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vol. 4 no.7 JUlY 2019

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Meetings held at the Ermington Community Hall, 6 River Road, Ermington, NSW 2115 on the 3rd Wednesday of the Month. No Meeting for Dec. All Visitors Welcomed

Editor : See Ting Ho email :[email protected] Minutes from the 19th June 2019 Meeting.

Meeting was opened at 8:05pm by our President Rod Nurthen with a warm welcome to all present.

Visitors: Mischa Vlismas, Alice Pham, Thuy Tran

Apologies: Michael Hitchcock, G & L Bromley

Minutes of Previous Meeting dated 15thMay 2019 included in the Newsletter.

Moved they be accepted by Irene Chalmers and seconded by Peter Dolier

General Business:

The President, Rod, then outlined to members:

Tonight’s guest speaker is Ian Chalmers about paphiopedilums at the Tokyo Show and Taiwan The growing competition this month is Complex seedlings Future program:

o Jul: Ken Siew, The many difficulties in judging Paphs.

o Aug: Apologies were given that the presentation by Kevin Butler could not be organised due to the Paph Society meeting night not aligning with Kevin’s availability in Sydney. In lieu of this, a presentation by Jonathan Clark will be given on multifloral paphs.

Articles for the bulletin are needed. Anything to do with Paphs, photos or anything you would like to see written would be appreciated.

Tonight’s special benching of Complex Paphs was very good and Rod thanked all members for the quantity and quality of the plants benched.

President : Rod Nurthen V. President : John Bartlett Secretary : Peter D’Olier Correspondence : 78 Reynolds Street, Balmain NSW 2041 Email : [email protected] Treasurer : John McAuley Committee: Craig Scott Harden Ken Siew Marie Bartlett Seong Tay Jane D’Olier Gary Hart Patron : Wal Rhodes

Coming Events: o Royale Open Days – 28 to 30 June 2019. Wally Rhodes has a sales table at Royale and he has a

range of good paphs for sale o Mingara Orchid Fair – 29 to 30 June 2019. The Paph Society will be putting on a display at Mingara

and all members are invited to provide plants for the display and attend the show. Members were encouraged to wear their name badges at meetings. Anyone who needs a badge please

see one of the Committee. Please see Seong if members wish to order flasks from the current Orchid Inn listing Rod thanked all of those sponsoring the coming Paph Show at Dural and asked if anyone else wished to

help with sponsorship Description of the night’s raffle plants with a mixture of species and hybrids.

Supper Break

Guest Speaker: The President introduced Ian Chalmers who gave a presentation on Paphs at the Tokyo Show and Taiwan. At the conclusion of the presentation, the President thanked Ian Chalmers for the presentation and the members responded with a round of applause.

Plants of the Night

Craig announced tonight’s show-bench winners and there was a discussion about them:

o Champion species: Paph. wardii fma alba ‘Tom’ owned by Seong Tay o Champion Hybrid: Paph. Chui Mae Wong ‘#4’ owned by See Ting Ho o Champion Complex: Paph. Kalkari ‘Kirkby’ owned by See Ting Ho

Growing Competition

The winners of the growing competition for the night were first Jan Robinson, second Dora Law and third George Birss.

Raffle was drawn with some lovely plants finding new homes.

Rod thanked all those who helped with supper, set up and pulled down of the hall, and wished all a safe trip home. The meeting closed at 9.45pm

17th July 2019 – Meeting Night – Speaker is Ken Siew on Judging Paphs. 9th-11th August 2019 In conjuctiion with the Cymbidium National Orchid Spectacular is our own Annual Show. This year we are having a sales table. 16th-18th August 2019 – St. Ives Orchid Fair, our society is planning to put up a table top display. 21st August 2019 – Meeting Night. Jonathan Clark on Multifloras. 18th September 2019- Meeting Night.

11th-13th October 2019 – Southern Orchid Spectacular, our society is planning to put up a table top display.

16th October 2019 Meeting Night

20th November 2019. Meeting Night. Social and Prize Presentation night. Last meeting for the year. Commencement of ‘New Year’ benching point score.

Membership Subscription 2019 The Society's Financial year runs from January 1st until December 31st. Membership renewal fees are due in January 2019. Single $20.00 Couple $30.00 It is preferable that memberships are paid direct into our Westpac bank account by Electronic Funds Transfer. Acct. name: Paphiopedilum Society of NSW Inc. BSB: 032 090 Acct number: 828 552 Please ensure that your family name is included in the transfer details. Cash renewals will be received at the January and February meeting. Treasurer.

Growing Competition Judging

(2 Years Each)

Meeting to bring plant for judging

Paph. platyphyllum

Start 10/17

Paph. Hung Sheng Red Apple x (Hung

Sheng Red Apple x Hung Sheng Bay)

Start Sept. 18

Paph. New

Foundation x Leeanum.

Start 20/3/19

January 2019 X February 2019 X

March 2019 April 2019 X May 2019 X June 2019 X July 2019 X

August 2019 X September 2019 X

October 2019 X November 2019 X

Our Table Top Display at Mingara which won First is the Display in its Class, Also successful with Reserve Champion of Show, Champion Seedling of Show and 5-6 awards awarded to plants in the Display. Well done by the Team of Gary Hart, Rod Nurthen and John and Marie Bartlett!!! Photo courtesy of Alex Wunderlin.

Harley Kinstons Photo Album –taken on meeting night.

Above L-R: Paph. glanduliferum var. Praestan ( Seong Tay), Paph. insigne (Michael Luu)

Above L-R : Paph. sukhakulii ‘Tom’( Seong Tay), Paph. wardii ( J & M Bartlett)

Above L – R : Paph. villosum ‘Keith’ (S T Ho). Paph. White Knight ‘Winsome’ (P Murn)

Care to Contribute? Questions? Help Needed?

JUNE 2019 BENCHING RESULTS

Species of the Evening Paph. wardii fma. Album Seong Tay

Hybrid of the Evening Paph. Chui Mae Wong S. T. Ho

Complex Mini Show Champion Paph. Kalkari ‘Kirkby’ S. T. Ho

CLASS 1 (a). Multifloral Species -Pardatopetalum 1.Paph. glanduliferum var. praestans Seong Tay 2.Paph. sanderianum S. T. Ho

CLASS 2. Sequential Species 1.Paph. liemianum S. T. Ho

CLASS 5 (a) Paphiopedilum Species– Paphiopedilum 1.Paph. insigne S. T. Ho 2.Paph. barbigerum fma. album Seong Tay 3.Paph. spicerianum‘Jumbo’ Jan Robinson

CLASS 5(b). Paphiopedilum Species – Sigmatopetalum 1. Paph. sukhakulii ‘Tom’ AM/AOC Seong Tay For picture, See Harley Kinston Album. CLASS 5(b). Paphiopedilum Species – Sigmatopetalum – Paph wardii 1. Paph. wardii fma. Album Seong Tay 2. Paph. wardii Seong Tay 3. Paph. wardii Seong Tay

CLASS 7. Species Seedling 1.Paph. villosum C. & G. Scott-Harden 2.Paph. spicerianum Jan Robinson 3.Paph. villosum fma. Aureum S. T. Ho

CLASS 8. Complex Hybrids Red 1.Paph. Kalkari ‘Kirkby’ S. T. Ho 2.Paph. Magic Pool x Magic Oro S. T. Ho

3.Paph. Blenhill x Sioux Rod Nurthen

CLASS 9. Complex Hybrids Yellow/Green 1.Paph. Magic Oro ‘Super Yellow’ J. & S. Atwal 2.Paph .Jan Giles ‘Repunzel’ P. Murn 3.Paph. Betty Bracey ‘Limelight’ J. & S. Atwal

CLASS 10. Complex Hybrids Pastel, White/Pink/Cream 1.Paph. Barley Sugar x Shapely John & Marie Bartlett 2.Paph. In-Charm Bowlder S. T. Ho 3.Paph. Baroness Byford S. T. Ho

CLASS 11. Complex Hybrids Spotted 1.Paph. Nerida ‘Rudak’ Seong Tay 2.Paph. Wings World x Pacific Ocean J. & S. Atwal

CLASS 12. Complex Hybrids Other Colour 1.Paph. Danella ‘Chilton’ J. & S. Atwal 2.Paph. Danella ‘Chilton’ Rod Nurthen 3.Paph. Neridah x Jackie Graham S. T. Ho

CLASS 14. Sequential Hybrids 1.Paph. Western Sky x primulinum Alexander Kallis

CLASS 17(a). Maudiae Type Hybrids - Coloratum 1.Paph. Chui Mae Wong S. T. Ho 2.Paph. Charles Parker McKinney Seong Tay 3.Paph. Chou-Yi Macasar x fairrieanum John & Marie Bartlett

CLASS 17(b). Maudiae Type Hybrids - albinistic 1.Paph. Hsinying Dragon Emma Seong Tay 2.Paph. Hsinying Dragon Emma Seong Tay 3.Paph. Gael ‘ Camira’ S. T. Ho

CLASS 17(c). Maudiae Type Hybrids - vinicolor 1. Paph. Maudiae ‘Vini’ Peter Myer Sorry, picture missing. CLASS 18. (a) Novelty Hybrids 1.Paph. Sally Berndt John & Marie Bartlett 2.Paph.In-Charm Grace S. T. Ho 3.Paph. Envy Green J. & S. Atwal

Class 18. (b) Heritage Hybrids 1.Paph. Nitens Otilia Maia 2.Paph. Nitens C. & G. Scott-Harden

CLASS 19. Other Cypripedioideae Hybrids 1.Phrag. Acker’s Trinket John & Marie Bartlett 2.Phrag. Praying Mantis John& Marie Bartlett 3.Phrag. Lynn Evans-Goldner John& Marie Bartlett

CLASS 20. Hybrid Seedling 1.Paph. Sugar Doll B. & A. Wunderlin 2.Paph. niveum x In-Charm White Ken Siew Registered as In-Charm Grace 3.Paph. malipoense x Golddollar J. & S. Atwal

CLASS 21. Novice Species 1.Paph. insigne Jenny Sharpham 2.Paph. insigne Michael Luu

CLASS 22. Novice Hybrids 1.Paph. Nitens Michael Luu 2.Paph. Nitens Michael Luu

CLASS 23. Specimen 1.Paph. villosum S. T. Ho

86 plants benched

Rod’s Ramblings

Our annual complex Paphiopedilum mini show was held in conjunction with our June meeting and saw a wonderful benching of quality plants. Congratulations to the following winners. Grand Champion and best Red Paph. Kalkari ‘Kirkby’ See Ting Ho Best Green/Yellow Paph. Magic Oro ‘Super Yellow’ Joyce and Sam Atwal Best Pastel Paph. Barley Sugar x Shapely John and Marie Bartlett Best Spotted Paph. Nerida ‘Rudak’ Seong Tay Best Other Colour Paph. Danella Chilton Joyce and Sam Atwal With the mini show and our usual classes we had an impressive benching total of 86 plants, on a very cold winter’s night, making a wonderful display. Thank you to all members who benched plants. Thank you also to Ian Chalmers who showed us some wonderful photos of Paphs at the Tokyo Show and the Taiwan Exhibition. The price tags on some of the plants for sale were truly impressive. The last weekend in June saw the Society put on a successful large tabletop display at Mingara Orchid Show and Fair. The display won its class and gained the most points of all the displays. The plants within our display also faired well with many class prizes and six awards. See Ting Ho also won Reserve Champion of the show with his Paph. Kalkari ‘Kirkby’ which gained an A.M. Congratulations to Gary for his design along with the help of John and Marie for a wonderful display as well as those members who provided us with such good quality plants. As usual our annual show this year will be run in conjunction with the Dural Orchid spectacular. Set up is on Thursday 8th August. We will have twice the area for our plants this year so we are looking for as many members as possible to bench plants. There are many classes in which to win prizes. We will also be offering extra prizes as an incentive to members to bench their plants. Please come along. This year we will also have a sales table, so if you have some plants excess to your needs this can be a chance for you to move them on. More details at our July meeting. Rod

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What caught my eye at our April meeting was not a single flower but the many of a very good benching of Paphiopedilum charlesworthii. P. charlesworthii was discovered in Myanmar in 1893 and was named after a Mr. Charesworth, who was the first person to flower this species in England. It grows high (1,600m), in crevasses, on calcareous cliffs the roots often clinging tightly to the bare limestone. In cultivation it appreciates the greenhouse conditions we give to most of our Paphswith some restrictions to t When I first began attending orchid society meetings back in the 1960’s many of the members used to talk about the benchings of P. charlesworthiibenchingsapparently wereimpressive specimen plants.In those days, at orchid society meetings, there was usually just one class for Paphiopedilums and all species and hybrids were lumped together and were judged mostly for shape (round and as filled in as was why P. charlesworthiifell out of favour and for many years disappeared from the society benchings or maybe imported wild plants were becoming scarce.appeared to hang on through this period probably because they could survive neglect and were easily grown by beginners and non-specialist orchid growers. For many decades seeing a benching of quite an event. Due to over collecting in the past this species has become quite rare in its natural habitat. Fortunately, due to selective breeding by orchid nurseries and a renewed interest in Paph. species we are now beginning to see this lovely orchid again. At our April this selective breeding. The direction of this selective breeding has led to large flowers with large dark dorsals which appear to be the desirable traits. However along with those we also saw a good ranfrom soft pale pinks to almost red. I find all the variations extremely attractive. There were so many P. Charlesworthiiseparate sub class for this species alonedonated by Jan Robinson. Thanks, Jan. Also benched were a couple of very fine selectively bred clones of Paph. Society was formed, three yearsbenched by Seong, was not only the alba form, but was clearly award

A big thank you to Seong and others who benched these

EYECATCHERS Rod Nurthen

What caught my eye at our April meeting was not a single flower but the many of a very good benching of

was discovered in Myanmar in 1893 and was named after a Mr. Charesworth, who was the ower this species in England. It grows high (1,600m), in crevasses, on calcareous cliffs the roots

often clinging tightly to the bare limestone. In cultivation it appreciates the greenhouse conditions we give to most of our Paphswith some restrictions to the amount of watering in the winter months.

When I first began attending orchid society meetings back in the 1960’s many of the members used to talk P. charlesworthii that used to be quite common back “in the old days”.Many of those

benchingsapparently wereimpressive specimen plants.In those days, at orchid society meetings, there was usually just one class for Paphiopedilums and all species and hybrids were lumped together and were judged mostly for shape (round and as filled in as possible), hence it was the complex hybrids that won. Maybe that

fell out of favour and for many years disappeared from the society benchings or maybe imported wild plants were becoming scarce.P. insigne and P. villosum, also commoappeared to hang on through this period probably because they could survive neglect and were easily grown by

specialist orchid growers. For many decades seeing a benching of over collecting in the past this species has become quite rare in its natural habitat.

Fortunately, due to selective breeding by orchid nurseries and a renewed interest in Paph. species we are now beginning to see this lovely orchid again. At our April meeting we saw some of the most advanced examples of this selective breeding. The direction of this selective breeding has led to large flowers with large dark dorsals which appear to be the desirable traits. However along with those we also saw a good ranfrom soft pale pinks to almost red. I find all the variations extremely attractive.

P. CharlesworthiiPlants benched at the April meeting that the Judges saw fit to declare a separate sub class for this species alone.There was even a very nice flowering plant of the species in the raffle donated by Jan Robinson. Thanks, Jan.

very fine selectively bred clones of P. charlesworthiifma. Album.Paph. Society was formed, three years ago, I had only ever seen photos of this form, never in real life. The clone benched by Seong, was not only the alba form, but was clearly award quality as well.

A big thank you to Seong and others who benched these charlesworthiis.

What caught my eye at our April meeting was not a single flower but the many of a very good benching of

was discovered in Myanmar in 1893 and was named after a Mr. Charesworth, who was the ower this species in England. It grows high (1,600m), in crevasses, on calcareous cliffs the roots

often clinging tightly to the bare limestone. In cultivation it appreciates the greenhouse conditions we give to he amount of watering in the winter months.

When I first began attending orchid society meetings back in the 1960’s many of the members used to talk that used to be quite common back “in the old days”.Many of those

benchingsapparently wereimpressive specimen plants.In those days, at orchid society meetings, there was usually just one class for Paphiopedilums and all species and hybrids were lumped together and were judged

possible), hence it was the complex hybrids that won. Maybe that fell out of favour and for many years disappeared from the society benchings or

also common in the early days appeared to hang on through this period probably because they could survive neglect and were easily grown by

specialist orchid growers. For many decades seeing a benching of P. charlesworthii was over collecting in the past this species has become quite rare in its natural habitat.

Fortunately, due to selective breeding by orchid nurseries and a renewed interest in Paph. species we are now meeting we saw some of the most advanced examples of

this selective breeding. The direction of this selective breeding has led to large flowers with large dark dorsals which appear to be the desirable traits. However along with those we also saw a good range of dorsal colours

Plants benched at the April meeting that the Judges saw fit to declare a .There was even a very nice flowering plant of the species in the raffle

P. charlesworthiifma. Album. Before the ago, I had only ever seen photos of this form, never in real life. The clone

quality as well.

A Response is received on last months article :Woofle Dust By Dumbledore

CHARCOAL Hi Dumbledore, interesting article. I have used charcoal in my orchid mix for decades now and feel it plays an important part in my plants health. About one quarter of my basic mix is horticultural charcoal. I say as a starting point, horticulturalcharcoal, not charcoal that is chemically treated in fish tanks and BBQ’s. Laboratory Testing has shown that the inclusion of a smallish amount of charcoal in you mix.

Improves soil pH Increases water absorption Draws toxins from medium (especially bark as it breaks down) and promotes beneficial bacteria. Retains nutrients (fertilizer) in the mix and gradually releases them over time. Extends the life of bark mixes. Improves drainage Increases air pockets/circulation in the mix.

My plants grow better with it in the mix IF YOU.

Repot regularly (every 2/3 years) and throw out the old charcoal. Use only horticultural charcoal. Use it sparingly (about a quarter of you mix)

Cheers Gary

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