July 2013 Volume 53 Number 5
Visiting Societies in July
Beaudesert & District Orchid Society
Brisbane Orchid Society
Affiliated Societies, Judging Roster for July
John Oxley O.S. 2nd Wednesday @ 7.30pm J. Buckley, H. Edwards, B. Nicoll, D. Nitschinsk.
Logan & District 3rd Tuesday @ 7.45pm D. Nitschinsk, J. Rutherford, G. Yong Gee, N. Woolley
Brisbane O.S. 4th Monday @ 7.45pm No Meeting (Christmas in July).
Beaudesert O & F.S. 3rd Wednesday @ 7.30pm D. Walker, D. Cleal, Vacant.
Patron The Queensland Governor. Ms. Penelope Wensley, AC
President Mr. Reg Illingworth [email protected] 07 3800 3213
Secretary Mrs. Maree Illingworth [email protected] 07 3800 3213
Treasurer Mr. Nick Woolley [email protected] 07 3201 6414
Editor Ms. Trina Vinson [email protected] 07 32819180 A/H
Judges for Q.O.S. General Meeting on 8th July 2013
K. Webster, L. Lobley, B. Nicoll plus 3 more Judges. - Apologies from L. Calligros, D & K. Buhse
Next Committee Meeting at 6pm and also the
General Meeting, at 8pm both on 8th July, 2013 Venue:-: Red Hill Community Sports Centre
22 Fulcher Road, Red Hill
July Meeting Guest Speaker The President will present a power point program on
“Fabulous Vandaceous Intergenerics”By Robert Fuchs
The Queensland Orchid Society Inc. whose members contribute to this Bulletin,
endeavor to assure the reliability of it’s contents.
Any cultural advice provided is a guide only and may not suit individual growers.
It is the responsibility of the individual to validate such advice before applying suggested methods.
The Society welcomes potential members to come to the general meetings as our guests, & advise those wishing to join us that sub-
scription fees are $20.00 for a single, $25.00 for a family.
Other Orchid Societies interested in affiliating with us are advised that Society Affiliation is $30.00.
Payable on the 1st January each year.
Web Site
www.qos.org.au
PO Box 126
Browns Plains BC Qld 4118
Attention Judges There is an AOC Judges meeting, on Thursday, 11th. July, at 7.30pm at the Red Hill Community Sports Centre. The QOS Judges Meeting will be held immediately afterwards. If you have any topics that need to be discussed, please inform or email the Registrars before the meeting.
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QUEENSLAND ORCHID SOCIETY INC.
GENERAL MEETING
Red Hill Sports Club, 22 Fulcher Road, Red Hill
Minutes Monday 10th June, 2013
The President, Reg Illingworth, declared the meeting open at 8.05 pm and welcomed the members and
people from other Societies.
The President called for one minutes’ silence for Rodney Pendlebury who passed away a few days ago.
Our condolences go to his wife Anita and family, Rod will be well remembered by many.
The Judges at this meeting were –Les Vickers, Barry Kable and John Rooks.
Apologies: As per the attendance book.
Raffle: Reg announced details of the raffle for the evening and prompted members to obtain their tick-
ets. Ten raffle prizes were later presented. Thank you to the raffle ticket seller John Rooks
Correspondence: Members were advised that the Committee had attended to all routine correspondence
Financial Report: The Treasurer, Nick Woolley, presented the financial report for the month of May
2013 and moved acceptance. Seconded by Kevin Horsey. The treasurer’s report for May was on the
notice table for Members to check.
Guest Speaker: This evening, Maurie Page presented an interesting talk on
“The way he grows His Orchids”. his presentation was very interesting, plenty of handy hints.
Supper was then served, thank you Margaret Horsey for the “behind the scenes work” you do!
Plants Tabled –
John Rooks provided the plant commentary for the night. Thank you John.
The Lucky Exhibitor was Margaret Tierney.
PLEASE NOTE: The President, Reg, told the Members that in future the QOS Committee Meetings are
to be held on the second Monday of each month at 6pm until 7pm. This is the same night as the Gen-
eral Meeting. The General Meeting will commence at 8pm as usual. We do need at least two more
members to join the Committee, if you are interested please attend on Monday 8th July, at 6pm.
The Judges have asked that the members have their plants benched by 7.45pm at the latest Members
are asked not to interrupt the Judges for any reason whilst the plants are being Judged. Judges would
like to be able to finish their work quickly before the Guest Speaker commences
This notice will appear in the next few Bulletins.
The Plant of Special Interest was, Dracontia tuerckhoimii owned by Gary Yong Gee. Details will
appear in the Bulletin.
Reg thanked Ann Kable for attending to the benching and also for acting as a steward for the Judges.
Reg also thanked Gordon Grant, Tom Jenkins & Maree Illingworth for setting up the hall. We do need
two more people to help slide the chairs into place.
Closure: As there was no further business the President closed the meeting at approx. 9.50pm and
wished all members and visitors a safe journey home.
The Committee Meeting will commence at 6pm till 7pm before the General Meeting (8pm as usual) on
Monday, 8th July at the Red Hill Community Sports Centre, Red Hill.
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SHOWS FOR JULY 2013
Caboolture OS 5/6 July, Morayfield Community Complex, Morayfield Road
Nambour OS 5/7 July, Nambour Garden Expo Showgrounds
North Queensland OS 17/19 July, Cairns Agriculture Show, Showgrounds Mulgrave Road
John Oxley District OS 20/21 July, Auditorium, Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-tha
Toowoomba OS 27 July, St. Paul’s Hall, Cnr James & Phillips Streets
The Australian Native Orchid Society (Qld) - Kabi Group Inc Conference and Show is on
22/25 August 2013, make your booking for this Conference now. Ring the Secretary, Marilyn Corbin
on 3399 9208.
Boonah Charity Show will be on again this year on 19/20th October. Special Sarcostylis sections
and the usual orchid sections as well as some foliage classes. Remember this is a Charity Show.
SPECIAL INTEREST PLANT
JUNE 2013
Exhibitor’s Plant Name
Dracontia tuerckhoimii
Owner’s Name Gary Yong Gee
JUDGE’S COMMENTS: An interesting plant not
seen on the benches very often, very well grown.
OWNERS COMMENTS: Housing: Covered House with misting system under automatic control to keep humidity up during
Summer.
Watering In Winter the plant is watered once a week.
Feeding Program: The plant is fed about once per week during warmer months with HSO12
Potting Medium The Medium is Perlite and Canadian peat moss
9 parts perlite: 1 part peat moss
Other Cultural Comments The plant needs high humidity and water when racemes form.
Flowers are short lived lasting about one week.
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JUDGES’ CHOICE - HYBRID:
1 Paph. James Bacon x malipoense L Vickers
2 Onc. (Tiger Butter x Land Breeze) M Tierney
3 Rlc. Chincogan ‘Belle’ K & M Horsey
JUDGES’ CHOICE - SPECIES: 1 L. anceps H & C Edwards
2 Aerth. ramosa B & A Kable
3 Bulb. echinolabium G. Yong Gee
CATTLEYA EXHIBITION OVER 90mm 1. Rlc. Chincogan ‘Belle’ K & M Horsey
2. Rlc. Karen’s Sunrise H & C Edwards
3. Lc. Angel Love H & C Edwards
CATTLEYA EXHIBITION UP TO 90mm 1. Rly. Maili’s Surprise ‘Aisaka’ K & M Horsey
CATTLEYA NON-EXHIBITION: 1. Bsn. Maikai ‘Mayumi’ B & A Kable
DENDROBIUM 1. Den. Memoria Stan Laffey G Grant
2. Den. Pam Misra x Orglades Black Sapphire
X (Den. Pennies x Dal’s Glory G Grant
3. Den. Nopporn Green Star G Grant
PAPHIOPEDILUM EXHIBITION 1. Paph. Neridah ‘Tierdon’ M Tierney
2. Paph. Jim’s World ‘Faye’ I R Kidd
3. Paph. Orchilla ‘Chilton’ G Grant
PAPHIOPEDILUM OTHER: 1. Paph. James Bacon x malipoense L Vickers
2. Paph. Formosa Lady L Vickers
3. Paph. Prime Child ‘Nugget’ L Vickers
ONCIDIUM ALLIANCE: 1. Onc. (Tiger Butter ‘Croyden’ x Land Breeze M Tierney
2. Alcra. Winter Wonderland ‘White Fairy’ T Jenkins
3. Ons. Wildcat ‘Bloodshot’ M Tierney
ONCIDIUM EQUITANT: 1. Onc, Sharry Baby ‘Sweet Fragrance’ G Grant
VANDACEOUS: 1. V. Goodwin’s Pink Sapphire G Grant
2. V. Pachara Delight G Grant
3. V. Garrett Goodwin G Grant
PHALAENOPSIS: 1. Phal. Ox Honey G Grant
2. Phal. Sun Jye Diamond R & M Illingworth
3. Phal. Sin-Yaun Golden Beauty B & A Kable
ANY OTHER GENERA 1. Cyc. barthiorum B & A Kable
2. Phrag. Noirmont B & A Kable
SPECIES SYMPODIAL : 1 L. anceps H & C Edwards
2 Bulb. echinolabium G Yong Gee
3 Paph. chamberlainianum M Tierney
SPECIES OTHER: 1. Aerth. ramosa B & A Kable
2. Gastrochilus rutilans G Yong Gee
3. V. lamellate M Tierney
AUSTRALIAN NATIVE SPECIES: 1. Ptst. collina G Yong Gee
AUSTRALIAN NATIVE HYBRID: 1. Den. kingianum ‘Red Baron’ x
(Den. King Leaney x Yondi) B & A Kable
Orchids with an * asterix after the name indicates
the plant has been registered. Please change your
name tag.
PLEASE NOTE
The July Committee Meeting will be held on the 8th July commencing at 6pm at the Red Hill
Community Sports Centre, 22 Fulcher Road, Red Hill. This meeting will precede the Monthly General
Meeting which commences at 8pm, the usual time.
Judges have requested that members bench their plants before 7.45pm when Judging will commence.
Judges have asked that they are not to be interrupted by Members for any reason during the judging.
This would allow time for Judges to finish their work and be able to listen to our speaker.
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Photography by Reg Illingworth
Paph. Exhibition Judges Choice Species
Plant :- L.anceps
Grower :- H & C Edwards Plant :-Paph. Neridah ‘Tierdon’
Grower :- M Tierney
Plant :- Onc. (Tiger Butter ‘Croyden’
x Land Breeze
Grower :-M Tierney
Plant :- Bsn. Maikai ‘Mayumi’
Grower :- B & A Kable
Plant:- Den. Memoria Stan Laffey
Grower:- G Grant
Plant: Cyc. barthiorum
Grower: B & A Kable
Plant :- Phal. Ox Honey
Grower:- G Grant
Plant :- V. Goodwin’s Pink Sapphire
Grower :- G Grant
Plant :- Den. kingianum ’Red Baron’
x (Den. King Leaney x Yondi
Grower :- B & A Kable
Plant :- Rlc. Chincogan ‘Belle’
Grower :- K & M Horsey
Plant :-Rly. Maili’s Surprise ‘Aisaka’
Grower :- K & M Horsey
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Julian M.H. Shaw, Senior Registrar, Royal Horticultural Society.
The need to bring the nomenclature used in the International register of orchid hybrids, or Sander’s
List as it is often called, into line with that presented in Genera Orchidacearum volume 6, provides
an opportunity to review the names of hybrid genera employed. These names have been published
in many different sources without coordination, and before the advent of comprehensive nomencla-
tural databases, it could be a very difficult task to check if a suitable name already existed. Hence
there is much duplication which necessitates the provision of the present list.
The list presented below has been generated from the Royal Horticultural Society’s registration da-
tabase, which contains all known hybrid generic names used for orchids. The list was originally
complied from Sander’s List of Orchid Hybrids and Addenda, as well as other sources including the
list of hybrid genera prepared by Garay and Sweet appearing in Carl Withner’s The Orchids, Scien-
tific Studies (1974), and the appendix to Hawkes, Encyclopaedia of Cultivated Orchids (1965). There
is also the extensive list prepared by Peter Hunt that appears in The handbook on orchid nomencla-
ture and registration 4th edition (1993). Peter Hunt also provided all the orchid hybrid entries in J. C.
Willis, A dictionary of the flowering plants and ferns, 8th edition (1973). These sources have all been
compared as has IPNI (International Plant Names Index, available at http://www.ipni.org) which is
an on-line successor to Index Kewensis. In most cases it has been possible to check the original
place of publication to determine: that valid publication was effected, the original spelling of the
name, the author(s), date of publication and to correct bibliographic details where necessary.
The date of publication is important in nomenclature as it establishes the age of the name, as op-
posed to the age of the hybrid. Most lists of hybrid genera focus on the date of making (pollination) or
first flowering of a new hybrid combination. While that is of horticultural and historical interest it is
the date of effective publication of the name that has to be used determine which name has date pri-
ority, (that is, the oldest), over others of the same application.
The above stages result in an unrefined list of published names. The next process is to compare each
name with the requirements of the current edition of the ICN (International code of nomenclature for
Algae, Fungi, and Plants). This reduces the number of usable names still further, as the following ex-
amples
illustrate.x Lyonara was coined to name the hybrid Trichoglottis x Vanda. However names for
bigeneric hybrids have to be constructed from parts of the two component genera rather than after a
person, so the later replacement name x Trichovanda has to be used.
When recognising Papilionanthe as distinct from Vanda, Garay and Sweet reused several hybrid ge-
neric names prefixing them with neo- while adding Papilionanthe to the component formula. Hence x
Christieara was renamed x Neochristieara, while this might have been acceptable if the name was
typifyable, it failed to satisfy the requirements of Art. H.6.4.x Opsisandra was published in 1949 for
Vanda x Vandopsis, but this fails to use the ‘first part of one genus, and part or whole of the sec-
ond’ (Art. H.6.2.), since it uses the last part of both. Hence the replacement name x Vanvanda is
now used. Similarly x Vandopsisvanda could not be used as it uses the whole of both generic names.
x Hawaiiara and x Singaporeara could not be used as they are not based on a the name of a person.
x Phalaerianda was published in 1951 for Aerides x Phalaenopsis x Vanda. Shortly afterwards, at the
request of the registrant, the then registrar published a replacement name x Tanakaria for the same
hybrid formula. However this later name cannot displace the earlier x Phalaerianda which remains
the accepted name. Once published botanical names cannot be changed unless there is a provision
or requirement to do so under the ICN. This illustrates an oft misunderstood point: grex names are
registered, while hybrid generic names are published as botanical names and are governed by a sepa-
rate code of nomenclature.
Finally, the surviving names must apply to the correct hybrid formula. The name of a hybrid genus is
regarded as a condensed formula, even if it is named for a person, rather than being constructed
from elements of the names of its constituent genera. One consequence is that hybrid generic names
cannot be typified, and hence have different properties to typified generic names. If a component
genus changes its name or becomes a synonym then every hybrid genus whose formula contains that
generic name immediately becomes invalid. Hence the reduction of Ascocentrum to Vanda had the
consequence of making all the hybrid generic names that contained Ascocentrum as a component un-
usable.
Caveat. In the following list it is the generic limits used in Genera Orchidacearum that have been
used. Hence the prompt ‘Use x Genus’, applies only within the context of that work. Recognition of
other genera treated in GO as synonyms or described since, will render these prompts unreliable.
See AOS Website https://www.aos.org/ for more information on this matter.