Bromelcairns Bimonthly Newsletter of Cairns Bromeliad Society Inc. 2014 # 1 P.O. Box 28 Cairns Queensland 4870 Australia

Honorary Life Member - Grace Goode O.A.M. Honorary Life Member - Kay Edington Life Member - Lynn Hudson Life Member - Robert (Bob) Hudson

******************************************************************** Aims of the Society

Promote and Develop Interest in Bromeliads through Friendship To Co-operate with similar Clubs throughout the World

******************************************************************** Membership Fee: $15 Single, $25 Family, Country Member $25. $7.50 junior (if not in family membership) Meetings start at 1.pm sharp first Saturday of the month. Please bring a cup and a chair. Library: All books & magazines borrowed are to be returned in good order to the following meeting. If not on wait list, they may be rebooked. Plant Display/Sales: To participate, a member must be financial and circumstances permitting, have attended at least three meetings in the past six months. Where the society is charged a stall fee - 20% of sales are deducted for club funds. No charge venue & meetings - 10% of sales is deducted. All plants to be clean, free of disease, named and price tagged. Show Plants: Must be the property of and in the custody of the entrant for the past three months. For Society Shows the entrant must be financial and have attended at least three meetings during the past six months. Pens, Plant Tags & Pots: available at each meeting.

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President Bob Hudson 0740533913 V-President Brendan Leishman 0740578604 Secretary Dave Weston 0740578604 Treasurer Lesley Hepburn 0488788892 Librarian Steven French 0740322283 Editor Lynn Hudson 0740533913 Editor Assist. Gail Taifalos 0740392787 Member Concierge Nalda Wilson 0740544825 Pop. Vote Steward Lynn Hudson 0740533913 OIC Raffles Karen Stevens 0740361086

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President's Report for 2013 Another great year for our society has passed and we just seem to get better at what we do, that is - pass on information and hints on how to grow our favourite plants. !We gained 9 new members last year and I hope they are enjoying the meeting days. Now that we have a permanent meeting place for this year, I feel we will grow even more.! I want to thank all my committee for the hard work during 2013 especially the Lady with all the different hats. Without her we would not function as well as we do. At meetings we have had great plants entered in our Mini Shows and in Popular Vote sections and I would like to see more entered in Cairns Show when we show everyone how good we are - thank you to all who entered. The raffle table just gets bigger and it is because you as members contribute so many plants and items. Our “Bloomin Broms” is still a big hit and continues to grow. Last year we had a bus full of registrants from Mackay! I think it is great that we have speakers that will travel up here to impart their knowledge on how they grow and maintain their plants. I think this year is going to be better than last year. With our new meeting place we will have more slide shows and talks so we can learn even more about our plants, which will help you to grow them even bigger, and better.! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Bob Hudson, President ******************************************************************************************************************** 2013 was a very good year. We had well grown plants, some new and interesting plants and ideas, some of us attended the Australian Bromeliad Conference in New Zealand, some of us travelled about, some of us stayed home, but best of all we made New Friends. Thank You to the reliable Helpers - “many hands do make light work” and I am especially happy to see new members on the committee. Dave has stepped up again and this time taken the Secretary position, the most responsible position in the society. Other positions take a maximum of two hours per month and we hope new committee members will enjoy it. Thank You to Gail for her invaluable newsletter assistance and to other Members who wrote articles. Lynn & my hats.

Gail: Again Christmas Party was a lovely day plenty of good food, laughter and good company. The raffle table far exceeded any that we have had before. A well organized day and a credit to all those involved in putting it together. Janie: The party was great, food very yummy. The raffle was just the best and I'm thrilled with my winnings.

Lesley! ! Karen C!! Brian & Barbara! ! Joanne! Frances

Gloria Rita! Karen S & Brian! ! Kay! Gail!

Rodney & Janie Christel & Paul Greg Maria Helga All photos by Brendan, thanx Bren - but where are pics of You & Dave??

It is Raffle Time .. at last!!

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Club Activities & Around the Members FEBRUARY by Gail: We met at Cominos House for our AGM. Once we navigated our way around all the scaffolding on the outside of the building, it was an absolute relief to escape the outside heat of 36.6 degrees and into the comfort of the air-conditioning. The Popular Vote and Mini Show tables were set up behind the committee table and all agreed the plants it were lovely meeting backdrop. The quality of the plants on the Popular Vote table was spectacular. When Steven French won with the most outstanding Neoregelia ‘Magali’ he was subjected to a barrage of questions about this beautiful bromeliad. Steve was only too happy to share his secrets with us all. For someone who has only been a member of our society he is the epitome of why we have these meetings - to look, listen, learn and share knowledge. Well done Steve, we all hope that you continue to bring along these plants so that we may all learn from you. Lynn showed us how to carefully separate a vriesea pup from the mother, then with a large pair of long handled secateurs, an aechmea from the mother plant. She also talked about “upper puppers”. In the break there was a large array of plants for sale. These included many from the collection of Stuart who has had to downsize due to a residential move, where he has less space. I am sure some of you scored some good quality plants from his many and varied collection, especially pitcarnias. Bob ended the meeting with a slide presentation on Tillandsia ionantha. The colours and variations were incredible. Again a good meeting, well attended with regulars as well as new members. MINI SHOW – My Favourite Plant 1st Neoregelia ‘Magali – Steven French > > 2nd Neoregelia ‘Bill Morris’ – Darryl Lister3rd. Tillandsia velutina – Paul VenturiPOPULAR VOTE: NOVICE - Nil entries OPEN - Bromeliad 1st Neoregelia ‘Magali’ – Steven French2nd. Aechmea ‘Aztec Gold’ – Dave Weston3rd. Aechmea ‘Samurai’ – Maria Grant3rd. Neoregelia ‘Inkwell’– Steven French Cryptanthus 1st Cryptanthus ‘Elaine’ – Margaret Sexton2nd Cryptanthus ‘Anne Collings’– Lynn Hudson 3rd Cryptanthus zonatus silver – Dave WestonTillandsia 1st Tillandsia ‘Amigo’ – Margurite Sexton 2nd..Tillandsia velutina - Paul Venturi > > > >2nd. Tillandsia flexuosa – Brendan Leishman2nd. Tillandsia utriculata – Gail Taifalos! !

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The “My Favourite Plant” topic always attracts interesting & varied plants and this meeting was no exception. Members even brought in extra plants to share with us.

There were two flowering Aechmea ‘Burning Bush’ with flamboyant green leaves, lightly speckled with red dots. The red scape or rhachis, holds many branches of red flower bracts and mauve flowers. Easy to grow and flower. Olive Trevor imported this plant and released it at the Rare Plant Auction in Cairns at the 1999 Australian Bromeliad Conference. Aechmea ‘Aztec Gold’ grown perfectly by Dave.Very bulbous with excellent markings Dave said it enjoyed water but needed to drain well as it did not like to stay wet.

Neoregelia ‘Magali’ - I have never seen this plant with leaves this strong, thick and wide. It is exceptionally well grown Steve and I am sure Grant Groves, the hybridizer, would be proud of your effort. (pic by Bob) Neoregelia ‘Bill Morris’ was a metre wide and perfectly layered. Darryl said it was 10 years old, he had removed the base root system several times and it just keeps growing but not flowering. <Dyckia estevesii - Dave purchased the original at the New Orleans 2010 WBC. A picture does not really show the strange shape, as it grows almost flat, not circular. A photo taken over the top of the plant would show the leaves stacked on top of each other line with the leaf ends leaning slightly forward. True to Dyckia style it produces a lateral inflorescence (from the side, not the centre) so continues growing after flowering. (pic by Gail) << Tillandsia velutina grown by Paul Venturi was just beautiful, soft and delicate it took my breath away! (pic by Gail)

Quesnelia ‘Tim Plowman’ shown by Brendan was very eye-catching. It had a fat base then elegantly narrowed to the top before it flared and then curled. It had a lovely baby.

Aechmea ‘Aztec Gold‘ by John Catlan Aechmea ‘Aztec Gold’ is really the story of trying to produce a desirable plant by

swinging the odds in the grower’s favour. In a group of my Aechmea recurvata plants, a friend of mine, Ian Sellars, found a plant with a good clear yellow stripe on one leaf. This variegated leaf was on a fully mature plant that had failed to flower that year.

We have heard the unanimous lament that many plants that had shown partial variegated had not passed any variegation on the pups. The low averages were definitely against success, but with this plant we hoped it was possible as the variegated leaf was low down in the butt of the plant where the pups originate.

Looking for a magic wand, I researched all the available material but I found no assistance or the wand. Now was the time to put into action three lessons I have learned while observing our plants.

I was sitting on an old stump with a shovel in one hand and cup of coffee in the other, trying to conjure inspiration to clean up and level off our rubbish dump, and I noted just how hardy bromeliads really are. There were dozens of discarded plants lying on their sides with their pups happily sitting up ready to grow into new clumps.Lesson # 1: If a plant falls over and then a pup forms, nine times out of ten the pup will start on the topside of the plant. Being short of room, like most bromeliad growers, I would take pups off pups and sit them in a pot of very open mix to keep them upright until potting time. If they were left too long they would all form one solid ball of roots, then when separating them for potting, the roots would often get damaged.

While I was untangling the roots it gradually dawned on me that the root system initiated from one side of the pup – the opposite side from the heelpiece torn from the mother plant. The rule became ‘Face the wound side to the centre of the pot. The roots will grow to the outside of the pot and are easier to separate.’ This explained to me why in a clump of bromeliads the pups are generally grown on the mother plant furtherest from the grandmother. I reasoned that the roots on that side absorbed the nourishment and gave slightly more food to that side of the plant. I foliar fed the plants on one side only and this resulted in a very high percentage of pups from that side. Lesson # 2: If you liquid feed a plant, by foliar feeding it on one side, you increase your chances of getting a pup from that side. One year due to lack of space some plants were placed under the bench. It was winter and the sun was low in the sky, the bench faced north and light penetrated very well in under the bench. Spring arrived and busy, busy, busy then well into summer. Lo and Behold! There were the bromeliads with all their pups, like soldiers, facing the path. At the time I thought it was rather convenient for the removal of the pups. Remember light is a source of food for plants and in a clump of bromeliads the outer side of a plant should receive more light than the side facing the clump.Lesson # 3: If the plant is denied light on one side, it will throw it’s pups on the side facing the light source. The time had come to bite the bullet. We lay the plant at an angle of 45 degrees facing away from the sun with our yellow stripe being on top, facing to the sun. A few

(Aztec Gold cont) 6weeks later appeared a green pup at an angle of 90 degrees to the yellow stripe. This was removed with a sharpened screwdriver. Our theory was that the pup had started its growth cycle prior to our meddling with nature. We decided to be patient and wait. We had immediate success, followed by disaster – the pup was there but it was pure yellow. We had only one variegated leaf and the pup was right under it. All we could do was leave it as an interesting experiment. A few months later the pup had grown and we looked and wondered – there on the upper side of the leaves was a solid green stripe! A phenomena of this plant is all pups appear as plain yellow but as the leaves develop the green stripe improves and it turns into a sturdy vigorous grower, especially for a variegate. To promote the growth of ‘Aztec Gold’ we left this pup attached to the parent and this promoted vigorous growth. Any pups appearing on the green side were cut off so the ‘Aztec Gold’ received all the energy. This resulted in a mature plant that over three years produced ten variegated pups. Over the years ‘Aztec Gold’ has never produced a pup for me that has reverted to green. In the first couple of years we had to destroy only about six plants that did not grow strong enough for me. Our climate has been described as sub-tropical but our heat has not adversely affected ‘Aztec Gold’. In 1985 our winter produced 16 frosts in a row and that year the flowering was the most spectacular we have ever witnessed. ‘Aztec Gold’ was grown in 17cm hanging baskets, potted in very open mix and hung 18cm from the roof. They had plenty of light and 9 month Osmocote fertilizer. They were watered regularly, but they were very well drained and had plenty of air movement. Now they are growing 30cm from the ground on a wire bench in full sun. Those who have had trouble growing ‘Aztec Gold’ are probably giving it too much water, and not enough light and air movement to keep up with the watering. When the pups were taken off the original ‘Aztec Gold’ they were given the letter A, B, C, D etc. When plant A produced pups they were numbered A1, A2, A3 etc. When pup A1 produced pups they were numbered A1A, A1B, A1C etc. When A1A produced pups they were numbered A1A1, A1A2, A1A3 etc. All this information was entered into a book so I had a complete family tree of ‘Aztec Gold’ descendants. By looking up the family tree I knew what to number the new pup and where to enter it on the tree. The plants were kept all mixed up in one area and all watered and fertilized the same. ‘Aztec Gold’ E2 bred like a rabbit and its’ descendants dominated the whole breeding programme. For months we examined E2 and its descendants but they all looked the same to me and everyone else. I then separated E2 descendants and placed them on one bench. It was immediately obvious the central green stripe although it was the same width, it was a slightly deeper green and the yellow a shade more golden. This made the difference, more food faster and more pups. Pure white is the only colour in a bromeliad leaf that does not manufacture food from sunlight. Yellow is in fact able to manufacture food as it has chlorophyll in its cells, which to us appears yellow.

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! ! ! Tillandsia secunda var. vivipara

pic by Diego Benavides

Here are some of the ideas forwarded, thanx Nutters: Just mount them; place them into an empty wire hanging basket; use a medium grade potting mix; wrap the base in bush moss, keep the moss moist and put into a plastic pot; in a pot of heavy rocks to keep everything stable plus lots of large chunks of bark, with a bit of slow-release fertilizer interspersed, but the leaves grow medium soft instead of stiff. The last word from Chris Larson: We have all been spoilt with too many pups. I think we overlook nice plants too often. Every time we get a well grown secunda in flower at a meeting, we get all the new members wanting it as they are impressed with a plant they haven't seen it before. Even though T. secunda is a bit of a weed, I still have a good place for it in my collection. I also want it to flower at it's best with a tall spike, and all those pups hanging all over it. A good root system will aid in the growing of a larger plant. I've always thought that the trigger for root production, which is probably similar to what the tissue culture guys use, is a chemical produced by a healthy plant. Obviously some plants, eg Till. usneoides, will not produce roots unless at the seedling stage - so the production of whatever stimulates root production, varies in different plants. Although I don't particularly worry about root production (if it is lacking in a mounted plant), I still have a feeling that a plant growing at it's optimum should be producing roots, especially if they will then have access to the fertilizer in a pot.

Bits and Pieces

What is vivipara or viviparous? Our Bromeliad Glossary says: “Germinating while still attached to the parent plant; proliferous” A more detailed explanation is from Google: “In plants, it means reproduction via embryos, such as buds, that develop from the outset without interruption, as opposed to germinating externally from a seed”In Tillandsia secunda var. vivipara an offset is produced from each flowering point = lots of offsets! While at Grace Goode’s I noticed a Tillandsia secunda in spike and thought there would soon be an abundance of tiny secunda plants - Grace phoned on Tuesday to say she already had 20 pups and I remembered my delight at so many offsets, but then my frustration when trying to get roots on them. I resorted to Tillnuts online group and received many good suggestions.

! ! ! ! ! ! ! 9 My 2013 Surprises by Lynn In August 2013 I received an email from John Arden of Vista, California ..“Below are two pictures of my new hybrids. They both are from the same grex. I was waiting to get a hybrid to match your favorite color of purple and this is the best that I have. The name of V. Lynnie sounds good to me. The problem is that there are two different cultivars, one with a branched inflorescence and one with a simple inflorescence. The plants bloomed this summer for the first time, there are some pups growing now. As it is now, I like to call the one with the branched inflorescence V. Lynnie. Any ideas about the name for the second one?” I was pretty blown away by Uncle John’s gesture - but very honoured. Then on 31st January I received an email titled ‘New Years Honours List’ from Andrew Flower “Think it’s time you were Graced by a tillandsia - and I'm sure a grey one would not be appropriate ... what do you think?” then the beautiful picture. ***************************************************************************************

Then I read the following in ‘Bromeliana’ written by Herb Plever Editor of ‘Bromeliana’ newsletter of The New York Bromeliad Society. “Look at and admire the plants in the photos below.

Vriesea ‘Lynnie‘ Vriesea ‘Isobell‘ Tillandsia ‘Lynnie’LYNN HUDSON - For many years Lynn has been a leading force in building the Cairns Bromeliad Society in Australia, in publicizing bromeliads, providing educational seminars and often zany excitement to light fires and to keep broms in the limelight. She has served as Vice President, Secretary and Editor of ‘Bromelcairns’, their newsletter for many, many years. I do not mean to ignore the equally yeoman work of her husband Bob Hudson - they are a team - but this is a brief note of admiration for Editor Lynn’s work which I do appreciate, as I have served in that capacity in New York for over 40 years. Other noted bromeliad experts have recognized Lynn’s contributions by naming 2 beautiful new cultivars for her. Andrew Flower, former Editor of the BSI Journal, crossed Tillandsia lindenii with T. wagneriana and named one of the progeny Tillandsia ‘Lynnie’. And the noted hybridizer John Arden has recently named a new Vriesea cultivar,

10 Vriesea ‘Lynnie’. The seed parent is V. ‘Midnight Splendor’ x ‘Shima Rhyu’ and the pollen parent is Herb Hill’s Vriesea hybrid #353-1.” [The other from the same grex is ‘Isabell’ my middle name, yes I know - “is a bell on a bike necessary?” I have heard that for almost 70 years! Lynn.]*****************************************

Other comments - firstly the vrieseasGail Taifalos: OMG Lynn, how beautiful and special are they. My mouth just dropped open, love them both. Lucky lady to have something so spectacular named in your honour. They are both magic, the dark one just merges from the leaves right up to the inflorescence. The other one merges up in colour from the leaves into the very base of the inflorescence. Harry & Olive: Lynnie is absolutely beautiful!! Both impressive.Beryl Batchelor: It is about time you had one named after you and what a beauty. Narelle Aizlewood: How special is that. That the wonderful Mr. John Arden would name a plant after you. What an honour.Herb Plever: Great new additions to brom cultivars. Congratulations Lynn. You deserve the honors.Tillandsia commentsAndrew [Son]: You're famous, although it's somewhat ironic that he named a tillandsia with no spiky bits after you.Leonie Neil: Nice plant...well it would be if it's named after you.Alan Pythian: Hi SkitePenrith Goff: Not spoiled enough but this is a good start. Very elegant. Dan: It looks like you are really spoiled. The plant is beautiful, is it scented like lindenii?I wonder how it is to grow. I've killed MANY wagneriana. They seem to not like our extremes in weather. T. lindenii grows and blooms well for us.Rei Izzary: Congratulations, beautiful plant great colors on the inflorescence and flower.Bill & Marg Sexton: Congratulations, but a till? When can we all have one? Congrats. Helga Biro: Wow!! A Lynnie Tilly – how fabulous – you’re a star!Gail: That is just beautiful Lynn. Such a beautiful colour and the close up of the flower really shows up the delicate stripes.Frances Boyd: Oh, how pretty. Congratulations. Thank You John & Andrew & the good wishers, Lynn. **************************************************Where are they?? Vrieseas in USA, Tillandsia in NZ.! Uncle John said he was not well and I needed to do something about obtaining the vrieseas, so suddenly we were off to USA. It was excellent to see Uncle John (whowas looking pretty good), Eloise & Dan, Virginia & Pam, Robert & Karen, Paul & Gerry. (2006 pic> We stayed with Eloise & Dan at their magical estate, where everything has grown. The colours of the cactus, succulents, bromeliads, fruit trees and all sorts of other fascinating plants complementing the dome structured buildings. It was amazing the structure was almost screened off! It was winter, freezing on the eastern side of US but quite warm at Vista with an average low of 8C & high of 19C. It was very strange not to feel cold at 10C but there was no humidity, it was grossly dry, I am amazed anything keeps growing! So we now have 100 tillandsias and 24 real plants, including Vs. ‘Lynnie’ and ‘Isobell’, in quarantine. The beautiful tillandsia is still in NZ!!

11Laugh TimeAt a boat-rental concession, the manager went to the lake's edge and yelled through his megaphone, "Number 99, come in, please. Your time is up."Several minutes passed, but the boat didn't return. "Boat number 99,"he again hollered, "return to the dock immediately or I'll have to charge you overtime.""Something is wrong here, boss," his assistant said. "We only have 75 boats, no 99."The manager thought for a moment and then raised his megaphone: "Boat number66," he yelled. "Are you having trouble out there?"************************************************************************************ From Grace - she gave me one of her infamous Joke Books - more next time * Paddy heard that putting a brick in his loo cistern would save water, so he put a brick in his car petrol tank.* “Why are you late for school?” asked the teacher. “I had to put the bull into the cow

paddock” replied Cathy. “Couldn’t your father do that?” said the teacher. “Oh no” replied the girl “that’s the bulls job”.

* What is opposite to a cow with a pretty face? A horse with a sulky behind.* Pat & Mick were faced with a lion in Africa. Pat threw a stone and hit the lion on the

nose. The lion came bounding towards them. “Run” said Pat. “No” said Mick “you run, you threw the stone”.

* Paddy tried to swim the English Channel but three quarters of the way across said he could not make it, turned around and swam back.

* After Pat & Mick arrived in Australia they saw crocodile shoes for $500 per pair and decided to go crocodile hunting. They bought all the gear and went to NT. After a terrific struggle landed a huge crocodile. “Turn him over” said Pat. They turned the croc onto his back and both looked in dismay “He has no shoes”.

* Customs Officer to Paddy “Have you got anything to declare?” Paddy “Only a bottle of holy water from Lourdes”. The customs officer takes it, smells it and declares “That is whiskey”. “Holy Mother of God” says Paddy “another miracle”.

* Pat & Mick watching TV, saw a man about to jump off a high rise building. Pat said “I’ll bet you $10 he does it” Mick replies “OK you’re on” The fellow jumped and Pat said he could not take the $10 as he had seen it on an earlier news bulletin. Mick said, “I did too but I didn’t think he’d do it again”* An old girl of 80odd had a dinner date with an old boy of 90. Daughter asked her if she had a good time. “No” said her mother, “I had to slap his face three times”. “Did he get fresh?” asked daughter. “No” said mother, “I thought he was dead”. * A priest found a lad with a bottle of acid and offered a bottle of holy water in exchange. Lad refused, said it was no good. “Oh I rubbed the tummy of a lady with holy water and she passed a lovely baby.” said the priest. “That’s nuthin” said the lad “I rubbed some of this on the bottom of my dog and he passed a Mercedes”. ************************************************************************************

Nothing just happens or just gets done, Someone has to make it happen or do it.

Hudson’s Bromeliads Down Under Bromeliads & Tillandsias Bob & Lynn Hudson ABN 66 951 932 976

47 Boden St. Edge Hill Cairns Phone: (07) 40533 913 email: lynnie@ledanet.com.au ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

“Bromeliads in Paradise” Honolulu 8-14 September 2014Information & Registration Form -

http://www.bsi.org/events/2014/2014_Registration_Form.pdf Learn from the Best * Enjoy Time with Old Friends * Make New Friends * Buy Amazing Plants ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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“ Bloomin Broms” 2014 - June 7th & 8th! Cominos House, cnr. Little & Greenslopes St., Edge Hill ! ! Good Company, Interesting Speakers, Great Plants.! Chris Larson of Victoria & Nigel Thomson of Cootharaba Seminars Saturday & Sales for Registrants. Sunday sales to Public.

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“Bromeliad Cultivation Notes” by Lynn Hudson A little ‘how to’ book. Cultivation made easy. Basics in language anyone can follow.

“Bromeliads Under the Mango Tree” by John Catlan A ‘must have’ book to help you think and grow your bromeliads better. Both available in bulk at reduced price. Contact Lynn on 07 40533913 or lynnie@ledanet.com.au or LynnHudson@BromeliadsDownUnder.com

Cairns Lovebirds - bred by Karen Stevens! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 6 Alabama Street, Whiterock, Qld 4868 Phone 0419021302 bpklstevens@bigpond.com