OCTOBER 2005
COS NEWSLETTER

NEXT MEETING
Tuesday 25 October 2005 starting promptly at 19h45 at Athenaeum, Newlands

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MEMBER NEWS
In August I reported that Chris van Heerden, from Robertson, was not well. At the time the reports of his progress were favourable but unfortunately this did not last and he was readmitted to Tygerberg Hospital about 3 weeks ago where he sadly died over the last weekend. Our sincere condolences to his wife Rina and family. The Society benefited greatly from Chris’ contributions to excellent orchid culture and his wonderful generosity with his plants, advice and time. He was a true gentleman!

Birthday wishes in October to David Ronaasen (19), Virginia Schmidt (26), Anton Hofmann (27), Sheila Smith and Frans Gous (28) and Vic Baber (30).
Early November birthday congratulations go to Selma Ferreira (2), Pauline McKinnon (5), Greig Russell (9), and Bernadette Smith (11).

SEPTEMBERMEETING
My thanks to Margaret James for taking notes at the September meeting in my absence. From all accounts it was a very enjoyable meeting with Bes Gous providing many interjections of personal experience to the SAOC programme on Cattleyas and also relating what she had recently seen at the orchid show in Hermanus. Well done and thank you to Bes.

The first choice raffle plant was won by Fakier Moosa.

CAPE JUDGING REGION
The last meeting of the year is scheduled for 12 November 2005 at the home of Hendrik and Ellie van der Hoven.

Please contact Ellie van der Hoven for all the details ph. 790 2433 (a/h).

50^TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
Remember this is in 2007. Mike Tibbs has made contact with a number of speakers and potential visitors from around the world many of whom have expressed great interest in coming to SA.

SAA FLOWER SHOW - LOURENSFORD WINE ESTATE
The SAA Cape Town Flower Show will be held at the above wine estate in Somerset West. It is a wonderful venue and opportunity for us to promote ourselves to the public and lay foundations for potential visitors to our 50 ^th birthday Show and Conference in 2007. Think ahead and support us now.

Staging of the exhibit : 26 October 2005
Open to the public: 27 October to 30 October when the doors close at 5pm.

Plants are needed for the exhibit as well as help during the Show days. Free passes are available to workers and their vehicles.
Last year when the show was held in the Cape Town Convention Centre the Society won a silver award under the educational section. This year we are going for GOLD.

PLEASE OFFER YOUR HELP TODAY
Contact Tony Jarvis urgently to offer your help. It may be possible to bring plants for exhibit to our meeting on Tuesday 25 October, but please confirm this with Tony.
Tony’s contact details : Cell phone 083 653 8152
Fax 021 7834004

There is also the opportunity to sell plants, so also contact Tony in this regard.

NAME BADGES
There is a new, more contemporary format for our Society name badges. An example was on display at the September meeting. It is a resin coated, magnetic badge with Member’s name and the COS logo. They can be ordered from Susan Olfsen (ph 021 855 5701) at a cost of R20.00 or see her at the meeting.


There are 2 photo albums of orchid photographs in the Library which Percy would like to return to their rightful owner. Are they yours? Contact Percy if you think they are or if you would maybe like them.

COMMENTS FROM THE PLANT TABLE
Mike Byren, Ellie van der Hoven and Bes Gous commented on the magnificent plant table. There were a great variety of genera, colours and growing methods. I am particularly happy to see some of our newer Members adding their names to the list of proud owners.
I no longer have my notes from the August meeting, but it has been brought to my attention that I mistakenly reported an incorrect prizewinner for the evening. George Leyland apparently won 3 ^rd prize with his Dendrochilum glumaceum and not Ann Gray. My apologies to George and Ann.
Hendrik & Ellie van der Hoven’s Ophrys scolopax , the bee orchid from Spain, is very difficult to keep alive in cultivation so they are doing very well with it. Remember that Phragmipedium besseae loves cold and wet conditions.
Volkmar Schmidt’s Zygopetalum Kiwi Dusk ( Z. maxillare x Artur Elle) is the result of his own hybridising and flasked by Greig Russell. This plant is 4 years out of flask. The flowers have dark sepals with a gold edging to them and the lip is blue/purple.
Percy Olfsen had 2 plants which you may want to add to your collection for fragrance. Sedirea japonica is in the Vanda family from Japan and has a combination of green, cream and cerise coloured flowers with a strong daytime fragrance. His first time flowering Cattleya Nitsi x Laelia lundii (from Van Rooyen Orchids) had tiny white flowers with pink in the centre and also a daytime fragrance.
Reinder Nauta’s Dendrobium Delicatum was a huge plant loaded with white flowers. Well done.
Dendrobium Eclipse (a nobile type) from Vincent & Pauline McKinnon had whit flowers with a soft pink on the edge of the petals and a delicate yellow lip. Their Microterangis hariotiana was aptly named as it had the tiniest of orange flowers on a cascading inflorescence. The leaves of the plant are quite succulent-like.
Johnnie Kloppers had one of the newer “Dalmatian” type spotted Phalaenopis at the meeting.
Phal. (Golden Peoker x (Lucia Lady x Hsinying Lip)) was a seedling flowering for the first time…a white flower with Dalmatian spots in cerise. He also brought Phal. Maki Watamabe x Dtps. Chainxen ‘Pearl’) which had very dark , almost black, burgundy flowers with speckling on the edge of the lip and petals. Johnnie’s Odontoglossum Frickels ( alta x bictoniense) had more flowers than George Leyland’s plant but they are extremely rewarding in that the flowers last up to 12 weeks.
Eric Harley’s Laelia pfisteri is a rupiculous, intensely lilac laelia which enjoys very dry conditions in winter.
Dendrobium tetragonum from Frans & Bes Gous (from Manfred Waltner’s collection) originates from Australia and also enjoys dry growing conditions. The flowers are beige with a touch of yellow/green and spidery shaped. Their Bulbophyllum picturatum from India and also an ex Manfred Waltner plant, had the distinctive half circle display of flowers which is always so eye-catching.
Laeliocattleya Mari’s Love ‘Ina’s Memory’ AM/SAOC from Johan Bruwer was stunning with its lavender splash petal flowers.

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PLANT TABLE  - August 2005
Use this monthly list as a reference to the flowering season of specific orchids and also to contact the grower if you have the same or similar plant that is maybe not doing so well for you.

Johan Bruwer Ludisia discolor Laeliocattleya Mari’s Love ‘Ina’s Memory’ AM/SAOC LC. Straight Answer ‘No Question’ HCC/AOS Sarchochilus Fitzhart Moosa Fakier Maxillaria carlifolia Frans & Bes Gous Satyrium erectum S.carneum S. coriifolium Pterygodium Bulbophyllum picturatum Aerangis hyaloides Mormolyca ringens Laelia flava ‘ Bakro’s Pride’ L. lundii Dendrobium tetragonum Eric Harley Laelia pfister Dendrobium kingianum Oncidium Mem. Ralph Yagi ‘Red Dragon’ Laeliocattleya Fiery Glow Johnnie Kloppers Angraecum sesquipedale Oncidium Sharry Baby ‘Sweet Fragrance’ Odontoglossum Frickels Phalaenopsis Cricket x equestris Phal. Maki Watamabe x Dtps. Chainxen ‘Pearl’ Phal. ( Golden Pedker x (Lucia Lady x Hsinying Lip)) Doritaenopsis (Formosa Rose x Chin Shang ‘Stripes’ George Leyland Masdevallia Maguerite Copper Girl Laeliocattleya Fire Island x LC. Eve Ord Bay Dendrobium Mount Fuji Odontoglossum Frickels

Vincent & Pauline McKinnon Laelia cinnabarina Microterangis hariotiana Dendrobium Eclipse Reinder Nauta Dendrobium kingianum Den. Delicatum Percy Olfsen Cattleya intermedia var. amethystina ‘Aranbeem’ AM/AOS C. Nitsi x Laelia lundii Sedirea japonica Masdevallia Tuakau Gold Strike Ronnie Samuels Dendrochilum cobbianum Dendrobium Gatton Monarch Volkmar Schmidt Ansellia africana Angraecum sesquipedale Baptistonia echinata Trichopilia tortilis Dendrobium Altero Gold ‘Grace’ Zygopetalum Kiwi Dusk Laelia anceps ‘ sanderae’ x LC. Stephen Oliver Foraker Iwanagara Apple Blossom AM/SAOC Hendrik & Ellie van der Hoven Ophrys scolopax Phalaenopsis lobbii Phragmipedium besseae

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Plant of the Evening
1^st  Laeliocattleya Mari’s Love ‘ Ina’s Memory’ AM/SAOC from Johan Bruwer
2^nd Masdevallia Tuakau Gold Strike from Percy Olfsen
3^rd Oncidium Sharry Baby ‘Sweet Fragrance’ from Johnnie Kloppers

Most Difficult to Grow (a new category)
Ophrys scolopax from Hendrik & Ellie van der Hoven

Member’s Choice
Laeliocattleya Mari’s Love ‘Ina’s Memory’ AM/SAOC from Johan Bruwer

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CAPE ORCHID SOCIETY
P O Box 3347, Cape Town 8000, South Africa 
 
President: Hendrik van der Hoven  Tel 021-790 2443
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Vice-President: Michael Tibbs  Tel. 072 446 6272
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Secretary: Susan Olfsen Tel. 855 5701
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Treasurer: Jacques Jefthas Tel. 021-511 4508
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