Notes from Date Claimers: Boyne Tannum bus trip details (costs) to date are; Saturday Lunch $12. Saturday night Dinner at Calliope Bowls Club is a Smorgasbord of hot and cold food with sweets $30.00. Sunday Lunch Smorgasbord plus sweets $20.00 Payment for this bus trip will need to be finalised with Treasurer on Thursday 20th February meeting.

Childers Club (CIDOS) hold an Autumn Charity Show on Saturday March 15th at the Cultural Centre situated near the Library The Raffle will be a wheelbarrow and Groceries valued at $200- 2nd prize of $100- voucher and a 3rd prize of an Orchid. A great day where the Beneficiary will be the AGL Rescue Helicopter. There will be lots of Orchids for sale and a variety of other plants will be available. Light refreshments will be offered throughout the day which will start 8:30 and presentations at 2:30.

P.O. Box 1173,

Bundaberg, 4670

Office Bearers.

President Robert Shield Phone 41550783

Secretary Rene Thompson Phone 41521619

Treasurer Glenda Coster Phone 41527980

Volume 02/14 February 2014 Ed. Jean Williamson

Meetings are held at 7.30 pm on the third THURSDAY of each month at the Avenell Heights Hall, Thabeban Street.

Visitors and past members are especially welcome to attend.

Date Claimers: 22-23 Feb 14 BTOFS Field Day 15 March 14 CIDOS Charity Show 12-13 April 14 ROSI Show 19 April 14 CIDOS Cent Sale at Woodgate 11 May 14 BOSI Autumn Show 12 July 14 Howard Bus trip

Email: Club & Editor: bundabergorchidsociety@gmail.com

Meeting Duty Roster: March 14 A Group April 14 B Group May 14 C Group

Bulk Booklet Orders and/or Enquires: jbhughes4670@gmail.com or Ph. 41521937

We welcome our New Members Ray & Rita Findlay and Peter & Penelope Wrench to our Club and trust you will share the pleasures of ‘Orchids ’with us.

Next month’s New & interested Growers Group will be held Sunday March 2nd, at Alwyn & Bev Heidke’s residence (calendar for directions). Members are encouraged to bring along a plant which they consider to have a problem, or perhaps would like some advice about. Any question will result in knowledge for many.

These Meetings are held on the first Sunday of each Month, for the benefit of all Members and the Club invites all new Members to offer their Garden & Bush /Orchid houses for Members to visit and share knowledge at all levels of growing plants. All ‘Big Growers’ were once beginners.

Each Group has a Leader and Mentors who generously give assistance where needed. Get to know who your Group Leader is, if you don’t ask, we won’t know where you need help, and most important, ask the same question twice, one cannot take in much when there is such vast information available. The Club had a pleasant morning at Col & Jules’ garden and those who attended shared the excitement of starting out and look forward in visiting again.

The Club merchandise is available only to BOSI members not the public.

The merchandise, when available and in stock, includes Sterilizer-Trisodium Phosphate, fertilizer Plantacote, Peters All Rounder, Blossom Booster, Steri-prune Spray, Coloured Labels, White Labels Long and Short, Clips Large, Medium & Small, Pencils (8008), Pencils China Black & White, Stainless Steel Pruners, Modiform Pots, 70mm, 80mm, 110mm, 130mm, 150mm 170mm, and Bags Bark(Large/Medium/Small /Mini) and Charcoal. Charcoal bag graded in sizes of 5, 10, 15 and 20mm.

Please phone Bev on 41593291 to arrange suitable time or she may bring your order to the meeting for you if it is convenient.

Labels, clips, trisodium phosphate, pots, fertilizer, etc can now be purchased from the librarian at monthly meetings or from Alwyn & Bev’s (Please phone 41593291 to arrange suitable time).

While the Bundaberg Orchid Society Inc. endeavours to ensure reliability and accuracy in this Newsletter’s editorial content, responsibility for advice and views expressed is not

assumed by the Society or the Management Committee.

Raffle Winner January Meeting 2014 1st Shirley Roll 2nd Reg Dix Lucky Door: Rob Coster Exhibitor: Eddie Cross

Continued from January's Newsletter: Base it on how long you estimate having the plant in that size container and how often will you transplant it before setting it in its final specimen container.

Established plants can benefit with a frequent high phosphorus (higher middle number) liquid feed once per month. Peter's Blossom Booster or Variegated Violet Special will do the trick on reluctant blooming plants. Peter's should be used at half to full strength at about one to two week intervals during warm, sunny periods. The phosphorus will also increase stem thickening and increase caudex formation on mature plants.

High light intensities plus a high phosphorus fertilizer source will definitely increase caudex formation if your plants seem

lacking in their potential. This fertiliser source along with a good draining media and a confined pot all help in developing a large caudex. Even cutting grown starts soon develop a large root caudex (see examples under Growing Techniques). MagAmp (7-40-6) in the coarse grade is also a good fertilizer. This fertilizer should only be added to mature established plants when transplanting it to its final specimen pot. MagAmp tends to thicken stem and roots

and provide a good reservoir of phosphorus for long term needs. The Magnesium, hence "Mag"-Amp, also included in this fertilizer will add a deeper green coloration to leaves as this is absorbed initially. The phosphorus tends to break down very slowly and may take years if at all. It is best used at the root level nearest feeder roots for best results. Again, performance will vary. Use a fertilizer that will be low in saturated salts and allow even distribution of nutrients.

Fertilisers also vary in their performance based on hard water, dissolved minerals already present in your local water, fluorine addition, temperature of your water, etc.... If you feel that you are not getting results with your fertiliser, please discontinue use and start with a new one. The best advice here is trial and error. What works well for one does not necessarily work well for someone else. Again, use your discretion. WWW.angelfire.com/hi/AdeniumsofHawaii Note; According to they who know it all, you must sew the seed as soon as Nature disperses the seed pod, I have sewn 12 month old seed in rather wet conditions for past 2 weeks and successfully have lots of Desert babies, I guess the trick now is to slowly introduce them to much dryer and warmer conditions…Editor

Adenium Perfume House

Popular Vote Results January 2014

Species. Rhy. Retusa A&BHeidke

e 1

Cattleya: Rhy. Pink Delight A&B Heidke

Den. Magenta’s Galaxy A&BHeidke

Species & Judges Choice:

Rhy. Retusa A&BHeidke

Vanda. Janice Allison

E. Cross

Any Other: Mtssa. Estrelita

I&C Neilson

Rlc.California Girl x Rlc. Deception Bay

Rth.Natrasiri Starbright

Den. Blue Planet

Vanda: Janice Allison Candy

C. Dal’s Good One

Vasco. Marlene’s Friend x V. Betty May Steel

Den. williamsianum

C. Calico Spots

Ctsm. Lovena

Rlc. Brunswick Gem x Rlc. Goldenzelle ‘Orange

Pumpkin

C. Thospol Spot x C. Netrasiri Beauty

Phal. equestris

What is Orchid Nomenclature? Orchid nomenclature is based on the binomial system devised by the Swedish naturalist, Carl Linnaeus, in the eighteenth century. Using this system any plant can be succinctly described using two words: one for the genus, and one for the species, hence "bi-nomial." In Linnaeus's system, the first word or genus, is a noun, and the second or species is an adjective describing the first. The two must agree in case and number; for example, Paphiopedilum philippinense and Phalaenopsis philippinensis, describing a Paphiopedilum and a Phalaenopsis, both from the Philippines. By convention, the genus is always capitalized, and the species is always lowercase. Two different systems have been devised by two separate commissions to describe species and hybrids, but both are fundamentally related to the system devised by Carl Linnaeus. The International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN or the Botanical Code) describes how species found in nature are named with latin binomials, and is regulated by the International Botanical Congresses. The International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP or Cultivated Code) deals with those plants that have entered cultivation by man, including cultivars of species and natural hybrids, and grexes and cultivars of artificially-produced hybrids. The Botanical Code is primarily of interest to Taxonomic Botanists who attempt to apply the binomial system devised by Linnaeus in an unambiguous way; while The Cultivated Code is primarily of interest to those who cultivate, propagate or hybridize with plants that have entered cultivation. List of some natural Orchid genera (Species)

Abbr. for Genus Genus Name Abbr. for Genus Genus Name

A. Aceras B. Brassavola

C. Cattleya D. Dactylanthera

Den. Dendrobium P. Platanthera

Cym. Cymbidium Paph. Paphiopedilum

Onc. Oncidium Phal. Phalaenopsis

It must be pointed out that D. and P. are not the abbreviations for Dendrobium and Phalaenopsis. Intergeneric hybrids consist of several different genera that have be crossed to create new "man made" intergeneric orchids and new confusing genera names. Examining orchid DNA has resulted in the reclassifying and renaming of some genera.

We will endeavour to follow Orchidwiz’s genera names not the old unchanged Sander’s genera list. List of some intergeneric hybrid Orchid genera (Hybrids)

Orchidwiz’ List of Orchid Hybrids Genera Sanders' List of Orchid Hybrids Genera

Abbr. for Genus Genus Name Abbr. for Genus Genus Name

Rlc. Rhyncholaeliocattleya Blc. Brassolaeliocattleya

Ctt. Cattlianthe Slc. Sophrolaeliocattleya

Genus Name Changes in Vandaceous Orchids The botanists with the help of DNA techniques have been renaming and reclassifying a lot of orchids recently (cattleyas and oncidiums in particular), and now Vandas and their relatives. The list of genus changes is fairly long, and many of the affected orchids are not especially common in cultivation, but quite a few of the changes affect the vanda orchids and their relatives. Perhaps the single biggest change is that many familiar genera are now considered to be Vandas – not just “vanda relatives”, but Vandas. These include the orchids formerly known as Ascocentrums, Neofinetias, Christensonias, and even one former species of Aerides (Aer. flabellata, now V. flabellata). This means that a very big list of long-familiar hybrid genera is changing, and many of those are no longer valid at all. No more Ascocendas (they are all Vandas!), Vascostylis (Vandachostylis now), Christiearas (mostly Aeridovandas), Kagawaaras (now Renantandas) and many, many more. Semi-terete “vandas” are now Papilionandas, because the terete species have been formally separated into the genus Papilionanthe. Some of the plant names from February meeting Genus in italics Species name lowercase italics

Genus in italics Hybrid name -Capitalised each word

It should be obvious from the above two examples why the genus names are abbreviated. These are simple plant names without ‘Clonal names’ and Awards.

Bct. Sun Mei Gold

Rhy. retusa

Ascda. Roslyn's Best

V. Roslyn's Best

Ascocenda changed to Vanda

Rhy. abbreviation for Rhynchostylis

Bct. abbreviation for Brassocatanthe

Rlc. California Girl x Rlc. Deception Bay

This hybrid has been bred by crossing the hybrid Rlc. California Girl with hybrid Rlc. Deception Bay. Unfortunately the orchid hybrid created has not been named. Plant labels with two or more unnamed crosses make things difficult for the grower. This hybrid Dendrobium Blue Planet as never been registered but is sold under this name. Possible to keep its parentage secret or perhaps because of poor record keeping the parentage is unknown.

To be continued

Den. Blue Planet

Pantone Reveals Colour of the Year for 2014: PANTONE 18-3224 Radiant Orchid

Expressive, exotic Radiant Orchid blooms with confidence and warmth

CARLSTADT, N.J., Dec. 5, 2013 – Pantone, an X-Rite company and the global authority,

today announced PANTONE® 18-3224 Radiant Orchid, a captivating, magical, enigmatic purple, as the color of the year for 2014.

“While the 2013 color of the year, PANTONE 17-5641 Emerald, served as a symbol of growth, renewal and prosperity, Radiant Orchid reaches across the color wheel to intrigue the eye and spark the imagination,” said Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute®. “An invitation to innovation, Radiant Orchid encourages expanded creativity and originality, which is increasingly valued in today’s society.”

“An enchanting harmony of fuchsia, purple and pink undertones, Radiant Orchid inspires confidence and emanates great joy, love and health. It is a captivating purple, one that draws you in with its beguiling charm.”