Albany Orchid Society June 2022 Newsletter
P.O. Box 1982
Albany W.A. 6331
June 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 26th June 2022
1.30 pm - Bench Orchids
2:00pm - Meeting begins
Venue: Albany Bridge Club, Mill St Albany
Competition Plans for May
Paph Spicerianum Sandy x Lovely Moon Sandy
Events this Month
Morning Tea
Friday 10th June at 10am at Sug Bo , Dog Rock Centre
Competition Plants
This month’s Competition Plants that were brought in for assessment. The winner of this month’s incentive award of 3 raffle tickets was Ron Gresswell, congratulations Ron.
Orchidup Visit
Yes, it was raining, but what a fabulous day for those members who braved the weather, not only did we have David and his extensive knowledge to ourselves, but also his shade house and new hot house full of new varieties of orchids, succulents, air plants, ferns and all types of indoor and hot house plants. We were spoiled with a patio heater in the enclosed verandah, home made pumpkin soup, a barbecue lunch, copious cups of tea and coffee plus the beautiful blue wrens were bobbing about for us to look at, a day to be remembered and we look forward to the next visit. Here is the email from David at Orchidup.
Inter-Society Challange
This will be held in Busselton this year, from the 5th to the 7th August, If you would like to attend, please contact Shirley or Julie for all the details.
Address
Brian Klepzig from Nuetrog kept us all entertained with his wonderful address filled with video’s and information on how the company makes it’s products, what new products are in production and what they’ll do. He also gave all those present some Seamungus and Strike Back to try as well as holding a raffle with even more products as prizes, the lucky winners were Julie, Ron G, Nev and Gail, congratulations.
Committee Meeting
The next committee meeting will be held on the 24th June at 1.30 at Vancouver Café.
Badges
Badges are available from the Trophy Shop, which has moved to Albert Rd, the phone number is still the same.
Winter Show
Just a reminder, our winter show will be held on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd July, so start getting your orchids ready, for our new members, if you wish to enter a plant for benching or in one of the shows, you must have owned the plant for at least 6 months.
Microphones
Lynda Mellows proposed that we look at buying some form of microphones because it’s very difficult to hear the proceedings at the back of the room.
Bark
The difficulty of purchasing bark etc was discussed with a view to perhaps trying to find another source.
Most Points in the Open Section were earned by Gail Brodziak with 13 points
Most points in the Novice Section were earned by Wendy Fletcher with 6 points
Most Popular Vote by the Members in the Open Sectiion went to Julie for her Masd. Partizan ‘Cinnamon’
Most popular vote by the Members in the Novice Section went to Wendy for her Dendrobium Unknown
The Judges Vote went to Julie for her Paph. sukhakuli ‘Jungle Queen’ x maudiae ‘Bashi’
Raffle
This months winners were Deidre and Gail, congratulations.
Door Prize
This month the winner was Julie, congratulations.
Happy Birthday to all those celebrating a “Special Day” this month.
Best wishes to anyone feeling under the weather, we hope you start feeling better soon.
