August 2013 JUDGES CHOICE SPECIAL INTEREST PLANT OF THE MONTH. Plant Name: Mediacalcar decoratum. Exhibitor: R & M Illingworth

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1 August 2013 JUDGES CHOICE SPECIAL INTEREST PLANT OF THE MONTH Foundation Date January Thelymitra ixioides Spotted Sun Orchid Postal Address PO Box 411 WOODRIDGE 4114 Queensland Australia Patrons: Logan City Mayor Pam Parker And Graham Oldham President Ken Martin Ph Vice President Reg Illingworth Ph Secretary Jan McKenzie Ph Treasurer Doug Mogg Ph N letter Editor Reg Illingworth Ph lados.editor@bigpond.com Committee Members Adrian Bergstrum Ph Trevor Cook Ph Myrella Coppus Ph Maree Illingworth Ph Pam Price Ph Barbara Smith Ph Next Monthly Meeting: Tuesday 20th August 2013 Commencing at 7.30pm. Logan Central Community Centre Cnr Jacaranda Ave & Wembley Road Logan Central. Next Committee Meeting: Tuesday 3rd September 2013 Commencing at 7.30pm. Logan Central Community Centre Cnr Jacaranda Ave & Wembley Road Logan Central. Work Roster for August 2013 Hall Set-up at 6.30pm:Volunteers any one that can arrive at 6.30pm will be appreciated. Supper: Val Marsden and Myra Westphal Plant Name: Mediacalcar decoratum Exhibitor: R & M Illingworth Owners Comments: This orchid is easy to grow, it does not need too much attention, and is happy in a large terracotta saucer. Housing: The orchid is grown on a wire bench in a small shadehouse covered with 70% black shadecloth. It gets morning sun and later afternoon shade caused by a few trees. Feeding: This species is fed with Peters Peat-Light Special at irregular intervals. Watering: Once a week in Winter and in Summer twice a week. Potting Medium: Fine bark and some charcoal Other Cultural Notes: The gold/orange & greenflowers on this orchid are quite prolific and make an attractive showing in the Winter Season.

2 Editorial The August Newsletter has interesting info starting at Page 2 which has the shows to come, August committee meeting notes, Page 3 has the minutes from the July meeting, Page 4 has the Judges Choice for July, and the changes to the names of the benched plants with Page 5 having the photos of the winning plants, Page 6 has Barry s Column 1, Page 7, Barry s Column 2, the show info also the potting supplies information and an advertisement for the Ipswich Show, Page 8, all about the photo competition, the Saturday Cultural Information Meeting, the guest speaker for August will be Pam Price and John Roberts with more Info about the show, Page 9 will be goods for sale by Noel Donelly. For those that get their Newsletter by Post the Newsletter will be in black and white as the colour photo copier has broken down and wont be fixed for a week or two. Don t forget to start getting your plants ready for our show which is the last full weekend in August. Reg SHOWS TO COME 22/25 Aug ANOS Kabi Lawnton Showgrounds 24/25 Aug LADOS Logan Central Com. Centre. 4/7Sep Alstonville O. S. Alstonville Plaza Shopping Centre 6/7Sep Childers & Isis D. O. S. Childers Cultural Centre 6/7Sep Nambour O. S. Uniting Church Hall 31 Aug/1 Sep Gold Coast D. O. S. Albert Waterways Com Centre 20/21 Sep Noosa Dist O. & F. S. RSL Hall Cooroy 13/15 Sep Queensland O. S. Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha 14/15 Sep Beaudesert O. & F. S. Canungra Com. Hall 27/28 Sep Glasshouse Country O. S. Beerwah Com Hall 21/22 Sep Eastern Dist O. S. Bayside Uniting Church Hall 28/29 Sep Ipswich O. S. Silkstone Primary School NOTES FROM THE AUGUST COMMITTEE MEETING: A large part of the Committee Meeting was taken up by the progress report for the Show. Things seem to be coming together nicely thanks to the hard work of our organisers. Any one interested in personally sponsoring a section $40 should contact Pam Price. The forms relating to the alterations to the Constitution have been posted to the Department of Fair Trading. John Oxley Show July 20 th and 21 st Margaret Tierney, Pam Price, Ian and Jan McKenzie set up a table top display. It looked very nice but was unplaced. Thank-you to Neville Hearn for many flowers and also to Barry and Regina Chandler for their help with extra plants. Jan McKenzie (Secretary) 2

3 MINUTES LOGAN & DISTRICT ORCHID SOCIETY INC.GENERAL MEETING 16th JULY 2013 OPENING: The President Ken Martin opened the meeting at 7.30pm WELCOME: to members and visitors, and to our judges APOLOGIES: as per register MINUTES: The minutes of the June meeting were published in the Newsletter. Acceptance of the minutes as a true record moved by Maree Illingworth and seconded by Kurt Raup CORRESPONDENCE INWARDS: Application form Community Funding Logan City Council, Open Order Aranbeem Orchids - Show prize SEQld Species society/ Orchid species Society Return to Sender. from ANOS Beenleigh Notification of cancellation of their one day show. CORRESPONDENCE OUTWARDS: to Diane Walker ANOS Beenleigh request for date and time of set-up. That the correspondence be accepted. Moved by Jan McKenzie Seconded by Laraine Richmond. FINANCIAL STATEMENT: Treasurer Doug Mogg moved and Jim Zimmerman Seconded that the statement showing balances of $ Investment Account $ Additional accounts for payment.fame Orchids $300 R. Illingworth $41.25 (Postage) Full statement is on file. NEW MEMBERS: Welcome to Alfred and Kaylene Filia and Lawrie Green who were welcomed into the Society. GENERAL BUSINESS: JOHN OXLEY ORCHID SHOW - set up Friday 19 th July 2-7pm. Orchid show itself is on 20 th and 21 st July. If you bench plants, you are able to sell. We are doing a table-top display as well. Schedule is on file. It is pleasing that 5or 6 people are able to attend and contribute plants for the display VOTE: - Constitution Change carried. Sausage sizzle Update - Ken informed the meeting that Bunnings Kingston road have offered us 1 st December for a fundraising Sausage Sizzle. Ken asked for those who could help to consider the date long-term. OUR SHOW 24 th 25 th AUGUST: Pam spoke at length as to the planning progress. Letters sent/support given. What we as members should be doing at this stage/ leaflets to be put out in venues a week before the event. Rosters for work and donations of food (to feed workers) these were circulated. Ken reminded members to bring plastic bags and boxes of varying sizes To prepare plants for display. Look to health, staking and presentation. To prepare plants for sale. look to health, good order etc. Trade Sales Report: Adrian didn t deliver a report because he was busy judging at the time...a man of many hats. Library Report: Graham Maggs gave out Library Lists to new members. These indicated the range of titles available for borrowing. Thanks to Graham. Club Badges available from Doug Mogg $8 Kurt Raup thanked all those who have assisted with his fund-raising efforts. Cancer Research. Barbara Smith donated items left from Derek Smith s love of orchid growing free. to anyone interested. Reg Illingworth offered for sale Orchid Wiz (10) $100 with 3 updates. KITCHEN DUTIES ROSTER FOR THE AUGUST MEETING: 1. Val Marsden 2. Myra Westphal CULTURAL OFFICER S REPORT: Reg Illingworth reported that the Saturday meeting of New Growers Group had considered the conditions necessary for the growing of hard cane dendrobiums. A very happy social occasion! Thank-you Reg and Maree. GUEST SPEAKER: Guest speaker was Julie Geldard who spoke on the subject of Practical Hints on the Photography of Orchids. Oh. she was knowledgeable but so much practical information that might help us particularly in light of the photographic competition in our Show. Thank-you Julie! and thank-you Trevor Cook for the organisation that allowed this guest speaker to be with us at the meeting. JUDGES CHOICE AWARDS: John Roberts and Philip McCallum gave the placings and gave in depth comments on some of the plants about their breeding and advice on how growers might improve the result. CULTURAL AWARD: Cymbidium Mini Dream Homeleigh owned by Neville Hearne SPECIAL INTEREST PLANT OF THE MONTH: Mediocalcar decoratum owned by Reg and Maree Illingworth POPULAR VOTE: Open: Phal. aphrodite owned by Reg and Maree Illingworth Intermediate/Novice Den. Graham Hewitt owned by Gary Kapernick LUCKY EXHIBITOR: Kurt Raup RAFFLE: was drawn. CLOSURE: Meeting closed at 9.40pm Jan McKenzie Secretary 3

4 JUDGES CHOICE RESULTS FOR JULY Dendrobiums 1 st Den. alexandrae X Doug Mogg 2. Cattleyas Over 100mm 1 st Rlc. Burdekin Bells Mary Jim & Margaret Zimmerman 2 nd Rlc. Midnight Delight Jim & Margaret Zimmerman 3 rd Rlc. Sylvia Fry Hamey Jim & Margaret Zimmerman 3. Cattleyas 60mm to 100mm 1 st Rlc. Dal s Horizon x Ctt. Aussie Sunset Ken Haase 2 nd Rlc. Dal s Horizon x Ctt. Aussie Sunset Ken Haase 3 rd Lc. Taiko Carnetiia Princess (Unknown) Laurie Baxter 4. Cattleyas Under 60mm 1 st Rth. Free Spirit H & R Ken Haase 2 nd Rth. Hawaiian Chic Jim & Margaret Zimmerman 3rd Grt. Starrlyn * Jim & Margaret Zimmerman 5. Cattleyas Novelty or Cluster 1st C. amethystoglossa Jaguar x Ctt.Aussie Sunset K Haase 2nd Ctt. Hawaiian Valentine * Laurie Baxter 3rd C. Amethystaglossa Jaguar x Ctt. Aussie Sunset K Haase 6. Paphiopedilum 1 st Paph.. (Mod Maud x Pulsar) Margaret Tierney 2 nd Paph. Jamboree Knight Margaret Tierney 3 rd Paph. Magic Mood Salamander Margaret Tierney 7. Vandaceous Alliance Flowers up to 40mm 1 st Vasco. Pine Rivers Pink Ken Haase 2nd Vanda Unknown Doug Mogg 8. Vandaceous Alliance Flowers over 40mm No Entries 9. Phalaenopsis 1 st Phal. (Sunlands Rain Dancer x Sunlands Hy Mark) x (Ormura x Sunlands Rain Dancer) Reg & Maree Illingworth 2 nd Phal. Sun Jye Diamond Reg & Maree Illingworth 3 rd Phal. Leopard Prince Reg & Maree Illingworth 10. Oncidiinae 1 st Onc. Twinkle Red Fragrant Graham Maggs 11. Miscellaneous Large 50mm and over 1 st Cym. Mini Dream Homeleigh Merv Stewart 2 nd Cym. Mini Dream Homeleigh Neville Hearne 3rd Cym. Kenny Pink Barry & Regina Chandler 12. Miscellaneous Small Under 50mm 1 st Phrag. Hanne Popow George Tsambourkis 2 nd Spa. Sandra Orange Marella Coppus 3 rd Epi. Unknown Marella Coppus 13. Australian Native Hybrid Dendrobiums 1 st Den. Cherry Dance Ken Haase 2 nd Den. Balnarring` Ken Haase 3 rd Den. (Crooky *x Aussie Hero x Ellen) Ken Hasse 14. Australian Native Hybrid Other than Dens No Entries 15. Australian Native Species 1 st Bulb. longiflorum Barry & Regina Chandler 2nd Den. tetragonum var. cacatua John Roberts 3rd Liparis reflexa Marella Coppus 16. Species Exotic Sympodial 1 st Dinema polybulbon Merv Stewart 2 nd Mediocalcar decoratum Reg & Maree Illingworth 3 rd Paph. Victoria-Regina John Roberts 17. Species Exotic Monopodial 1 st Phal. aphrodite Reg & Maree Illingworth 2 nd Rhy. gigantean var. alba Barry & Regina Chandler 18. Intermediate Cattleya Alliance 1 st Rth. Hawaiian Chic Jan McKenzie 2 nd Rlc. Pastoral Innocence Jan McKenzie 19. Intermediate - Dendrobium Alliance 1 st Den. Hilda Poxon Peter Berry 2 nd Den. Class Steve Peter Berry 3rd Den. Australian Beauty Peter Berry 20. Intermediate Any Other Genus 1 st Onc. Twinkle Weston Jan McKenzie 2 nd Paph. primulinum var. purpurata Jan McKenzie 3 rd Cym. Unknown Peter Berry 21. Novice Cattleya Alliance 1st Gct. Sogo Doll Little Angel Julie Copley-Bishop 2nd Vnra. Golden Spice Red Peppers Angela Kehoe 22. Novice Dendrobium Alliance 1 st Den. Graham Hewitt Gary Kapernick 2 nd Den. Jonathon s Glory Dark Joy Terry Tierney 3 rd Den. speciosum var. Larwind Terry Tierney 23. Novice Any Other Genus 1 st Onc. Twinkle Red Angela Kehoe 2 nd Dinema polybulbon Julie Copely Bishop 3 rd Cym. Marilyn Levey Graham Terry Tierney Cultural Award - Cymbidium Mini Dream Homeleigh Special Interest Plant of the Month Mediocalcar decoratum Very well flowered and well grown. Popular Vote Open Phal. aphrodite Popular Vote Novice & Intermediate Den. Graham Hewitt Lucky Exhibitor: Number 77 Kurt Raup Neville Hearne Reg & Maree Illingworth Reg & Maree Illingworth Gary Kapernick Would all Members who will bench orchids at any future meetings, please change their plant tags as necessary, so that we do not have to do this continuously. Tabling Statistics: 81 Plants Benched by 22 Members 4

5 1. Dendrobium 1 st. Den. alexandrae X Doug Mogg 2. Cattleyas Over 100mm 1 st. Rlc. Burdekin Bells Mary Jim & Margaret Zimmerman 3. Cattleyas 60mm to 100mm 1 st. Rlc. Dal s Horizon x Ctt. Aussie Sunset Ken Haase 4. Cattleyas Under 60mm 1 st. Rth. Free Spirit H & R Ken Haase 5. Cattleyas Novelty or Cluster 1 st. C. amethystoglossa Jaguar x Ctt.Aussie Sunset K Haase 6. Paphiopedilum 1 st Paph. (Mod Maud x Pulsar) Margaret Tierney 7. Vandaceous Alliance Flowers up to 40mm 1 st Vasco. Pine Rivers Pink Ken Haase 9. Phalaenopsis 1 st Phal. (Sunlands Rain Dancer x Sunlands Hy Mark) x (Ormura x Sunlands Rain Dancer) Reg & Maree Illingworth 10. Oncidiinae 1 st Onc. Twinkle Red Fragrant Graham Maggs 11. Miscellaneous Large 50mm and over 1 st Cym. Mini Dream Homeleigh Merv Stewart 12. Miscellaneous Small Under 50mm 1 st Phrag. Hanne Popow George Tsambourakis 13. Australian Native Hybrid Dendrobiums 1 st. Den. Cherry Dance Ken Haase 15. Australian Native Species 1 st Bulb. longiflorum Barry & Regina Chandler 16. Species Exotic Sympodial 1 st Dinema polybulbon Merv Stewart 17. Species Exotic Monopodial 1 st. Phal. aphrodite Reg & Maree Illingworth 18. Intermediate Cattleya Alliance 1 st Rth. Hawaiian Chic Jan McKenzie 19. Intermediate Dendrobium Alliance 1 st. Den. Hilda Poxon Peter Berry 20. Intermediate Any Other Genus 1 st. Onc. Twinkle Weston Jan McKenzie 21. Novice Cattleya Alliance 1 st. Gct. Sogo Doll Little Angel Julie Copley-Bishop 22. Novice Dendrobium Alliance 1 st. Den. Graham Hewitt Gary Kapernick 23. Novice Any Other Genus 1 st. Onc. Twinkle Red Angela Kehoe 5

6 6 Some Plants Tabled at the July Meeting 2013 Cattleya over 100mm was well contested, with the following being some of the stand-outs. Rlc. (Blc.) Burdekin Bells Mary AM/AOC presented a quite large mauve toned bloom, it s labellum having yellow eyes to the throat. A quality flower from this domestically awarded clone. Also tabled was another Rlc. Burdekin Bells clone with no varital name offered, its two blooms were also of very good form. Rlc.(Blc.) Good News No.1 carried a medium single sized semi-alba type bloom its white tepals presented a contrasting foil to the brightly coloured lip which had a light purple tone to the goffering of lip edge which was more extensive on the side-lobes frontal area; a purple wedge extended from its tip, tapering slightly to the base, which created yellow eyes. A flower of very good shape but unfortunately a spot, (probably weather induced) of discolouration to a ventral sepal would have disadvantaged it in judging. Rlc. (Blc.) Sylvia Fry Hamey had a single bloom of very good form, it was predominantly mauve with a dark tip to its lip. It is one of a number of clones from this particularly successful crossing that boast large blooms of excellent exhibition form. Rlc. (Blc.) Memoria Gordon Vallence had very well shaped pale lavender pink blooms with slightly overlapped petals which had nicely ruffled edges, the lips were light lavender mauve with yellow throat bases. This clone (grex actually) has Rlc. Sylvia Fry in its pedigree as does Rlc. Burdekin Bells. Rlc. (Pot.) Goldernell Burdekin had three predominantly lemon-yellow blooms that were blushed a pale, yet glossy, rosy-mauve tone over a paler base tone along their mid-rib region, mauve edged lips were tipped purple this tone extended as veining to base there of creating yellow eyes to side-lobe interiors. Choice blooms, even if not of as full form as some of its competition, that were still quite shapely. One of its parents, C. Horace, tends to impart pleasing shape; good, and indeed complex combinations of colour, should probably be given more consideration in judging than currently seems to be the standard. Paphiopedilum featured a Paph. Amanda Hill, this representative of the complex hybrid category carried a most shapely bloom on a medium length of spike. Due to the lights needing to be turned off for the speaker s presentation, I was forced to abandon recording it s flower colouration after just commencing to do so, and instead (fortunately) photographing same. The colours as I recall them under the fluorescent lights, although good, did seem a little dull, the image produced by the flash quite brought them to life. The bloom s predominantly white dorsal had a yellow toned basal region the lower half of which was covered with reddish-brown spots some of which formed into lines that extended upwards into an area of rosy-mauve spotting. This colour combination was framed by a white band around the entire edge. The petal s light mahogany tone had a glossy texture overlaid with darker tessellations, their tips being edged with a narrow band of yellow. The predominantly white ventral had a green vertical stripe to about 1/3 of its central surface; the yellowish pouch was brushed with a reddish mahogany tone while the staminode was yellow. Species Sympodial contained a number of specimen type plants and Dendrochilum propinquum with around forty short spiralled spikes carrying numerous straw coloured blooms was among them. The plant filled what appeared to be a 200mm pot. These smaller types of Dendrochilums can grow into showy specimen plants in a reasonably short number of years and don t rob the grower of much bench space. A Dendrochilum that is commented on quite frequently is D. wenzelii; so I will only say that there was a largish potfull of this species also tabled. What was known as Epi. polybonbon is now generally treated as a Dinema, although some latterday authorities regard it as an Encyclia including the RHS. There were two large exhibits, labelled as D. polybonbon tabled, one growing in a large terracotta saucer whose blooms appeared to be of better form than those of the larger exhibits; this one overfilled what appeared to be a nursery type plastic tray of app. 400mm x 600mm and, yes, covered in blooms. The flower colour was predominantly yellow with brown stripes on front of tepals extending from the base to over halfway along their lengths with the lips being white. Mediocalcar decorator was represented by two plants each of which were overflowing the edges of their respective recepticals, these being large pot saucers, one plastic the other terracotta, each appeared to be of around 300mm diameter. The bulbous, or vase-like appearance of the blooms is effected by the fusing of the sepal bases, this region being red their tips are yellow, the petal and lip tips are of like form and matching colour. A Bulbophyllum medusa carried two single spikes. I felt the overall flower length was a trifle shorter than others I ve encountered (which I must confess is not many) and the colour a little paler. Anyone familiar with Emily S. Siiegerist s book, Bulbophyllums and Their Allies, will know this species blooms are featured on the book s dust-cover and when looking at same felt the tabled plant would be midway, in colour, between the darker and albinestic forms displayed, it also had the spotting of the normal form, only paler in tone. I was confident a species tabled was a Restrepiella but could not recall the specific epithet (of what is a mono-typic genus) with only one name to come up with I was forced though to look at the label (some memory) and was reminded it was R. ophiocephala. I d read (or re-read) an entry about it some months ago when happening on to its particular page when checking something in another chapter of the book altogether. The book was Discovering New World Orchids the author, Steve Manning, is the holder of the (British) National Collection of Pleurothallidinae, this work was the result of his seeking information regarding the botanist, travellers (= collectors) and nurserymen, etc. historically involved with this subtribe and an apparent penchant for Masdevallias; other orchids and plants are also discussed. He explains how the genus Restrepiopsis lost six of its number to Restrepiopsis which was formed to accommodate them, leaving Restrepiopsis aphiocephala as the last man standing. He points out the variability of this species not only in colour but subtle differences in flower morphology and suggests it

7 Plants Tabled at the July Meeting 2013 continued might be in need of closer scrutiny if some form of splitting is not in order. Colour can range from dark red to yellow it s claimed; however the tabled plant was of red-mauve (or purple) tones quite dark, or was this due to the lightening? Also this plants sepals were not open (the dorsal not as upright) as those photographed. The plant growth resembles some of the Pleurothallis genus. One sentence in the book reads Restrepiella ophiocephala has wide open pouting petals, usually red, and viewed from the side, one can easily see why it has gained the nick name of the Mick Jagger of the Orchid World. A Coel. virescens carried three spikes each with five flowers, the blooms on one were pale cream these were perhaps freshly opened as the others were more yellow. Plant habit was not remarkedly rhizomatus with the distance between bulbs being around 30mm; some Coelogynes, and not necessarily the larger bulbed forms, can be of a distance in excess of 150mm. Miscellaneous featured two entries of Cym. Mini Dream Homeleigh, the plant with two spikes carried approximately sixteen blooms each with tepals reflecting slightly. The other presented nine spikes of about eighteen blooms each, this plant s flowers were more cupped than those of the other. A predominantly apple-green colour with some yellow to the lips in the pure colour vain. Novice Any Other Genus featured a Cym. Marilyn Levy Graham having an arched spike of ten dark red blooms whose lip tips were quite a deal darker. There was some yellow to the bases of the mid-lobes that went back into the throat and a thin pinkish toned edge to lip tips. Native Species had a Bulb. longiflorum tabled with two spikes, one of buds only and six blooms on the other, colour off-white, (the best I can offer), with purple spotting to the dorsals. Not a plant I m familiar with, so did some checking and the syn. B. umbellatum rang a distinct bell, but no definite recall. A variegated form of Pterostylis carta was also presented, there were a number of plants to the pot but only two were flowering the single flowered spike sheaths showed the variegated effect of the white leaf margination, while the flower base tone was white; one of the blooms had green striping to the hooded dorsal whereas the other was brownish. I ve seen variegated Pterostylis at shows, etc. in England, also Den. speciosum and Den. kingianum. The Dendrobiums were on display by vendors, (Taiwanese if I recall correctly), and while some of the Dens. were not of what I would feel was good variegation, the Pterostylis would have been not far behind the very good example we had tabled. Barry Scriven LADOS August 2013 Show Info It has come to the attention of the show organizer Pam Price that there are a number of members wishing to make donations to our Show, the show which is being held on the last full weekend in August To sponsor a class the full class is $40.00, a First prize is $20.00, Second is $12.00 with Third at $8.00. See Pam if you whish to sponsor. POTTING SUPPLIES Bark is available FROM Ken Martin, Phone Dianna Street UNDERWOOD. Ken has taken delivery of a new lot of bark from Garden City Plastics, it seems to be a very good and hard bark. It is available in 4 sizes, Small 6-9mm, Medium 9-12mm, Large 12-18mm and Extra Large 18-25mm. The price to LADOS members is $25.00 per 40L bag, the bag size is 20% smaller than before but we think it is a superior quality Coconut Chips are available in 2 sizes, small and large from $11.00 per block. Ken has also taken delivery of Perlite which is now available from him. Ipswich Orchid Society Inc. Spring Show Silkstone State School 28th & 29th September 2013 Benching from 4.00pm on the 27th 7

8 August 2013 Show Info Our Annual Winter Show is only 1 week away and lots of work is being done by the Committee to ensure its success, but this can only be achieved by all members giving their support. There are lot of jobs that need do be done and the work roster will be circulated at the August meetings so please consider what contribution you too can make over the weekend. Sales plants need to be well established, clean and free from pests and disease. There is no limit to the number of flowering plants you can sell plus 50 non flowering plants and 10 bromeliads and tillandsias. If you are selling a large number of plants don t expect that they will all be able to go on the benches at once. Plants to be priced in whole dollars only. ORCHID PHOTO COMPETITION TO BE RUN AT THE AUGUST SHOW Entries are free and open to all LADOS members 1st Prize Twenty Dollars $20 2nd Prize Twelve Dollars $12 3rd Prize Eight Dollars $8 Conditions of Entry 1. The competition is open to orchid photos only. 2. Photos must be no larger than A5 size (210 x 148mm). 3. Photos must be mounted on black cardboard with a 20mm frame. 4. Photos must be taken by the exhibitor, but processing and printing can be done commercially. 5. Exhibit must have name and phone number on the REVERSE of the exhibit. 6. Colour or black and white is acceptable. 7. A maximum of 2 entries per exhibitor. 8. The judges decision is final. 9. All entries to be received between 4pm and 7pm on Friday 23rd August, before judging which commences at 7.30pm sharp. 10. LADOS will ensure that all care is taken to safeguard the exhibits but accepts no responsibility for their loss, destruction or damage. 11. Pick up and take home of the entries is to occur on Sunday 25th August 2013 between 3 and 3.30pm. GUEST SPEAKER FOR THE AUGUST MEETING The Guest Speaker for the August meeting, will be Pam Price talking on promoting our Winter Show. Next will be John Roberts talking about what judges expect from growers in presenting their plants for the benching at a show and for putting up a plant for a quality award. 8 The Logan and District Orchid Society Inc. Saturday Cultural Information Meeting Invitation to all Logan & District Orchid Society Inc. members to attend the meeting of the The Logan and District Orchid Society Saturday Cultural Information Meeting, at 51 Lionheart Street Forestdale 4118 The meeting will be at 9.30 am on Saturday the 7th September The topic for the meeting will be an evaluation of the good points and not so good of our winter show. Please bring along any problem plants or a plant in need of a repot and if time permits we can discuss these problems and repotting methods. As with previous meetings it would be appreciated if you would contribute $1.00 towards the cost of photocopying. If possible put a fold up chair in the car it may or may not be needed. Our phone number is: Our address is: 51 Lionheart Street Forestdale 4118 Maree and Reg are looking forward to seeing you on the day.

9 NOEL DONNELLY Phone Bush Houses (Two) 3m x 3m x 2.1m Galvanised steel pipeing Galvanised fittings Galvanised Mesh on benches (3m x 3m) and side (3m x 3m) Shade Cloth 60% Price $350 each Shelving (Brownbuilt type grey) Three racks (2.4m x 1.10m benches) Galvanised wire benches (2 x 1), 4 levels per rack Fluro lightening fittings installed Price per rack $300 each or $800 the lot. Heatbed Size 600 x 400 approx. All heating wired, thermostat and Perspex top Price $200 All Orchids and Bromeliads have been sold 9