is even a

little more tolerant of winter water than most other softcanes.

It grows with long slender cane that naturally grows neatly

without staking. Atop these canes are born a number of bright

range flowers that while somewhat short lived are a sight to

behold. The only thing you need to consider is a heavy secure

pot to ensure your top heavy specimen doesn’t topple over.

Oncidium sphacelatum

I was once told and I quote ‘you can grow this plant tied to the

bonnet of your car’. While admittedly I don’t actually

recommend this as a practice and can’t say that I have ever

tried it I definitely agree that I have no doubt it would thrive

under such conditions. Another true survivor of a plant that

you see less than you really should. With large sprays of

typical Oncidium yellow flowers this plant is not for the faint

hearted and can become a big plant if fed and watered well.

Occasionally leaves get marked from the cold of winter in

Sydney is nevertheless worth growing and recovers well in

spring to put on a huge display

Dendrochilum tenellum

Often mistaken for a lump of grass this plant is another orchid

that simply grows and grows and grows. Quite literally

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looking like a mop top this plant puts on a brilliant display of small pale tan flowers which mean its true value is when it is

grown into a large clump. Another plant that likes it airy, shady and moist the key part with this plant is to clean out all the old

dead foliage to keep it looking fresh which you can do once or twice a year simply by running your hand through the leaves a

number of times.

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SSOS will not be responsible for the results of your cultivation practices. The opinions expressed in these articles are those of the author and not those of SSOS,

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