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ORCHIDS AUSTRALIA CELEBRATES 20th ANNIVERSARY OF PUBLICATION'
This issue of Orchids Australia is the fourth for our twentieth year of publication. In 1989, Don Gallagher and a small team of helpers in South Australia presented the first issue of Orchids Australia as the official publication of the Australian Orchid Council. At that time we had an associate in each of the states who was responsible for providing newsworthy material from their state’s clubs. . . .
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here]
NEW: AS mentioned in Orchids
Australia June 08 issue, Downloads of RHS Standard Abbreviations
of all Generic Names and RHS Alphabetical One-Table List of Genera
and Intergeneric Combinations are [available here]
NEW: View FCC and ACE orchid awards here
UPDATED:
Slide Presentation
Catalogue now available here
NEW: View recent awards
by Regional Panel see
here
NEW: The prestigious
Orchid of the Year 2007 nominations are in, view here
8th Australian Orchid Council Conference
and Show 2009
Hosted by The Maribyrnong Orchid Society and Affiliated Victorian
Societies, will be held at The Wyndham Events Centre, Derrimut Road
Werribee, Victoria, 8th to 13th September 2009. An
event not to be missed by orchid growers and enthusiasts.
The
Key-note speaker is George Hatfield from
California USA speaking on Cymbidiums. Other speakers include Clive
Hayman & Rita Cusack - The Phragmipedium Story, Neville Roper -
The Proliferation of Sarcochilus Hybrids in Australia, Gary Jong Gee
- Oncidium and it's Relatives, Clive Halls - Masdevallias for the
New Millennium, Dennis Diehm - Modern Mid and Mini Cattleya in Cultivation, and Kevin Hipkens -
The Beauty of Specimen Orchids: Growing and
Showing.
Come and see: orchid displays from all around Australia. 20 orchid vendors. Overseas and Australian speakers. Tours to Anglesea coastal area searching for native orchids, complete with BBQ lunch. And much, much more.
Early Bird
Registrations: now until March 2009. Registration forms are now available online
or by request.
Show Schedule,
Registration Form and Conference Speaker information now
online (see here).
Register your interest NOW.
For enquiries telephone the Conference Secretary (03) 52831364 or
email ef.wilde@bigpond.com
or post: 15 William Road, Little River, VIC 3211 .
.[Read more about the
Conference ]
Links to over thirty Australian orchid
suppliers in ConneXions recently updated
. . . a convenient portal
[view orchid
suppliers here]
What is Australian Orchid Council Inc.?
The Australian Orchid Council Inc. of today is a far cry from that founded in 1960. After a number of years of turmoil, a new Constitution was adopted in 1997. Perhaps the most significant changes here were: the State representation at Council being handed to a STRO (State or Territory Representative Organization) with the former State member bodies being termed "Foundation Members" and having equal voting with other clubs in their home state; the introduction of Personal Membership as part of a subscription to Orchids Australia; and the separation of the regional Judging Panels from their former ‘State’ managerial status. Each State now has a number of panels which elect their Deputy Registrar of Judges, who are directly responsible to the AOC Registrar General. . . . [more]
 Orchid Judging System
The Australian Orchid Council Inc., formed in 1960, coordinates and administers a national judging system of orchids in this country. The judging system is managed by the Registrar General of Judging, through a Deputy Registrar in each state or territory. The Deputy Registrar, in turn, coordinates the
panel or panels of nationally accredited judges within his/her state. The panels are located throughout each state. Queensland and New South Wales have a large number of orchid societies/clubs, and growers, hence have a greater number of judges and judging panels. . . . [more about orchid judging]
Orchids Australia
has been published every two months since February 1989. It is consistently acclaimed as one of the leading orchid magazines in the world. It is produced using the latest in computer and colour-printing technology. The magazine is available by subscription only from the Australian Orchid Council Inc. . . . [more about Orchids Australia]
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