NOVEMBER 2002
COS NEWSLETTER
NEXT MEETING
TUESDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2002 starting promptly at 19h45 at Athenaeum, Newlands(Cape Town).
AGENDA
Prize-giving
All our trophy winners at the Spring Show will receive their trophies, so please make every effort to attend.
This will be followed by our …
Annual Raffle
This is the one time in the year when “anything goes”. Traditionally the COS has used the last meeting of the year to have a fundraising drive in
the form of a bumper raffle and ALL the proceeds go to the Ted Schelpe Fund. This fund is the life-blood for ensuring the inclusion of colour illustrations in the Yearbook. It is your opportunity to help
in whatever way you can by bringing contributions for the raffle table…homebakes, wines, chocolates, plants, gardening accessories or whatever other creative ideas you have!
P.S. Don’t forget to bring some extra money to buy raffle tickets so that you have the chance to stagger out loaded with
your booty (some people have almost, on occasions, needed extra transport home
The more prizes the greater your chance of winning.
And finally the…End-of-Year Party
Please bring along a plate of eats to share. The Society will provide wine and fruit juices, glasses etc.
We have always had a wonderfully festive time at our November meeting so be sure not to miss this one.
MEMBER NEWS
Joan Hart is recovering well from a hip replacement operation. We hope to see you at our meeting! Congratulations to Sysser & Mike
Waspe on their daughter’s marriage.
Congratulations too, to Sarel Spies who recently qualified as a neuro-surgeon (don’t confuse him with his father in Duiwelskloof).
November birthday wishes go to Selma Ferreira(2), Pauline McKinnon(5), Greig Russell & Wally Shave(9), Bernadette Smith(11), Hans
Cordoba(20), Lambit Kaudla(22) and Ann Gray(23).
Our December birthday wishes are sent to Rachael Braver(2), Sarie le Roux(17), Norman Freeman(19) and Linda Dietrich(30).
Margaret James is on the move and will soon be winging her way to her daughter and family in Houston, Texas. Margaret has made a
tremendous contribution over the years to our Society as Show builder, Newsletter editor and countless other roles including Editor of the South African Orchid Council’s quarterly journal. It is
difficult to say goodbye but her influences and enthusiasm will not be forgotten just because we can’t hear her voice or have her physically hauling plants and props around the hall. We wish you
happiness in you new home and although we would love to have you back in C.T., we hope the wheels turn quickly and the formalities are swiftly processed in USA!
Margaret asked for this to be included in the newsletter:
“Fellow orchid growers, in 1981, Dr Dawie de Villiers opened the 10th World Orchid Conference in Durban with the words “I am astounded to see such a cross-section of persons gathered here,
all for the love of one flower – the orchid.” Except for a small break, I have been involved in the COS since 1966 and have met the sort of cross-section of persons he spoke about that day. I have
formed lasting friends with many of them, with orchids being our main area of friendship. With others we have discovered other fields of interest and that has further strengthened our bonds. These
fascinating, and often bizarre, products of Our Lord’s creation, have brought us many years of joy and often heartache as some of them left us for the Happy greenhouse in the Sky.
I was deeply touched on the night of the October meeting when I received the wonderful tape you gave me as a reminder of my birthplace and home of the COS. I was deeply touched by the words written
in both the card and on the notepaper that many of you signed. I thank you for all the many, many experiences we shared and you will always be in my heart, mind and prayers whenever I see an orchid
in the future. I look forward to hearing news from you at my email address <maggieoei@howz.it>
which will be operational from 5th December 2002. Thank you for all your love, help and support over the years. There is nothing more special than an Orchid Grower.”
OCTOBER MEETING
Hendrik van der Hoven gave us a very interesting talk on his trip to Spain. While looking for daffodil species in the wild, he and
his companions found about 7 of the 20 –25 different orchid species that occur in Spain. The two main genera that he saw were Orchis and Ophrys. Ophrys speculum (Mirror Orchid) is
particularly lovely with its shiny blue-purple lip with a fringe of coloured hairs. The natural areas are very fynbos-like and often quite barren. Thank you for the opportunity to see species that
are so different to our own and also for the insight into the Spanish approach to land and its use.
The plants on the raffle were Bifrenaria harrisoniae (thanks to David Ronaasen), Paph.Winston Churchill x Western
Thunder (ex Paphanatics) and Cymbidium Sarah Jean (ex Caro-Lin Orchids). Happy growing to the lucky winners.
CAPE JUDGING REGION
If you wish to attend the Cape Judging Region meeting, please remember to notify the host in advance. The up-coming dates are:
Saturday 16 November 2002
14h30 – 17h00
Host: Ellie van der Hoven
New Paphiopedilum species and their influence on hybrids
Venue: 35 Nooitgedacht Drive,
Hout Bay
Tel. no. 021- 790 2433 (a/h) |
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Saturday 16 February 2003
14h30 – 17h00
Host: Stuart Sutherland
Controversial points in judging
Venue: 2 Country Side,
Vans Road, Tokai
Tel. no. 715 6508 |
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COS SPRING SHOW
We had a wonderful Show! Thank you, especially from Anton Hofmann, to everyone who did their bit. Ann Gray was ‘well pleased’ with
the response to the plant sales table which made over R10 000…a record for our Society!
We had a record number of plant entries as well as exhibitors.
The thanks have come from Anton,
but I think that it was all only possible because of his enormous contribution of time and resources and so the thanks should really also be returned for his efforts.
Congratulations to all the trophy and ribbon winners.
Best on Show
Best Dendrobium
Best Species on Show
Dendrobium primulinum
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from Vincent & Pauline McKinnon |
Reserve Champion
Best Cattleya
Sophrolaelia Isabella Stone ‘Red Lulu’
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from Frans & Bes Gous |
Best Cymbidium
Cymbidium Last Tango |
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from Wessel Strydom |
Best Miniature Cymbidium
Best green Cymbidium
Cymbidium Fifi ‘Harry’4n x Cariga ‘Sorrento
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from Roy Swart |
Best Cymbidium seedling
Cymbidium Yowie Flame ‘Port Wine’ x Vogelsang ‘East
Bourne’
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from Wessel Strydom |
Best Paphiopedilum
Paphiopedilum malipoense x primulinum
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from Thelma & Marne Strydom |
Best Maudiae Paphiopedilum
Paphiopedilum Garnet Fires x Macrabe
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from Sarie le Roux |
Best Vanda
Vanda tricolor
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from Volkmar Schmidt |
Best Intergeneric
Odontioda Picasso ‘Rubis’
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from Roy Swart |
Best Phalaenopsis
Doritaenopsis White Castle’Zunita’ x Zuma White Puff
‘Logan Vasquez’
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from Jenny Kavarana |
Best Coloured Phalaenopsis
Doritaenopsis Taisuco Beauty |
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from Jenny Kavarana |
Most Spectacular on Show
Best Specimen Hybrid
Cymbidium Brook Street ‘Featherhill’ x
devonianum ‘Arthur’
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from Wessel Strydom |
Best South African Species
Disa tripetaloides
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from Sid Cywes |
Best African Species
Aeranthes ramosa
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from Frans & Bes Gous |
Best Seedling in any Genus
Disa tripetaloides x Auratkew ‘Saffron Yellow’ AM/DOSA
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from Sid Cywes |
Best orchid grown by a Novice
Most attractive orchid
grown by Novice Doritaenopsis Faircape ‘Goldlip’ x
(Phal. Carmela’s Spots x Poco’s Gal ‘Oudepost’)
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from Delna Osborne |
Best Fragrant Orchid Miltonia
Bert Field ‘Crimson Glow’
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from Frans & Bes Gous |
The COS does not at this point have a trophy for the Best Fragrant Orchid, but the Judges felt that Miltonia Bert Field ‘Crimson Glow’
warranted the recognition for its tremendous perfume.
COS SUBSCRIPTIONS
If you haven’t already paid your subscriptions, please try to do so at the November meeting or at least before the end of December
2002.
PLANT TABLE - September
2002
Thank you to Mike Byren for the comments on the plants…the ones that obstinately remained in bud until after the Show!
Alan Bowley
Disa sagittalis
Dendrochilum cobbianum
Laeliocattleya Gold Digger ‘Orchid Jungle’
Cattleya Cherry Chip ‘Blumen Insel’ x Sophrolaeliocattleya Beaufort ‘Big Circle’
Laeliocattleya Fire Dance ‘Patricia’Iwanagara
Darling
Anton Hofmann
Sarcochilus hartmanii
David Ronaasen
Bifrenaria harrisoniae
Volkmar Schmidt
Dendrobium chrysotoxum
Laelia mantiqueriae
Miltassia Eurostar
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Frans & Bes Gous
Disa uncinata
Leptotes bicolor
Cattleya aurantiaca
Jacques Jefthas
Dendrobium chrysotoxum
Epidendrum leptotes
Ronnie Samuels
Cattleya Gail Ann
Manfred Waltner
Dendrobium thyrsiflorum
Cymbidium devonianum |
Plant of the Evening
1st Sarcochilus hartmanii from Anton Hofmann
2nd Laeliocattleya Gold Digger ‘Orchid Jungle’ from Alan Bowley
3rd Bifrenaria harrisoniae from David Ronaasen
Member’s Choice
Dendrobium thyrsiflorum from Manfred Waltner and chosen by Margaret
James
Have a happy, peaceful and safe festive season
Remember there is NO meeting in December and the next newsletter is in January 2003.
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