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GUEST SPEAKER. This month there is no guest speaker as it is

our AGM. There will be an extended supper break to socialise. ANNUAL FEES ARE NOW OVERDUE. If you have not already done so can you please pay as soon as possible.

SUPPER ROSTER. This month our volunteers are Tinka for sandwiches and Sheree Howard for something sweet. Thank you to those who brought in something extra for the supper table last month. The new roster for the next twelve months will go around at the next meeting. Please volunteer if you can and spread the load.

AUCTION 12TH NOVEMBER. Time to get those auction plants ready. The grower’s sheets have been sent out and the return date will be 9th October. AGM THIS MONTH. Members are invited to nominate for the committee. Nominations will be accepted from the floor at the AGM if all positions are not filled. Forms available at this meeting or contact the Secretary. PRESIDENT’S REPORT Congratulations to all the Champions of the Dee Why Grand Spring show and thank you to everyone that helped out. It was an incredible turn out of plants and the display was great. I think we can all agree that it has been a fantastic show season, and thank you again to everyone for all your efforts throughout the shows. See you all soon, Dylan

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ISSUE 559

September 2017 PATRON Ian Nelson PRESIDENT Dylan Morrissey VICE PRESIDENTS Cary Polis Angie Sulfaro SECRETARY Tinka Riddell tinkariddell@ yahoo.com.au 9940 0797 TREASURER Sheree Howard LIBRARIAN Guy Cantor COMMITTEE Gary McDougall Val Houley Michael Howard John Portelli Mark Asbury ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO The Secretary, MWOS Inc., 3 Kristine Place, Mona Vale. NSW. 2103. NEXT MEMBER’S MEETING Thursday 28th September, 2017 at 8pm Cromer Community Centre, Fisher Road North, Cromer. NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING Thursday 5th October, 2017 at the DYRSL 7.30pm.

LIBRARY. The library still operates so please make use of this facility as we have some very good books. SALES TABLE. Honest Gary has pots in all sizes and also plant labels. Please bring in your excess plants for sale. Bulletin Articles – The Ed is always on the lookout for news articles so if you have anything to buy, sell or tell please contact Tinka. .DIARY DATES 2017 September 28th AGM/Member’s Meeting September 30-Oct. 1 – NSW Clivea show, Thornleigh Community Centre, Phyllis Ave. (next to Bunnings). October 6-8 Southern Orchid Spectacular, Carringbah High School. October 22nd SPECIES auction and show, Thornleigh Community Centre, Phyllis Ave. Thornleigh. October 26th Member’s Meeting November 12th AUCTION November 23rd Member’s Meeting December 3rd Christmas Party December 21st Member’s Meeting VALE – ROY FRASER Roy passed away earlier this month after a long illness and our sincere condolences go to Jeannette and family. GET WELL wishes to Norman Casey after he recently went through major surgery. Wishing you a speedy recovery. ST. IVES RESULTS Unfortunately the results for the displays were incorrectly calculated and we ended up in 7th place. Class 5 1st A. Sulfaro Class12 2nd A. Sulfaro Class 13 1st A. Sulfaro Class 30 1st A. Sulfaro 2nd A. Sulfaro Class 36 2nd I. Nelson Class 51 1st C. Polis Class 53 1st A. Sulfaro Class 54 2nd A. Sulfaro Class 55 1st A. Sulfaro Class 56 2nd L. Foley Class 77 1st C. Polis Class 86 1st T. Riddell Class 89 2nd C. Polis Class 90 1st A. Sulfaro Class 93 2nd C. Polis Class 95 2nd G&H Williams Class 99 1st A. Sulfaro Champion Phal. A. Sulfaro

A big thank you to all the volunteers who helped at the show. The attendance was down slightly on last year but the member’s sales were up. ******************** Show Marshal Report For August 2017 Hybrid of the Month : Rhyncholaeliocattleya [Rlc.] (syn. Brassolaeliocattleya or Blc.) Sylvia Fry

'Supreme' Grown by: Gloria & Allan Cushway

This is not a new plant and was registered in1966 as

"Rhyncholaeliocattleya Sylvia Fry" by Dos Pueblos Orchid Co. Inc., P O Box 158, Goleta, California, CA 93116, U.S.A. Notice the change from a Blc. to a Rlc. It has eight species in its back ground .This plant has won many prizes over years. Different varieties have won awards, 21 in total. One here was in1967 by J. Greer with Sylvia Fry ‘Francesca. There are 97 first generation crosses registered and a total of 382 progeny. It has been through our auction in the past, one to keep your eye out for.

Specimen Plant of the Month : Dendrochilum [Ddc.] tenellum (Nees & Meyen) Ames, Philipp. J. Sci., C 2: 318 (1907). Grown by: Angie Sulfaro

This is a different plant to last month, there were also a few in the display at the Grand. Notes

same as last month. When comparing the last month you could see a difference in the flower spikes in the photo. This Dendrochilum is an interesting orchid, looks like grass when not in flower, and then get the spikes from near the top of the leaves. This orchid comes from the Philippines. A common and widely distributed orchid, it grows in mountainous areas at 3300-4900 ft. (1000-1500 m). Plants are reported from the following islands Babuyan, Camiguin, Leyte, Luzon, and Mindanao, Mindoro. On Luzon, they are found in the provinces of Bataan, Benguet, Mountain Province (near Bontoc), Cagayan, Camarines Sur, Ifugao, Kalinga-Apayao, Laguna, Nueva Vizcaya, Rizal, Sorsogon, and Zambales. On Mindanao they are found in Davao Province From Orchidwiz.as above they have a wide distribution and a cool grower at that height. As they fill a pot, pot on to a slightly larger pot and it will eventually grow like this one in size.

Specie Plant of the Month : Gongora

[Gga.] rufescens

Jenny, Orchidee

(Hamburg) 36:

116 (1985).

Grown by:

Paul

McDonough This is a very interesting species and going by the naming date only a fairly new species coming from Colombia. The type specimen was collected in the

Department of Narino in southwestern Colombia just north of the border with Ecuador. No specific habitat location, type, or elevation were reported, so the following climate data and cultural suggestions should be used with a great deal of caution. from Orchidwiz There are other types of species available and I have one but it is a hot grower and grows in the phal house where it flowers well. They have nice long spikes to display as this one has.

Novice Plant of the Month: Dendrobium SSBF Rock Star

Grown by: Roslyn Mathews This is a nice native Dendrobium grown by Ros, not bad in shape and looks good.

When I saw the name I thought what does it mean ? Ros bought it in to put in the display at the Grand so I was able to sort out

and was not impressed there was 2 labels in the pot from when Ros bought the plant. This is not ok when a nursery sells plants labelled like this especially to new growers or to anyone. This is what I saw

1. Label one had a picture showing a photo which was not like this and had printed on the label SSBF Rockstar

2. The second label also had the nursery name on the back On the top where the plant name goes has CYMBIDIUM in ink Below this it had this written STARSHEEN BOTANK FIREWORKS RUTHERFORD STAR BURST ROCKSTAR wt1003 how can you work this out this is what it should be This is Den Starsheen “ Botank Fireworks” X Den. Rutherford

Starburst “Rockstar” I

[Den.] Rutherford Sunburst. To make it more interesting there are two registered plants both by the same person both with native parents, also both parents had speciosum in their back ground hence could be why Ros’s plant looks like this I would like to thank all our members that once more brought plants in to the show at The Grand. The display came up very well and congratulations to all our prize winners Ian Nelson Show Marshal/Patron

AUGUST BENCHING POINT SCORE 2017

OPEN DIVISION

1. Sarcochilus Hybrid 1 Plant 1. Sarco. George Colthup ‘Divine’ x Velvet

‘Cool dude’ G&H Williams

2. Australian Native Hybrid 16 Plants 1. Den. Elegant Heart x Darlington King A. Sulfaro

2. Den. Rainbow Surprise ‘Tinonee’ x Spec. curvi.

‘Palmerston Mist’ R. Schneidereit

3. Den. Jonathon’s Glory ‘Dark Joy’ x Den.

Jazz ‘Windsor Downs’ R. Schneidereit

3. Australasian 2 Plants 1. Den. mohilianum x D. chrysosperum A. Sulfaro

2. Den. Microchip C. Polis

4. Dockrillia Hybrid 7 Plants 1. Dock. Tweetas ‘Red Lip’ R.Schneidereit

2. Dock. schoemina ‘Green Giant’ x fulignosa

‘Black Pam’ G&H Williams

3. Dock. x grimesii R. Lumby

5. Laeliinae Hybrid (Exhibition) >120mm 3 Plants 1. Blc. Sylvia Fry ‘Supreme’ G&A Cushway

2. Blc. Sylvia Fry ‘Supreme’ G&A Cushway

3. Blc. Dundas Olga C. Polis

6. Laeliinae Hybrid (Exhibition) <120mm 8 Plants 1. Lc. Haw Yuan ‘Angel’ x Sc. Lana Coryell A. Sulfaro

2. Blc. Dal’s Ambition G&A Cushway

3. Lc. Yuan Angel x Sc. Lana Coryell A. Sulfaro

7. Laeliinae Hybrid (Multifloral/Novelty) 1 Plant 1. Blc. Waiania Leopard Ching Hua x Slc. Jungle

Treasure A. sulfaro

7A. Laeliinae (Novelty Type) Hybrid 2 Plants 1. Cat. unknown A.Sulfaro

2. Rth. Elaine Hoffman I Nelson

8. Laeliinae Hybrid (Miniature) 3 Plants 1. Cat. Elusive Dream Peace A. Sulfaro

2. C. Precious Jewel Ruby A. Sulfaro

3. C. Cherry Bee Anthea A. Sulfaro

8A.Laeliinae Epidendrum 4 Plants 1. Epi. Renee Marquis Flame thrower I. Nelson

2. Epi. Topaz Rose C. Polis

3. Epi. Orange Passion C. Polis

9. Cymbidium Standard 3 Plants 1. Cym. Margaret Thatcher ‘Diplomat’ x Cronulla

x Lunara A. Sulfaro

2. Cym. Valley Splash ‘Awesome’ A. Sulfaro

3. Cym. Ginger Sands x Luna Sands A. Sulfaro

10. Cymbidium Intermediate 4 Plants 1. Cym. Freeling ‘Green Ice’ A. Sulfaro

2. Cym. Freeling ‘Green Ice’ A. Sulfaro

3. Cym. Taree Vivid Gold S. Torrisi

11. Cymbidium Minature 3 Plants 1. Cym. Bulbarrow ‘Waikanae’ A. Sulfaro

2. Cym. Memoria ‘Marvin Gaye’ A. Sulfaro

3. Cym. Gladys Whitsell ‘The Charmer’ A. Sulfaro

12.Dendrobium 0 Plants

13. Oncidiinae 30mm and less 5 Plants 1. Onc. Twinkle ‘Yellow’ G&A Cushway

2. Onc. Misaki Twinkle Obry ‘Only You’ G&A Cushway

3. Onc. Twinkle ‘Red Fantasy’ M. Korda

14. Oncidiiae 30mm - 60mm 4 Plants 1. Odont. Cherry Fudge ‘Carmella’ T. Riddell

2. Onc. sharry Baby ‘Sweet Fragrance’ A. Sulfaro

3. Odont. unknown A. Sulfaro

15. Oncidiiae 60mm and above 3 Plants 1. Odcdm. Tiger Barb A. Sulfaro

2. Colm. Massai A. Sulfaro

3. Wils. Tiger Glow G&A Cushway

16. Paphiopedilum Exhibition 4 Plants 1. Paph. Sioux x Beverly Rhodes R. Nurthen

2. Paph. Moody Ruth R. Nurthen

3. Paph. Silvara ‘Mighty’ AM/RHS I.Moore

17. Paphiopedilum Novelty 5 Plants 1. Paph. Ambience ‘Primrose’ I. Moore

2. Paph. Envy Green A. Sulfaro

3. Paph. Hsinying Knoch x Hsinying Web R. Nurthen

18. Phalaenopsis Exhibition 2 Plants 1. Phal unknown A. Sulfaro

2. Phal. unknown A. Sulfaro

19. Phalaenopsis Novelty 2 Plants 1. Phal. Meidarland Goldsmith A. Sulfaro

2. Phal. Eiderdtedt C. Polis

20. Vandaceous >51mm 2 Plants 1. V. Thew ‘Pee Yen’ Red I. Nelson

2. V. Princess Mihasa Sotoam I. Nelson

21.Vandaceous/Ascocendas 2 Plants 1. Rhyn. Chorchalood C. Polis

2. Asctm. Unknown C. Polis

22. Other Orchid Hybrid 7 Plants 1. Coel. Jannine Banks A. Sulfaro

2. Calanthe veitchii I. Nelson

3. Coel. Unchained Melody Li Shan Fan

SPECIES

38. Sarcochilus Species 4 Plants

1. Sarco. falcatus C. Polis

2. Sarco. falcatus G. Cantor

3. Sarco. falvatus C. Polis

39. Australian Epiphyte Species 23 Plants

1. Den. speciosum C. Polis

2. Den. speciosum F&M Lee

3. Den. aemulum G&H Williams

40. Australasian Epiphyte Species 2 Plant

1. Mediocalcar bifolum C. Polis

2. Den. atroviolaceum T. Riddell

41. Dockrillia 3 Plants 1.Dock. dolicophyla C. Polis

2. Dock. rigida C. Polis

3. Dock. rigida R. Scjneidereit

42. Australasian Terrestial 0 Plants

43. Laeliinae Alliance (cattleya & laelia) 4 Plants

1. Cat. amethystoglossa C. Polis

2. Cat. loddigesii C. Polis

3. Cat. aurantiaca C. Polis

44. Laeliinae Alliance 8 Plants

1. Rhyncholaelia glauca T. Riddell

45. Oncidiiae Alliance Species 1 Plants 1. Osmoglossum pulchellum C. Polis

46. Other Species ‘The Americas’ 7 Plants

1. Gongora rufescor P. McDonough

2. Max. picta P. McDonough

3. Gongora pardina G. Cantor

47. Dendrobium Species 1 Plants 1. Den. linawianum G. Cantor

48. Paphiopedilum Species 5 Plants 1. Paph. venustum G&A Cushway

2. Paph. venustum R. Nurthen

3. Paph. haynaldianum C. Polis

49. Phalaenopsis Species 1 Plant 1. Phal. aphrodite C. Polis

50. Vandaceous species 1 Plant 1. Rhynchostylis gigantean G&H Williams

51. Dendrochilum Species 10 Plants 1. Ddc. longifolium A. Sulfaro

2. Ddc. convallariaforme ‘Alicia’ A. Sulfaro

3. Ddc. tenellum A. Sulfaro

52. Other Species ‘Asia & Rest of World’ 5 Plants 1. Coel. mooreana G&H Williams

2. Coel. lawrenceana P. McDonough

3. Eria amico C. Polis

53. Miniature max. 150mm 4 Plants 1. Cadetia wariana C. Polis

54. Miniature Species min. 150mm 2 Plants 1. Ddc. convallariaforme A. Sulfaro

2. Ddc. sennatoi T. Riddell

55. First Flowering Species 1 Plant 1. Cat. loddigesii A. Sulfaro

56. First Flowering Seedling Hybrid 2 Plants 1. paph. glaucophyllum C. Polis

2. Den. Flinders R. Schneidereit

NOVICE

23. Australasian Species 4 Plants 1. Den. kingianum C. Sinclair

2. Den. kingianum C. Sinclair

3. Pterostylis curta M&S Howard

24. Laeliinae Species 0 Plant

25. Oncidiiae Species 0 Plant

26. Any other Species of Americas 1 Plants 1. Pleurothallis M&S Howard

27. Species Rest of the World 0 Plants

28. Australasian Hybrids 6 Plants 1. Den. SSB F Rockstar R. Mathews

2. Den. kingianum ‘Speckles’ R. Mathews

3. Den. kingianum M&S Howard

29. Cymbidium Standard 3 Plants 1. Cym. unknown T. Chernishov

2. Cym. unknown T. Chernishov

3. Cym. Clans T. Chernishov

30. Cymbidium Intermediate & Miniature 3 Plants 1. Cym. Sarah Jean T. Chernishov

2. Cym. unknown T. chernishov

3. Cym. Sarah Jean T. Chernishov

31. Paphiopedilum Hybrid 0 Plant

32. Dendrobium Hybrid other than Australasian 1 Plant 1. Den. Yukidurama ‘King’ C. sinclair

33. Laeliinea Hybrid 2 Plants 1. Rth. Young-min Orange M. Asbury

2. Epicat. Renee Marquis x Free Spirit M. Asbury

34. Oncidiiae Allied Genera Intergeneric Hybrid 1 Plant

1. Onc. Twinkle M&S Howard

35. Hybrid of Americas All Others 0 Plant

36. Other Orchid Hybrid 1 Plants 1. Coel. Unchained Melody M. Asbury

37. Junior 1 Plant 1. Phal. unknown L. Foley

DEE WHY GRAND SPRING RESULTS

Grand Champion & Champion Australasian Species – Dock. striolata ‘Chrysantha’ – grown by Ralph Lumby

Reserve Champion & Champion Species Other – Dendrochilum niveum – grown by Paul McDonough

Champion Novice – Den. Pink Gem ‘Elegance’ grown by Cathy Sinclair

DEE WHY GRAND SPRING SHOW RESULTS 2017

OPEN HYBRIDS

1. Cymbidium Seedling 1. Cym. Maclure’s Quest x Lovely Angel T. Maclure 2. Australian Native Seedling 3. Any Other Seedling 1. Paph. glaucophyllum x Paph. parishii C. Polis 4. Cymbidium Standard, greater than 90mm 1. Valley Splash Awesome A. Sulfaro 2. Cym. unknown A. Sulfaro 5. Cymbidium Intermediate, less than 90mm, greater than 60mm 1. Khanbobo ‘Jacinta’ T. Maclure 2. Kabuki Legend x Vogelslang Eastbourne A.Sulfaro 6. Cymbidium Miniature, less than 60mm 1. Bulbarrrow ‘Waikanae’ A. Sulfaro 2. Dr. Len ‘Ruby Sunset’ A. Sulfaro 7. Laelinae Exhibition, greater than 120mm 1. Rlc. Dal’s Grace x Pot. Dal’s Moon A. Sulfaro 8. Laelinae Intermediate, less than 120mm, greater than 75mm 1. C. Aloah Case ‘Ching Hua’ A. Sulfaro 2. Lc. Haw Guam ‘Angel’ A. Sulfaro 9. Laelinae Multifloral, min. 5 flowers 1. Epi. Topaz Rose C. Polis 2. Epi. Pacific Rose x Syn Valley C. Polis 10. Laelinae Miniature, less than 75mm 1. C. Rosella Spice A. Sulfaro 2. C. Cherry Rose ‘Anthea’ A. Sulfaro 11. Phalaenopsis Exhibition 1. Phal unknown A. Sulfaro 2. Phal. unknown A. Sulfaro 12. Phalaenopsis Non-Exhibition 1. Phal unknown A. Sulfaro 2. Phal. Eiderdtedt C. Polis 13. Australian Native Hybrid 1. Den. Tyabb ‘ZoZ’ x spec. windemere Li Shan Fan 2. Den. Lustrous x Yondi Tina Goliath T. Maclure 14. Australasian Native Hybrid 1. Den. Oliver Jack ‘Jiggi Bert Blue’ x striolata ‘Neville’ R. Lumby 2. Dock. Three Gees R. Lumby 15. Sarcochilus Hybrid 16. Paphiopedilum Hybrid, Exhibition 17. Paphiopedilum Hybrid, Non-Exhibition 1. Paph. Ambience ‘Primrose’ I. Moore 2. Paph. Glouiosa Tuxedo x Cherry Glaze A. Sulfaro 18. Oncidium Hybrid under 30mm 1. Onc. Sharry Baby ‘Sweet Fragrance’ A.Sulfaro 2. Odont. Unknown A. Sulfaro 19. Oncidiiae Alliance Hybrid under 60mm 1. Odcdm. Cherry Fudge ‘Carmella’ A. Sulfaro 20 Oncidiiae Alliance Hybrid over 60mm 1. Odont. Mayfair A. Sulfaro 2. Odcdm. Tiger Glow A. Sulfaro 21. Dendrobium Hybrid 1. Den.unknown Li Shan Fan 2. Den. Yukidurama ‘Queen’ I. Moore 22. Vandaceous Hybrid, greater than 50m 1. Chtra. Parmaiisuri Bainum x B. Barton 2. Vanda Adisale B. Barton 23. Vandaceous Hybrid, less than 50mm 1. Ascocenda unknown C. Polis 24. Any Other Orchid Hybrid 1. Lycasteria Alkina ‘Kindred’ I. Nelson 2. Masd. Margarite ‘Proud Mary’ D. Symonds SPECIES 25 Australian Native Terrestrial Species

26 Dendrobium kingianum 1. Den.kingianum P. McDonough 2. Den. kingianum var silcockii T. Riddell 27 Dendrobium speciosum 1. Speciosum ‘Yondi Moonlight’ L&B Dobson 2. Den. speciosum ‘Daylight Moon’ T. Maclure 28 Sarcochilus Species 29. Australian Native Epiphytic Species, other than below (Not including Den. kingianum, Den. speciosum, Sarcochilus) 1. Dock. striolata ‘Chrysantha’ R. Lumby 2. Den. canaliculatum C. Polis 30. Oncidiinae Alliance Species 1. Onc.maculata G. Cantor 2. Onc. bauera P. McDonough 31. Paphiopedilum Species 1. Paph. boxallii T. Riddell 32. Laeliinae 1. Cat. intermedia ‘Big Pink’ C. Polis 2. Cat. loddigesii A. Sulfaro 33. Vandaceous 1. V. merrilii I. Nelson 2. V. bensonii C. Polis 34. Dendrochilum 1. Dendrochilum niveum P. McDonough 2. dendrochilum cobbianum ‘Royale Gold’ A. Sulfaro 35. Species - Americas, other than above 1. Max. densa I. Nelson 36. Species – Rest of World, other than above 1. Coel. sparsa P. McDonough 2. Cym. eburneum C. Polis 37. Miniature Species/Hybrid NOVICE 38. Cymbidium Standard, greater than 90mm 39. Cymbidium Intermediate, less than 90mm, greater than 60mm 1. Cym. unknown R.Mathews 40. Cymbidium Miniature, less than 60mm 1. Cym. Mem Marvin Gaye ‘Royale’ T. Agrela 41. Australian Native Species/Hybrid 1. Den. speciosum ‘Goldilocks; x spec. curvi. Daylight Moon M&S Howard 2. Den. tetragonum M&S Howard 42. Laelinae Hybrid 43. Species other than Australian 1. Dendrochilum tenellum T. Agrela 2. Stellis endressii M&S Howard 44. Any Other Orchid 1. Den. Pink Gem ‘Elegance’ C. Sinclair 2. Zygo. Arthur Elle L. Foley Grand Champion Dock. striolata ‘Chrysantha’ R.Lumby Reserve Champion Dendrochilum niveum P. McDonough Champion Australasian Species Dock. striolata ‘Chrysantha’ R.Lumby Champion Australasian Hybrid Den. Tyabb ‘ZoZ’ HCC/ADC x spec. Windemere Li Shan Fan Champion Specimen Den. speciosum ‘Goldilocks’ x curvi. Daylight Moon M&S Howard Champion Cymbidium Cym. Bulbarrow ‘Waikanae’ A.Sulfaro Champion Species Other Dendrochilum niveum P. McDonough Champion Hybrid Other Paph. Ambience ‘Primrose’ I. Moore Champion Novice Den. Pink Gem ‘Elegance’ C. Sinclair