Albany Orchid Society October 2022 Newsletter
P.O. Box 1982
Albany W.A. 6331
October 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 23rd October 2022
Benching:- Please have plants in before 1.30pm
Meeting Starts at 2 pm.
Venue: Albany Bridge Club, Mill St Albany
Competition Plant:- This month’s plant is Dendrobium Hot Grumpy First x dolicophylla x Super Ruffles
Events this Month
Morning Tea
Friday the 14 th October at Handasides Strawberry Farm at 10 am
Committee Meeting
The next committee meeting is on the 21 st October, 1.30pm at Vancouver Café.
General Business.
Orchidup Visit
David has confirmed that we can visit him again on the 3rd November, we usually try to arrive around 10 am, he will again supply us with lunch, to those who haven’t attended one of these visits, please try to make this one, it really is a wonderful day out, lets just hope it isn’t bucketing with rain this time.
P.A.System
A decision on which one will suit our needs the best will be made at the next meeting.
Request
Deidre has asked if all members could please keep their small plastic trays ( the ones we get meat etc. on) as they are used as packaging for the sprays that we sell at our shows.
Thanks
Glen suggested we thank the car company for removing their cars so we can have the space to stage our shows ( they pay rent on it 3 months in advance, then the owners charge us as well, double dipping at it’s best). He suggested we present him with an orchid and a thank you card. Carol moved a motion to this effect, 2nd by Libby.
Also we need to thank the people who supplied the leather fern used in our sprays, Ron is going to organise something.
Web Site
Max inquired about updating our website as the information is out of date. The company who designed it is no longer operating, so Gail has offered to take over the management of it and update it. Glen is going to contact the chap who designed it and find out what our options are before making a report to the meeting.
Repotting/ Information Morning
Ron Panting will host a repotting and information morning at 10am on the 12th October at his home at 4 Bronte St .
Welcome
Welcome to our new members, we hope you enjoy our society and are able to learn a bit from us.
Raffle Results:- Our winners this month were Gail and Libby, congratulations
Door prize:- The lucky winner was Shirley, congratulations
Competition Plants
There were quite a few plants to be assessed this month, the winner with the most developed plant was Julie, Congratulations.
Benching Results
There was a tie for the most points this month between Julie and Gail.
The most points in the Novice section was achieved by Donna.
The Most Popular Vote went to Julie for her Dend. Momozomo Harukaze x Dend. Hoshimusume ‘Haming’.
The Most Popular Vote in the Novice Section went to Donna with her Cym. Mimi Lucifer
The Judges vote went to Julie for Dend. Momozomo Harukaze x Dend. Hoshimusume ‘Hamong’
Congratulations to all our winners.
.Spring Show
The Spring Show was a great success with lots of comments from the public complimenting us on how lovely it all looked and on our beautiful orchids. The results are attached.
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.
Some of the Champion Orchids from the Winter Show
