-_ FEBRUARY/MARCH 2009 = 6 $895 Orarp _ (Includes GST) — 9 © 770045 © 078012 4s . PP255003/00950 *** NEW ARRIVAL *** MASDEVALLIA AND AFFILIATES Lisa Thoerle The author explains the newly accepted divisions of Masdevallia that Carlyle A. Luer outlined in /cones Pleurothalli- dinarum, volume 28. It starts with some background information leading up to the dismantling of the genus Masdevallia and is followed by a detailed discussion of each of the 20 genera that emerged, including Masdevallia. 148 beautiful colour photographs by Lynn O’Shaughnessy (and a few by Ron Parsons and Steven Lubar) to illustrate the genera. Soft cover. 30 pages. $27.50 including postage within Australia Visa/Mastercard accepted Australian Orchid Foundation P.0. Box 322, Essendon North, Vic. 3041 Phone/Fax (03) 9379 3570 www.australianorchidfoundation.org.au Cattleyas Online Quality exhibition cattleyas are ou specialty... .... a5: For a catalogue please phone, fax, or e-mail us as below. You can also visit us on the Internet at www.cattleyasonline.com.au Phone/Fax: 07 3388 0866 Mail: PO Box 4612. Loganholme 4129 E-mail: info@cattleyasonline.com.au MANLY WARRINGAH ORCHID SOCIETY INC. Sunday 8th March, 2009 Viewing from 9.00am Commences 9.30am sharp Cromer Community Centre, Fisher Rd. North, Cromer, NSW. Approx. 400 lots of species and hybrid orchids, some for the serious grower, to go under the hammer. Light refreshments available and plenty of parking. Catalogue available on line at www.orchidsociety.com.au or phone (02) 9940 0797 AOR 028 From the Editor’s Desk | he front cover shows an excellent example of the Phil Spence primary hybrid between the New Guinea species Dendrobium convolutum and Dendrobium engae. Phil named and registered this hybrid in honour of Mr Gerald McCraith AM. Gerald was one of the co-founders of the Australian Orchid Foundation, and was a Director for 32 years, only ‘retiring’ last year. He has also been heavily active with orchids in Victoria (the Victorian Orchid Club) and Australia (through the AOF and the Australian Orchid Council). Gerald is due to turn 100 on 24 February 2009, and I am sure I speak for every- one in the orchid fraternity who has met Gerald in wishing him the best on this wonderful milestone. Phil Spence has contributed some very significant and thorough articles for the AOR over the past few years, which have been well received from the readership. In this issue, Phil discusses a wonderful species that he was responsible for bringing into cultivation — Dendrobium convolutum, and talks about its place and use in hybridising. You will see from the accompanying photographs the wide range of colours and styles that Phil has developed using this unique and very attractive species. Not one to let grass grow under his feat, Phil has also been instrumental in the formation of a new orchid society — the Mingara Orchid Club, on the central coast of New South Wales. Clive Halls of Mt Beenak Orchids (www.mtbeenakorchids.com.au) starts a series on Masdevallia breeding with this issue. Clive is a most knowledgeable and entertaining lecturer and will be one of the main speakers at this years Australian Orchid Conference (www.mosorchid.org) being held in Victoria from 8-13 September 2009. Clive’s first instalment discusses the breeding of white masdevallias, and shows that by using selective parents it is possible to grow these in a range of climates. Clive has been growing orchids for many decades, both in Australia and previously in the United Kingdom. He has made countless hybrids with some of the cooler growing genera, and has registered numerous new Masdevallia hybrids, many that have subsequently been granted awards and won significant prizes at orchid shows and conferences. Dennis Diehm of Dendi Orchids (www.dendiorchids.com.au) has contributed a pictorial piece on the breeding of “Big Lip” Phalaenopsis. This style is still fairly scarce in cultivation, but is an avenue that Dennis is working on at his nursery at Griffith, NSW. Dennis had many of these on dis- play at the 2008 St Ives Orchid Fair. Speaking of the St Ives Show, John McAuley gives us a rundown on some of the choice plants exhibited at this event, supplemented with excellent photos by Bill Dobson. Also please note my new email address: david@hillsdistrictorchids.com Mf David Banks Australian Orchid Review david@hillsdistrictorchids.com The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 OUR COVER Dendrobium Gerald McCraith — see page 4. Photo: David Banks Volume 74 — No. 1 SQUARE VANDA POTS 165mm x 165mm x 80mm 100mm x 100mm x 60mm BASKET POTS 200mm x 130mm 140mm x 100mm 80mm x 75mm Grow ERS STR; VI we ELU ORCHID POTS 300mm x 120mm 120mm x 120mm 250mmx150mm 100mm x 75mm 200mm x 200mm 80mm x 100mm 200mm x 100mm 80mm x 65mm 175mm x1l20mm 70mm x50mm 150mmx1l00mm 50mm x 65mm 125mm x 75mm 21 Jambali Road, Port Macquarie, NSW 2444 Australia Phone: (02) 6581 1735 Website: www.orchidpotco.com Fax: (02) 6581 1736 Email: orchidpotco@tsn.cc February/March 2009 CONTENTS Features: Dendrobium convolutum ANCIIS USE: NYDIICISING Wememtetrem matter ieisvsscessariterccesssd Phil Spence 4 Breeding, White. MasdeValliasmssasersneminteitirsttascrtestsssnacorreenels Clive Halls 17 Phalaenopsis — Big Lip Breeding .....ssssssssssessssssssssssessssssssesessssessesse Dennis Diehm 27 St Ives Orchid Fair and Show 2008 ........:.sssssssssseee John McAuley & Bill Dobson 29 Fertilising es FaCuOnniClOn 2ameneattnemnetereriser: scretnye cts Bruce Wood 34 Bulbophyllum pardalotum ......-+++0+ ... dim Cootes 36 AOR — Index to Major Articles in Volume 73 (2008) ....ssssssssssssssccsssessecsessemeeenes 61 Featuring Cymbidiums: “Cymbidiums Australia” compiled by the Australian Cymbidium Society Editor's: Reporttestenvnreyerhiinnterts miiten citeriscire metts Gesloeris sat 44 DOW tO1Oin- a, GYMDICIUIT:CIUD eaeteenesntrenr inven meri nietcn msc ier tener 4 SAGE Cymbidium Seedling of the Year 2008 ......sssssssssssssesssssessesens Rob Smith 42 2009 National Cymbidium Show — Springvale City Hall See aint tererm an co stents Carolin Allen 48 The Glen 2008 Carolin Allen 49 Cymbidium Orchids for Beginners — iMSIX EASY IESSONS Hite ae tntnctrec ein lati inres Graham Morris 56 Cymbidiums — Australian species in The Alice, a letter ...........s000. 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Banks, 20 Baker Street, Banksmeadow, NSW 2019 Email: david@hillsdistrictorchids.com All other correspondence to: AOR Publisher, Dalton House Pty Ltd, PO Box 5481 Sydney, NSW 2001 Phone: 0433 422 792 Fax: (02) 9221 4242 Advertisers: Deadline for advertising copy for the April/May 2009 issue is Monday, 9 March, 2009 All advertising bookings and enquiries should be directed to: Barry Badger phone: (02) 4294 8121 mob: 0438 948 121 or Mark Husk phone: (02) 8333 6559 fax: (02) 8333 6553 Email: mark.husk@geongroup.com Subscriptions: See insert for Subscription information I Rr RN RR Dendrobium convolutum and its use in hybridising Text and photos by Phil Spence Dendrobium convolutum ‘Tinonee’ photo: D.P. Banks The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 t is now many years since the rediscov- ery of this distinctive species and it is now widely spread throughout the orchid- growing world. I feel it is now time to reflect on its reintroduction to cultivation and its influence in the progenies of the many hybrids that have been made and registered. When Dendrobium convolutum was first flowered, it surprised me to see such a stunning combinations of colours with green sepals and petals contrasted with a glossy, chrome like burnt magenta to almost black labellum. These flowers were well arranged on a thin to wire like inflorescence, the flowers have good substance and texture, with a low per- fume. I did not expect the flowers to last a long time but two months was good enough for me! Added to this the plants flowered several times in the year, one almost feels that the plants are in flower all year round so that was defiantly enough for me to start using this unusual colour combination in creating some new hybrids. On the down side for me (but not for growers in the tropics) is this species comes from a warm tropical climate. D. convolutum was originally found on the north-eastern coast of Papua New Guinea (PNG) and I grow it in a heated glasshouse as it requires similar growing The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 Dendrobium convolutum ‘Black Lip’ conditions to related species such as D. macrophyllum. It was in the 1960’s when I was fortu- nate to acquire five plants from a village man who collected the seven plants that were rediscovered near Finschafen PNG, and brought them back to Australia. The other two plants were pressed and were prepared for herbarium specimens. I had my own quarantine house in those days so I was able to give these plants a lot of ten- der loving care, but sad to say fumigation did take its toll and only three plants sur- vived intact, with a fourth plant producing an aerial growth. I still have these four plants today and every few years I self- pollinate or cross-pollinate different clones to insure that there will be more of this species out there for many more years to come. Some of the original plants that came from the original flasks of seedlings are in nurseries throughout the world and have been line bread to the fifth generation including doubling the chromosomes to tetraploids (4N). H & R Nursery in Hawaii USA, have been pioneering this tetraploid line. Just after these original plants were released from quarantine I also purchased from Mr Bobby Nevens Nursery in Cairns (North Queensland) a batch of hard cane 5 Dendrobium convolutum photo: D.P. Banks Dendrobium hybrids, one of the seedlings Dendrobium Andree Millar ‘Best’ (convolutum x atroviolaceum) was D. (Pale Face x Crystal Cascades) now registered as D. Sand Cay. These were very special whites, as the were what is known as clear coloured whites and not albinos, as they also had D. stratiotes in their parentage. (Bobby Neven is still alive but the nursery has closed now.) Let me explain, if you cross an albino flowering plant with a normal coloured flowering plant the dominant colour of the species becomes visual. For example, when crossing D. bigibbum “var. album” with D. convolutum you might expect the progeny to be green with coloured lips, no they will be purple because the white of the D. bigibbum becomes recessive and the purple that this species is normally, becomes dominant so the seedlings flower purple. But if you use a clear coloured white D. bigibbum ‘white’ the seedlings will flower a light green with a coloured lip. By using this information and crossing D. Sand Cay with D. convolutum to pro- duce D. Aussie Green, the seedlings flow- The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 Dendrobium (engae x Andree Millar) Dendrobium Aussie’s Pedlar (Andree Millar x speciosum) The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 Dendrobium Green Mist (johnsoniae x convolutum) Dendrobium (stratiotes x convolutum) Valley Orchids Cymbidium Specialists Lot 8 Wheaton Road, McLaren Vale, S.A. Postal — PO Box 143, McLaren Vale, South Australia, 5171 Phone (08) 8327 3955 Fax (08) 8327 3966 Mobile 0419 823 724 Website - www.valleyorchids.com.au Check for lots of new photos & special offers — regularly updated, including exciting new seedlings, flowering for the first time Email - graham@valleyorchids.com.au Thousands of new release plants & older favourites available now — Flasks to flowering size & at sensible prices. Mail order service available ** We can now send plants to Western Australia & Tasmania ** The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 Above: Dendrobium Green Elf (convolutum x alexandrae) ered with light green sepals and petals with brown veined labellums. The second cross was with D. atrovio- laceum a species of the same section of Dendrobium as D. convolutum — Section Latouria. This cross was named in honour of Mrs. Andrée Millar for her work estab- lishing the National Capital Botanical Gardens in Port Moresby PNG. These plants are now marketed in the USA as potted plants for indoor decoration. H & R Nursery has converted plants to 4N and then cloned the best of these when flow- ered for their US market. Another cross that flowered was D. Gerald McCraith (convolutum x engae) again this was within the Section Latouria, producing another consistently stunning Dendrobium Fantastic World (Andree Millar x Left: Dendrobium (macrophyllum x convolutum) —_ jonesii) The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 S anentnnetinmtner vanes St mes 2 rss The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 Above: Dendrobium Gerald McCraith (convolutum x engae) Above: Dendrobium Aussie’s Pixie (convolutum x aberrans) Left: Dendrobium (Gerald McCraith x speciosum) The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 Above: Dendrobium Candy Cane (Aussie Green x Penang Stripe) Right: Dendrobium Post Printing (convo/utum x Impact) Dark Star Orelnials FLASKS, SEEDLINGS AND FLOWERING SIZE PLANTS Imported from top breeders in Germany, UK and Thailand African and Madagascan species Paphs, Lycastes, Vandaceous, Bulbophyllums and more RARE SPECIES AND SOME HYBRIDS 1 PO Box 114 Bowraville NSW 2449 Hans Schaible Telephone/Fax (02) 6564 4088 www.darkstarorchids.com.au darkstarorchids@bordernet.com.au AOR 126 12 The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 Above: Dendrobium Aussie Green (convolutum x Sand Cay) cross. This was named after the well- known Gerald McCraith of Victoria (now in his 100th year) in honour of his work in establishing the Australian Orchid Foundation and the orchid fraternity in general. Both the above crosses have flow- ers of similar colour to D. convolutum and are free breeding and have produced fur- ther generations, sometimes with interest- ing combinations outside the Latouria Section. As at 2007, the sum of 16 first genera- Left: Dendrobium (convolutum x Candy Cane) Below: Dendrobium (Aussie Green x cruttwellii) First generation Dendrobium Green Elf (convolutum x alexanderae) H&R Dendrobium Green Mist (convolutum x Johnsoniae) (H&R) Dendrobium Post Printing (Impact x convolutum) (P. Spence) Dendrobium Aussie’s Flash (convolu- tum x finisterrae) (P. Spence) Dendrobium Aussie’s Pixie (aberrans x convolutum) (P. Spence) Second generation Dendrobium Dream-Weaver (Andree Millar x Elva Ann) (P. Spence) Dendrobium Sexy Lady (Aussie’s Pixie x phalaenopsis) (P. Spence) Dendrobium (Kenny Green x Hilda Poxon) Dendrobium Shirley Hilton (Aussie Green x spe- ciosum) tion hybrids and 23 second generation hybrids have been registered using D. con- volutum making a total of 39 crosses. This obviously doesn’t include the further num- ber of unregistered hybrids and unflow- ered seedlings from new. and advanced crosses. A few of the other notable Dendrobium convolutum crosses include: 14 The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 Dendrobium Candy Cane (Penang Stripes x Aussie Green) (S&T O/U) Dendrobium Green Hew (Aussie Green x engae) (W. Upton) Dendrobium Ovoz’s Lava Flow (Aussie Green x pulchrum {syn. polysema}) (P. Spence) This last cross was cloned in Hawaii and it was first flowered by Richella Orchids (Richard Mizuta) also in Hawaii. This nursery has now closed. There are two other Dendrobium sec- tion Latouria species that have also been recently rediscovered that are worth while mentioning as they have also been intro- duced into my hybridising program. They are D. biloculare and D. euryanthum with the first batches of seedlings from these species nearing flowering size and like an Dendrobium (convolutum x lithocola ‘White - red lip’) expectant mother I can’t wait to see the results. a Phil Spence Orchid Productions P.O. Box 3525 Wamberal NSW 2260 Australia Ph: 0408-994696 NATIVE ORCHIDS Latest Release Seedlings Flowering Size Plants Hot/Cold and Cold Growers We only stock quality plants from Australia’s best hybridists Native species including . Dendrobium, Cymbidium and Sarcochilus LARGE SPECIMENS AVAILABLE We also stock treefern, slabs, stakes, pots, sohagnum and bush moss, orchid bark B&T Ferns & Orchids 30 Wiseman Road Silvan, Victoria 3795 Fax/Phone: (03) 9737 9694 Melway Ref. 123 Open 7 days a week The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 15 The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 nall groups of orchids whites are held in high esteem. Masdevallias are no differ- ent but the white lines haven’t received much attention. In the species we have some lovely white parental material. The inspiration for me was Masdevallia datura. When I first saw this spectacular orchid in flower I was awestruck by its exquisite beauty, its true unblemished whiteness, its size, its shape, its flower dis- play and its scent. A little tricky to grow, but worth the effort. Not much later I saw the magnificent hybrid M. Bella Donna (datura x coc- cinea), it wasn’t white but softest pink. As luck would have it I had both parents in Text and photos by Clive Halls bloom but significantly, I had the white (alba) form of M. coccinea, not the normal purple form used in the cross I had seen blooming. The white Bella Donnas we bloomed such as the clone ‘Prima’ came white as snow. The M. coccinea genes have strengthened the plant growth and made quite strong growing plants. Flowers are produced in profusion. The next cross in this line was to back cross to M. datura to get even more size and the full trumpet shape. The resulting cross, named M. Mount Feathertop ‘Beenak’, achieved an AM/AOC on its first flowering. The flow- ers were very large and looked like a M. datura on steroids! Left and below: Masdevallia Mount Feathertop ‘Beenak’ AM/AOC >“ The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 Whites are often colour dominant so we tried Bella Donna to some oranges and yellows. M. Copper Wing ‘Sunburst’ AM/OSCOV was an obvious choice and the results saw many whites among the oranges, yellows and pinks from the cross. Usually though the pure whiteness had a hint of pink, often in the dorsal, very beau- tiful, unfortunately we only produced 20 or so seedlings. This cross must be done again. Hoping to make some large striped whites I crossed my best M. Partizan, a wine with deeper stripes, to M. Bella Donna. Again we didn’t get much seed but the ones we flowered were lovely and as Masdevallia (Bella Donna x Copper Wing) The Australian Orchid Review, February/Marc Masdevallia datura expected some pale pinks with stripes but also some fantastic pure whites with deep yellow caudae. The best one was M. Bridie ‘Beenak’, which received a 79.8 point Highly Commended Certificate (HCC) and judged by OSCOV as ‘Masdevallia of the Year’ for 2007. The growth from the Partizan parentage was also strong and attractive. The M. constricta line led to some very nice whites with an extra benefit of some heat tolerance, always useful in Australia. Masdevallia Bella Donna ‘Prima’ The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 Masdevallia coccinea var. alba Left: Masdevallia Bridie ‘Beenak’ HCC/OSCOV M. (constricta x Mary Staal) made M. White Angel. M. Mary Staal has some white background through M. strobelii so we expected some clean whites along the way but quite different looking to the M. datura line with yellow centres and more traditional shape. The White Angel cer- tainly had quality but didn’t flower very productively. Wanting to maintain shape and size | decided to use M. Kimballiana “Yellow Doll’ HCC/AOC, an interesting yellow that carries a pure colour or alba gene, so it seemed a good choice to match up with M. White Angel. The resulting M. Memoria Horrie Foster-Johnson has indeed produced some fabulous pure whites such as the cultivar “Beenak’ AM/OSCOV that won ‘Masdevallia of the Year’ for 2005. Most orchid enthusiasts will know M. tovarensis, a very beautiful and very white orchid, so far we haven’t had much luck with breeding but other people have and it deserves some more work. Sequential blooming, deep green glossy leaves, some heat tolerance, fast growth, it’s got so much going for it that it must be utilised in future breeding. A fortunate pick up on a Masdevallia White Angel The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 sale bench was a little gem of the as-yet unregistered M. (tovarensis x lineolata), though small, it shows how pretty they can be and the growth is fabulous too. There are some plants of M. tovarensis breeding out and about and you might like to look out for them on the sales benches. M. Measuresiana (x amabilis) is a gor- geous miniature we have grown for many years. M. Hincksiana (x ignea) a cool grower but very pretty mostly soft oranges, though whites exist so I am told. | ad 7 7 | p vat) ] hes b 7 VINEE iN » LP l Make yo @ hin ne in n 2009 with an orchid from Tinonee "200° ) DIARY pt pes a at the fc " 1 Cc hi AIC be chids will be at the Tol ving shows and Orcnid events. Hills Distr lids Early Autumn Open Day Woucen: land Int itiona hid Fair - Bray Park lomo Oo ->>mT = nolne) © 9 <<35 Orchids CEN Port Neewiene Orch ... Southport Oasis ( i Mingara Orchid | aos —— = wi iter Open Day | Orchid Spectacular & Victorian ir 7 opunge rs, Keysborough NNN OOO TTT (o)(o)(o}%s g9 Ct erect ONNN—M (2) The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 M. Curlei (x macrura) registered in 1896 which reminds us that Masdevallias have been hybridised for many a long year. I recently obtained a plant of this which pre- sumably was a remake and waited in antic- ipation for a flower. Interesting was about the best you could say of this plant, but potentially a white the size of M. macrura, says lets try again. The final couple of crosses were made more recently; one I knew would be good the other was a surprise packet. f f Hy H Pi it Masdevallia Ada’s Delight M. Frosty Stripes (datura x Antizana) couldn’t miss. The only thing was would stripes come through or not? The answer to that is yes and no, in fact half and half. Nearly all had some hint of colour, no pure whites. The striped ones had pale pink Masdevallia Frosty Stripes The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 stripes and the awarded clone ‘“Beenak’ was also striped, but with a green throat to the trumpet shaped flower. First blooming produced 35 flowers and buds in an 80mm squat pot! The other cross M. Lemon Ice is (Heathii x Coconut Ice). A big deep orange on to a pale pink M. Coconut Ice. The white dominance has come right through from the (datura x barleana) which is Masdevallia Coconut Ice Coconut Ice. It was a surprise but a pleas- ant one and J am sure many more are in the waiting as we develop our white Masdevallia line in the future. Other nurseries and individuals have made many other great white Masdevallias and this article does not attempt to explore the directions others have followed. On our great big island we are somewhat cut off from overseas developments, at least in terms of getting plant material. Masdevallias don’t like quarantine proce- dures very much so it’s a matter of getting on and making our own hybrids. Where does the future of the white line go next? There is plenty of potential but perhaps introducing some heat tolerance through such species as M. tonduzii and M. mejiana must be done as soon as possible. The alba gene in M. 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My own goal is to make whites with fiery red caudae and hopefully spread into the whole lower por- tion of the flower. We saw hints of this in the lovely M. Ada’s Delight (Mary Staal x Kimballiana) awarded a few years back in Tasmania and I am convinced the coloured caudae can be further enhanced. I can do it in Photoshop, now to make it in reality. In future articles we will be looking at other colours particularly reds, stripes and yellows. For more information contact us via our website www.mtbeenakorchids.com.au | Clive Halls Mt Beenak Orchids www.mtbeenakorchids.com.au Email: clivehalls @bigpond.com 27 Hacketts Creek Road Three Bridges, Vic 3797 Ph/Fax 03 59667253 The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 rn the past years the interest and the Hi growth in Phalaenopsis varieties has been enormous with the Taiwanese and the Chinese producing most of the worlds demands, these orchids have become the every day household plants with meri- clones being produced by the millions in both Taiwan and China. The American market can no longer take what they are producing, so these two countries have taken to dumping their mericlones to the rest of the world and I feel the quality has suffered to the point that we are seeing the same variety of plants everywhere. It will take sometime for the Taiwanese, who I believe are the best in the world at produc- ing such plants, to bring onto the market their newer varieties. However, these will not be seen for sometime as everybody was so busy trying to sell their current mericlone stock that there seemed very lit- tle hybridisation going on although I believe that this was only a short term problem and maybe a good thing. After getting wrongly named orchid plants and plants we didn’t order I decided that I would not import from these coun- tries any more and set up our own breed- ing programs some six years ago. The pro- grams consisted of breeding for harle- quins, miniature multifloral and the big lip Phalaenopsis, it is the latter that this arti- cle will focus on as I believe that collectors Phal. World Class ‘Bigfoot’ (Phal. High Energy x Carmela’s Wild Thing) Dtps. Dendi’s Yowie Text and photos by Dennis Diehm are always looking for something different and I think that we are starting to see some good results from our breeding program in this type of orchid. It all started with Phal. Sasquatch (Registered by G & L Bromley of Sydney) most of the plants were brought up in our nursery with some reasonable results around 30 percent having the larger lip. The cross is Phal. World Class ‘Big Foot’ x Phal. amabilis ‘Neil’ — I remade it using what I feel was a much better amabilis and the results have been much better with around 56 percent so far having the larger lip. The next cross I did was Dtps. Dendi’s Yeti (World Class ‘Bigfoot’ x Dops. Taisuco Happy Beauty) this by far has seen Dtps. Dendi’s Yeti Dtps. Dendi’s Yowie Phal. Saaquatch The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 the highest percentage of larger lips and is the most consistent of the cross to date. Colour range have mainly been pinks with the odd cream. The next was Dtps. Dendi’s Yowie (Phal. Sasquatch x Dtps. Hsinying Lipstick), I was trying to produce a large to medium white with a large red lip, well I got close, some beautiful whites some with a touch of colour in the lip, the red lip may come in the next generation. Phal. Dendi’s Meh -Teh (Phal. World Class ‘Bigfoot’ x Phal. Dendi’s Lip) this cross has been a little disappointing very few have had a large lip although there have been reports from some of our cus- Phal. Meh-Teh Dtps. Dendi’s Yeti Phal. Saaquatch 27 tomers that they have flowered some very good ones. The next one that we have flowered with interest is Phal. World Class ‘Bigfoot’? x (Phal. High Energy x Carmela’s Wild Thing), this is showing a lot of potential for high colour with a large lip. Phal. Dendi’s Yeti Phal. Dendi’s Yeti ‘Almost’ AD/AOC NSW Phal. Saaquatch Dtps. Dendi’s Yeti Some of the other crosses we have done are yet to flower and it will be interesting to see if the success will carry over into some of the new progeny. Dtps. Dendi’s Yowie Dtps. Dendi’s Yowie Ps Phal. Saaquatch 28 Phal. Dendi’s Yeti Dtps. Dendi’s Yowie Phal. Dendi’s Meh-Ten As yet showing these is relatively new and a lot of judges are not quite sure on how to judge them so don’t be disap- pointed if your big lip doesn’t win a prize, because you have something unique and it also happens to be beautiful. Although, we have received an award for one of the Phal. Dendi’s Yeti ‘Almost’, an AD, set- ting a bench mark for future judging of these flowers. All of the photos that appear are of plants that have flowered for the first time and are one offs — they have not as yet been mericloned. All photos are copyright and can not be reproduced with out written permission from the owner. a Dendi Orchids Griffith N.S.W. dendi@iinet.net.au dendiorchids.com.au Mt Beenak Orchids www.mtbeenakorchids.com.au Cool growing orchids and Mail Order our speciality 27 Hacketts Creek Rd, Three Bridges, Vic. 3797 Ph/Fax (03) 5966 7253 Email: clivehalls@bigpond.com Check our website for the latest Masdevallia division list, with new photos, latest releases, news and cultural notes. The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 a : Text John McAuley — photos Bill Dobson : Dendrobium Class ‘Mel’ _ Grand Champion 2008 ~ _ (Trevor & Pauline Onslow or the ninth year in August 2008, the il St. Ives Orchid Fair and Show, held in the Northern Sydney suburb of the same name, certainly lived up to its name “The Big One”. It has been stated that this is NSW’s Premier Orchid Event and arguably one of Australia’s. The Fair and Show goes from strength to strength and record numbers of visitors passed through the doors this year. The show attracted local, interstate and inter- national visitors, including members of the Orchid Society of South East Asia (Singapore) who marvelled and drooled at the magnificent displays of cool growing orchids such as Cymbidium hybrids which they are unable to grow in their home envi- ronment. The Fair and Show is organised annu- ally by four Sydney Northern Suburbs Orchid Societies working together, namely: Manly-Warringah O.S., North Shore O.S., Ku-ring-gai O.S. and ANOS Warringah Group. Large displays and table-top displays were put on by several societies, individuals and commercial growers. Despite concerns about plant availability due to this year’s extremely cold winter, (apparently coldest August 30 since 1943), the quality and variety of plants in the displays were as good as ever. Vendors from NSW and _ Interstate stocked their stalls with a‘wide variety of orchids to satisfy both expert and novice collectors, and those just wanting some long lasting potted blooms. Orchid books, potting media, chemicals etc. were readily available as was free advice and potting demonstrations. Seven OSNSW Awards were granted at the show. Major prize winners for 2008 were Grand Champion (and Champion Australian Native Hybrid) — Dendrobium Class ‘Mel’, Trevor & Pauline Onslow. Reserve Champion (and Champion Exotic Species & Champion Specimen) — Dendrochilum tenellum, ‘Joni-Jane’, Moira and John Bennett. Champion Standard Cymbidium — Cymbidium Coco Jim ‘Starquest’, Geoff LeMarne. Champion Miniature/Intermediate Cymbidium — Cymbidium Khanebono ‘Jacinta’, George Serhan. Champion Cymbidium Seedling — Cymbidium (Vibrant Bliss x Pharaoh’s Star), Tony Maclure. Champion Laeliinae — Cattleytonia ‘Dal’s Capri ‘Nicole’, J & S Atwal. Champion Orchid Hybrid “Other? — Masdevallia Tarnie ‘Joyce’, J & S Atwal. Champion Paphiopedilum hybrid (and Champion Seedling) — Paphiopedilum Fanaticum, Geoff & Jean Fulcher. Champion Australian Species — Dockrillia teretifolia, ‘Yatte Yattah’, Trish Peterson. Champion Large Display — North Shore Orchid Society. Champion Table-Top Display — Dendi Orchids Champion Art — Photo of Pterostylis sp., Bill Dobson. 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Message See here for mail order bookshop W4 cut here for australian orchid review subscription AUSTRALIAN ORCHID REVIEW GPO BOX 5481 SYDNEY NSW 2001 AUSTRALIA Above: Cattleytonia Dal’s Capri ‘Nicole’ HCC/AOC-NSW 2008 (J & S Atwal) Left: Paphiopedilum Fanaticum (J & G Fulcher) Below: Masdevallia Tarnie ‘Joyce’ AM/AOC-NSW 2008 (J & S Atwal) ORCHID SPECIAL A&B FERTILISERS Food for all Orchid Species Crystalline — fully water soluble — especially manufactured for better orchids. Rich in 8 essential mineral trace elements. ORCHID SPECIAL A (Yellow Compound) 11.13.16 Applied at initiation of flower spikes and continued through to the end of flowering. The high phosphorus and potassium and the low nitrogen content stimulates flowering and ensures a better bloom. ORCHID SPECIAL B (Blue Compound) 30.4.8 For established plants, applied at completion of flowering through to initiation of flower spikes. Young and developing orchids should be fed regularly the whole year. The high nitrogen stimulates plant growth and plant vigour. Packed in 500g and 3kg units. Periodic feeding 15g in 5 litres of . water. Regular feeding 2g in 5 litres of water. j Campbell Orchid. Special A&B Fertilisers “just for good orchids” For the name of your local supplier contact: NSW: Products of Excellence (02) 9417 0277, Beresford Park Nursery Supplies (02) 4966 5477, Frank Slattery Orchids (02) 9150 7985. ACT: C.1.C. Supplies (02) 6241 7477. VIC: Fertool Distributors (03) 9796 4433. QLD: Burnell Agencies (07) 3394 2211, J.C. & A.T. Searle (07) 5497 2022. WA: Nurserymens. Supplies (08) 9353 2536. SA: Munns Lawn Co. P/L (08) 8277 8000. NT: Tropigro (08) 8984 3200. A product of COLIN CAMPBELL (CHEMICALS) PTY. LTD. 5 Blackfriar Place, Wetherill Park, NSW 2164 Telephone (02) 9725 2544 Fax: (02) 9604 7768 P.O. Box 6789, Wetherill Park, NSW 2164. Fertilising — Fact or Fiction? Ree is certainly a much discussed topic. We read or are told many things regarding fertilising our orchids. I wonder how much is really fact and how much has evolved over the years? I believe that most advice is given in good faith. I also believe that advice is passed from orchid grower to orchid grower without anybody questioning the validity of the advice. We are only going to advance our knowledge if we question every thing (including this article) so we can differentiate between fact and fiction. 1. Organic Fertiliser is Better than an Inorganic fertiliser Orchids access the elements in a fer- tiliser only when they are dissolved in water and are conveyed, via the root sys- tem, into the plant. Inorganic fertilisers are generally dissolved in water before being applied, thus the elements are readily available to the plant. Organic fertilisers come in two forms, liquid and solid. Liquid fertilisers are dis- solved in water and the elements are as readily available as the inorganic ele- ments. In the solid form the elements only become available once it has been broken For more info contact: or visit our website: by Bruce Wood down by the action of microbes and bacte- ria and only then can they be dissolved in water and accessible to the plant. Inorganic fertiliser packaging displays an N:P:K ratio as well as the quantity of any other elements contained within the fer- tiliser, thus we can easily calculate the desired strength of the fertiliser to be applied. On checking a range of liquid inorganic fertilisers, only some displayed the ratio of elements available in the fertiliser. Caution should be exercised when using a fertiliser when you do not know what is contained within that fertiliser. The ele- ments available to the plant, from a solid fertiliser, are governed by the rate of bac- terial action and it is very difficult to cal- culate if we are supplying the elements at an optimum rate. In the colder months of the year bacterial action slows consider- ably resulting in the solid fertiliser retain- ing water for a longer period of time and reducing the air spaces available in the potting mixture. The availability of the elements from a slow release fertiliser is temperature dependent with the rate of release being beyond the control of the orchid grower. Knowing when this type of fertiliser has exhausted its supply of elements presents further difficulties. It should be remem- bered that the element nitrogen is the same element whether it is supplied in an organic or inorganic form. The same applies to all the other elements. 2. Water Your Plants before Fertilising The roots of epiphytic orchids are coy- ered with a thick layer of a dead material called velum, which acts asa sponge absorbing any water and nutrient which comes into contact. In their natural habitat, the roots pass this mixture into the plant and then become dry waiting for the next rain event. Generally we contain the roots of our epiphytic orchids in a pot of medium which retains water/fertiliser for a longer period and we never really allow the roots to become completely dry. The potting mixture, and thus the roots, is generally just damp before we water. If we water today with the view of fertilising tomor- row the roots and the potting mixture will retain a large amount of water thus mak- ing it very difficult for the roots to absorb any fertiliser. If we fertilise at a weak rate www.orchidfair.com.au The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 when the potting mix is just damp the plant will gain maximum benefit from fertilising. If we fertilise shortly after watering all we really doing is diluting the fertiliser with the water that is avail- able in the pot. I have not seen any scien- tific evidence that supports the claim that fertiliser can burn the root system of a plant. 3. Water heavily to remove salt build up. Who has sufficient water to pour heaps onto the orchid house floor? You certainly do not if you live on the Central Coast of New South Wales with Level 4 water restrictions in force. So why create a prob- lem if it can be so easily avoided? The salts that accumulate in the pot and around the drainage holes are fertiliser that was far in excess of the plants requirements at the time of application. If you fertilise at a rate that is close to the plants requirements and you water more times than you fertilise you can not have a salt build up. Most salts, derived from fertiliser, are acidic by nature so benefit is gained by removing this influence from your pots. So why waste money on fertiliser? Save your water and your plants. 4. Fertilise weekly/weakly I find this statement very misleading, particularly for the newer growers. It infers that we should fertilise every Saturday or what ever the chosen day is, ignoring the environmental factors that affect our culture. It may be true in the summer months that we can fertilise very successfully each week. In the cool to cold weather with the lower tempera- tures, shorter day lengths and weaker sun- shine, the period between watering and/or fertilising may be well in excess of one - week. Some of the factors that influence your watering/fertilising regime are: a) Where you live, be it on the coast or high in the mountains. b) The type of housing for your orchids, shade house or cold/heated glass house. c) The orchid genus or genera grown. d) The potting medium used: bark, coconut, sphagnum moss or peat and perlite. e) Pot type, squat, standard or saucer. f) The weather. It may sunny, raining, over cast, windy, as well as the day- time and night time temperatures. The other problem I see is with the “weakly” advice. “Weakly” is open to interpretation; the rate that one grower considers “weak” another may think it to be “strong”. Without any clear definition of the N:P:K ratio of the fertiliser, a rec- ommended rate of dilution and the rate which is most beneficial to the plants in question, it is very difficult to determine a “weak” rate. The best advice I can give to the newer growers who are struggling (and we all struggled initially) with their watering/fer- tilising techniques is it is much safer to determine your watering frequency for the time of the year and the prevailing weather conditions and then tie your fertilising pro- gramme to your watering programme. You may choose to water a set number of times then fertilise, maintaining this regime all year round. This way you water/fertilise more in the summer period and less in the winter. If you fertilise on a weekly basis irre- spective of the prevailing conditions you may be creating problems such as salt build up, lowering the pH of your potting mix, as well as over watering your plants. The greatest killer of orchids is over water- ing. 5. Apply your favourite fertiliser at half the manufacture’s recommended rate It may seem strange to include this statement in this article for, on face value, it does seem like sound advice but if you question it some problems emerge. We shall compare two commonly used fertilisers. For simplicity sake we will only Vita Rich yet. Y @r é Seaweed, Fish emulsion and \ blood and bone. \ Excellent balance ) for all round \ feeding — 500m! \ only $9.00 Eco oil Natural miticide/insecti- cide. The safest product to use on your orchids for all those nasty 4 pests — 500ml $18.00. 7 litre $30.00 AOR 042 rotect your Postage 1 item $12.00, 2 items $15.00, 3 items $20.00 The Orchid Tray Company | Geman raat. Rain ceterna (naar MONE wenden aw Ax weitnat ete ocd] P environment Catch the bugs without any chemicals — 10 for $14.00 Pyrethrum The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 Safe to use pesticide. Made from plant extract. Rate of use 20m per litre — 250ml $12.00 500ml $22.00 1 litre $40.00 sales@orchidtrays.com.au om PO Box 572, Sydney Markets NSW 2129 bat*n: Phone 0416 226 520 www.orchidtrays.com.au Eco Carh Natural fungicide. Works on contact. Perfectly safe — 1.2kg $30.00 ~ Sharp | shooter / Ready to use insecticide-— 750ml $9.00 ~ 35 compare the nitrogen levels. a) Peters Excel CalMag Std - has a nitro- gen level of 15. The manufacture’s rec- ommended rate for orchids is 1gm/L which gives a value of 150ppm of nitro- gen. If we halve this rate we are then supplying our plants 75ppm of nitro- gen. This rate is insufficient for optimum growth in Cymbidiums and _ nitrogen draw down will probably occur. This application rate is about right for Cattleyas growing in a bark based potting mix but is excessive for plants in sphag- num moss. b) Aquasol - has a nitrogen ratio of 23. The manufacture’s recommended applica- tion rate for orchids is 4gms/5L which gives a value of 184ppm of nitrogen. At half the recommended rate we are sup- plying our orchids at 92ppm of nitro- gen. This rate is approaching the optimum rate for Cymbidiums but I think nitrogen draw down will occur initially. For Cattleyas growing in a bark mix this rate is excessive and less than optimum growth will result. For Cattleyas growing in sphagnum moss this rate will prove a health hazard. It is very important to understand the nutritional requirements of your chosen genus (knowledge is the orchid growers most important tool) and match your favourite fertiliser at the correct dilution rate, to produce optimum growth rates. 6.1 feed my plants For fun I ask people, who fertilises their plants and who feeds their plants, and what is the difference? The most common answer to the last question is there is no difference. There is a very big difference between the first two questions. When we fertilise our plants we are artificially supplying the elements which are essential for the plant to perform all the essential functions to maintain life. For example, magnesium is required in the photosynthesis process and calcium forms the structure of the plant much like our bones. Plants feed themselves. They take the carbon from the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the hydrogen from water supplied and in the presence of sunlight produces sugar, starch and glucose. This process is called photosyn- thesis. What we are trying to do, with our balanced culture, is to optimise this process. The more plant food a plant produces, the bigger and stronger it will grow. Big strong plants usually produce big strong flowers. | Bruce Wood Email: woodhaven@aapt.net.au 36 pecies orchids have always intrigued me. I like their many different growth habits; their different types of foliage; the vast range of colours of both the flowers and in some cases the plant; the multitude of per- fumes, whether pleasant or otherwise; it’s just their variability that lures me to them. The genus Bulbophyllum in the broad sense has about 2,000 species and among these species are some of the most variable of all orchids. Some species seem to be very sta- ble and show little variation (or perhaps we may just have a limited gene pool of these species in cultivation.) Other species, such as B. lobbii and B. odoratum are extremely widespread and therefore very variable (or it could be argued that there are a number of species involved within these complexes; a view I find easy to accept.) When I first got plants of Bulbophyllum pardalotum they all flowered orange with red striping and all other clones I saw of this species were similarly coloured. There was no problem with this because this is a delightful species, which is very easy to grow and flower. Bulbophyllum pardalotum is endemic to the Philippines and was described in 1995 by Dr. Leslie Garay, Fritz Hamer and Emly Siegerist in Lindleyana. The meaning of the specific epithet is “spot- ted like a leopard” and refers to the floral segments. The illustrated example is one I pho- tographed from the mountains of central Luzon and grows there as an epiphyte, often in large clumps at elevations of between 800 The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 Bulbophyllum pardalotum by Jim Cootes and 1,400 metres. The flowers are borne singly on short inflorescences and these may appear throughout the year, with higher flower numbers during the warmer months. The individual blooms only open for a few hours each day — and are closed by mid- afternoon, and go through this pattern for about five days before finally withering. In November 2001, whilst in the moun- tains of central Luzon, I saw clones (which may be this species) which had white tips to the dorsal and lateral sepals and brown spot- ting. A few flowers were taken for study and appear to be intermediate between B. pardalotum and the closely related B. elas- soglossum. More information on this group of species will be discussed in a later article. Cultivation: Bulbophyllum pardalotum is a very easy and quite rapid grower in cul- tivation. I have plants both on mounts of tree fern fibre and in plastic pots with a fine grade bark mix. The plants growing on the mounts appear to do much better. Maybe they just like to dry out more between water- ings. The plants are grown in a glasshouse with a winter minimum of 12 degrees Celsius, but would probably take lower win- ter night-time temperatures. This species appreciates high humidity, constant air movement and a minimum of 50% shade. Regular waterings and applications of fer- tilisers should have this little orchid gem growing and blooming to perfection. a Jim Cootes Riverwood, NSW Email: jecootes@ozemail.com.au CULTURAL NOTES Australian Natives February and March can produce all kinds of weather changes and coping with that can be a challenge for orchid growers. We grow our plants in small containers making them totally dependent on us for their well-being, so we need to be able to adapt our growing conditions to suit the plants — and that involves trying to beat nature to a certain degree. February in temperate Australia can be any- thing from very hot and dry to very hot and humid along the coast — you know, sticky and steamy with little air movement. There can also be very welcome southerly changes. They pro- duce a sudden chill which can damage some plants as well as sudden and severe thunder- storms which can do a lot more damage, partic- ularly if there is hail. Check there are no tree branches overhanging your collection that are weakened by borers or anything else and get them removed before they are broken in strong winds. After a storm, check your plants for any damage. Repot any that may have been knocked over and had media lost and look for broken pseudobulbs and leaves. Remove the damaged bits remembering that a pseudobulb will continue to produce new growths from its base if that is left intact. Check for damage to the covering of your growing area and repair it or the next storm may do more damage. March can be hot, but can also see the first frosts in inland areas. Add to this the potential for drought breaking flood rain and it’s easy to see why growers have to keep their wits about them. Hopefully there will be rain to give growers some relief from water restrictions. Try to make the most of it. Remember that sealed houses don’t get the benefit of rain and will quickly dry out in the still warm conditions. You will need to be sure to water them even if it does manage to rain. Keep the fans running for these next few months but also check the heaters are ready and working as they may be needed at any time. The autumn flowering natives produce buds now. As many are of tropical origin or have par- ents that are, they can be sensitive to sudden cold snaps in temperate areas which causes bud drop. Hot, humid conditions are perfect for creat- ing fungal and bacterial problems. Soft new growths can fill with water and rot off, dam- ORCHIDACEOUS SUPPLIES Suppliers of a wide range of Orchid Accessories Whether you are a hobbyist or a professional orchid grower - we can Supply your needs. Pots — dome pots - Port Pots — trays — meters — virus testing kits - stakes — plant clips — labels — pens — fertilisers - wide range of wire products. Growing medias — bark, coconut husk, treefern, cork, perlite, charcoal, sphagnum moss and more. Agent for Eco Products Catalogue available on request Grahame & Margaret Muller P.O. Box 4192, Tinana, Qld. 4650 Ph: 07 4122 1251 Fax: 07 4122 4539 Email: supplies@orchidaceousbooks.com.au é aged leaves develop black areas and roots can rot in-soggy mix. Plenty of air movement between plants will allow them to dry between wet spells and the best way is to avoid over- crowding — but who wants to have spare bench space when there is room for another native orchid? If things get bad use a fungicide. Just be sure to get the correct one as many are spe- cific as to what they will control. Repotting should be completed by now as root growth will slow and the plants may not establish themselves in the pot before winter. However, that doesn’t mean you ignore any urgent cases. A bit of work now could save the plant. Look for any plants that have not grown well over summer. There should be nice, lush new growths reaching maturity. Some plants might go for a second lot of growths. Continue with the fertiliser while the plants are still actively growing. A change to a bloom boosting formula is a good idea as it will get the plants ready for spring flowering. Always keep the fertiliser dilute. More won’t make the plants grow faster; it will just burn the roots and cause souring of the potting media by creating a salt build up that needs a lot of water to flush out. When the heat drops it is a good time to deflask seedlings. There will be enough warmth to get them established before winter, Be sure to keep up the water and very dilute fer- tiliser. You can choose to plant them in com- munity pots or in single seedling pots. This will depend somewhat on the size of the seedlings and the space and protection you can offer them. Seedlings are usually covered in a terrar- ium like environment to reduce the chances of dehydration after the shock of removal from the flask. They will them produce new growths which need to be hardened to their outdoor growing conditions by gradual removal of the protection. Sarcanthinae simply harden off the existing growths and produce new leaves and roots while dendrobiums produce new pseudobulbs and roots. Community pots save room and the seedlings seem to like to continue to grow in each others company. They have to be watched as strong growing plants can dom- inate the pot and kill off the weaker ones. Maybe this is what you want to select just the strongest plants. Individual pots are time con- suming to set up and need more care to get the plants growing. An advantage is that they don’t have their rots disturbed again when they out- RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA The major Si blindness! If you have RP, or know someone who has, please contact the charity/support group RETINA AUSTRALIA © IN FIGHTING BLINDNESS For information and assistance phone 1800 999 870 www. retinaAustralia.com.au re} 8 a ° < The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 grow the pot. : Many of the terrestrial orchids begin their growth at this time of year with the tiny leaves popping out of the potting mix. Any repotting should have been completed by now. The natives in bloom or coming into bud now include a large number of species and hybrids “with very varied blooms. The well-known Dendrobium bigibbum and its hybrids, D. schneiderae, Bulbophyllum exiguum, B. schille- rianum, B. weinthalii, Dockrillia bowmanni and Liparis species are just a few of the huge variety of natives that normally bloom at this time. Ml Cattleyas During the summer period most Cattleyas are in full growth. Warm days and nights cer- tainly push your plants along. New roots are appearing and growths are on the move. If your plants are overgrown you may think about dividing and or repotting into a larger pot. Remember, when repotting catts only use PORT POTS the orchid growers pot! These pots are shallow with plenty of drainage holes. Cattleyas can be repotted in just about any media. I have seen Cattleyas growing very well in a cymbidium mixture. As long as the mix drains well and does not get soggy, Cattleyas will grow quite well. After potting, please stake your plants. That is, most bulbs should be staked and tied top and bottom of the bulb, so as the bulb will not move when you are water- ing your plants. If dividing this time of the year, it is a good idea to spray your plants with ENVY® to stop. water loss from within the plant. A drench with AUXINONE® will help the plants develop a good root system. DO NOT OVER WATER your newly potted plants. Depending on where you live, you may only need to water weekly. Plants just potted will not need fertiliser for some weeks. Once you see roots appearing you could fertilise with an organic such as MAJOR CARP?® or a new product that has now become available is GROWTH’S LIQUID BLOOD AND BONE. What I have seen so far is that growths seem to have a greener colour with good root development . " Check plants for scale infections. If present spray with ANTI-SCALE® or ECO OIL®. Fungal diseases are not a problem during the summer months. | ORCHIDS nora Gordonvale 20km South of Cairns on the Bruce Highway Vandas SN Phallies & more email: Idneill@ledanet.com.au Phone (07) 4056 2357 Mob 0405 453 171 1-3 Grey Street, Meringa via Gordonvale Queensland 4865 AOR 051 37 CULTURAL NOTES Cymbidiums Spikes are starting to appear!! Yes, it won’t be long and the season will be with us . If possible, water in the early evening. Check for two-spotted mites under leaves. If present, spray with your favourite miticide. If you have a small collection, spray with PEST OIL or ECO OIL. These two oils work very well. BUT do not spray if the weather is above 30 degrees Celsius. You could mix some MAN- COZEB with the oil for leaf spot diseases. If you are experiencing bulb rot on new leaf rot, drench with ANTI-ROT® or AGRIFOS 600. You may need a couple of applications, five to seven days apart. Apply at label rate. Fertilise weekly with PETERS EXCEL Cal Mag Hi K or PETERS BLOSSOM BOOSTER. A monthly application of calcium is required for developing racemes. You can use many forms of calcium but I prefer the use of BIO- MIN CALCIUM. Must be used on its own at 0.5 grams per litre of water. | Paphiopedilum The weather is normally hot and, particu- larly during February, quite humid. If you haven’t taken precautions against mealy bug and scale, keep an eye out. Scale usually only becomes a problem in collections which have been neglected and can usually be traced to host plants, often ferns. Mealy bugs, on the other hand, can appear almost out of the blue and you can have a major infestation before you notice it. Both these pests can be controlled with “Malascale’; repeat spraying may be necessary. Care of paphs. during this period of the year consists mainly of routine watering and the reg- ular application of soluble fertiliser as advised previously, still taking care to avoid overwater- ing. When the nights are hot it is better to water during the evening to induce a temperature drop about nightfall; this will assist promote flowering and, in my experience, help avoid deformed flowers. Excessively high temperatures should be avoided by whatever means you have at your disposal. In the bush house, shading and simple misting of the plants is all that can practically be done; natural air movement usually avoids problems under these conditions. Glass houses can present problems with excessive heat during summer, particularly if they are small. An adequately sized evaporative cooler is a very useful, albeit costly, device for creating good summer growing conditions in the glasshouse. The cooler must be so installed that it draws fresh air from outside — recircula- tion is useless. Sufficient ventilation should be provided at the top of the house to ensure that the cooler operates without back pressure. A simple thermostat, set at about 28 degrees Celsius, is sufficient control; this may need to be wired through a relay. In the absence of an evaporative cooler, summer temperature control is best achieved by a combination of ventilation, shading and misting. Whilst shadecloth over, and some dis- tance away from, the glass helps with cooling — and can conveniently be removed during the cooler months — a thin coat of white paint in addition is almost always necessary. A vinyl water base paint, thinned with three or four times its volume of water, is very suitable. Don’t use an acrylic paint, it is almost impossi- ble to remove. | Phalaenopsis Keep the humidity up to your plants. On hot days damp down under benches and pathways. Watering is not the main problem during the summer period — it is the humidity in the grow- ing house. If you can keep it around 70% the plants will be very happy. Fertilise weekly with a good fertiliser such as MAJOR CARP®. This will promote a good root system and good solid leaves. Make sure the fertiliser goes right through the growing media. It is a good idea to give your plants a spray with ECO-OIL® to check the control of Mealy Bug. Remember, mealy buy breed down in the growing media. A maintenance spray with MANCOZEB will help control leaf spot cue the summer period, or a spray with HYSAN~. Repot if needed. | Vandaceous Watering:— Don’t allow to dry out. Water thoroughly every day. In very hot dry condi- tions water in early mornings and mist again late afternoon. Light:— Strap leaf vandas, ascocendas and other vandaceous genera with wide leaves require 50% to 70% shade although semi-terete and other narrow leaf types will be okay with 30%. Fertiliser:— Do not fertilise dry plants. Always water beforehand. Fertilise weekly alternating over a 4 weekly cycle as follows— Wk.1.— Inorganic low Nitrogen — Campbells A., Flowfeed HP8. —or Aqua K. Wk.2. — Wuxall Folair. Wk.3.— Inorganic low Nitrogen — as for wk.1. Wk 4. — Organic — Fish emulsion or Nitrogen. Pest Control:— Fungicide every six weeks (e.g. Daconil, Wettable Sulphur or Ridomil MZ WP). Use Diazanon, Malathion or Pyrethrum to control insects. | Orchid Growing Workshop - An Orchid Growing Workshop is being organised by the West Gippsland Orchid Club and will be held on Saturday 18 April, 2009 at the Anglican Church Hall in Drouin, Victoria. Ray Clement, of Tinonee Orchids, will speak on Australian native orchids and cattleyas. 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Bundaberg Autumn Aspley Orchid Society Community Hall 07 3269 7537 9 May 8.30am-4.00pm I ‘ 10 May 8.30am-3.30pm Mothers Day Orchid Show Edinburgh Castle Road, Wavell Heights 10 May TBA Autumn Proserpine Orc & Foliage Plant | Cannonvale State School 07 4945 1643 Mothers Day Fete Cannonvale Beach 17-18 July 9.00am-5.00pm Winter Townsville Orchid Society Townsville Orchid Society Hall ‘ 07 4773 4208 19 July 9.00am-4.00pm Winter Show Joe Kurwan Park, Charles Street, Kurwan 26 July Starts 8.30am Winter Proserpine Orc & Foliage Plant Contact Club Secretary 07 4945 1643 Local Field Day Winter Maroochydore OS Millwell Road Community Hall 07 5479 0562 9.00am-5.00pm Millwell Road, Maroochydore 8 August 9 August 9.00am-2.00pm Annual Orchid Show 27-29 August Shopping Centre Hours Winter Pine Rivers Orchid Society Deception Bay Shopping Centre 07 5497 5027 Winter Show Deception Bay 28-29 August 9.00am-9.00pm Winter Gold Coast Orchid Society Jupiters Pavilion, Gold Coast Showgrounds 07 5525 1668 30 August 9.00am-5.00pm Winter Show Parklands Drive, Southport, Gold Coast 4 September 9.00am-5.00pm Spring Nambour Orchid Society Uniting Church Hall 07 5441 7201 5 September 9.00am-2.30pm Spring Show Coronation Avenue, Nambour 11-13 September 9.00am-4.00pm Spring Queensland Orchid Society The Auditorium 07 3800 3213 Spring Show Botanic Gardens, Mt Coot-tha 12 September 8.30am-4.00pm Spring Ipswich Orchid Society Ipswich State High School 07 3201 8307 13 September 8.30am-2.00pm Spring Show 1 Hunter Street, Brassall, Ipswich 17 September 8.30am-5.00pm Spring Noosa District Orc & Foliage Soc RSL Memorial Hall 07 5449 9629 18 September 8.30am-2.30pm Annual Spring Show Maple Street, Cooroy 17-18 September 8.30am-4.30pm Spring Maryborough District OS St Pauls Memorial Hall 07 4121 5811 19 September 8.30am-1.00pm Annual Spring Show Adelaide Street, Maryborough Wondall Heights State Schoo! Assembly Hall 07 3286 4910 Spring Eastern District OS 18 September 8.30am-4.30pm 19 September 8.30am-3.00pm Spring Show Wondall Road, Manly West Victoria seep sie 8k Autumn Maribyrnong OS Maribynong Community Centrre 23-24 May TBA 9.00am-4.30pm Winter Autumn Show Melbourne Eastern OS Randall Street, Maribyrnong Burwood Heights Uniting Church Hall cnr Burwood Highway & Blackburn Road 03 9807 6206 6 June 7 June 12noon-4.30pm Winter Show 8 June 9.00am-11.30am East Burwood 11-12 July TBA Winter Maribyrnong OS Maribynong Community Centrre Winter Show Randall Street, Maribyrnong 25 July 9.00am Winter Maroondah Orchid Society Blackburn High School 03 9801 1628 Market Day & Show Cnr Springfield & Williams Rd, Blackburn September TBA AOC Orchid Conference & Show, Leisure & Events Centre, Derrimut Werribee 19 September 9.00am-4.00pm Spring West Gippsland Orchid Club Anglican Hall 03 5625 2170 20 September Spring Show Princes Way, Drouin Maroondah Orchid Society Blackburn High School 03 9801 1628 Spring Market Day & Show 26 September 9.00am-5.00pm 27 September 9.00am-4.00pm Cnr Springfield & Williams Rd, Blackburn South Australia 12 July 11.00am-5.00pm Winter Cymbidium Orchid Club of SA = Munno Para Shopping Centre 08 8252 3812 13-15, 17 July 9.00am-5.30pm Winter Show 600 Main North Road, Smithfield 16 July 9.00am-9.00pm 18 July 9.00am-5.00pm 23 August 11.00am-5.00pm Spring Cymbidium Orchid Club of SA Westfield Lakes Shopping Centre 08 8235 0340 24-26, 28 August 9.00am-5.30pm Spring Show 111 West Lakes Boulevard, West Lakes 27 August 9.00am-9.00pm 29 August 9.00am-5.00pm ACT 19 September 11.00am-5.00pm Spring Canberra Orchid Society St John’s Hall 20 September 12noon-4.30pm Spring Show Contitution Avenue, Reid, ACT Tasmania 9 October 2.00pm-5.00pm Spring Burnie Orchid Society Bradden Hall 03 6435 2708 Spring Show Burnie Civic Centre 10 October 9.00am-5.00pm 11 October 9.00am-4.00pm New Zealand 15 February 12 noon-3.00pm Autumn Waitakere Orchid Club Hobsonville Hall 0274 418568 Ribbon Show Hobsonville Road, Waitakere 3 May 11.00am-3.00pm Autumn NZ Orchid Society Mt Albert War Memorial Hall +64 9411 9383 Autumn Show New North Road, Mt Albert 17-18 July 10.00am-5.00pm Winter NZ Orchid Society Mt Albert War Memorial Hall +64 9411 9383 19 July 10.00am-4.00pm Winter Show New North Road, Mt Albert 21 August 1.00pm-4.00pm Spring Waitakere Orchid Club Kelston Community Centre 0274 418568 22-23 August 9.00am-4.00pm Spring Show Great North Road, Kelston, Waitakere +64 9411 9383 NZ Orchid Society Mt Albert War Memorial Hall 18-19 September 10.00am-5.00pm Spring 20 September 10.00am-4.00pm Spring Show New North Road, Mt Albert 40 The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 PRESENTED BY THE AUSTR ALIAN CYMBIDIUM SOCIETY INC. Editor’s Report his edition contains a report and pictures on the entrants and winners in the SAGE Cymbidium Seedling of the Year competi- tion, the Australian Cymbidium Society’s unique competition which brings together many of the best newly flowered cymbidiums benched and shown during the season. This year we will expand the showcase of entered plants to include close up pictures and also pictures of the whole plant, or flowering inflorescence, rather than just a single picture of each entrant. The additional pictures will appear in the next issue. This should provide a clearer picture of the attributes of each plant, something numerous readers have asked for in the past. As always our thanks go to Bob Campbell and SAGE for their ongo- ing support of the Cymbidium Seedling of the Year competition. David and Carolin Allen have provided a report on the Cymbidium Orchid Society of Victoria’s “Glen” Show staged in October, featuring some outstanding flowers despite the lateness of the season. Due to the pressure for space in this issue we have delayed The Australian Cymbidium Society overview of the 2008 AGM and annual Delegates Meeting, highlighting the major decisions made, new directions taken and plans for future initiatives, judging aims and details of the 2009 and 2010 National Cymbidium Shows in Victoria and Western Australia respectively. That report will appear next issue. Included in the intended changes dis- cussed by the ACS delegates were some which affect Cymbidiums Australia. It is the ACS’s intention to feature pictures and details of all ACS and member cymbidium club awards during the year, with pictures and details of plant and flower. Greater emphasis will be given to feature articles on growers and their cultural practices as well as selected nurseries and hybridisers. State based editors will be integral to these devel- opments and of course all cymbidium enthu- siasts are welcome to contribute and share their views and experiences. Australia has one of the most vibrant and diverse cymbid- ium scenes with possibly more hybridisers on a per capita basis than anywhere else. Cymbidium clubs in all states have growing member numbers, a rare situation among orchid clubs worldwide. There is much to feel positive and enthusiastic about when it comes to the future of cymbidiums in Australia and much we can all share. Russell Lynch brings us his thoughts and some interesting observations on the three Australian cymbidium species, canalicula- tum, madidum and suave. Russell grows these cymbidiums and various cymbidium hybrids in Alice Springs, yes that’s right, Alice Springs! And we think we have prob- lems... Give Russell’s letter a read, it is well worth it if you are interested in native cym- bidiums. In this issue Graham Morris from Valley Orchids starts a new six part series for those new to cymbidium growing. Graham has run the Cymbidium Orchid Club of South Australia’s beginners group for a number of years and over the coming year Graham will cover topics from culture to plant selection and everything in between. If Part | is any- thing to go by this will be an interesting and most informative series. The Cymbidium Club of Victoria brings us some information on the venue for the 2009 National Cymbidium Show, including a little history of the venue. Good luck, good health and good growing to all. oO Your editors Editors Rob Smith Noe Smith 24 William Hunter Court, Rosebud, Vic 3939 Tel/Fax: (03) 5986 1121 Email: aussiecyms@internode.on.net CYMBIDIUM ORCHID CLUB OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA INC. Meetings are held on the 4th Wednesday of each month (except December and January) Auditorium open from 7.00 p.m. — Beginners’ Group commences 7.20 p.m. Main Meeting commences 8.00 p.m. Venue: Burnside Community Centre, 401 Greenhill Road, Tusmore, Adelaide, S.A. For further details contact Secretary, Jeanne Hall, 18 Coorilla Avenue, Glenelg North, S.A. 5045 Phone: (08) 8294 5562 President, Ray Brady, Phone: (08) 8252 3812 THE CYMBIDIUM ORCHID CLUB OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA INC. Meetings are held on the 3rd Monday of each month (except January and February) Benching of plants commences 7.15 p.m. Main Meeting commences 7.30 p.m. Venue: Belmont Sports & Recreation Club, Abernethy Road, Belmont, W.A. For further details contact Secretary, Sallyanne Bushe-Jones, 1105 Campersic Road, Brigadoon WA 6069 Phone: (08) 9296 6203 President, Courtney Rogasch Phone: 0407 049 717 THE CYMBIDIUM ORCHID SOCIETY OF VICTORIA INC, Meetings are held on 2nd Tuesday of each month (except January) Popular Vote commences 7.50 p.m. — Main Meeting commences 8.00 p.m. Venue: Mt. Waverley Youth Centre, Millers Crescent, Mt. Waverley, Victoria. For further details contact Secretary, Jenifer Robertson, 54 Worthing Road, Devon Meadows, Victoria 3977 Phone: (03) 5998 2226 President, Glenda Coutts, Phone: (03) 9727 4849 CYMBIDIUM CLUB OF AUSTRALIA INC. (The CCA is no longer affiliated with ACS) Meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of each month (except December, January and February) Meetings commence 8.00 p.m. Venue: Lakemba Chapter Remembrance Hall, 220 Lakemba Street, Lakemba, Sydney, N.S.W. For further details contact Secretary, Peter Moore, 10 Stephanie Street, Padstow, N.S.W. 2211 Phone: (02) 9721 0572 President, Geoff LeMarne, Phone: (02) 9449 9648 Web: www.ccansw.com.au CYMBIDIUMS AUSTRALIA SAGE Cymbidium Seedling of the Year 2008 Text by R. Smith 42 Ox again 2008 provided a collection of quality seedling cymbidiums for the SAGE Cymbidium Seedling of the Year competition. The judges had a hard time as usual, this is not an easy competition to judge as by necessity the competi- tion has to be judged from photographs, with the judges hay- ing 3 pictures of each entrant to make their assessment from. (Plant and inflorescence, inflorescence and close up of a sin- gle flower or small group of flowers.) As the following pictures will show, the Large Flower cat- egory was won by the Victorian entrant, grown and flowered by Terry Poulton.The Small Standard category went to South Australia’s Moss and Rosemary Bray.The Intermediate cate- gory winner was Victorian, another plant from Terry Poulton. The Miniature was from Western Australia, Kevin Butler’s Ezi-Gro Orchids. Western Australia and Kevin Butler/Ezi- Gro Orchids also won the Novelty category. The overall winner of The SAGE Cymbidium Seedling, 2008 was Terry Poulton with his Large Flower, Cymbidium [(Hove x Red Beauty) x Luna Flame]. The Australian Cymbidium Society congratulates Terry Poulton and all category winners and entrants and the various hybridisers of the plants selected for entry into this year’s competition. It must be remembered that the final judging of the SAGE entrants is the end of a long process, beginning with the selec- tion by the member state clubs of seedlings benched and shown throughout the flowering season. This is followed by the state clubs selecting their entrants from photographs of all selected seedlings from the year’s candidates to make up their final state entrants in each class. Those entrants are the ones which finally face comparison with the entrants from all states. The SAGE Cymbidium Seedling of the Year competition is no easy competition to win, not only must a winning entrant select or hybridise a quality plant, but also grow it and display it well enough to attract a judging groups eye when seen in the flesh at a show or on the club benches. It must then be pho- tographed well enough to do the plant and flowers full justice as the majority of the judges making the SAGE selection will not have seen the plant in real life. (Over the years there have been numerous quality plants let down by the standard of the only available photographs.) The judges present must only make their assessment from the pictures in front of them, in fairness to all entrants they cannot guess at what the plant may have looked like in real life, or in a better picture. As in the past thirteen years prior to this one, the Australian Cymbidium Society and its member state clubs extend our thanks and apprecia- tion to Bob Campbell and SAGE for the ongoing financial support and enthusiasm for this unique competition. 2008 is year fourteen, an outstanding commitment of continuous support by any standard. Bobs involvement and commitment to the Seedling of the Year con- cept dates back to not only its inception, but to the for- mation of the ACS itself. Bob Campbell and SAGE have literally been with us since the very beginning and we cannot thank him enough for that initial faith and his ongoing support. The Australian Cymbidium Society c/- The Secretary, 24 William Hunter Court Rosebud, Victoria 3939. SAGE Cymbidium Seedling Of The Year. Cymbidium [(Hove x | Red Beauty) x Lunar Flame] Owned and grown by Terry Poulton. The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 Large Flowered Cymbidium Winner, Cym. [(Hove x Red Beauty) x Lunar Flame] Victoria Cym. [(Hove x Red Beauty) x Lunar Flame]. Hybridiser and Owner, Terry Poulton South Australia Western Australia Cym. (White Valley x Tathra). Hybridiser, T. Cym. Khan Fury ‘Rich Man’. Hybridiser, Bryants Burian. Owner, Elmore & Pam Leske Orchids. Owner, Ezi-Gro Orchids The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 43 CYMBIDIUMS AUSTRALIA Small Standard Cymbidium Winner, Cym. (Khan Flame x Valley Splash) South Australia Cym. (Khan Flame x Valley Splash). Hybridiser, M. Bray. Owner, Moss & Rosemary Bray Victoria Western Australia Cym. (Khan Flame x Kimberley Coast). Cym. Flaming Pepper “Bob’ Hybridiser, Bryants Hybridiser and Owner, Terry Poulton. Orchids. Owner, Ezi-Gro Orchids 44 The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 CYMBIDIUMS AUSTRALIA Intermediate Cymbidium Winner, Cym. (Little Bighorn x Phaoroh) Victoria Cym. (Little Bighorn x Phaoroh). Owner, Terry Poulton South Australia Western Australia Cym. Valley Olympic. Hybridiser, Valley Orchids. Cym. (Anna Szabo x Vogelsang). Hybridiser, Owner, Moss & Rosemary Bray Ezi-Gro Orchids. Owner, Gillian Marsh The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 45 CYMBIDIUMS AUSTRALIA Miniature Cymbidium Winner, Cym. (Free Spirit x Vogelsang) Western Australia Cym. (Free Spirit x Vogelsang). Hybridiser & Owner, Ezi-Gro Orchids South Australia Victoria Cym. (Sarah Jean x Red Nelly). Hybridiser, Valley Cym. (Winifred x Janis Lin). Orchids. Owner, Graham Morris Hybridiser & Owner, Andy & Jan Leamon 46 The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 CYMBIDIUMS AUSTRALIA Novelty Cymbidium Winner, Cym. Darch Freak ‘Carnival’ Western Australia Cym. Darch Freak ‘Carnival’. Hybridiser & Owner, Ezi-Gro Orchids Victoria Cym. (Wallacia x Dolly). Hybridiser & Owner, Andy & Jan Leamon. The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 47 | The 2009 National Cymbidium Show venue q Grow With Us American Orchid Society Beginner or expert, share your passion for orchids by becoming a member of the American Orchid Society today! For American Orchid Society membership information and benefits, please go to www.aos.org, e-mail TheAOS@aos.org or call 561-404-2062. ee Leen 48 2009 Fleurjin Orchids-Holland National Cymbidium Show 4-6 September, 2009 — Springvale City Hall n a fine day back on the 22nd April 1961 saw the dedication of the New Community City Hall in Springvale. The then mayor Andrew Erickson, together with the then Premier of Victoria, Henry Bolte who was to declare the municipality the City of Springvale, and to open the massive City Hall. The building of this hall had its critics at the time, as this area and a larger area surrounding Springvale was in the boundary of the Dandenong Council. The City Hall was built for the use of the community, with the main auditorium capable of holding 1,400 dancers, or seat- ing an audience of 1,200, or feeding 700 at a sit-down meal, the City Hall dwarfed any public building around for miles, includ- ing the Dandenong Town Hall. Springvale today has returned to Dandenong with the formation of new coun- cil boundaries, it is now part of the Greater City of Dandenong. It is the centre of a large multicultural population with a large Asian community calling Springvale home. The hall has two main areas with the main large hall hosting the show and the supper hall will house the commercial orchid and club sales area. (Expressions of interest for vendor sales areas and display stands can be down loaded from www.cosy.com.au or by contacting the secretary COSV, Ms. Jenifer Robertson 54 Worthing Rd. Devon Meadows Vic 3977 or phone BH 03 5998 2535 AH 03 5998 2226 or email orchid54@bigpond.com) The venue has good natural lighting which will be supplement by artificial lighting. The venue has several car parks and three entrances will be open for exhibitors to use while they set up their displays. The venue is 5 minutes walk from the main shopping centre of Springvale and 10 minutes from the Monash freeway link. There are a num- ber of different accommodation options, from 3 to 5 star hotels, motels and caravan parks in easy vicinity of the show venue, for people intending to visit this event. The show will be set up on Thursday the 3rd of September with judging taking place on Friday morning the 4th of September. The show will be opened to the public on the Friday at 2pm to 8.30pm. Then the show will be opened for the weekend on Saturday 9am to 5pm and Sunday 9 am to 4pm. More photos, show information and the show schedule can be found on www.cosv.com.au H Carolin Allen Wooten Cres. Langwarrin, Victoria The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 Cym. [Red Valley x (Yowie Flame x Sensation)] he Glen-Centro show for 2008 was set up on the first day of daylight saving for Victoria we had a perfect day for the set up and judging of this show, the display runs for 7 days in the shopping centre. As with the show every year members say they have no plants left, as the show is staged in late spring, but we seen to always have a good turn out of plants. The num- ber of plants was down slightly but we had more specimen type plants, easier to use in a mass display for the shopping centre. One plant in particular had a special trip to the show in a trailer, already stage for the display in a cane basket stand: — (Cym. Louie’s Pride ‘Noel’s Joy’ owned by N & J. Gard), this plant was later to receive a quality award and two certificates. Noel then had to make the trip back home to col- lect the rest of the plants he had entered for the show, luckily Noel only lives 10 min- utes from the Glen shopping centre. Because of daylight saving we were able to photograph the major winner in the loading bay before they were taken up to the second level of the shopping centre, Text and photographs Carolin Allen where we build our display. There were a few newer members exhibiting this year which is good to see from a club prospective. It was also great setting up the stand in day light instead of doing it in the dark , after trading hours, as the centre does not let us use lighting, we only have minimal lights and the light that comes through the glassed roof area. Congratulations to all the winners: - Champion Plant of Show Valley Champion ‘Gorgeous’ — Andy Tran Champion Plant by an Intermediate/Novice Grower Louie’s Pride — Winston Tong Champion Specimen Valley Champion ‘Gorgeous’ — Andy Tran Champion Seedling Shown Ist Time Red Valley x (Yowie Flame x Sensation) — Kimberley Orchids Champion Large Flower Type The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 Kimberley Valley ‘Templestowe’ — Andy Tran Champion Small Standard Type Valley Champion ‘Gorgeous’ — Andy Tran Champion Intermediate Type Jess Winter ‘Kimberley’ — Andy and Jan Leamon Champion Miniature Type Street Tango ‘Desire’ — Vinny Dinh. Plants awarded at the show were:- Certificate of Excellence for Culture and Certificate of Excellence for Superior Floral Display and a HCC Louie’s Pride ‘Noel’s Joy’ — Noel and Judy Gard HCC Street Tango ‘Desire’ — Vinny Dinh Certificate of Excellence for Culture Sleeping Nymph x Dolly — John Hedger Carolin & David Allen Wooten Cres. Langwarrin, Victoria 49 Above and left: Cym. Gwen Thomas Below and right: Cym. Jess Winter ‘Kimberley’ Above and right: Cym. Louie’s Pride ‘Noels Joy’ The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 ‘Desire’ y : Cym. Valle ‘Gorgeous’ Below and left Champion fe) wo & | oe oO oO < n SS 1e) = 2 3 i= oO o > (2) 2a < Cym. (Wallacia x Mighty Mouse) ‘Carol’ 18" Australian Orchid Council Conference & Show 2009 Sth - 13th September 2009 Hosted by 5 Maribyrnong Orchid Society 8 and Affiliated Victorian Societies The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 CYMBIDIUMS AUSTRALIA Come and see: ¢ Orchid displays from all around Australia. e 20 orchid vendors. e Overseas and Australian speakers. e Tours to the Anglesea area searching for Native Orchids, complete with BBQ lunch. e “Shop ’till you drop” tour and lunch in China Town, and more. Registrations Now Open Early bird Registrations close 30th March 2009 For more enquiries phone the Secretary on Phone: (03) 5283 1364 or Email: Post: ef.wilde@bigpond.com or 15 William Road, LITTLE RIVER, Victoria 3211 www.mosorchid.org 53 Seedlings and flowering size plants Assorted species, paphs, aussie natives, cymbidiums Mail Order service available Nursery open by appointment Stephen Stebbing 32 Newbold Avenue, Craigieburn VIC 3064 Mob: 0412 352 604 Ph: 03 9308 2025 Fax: 03 9308 2029 Zi = 10 ai. 3 rr | ad Or email: stephenstebbing@aapt.net.au Orchid Productions Send a stamped, self-addressed envelope for seedling and flask price list. PO Box 3525, Wamberal NSW 2260 Phone: 0408 994 696 Fax: 02 4384 4304 The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 CYMBIDIUMS AUSTRALIA Order at: ‘www. easyorchids. com Gloss) off date: 10 February, 2009 _ DON'T MISS OUT! EASY ORCHIDS 3 Sussex Streét; Woodburn, NSW 2472 Phone: 02 6682 2635 “—/ Fax: 02 6682 2605 AOR 009 The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 55 CYMBIDIUMS AUSTRALIA Cymbidium Orchids for Beginners — in six easy lessons Text and Pictures by Graham Morris EF” many of us, flowering a good quality cymbidium is easy. For some- one new to the orchid scene, it can be extremely difficult and frustrating, per- haps even impossible. We learn how to get good results in many ways. It could be with assistance from a family member or friend. It could be by joining an orchid club, or it could be by researching what an orchid requires, through books, magazines or the internet. Many people have trouble getting their plants to flower. They also have difficulty in finding where to get suffi- cient, good information to succeed. I will discuss the following areas, in this and the following five issues of this maga- zine. 1. What do you expect to achieve in growing your orchids? 2. Basic growing conditions 3. Terms used in the industry (mericlones, seedlings, species orchids, ploidy etc ) 4. How cymbidiums are named 5. How to select your first orchids — minia- ture, intermediate and standard size flow- ers 6. How to get the best out of your orchids 7. Preparing plants coming into flower 8. Orchid club shows and what can be learned from attending a good show . Improving your collection 10. Preparing for next season — potting on, dividing, culling 11. Pests and diseases 12. Growing for success — watering, fertilising etc 13. Where plants come from — species, hybri- dising, cloning, diploids, triploids, tetraploids 14. Where to source new plants, varieties to grow, and traps to avoid. 15. The Internet 16. Ethics 17. The future?? I will try to provide the necessary information to succeed at all levels * for someone just wanting to grow a few plants, in a simple growing environ- ment. * to become a serious and successful showbench grower. * to set up a commercial, or semi com- mercial nursery. This information comes from many years of conducting the beginner’s forum before each monthly meeting of the Cymbidium Orchid Club of South Australia. It also draws on experience gained in presenting special workshops, 56 teaching newcomers and experienced growers alike, all that they need to know to succeed in all aspects of cymbidium grow- ing. We often have in excess of 80 partici- pants at the workshops, conducted over more than four hours, but often continuing for many hours, after planned completion. The information is primarily offered for growing in Southern Australia, but can easily be adapted for other growing cli- mates. I will try to keep the information simple, but comprehensive. Unfortunately, sometimes experts can disagree about some areas of growing cymbidiums, and practices can change in time, as we learn the best way to succeed. As you learn more, you may be told things which are confusing. Be prepared to ask questions, but also try to seek information from people who you trust, and do not have a vested interest in the outcome. 1. What do you expect to achieve in growing your orchids. It is wise to consider what you want to achieve from your cymbidiums before get- ting heavily involved. Many people ini- tially buy the wrong type of plant. Often they buy plants without thinking about what they want to achieve, but also because they do not know what is avail- able and what is required to successfully grow and flower them. Often, they just want to quickly put a collection together thinking that by having lots of plants they will be successful. Wrong. Shade house I have seen new growers, acquiring almost anything in flower, often quite cheaply, hoping to be competitive in shows in the near future. Unless they are lucky, they may soon find that the plants they purchased in haste are poor quality, or poor performing, giving them little hope of being competitive. I have also seen people with no interest in showing plants, pur- chasing showbench type orchids which can be difficult to grow and flower. Both would be better researching the type of plant which might suit their goals before making major commitments. It is vitally important to consider how involved you want to become in this hobby. Don’t get trapped into growing plants which are not what you eventually want to grow. I make a point to begin- ner’s groups, to grow the plants they like and enjoy (very important). Don’t necessarily grow just showbench type orchids, in the hope of winning prizes at a show. You will have disappointments. Winning on the showbench are plants which best fit a set of judging rules on the day of judging, against other plants shown. To win could mean growing plants which you don’t even like. You may change your commitment later, or grow a lot of differ- ent types, so plan early about what you want to get out of this hobby, or you may waste a lot of time, effort and money. 2. Basic growing conditions required In southern Australia, we are extremely fortunate to be able to grow our cymbidi- The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 CYMBIDIUMS AUSTRALIA ums under simple growing conditions. Many growers have success growing them under a tree, or pergola. Whilst this is not regarded as ideal, so long as their plants receive good, filtered light (50 to 70 per- cent shading) and very regular watering, many will achieve good results. However, others will just manage to grow lots of deep green leaves with no flowers under these conditions. Regular applications of correct strength fertiliser, and good pest and dis- ease prevention may improve results. Most growers fail to get flowers because their plants are in too much shade (often total shade, or too much shade for long periods of the day). Too little water will also greatly reduce the chance of flowering (they need to be kept moist and humid at all times). We have some growers who set up elab- orate, controlled environment growing houses. These high tech growing environ- ments are expensive, and can give spec- tacular and superior results, but are out of reach of most ordinary growers. Growers in cold areas, for example Tasmania, may need extra protection, and possibly even heated conditions to suc- ceed. In Adelaide (South Australia), Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and similar cli- matic areas, we can get very Satisfactory (even spectacular) results, growing our cymbidiums in a simple shade cloth cov- ered growing house. Many orchid club members, have a shadehouse of less than 25 square metres in area. From a quite small area, a good grower could have hun- dreds of flowering plants over a flowering season lasting eight or nine months, even more with careful variety selection. An area protected from the elements for plants in flower is beneficial. Many growers bring the plants in flower into their homes. Positioning of the growing house is very important. Many suburban backyards will experience shading from trees and build- ings, in neighbouring properties. Try to locate your growing house in an area which receives full sun for as long as pos- sible over the whole day. The next most important condition is a source of regular watering. Cymbidiums need to be watered often in the hot months and only as necessary in winter. Autumn and spring watering may only be required every second or third day. The plants need to be kept moist and humid at all times. At our nursery, we generally water most days during summer, two or three times a week in spring and autumn, and only if it does not rain in winter. It is relatively easy to judge if a plant requires water by picking up the pot. If it is light weight it requires watering. If it is heavy delay the watering until it is lighter. Regularly pick up a plant and get to know how heavy they are when wet and when they are dry. Most successful growers employ auto- matic watering systems. They can be sim- ple, single station systems, but if the col- lection is large a multi station system may be needed. A single station controller can be a small battery powered timer con- nected to a tap, and feeding a small sprin- kler system. These controllers can be pur- chased at many garden centres and usually cost between twenty five and fifty dollars. They can be easily programmed to water up to eight times per day, for periods between one minute and several hours. They can also be set to water on any day or days of the week. One problem is that the watering times may need changing during the year, or be turned off during rainy peri- ods, which is relatively simple. Care must be taken to ensure the internal battery, does not fail, particularly if you are likely to be away from home for a lengthy period. If your collection is large, you may require a multi station system. This usually consists of a central controller connected to a number of solenoid valves. 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Next issue I will discuss the following: ¢ Terms used in the industry (species orchids, mericlones, seedlings, ploidy etc ) ¢ How cymbidiums are named ¢ How to select your first orchids — miniature, intermediate & standard size flowers ¢ How to get the best out of your orchids oO Graham Morris Valley Orchids McLaren Vale, South Australia www.valleyorchids.com.au K & H ORCHIDS Paphiopedilums Well grown seedlings species and hybrids 70mm pots Phalaenopsis Well grown seedlings species and hybrids 80mm pots to flowering size 120mm pots Phone, write or email for current listing K & H Orchids PO Box 308, Beenleigh, Qld. 4207 Ph: (07) 3287 2343 Email: ksma8143 @bigpond.net.au The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 CYMBIDIUMS AUSTRALIA Cymbidiums — Australian species in The Alice, a letter have had experience with Cym. suave, largely in the wild and have not tried breeding with it to date though I do have a plant of it which I keep for interest and to possibly test its potential as a breeder. I feel that the strain of Cym. suave selected might be a factor in any breeding program and think that the northern strain may be superior to the typical southern form. I think the northern form offers bet- ter flower count, colour, flower shape and spike habit and could produce better results in hybrids than the southern form. The accompanying photograph help to illustrate the qualities of the northern form of Cym. suave. Spike habit on more northern Queensland forms I have seen tend to provide longer more arching stems with flowers quite close together and up to 60 or 70 on the spike, flower form is often better. Observing the three Australian species in the wild across the country from NSW through Queensland, the Northern Territory and down through Western Australia, I have noticed the following about the species and their growth habits. Cym. suave almost always grows with its roots penetrating within the tree trunk or branch it is growing on, sometimes on the ground if its ariel home has fallen, but these terrestrial sites are always sandy (such as sand dunes) with high light and a shade factor of around 0 to 40%. Cym. suave has the greatest root mass of all three natives in relation to the percentage of vis- ible vegetative growth. It can grow in as tropical and wet situations as Cym. madidum, but plants can also be found in reasonably hot drier areas as well, such as the drier forests around Townsville. Possibly the greatest difficulty in sus- taining Cym. suave in cultivation is the provision of light and air and the mainte- nance of a good healthy root mass. My specimens are grown in timber boxes that are a minimum of 400mm deep with the most successful specimen growing in a box 700mm deep. I think the root mass of Cym. suave is critical as the roots probably fulfil the same function as the bulbs in other species. Cym. madidum is almost always found growing as an epiphyte, it’s roots don’t grow particularly long, or seek out hol- lows, the plants generally grow in the forks of branches and the leaf litter and bark etcetera. Cym. madidum prefers good air movement, 30 to 70% shade and reliable rainfall. Cym. suave ‘Mary Walsh’ a Northern form. I feel Cym. madidum has little to offer the Cymbidium grower compared to the other two species largely due to its very large plant size and its long flower spikes with widely spaced flowers which may be problems when breeding with it and also mean that Cym. madidum can take up a lot of space in an orchid house. I suppose we all have favourites and among the Australian cymbidiums mine is Cym. canaliculatum. I feel it has more to offer growers and breeders than the other two species. As mentioned with Cym. suave there are different varieties and traits from different areas, but in the case of Cym. canaliculatum there are many more variations in plant habit, flower form, spike habit, colour variation and ability to cope with a much broader range of cli- matic conditions. For these reasons I think Cym. canaliculatum has a lot to offer in the The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 area of hybridising, particularly in terms of tolerance to different climates, if that trait is passed on even in part to its progeny. World Wide SPECIES ORCHIDS Mail Order Flasks, Seedlings, Flowering size. Burleigh Park Orchid Nursery 54 Hammond Way, Thuringowa, 4815. Ph/Fax 0747 740 008 Lists by mail or email: ian@speciesorchids.com wwwspeciesorchids.com Propagators of the Rare, Beautiful and Unusual Orchid Species of the World. Accredited CITES & Phyto Export 59 CYMBIDIUMS AUSTRALIA Cym. canaliculatum, depending on its original growing area handles the coldest and hottest areas, the driest and wettest areas and generally handles pot culture bet- ter than either of the other two Australian species. It has rapid and prolific growth, short leaf length and usually greater flower counts per stem and can produce up to six spikes per growth, with those spikes being more horizontal to erect and longer than Cym. suave, while still having good flower spacing. The flowers are long lasting and there is a great variety of colours and pat- terns depending on location. Cym. canaliculatum generally com- mences growth in an area of bark damage such as where the bark has calloused over the inner dried or dead wood, or where a dead branch connects to the calloused area or another branch or trunk. I have taken samples from such areas where living plants of Cym. canaliculatum were growing on Iron Bark and other native trees and have tested the pH, with the following results recorded. From Iron Bark, pH of 3.1-3.6. From Box, pH of 3.7-5.6. In the pith of eucalyp- tus where the roots had penetrated, pH of 4.4-4.7. Talso took samples from the actual plant materials of Cym. canaliculatum growing on Iron Bark trees, mainly old flower spikes and recorded a ph of 4.8 to 5.6. Needless to say a lot more work needs to be done to determine what this means and I will be doing more work next season. I was surprised to find pH levels were more acidic than any recommendations I had read about on the subject. Initially, the result point to Cym. canaliculatums wide tolerance of pH lev- have named them after relatives or people from their original areas. The crosses I have made to date have been with a variety of “normal” Cymbidium hybrids, (yes these types can be grown in Alice Springs) such as Cym. Sarah Jean ‘Ice Cascades’, Cym. Tango ‘Velvet Sheen’ and several others, along with an intergenetic crossing using Grammatophillum scriptum. Given the variety of coloured and spot- ted forms available, from yellow or green flowers with varying amounts of spotting, to solid colours in shades of red and brown and the almost black/red Sparksii forms, along with album forms in green, yellow and white, there is a lot of untried potential in the species. My hope is that if combined with the right other parents compact growing, floriferous and hardy Cymbidium hybrids can be produced which could extend the range of our current Cymbidium growing els from a neutral or normal base to very acidic and growth in culture points to its having no difficulty growing in whatever mix a particular grower might be using for other cymbidiums. In nature it grows both inland in the northern states of Australia and in some northern areas down to the coast. In some cases it contends with extreme day time temperature and also night temperatures of zero degrees or below. I have recently made some crosses with Cym. canaliculatum, but have not flow- ered any of the seedlings as yet. [had built areas. | up a reasonable collection of plants from Russell Lynch all sorts of areas over time and have been PO Box 1459 using the ones I felt have the most poten- Alice Springs, NT 0871 tial. The plants originally came from vari- ous areas of the Northern Territory, NSW, Queensland and Western Australia and to keep track of all of their places of origin I (Editors note — Russell’s letter has been edited from the original sent to Noe and contains some additional information resulting from a phone conversation with Russell.) 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Orchids of Peru: Elleanthus aurantiacus Queensland International Orchid Fair Vale: Owen Carter Contributions to Philippine Orchidology —| Index to Major Articles Volume 72 (2007) Editor's Report ASC SAGE Horticultural Cymbidium Seedling of the Year 2007 Peloric cymbidiums and Cymbidium Darch Freak Kerang Orchid Club Spring Show 2007 Australian Cymbidium Society Delegates Meeting Report 2007 Editors Report 2007 National Cymbidium Show — Adelaide 2008 From the Editor's Desk Growing Phalaenopsis Eric Christenson & Rebecca Repasky 73(1) 22 Rob Smith & Terry Poulton 73(1) 42 ACS Delegates Committee 73(1) 60 From the Editor's Desk Stanhopea hybrids — Part | Petaloid Laelia anceps Maxillaria pseudoneglecta Four new orchid species from the Philippines Australian Orchid Foundation Sarcoglottis ventricola Amesiella monticola Dendrobium lowii—a beauty from Borneo Editor's Report The Bryant Dynasty Memory Lane Cymbidium madidum, and its hybrids New COSV website Ray Clement 73(1) 25 Brian Milligan 73(1) 26 Kevin Butler 73(1) 49 Carolin Allen 73(1) 54 Rob Smith 73(1) 58 Rob Smith 73(1) 59 From the Editor's Desk The rediscovery of Laelia gouldiana Ronald Kerr — his life with orchids Stanhopea hybrids — Part Il Orchids out West Otochilus lancilabius David Banks 73(2) Gordon Giles 73(2) Eric Christenson 73(4 ) 22 ) 26 Eric Christenson 73(4) 29 ) 30 Our experiences breeding with Cymbidium suave John Galt, Fluffy Freeloader and the Mistletoe Men David Banks 73(4) 2 Rudolf Jenny 73(4 David Banks 73(4 ) 4 (4) 16 (4) 20 Jim Cootes 73(4 Eric Wilde 73(4 Alan Hope 73(4 Jim Cootes 73(4) 32 73(4) 41 Keith Harris 73(4) 42 73(4) 50 Noe Smith 73(4) 52 David Allen 73(4) 58 N&R Smith 73(4) 59 Julian Coker 73(4 David Banks 73(5 Brian Milligan 73(5 David Banks 73(5 Rudolf Jenny 73(5 ) 62 ) ) ) David Banks 73(5 Brassolaeliocattleya Sylvia Fry ‘Dundas’ — Third FCC given by OSCOV Judging Panel Victorian Orchids of the Year 2007 Trichoglottis pusilla forma fatoviciana the albino form of a popular species ( Judging Orchid Shows ( Bifrenaria tyrianthina and Bifrenaria Outland ( Editor's Report : 73( ( ( Brian Milligan 73(2) Alan Hope 73(2 Cymbidium Kelly's Winter A Guide to Seedling Cymbidiums Victorian Shows — Centro — The Glen 2007 Carolin Allen 73 2008 National Cymbidium Show 23 Staking, tying and related judging issues Rob Smith 73(2 Cymbidium clean sweeps OSCOV Orchid of the Year From the Editor's Desk Elythranthera: Showy Enamel Orchids of WA Coelogyne muluensis Some Flickingeria species from the Philippines Orchids of Peru: Pachyphylium gracillimum ( New Combinations in the Subtribe Eriinae ..... Jim Cootes & Wally Suarez 73( ( ( (2) (2) ) ) ) Tony Watkinson 73(3 ( ( David Banks 73(3 ( Alan Hope 73(3 ( Bruce Gray honoured by Australian Orchid Foundation Robiquetia cerina and the Singapore Gardens Cool House Orchids of Peru: Scaphyglottis punctulata Bendigo Orchid Club weekend Editor's Report Yarra Valley Orchid Club — 2007 Spring Show National Cymbidium Show 2008 Why was the Cymbidium Orchid Society of Carolin Allen 73(2) 61 ) 4 Jim Cootes 73(3) 1 Lois & George Shrubsole, Carolin Allen 73(2). 15 18 Timothy Choltco 73(2) 27 Gordon Giles 73(2) 29 ) 30 2) 41 Rob Smith 73(2) 42 Noe Smith 73(2) 48 2) 52 2) 58 60 4 6 Rebecca Repasky & Eric Christenson 73(3) 19 3) 22 Bill Lavarack 73(3) 24 Alan Hope 73(3) 26 UTERO? sero ctsrcdstentenveapeannoareaniaeereeemny Carolin Allen 73(3) 49 Innovation for the Cymbidium Club of Australia Abbreviations and Acronyms Mixing Your Potting Media More Thoughts on Judging ( Peter Hall 73( Carolin Allen 73( ( The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 ) Keith Harris 73(3) 56 3) 5 3) 60 Gordon Giles 73(3) 61 Visit New Zealand Southern Orchid Spectacular and the Eric Marygold Trophy Murray Aldridge 73(5) 29 ) The Fun of the Fair — Collectors’ Plant Fair 2008 Beth Stokes 73(5) 32 New Genus in the Subtribe Eriinae Wally Suarez & Jim Cootes 73(5) 33 18th Australian Orchid Council Conference & Show Eric Wilde 73(5) 35 (5) (5) (5) ( (5) Graeme Scott-Harden 73(5) (5) Murray Shergold 73(5) Cymbidium Club of Australia (NSW) Winter Show... .. Terry Davis 73(5) 36 Editor's Report 73(5) 41 Some thoughts on the 2008 COCWA Winter Show Car Slusarezyk 73(5) 42 2008 Fleurijn Orchids-Holland ACS Nat ional Cymbidium Show — a Victorian view Terry Poulton & Carolin Allen 73(5) 49 ) Cymbidium Award Judging — time for a new approach? ........... Rob Smith 73(5) 58 Our Future Carolin Allen 73(5) 60 A unique way of staking Carolin Allen 73(5) 61 From the Editor's Desk David Banks 73(6) 2008 National Orchid Extravaganza Peter Moore 73(6) Singapore Orchid Show 2008 John McAuley 73(6) 10 Vanda lamellata and varieties Steven J Muldoon & Graham Gamble 73(6) 13 Some Small-flowered Trichoglottis Species from the Philippines New Zealand Orchid Society Diamond Jubilee 2008 Sixth Open Australasian Native Orchid Show 2008 Rhonda Harvey & Graham Corbin 73(6 (6) 3 Hobbyist Orchid Growing at the Crossroads? .........ssssssssseees Andy Easton 73(6) : Book Review: The Dendrobiums. Jim Cootes 73(6) 40 Editor's Report 73(6) 41 National Show 2008 Peter Hall & John Martin 73(6 COCSA Spring Show 2008 Peter Hall & Hazel Alsop 73(6 The First National Cymbidium Show Noe Smith 73(6 Pesticides, insecticides and weedkillers Rob Smith 73(6 First time in Melbourne . . . Nati idi 73(6) 62 Jim Cootes 73(6) 16 Mike Leaity & Dennis Chuah 73(6) 20 ) 42 ) 51 ) 56 ) 62 Key to abbreviations Author Vol. No. (issue): page 61 62 Australian Orchid Review — Index to Major Articles Volume 73 (2008) 18th Australian Orchid Council Conference & Show Eric Wilde 73(5) 35 2008 Fleurijn Orchids-Holland ACSNational Cymbidium Show — a Victorian view Terry Poulton & Carolin Allen 73(5) 49 2008 National Cymbidium Show 73(2) 58 2008 National Orchid Extravaganza .. Peter Moore 73(6) 4 A Guide to Seedling Cymbidiums ... Noe Smith 73(2) 48 ) 64 ) 58 ) 0 4 A unique way of staking Carolin Allen 73(5) 6 Abbreviations and Acronyms ... Amesiella monticola ASCSAGE Horticultural Cymbidium Seedling of the Year 2007 Australian Cymbidium Society Delegates Meeting Report 2007 Rob Smith 73(1) 58 (1) Australian Orchid Foundation Eric Wilde 73(4) 26 Bendigo Orchid Club weekend 73(3) 30 (2) (6) ( .... Peter Hall 73(3) 5 Alan Hope 73(4) 3 Rob Smith & Terry Poulton 73(1) 42 Bifrenaria tyrianthina and Bifrenaria Outland Alan Hope 73(2) 30 Book Review: The Dendrobiums. Jim Cootes 73(6) 40 Brassolaeliocattleya Sylvia Fry ‘Dundas’ — Third FCC given by OSCOV Judging Panel ...... Lois & George Shrubsole, Carolin Allen 73(2) 1 (2) 15 Bruce Gray honoured by Australian Orchid Foundation Bill Lavarack 73(3) 24 Bulbophyllum macrobulbum Phil Spence 73(1) 4 COCSASpring Show 2008 Peter Hall & Hazel Alsop 73(6) 51 Coelogyne muluensis Alan Hope 73(3) 14 Contributions to Philippine Orchidology — | Wally Suarez & Jim Cootes 73(1) 27 Cymbidium Award Judging — time for a new approach? ........... Rob Smith 73(5) 58 Cymbidium clean sweeps OSCOVOrchid of the Year Carolin Allen 73(2) 61 Cymbidium Club of Australia (NSW) Winter Show Terry Davis 73(5) 36 Cymbidium Kelly's Winter Rob Smith 73(2) 42 Cymbidium madidum, and its hybrids Noe Smith 73(4) 52 Dendrobium lowii—a beauty from Borneo Jim Cootes 73(4) 32 Editor's Report 73(1) 41 Editor's Report ... 13(2) 41 Editor's Report ... 13(8) 41 Editor's Report 73(4) 41 Editor's Report 73(5) 41 Editor's Report 73(6) 4 Editors Report 2007 Rob Smith 73(1) Elythranthera: Showy Enamel Orchids of WA Tony Watkinson 73(3) 4 First time in Melbourne . . . National Cymbidium Show 2009 73(6) 62 Four new orchid species from the Philippines Jim Cootes 73(4) 22 From the Editor's Desk David Banks 73(1) From the Editor's Desk David Banks 73(2) From the Editor's Desk David Banks 73(3) From the Editor's Desk David Banks 73(4) From the Editor's Desk ... David Banks 73(5) From the Editor's Desk David Banks 73(6) Good As’ Gold! iets aeerbrer err arcs scieceteccesesvstreers PM David Banks 73(1) 20 Growing Phalaenopsis Gordon Giles 73(2) 4 Hobbyist Orchid Growing at the Crossroads? ...........ssssssseeese Andy Easton 73(6) 36 Index to Major Articles Volume 72 (2007) 73(1) 35 Innovation for the Cymbidium Club of Australia Keith Harris 73(3) 56 John Galt, Fluffy Freeloader and the Mistletoe Men Julian Coker 73(4) 62 Judging Orchid Shows Gordon Giles 73(2) 29 Jumeliea recta David Banks 73(1) 18 Kerang Orchid Club Spring Show 2007 Carolin Allen 73(1) 54 Maxillaria pseudoneglecta . Eric Christenson 73(4) 20 Memory Lane 73(4) 50 2 2 2 2 2 2 Mixing Your Potting Media More Thoughts on Judging Carolin Allen 73(3) Gordon Giles 73(3) 5 National Cymbidium Show — Adelaide 2008 National Cymbidium Show 2008 National SHOW 2008 ........scssssseessssssseseeessssssseee New Combinations in the Subtribe Eriinae New COSV website New Zealand Orchid Society Diamond Jubilee 2008 Orchids of Peru: Elleanthus aurantiacus ACS Delegates Committee 73(1) 60 73(3) 48 . Peter Hall & John Martin 73(6) 42 ) 22 ) 58 ss Jim Cootes & Wally Suarez 73(3 David Allen 73(4 Wally Suarez & Jim Cootes 73(5 2 5 Mike Leaity & Dennis Chuah 73(6) 20 Eric Christenson & Rebecca Repasky 73(1):22 Orchids of Peru: Pachyphyllum gracillimum Orchids of Peru: Scaphyglottis punctulata ... Orchids out West Otochilus lancilabius Our experiences breeding with Cymbidium suave .. Our Future Peloric cymbidiums and Cymbidium Darch Freak . Pesticides, insecticides and weedkillers Petaloid Laelia anceps Queensland International Orchid Fair... Robiquetia cerina and the Singapore oe Cool bates Ronald Kerr — his life with orchids Sarcoglottis ventricola Singapore Orchid Show 2008 Rebecca Repasky & Eric Christenson 73(3) 19 .... Rebecca Repasky & Eric Christenson 73(3) 28 Graeme Scott-Harden 73(5) 18 .. David Banks 73(5) 21 N&R Smith 73(4) 59 Carolin Allen 73(5 .. Kevin Butler 73(4 we Rb Smith 73(6 .. David Banks 73(4) 16 arr Ray Clement 73(1 Alan Hope 73(3 David Banks 73(5 Eric Christenson 73(4 John McAuley 73(6 ) ) 60 ) 49 ) 62 1 )2 ) 26 ) 6 ) 29 4 5 0 Sixth Open Australasian Native Orchid Show 2008 Some Flickingeria species from the Philippines Some Small-flowered Trichoglottis Species from the Philippines Some thoughts on the 2008 COCWA Winter Show Rhonda Harvey & Graham Corbin 73(6) 31 Jim Cootes 73(3) 16 Jim Cootes 73(6) 16 Carl Slusarezyk 73(5) 42 Southern Orchid Spectacular and the Eric Marygold Trophy Staking, tying and related judging issues Stanhopea hybrids — Part | Stanhopea hybrids — Part Il The Bryant Dynasty The First National Cymbidium Show The Fun of the Fair — Collectors’ Plant Fair 2008 The rediscovery of Laelia gouldiana Murray Aldridge 73(5) 29 Rob Smith 73(2) 60 Rudolf Jenny 73(4) 4 Rudolf Jenny 73(5) 8 Keith Harris 73(4 Noe Smith 73(6 Beth Stokes 73(5 Brian Milligan 73(5 2 ) ) 6 ) ) )4 ) 56 ) 3 ) 4 Trichoglottis pusilla forma fatoviciana the albino form of a popular species........... Vale: Owen Carter Victorian Shows — Centro — The Glen 2007 Visit New Zealand ... Timothy Choltco 73(2) 27 Brian Milligan 73(1) 26 Steven J Muldoon & Graham Gamble 73(6) 13 Brian Milligan 73(2) 18 Carolin Allen 73(2) 52 Murray Shergold 73(5) 24 Why was the Cymbidium Orchid Society of Victoria formed? . pti Sick tat emma mcr Carolin Allen 73(3) 49 Yarra Valley Orchid Club — 2007 Spring Show ............... Key to abbreviations Carolin & David Allen, G. Coutts, K. West 73(3) 42 Author Vol. No. (issue): page The Australian Orchid Review, February/March 2009 Australian Orchid Review Editor: David P. Banks Email: david@hillsdistrictorchids.com Address editorial to: The Editor, Australian Orchid Review, 20 Baker Street, Banksmeadow NSW 2019 Australia Phone: (02) 8333 6559 Fax: (02) 8333 6553 Email: mark.husk@geongroup.com The Australian Orchid Review is the official publication of the Australian Cymbidium Society. 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