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O.N.T.
Newsletter for January 2006 Next
meeting: Date: 10 January 2006 Time: 19h00 for 19h:30 Venue: Dutch Reformed Church Hall Waverley Speaker: Mr. Fikkie Marais Topic: Pests & diseases
Frikkie Marais will give a presentation on pests and diseases troubling orchids. We have had a very hot winter and consequently there are a lot more pests around, which would have been killed had the winter been longer.
Next
Management meeting Date: 17 January 2006 Time: 19h30 Venue: Home of Herman Steyn, 615 Koedoeberg Rd., Faerie Glen
Dear
Members We
are at the end of yet another year and the Management of ONT would like to make
use of the opportunity to thank all the members for their support throughout the
year and wish them a merry Christmas, happy New Year and lots of orchid blooms
for 2006. Next year the SAOC National Show and Conference will be held in White River and we need lots of quality plants to build a winning exhibit, start preparing them now!
Previous
ONT meeting (8
November 2005) The
President, Herman Steyn, opened the meeting and again invited everyone to attend
the year-end function. Members were
reminded that next year’s subscription fees are due by 31st December 2005.
He also encouraged everyone to attend the greenhouse visit at the home of
Pieter de Bruin to see how he grows his orchids. SAOC
orchid judges, Christo Page and Pieter de Bruin, in association with the learner
judges Nollie Cilliers and Tinus Oberholzer, discussed the plant table.
The
winning plants were as follows: Best
African Species: Mystacidium brayboniae Owner:
Pieter de Bruin Best
Exotic Species: Laelia purpurata var.
coerulea Owner: Hennie Peacock
Best
Hybrid: Den. Gerald McGraith Owner: Pieter de Bruin Judge’s
Choice: Laelia purpurata var.
coerulea Owner: Hennie Peacock Bruinslich
Trophy nomination: Mystacidium brayboniae Owner: Pieter de Bruin Arrie
Arnold Wisseltrofee nomination: Laelia purpurata var.
coerulea Owner: Hennie Peacock Congratulations
to the winners! The plant table discussion was followed by a very informative and well illustrated talk on paphiopedilums by Nollie Cilliers. It is always nice to listen to well prepared and researched talks, this one being particularly enlightening.
February meeting: Tinus Oberholzer will give a talk on indigenous orchids.
New
Members We welcome the following new members and wish them a long and fruitful association with the ONT. Mrs. Grobler (Estelle) Mr. & Mrs. Van Zyl (Louis & Renée) The
Management of ONT has decided that new members joining the society before 30
June will have to pay the full membership amount of R130.00 plus a R20.00 admin
fee. After that, date the pro rata
membership fee plus the R20.00 admin fee for the rest of the year is payable.
This will be effective as of the 1st January 2006.
Gauteng
Study group Date: 8 January 2006 Time: 14h00 Venue: Home of Mike & Tessa Rakow Topic: General meeting (For directions, contact Pieter de Bruin)
Remember that plants can also be submitted for SAOC judging at this meeting. You are reminded to notify Christo Page at least 48 hours before the meeting if you would like to have a plant judged. Contact Pieter de Bruin if Christo is not available
Orchids
South Africa We have received the yearbook from the SAOC and it will be distributed a soon as possible.
Species
outing!!! Christo Page, together with Gerrit van Ede, an ONT honorary member and indigenous orchid expert, is planning to arrange a visit to Verlorenvallei Nature Reserve near Dullstroom for late January/early February 2006. Verlorenvallei is home to between 50 and 60 terrestrial orchid species of, which 20-25 will most probably be in bloom at the time of the planned visit. As Verlorenvallei is also in the middle of the crane conservancy, all bird lovers are encouraged to bring binoculars. You might just be lucky enough to spot the resident blue- and wattle cranes or some of the other rare highland vlei species like the fluff tail. There will also be lots of other interesting high altitude plants in bloom. The outing will be on a Saturday morning and members will have to drive down. All participants should bring raincoats, gumboots, sun block, warm clothing and be prepared for a whole day’s easy hiking. Water will be available, but members should bring their own food. There will be no collection of plants – take only pictures and leave only footprints. Anyone
interested must please contact Christo Page urgently in order for him to make
the necessary arrangements.
Mr. C. Page (012) 998 3974 (H) twopages@wol.co.za
March meeting: Herman Steyn will give a practical demonstration on how to divide orchids
Dates
to remember May
26-28, 2006 (provisional) Witwatersrand
Orchid Society Autumn Show June
2-4, 2006 (provisional) Orchid
Society of Northern Transvaal Autumn Show at Safari Garden Centre September
4-10, 2006 13th SAOC National Show & Conference in White River
Website
of the Month: Seeing that we have a lot of Vanda
growers in our society, this month we feature a website on these wonderful
orchids.
The website consists of three
sections:
It has got some good
photographs and culture tips and is well worth the visit if you are a Vanda
grower! http://www.geocites.com/jeremolly
Greenhouse
visit Venue:
Mr.Pieter de Bruin
No. 510, Atterbury Street, Menlo Park,
Pretoria Contact:
0728098688 Date:
3 & 4 December 2005 Time:
08h00 to 18h00 Pieter de Bruin has kindly agreed to open his greenhouses (four at the moment) to members. So if you want to see how he grow his orchids you are welcome to visit on the given dates Plants will be offered for sale, and an order book will be available if any member would
like to book plants which are still to be divided. The open day will coincide with PLANTAE’S open weekend at the same venue.
SAOC
Colour Fund donations: Our
own SAOC yearbook, ORCHIDS SOUTH AFRICA, is published annually as a non-profit
publication. In order to provide
SAOC members with a quality journal, the editor strives to include as many
colour photos as the colour photo fund allows.
However, to include colour photos in a publication is very expensive and
therefore the committee of the ONT would like to appeal to its members to make
small donations to increase our annual contribution to this fund.
For more information please contact Joan Elvin on: (011)
465 2896 after hours We wish
you and your family a merry Xmas and a happy new year Greetings
Nollie
& Frikkie
Did you know: Terrestrial Orchids can lay dormant in the soil for up to at least 15 years before flowering.
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