September 2001
COS NEWSLETTER
NEXT MEETING - TUESDAY 25 September 2001
starting at 19h45 at Athenaeum, Newlands
AGENDA
POTTING AND REPOTTING DEMONSTRATIONS
Come and join us as various Members
demonstrate their choice of potting methods. Care has been taken to cover a range of
techniques and media such as bark, polystyrene, rockwool, stone etc and the genera to
which each is best suited. You are sure to learn from Jenny Kavarana, Eric Harley, Vincent
McKinnon, Volkmar Schmidt and Manfred Waltner who have proven their worth by the rewards
they receive from their plants.
There will be the usual Plant Table, so please bring your plants
for comment.
Don’t forget the plant raffle and plant sales at
each meeting.
MEMBER NEWS
Birthday wishes to Michael Weir on 15th September and
Eberhard Gersie on the 22nd September.
For those who were Members at the time of the 10th World Orchid Conference in
Durban, you will remember Pierre Joubert as the Show Chairman and his wife Thelma. Our
thoughts and prayers go to Thelma who recently suffered a stroke. We wish you a full and
speedy recovery.
AUGUST MEETING
It was a real fun afternoon when six teams competed and tested
their knowledge in a quiz on orchids and related matters. There were competitions within
competitions as some teams even competed to have their answers submitted first never mind
if they were correct or not. It was a good thing that Rachael had on her running shoes
(she’s in serious training at Run for Life) as she had to sprint from the back of the
hall. The winning team ( Sylvia Byren, Judy Geben, Bes Gous, Seiji Hiraho, Bill Phillips
and Peter Vurgarellis) narrowly won due to Peter’s masterly stroke of creativity in the
"make a corsage" category. Congratulations to the winners and closely contested
runner up, Greig Russell who was "flying solo".
Many thanks to everyone who brought the scrumptious eats.
The raffle plants were donated by Eddie Eveleigh and from the COS
stock. Thank you.
SAOC NEWS
The Society has received the statutory notice and agenda of the
forthcoming Annual General Meeting of the SAOC to be held in Nelspruit on Saturday 27
October 2001 at 16h15.
By rotation, the following Directors are due to retire: Eberhard
Gersie, Henriette Stroh, Joan Vercueil and Karsten Wodrich. All except Henriette Stroh
have indicated their availability for nomination. The names of the nominees are: Eberhard
Gersie, Joan Vercueil and Karsten Wodrich. As fewer nominations have been received than
vacancies, there will be no election at the AGM.
A member entitled to attend and vote at the meeting is entitled
to appoint a proxy to attend, speak and, on a poll, vote in his stead. Proxy forms are
available from the Secretary of Council, Sylvia Byren ph 794-6439 if you wish to avail
yourself of this facility. A proxy must be a member of Council.
A STORMER ORCHID GROWER ENTERS THE SHARK NET
Alan Bowley, who recently attended the Seminar in Queensburgh and
then the Symposium of the Natal Orchid Society, describes himself as the "Stormer
Orchid Grower" who "enters the shark net". He was full of praise for the
quality of talks presented at both the venues and also the superb organisation and
facilities that were provided by the hard working speakers and co-ordinators.. Alan
enjoyed the basic informative nature of the predominantly cultural talks at Queensburgh as
well as the subjects that he felt appealed to the more experienced grower at the Natal
Orchid Society’s seminar.
At Queensburgh there were talks on the culture of Dendrobiums,
Phalaenopsis, Vandas, Paphiopedilums and Cymbidiums as well as culture in pots
and baskets for limited growing areas. There were handouts on orchids to "grow in
your garden" as well as back-ups to the cultural presentations.
At the Natal Symposium Alan enjoyed the
opportunity to hear internationally renowned speakers as well as local ones. Here he was
up-dated on Anguloas and Angulocastes, miniature Cattleyas,
Phragmipediums, Phalaenopsis and the culture and care of species.
I have not included all the information that Alan
sent me, but would like to emphasise his enthusiasm and eagerness to be kept informed of
any other similar forthcoming events as the bug has really bitten!
Congratulations to all the organisers is the
special message from Alan.
SUMMER SALE AT ZUMA CANYON ORCHIDS
We have had notification of
this sale via e-mail. They are offering 30% off all available items until 15 October 2001.
Complete details are on their website at zumacanyonorchids.com. Their e-mail address for
any questions, is zumacanyonorchids@compuserve.com
AN INVITATION FROM THE SOUTH TEXAS
ORCHID SOCIETY
2001 Orchid Odyssey
When? 31 October 2001 to 4 November 2001.
Where? Corpus Christi, Texas
There will be a Show and various meetings of the American Orchid
Society Trustees, Orchid Digest Corporation, The Southwest Regional Orchid Growers
Association, The International Phalaenopsis Alliance and Pleurothallid Alliance.
If you would like a
registration packet, please contact Paul & Sally Hunt by e-mail at orchidman@swbell.net or fax: 361-882-3256.
The above information was received by
e-mail.
COMMENT ON THE PLANT TABLE
There were quite a number of
fragrant orchids on the table. Anton
Hoffman described his and Gerry Walden’s Dendrobium Delicatum as "the car
deodoriser". The one parent species, Dendrobium speciosum from Alan Bowley has
a wonderful fragrance.
The species Dendrochilum
cobbianum from George Leyland is very fragrant and is easy to grow. Another species, Cymbidium
sanderae, from Greig Russell, has a slight perfume and is very heat tolerant. It has
been tissue cultured and is now much more common in cultivation. Selma Ferreira’s Brassolaeliocattleya
Momilani Rainbow has a strong perfume especially in the late afternoon and evening.
Frans and Bes Gous’ Oncidium Twinkle ‘Red Fantasy’ had the expected reddish
flowers with a beautiful perfume.
The Gous’ Potinara Free Spirit ‘Lea’
had 2 flowers and 2 buds as a first flowering. It was a very beautiful daffodil yellow,
pretty mini-cattleya.
It was a treat to see the mauve Cattleya
schroederae from Volkmar Schmidt. This was apparently a jungle collected specimen and
not as good as some of the line-bred forms.
Ellie and Hendrik van der Hoven recommend that Dendrochilum
wenzelii is best grown under Paphiopedilum conditions. It had many spikes of
orange to rust/red flowers.
Selma Ferreira’s Macredenia multiflora had
2 spikes of small golden flowers. It is common to have 2 flower spikes per bulb.
PLANT TABLE – August 2001
Thanks to Mike Byren and Ellie van der Hoven for the comments on
the plants and to Sylvia for the recording thereof.
Alan Bowley
Dendrobium speciosum
Oncidium cheirophorum
Brassolaeliocattleya ( Yellow Point x Malworth) ‘CT Yellow River’
Sophrolaeliocattleya Tiny Titan
Dendrobium (Zip ‘Imperial’ x Peta ‘Royal’)
Selma Ferreira
Macredenia multiflora
Brassolaeliocattleya Momilani Rainbow
Frans & Bes Gous
Oncidium Twinkle ‘Red Fantasy’
Brassolaeliocattleya Asia Sunlight ‘CT Splendor’
Potinara Free Spirit ‘Lea’
Cymbidium Fascella Ruby 4n x Ruby Eyes ‘Red Baron’ 4n
Cymbidium Nut ‘H&R’
Ann Gray
Sophronitella violacea
Dendrobium moniliforme
Dendrobium Tina ‘Sammy’ AM/AOS, AM/SAOC
Cymbidium Daddy’s Girl ‘Petite’
Anton Hoffman
Cattleya loddigesii ‘Martinelli’
Dendrobium Delicatum
George Leyland
Dendrochilum cobbianum
Cymbidium Annan Cooksbridge
Bill Phillips
Paphiopedilum Golden Desire
Paphiopedilum Rosy Dawn ‘Superbum’
Cymbidium Golden Elf ‘Greanlands’ x devonianum ‘Arlbeer’
Greig Russell
Cymbidium sanderae FCC/RHS
Volkmar Schmidt
Cattleya schroederae
Brassia Edva Loo ‘Vere Cruz’
Dendrobium Honaka
Gerry Walden
Dendrobium Delicatum
Sysser Waspe
Brassocattleya Maikai ‘Mayumi’
Brassolaeliocattleya Travelling Star
Lycaste Jason
Phalaenopsis Malibu Elf ‘Oudepost’ x Little Fly ‘Oudepost’
Phalaenopsis Maki Watanabe
Odontioda Glyndebourne Belmonte
Wilsonara Tiger Brew
Hendrik & Ellie van der Hoven
Phragmipedium besseae
Dendrochilum wenzelii
Liparis formosana
Plants of the Evening
1st Dendrobium speciosum from Alan Bowley
2nd Brassolaeliocattleya (Yellow Point x Malworth) CT Yellow River’
from Alan Bowley
3rd Macredenia multiflora from Selma Ferreira
President’s Choice:
Wilsonara Tiger Brew from
Sysser Waspe
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