Albany Orchid Society Inc. November Newsletter 2023
P.O. Box 1982
Albany W.A. 6331
Odontonia Marguerite Holme ‘Larkspur’
November Newsletter 2023
| President | Ron Panting | 0427411695 |
| Vice President | Shirley Hawkins | 0407971758 |
| Secretary | Linda Mellows | 0457001353 |
| Treasurer | Mr. Glen Diggins | 0411054750 |
| Newsletter | Gail Brodziak | 0428155814 |
Patron: Mr Murray Montgomery
Next Meeting:- - Sunday 26 th November 2023
1:30pm - Orchid Benching
2:00pm - General Meeting
Venue: Albany Bridge Club, Mill St Albany
Competition plants for November Cymbidium West Coast x Sarah Jean ‘Trish’ Zygopetalum Denpasar Purple Lips x Freestyle Meadows ‘Show Stoppers’
Calendar November 2023
Please keep these details handy on your fridge or on your mobile phone
OCTOBER RAFFLE RESULTS:-
1st Prize - Teresa Jankowski
2nd Prize - Sandra Bright
Door Prize - Donna Stretton
Competition Plans
Please, bring your new competition plants to the November meeting to be assessed by Deidre and Janet. They are:- Cymbidium West Coast x Sarah Jean ‘Trish’ and Zygopetalum Denpasar Purple Lips x Freestyle Meadows ‘Show Stoppers’
ALBANY AGRICULTURE SHOW
Albany Orchid Society will be involved in the 2023 Albany Agricultural Show. https://www.albanyshow.org.au/ The show is on Friday 9 th and Saturday 10th November and runs from 9am to 5.00pm, Ron will be setting up on Thursday 8th from 1.00pm. If you can help with setting up, please do so. As usual, when volunteers are heading towards the gate they can ring Ron or Lynda and they will meet them at the gate with an entry pass. This year we are not being charged for our display area, whereas in previous years the club has been charged a fee. Please bring your show plants in on Thursday afternoon to be placed on the trestles, ready for the show. If you are bringing plants to the show for sale please list them with their names, prices etc. and give your list to Ron on arrival, to be filed. There will be a roster drawn up for members to fill in to help with looking after the tables during the show, and speaking with the public, as well as setting up on Thursday afternoon and with the taking down of the tables on Saturday afternoon. We will need to be there from 8.30 am until 5.00 pm each day. Ron Panting will stay on both Thursday and Friday until the doors are locked, to ensure our display plants etc are not tampered with. Those members who have been involved in previous years had a lot of fun being there; hopefully you will be able to spend some time helping to promote our wonderful club.
CUPPA MORNING
Our next cuppa morning is at Handasydes Café, Chester Pass Road at 10am on Friday 17th November. Hope to see you there. We will be seated in ‘The Hayshed’. It’s a fairly new section, recently renovated and now open for large gatherings. By the way they have strawberries for sale.
AOS TROPHY LUNCHEON
On Sunday 19th November at 12pm a trophy luncheon will be held at the Premier Hotel, a special event to celebrate with our members on their successes at our shows. The trophies and awards from both the winter and spring shows will be presented at the luncheon. We will be seated in the upstairs dining room. When you arrive at the hotel you can order and pay for your meals and drinks downstairs then get the lift up to the dining room; we have the room booked exclusively for AOS members. Here is a link to the Premier Hotel’s menu to copy and paste into your google search bar. https://premierhotelalbany.com.au/food-drinks/
Most popular orchid - Open section was Odontonia Marguerite Holme ‘Larkspur’ and was grown by Edna Murdoch Most popular orchid grown – Novice section was Laeliacattleya Trick or Treat and was grown by Jenny Ridgway The member who won the most points in the open section was Gail Brodziak with 14 points The member who won the most points in the novice section was Donna Stretton with 6 points
