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Wellington Orchid Society Bulletin
http://wocnz.webs.com/
President’s Ramble
Wellington Orchid Society, Inc
PO Box 135,
Wellington, 6140
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Meetings: Mainly 2 Sunday February –
December (See List) Doors open 1.30pm.
Meeting starts 2.00pm.
Little Theatre, Library Building,
2 Queens Dr, Lower Hutt 5010
Parking is available down drive next to St James
Church and right by pedestrian crossing on
Woburn Road.
President: Judy Dewar ph 565 0141
Email: J.Dewar@xtra.co.nz
Secretary: Paul Herd ph 586-1032
Email: Paul-Herd@xtra.co.nz
Editor: David McConachie ph 586 0058
Email: pleione@orcon.net.nz
Treasurer: Merv Dougherty ph 235 8221
Email: doubledoc@xtra.co.nz
Librarian: Penelope Lawrence ph 934 2195
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Upcoming Events
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April 12 AGM and Mike & Leigh Leaity on
“Orchids: Sabah to Singapore”
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April 18 Manawatu OS Autumn Show, St John
Ambulance Hall, Bowen St, Feilding
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May 10
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May 30 -May 31 OCNZ AGM @ Tauranga
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June 14
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July 11 Hawkes Bay OS Winter Show, Clive Hall
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July 19
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August 16
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September 12 -13 Hawkes Bay OS Spring
Show, Taradale Town Hall
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September 13
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September 26 -27 Manawatu OS Spring Show,
Community Leisure Centre, Palmerston North
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October 3 -4 Wanganui OS Show
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October 9 -11 WOS Spring Show @ the Dowse
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October Fri 16 -17 Wairarapa OC Show, Senior
Citizens Hall, Masterton
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November 7 Sarcochilus Show, Taradale Town
Hall
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November 8
F
irst off, a big thank you to Roy for his very
interesting talk on his recent sojourn to Singapore and then on to Japan to attend the
Tokyo Dome Orchid Expo. I know that next time I
head overseas, and not just across the drain, I
will definitely have a few days in Singapore and
visit all the sites Roy showed us.
I wish I could grow Phallies like the Japanese,
and I plan to get some ‘nice’ pots to show off
some of my orchids. Roy, your photos were fine,
thank you for spending the time to take them.
Well, it’s that time of the year again, AGM time. I
am stepping down from President and probably
from the committee, I hope you will consider coming onto the committee. We need good numbers
on the committee to keep the club functioning and
to lessen the load for the committee members.
Being on the committee isn’t onerous and you get
your chance to have a say on the running of the
club and what functions to have, for example.
My thanks to the club and committee for your
support over the last few years and I wish Wellington Orchid Society continued prosperity, and
the enjoyment/passion for growing orchids.
Judy.
Margery Smith
The family of Margery Smith would like to thank
the members of the Wellington orchid society for
all their help rehoming orchids, for their friendship
and for coming to Mum's funeral and telling us
about her 'other life' as an orchid enthusiast.
Mum really enjoyed orchid society meetings and
would have loved to have continued going to
meetings if she hadn't become so Ill so quickly.
Thanks again
Clare, Ian and Moira
Smithrihan.shariff@hotmail.co.nz.
Contents
Plant List for March 2015 ......................... 2
Popular Vote March 2015 ......................... 2
Notes from the Committee ....................... 3
OCNZ News ............................................... 3
March Meeting Photos ............................. 6
Nomination form ..................................... 11
Wellington Orchid Society
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Earina autumnalis
Grower: Paul Herd
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a little paint on it.
Plant List for March 2015
Janice Brown: Dendrobium Zucchini,
Masdevallia Hot Shot, Masdevallia Lyn Sherlock
‘C’,
Chris de Kruyf: Oncidium Charlesworthii,
Paphiopedilum Albion
Judy Dewar: Dendrobium Jonathon’s Glory ‘Dark
Joy’, Dendrobium Paradise Elisabeth,
Masdevallia corniculata, Phalaenopsis Coral
Mask, Phalaenopsis Yu Pin Shirasagi,
Lois Dougherty: Dendrochilum pangasinaense,
Schoenorchis juncifolia
Mirth Fraser: Paphiopedilum Garyu,
Paphiopedilum parishii, Phalaenopsis ‘Anthura
MedellinP’, Phragmipedium schlimii
Betty Gillespie: Bratonia (syn. Miltada) Orange
Sherbert ‘ Len Lloyd’, Oncidium Annaclaire,
Oncidium longipes, Phalaenopsis ‘Floracultura
Romancep’
Paul Herd: Earina autumnalis
Harold Jane: Oncidium ‘Flexuosum hybrid’
Jenene Moynihan: Phalaenopsis ‘Anthura
HelsinkiP’, Phalaenopsis ‘Anthura RavennaP’
John Larcomb: Phalaenopsis ‘Floricultura
AirborneP’
Ron Patmore: Dendrobium glomeratum,
Miltonidium Memoria Mary Kavanaugh,
Phalaenopsis Unknown Grex ‘1’, Phalaenopsis
Unknown Grex ‘2’, Phalaenopsis Yu Pin Beauty,
Phalaenopsis Yu Pin Dream Girl, Phalaenopsis
Yu Pin Leopard, Promenaea Crawshayana
Her feeding regime for her plant is the same as
for Paphiopedilum Garyu. It gets Nitrophoska
scattered on the top of the mix when repotted and
is fertilised from time to time using either Nitrosol
or Phostrogen.
Mirth Fraser and her plant of
Paphiopedilum parishii
Popular Vote March 2015
1st.) Paphiopedilum parishii
Owner: Mirth Fraser
Paphiopedilum parishii is epiphytic, or sometimes
lithophytic, growing with roots growing through
moss and ferns on tree branches, or rocks. It is
found through Eastern Myanmar, Western and
Northern Thailand, into southern China at
altitudes between 1300m and 2500m.
It is also one of the parents of Paphiopedilum
Garyu, which won the popular vote at the
February meeting.
Mirth believes that she may have had her plant
for at least 20 years but the acquisition has been
lost in the mists of time.
It doesn’t flower very often for her, so she doesn’t
think that she is growing it very well.
Mirth has her plant sitting above a container of
water, to ensure moist air, on a hotbed. The hot
bed switches on in winter and on cold nights to
keep the temperature above 10°C. It gets
morning light from the east through a window with
Wellington Orchid Society
2nd.) Dendrobium glomeratum
Owner: Ron Patmore
Dendrobium glomeratum is distributed in the
Moluccas Islands where it is found in lowermontane old forests between 950-1,500 m
altitude. It has also been reported from Irian Jaya
and Western Province of Papua New Guinea
where plants have been found at low altitude
often along swampy rivers. Plants found in the
latter locations aren’t cool growing.
Ron’s plant is grown in Sphagnum moss under
high light conditions. It is fertilised at every
watering on the new growth and is kept dryish
during the winter.
He keeps the temperature above 5°C during
winter and below 25°C during the summer.
The plant flowers on deciduous canes.
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5) Bus Trip - Saturday 22nd August
2015
Wellington Orchid Society are going on a
day bus trip to Feilding stopping at various
growers, where
we shall see all sorts of things e.g. Royal
Doulton collection, craft, orchids and
gardens.
You will need to take a packed lunch. The
maximum cost is $50 each. This may be
reduced depending on numbers.
Bus will leave from
(times approx.)
Platform 9 Wellington Station at 8:00am
Melling Station
8:15am
Haywards Hill carpark
8:25am
Paremata Station carpark
8:50am
Friends are welcome to join us at the
same cost.
We have suggested that to make payment
easier you can pay $10 per month if you
wish.
For anyone interested we need numbers
by 1st April 2015 to confirm the bus.
OCNZ News
Ron Patmore and his plant of
Dendrobium glomeratum
Happy New Year to you all and welcome to the
first Council newsletter for 2015.
Notes from the Committee
1) Subs are now due and the membership
fees form is attached at the back of the
newsletter. If you wish to receive a
Yearbook, please ensure that your subs
are paid by 31st March as this is the cut-off
date for the OCNZ capitation fee.
2) The AGM is coming up in April. Please
think about who you would like to see on
the committee or leading the club. Judy
Dewar has advised the committee that
she is standing down as President at the
AGM as she will be relocating shortly to
the Hawkes Bay. Graham Holmes has
also advised his intention to stand down
as well.
3) Mike Leaity has advised the Committeee
that he will be bringing plants for sale at
the April Meeting.
4) Bark is available again but there has been
a slight increase in price for it. The grades
are No 2, No 3, No 4 and the price is
Members $13.50 Non Members $15.00. If
you wish to get some please phone
Marianne Daniel 564 1112 to arrange
delivery to a monthly meeting or to
arrange pick up from her.
Wellington Orchid Society
The top orchid awards for the 2014 year have
been chosen and the Committee On Awards have
great pleasure in congratulating the following
winners:
ORCHID OF THE YEAR: Fredclarkeara After
Dark 'Toulmx' - Bill Pepperell, Waikato
CYMBIDIUM OF THE YEAR: Cymbidium
floribundum 'Dark Skies' - Grahame Leafberg,
Auckland
CULTURAL OF THE YEAR: Masdevallia
Firebrand 'Cooltan' - Jenene Moynihan, Upper
Hutt
SPECIES OF THE YEAR: Angraecum
sesquipedale 'Mae Delia' - Adelaide Booth, Bay of
Islands
Preparations are well underway for the next Expo
to be held in Auckland in 2016. It is not too soon
to be pampering your plants for this show, and
indeed your local shows that will be coming up
soon.
We are delighted to have Carlos Lehnebach,
Curator of Botany at the Museum of New Zealand
Te Papa Tongarewa, touring through the North
Island from the 14-21 March.
He will be speaking on various aspects of New
Zealand terrestrial and epiphytic orchids at
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Napier, Tauranga, Auckland, New Plymouth,
Palmerston North, and possibly Hamilton. See
itinerary at: http://orchidcouncil.co.nz
If you require any further information, please
contact me (Ruth Coles) at:
candrcoles@hotmail.com
The next countrywide event on the Orchid
Calendar is the National Judging Seminar and
AGM hosted by the Tauranga Orchid Society, to
be held at the Tauranga Racecourse over Queens
Birthday weekend. That’s Friday 29th May to
Sunday 31st May. It would be great if all societies
could be represented, the AGM is on the Sunday
afternoon and information has been sent to
societies.
Nominations are being called for people that you
wish to represent you on the Orchid Council. All
positions are up for nomination, so please give
this some thought and get your nomination in to
the Secretary. Positions to be filled are: President,
Vice President (1), Secretary, Treasurer, and
executive members (5). Our current President
Graham Letts will be completing his 3rd term in
June and therefore will be stepping down to
become Immediate Past President for one year.
This being the case, there will only be one
position for Vice President for that year so as to
keep the executive committee at 10 persons.
National Raffle tickets will also be available at the
AGM weekend for distribution. Societies will be
receiving notification from Anton Wehman,
Organiser, with the good news that they will again
receive 50% of the takings to enable them to
accumulate funds for participation at the 2016
Expo.
Please contact Anton for any further queries:
wehman@xtra.co.nz
That’s it for now, look forward to seeing you at the
Judging Seminar and AGM on Queens Birthday
weekend.
Kind regards
From the Executive Committee
Orchid Council of NZ Inc
Annual Report of the Wellington
Orchid Society 2014-2015
It is with pleasure that I present the Annual Report
for 2014-2015.
The Wellington Orchid Society had a good year
with numbers at each meeting varying
attendances between 30-50. Membership is
stable, and we commiserate with families and
friends of those who have passed on during the
Wellington Orchid Society
year and also note that the society had gained
new members.
A vote of thanks should go to Mervyn for
managing the finances of the society so skilfully
and for Mervyn and Ron for working with the
charities commission to bring the societies
finances and operation in to line with the charities
requirements. This took some considerable time,
done voluntarily by Mervyn, Ron and Geoff
Palmer (Wairarapa Treasurer) thank you.
Also, a vote of thanks to David for his brilliant
photography and for continuing to produce a
newsletter that is appreciated and well received
by all. Due to ill health Franz Zumbuhl will no
longer be writing ‘My Orchid of the Month’ an
article I always looked forward to reading, in its
place we are now having a commentary by each
of the monthly popular plant winners on their
winning orchid with a photograph by David.
My thanks to the committee; Paul, Lois,
Maryanne, Esme, Graham, Mervyn, David and
Ron, who give up so much of their precious time
to run the society, meetings and in particular our
annual show. Without their enthusiasm, we would
be a poorer society. I would like to encourage
members to put their name forward for
committee, a great way to get to know your
society better and also have a greater say in
planning events over the year.
The Wellington Regional Judging group are now
part of the Society and again I encourage you to
consider becoming a judge. This a great way to
learn more about orchids and understand what
the judges are looking for when they give ribbons
to orchids at shows. We get to view other
grower’s collections and see the best of orchids
when awarding plants.
Over the year we have monthly meetings from
February until December. The January meeting is
not held as it usually coincides with the Taranaki
Summer show that a lot of our members like to
attend. The AGM is always in the Month of April.
In May 2014 we had Kevin and Helen Western
from Adelaide give a very informative talk and
show on Sarcochilus and Australian cymbidiums
species and their orchid business, some of us
were lucky enough to get some of their flasks,
hopefully we will get to see some of the orchids in
the next year or two.
In June, I had the pleasure of welcoming Carlos
Lehnebach, Curator of Botany at the Museum of
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New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa who gave an
excellent talk on New Zealand native orchids and
the insects that pollinate them. The specialist
knowledge that Carlos has shared with us, and
the shots he had of the pollination process were
truly amazing.
In July we had a mid-winter Xmas luncheon at the
Irish club that was enjoyed by everyone who
attended. Thank you to Harold who organised the
Irish club and the caterers. Our July meeting was
held later in the month due to clashes with other
events using the Little Theatre. We talked about
the orchids displayed at the July meeting; it is
always useful to hear how other people grow their
orchids.
The August meeting was run by Ron in my
absence – thank you Ron. David did a
presentation on his ‘Walk about in Victoria’, be
careful what you sit on, in the bush was one of
the messages from the talk, apart from David’s
usual excellent photography.
September was all about preparing our orchids
for the October show, getting everything labelled
correctly and having orchids and pots in tip top
condition with no extraneous material! We also
had a lively discussion on the various different
genera on display and talked about what judges
were looking for when awarding orchids.
In October it was ‘all hands on deck’ as we
prepped for our Annual Orchid show. This year it
was held at the Dowse, quite a different set up to
the Horticultural Hall and much less space.
However for all the fuss and bother that goes into
a show, it all went off very well. Lois and team
were thanked for their roles of Show Marshall a
job that Lois has off pat and family for doing the
morning teas, judges lunch etc. and of course all
those people who helped with the set up and take
down of the show. There were a very good
number of public through the show and our
trade’s tables all did good sales. I as usual added
to my collection.
At our November meeting we were very lucky
indeed to have Susan Worthington speaking on
Botanical Art and explaining what it is. Susan
brought along a good selection of her amazing art
work which we were privileged to see. Susan will
be travelling to HRH Prince Charles estate in
South Africa to do drawings of native flowers for
the Prince; hopefully we may get to see some of
the art in the future.
committee decided that we would have a
Christmas afternoon tea and monster raffle at our
regular December meeting rather than dining out.
There was a very good attendance with the
afternoon tea going down a treat. We also had an
extended plant commentary all of which were well
received.
Our next meeting was in February with everyone
being welcomed back with stories of plants
flowering early or late, is it truly global warming?
We watched video clips provided by David on
Orchid-Hunters Australia, which showed the true
passion of orchid enthusiasts in native orchids.
The March meeting was again well attended with
Roy Walker giving a show and tell on his recent
visit to the Tokyo Dome Orchid Expo as well as a
stop at Singapore and visits to orchid and garden
displays there. How I wish I could grow
Phalaenopsis the way the Japanese do.
Penelope talked to us about bringing flasks into
NZ and the rigmarole one must go through to get
through MAF at the airport.
The OCNZ Cultural Award of the year was won by
Jenene Moynihan with Masdevallia Firebrand
‘Cooltan’. This is the first time a club member of
our Society has won this award.
This was my last year as President, I would like to
thank all of the committee for their enthusiasm
and support and also the members of the WOS,
as you are what make a club tick.
Judy Dewar
Phalaenopsis Unknown Grex (Harlequin) ex
Supermarket
Grower: Ron Patmore
As we had a mid-winter luncheon in July the
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March Meeting Photos
Dendrobium glomeratum
Grower: Ron Patmore
Phalaenopsis Airborne
Grower: John Larcomb
Paphiopedilum parishii
Grower: Mirth Fraser
Bratonia Orange Sherbert ‘Len Lloyd’
Grower: Betty Gillespie
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Dendrochilum pangasinaense
Plant (previous page) and flower
Grower: Lois Dougherty
Oncidium Charlesworthii
Grower: Chris de Kruyf
Oncidium longipes
Grower: Betty Gillespie
Masdevallia Hot Shot
Grower: Janice Brown
Dendrobium Jonathon’s Glory ‘Dark Joy’
Grower: Judy Dewar
Oncidium ‘Flexuosum Hybrid’
Grower: Harold Jane
Promenaea Crawshayana
Grower: Ron Patmore
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Dendrobium Zucchini
Plant (above) and flower
Grower: Lois Dougherty
Schoenorchis juncifolia
Inflorescence (above) and flower
Grower: Lois Dougherty
Phalaenopsis ‘Anthura RavennaP’
Grower: Jenene Moynihan
Paphiopedilum Albion
Grower: Chris de Kruyf
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Phalaenopsis ‘Anthura HelsinkiP’
Grower: Jenene Moynihan
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Dendrobium Paradise Elisabeth
Grower: Judy Dewar
Masdevallia Lyn Sherlock ‘C’
Grower: Janis Brown
Phalaenopsis Coral Mask
Grower: Judy Dewar
Masdevallia corniculata
Grower: Judy Dewar
Miltonidium Memoria Mary Kavanaugh
Grower: Ron Patmore
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Phalaenopsis ‘Anthura RavennaP’
Grower: Mirth Fraser
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Phalaenopsis Yu Pin Leopard
Grower: Ron Patmore
Paphiopedilum Garyu
Fully open this month
Grower: Mirth Fraser
Phalaenopsis Yu Pin Beauty
Grower: Ron Patmore
Phalaenopsis Unknown Grex
Grower: Ron Patmore
Oncidium Annaclaire
Grower: Betty Gillespie
Phalaenopsis Yu Pin Dream Girl
Grower: Ron Patmore
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Phalaenopsis Romance
Grower: Betty Gillespie
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Nomination form for WOS committee 2015
I wish to nominate ..................................................for the position of
..........................................................................…….on the 2015 Wellington Orchid Society committee.
........................................……………………..(Proposer)
.......................................……................…(Seconder)
I accept nomination
........................................………………………(Nominee)
Nomination form for WOS committee 2015
I wish to nominate ..................................................for the position of
..........................................................................…….on the 2015 Wellington Orchid Society committee.
........................................……………………..(Proposer)
.......................................……................…(Seconder)
I accept nomination
........................................………………………(Nominee)
________________________________________________________________________
Nomination form for WOS committee 2015
I wish to nominate ..................................................for the position of
..........................................................................…….on the 2015 Wellington Orchid Society committee.
........................................……………………..(Proposer)
.......................................……................…(Seconder)
I accept nomination
........................................………………………(Nominee)
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