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NEXT MEETING - TUESDAY 8th May 2018 @ 7.45
AT WILSON COMMUNITY HALL, Braibrise Rd, WILSON

Awarded to John for a well-grown specimen of Guarianthe bowringiana.
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MINUTES OF THE GENERAL MEETING 10 April 2018 7.50pm
Present: 44 present as per the register
Apologies: 8 as per register
Visitors: Nil.
New members: Bernard and Nahiid
Minutes: Minutes November meeting
accepted (Jacqui, Ray)
Business Arising: Nil

Correspondence:
Inwards:
1. SEOS Show,
2. WJOS - Garden and Orchid Fair in July,
3. Reminder of 3rd March WOC meeting,
4. City of Canning - Storage at Wilson Hall,
5. WAROO - Registration for AOC in NSW in July,
6. Koi Society Show,
7. OSWA and a Neutrog order.
Outwards:
8. Nil.

FORTH-COMING EVENTS

Home visits:
At 10 am on the Sunday after the fourth Thursday of each month. Please bring chairs and food to share.

27th May - John, Bicton
1st July - Catarina, Brentwood.
29th July - Chris & Ken, Henley Brook.
26th August - Lina, North Perth.

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Charly & Gerda's Orchids

Bulbophyllum maxillare

Prosthechea cochleata

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Ken & Chris's Orchids

Bulbophyllum pulchrum

Dendrobium spp. aff. wattii

Dendrochilum cobbianum

Miltonia moreliana

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1. Our May meeting is the AGM. As previously advised, out Treasurer Charly now has taken on other orchid commitments. If you are able to take on this role, please contact the President or Secretary.

2. The Silent Auction will be held at our June General Meeting. Please bring along any spare orchids that you are able to donate (including hybrids).

3. The Species Society is the host for the 2018 Intersociety Orchid Display and Workshop to be held at Morley Recreation Centre on 3-5 August 2018. Please add your name to the roster sheet. A combined sales table will be in place- please see Ken or Charly if you wish to sell orchids.

4. All donations to the ISODW raffle will be gratefully accepted as this is one of the major fundraisers.

5. The Spring Orchid Fair will be staged on the weekend 15-16 Sept., (set up on Fri 14th evening) at Aranmore college in Leederville. SOSWA is one of the four societies jointly staging this event. We will refresh the ISODW display for this event. If you wish to sell orchid plants at this event, please see Ken or Charly.

6 . If you haven't ordered your new badge yet, please see Mich. The cost for badges with a magnetic clip is $13.50, and with pin is $11.50.

Dendrochilum cobbianum Gary Yong Gee says.... Dendrochilum cobbianum is Ddc. latifolium var. macranthum. I believe that it distinct enough to deserve species status as Ddc. macranthum

MONTHLY PLANT
Paphiopedilum malipoense

Description: A medium size, single flowered Parvisepalum species.

Country of origin: Southwest China and Northern Vietnam Paphiopedilum malipoense S.C. Chen & Tsi 1984 Difficulty: Paphiopedilum species in the Parvisepalum subgenus can be challenging to grow and flower. They are a cool and slow growing species
Cost: $10.00

Paphiopedilum malipoense S. C. Chen & Tsi 1984 SUBGENUS Parvisepalum Karasawa & Saito 1982 is found in Southwest China. This month's plant has been supplied by Trevor who set the seed, flasked it, deflasked it and grew it on for us. Thank you Trevor.
This species was originally found near the village of Malipo in southeast Yunnan Province, just north of the Vietnamese border. It was firstly discovered at 1,300-1,600m, however further colonies were subsequently found at 670-890m.
Paphiopedilum malipoense grows in broken shade from lithophytic bamboo on benches or vertical sides of limestone mesas. Generally they grow on east-facing locations near rivulets that drain down the rock faces from the relatively flat mesa tops. These rivulets serve to keep the plants moist from both rainfall runoff and the runoff from heavy night-time condensation even during the dry season. Growing on moss and composted leaves near these rivulets, their roots will be attached to the underlying limestone rock or in nearby solution pits high in calcium.
This species can be challenging to grow, and grows slowly, however as the picture above demonstrates, has a very attractive large, green flower.
Suitable media is small sized pine bark, with added perlite and charcoal, coconut chunks, or sphagnum moss; plastic or terra cotta pots and a cool glasshouse or shadehouse with some winter protection.
For best results, all Paphiopedilum orchids are best hand watered so water isn't left in leaf axils at nightfall, and repotted regularly so that the potting mix does not break down and become soggy and stale. This species is calcicolous and needs calcium that can be provided by adding Dolomite lime, soft limestone chips or broken cuttlefish frames.

Photo source:

Coelogyne fimbriata var. alba gary Yong Gee says...Coelogyne fimbriata var. alba is Coel. fimbriata

Dendrochilum latifolium var. magnum. Yong Gee says... Dendrochilum latifolium var. magnum is Ddc. latifolium var. macranthum [or Ddc. macranthum]

Renanthera matutina. Yong Gee says... Renanthera matutina is Ren. monachica

Orchids in Their Natural Habitat and in Cultivation -
Ecuagenera's five-day pre-WOC tour

Aerides quinquevulnera Gary Yong Ge says... Aerides quinquevulnera is Aer. magnifica

The benefits of hygienic practice in keeping your collection free of plant diseases.

Financial Report: Charly provided the financial report. Current balance is $4,064.42 plus $6,000 in a term deposit. (Ray, Noel)

1. All committee positions for the AGM in May are vacant. We need a Treasurer as Charly is not re-standing.

3. There is an Orchid Auction to be held on the 28th of April at 83 Arkana Rd., Westminster at 10am. Inspections from 9am. Trays are needed to sell the plants in group lots - see Tony. (The auction is over but there are a large amount of Downee shelving for sale. See above 'For Sale". Tony)

5. Peter put out a list for people to confirm that they will be at the 30th Anniversary dinner in June.

6. Individual sales tables can be purchased for the combined Garden and Orchid show (7th & 8th July).

10. The sub-committee for our display in August have decided on a theme. We will need to fill the rosters, being prepared by Tony. These cover entry tickets, the kitchen, raffle sales, sales table etc.

11. The rumours of poor quality plants from South America on Facebook are false.

The Orchid Show accompanying the WOC was spectacular as the photos in last month's newsletter clearly demonstrated. Ecuagenera was the most successful exhibitor and won both Grand Champion and Reserve Champion, along with many more special awards, and first, second and third place in class. However, there were many exceptional species and hybrids in the show, with the focus as expected on South and Central American species, often small flowered. I will show just a few of the show winners.

The Grand Champion was this miniature Dendrobium from Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, Dendrobium parvulum.Rolfe 1899 SECTION Calyptrochilus (syn Dendrobium delicatulum). From Sulawesi, Celebes and Papua New Guinea at 600 to 2,600m, this miniature sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte was literally covered in flowers. While its display in one of Wardian display cases made it somewhat quite difficult to photograph, the following photograph of another plant at Ecuagenera's Gualaceo nursery best displays the flower form. In the lower right of the above photograph, one can see Dendrobium cuthbertsonii in flower. There were several plants of this species sharing the display cabinet with the Grand Champion.

Reserve champion was Oncidium naevium Lindl. 1850 SUBGENUS Erectolobata (previously Odontoglossum naevium) is found in Colombia and Venezuela in bright open areas of cloud forests at 1,200 to 2,000m as a small to medium sized, cool growing epiphyte. This species was very free flowering under Ecuagenera conditions at Gualaceo.

Best Specimen in show, Maxillaria callichroma Rchb. f. 1854 sect. Aggregatae Pfitz 1889 is found in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru at elevations of 900 to 2600 meters on steep clay banks in wet, cool cloud forests as a small to medium sized, warm to cold growing terrestrial. This species was also in Ecuagenera's display.

One of the many Ecuagenera Trophy winners was Masdevallia velifera Rchb.f 1874 SUBGENUS Masdevallia SECTION Coriaceae SUBSECTION Coriaceae [Rchb.f]Veitch 1889. This small sized Colombian, epiphytic species from 2,100 meters in Antioquia state grows in cool-cold cloud forests.

Another Ecuagenera trophy winner was Cuitlauzina pendula La Llave & Lex. 1825. (syn. Odontoglossum citrossmum). This plant is a small to medium sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte or terrestrial. Found on the Sinaloa, Jalisco and Michoacan states of Mexico in oak-pine forests at 1,400 to 2,200m, this species can be difficult to grow and flower, although the result is well worth the effort.

The close-up photo shows the most attractive Cuitlauzina pendula flower carried on a pendulous raceme.

Ecuagenera had many trophy winners including these three Masdevallia species.

Trichocentrum loyolicum Pupulin, Karremans & G.Merino 2008 SECTION Trichocentrum is a recently identified Ecuadorian species from Zamora Chinchipe in pre-montane rain forests at 1,000 to 1,200m. It is a mini-sized, cool to warm growing epiphyte

Another trophy winner for Ecuagenera was Laelia endsfeldzii Pabst 1975 SUBGENUS Parviflorae SECTION Parviflorae Lindley 1990.
Found in Brazil in Minas Gerais as a small sized, warm to cool growing lithophyte at 900m, this attractive species is one of the so-called rupicolus Laelias.

The close up photo of the flower shows why enthusiasts choose to grow this species.

Masdevallia veitchiana Rchb.f 1868 SUBGENUS Masdevallia SECTION Masdevallia SUBSECTION Coccineae Veitch 1889 is known as the king of Masdevallias.
A small sized, cold growing terrestrial or lithophyte (rarely epiphytic) species with erect leaves is found at 2,000-4,000m around Macchu Picchu in Peru. Its habitat is steep rocky slopes covered with grasses and shrubs in full sun where the leaves are protected by the grasses.
This concludes a brief summary of WOC22 in Ecuador. I am working on a 2-3 part Powerpoint showing some of the orchids and sights from South America.


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Just email Tony Michael Zink's Orchids Brassavola nodosa ------------------ Orchid Articles Paul Carver's Angreaceum sesquipedale		Download; Plant Display Template Species Orchid Society Rules PDF ************************************************** NEXT MEETING - TUESDAY 8th May 2018 @ 7.45 AT WILSON COMMUNITY HALL, Braibrise Rd, WILSON *************************************************** Anne O'Callaghan Cultural Award:** Awarded to John for a well-grown specimen of Guarianthe bowringiana. ***************************************************** MINUTES OF THE GENERAL MEETING 10 April 2018 7.50pm Present: 44 present as per the register Apologies: 8 as per register Visitors: Nil. New members: Bernard and Nahiid Minutes: Minutes November meeting accepted (Jacqui, Ray) Business Arising: Nil Correspondence: Inwards: 1. SEOS Show, 2. WJOS - Garden and Orchid Fair in July, 3. Reminder of 3rd March WOC meeting, 4. City of Canning - Storage at Wilson Hall, 5. WAROO - Registration for AOC in NSW in July, 6. Koi Society Show, 7. OSWA and a Neutrog order. Outwards: 8. Nil. Raffle: Ray, Ian, Ken, Lina, Bernard and Victor. Name Badge: Graham & Margaret. ************************************************** Graham & Margaret's orchid Eriochilus dilatatus Jumellea fragrans Pterostylis abrupta ************************************************** FORTH-COMING EVENTS Home visits: At 10 am on the Sunday after the fourth Thursday of each month. Please bring chairs and food to share. 27th May - John, Bicton 1st July - Catarina, Brentwood. 29th July - Chris & Ken, Henley Brook. 26th August - Lina, North Perth. ********************************************** Charly & Gerda's Orchids Bulbophyllum maxillare Prosthechea cochleata ********************************************** Ken & Chris's Orchids Bulbophyllum pulchrum Dendrobium spp. aff. wattii Dendrochilum cobbianum Miltonia moreliana ********************************************** A message from The Water Corporation *********************************************** The difference between Phalaenopsis amabilis & Phal. aphrodite subsp. formosana ************************************************ WA terrestrial orchids in situ – a four-day field trip to the Mid-west http://members.iinet.net.au/~emntee/Orchids_in_The_Mid-west.htm ************************************************ NOTES FROM YOUR COMMITTEE 1. Our May meeting is the AGM. As previously advised, out Treasurer Charly now has taken on other orchid commitments. If you are able to take on this role, please contact the President or Secretary. 2. The Silent Auction will be held at our June General Meeting. Please bring along any spare orchids that you are able to donate (including hybrids). 3. The Species Society is the host for the 2018 Intersociety Orchid Display and Workshop to be held at Morley Recreation Centre on 3-5 August 2018. Please add your name to the roster sheet. A combined sales table will be in place- please see Ken or Charly if you wish to sell orchids. 4. All donations to the ISODW raffle will be gratefully accepted as this is one of the major fundraisers. 5. The Spring Orchid Fair will be staged on the weekend 15-16 Sept., (set up on Fri 14th evening) at Aranmore college in Leederville. SOSWA is one of the four societies jointly staging this event. We will refresh the ISODW display for this event. If you wish to sell orchid plants at this event, please see Ken or Charly. 6 . If you haven't ordered your new badge yet, please see Mich. The cost for badges with a magnetic clip is $13.50, and with pin is $11.50. ************************************************ John's Orchid Guarianthe bowringiana ************************************************ Unusual and Surprising Orchids and their Reproductive Biology by Ken Jones Cont. next month See the whole article (so far) HERE ************************************************ Tony & Mavis's Orchids** Dendrochilum cobbianum Gary Yong Gee says.... Dendrochilum cobbianum is Ddc. latifolium var. macranthum. I believe that it distinct enough to deserve species status as Ddc. macranthum *Miltonia moreliana* *Zelenkoa onusta* ************************************************** MONTHLY PLANT** Paphiopedilum malipoense Description: A medium size, single flowered Parvisepalum species. Country of origin: Southwest China and Northern Vietnam Paphiopedilum malipoense S.C. Chen & Tsi 1984 Difficulty: Paphiopedilum species in the Parvisepalum subgenus can be challenging to grow and flower. They are a cool and slow growing species Cost: $10.00 Paphiopedilum malipoense S. C. Chen & Tsi 1984 SUBGENUS Parvisepalum Karasawa & Saito 1982 is found in Southwest China. This month's plant has been supplied by Trevor who set the seed, flasked it, deflasked it and grew it on for us. Thank you Trevor. This species was originally found near the village of Malipo in southeast Yunnan Province, just north of the Vietnamese border. It was firstly discovered at 1,300-1,600m, however further colonies were subsequently found at 670-890m. Paphiopedilum malipoense grows in broken shade from lithophytic bamboo on benches or vertical sides of limestone mesas. Generally they grow on east-facing locations near rivulets that drain down the rock faces from the relatively flat mesa tops. These rivulets serve to keep the plants moist from both rainfall runoff and the runoff from heavy night-time condensation even during the dry season. Growing on moss and composted leaves near these rivulets, their roots will be attached to the underlying limestone rock or in nearby solution pits high in calcium. This species can be challenging to grow, and grows slowly, however as the picture above demonstrates, has a very attractive large, green flower. Suitable media is small sized pine bark, with added perlite and charcoal, coconut chunks, or sphagnum moss; plastic or terra cotta pots and a cool glasshouse or shadehouse with some winter protection. For best results, all Paphiopedilum orchids are best hand watered so water isn't left in leaf axils at nightfall, and repotted regularly so that the potting mix does not break down and become soggy and stale. This species is calcicolous and needs calcium that can be provided by adding Dolomite lime, soft limestone chips or broken cuttlefish frames. Photo source: ************************************************** Peter's Orchids** Coelogyne fimbriata var. alba gary Yong Gee says...Coelogyne fimbriata var. alba is Coel. fimbriata Dendrochilum latifolium var. magnum. Yong Gee says... Dendrochilum latifolium var. magnum is Ddc. latifolium var. macranthum [or Ddc. macranthum] Psychopsis krameriana Renanthera matutina. Yong Gee says... Renanthera matutina is Ren. monachica Zelenkoa onusta ************************************************** Orchids in Their Natural Habitat and in Cultivation - Ecuagenera's five-day pre-WOC tour See the full article HERE ************************************************ Adrian & Dee's Orchid Dendrobium faciferum ************************************************ Mich's Orchid Dendrobium faciferum ************************************************ Ray's Orchid Aerides quinquevulnera** Gary Yong Ge says... Aerides quinquevulnera is Aer. magnifica ************************************************** Fiona Stanley Hospital Site Terrestrial Orchids *************************************************** Hygienic Practice The benefits of hygienic practice in keeping your collection free of plant diseases. Hygiene tips to keep your orchids disease free. Checklist in WORD in PDF See the full article HERE ************************************************* Financial Report: Charly provided the financial report. Current balance is $4,064.42 plus $6,000 in a term deposit. (Ray, Noel) ************************************************* Norm's Orchids Paphiopedilum helenae *************************************************** STANHOPEAS by Bill Mather & Ken Jones See the article HERE *************************************************** General Business: 1. All committee positions for the AGM in May are vacant. We need a Treasurer as Charly is not re-standing. 2. There was a reminder that annual subscriptions are due. 3. There is an Orchid Auction to be held on the 28th of April at 83 Arkana Rd., Westminster at 10am. Inspections from 9am. Trays are needed to sell the plants in group lots - see Tony. (The auction is over but there are a large amount of Downee shelving for sale. See above 'For Sale". Tony) 4. The Silent Auction will be held at the June GM. 5. Peter put out a list for people to confirm that they will be at the 30th Anniversary dinner in June. 6. Individual sales tables can be purchased for the combined Garden and Orchid show (7th & 8th July). 7. The new printer could be delivered next week. 8. Thanks to Ken for the plant bids forwarded to Guy Cantor in the East. 9. Donations of spare plants for raffles would be much appreciated. 10. The sub-committee for our display in August have decided on a theme. We will need to fill the rosters, being prepared by Tony. These cover entry tickets, the kitchen, raffle sales, sales table etc. 11. The rumours of poor quality plants from South America on Facebook are false. ************************************************* Siva's Ochids Cattleya labiata var. coerulea Maxillaria striata Oncidium pulvinatum *************************************************** 22nd World Orchid Conference Show Guayaquil, October 2018 The Orchid Show accompanying the WOC was spectacular as the photos in last month's newsletter clearly demonstrated. Ecuagenera was the most successful exhibitor and won both Grand Champion and Reserve Champion, along with many more special awards, and first, second and third place in class. However, there were many exceptional species and hybrids in the show, with the focus as expected on South and Central American species, often small flowered. I will show just a few of the show winners. The Grand Champion was this miniature Dendrobium from Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, Dendrobium parvulum.Rolfe 1899 SECTION Calyptrochilus (syn Dendrobium delicatulum). From Sulawesi, Celebes and Papua New Guinea at 600 to 2,600m, this miniature sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte was literally covered in flowers. While its display in one of Wardian display cases made it somewhat quite difficult to photograph, the following photograph of another plant at Ecuagenera's Gualaceo nursery best displays the flower form. In the lower right of the above photograph, one can see Dendrobium cuthbertsonii in flower. There were several plants of this species sharing the display cabinet with the Grand Champion. Reserve champion was Oncidium naevium Lindl. 1850 SUBGENUS Erectolobata (previously Odontoglossum naevium) is found in Colombia and Venezuela in bright open areas of cloud forests at 1,200 to 2,000m as a small to medium sized, cool growing epiphyte. This species was very free flowering under Ecuagenera conditions at Gualaceo. Best Specimen in show, Maxillaria callichroma Rchb. f. 1854 sect. Aggregatae Pfitz 1889 is found in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru at elevations of 900 to 2600 meters on steep clay banks in wet, cool cloud forests as a small to medium sized, warm to cold growing terrestrial. This species was also in Ecuagenera's display. One of the many Ecuagenera Trophy winners was Masdevallia velifera Rchb.f 1874 SUBGENUS Masdevallia SECTION Coriaceae SUBSECTION Coriaceae [Rchb.f]Veitch 1889. This small sized Colombian, epiphytic species from 2,100 meters in Antioquia state grows in cool-cold cloud forests. Another Ecuagenera trophy winner was Cuitlauzina pendula La Llave & Lex. 1825. (syn. Odontoglossum citrossmum). This plant is a small to medium sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte or terrestrial. Found on the Sinaloa, Jalisco and Michoacan states of Mexico in oak-pine forests at 1,400 to 2,200m, this species can be difficult to grow and flower, although the result is well worth the effort. *The close-up photo shows the most attractive Cuitlauzina pendula* flower carried on a pendulous raceme. Ecuagenera had many trophy winners including these three Masdevallia species.** Trichocentrum loyolicum Pupulin, Karremans & G.Merino 2008 SECTION Trichocentrum is a recently identified Ecuadorian species from Zamora Chinchipe in pre-montane rain forests at 1,000 to 1,200m. It is a mini-sized, cool to warm growing epiphyte Another trophy winner for Ecuagenera was Laelia endsfeldzii Pabst 1975 SUBGENUS Parviflorae SECTION Parviflorae Lindley 1990. Found in Brazil in Minas Gerais as a small sized, warm to cool growing lithophyte at 900m, this attractive species is one of the so-called rupicolus Laelias. The close up photo of the flower shows why enthusiasts choose to grow this species. Masdevallia veitchiana Rchb.f 1868 SUBGENUS Masdevallia SECTION Masdevallia SUBSECTION Coccineae Veitch 1889 is known as the king of Masdevallias. A small sized, cold growing terrestrial or lithophyte (rarely epiphytic) species with erect leaves is found at 2,000-4,000m around Macchu Picchu in Peru. Its habitat is steep rocky slopes covered with grasses and shrubs in full sun where the leaves are protected by the grasses. This concludes a brief summary of WOC22 in Ecuador. I am working on a 2-3 part Powerpoint showing some of the orchids and sights from South America. See the whole article HERE *************************************************** Chris's Orchid Zelenkoa onusta ************************************************* As usual, any and all comments are welcome BACK**