BUNBURY ORCHID SOCIETY Orchid Talk

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1 BUNBURY ORCHID SOCIETY Orchid Talk Bulbophyllum mem Richard Mizuta grown and photo by Brian Harwood The Monthly Publication of the Bunbury Orchid Society February 2017 Next Meeting Sunday 5th March 2017, starting at am (please note new commencement time of general meeting) All correspondence to Secretary PO Box 1074, Bunbury, WA 6239

2 President s Report 2017 AGM Bunbury Orchid Society The Bunbury Society had a very successful 2016 in my opinion, with regular attendances at our Monthly Meetings and I sincerely thank each and every Member for their assistance in the operations of the Society. All organisations depend on the Membership for their time and devotion to the tasks of making it work, and I must thank especially my Vice President, Graeme Winter for his support, our hard working Secretary Lyn Harwood, Treasurer Andrea Shine along with all the Members of the Executive Committee who worked cohesively during the past 12 months to enable the Society to function in a manner that is a credit to them. During the past 12 months, the Society hosted and participated in the 2016 Intersociety Challenge and Workshop held in Busselton on the first weekend in August, and entered a lovely Display of our orchids, and once again my thanks to those Members who assisted in any manner of putting the Display together and supplying plants. The Society also conducted 3 wonderful Shows in various venues, being the Autumn Show, Winter Show and the Spring Show held at the Italian Club was very well received and proved once again to be the correct venue. To all Members who assisted with the organisation in any way of the Shows, being assisting in the organisation, running as a volunteer or entering plants in all the various Classes, provided a wonderful spectacle in the Halls for Members and members of the Public. Congratulations to those Members who won any Class or had plants on the Champion s Tables. I would sincerely like to thank the Judging Panel for their devotion and time to organise the Judging of all the Shows and at the Monthly Meetings as well. Looking forward to 2017, I trust that we will be able to fill all the available positons on the Committee, and once again may I thank each and every member, and wish you all good health, wealth and good growing for the year. Rick Winch President.

3 Editors Edition We are the newly elected Editors of Orchid Talk for this coming year and look forward to presenting photographs of orchids flowering at different times of the year. Our main interest is in Australian Native orchids and we are looking forward to seeing some of the beautiful exotic orchids that are grown by members. Hopefully we will have photos of benched orchids from meetings and with a bit of gentle persuasion, may be able to coax the growers to provide some brief growing notes on their orchids. Phil Bunney & Shirley Anderton Membership Fees: Change of membership fees for As of AGM February, it was voted to change membership fees to Family membership $20.00 and single membership $20.00 per annum. Membership fees are now due. Please pay at next meeting, or forward to Treasurer, Andrea Shine, PO Box 1074, Bunbury, WA 6239 Sales Table: A reminder that all your orchid needs can be obtained through the Club on meeting mornings. If you need to pre-order any orchid bark or Perlite, please contact Norm Martin. All other supplies such as pots, fertilisers, orchid clips, hanging pots, etc will be available on meeting morning. Conferences: W.A. Orchid Spectacular Conference & Show Perth, WA 5th & 6th August 2017 Hosted by the Wanneroo/Joondalup Orchid Society Where: Rendezvous Hotel, Scarborough When: Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th August 2017 Web address for all information: Venue & Theme; The event is being staged at the Rendezvous Hotel in Scarborough with set up and judging of individual plants and displays on Friday 4 th August all of which will be open to the public over the weekend 5-6 th August. There will be numerous lectures by our international and especially invited speakers for formal registrants to the conference, and free workshops for the public during the two days. The event theme is Scarborough Fair and all clubs are invited to participate by entering a themed display. There will also be a significant individual Open Flower Show with significant prize money on offer. The Grand Champion will receive $1,

4 W.A. Orchid Spectacular Conference & Show (cont d) Tours: In addition to the conference itself we are offering a number of tour options for registrants, in particular for those who are visiting from interstate and from overseas. These events have proven very popular in the past and already a significant number of places have been taken. See web site; for full details. Pre Conference (4 th August) there will be one day local orchid nursery tour; Ezi Gro & BBQ lunch and Flora Plant (afternoon tea). Post Conference there are two four day tours, 7-10 & 8-11 th August to the mid west taking in both our amazing wild flowers and native orchids. Andrew Brown has again taken a lead role in organising the sites to be visited and will be participating in the tours. Promenaea xanthina. grown by Phil Bunney Extract from :THE GENUS Promenaea by Ronald Schliefert Promenaeas have compact plants with prominent pseudobulbs that often vary in shape, depending on the particular species. All produce an attractive display of flowers that are proportionately large for the size of the plant. P. rollisonii has round, clustered pseudo-bulbs about 25 mm tall, while P. xanthina has four-sided pseudobulbs about 30 mm tall. All species have four grey-green leaves (each about 50 mm long), two emerging from either side of the base of the pseudobulb and two from the apex. P. xanthina, sometimes also known as P. citrina because of its golden-yellow flowers, is also found in southern Brazil but at an altitude of 1700 m. It also bears one or two flowers per inflorescence, the scented flowers measuring about 40 mm across and being perfumed, heavily textured and long lasting.

5 MINUTES FROM GENERAL MEETING FEBRUARY.. MEETING FEB 5 th 2017 February meeting of the Bunbury Orchid Society was held in the Australind Hall on the 5 th February commencing at 9.30am. President Rick opened the meeting welcoming members and recognizing Life Members in attendance. Members were welcomed and thanked for coming. Attendance book was signed and apologies noted. A visitors were also welcomed. Minutes of December meeting 2016 was issued to members on the web and posted. W. Little (m) minutes be accepted (s) K Merryfull. All in favour. Business Arising: Nil Correspondence. Outwards: 1. Patron was invited to our Xmas meeting 2. s to committee re cancellation of November meeting. 3. Tony Watkinson advised they may borrow the BOS show stand for the conference in Scarborough along with a reminder re payment of Challenge invoice. Inwards: 1a. WAROO financial statement and correspondence up to Nov a Tony Watkinson request for loan of champion table. 3a. AOC warning of scam requesting money for a botanical garden. 4a Australind hall hire application. 5a CWA committee wish to know if we require the hall for committee meetings. 6a WAOS letter to clubs re Orchid Spectacular. Correspondence accepted (m) A Light (s) P Bunney. Business Arising: Points from the letter describing the Orchid Spectacular and our involvement was discussed. Norm has flyers relating to this. After a discussion and a show of hands it was decided the Bunbury Orchid Society will commit to putting on a display at this event. Brian, Steve, Marg,Lyn and Len will make plans to get this happening. The usual August monthly meeting will be cancelled and a site to be booked with the organizing committee. Treasurers Report. OB $ CB $ D Light (m) the report be accepted (s) P Bunney. All in favour. A Light (m) all accounts requiring attention be paid (s) K Meryfull. General Business. a) Committee report. Rick informed members W Cruickshank will take care of the surrounds of the shed. Mowing etc. b) Office bearers. To assist members travelling the time and date of committee meetings need changing. Future committee meetings will take place prior to monthly meetings in the Australind Hall on the first Sunday of the month. Normal monthly meetings will now commence at 10am. MEMBERS PLEASE NOTE THIS. This was (m) by M Nelson (s) W Cruickshank. c) A recommendation from the committee for subs to change to $20 for a single or double. This to be discussed at AGM. d) An up to date tape recorder is to be purchased. e) Norm will update the website.

6 f) President Rick welcomed visitors and encouraged them to join and take part if the new members get togethers. g) Awards. Rick also mentioned the awards given by the Judging panel and encouraged members to participate. h) Judges Award for February went to Brian s Bulbophyllum Mem Richard Mizuta. Lucky Number Ken Merryfull..Novice Popular Vote went to Derease and Open to Ken Merryfull. Raffle won by D Light and Howard Cartwright. Meeting closed 10am L Harwood. AGM Minutes 2017 The Annual General Meeting of the Bunbury Orchid Society was held in the Australind Hall commencing at 10.27am. The attendance book was signed by all present and the minutes of the 2016 AGM was read to members. Business Arising Nil.. G Winter (m) the minutes be accepted (s) K Merryfull. Correspondence Nil. Treasurers Report. A Shine read the financial report audited by P Bunney. Andrea explained all income, term deposit and covered our major expenses. A copy of the years financial affairs was made available to members present. B Harwood (m) the AGM financial report be accepted (s) A Light. All members were in favour. Presidents Report was read by R Winch in which he thanked all members who helped in various ways to keep our Society heading in the right direction. N Martin was nominated to be returning officer. The following were elected for Patron: A Buswell President: R Winch. V/P W Heath. Secretary: M Nelson Treasurer: A Shine. Committee: Tony Domoney, Jane Charles, Lyn Harwood. Stewards: B Harwood, S Nelson, I Gilmore Rick took the chair and thanked Norm for conducting elections. Thank you was extended to the past committee and thank you to Lyn Harwood for stepping in and taking on the Secretary duties in Congratulations to the new committee. Meetings for the committee will commence at 9am sharp on the first Sunday of each month. General Business. There was a recommendation from the committee to alter the membership fee. W Heath (m) membership for 2017 be $20 for a single OR double (s) W Cruickshank. Partners may attend meetings but will have no voting rights. Carried unanimously. Rick asked for an editor for our Orchid Talk and a Registrar. Jane Charles will take on the Registrars duties and Rick may be our editor. Members were asked to forward their addresses if they haven t done so and some discussions took place re stamps for postage of Orchid Talk. Members were thanked for attending and meeting closed at 11.00am. L Harwood.

7 Description Exhibitor Plant name BOS JUDGING RESULTS FEBRUARY c Laeliinae - Intermediate ( 60mm - 90mm ) 1st Ken Merryfull LC Angel Heart x Blc con harriman 2nd Ken Merryfull LC Aussie Sunset "Cosmic Fire" x Soph coccinea 03a Paphiopedilum Species 1st G+J Winter Paph. villosum var, boxallii 03B Paphiopedilum Primary Hybrid 1st Rick Winch Paph. Berenise (phillipenence x lowii) 03D Paphiopedilum Non Standard Hybrid 1st Ken Merryfull Paph. snow squall (delenatii x greyii "Norito's choice") 04C Dendrobium Ceratobium or Intermediate 1st W Heath Dendrobium Magic "Kurandu" x (Mayfair x taurinum) 2nd W Heath Dendrobium gouldii x (Leahs Pride x Seah Koko) x den. Fuchs Blue Twist) 3rd W Heath Dendrobium Australian Friendship 05B Phalaenopsis Standard Hybrid Over 90mm 2nd G Bradshaw Unknown 06a Oncidinae Species 1st Ken Merryfull Oncidium phymatochilum 06e Any Other Oncidinae Hybrid 1st Ken Merryfull Miltassia shelob "Okika" 2nd Ken Merryfull Colm. Wildcat "Bloodshot" 08a Aust Native Epiphyte Any species 1st W Heath Sarco. hirticalcar 2nd W Heath Dendrobium antenatum var d'albertsii 08b Aust Native Epiphyte any hybrid 1st W Heath Den. Carron Deb 2nd Rick Winch Sarco. Cindy 3rd Rick Winch Sarco. Velvet x Self 10B Any Species not elsewhere on Schedule 1st Phil Bunney Promenaea Sp. 11A Phragmipedium Hybrid 1st G+J Winter Phrag grande "Chinaman"

8 11B Any Hybrid not Classified Elsewhere 1st B+L Harwood Bulbophyllum Mem Richard Mizuta 2nd G+J Winter Promenaea stapelioides x Zygo Titanic 3rd Rick Winch Promenaea (Dina Albright x Florafest Cheetah) x staphiodes 12a Specimen Any Genera 1st Ken Merryfull Encyclia Dancing bees x sibling 20E Any Other Oncidinae Hybrids 1st Derise Meade Beallara Peggy Ruth Carpenter 24B Any Species not elsewhere on Schedule 1st Tony Domoney Bulbophyllum BUNBURY ORCHID SOCIETY INC, NORMAL MEETING DATES Society Meetings: am 1st Sunday of Month Committee Meeting: 9.00 am. prior to general meeting Venue: Australind Hall, behind the Australind Shopping Centre Next Meeting: 5 th March 2017 Contacts: Secretary: Margaret Nelson Orchid Talk Editor: Phil Bunney

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