Volume 12 No.1 - FEBRUARY 2000

CONTENTS

FRONT COVER: Dendrobium Yondi Tina 'Goliath' FCC/AOC, FCC/ANOS. - This orchid, grown by Bernie Fletcher, is the first Australian native orchid hybrid to have gained an FCC from the Australian Orchid Council. It has now received the Gold Ira Butler Trophy for the Champion Australian Native Orchid Hybrid of 1999. Cover photo shows one of the five racemes of beautiful golden yellow flowers showing its Den. Speciosum heritage. Photo by David P. Banks.

15th Australian Orchid Conference, October 2000. The Conference and associated Show will be held in Burnie, Tasmania from 8th to 15th October at the Burnie Civic Centre. Hosts are the Burnie Orchid Society with assistance from other societies in the island state. Conference Secretary, Kay King, gives an update on the plans, including quarantine controls, lecture programme and tours.

New Editor has his Say - Dennis Simmons, our new Editor, writes his first column.

The Cymbidium Page - Naming Your Cymbidium. Julian Coker explains the nomenclature and rules for naming plants and writing name tags. This is something with which many orchid growers don't seem to be able to come to terms. Although Julian writes about Cymbidiums, it is applicable to all orchids.

A Few Hardy Pleurothallids. Nurseryman Rod Rice writes of a few strange orchids in this group including Dracula, Ophidion, Pleurothallis, Restrepia and Scaphosepalum.

Selected Species - Paphiopedilum mastersianum. Peter Taylor's regular feature is, as usual, an excellent read. Peter researches his subject thoroughly and presents us with the discovery, coming into cultivation, its natural habitat and his culture secrets. Excellent photograph.

The Bill Murdoch Trophy - Champion Australian Native Orchid Species 1999. This trophy is awarded annually by the Ira Butler Trophy Committee for the outstanding native species nominated by orchid societies during the year. The trophy winner for 1999 is Dendrobium tetragonum 'Bellingen', owned by Norm & Kay Mitchell who live in Belligen, NSW, hence the clonal name. Great photos of the plant and individual flowers.

Registrar General's Page - Awarded Standard Cattleyas. AOC Registrar General of Judges provides a look at some magnificent standard Cattleyas which have received AOC Awards over the last two years.. Compulsory reading for all AOC judges. Good photos accompany the article.

7^th Asia Pacific Orchid Conference, Nagoya, Japan, March 2001. Preliminary details of this event held in the Asia/Pacific region every three years. Early bird registration fee closes 31^st March 2000. Details can be found on our ConneXions page on this site under 'Forthcoming Major Orchid Conferences' with a link to the APOC7 official website.

The Orchids of Malibago, Mindoro, Philippines. Jim Cootes moved to Malibago in 1998 and he has sent us this major story on the area he now calls home. He takes us on a stroll around his home and describes and shows us some of the unusual orchids there.

Papua New Guinea Orchid Spectacular. Phil Spence of the National Capital Botanical Gardens in Port Moresby, has provided major this feature on the 1st PNG International Orchid Spectacular held late August 1999. The show was held in the Gardens and apart from the written word there is a major pictorial feature on the orchids and some of the international visitors.

Computer Corner. Colin Hamilton, our former Editor, continues his association by providing this regular column on orchids and computers. He is also our Webmaster and this month has provided a much extended column with plenty of information to keep web surfers happy.

Other Things: There are details of the coming shows around Australia, workshops, new products, our usual departments such as Cultural Notes, Around the Shows, news snippets and more.

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