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O.N.T.
Newsletter for October 2006
Next
meeting: Date:
10 October 2006 Time:
19h00 for 19h30 Venue:
Dutch Reformed Church Hall Waverley Speaker:
Frikkie Marais Topic:
Tour of Thailand Next
Management meeting Date:
17 October 2006 Time:
19h30 Venue:
Home of Stan Dawson, 290 Freesia Street, Lynnwoodridge Previous
ONT Meeting (12
September 2006) Attendance
at the meeting was poor due to the school holidays and many members having been
at the National Show the previous week. The
National Show at White River Aletta
Page gave feedback on a highly successful show.
The venue was excellent, spacious and airy and the other activities and
fairs around the venue added to the excellent atmosphere.
All members who attended the show were very impressed. Details
of the ONT exhibit and achievements by individual members are dealt with below. The
plant table The
number of plants on display was not very large but quality was good with a large
number of dendrobiums. Species
included plants not seen at the ONT before. SAOC
judges, Frikkie Marais and Christo Page, assisted by learner judge Christian
Giesel, discussed the plant table: The
winning plants were: Best Hybrid: Vanda Manuvadee x Canda Coerulia Owners:
Plantae Best
Exotic Species Coelogyne
flaccida Owners:
Emile and Marietjie Houghton Judge’s
Choice: Dendrobium tangerinum Owner:
Christian Giesel Bruinslich
Trophy nomination: (Best
specimen plant) No
nominations Arrie
Arnold Wisseltrofee nomination: (Most
awardable plant) Vanda Manuvadee x Vanda Coerulia Owners:
Plantae Congratulations
to the winners! The Chelsea Flower Show Tinus
Oberholzer gave an excellent talk and slide show on his involvement with the
building of the Kirstenbosch display at the Chelsea Flower Show in London.
The show is one of the annual glamour events in the gardening world.
Tinus however convinced us that, although the results of building the
exhibit are very rewarding, there is nothing glamorous in building the stand
with the tight space and time constraints placed on the exhibitors. Tinus
also showed us slides of some of the other exhibits and some of the wonderful
plants on show. New
members Welcome
to Roelof Pelser who has joined the Society.
Roelof participated in the bus trip to the National Show to White River.
He claims that he does not know much about orchids but showed his fellow
passengers that he has an excellent baritone voice. Name tags Please
remember to wear your name tags at the monthly meetings and to hand them back
afterwards. Library New
and existing members are reminded that we have an excellent library that is
constantly being updated. There is
a wealth of information there for the novice and the expert.
Please make use of it. Members
coming across any interesting articles are requested to summarise it for
inclusion in the newsletter. Gauteng
Study group The
Gauteng Study Group will meet at Christo Page’s home at 606 Gerard Marais
Street, Constantia Park on Sunday 8 October at 14h00 to discuss judging in
general and to conduct a post-mortem of the National Show in White River. The
SAOC National Show The
SAOC National Show was held at White River from 4 to 10 September 2006. Tinus
Oberholzer justified our faith in him. ONT
members could be proud of the stand that he built as the stand won gold for the
best in its class and second best exhibit overall.
This is the first time in many years in which the ONT has achieved such
success. Special thanks to Frikkie
Marais and Elsje Pretorius who assisted Tinus with the construction and the
dismantling of the exhibit. Thanks
to the Show Committee and all members who assisted with the organisation of the
exhibit and sent plants to the show for judging and display.
It is pleasing to note that we had new members who only entered one plant
and obtained a ribbon. Results
achieved by ONT members at the show are included at the end of this newsletter. New
publication A
new publication, “Growing Orchids in South Africa”, by Henrik Venter will be
available later in October. The
cost of the book is R189.00. Members
ordering through the Society will save the additional postage cost of R20.00.
Payment can be made directly into the Society’s bank account: Orchid
Society of Northern Transvaal ABSA
branch code 335245 Account
no. 1430157023 Ensure
that “Book – your name” appears on the electronic transfer or deposit slip
and fax a copy of the deposit to Marietjie at (012) 567 3905. General The
ONT would like to encourage members to sell plant related items (paraphernalia
associated with orchid growing only) at the monthly meetings. A 10% commission
will be charged on all items sold. Persons
selling plants should: §
Label all your plants with the plant’s name,
your name and the price. Bring
plants for sale no later than 30 minutes before the start of the meeting. ONT
Spring Show The
ONT Spring Show will be held at the Wonderpark Shopping Centre, Akasia on 28 and
29 October. It will be a table top
show with very limited judging. Please
let us have your plants to put on a good display at this new busy venue.
Further details will be provided at the October monthly meeting. Year
end function Do
not forget to diarise our year end function taking place on 17 November. Advertisements Members
are encouraged to advertise their orchid-related items for sale in the
newsletter. This service is offered
at a nominal fee. Plant
rescue missions Operation
Wildflower has notified us of two planned wildflower rescue operations:
Roossenekal
on 4 November 2006. This is hilly
country on the escarpment that will be used for a granite quarry.
Plants to be collected include aloes and bulbous plants. Penge
on 9 December 2006. This site will be used for mining. Members
wishing to participate in these rescue missions should contact Stan Dawson for
further details National
Show results Below
are details of the number of ribbons earned by ONT members.
The plants for which first prizes\were obtained in their categories are
listed separately. Christo
and Aletta Page - 7 ribbons
Cymbidium Lady Spring x Red Panther
Cymbidium Jombalaya “Moreletta”
Cochleantes discolour alba Elbe
Brits and Elsje Pretorius – 1 ribbon Frikkie
Marais – 8 ribbons Laelia
lobata x sincorana (Group winner) Dendrobium
Betty Geffo Ascocentrum
miniatum Herman
Steyn – 8 ribbons Phalaenopsis
Su’s Red Lip James
Sonneberger – 2 ribbons Dendrobium
Roonhkamol Vejvarat Paola
Copeman – 5 ribbons Miltoniopsis
Celle “Wasserfall” Pieter
de Bruin – 9 ribbons Bonatea
cassidea Ada
aurantiaca Plantae
– 13 ribbons Dendrobium
kontuniense (Section Winner) Cymbidium
Mad Doctor x devonianum
(Section Winner) Oncidium
Kaizumie Delight (Group
Winner) Vanda
Manuvadee x coerulea WELL DONE EVERYONE
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