Albany Orchid Society May 2022 Newsletter

2022

3 May

P.O. Box 1982
Albany W.A. 6331

May 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 22nd May 2022
Our Guest speaker will be Brian Klepzig from Neutrog.

1.30 pm - Bench Orchids
2:00pm - Meeting begins

Venue: Albany Bridge Club, Mill St Albany

Competition Plans for May

Hot Grumpy ‘First’ x dolicophylla x Super Ruffles

Could any members with Brassidium Tigerlily Tinonee or Lc Chan Hsiu Jewel ‘San Mei’ and Dendrobium Stupid Orange x Hilda Poxon Rusty Bucket still alive please bring them in for assessment.

Events this Month

Morning Tea

Friday 20th May at 10am at Zivago’s , North Road Shopping Centre, unfortunately, the venue has had to be changed due to the Tamp and Grind in Chesterpass Mall closing indefinitely.

New Competition Plants

These are the new competition plants Cymbidium Khanebono ‘Jacinta’ x Darch Joy ‘Little Toy’ which were eagerly snapped up by members.

There is a new monthly incentive award of 3 raffle tickets to be presented to the member who attains the most points for their competition plant, this month’s winner was Carol White, so remember to please bring in your plants for assessment.

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

There is a new price list for the Shed items which will be available at the next meeting

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.

Advertising

Shirley is to arrange all of the advertising for our shows this year.

Entry Cards

The format of the entry cards we use for our shows was questioned, do we need to change the layout to provide more room to write the names of the plants? This is to be discussed at the next meeting.

New Motion

Carol proposed a motion to record all of our General and Committee meetings to make it easier for our new Secretary to produce accurate minutes and for the Society to purchase a recording device to enable her to do this. The Members voted and the motion was carried.

Address

Ron Fauntleroy gave us a very interesting and informative address about the South West’s Native Orchids and what we can do to protect them. Thank You Ron.

Committee Meeting

The next committee meeting will be held on the 24th June at 1.30 at Vancouver Café.

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.