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October
2002 (Vol.14
No.5)
THIS MONTH'S FEATURES:
FRONT
COVER:
Caymbidium Khan
Flame 'Tuscany'
exhibited
by RF Orchids, Florida, was Grand Champion and Champion Large Flower at the 2002
National Cymbidium Show held in Adelaide in August. Peter Chiles reports
on this major orchid event of spring. (Photo: John Seidel)
European
Orchid Conference 2003
One
of the most famous of orchid conferences held in Europe will be staged in London
from March 13 - 16 at the Royal Horticultural Society Halls in London. We
publish details of this event being hosted by the RHS and the British Orchid
Council, including a list of speakers.
Awarded
Sarcochilus hybrids
AOC
Registrar General of Judging, Colin Jennings, has chosen to write about this
popular Australian native orchid and its hybrids in this edition. The
article is illustrated with eleven award photographs including some unusual
colours and markings.
Cymbidiums
- the Lip
West
Australian nurseryman Kevin Butler has delved into the unusual world of lip
markings of selected white Cymbidiums. This is illustrated with eight
photographs of his white Cyms. showing lip colour ranging from almost nil to
almost full dark red.
Declining
Cymbidium Awards
The
once very popular Cymbidium has been displaced by other genera in the list of
Australian Orchid Council awards in recent years. Stephen Hauser, and
Associate Judge in Victoria, has been looking into the apparent sudden decline
in Awards for this genus.
Dendrobiums
Grown 'Cool' in unheated shadehouse
Dave
and Ros Mapley have found the ideal position in their orchid house to hang their
plant of Den. Anne's Rainbow Surprise 'Gizmo', in their shadehouse in
Ulverstone, on the northwest coast of Tasmania. Dave and Ros tell their
story to Rex Johnson who also took the photos.
Registrar
General of Judging - but what does he do?
Colin
Jennings has been AOC Registrar General of Judging for a number of years now.
Have you even wondered what the Registrar General does? Well Colin
explains his activities in this short article, which is not commensurate with
the size of the job.
Growing
Disas in Tasmania
Roving
reported Rex Johnson has been out and about again, and this time found Ken amd
Je;em Sutton growing Disas in northern Tasmania. Photos supplied by Ken.
First
Flowering for Melbourne's 'smelly' orchid
The
Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne recently had an exciting event - it's first
flowering of Bulbophyllum fletcherianum back in July. It created
high excitement - that is until they discovered its diabolical smell !!
CD
Review - American Orchid Society Awards, 1932 - 2001
Our
webmaster and regular contributor on orchid/computer things , Colin Hamilton,
reviews this new CD from the American Orchid Society - a compact compilation of
the award details for 70 years. But is it all it is cracked up to
be? Where are the photos?
Back
to Basics - Water and Orchids
North
Queensland resident Dr Noel Grundon recently presented a paper on this topic to
a State meeting of the Queensland societies. We are pleased to print this
for a wider audience.
Cattleyas
- the Queen of Orchids
Gary
Hart writes about advancement in the hybrids of Cattleya labiata in recent
years. Five photographs, also by Gary, illustrate this story.
Plus…
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All the regular features of:
Latest list of Australian Orchid Council awards for 2002; Computer Corner, what's winning at
Shows around the country, Cultural Notes for various parts of Australia,
and our list of upcoming International orchid events through to 2005.
There is also a surprise for some lucky Australian subscriber - Orchids
Australia free for one year, provided it is claimed in 14 days.
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