Sutherland Shire Orchid Society May 2016

Laelia perrinii - Sandra Crosby/ Tony Costa

Items of Interest

The committee has decided to close our email address postmaster@ssos.org.au as it was receiving mostly spam and is a risk to the receiver's computer. People who

wish to contact the club will now ring the contact number on the website.

Australian Orchid Foundation has advised the Society that their Essay Prize topic for 2016 is "Hybridising Orchids". The closing date for entries is 30 June 2016. Three

prizes are to be won, 1st prize $350, 2nd prize $250 and 3rd prize $150.

They run an international Seed and Protocorm Bank to promote and facilitate the propagation and conservation of orchid species. They urgently require donations of

fresh orchid seed. They also are seeking financial donations to their Trust Fund which are tax deductible. If members are interested, they are encouraged to visit the

AOF website at www.australianorchidfoundation.org.au.

Upcoming Events:

SSOS Auction night 9th May

Orchids Out West 13th-15th May

Bankstown Orchid Show 19th-22nd May

Paph society of NSW 18th May

Ermingtom Community Centre

Revesby Workers Australian native

Orchid Club 25th May

Southside Species 26th May Berala

Community Centre

President: Frank Daniel

Vice President: Jan Robinson

Treasurer: George Birss

Editor: Richard Dimon

dimon.richard@gmail.com

Some of our members achieved outstanding results from entering their plants over the 3 sessions in the 2016 Sydney

Royal Easter Show. Their plants really boosted the numbers in the display. Congratulations to all those who participated.

Kevin Wilson is turning 90 and is having a luncheon on 28 May at Davistown RSL. His friends are invited to attend

and should contact Louise for the details.

The May meeting is the Society's auction night. If you are putting plants in the auction, simply place two tags in your plant’s pot, one with your name on it and the other with the name of the plant. If a plant has a reserve price, write the word “Reserve” and the price on the tag. We will give you a coloured stick-on spot for you to stick on to your plant to indicate it has a reserve price. There is a limit of 6 plants each member can sell at the auction. You will be paid less

the 15% commission on the next meeting night. Club vouchers for the sales table can be used as payment in the auction. Purchases will be CASH ONLY so bring plenty. There will be no sales table at the May meeting.

Please note that the Society reserves the right to reject any plants for sale without giving a reason. Make sure you

are not selling a sick or diseased plant or one that you have just repotted. Plants must also be free of pests. If you are not willing to buy a plant in a poor condition, then do not sell plants in a similar condition.

Mingara Orchid Fair & Show will be held on Saturday 25 & Sunday 26 June at Mingara Recreation Club, Mingara

Drive, Tumbi Umbi. Saturday 9:00am to 5:00pm and Sunday 9:00am to 3:00pm. Admission is free.

Bankstown Orchid society would like to organise a bus trip to the ANOS National Conference on the weekend of 3rd and 4th of September 2016 to Kempsey. They are offering our members the opportunity to also go along. It will be an overnight trip and it is planned to stop off at two orchid nurseries on the trip. The cost will depend on how many people attend. They are seeking expressions of interest to have some idea whether enough people are interested

(need 40). If you are interested would you let Rhonda Jackson know on 9520 2784 or thejackson4@bigpond.com by 10 May 2016?

Last Month’s Speaker

David Brooks gave a valuable and entertaining talk on growing cymbidiums, showing wonderful pictures of both classic and new hybrids.

Coming Up

MAY: SSOS Auction night

JUNE: Garrie Bromley will talk on Cattleyas

JULY: Gary Hart will speak on Prags & Paphs

Next meeting: 9th May 2016

Oncidium onustum grown by Sandra

Crosby and Tony Costa

SSOS ROCKS THE EASTER SHOW!!

For the first time in years, the orchid display at the Royal Easter Show looked like a proper competition, thanks mainly to six members of SSOS who participated in the fun-

-George, Gavin, Cheryl, the father and son duo of Richie and Michael Dimon, and Yours Truly. It took a bit of cajoling and numerous emails and texts back and forth to

get The Six organised, as the rules and procedures for entering the Show are somewhat onerous and confusing if you haven't been through it all before. Just when I

thought I had The Six all set to enter plants into the first session of orchid judging, I received a message from Cheryl saying she had decided not to put any plants into the

Show, as she only had one orchid in flower and "it definitely is not a winner." After sending me this message, Cheryl then proceeded to take her dogs out for a 50 km or so walk. In the meantime, I rang her back and left MY message, telling her she really should put her plant in as any plant on the show bench is better than an empty space, encouraging her to reconsider, and asking her to ring me back straight away. At 11:45

a.m.--15 minutes before the deadline to register her plants--Cheryl finally rang me back. I managed to convince her to enter her non-winner plant, and miraculously she was

able to ring through to the Flower Show hotline and get her plant registered before the deadline expired. Incidentally, the Easter Show is a bit odd in that they don't give two

hoots about the name of any of your plants. In fact, they DON'T EVEN WANT TO KNOW the name of any of your entries, they just want to know the class number each

Exhibitor is entering and how many plants in each class. Easy, peasy.

You can imagine Cheryl's delight when her plant won FIRST PLACE in its class in that first session! George was pretty happy as well, winning two 1sts, two 2nds and three 3rds!

The Dimon Duo took out the vandaceous division with all three places and won two other 3rd places as well. Gavin was over the moon with his results, sweeping both the cluster cattleya and phalaenopsis sections and winning 2nd place in dendrobium hybrids---plus

CHAMPION MONOPODIAL ORCHID with his gorgeous pink phally and CHAMPION LAELIINAE ORCHID with a stunning red cluster cattleya!! Yours Truly got four 1sts, a 2nd and my Coelogyne speciosa won Champion Species Orchid. Of the 36 1st, 2nd and 3rd

places that were given in that first session, your Sutherland group won 24. Of the 5 Champions that were awarded, Sutherland got 3!! The Sutherland Six were pretty excited

with these results and couldn't wait for the next session.

There is no rule against putting the same plants into multiple judging sessions, and you can add different plants as they come into flower and take out plants as they

finish flowering. This keeps the exhibits fresh and interesting for the general public. Quite a few of Sutherland's first session orchids showed up again for Round Two, but we added some new ones and again did very well. Forty-two 1st, 2nd and 3rd

places were won---29 of those by the Sutherland Six! Gavin won CHAMPION LAELIINAE, Yours Truly won CHAMPION PAPH, and Cheryl's "non-winning plant"

won CHAMPION SPECIES ORCHID!!!! Cheryl could not believe it!! That Dendrochilum cobbianum was certainly earning some new respect!

Round Two and Round Three of the orchid sessions were back to back, so luckily we didn't have to drive to Homebush at midnight to swap plants around.

(Ian Chalmers did that for us, thank you Ian!) Again, the Sutherland Six took out the majority of the prizes, winning 31 of the 45 places. Gavin kept up his

winning cattleya streak and once again got CHAMPION LAELIINAE ORCHID, the Dimon Duo won CHAMPION MONOPODIAL ORCHID with a gorgeous red vanda, and Yours Truly won CHAMPION PAPH again (I was the only one who entered any paphs!) with a seedling that I had got from Daniel Coulton a few

years ago.

The top orchid in each judging session is deemed the "Supreme Champion." It is only right (at least in my opinion!) that for all my efforts organising the Sutherland Six, I should get some type of reward. My Coelogyne speciosa was named the Supreme Champion of the first session and my Paphiopedilum Hsinying Cherry

Fairy won Supreme Champion of the second session, reward indeed! If that's the reward, who wants to organise SSOS's exhibitors for next year's Easter Show

competition, please step forward?!?!

Well done, the Sutherland Six!! There are already plans afoot for SSOS to make next year's orchid competition in the Royal Easter Show bigger and better. Stay

tuned!

Submitted by Jan Robinson

SSOS WINTER SHOW

After many years of staging our Annual Orchid Shows at Swanes Nursery, Sylvania, it has sadly all come to an end with the nursery closing in June and the land to be sold for medium density housing. Swane’s Nursery were always very generous with their sponsorship, providing us with a secure area for staging our shows, prize money, vouchers and paying for the

rosettes. Nothing was ever too much trouble. I am sure we all wish them well for the future.

Our Committee looked at a number of halls, clubs etc. as a suitable replacement venue. Thanks to our President Frank, we have secured a room at the Kareela Golf Club – address 2 Bates Drive, Kareela. The Winter Show will be held here on Friday 17 June, Saturday 18 June (both 10am to 7pm) and Sunday 19 June (10am to 4pm), with set-up on 16 Thursday (time to be

confirmed). The room is located downstairs and has a fantastic outlook over the golf course.

Members who have only a few orchid plants can bring them through the main entrance and down the stairs. Members who have a number of plants will be able to drive down the single lane side drive-way to the back of the club where you can

unload. Setting up will be very minimal as the club will have put the tables out with black tablecloths. As always there will be a sales table.

Our Winter Show Schedule has been reviewed by the committee. They have looked back over the past few years at the participation in all of the classes and decided to change/combine/omit some classes. We now have 40 classes. This will possibly be reviewed once again for next year’s show. The Winter Show Schedule will be attached to the June Bulletin.

There will be no potting demonstrations, instead we are offering visitors the opportunity to have their orchid plants repotted. Maximum of 2 average sized plants per person. We will charge a reasonable amount for the service, pots and mix. Times:

11am – 12noon, 2pm – 3pmSaturday and 11am – 12noon Sunday. Members who would like to help with this, please speak to a Frank.

There will be no admission charge but we are hoping that our raffle prize will attract the attention of many members and

visitors. It is very important that the raffle table be manned at all times and we ask members to please volunteer even for an hour or so. We need your support. Our Society will be covering most of the costs of the show. We are thankful for

sponsorship from The Orchid Tray Co., Eco Organic Garden products and Neutrog Australia P/L.

Any elderly visitors to the show can go to reception and the club will organise for them to be brought down to the back door by the club’s golf buggy.

The club has placed an advertisement for the show on their digital signage on the corner of The Princes Highway and Bates Drive; and on their digital signage throughout the club. Flyers are being prepared and will be available shortly.

George Birss will be having a promotion table at the Engadine Mall on the 11 June.

All members are asked to please support our Winter Show by bringing along as many quality plants as you can. We want to make this show a great success. If it is not well supported there is a strong possibility that the Spring Show may have to be

cancelled.

Louise Gannon

Committee Member

You Grew It !

Coelogyne ovalis var. minor - grown by Diane Phillips

Creeping Species from India and Nepal across to Thailand and China. Found growing as an epiphyte or lithophyte at elevations of 600 – 1200m making it a cool to warm grower. Grows well in a shade house in the Sutherland Shire area. One of the most popular and commonly grown Coelogyne as it requires little attention, is a reliable flowerer, tough and easy to

grow and will reward the grower with a great display of smallish flowers. Flowers are a buff yellow in colour with a lip that is covered in brown hairs, but the colour variations are numerous and there is a variety with white hairs.

Because of its rambling growth habits it tends to grow out of its pot and is possibly more suited to be grown in a basket or mounted. The pseudobulbs are about 2.5 to 5cm tall and carry 2 leaves. The erect inflorescence appear

from mature pseudobulbs and carry 2 -3 successive opening flowers.

This plant requires regular watering during summer (every 2 -3 days), regular feeding in the growing period and reasonable light. Propagation is by cutting

off runners.

I have this plant mounted and grow hanging from the side of a bench. It has doubled in size in two years and is now close to a specimen size plant. Do

nothing special with it and growing and flowering happily.

Psychopsis Mandenhall – grown by S.T.Ho – Plant of the Night.

From the Oncidiinae subtribe, there are 4 species of Psychopsis that are found from Costa Rica to Peru. This hybrid was first created by Carter and Holmes Orchids and registered in 1988. This hybrid of P. Butterfly (sanderae X papillio) (made by Rubin in Orchids 1969) X P.

papillio.

A very attractive plant with green leaves carrying heavy purple spotting. The leaves are chunky and compact. Inflorescence emerge from the

axils of the sheaths and can be 60 -90cm (2 -3 ft.) in height from which a flower bud emerges. Flowers can last 2 -4 weeks and while the plant is in flower a new but starts to form behind the existing flower and can

produce many successive flowers on the same spike. Some plants have flowered for over 10 years on the same spike. If you accidently break an inflorescence, leave it as it will branch and develop a new spike. Don’t

cut flower spike until totally dead and crispy brown.

The blooms are distinctively yellow with brown bands with the lip large, yellow with a brown frill or edge. The dorsal sepal and two petals are

fused to form “feeler” like appendages while the two lateral sepals cradle the big frilly lip. These orchids are not ‘flat’ but 3 dimensional with

the sepals and petals flexing backwards and the lip/skirt curling, all of this is challenging when trying to photograph. There are alba varieties

that are all a pale yellow with faint bands. Footnote: when measuring for benching the measurement is the widest point. Probably across the

petals, not what appears to be the main part of the plant, the lip.

This orchid requires light conditions similar to Phalaenopsis (if plant has large leaves and fails to bloom move give more light to initiate flower spike). Water using rain water, do not allow mix to dry out but over watering can lead to root rot, water weekly

with50% humidity.

Pot in a well-drained mix, change only if mix breaks down and in spring when new growth appears. They like clay pots. They prefer a bit of warmth, glass house or at least a protected warm area, under cover in winter.

Stelis vulcanica ‘Royale’- Pam Middleton

In researching this orchid I believe it could be wrongly labelled. Looking at the photograph taken on the night and research photos and sketches from references I believe this orchid to be Stelis nanegalensis.

Both orchids are species from the regions of Panama, Venezuela, Columbia & Ecuador.

S. vulcanica is found at elevations of around 2800m making it a cool growing. The small 3 – 3.5mm flowers are arranged on a short 18cm

inflorescence and do not appear to open fully.

S. nanegalensis is found at elevations around 300m making it a warm / intermediate grower. The flowers are 1 – 1.5cm on a 25cm

inflorescence that arises from the leaf base. The flowers have three “teeth” at the apex of the lip. The petals appear flatter and more open

than the other.

Stelis are generally small plants with “mini” flowers ranging in colours from browns, reds through to greens and yellows. Cute small plants

that take up a small amount of space, cool to intermediate conditions, not many problems with a rewarding display from a plant that as a

specimen is still only small.

In My Greenhouse

Since my last newsletter I had a few weeks break away, leaving my orchids too far for themselves. I have been told many times we over pamper our orchids, after all they live in the wild without the pampering we shower on them. Anyway all is good, growing well,

no deadens and SO MANY new spikes and new flowers.

I had a week in Queensland and worked my way back for a few days in Port and didn’t visit any orchid places!!!!!

Liar, I dropped in to see some good friends at Easy Orchids in Woodburn, Murray and Jean Shergold, had a cuppa and talked a while, but very little about orchids. If you are up that way drop in, they are only two houses off the highway.

Anyhow how much did my plants miss my love and care, from what I can see not one bit. I came back to find a number of Dendrochilums in full bloom, in particular three different clones of

D. wenzellii, what a great display of vibrant red sheathes of tiny flowers. What a bright display among a sea of greenery. Onc. sotoanum is just starting to open with wonderful branches of pink flowers. Others in this family the “twinkles” are all spreading

their branches ready to open.

While away my Bulbophylum Wilba Chang has continued to flower and is still in flower, beautiful blood just a bit smelly. Hardcanes in the glass house have continued their flowering, I just hope Enobi Purple stays fresh for you to see, just

stunning, but I have a few others splashing colour through the glass house. While in the glass house just noticed something special, Sophronites cernua in spike, my first flowering of this seedling, looking forward to this, just hoping it is a good one.

With the cooler weather some things are really enjoying the change. Coelogyne are continuing to throw up some great growths and new flower spikes. Mini Catts. Are producing new growths and the Masdevallias, Pleuros. and Restrepias are

also flourishing and starting to flower again.

Recently I mentioned I had some Laelia in spike, well I came home just in time to catch L. perrinii in flower even though it was towards the end it was still stunning. Over the next few weeks Laelia anceps will be starting to bloom and on their 60 – 90cm

inflorescence are a sight to behold waving their flower heads of purple, lilac and or white, in the breeze.

Early flowering Cymbidiums now have spikes displaying buds. Get them staked ASAP and remember do it in the afternoon when the spike is a little more pliable but be extra careful when moving and tying or clipping that you don’t knock off any buds

as they are VERY fragile and snap off easily.

Not too much to worry about with nasties but watch for mealy bug and scale particularly around bulbs of cymbidiums.

5 tips for the time poor orchid grower

When I started growing orchids I was in high school, I left at home 8:30 got home at 3:30pm and had a lot of time except of course for homework (which I always did) to look after my orchids. Now several years later I work full time getting up before

the sun and often getting home in the dark. I live half an hour away from home where the orchids still are and really only have the weekends to look after them.

This has meant that with a collection of around a thousand orchids that I have had to adapt, to try and make it work. I’ll admit it’s hard and it was particularly hard on the orchids for the first little while but slowly we are both adapting and improving.

However it has been exactly that an adaptation i can’t grow orchids the way I used. So essentially below i outline i few ways I have found helpful to reduce the time I spend with my orchids make them less of a chore and yet still enjoy their beauty.

Cut down the numbers

Okay I’ll start with the hard stuff, the sad news is that if for whatever reason you find yourself all of a sudden time poor you need to set the number of orchids your currently growing down. I know it’s hard, I know you’ll struggle but it has to be done. In fact the hard lesson is I wish I’d sold more plants quicker. When I lost time I tried to keep it all going, but it didn’t work, plants

missed repotting, where not inspected and tidied up as often and largely ended up neglected, with I’m sad to say the odd

plant dying off.

The trick is to be honest with yourself, to say what can I reasonably get done in the time I have and cut down your collection accordingly. It’s better to sell or even give to a fellow society member than to watch a few good plants which can be

heartbreaking. You need to be serious with yourself think about the time required for the size of your collection and adjust accordingly.

Slow release fertiliser

It sounds weird but slow release fertiliser will quickly become your friend. It’s easy to get someone to run the hose over your collection if your away or to quickly pop in and do it yourself but to get someone to mix up and fertilise is often another story.

This is where slow release comes in. It’s not the be all and end all but if you add a little slow release when you pot your plants you know that they have a little bit in there for when you forget to fertilise yourself. I know there are many who either praise

slow release or loath but truly if you are looking for a fertiliser cheat use slow release.

In addition it’s not just fertilising you need to look out for any method that be it automatic watering, help with repotting or orchid yoyos and reduce the time spent on orchid chores increase the time you can spend just enjoying your plants.

Change the plants you grow

We all know that some plants are more special than others and we all know that some plants are like some girlfriends high maintenance. That said there are also plants that are fine left alone, and ignored for weeks on end that don’t need

mollycoddling, if you’re short on time these are the plants you want. Now it would be great if i could give you a list of these plants but realistically the low care plants will be different for everyone but there are a few tips on picking them.

Low care plants tend to be those that are disease resistant and suited to your climate, while having a heater on its own for your glasshouse is not a hugely time consuming thing (energy consuming though) when you introduce this element you tend to find this adds to the complexity of orchid growing and hence the time spent. In addition look for those plants that appear regularly on show benches that are well grown as these plants are suitable to your local area but in some ways this is still a

try and see exercise to see what works and what doesn’t.

Repot in bulk

For most of my orchid growing life I used to repot in dribs and drabs, I would repot for a little bit here and there as essentially a study break. That was all fine and dandy when I just had to walk outside and I could take a break anytime i wanted. Not with a Monday to Friday work week and a half hour drive to my orchids things have had to change a little bit. I now set aside a day on the weekend and try to repot as much as I can in that time. Naturally this is a far more exhausting regime than previously but this has had to happen. Essentially it is about having the right habits with your orchids whether its repotting, watering or just general maintenance you need to think carefully and plan when this will be done to ensure it gets done to the point that

sometimes it’s best to pencil it into your diary to ensure time is set aside to do the essentials.

Start a calendar

As I said above setting down time to look after your orchids when you’ve got a busy life becomes just about essential to make sue jobs get done. When you start your calendar for your orchids you need to think about all sorts of things. Perhaps the

easiest is what shows you want to go to be strict if your thinking about exhibiting at multiple shows for multiple societies then be serious about the time commitment involved and include things like setup and pack down dates and times as well as the usually obligatory shift at the show. After that you can essentially work backwards, which or the spectaculars etc. will you be going to to get those prize plants? Then cater in repotting time, watering, show prep, general care etc. etc I fully appreciate

that sometimes the best laid plans fall through but if you set yourself well you will certainly be better off.

Growing orchids with limited time and still being successful is hard. Orchids is often a labour of love and often when you don’t have that time it can be somewhat depressing. I don’t expect these tips will solve all your problems and no doubt you have many of your own ideas but I hope at least that I have given you something to think about and made growing orchids a little

less time consuming so you have more time to enjoy these wonderful plants

Daniel Coulton

Monthly Results – April 2016

PLANT OF NIGHT

Winner Psychopsis Mendenhall S. T. Ho

OPEN CLASS HYBRID

Winner Psychopsis Mendenhall S. T. Ho

OPEN CLASS SPECIES

Winner Paph. sukhakulii S. T. Ho

INTERMEDIATE JUDGES CHOICE

Winner Mtssa. Sadie Loo x Milt. Christmas Eve P. Middleton

NOVICE & JUNIOR JUDGES CHOICE

Winner Laeliinae 'Unknown ' P. Ng

PRESIDENT'S CHOICE

Winner Bulb. Elizabeth Ann 'Buckleberry' G. Curtis

CLASS # 1 AUSTRALIAN NATIVES

1st Den. bigibbum J. Costa

2nd Ptst. torquata Crosby/Costa

3rd Pterostylisc rassichila R. Dimon

4th Ptst. acuminata Crosby/Costa

CLASS # 2 PAPHIOPEDILUMS SPECIES

1st Paph. sukhakulii S. T. Ho

2nd Paph. liemianum S. T. Ho

3rd Paph. tonsum S. T. Ho CLASS # 3 LAELIINAE OVER 110MM (CLASSICAL SHAPE)

1st Rlc. Paradise Moonlight J. Field

2nd Blc.Cornerstone 'Caress' x Lc Three Moon Creek T. & J. Hyde

3rd Blc.Cornerstone 'Caress' x Lc Three Moon Creek T. & J. Hyde

CLASS # 4 NOVELTY PAPHIOPEDILUMS

1st Paph. In-Charm Grace S. T. Ho

2nd Paph. Hsinying Lime S. T. Ho

3rd Paph. In-Charm Grace Crosby/Costa

4th Paph. Maudiae 'Coloratum' W. & J. Chapman

CLASS # 5 LAELIINAE OVER 80MM UP TO & INCLUDING 110MM (CLASSICAL SHAPE)

1st C. Lavender Ice Crosby/Costa

2nd C. Caudebec 'Lulu' ?? Crosby/Costa

3rd Pot. Dal's Moon ' P & K' J. Costa

4th C. Caudabec Candy Crosby/Costa

CLASS # 7 LAELIINAE (NON CLASSICAL SHAPE)

1st Laelia 'unknown' G. Curtis

2nd C. Florence Lin L. Gannon

3rd C. Schroderae x forbesii J. W. Moss CLASS # 8 LAELIINAE UP TO & INCLUDING 80MM (CLASSICAL SHAPE)

1st Pot. Burana Beauty 'Burana' Crosby/Costa

CLASS # 9 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE HYBRIDS

1st Pterostylis xfurcillata R. Dimon

2nd Den Korawin Crosby/Costa

3rd Den. Hilda Poxon 'Ava' Crosby/Costa

4th Den. Memoria Lillian Warren Crosby/Costa

CLASS # 10B ONCIDINAE SPECIES

1st Psychopsis papilio S. T. Ho

2nd Onc. onustum Crosby/Costa

CLASS # 11A COELGYNINAE SPECIES

1st Coel. ovalis v.minor D. Phillips

2nd Ddc. cobbianum W. & J. Chapman

3rd Coel. mooreana 'Brockhurst' W. & J. Chapman

4th Coel. ovalis 'Black Lip' M. Luk

CLASS # 12 SEEDLING

1st Paph. Hsinying Lime S. T. Ho

2nd Zga.Adelaide Meadows x Zbe Bennak Jester x Artur Elle? G. Birss

3rd Oncsa. Possum Woolf H.Myers CLASS # 13 ONCIDIUM HYBRIDS 60MM AND UNDER

1st Onc. Sweet Sugar M. Luk

2nd Onc. Easy Gold x Golden Drops 'Betty'

Crosby/Costa

3rd Trichocentrum Baipai 'Pink Skirt' ??

Crosby/Costa

4th Onc. Moonshadow 'Tigertail' W. McEvoy CLASS # 15 ONCIDIUM HYBRIDS OVER 60mm

1st Psychopsis Mendenhall S. T. Ho

2nd Onc. 'unknown' M. Luk

3rd Miltonia Bluntii Crosby/Costa

4th Colm. Jungle Monarch x Oda. Debutante 'Oxbow'

W. & J. Chapman

CLASS # 16 MISCELLANEOUS HYBRIDS

1st Bulb. Elizabeth Ann 'Buckleberry' G. Curtis

2nd Z. Redvale J. Costa

3rd Bulb. Elizabeth Ann 'Buckleberry' G. Curtis

4th Bulb. Jersey H. Myers

CLASS # 17 DENDROBIUM HYBRIDS

1st Den. Burbank Tops x Den. Asternova Storm R. Dimon

2nd Doc. Aussie Phil x dolichophyllum x Hepaticum C. Brandon

CLASS # 21A PLEUROTHALLIDINAE HYBRIDS

1st Masd. Ada's Leopard Crosby/Costa

CLASS # 21B LAELIINAE SPECIES

1st Epi. paniculatum Crosby/Costa

2nd Prosthechea cochleata J. Costa

3rd Laelia perrinii Crosby/Costa

4th Laelia anceps 'Super Bein' Crosby/Costa

CLASS # 23 SPECIES OTHER (NOT ELSEWHERE INCLUDED)

1st Rossioglossum grande Crosby/Costa

2nd Max. cucullata Crosby/Costa

CLASS # 23A OTHER PLEUROTHALLIDINAE SPECIES

1st Rstp. sp 'H' Crosby/Costa

2nd Rstp. brachypus Crosby/Costa

3rd Rstp. schlimii Crosby/Costa

CLASS # 24A NATIVE SARCANTHINAE HYBRIDS

1st Sarc. Gadial 'Nev' C. Brandon

2nd Sarc. Velvet C. Brandon

3rd Sarc. Velvet x Snowhart C. Brandon CLASS # 25 NOVICE - PAPHIOPEDILUM

1st Paph. Crossianum 'album' x Gothic Garden

W.Howse/M.Rose

2nd Paph. Night Effect W.Howse/M.Rose

3rd Paph. Western Sky x Holdenii W.Howse/M.Rose

4th Paph. charlesworthii x Western Sky

W.Howse/M.Rose

CLASS # 27 - NOVICE - NATIVE & NATIVE HYBRIDS

1st Chiloglottis diphylla W.Howse/M.Rose

CLASS # 28 NOVICE - LAELIINAE

1st Laeliinae 'Unknown ' P. Ng

2nd Lc. loddigesii ?? P. Sanaphay

3rd Lc. 'unknown' P. Sanaphay

CLASS # 29 NOVICE - MISCELLANEOUS

1st Miltassia 'unknown' P. Sanaphay

2nd Onc. 'unknown' P. Sanaphay

3rd Lyc. Imschootiana J. Sharpham

4th Tolu. Jairak Red P. Sanaphay

CLASS # 30 NOVICE -SPECIES

1st Ddc. cobbianum R. Jackson

2nd Coel. fimbriata var. mirliata alba P. Sanaphay

CLASS # 31 INTERMEDIATE - PAPHIOPEDILUMS

1st Paph. Hung Sheng Lake C. Matheson

CLASS # 34 INTERMEDIATE - LAELIINAE

1st Lc. Jack Flash ?? R. Nicol

2nd Slc. Highland Bauble 'Tiger Tail' x C. walkeriana 'Alba' R. Nicol

3rd Pot. Edwin Hauserman x Blc. Meditation T. Haney

CLASS # 35 INTERMEDIATE - MISCELLANEOUS

1st Mtssa. Sadie Loo x Milt. Christmas Eve P. Middleton

2nd V. Fuchs Joy 'Udom' M. Dimon

CLASS # 36 INTERMEDIATE - SPECIES

1st Stellis vulcanica 'Royale' P. Middleton

2nd Onc. sphacelatum T. Haney

3rd Psychopsis mariposa 'alba' R. Nicol

4th Prosthechea fragrans C. Matheson

Articles for the Bulletin

If you are interested in providing articles for our monthly bulletin, please email Richard Dimon at dimon.richard@gmail.com

The articles can be on anything you like related to orchids. Pictures to go with articles are also encouraged.

Epidendrum paniculatum grown by Sandra Crosby & Tony Costa