November 2001
COS NEWSLETTER
NEXT MEETING
TUESDAY 22 January 2002
starting at 19h45 at the
Athenaeum in Newlands
Please note : There is no meeting in
December
AGENDA
Prize Giving and Bumper Raffle
Fundraiser
We will be handing out the trophies
to all the winners from the Spring Show, so if you were a winner please make every effort
to attend to receive the accolades and silverware!
As usual, the last meeting of the
year will be a bumper raffle with all the proceeds being donated to the Ted Schelpe Colour
Fund. We ask you to please bring along as many donations to the table as possible so that
the odds of winning go up and the funds are boosted. Remember that ANYTHING is
welcome…homebakes, preserves, plants of any variety, wine, crafts…use your
imagination!
There will be the usual Plant Table, so please remember your
plants.
Our end of year party will follow all of this. Please bring a
plate of eats to share. The Society will provide liquid refreshments and glasses.
MEMBER NEWS
To our new Members we extend a very
hearty welcome. They are Mrs.T. & Miss M.Strydom of Tygerberg Hills, Mr C.Eva of Fish
Hoek and Mr G. Harwood of Plumstead.
November birthday greetings go to Selma Ferreira (2), Pauline McKinnon (5), Greig Russell
and Wally Shave (9), Bernadette Smith (11), Lambit Kaudla (22) and Ann Gray (23).
There are early December wishes
to Rachael Braver (2), Sarie le Roux (17), Thirza Lineker (21), Linda Dietrich (30) and a
very special wish to Norman Freeman who will celebrate his 80th birthday on 19
December.
OCTOBER MEETING
Hubert Kurzweil treated us to an
in-depth exploration of the structure of orchid flowers. He also provided a useful handout
that included a glossary specifically of terms for the flower parts. Thank you Hubert and
we wish you every success at the presentation in Shah Alam next year.
Eberhard Gersie also showed slides of Bartholina burmanniana seen near Glencairn.
SAOC NEWS
Congratulations to Eberhard Gersie
who has been elected as the President of the South African Orchid Council. The
Vice-President is Karsten Wodrich and the other Directors are: Leon Davies, Ann Duckworth,
Trevor Edwards, Joan Elvin, George Short, Herman Steyn, Joan Vercueil and Hendrik Vorster.
Congratulations must also go to Sarel Spies and Christo Page who fulfilled all the
requirements and have been appointed as Accredited Judges of the SAOC.
If you intend buying plants at the World Orchid Show in Malaysia we have been informed
that it will be very difficult to meet the import conditions required by the South African
authorities. Please contact Hendrik Vorster for all the relevant details before leaving
SA. His contact details are: Phone: 044 534 8681; Fax: 044 382 2882; email:
sales.quays@mweb.co.za
2002 SUBSCRIPTIONS
You should have received an
invoice along with this newsletter. We would appreciate it if you pay your subs as soon as
possible (no later than 31 December 2001). Jacques and Sylvia will be available to
receive payment at our November meeting…the last meeting for this year.
SPECIES OUTING
Where were you? The weather was a bit overcast but otherwise pleasant, cool walking
conditions. The quest was to find Bartholina burmanniana in the Black Hill area
near Glencairn. There was Disa graminifolia, Pterygodium catholicum, Eulophia capensis
, Satyrium carneum and Holothrix villosa to be seen but the Bartholinas were
unfortunately over their flowering time and but a memory for those who had seen them a
week or two earlier or on slide at our October meeting!
KIRSTENBOSCH DEVELOPMENTS
There is still great concern as to the
suitability and continued availability of the Sanlam Hall at Kirstenbosch for our Shows.
Members of the COS Committee have had meetings with Committee Members of other user
Societies and have attended open meetings at Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden in order to
remain as informed as possible. The proposed redevelopment of the area around the Sanlam
Hall and Garden Shop still allows access to the Show venue only after entering the Gardens
and thus requires visitors to pay the entrance fee. Various Societies are planning to
continue discussions of alternative ideas to allow access to the Sanlam Hall to be part of
facilities outside the "paying" gate to the Gardens. Negotiations are also
taking place for alternative venues for our Show during the construction phase.
COMMENTS FROM THE PLANT TABLE
The McKinnons have been dubbed the
"Dendrobium Kings" Their collection brought to the Plant Table underscored the
reason. Their plants are healthy, beautifully grown and stunning to look at. Dendrobium
primulinum was a deserved Plant of the Evening with numerous flowering canes of large
lilac flowers with a white lip. Dendrobium densiflorum was a beautifully grown and
flowered example with exceptional colour.
Louis Vogelpoel’s Phragmipedium Don Wimber ( Eric Young x besseae) had
2 flowers of stunning colour on a nicely grown plant. Louis reports that his Disa
sagittalis is easy to grow so try to acquire one as part of an indigenous collection.
Louis also reports that his great find from Mexico, Stenorrhynchus speciosum "grows
like the clappers". It requires no heat and has distinct coral pink to red flowers.
Anton Hofmann’s Sarcochilus hartmanii ‘Clearwater’ x George’
was a good form on a nice compact plant.
The Gersies’ Paphiopedilum armeniacum had 3 well-displayed flowers on a
beautifully grown plant.
Frans and Bes Gous brought along some ‘history’ with a spike of Cymbidium Highland
Mist ‘Dillabirra’ GM 10thWOC. The plant won Best Orchid and Best Cymbidium on
Show at the World Orchid Conference and Show held in Durban in 1981. Theirs was a
well-flowered spike of 10 large blooms beautifully displayed on the spike. The plant was
just too big to fit in the car!
Ann Gray brought along Aspasia lunata, a warm tolerant species we seldom see here
in Cape Town. It was flowering off 5 growths and looking extremely happy.
LAST WORD FOR 2001
This is the last newsletter for
this year so it just remains for me to pass on the wishes from the COS Committee and I
that you all enjoy a peaceful and blessed Christmas and prosperity in the New Year. I will
be sending out a newsletter in January to nudge you all back into action and will see you
on 22 January 2002 at the usual place and the usual time.
Please note : There is no meeting in December
PLANT TABLE – October 2001
Thank you to everyone who
contributed!
Eddie Eveleigh
Phalaenopsis (Via Camino Real x amabilis ‘O’ x Malibu Elf
‘O’)
Angulocaste Olympus ‘Everest’
Eberhard & Wendy Gersie
Paphiopedilum armeniacum
Frans & Bes Gous
Maxillaria variabilis
Bifrenaria harrisoniae ‘alba’
Sarcochilus Pinky x Fitzhart (x2)
Cattleya aurantiaca x cinnabarina
Cymbidium Highland Mist ‘Dillabirra’ GM 10th WOC
Oncidium Golden Binot
Ann Gray
Maxillaria variabilis
Capanemia uliginosa
Aspasia lunata
Maxillaria species (unidentified)
Eric Harley
Paphiopedilum armeniacum
Ascocenda Dong Tarn
Anton Hofmann
Sarcochilus hartmanii ‘Clearwater’ x ‘George’
Miltonia Hurricane Ridge ‘Silvia’
Jacques Jefthas
Dendrobium chrysotoxum
Phragmipedium Ainsworthii
Vincent McKinnon
Dendrobium primulinum
Dendrobium densiflorum
Dendrobium jenkinsii
Louis Vogelpoel
Sarcochilus hartmannii ‘George’ x ‘Perfect Circle’
Stenorrhynchus speciosum
Disa sagittalis
Coelogyne mooreana ‘Brockhurst’ FCC/RHS
Masdevallia coccinea alba
Sarcochilus Fitzhart
Phragmipedium Don Wimber
Oncidium (sphacelatum x maculatum) x Odontioda Fire Flower ‘Carol Ann’
AM/AOS
Sysser Waspe
Paphiopedilum micranthum ‘Tokai Pink’
Cattleya intermedia x self ‘Pintada do tenente’
Leptotes bicolor
Calanthe vestita
Vandofinetia Blaupunkt
Plants of the Evening
1st Dendrobium
primulinum from Vincent McKinnon
2nd Phragmipedium Don Wimber from Louis Vogelpoel
3rd Sarcochilus hartmanii ‘Clearwater’ x ‘George’
from Anton Hofmann
President’s Choice:
Paphiopedilum armeniacum from
the Gersies
CAPE ORCHID SOCIETY
P O Box 3347, Cape Town 8000, South
Africa
President: Peter Vurgarellis, Tel 021-671-8166
email: vurgie@mweb.co.za
Vice-President: still vacant
Secretary: Sylvia Byren, Tel 021-794-6439
email: byren@worldonline.co.za
Treasurer: Jacques Jefthas, Tel
021-511-4508
Librarian: Bill Phillips Tel 021-788-8743
email: phillipsw@mail.pentech.ac.za
Newsletter: Wendy Gersie, Tel 021-712-8721
email: gersie@iafrica.com
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