Albany Orchid Society April 2022 Newsletter
P.O. Box 1982
Albany W.A. 6331
December 2022 Newsletter
| President | Mrs Barbara Hawes | 0419422916 |
| Vice President | Mr Ron Panting | (08)98411695 |
| Secretary | Mrs. Shirley Hawkins | 0407971758 |
| Treasurer | Mr. Glen Diggins | 0411054750 |
| Newsletter | Mrs Carol White | 0488533377 |
Patron: Mr Murray Montgomery AM
Next Meeting:- Sunday 24th April 2022
Our Guest speaker will be Ron Fauntleroy who will give a talk on Native Orchids
1.30 pm - Bench Orchids
2:00pm - Meeting begins
Venue: Albany Bridge Club, Mill St Albany
Competition Plants for March Brassidium Tigerlilly ‘Tinonee’ and Paphiopedilum Spicerianum ‘Sandy’ Lovely Moon ‘Sandy’
Competition Plans for April
Cym. Kulnura ( Titan x Kulnura Freedom) “Golden Orange” x Kulnura Titan x ( Tony McCartney x Foxfire Dancer)
Events this Month
Friday 8thApril - Easter Displayand Raffle9am to 7pmat North Rd Shopping Centre
Saturday 9th April - Easter Display and Raffle 7am to 4pm
Friday 22nd April - Morning Tea, 10 am at Cozzies Café York St
Sunday 24th April - General Meeting at the Bridge Club
Wednesday 27th April - 9.30 am at Ron Panting’s place (4 Bronte St), Re-potting and preparing plants for a show, plus anything else you want to know - 0427411695.
Easter Raffle and Display
There will be re-potting demonstrations at 10am and 2pm
New Competition Plants
Mary has received the new competition plants which will be on sale at our next meeting
Orchidup Visit
The Society are paying a private visit to Orchidup on the 12th May. David and Chris will provide us with a barbeque lunch, tea and coffee. This is usually a great day out in a beautiful location and because it’s only us there, David has a lot more time to spend with us and answer any questions you may have, plus, their barbeques are really scrumptious.
Shed
Ron has taken delivery of 30 bags of bark, it looks like these will be the very last available for quite some time.
Society Uniforms
Any member wanting a Society uniform can purchase one from Barefoot Clothing in Lockyer Avenue, next door to Fridge and Washer City, if you give your receipt to Glen, the Society subsidises 25% of any purchase. Badges are available from the trophy shop in North Rd Shopping Centre, $12.50 for a pin on type and $14.50 for a magnetic one.
AGM Results
You will notice a few changes to the Office Bearers on the front page, these people were elected to these positions at the AGM, other results were:-
Secretary
Libby Hocking did not seek re-election, there was one nomination to fill the position, Shirley Hawkins was elected.
Committee members:-
A letter of resignation was received from Edna Murdoch. There were 4 nominations for the three available committee positions, a ballot was held and Mary Warnes, Carol White and Max Anning were elected, the other committee members are Julie Elliott, Gail Brodziak, and Ron Gresswell.
Most of the other positions remained the same except for Max Anning being elected as Registrar with Yvette Hamilton being Vice Registrar.
The most points in the Open Section were awarded to Julie Elliott with a total of 9 points
The most points in the Novice section were awarded to Donna Stretton with a total of 3 points.
The most popular vote in the open section went to Dendrochillum uncatum grown by Carol White.
The most popular vote in the Novice section went to LC Bernadine Kennedy ‘White Jewel’ grown by Donna Stretton.
The Judges vote was won by Julie Elliott with her Phragmipedium longifolium.
March Raffle results:-
1st – Jenny Ridgway, 2nd Barbara Hawes
Door Prize :- Mary Warnes
Monthly Morning tea:- 22nd April at Cozzies in York St at 10 am.
Meeting Closed 2:20pm
