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O.N.T. Newsletter for
December 2004 NEXT
MEETING The
next meeting of the Orchid Society of the Northern Transvaal will be held on
Tuesday, the 11th JANUARY 2005
at the Dutch Reformed Church, Dickenson Street, Waverley, Pretoria starting at
19H30. Pieter
de Bruin will give a talk on “Show Judging” Thank
you all for supporting the SAOC raffle. We
were able to sell the required 60 tickets at our last meeting. NOVEMBER
MEETING The
plant table was discussed by Pieter de Bruin and Henriette Stroh.
We had a lovely variety of good quality plants. Best
Africa Species :
Eulophia guineaensis – owner Christian Giesel Best
Exotic Species -
Laelia purpurata suave x laelia purpurata violeta – owner Riaan
Prinsloo Best
Hybrid
– LC Nora’s Melody – owner Paola Copeman Judge’s
Choice
– Laelie sincorana – owners Christo and Alet Page Bruins-lich
Trophy nomination
for November – Laelia purpurate suave x laelia purpurata violeta – owner
Riaan Prinsloo. Arrie
Arnold Wisseltrofee for
November - Seidenfadenia mitrata
– owner Riaan de Villiers. GAUTENG
STUDY GROUP The
meeting will be held on 9th January 2005, at Pieter de Bruin’s home, 510 Atterbury Road, Menlo Park at 2.00 p.m.
Plant judging and the new year’s programme will be set up. EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE MEETING The
next Exco Meeting will be held at Alan
Pike’s home on 18th January 2005, 11 Sarel van de Walt Street, Glen
Marais Extention 19, Kempton Park. If
you need directions to Alan’s home, please phone 011-9793081. ORCHID
PRINTS FOR SALE We
have available for sale sets of 10
orchid prints at a cost of R100 per
set. Should you be
interested, please contact Bossie Bosman at the next meeting.
These are very good value for money. MEMBERSHIP
NEWS Welcome
to our new members, Susan Lange, Nic Slabbert and Samuel Fourie.
It is very heartening to see more young people joining the society, and
the quality of plants they are bringing to meetings! By
now you would all have received your renewal notices.
Please arrange to pay your subscriptions of R140.00
before the end of the year to our membership secretary, Marietjie Roos.
Please also return the form sent to you and note any changes which are
needed for our records. YEAR-END
FUNCTION – SUNDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2004 This
function was held at the Scouts Hall in 29th Streeet, Villieria, and
we had a turnout of about 36 members.
Everyone enjoyed themselves and it was a great opportunity to swap orchid
news and meeting and getting to know members of the society better.
Our thanks to Bossie Bosman and his wife Bets for arranging the braai
fires, salads and ice cream which was enjoyed by all.
Christo Page took this opportunity to thank the members of his executive
committee for their hard work during the year and wishing all our members a
Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year.
We hope you all have a safe holiday and we are looking forward to your
attendance at our first meeting for the year in January. REGISTRATION
OF SOCIETY AS A NON-PROFIT ORGANISATION We
have received confirmation from the Department of Social Development that our
Society has been registered as a non-profit organization.
Our registration number is 036-068-NPO. PIETER
DE BRUIN’S FERTILISING PROGRAMME After
last month’s meeting some of you showed interest in Pieter’s Fertilising
Programme. His presentation has
been shortened here and only guidelines given. Pieter
follows a weekly programme from August to the end of April. He
believes in feeding “weekly, weakly” and
dilutes 6 to 15 times more than the manufacturer of the products
recommends. He
dilutes 1 : 1000 i.e. 1 gram in one litre or 5 grams in 5 litres. He
begins his programme on the last week in July
with Nitrospray plus, and also a weak solution of ureum.
(Please remember to add the ureum to the wet solution and not to mix the
dry ingredients) In
August he uses Kickstart
for the first week, and Nitrospray Plus the second week, repeating
Kickstart for the third week and Nitrospray plus for the fourth week. In September, in the first week he uses Calmabon, he uses Nitrospray plus the second week, Kickstart the third week and Nitrospray plus the fourth week.
In
October, November and December, he
uses Calmabon in the first week and Nitrospray plus for the second, third and
fourth week. Except for the fourth
week in December, he gives his plants a Christmas present
- “Folifert” diluted at 1 : 1000. In
January he uses only Nitrospray plus
each week. The
first week in February he lets his
plants rest, but gives them a good rinse out. The second week he uses
Fosfaspray, the third week Potasspray and Fosfaspray for the fourth week. For
the first week in March he gives
Calmabon (for the last time in this
growing cycle)followed by Potasspray in the second week, Fosfaspray in the third
week and Potasspray in the fourth week. In
the first week in April
he gives Fosfaspray, in the second week in April his plants get a
“Birthday present”(as it is Pieter’s birthday) which is Folifert. Followed
by the third week in April with Potasspray. The
fourth week in April, no fertilizer. The
first week in May he sprays with
Sporekill. From the second week in
May water is decreased and from June plants are only watered during the day and no later than
2.00pm. July the plants get a rest, and it all begins again in the last week
in July. Pieter
treats all plants in his collection in this way.
We congratulate Pieter for his kindness.
I’m sure not many of us treat our plants to a Christmas and Birthday
present! Should
this not be sufficiently clear, please contact Pieter de Bruin for further
advice. (See contact address below) ONT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CONTACT NUMBERS PRESIDENT
Christo Page 012 998 3974
(h) VICE PRESIDENT
Alan Pike 011 9793081 (h) SECRETARY
Paola Copeman 012 5491740
(h) FINANCES
Bossie Bosman 012 332 2530
(h) GAUTENG STUDY GROUP
Pieter de Bruin 012 3773441 (w) MEMBERSHIP
Marietjie Roos 082- 4945777 NEWSLETTER
Roger Dixon 012 845 5631 (w) SHOW SECRETARY Riaan Prinsloo 012 333 6607 (h) LIBRARY Riaan
de Villiers 012 548 9665 (w) MEETING CO-ORDINATOR Stan Dawson 012 361 2724 (h)
ROGER
DIXON.
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