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These are some of the finalists in the members virtual voting competition for April.

RMC. Lulu ‘Southern Cross’ 950x C. Coudebec ‘Southern Cross’ [Grower: T Liston]

Cymbid Blazing Dream ‘Paragold’ [Grower: E Kelly]

Coelogyne Mem. William Micholitz ‘Burnham’ [Grower: T Liston]

Beallara Tahoma Glacier [Grower: C Scerri]

Den Aussie Parade ‘Carrot Splash’ x Star of Gold ‘Boronia’ [Grower: M Caruana]

Brassolaelia Cattleya Hawaiian Passion ‘Carmella’ [Grower: S Craven]

Miltonia guanabara [Grower: T Hill]

Den Gilleston Reward x Den Graham Hewitt [Grower: T Hill]

Epidendrum unknown [Grower: J Derhaml]

• Here is the complete list of 27 entries for the Members-Only April Virtual Voting competition.
• See other monthly entries in our What’s Flowering in 2021 pages.

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The April Member’s Virtual Voting competition saw 17 entries over the three member categories and the winners this month are:

Miltonia guanabara [Grower: J Derhaml]

Den Mingle’s Sapphire ‘Garth’ x gonzalesii ‘Babylon’ [Grower: M Caruana]

Oncidium Goodale Moir [Grower: E Kelly]

OPEN: Oncidium Goodale Moir – Elaine Kelly
INTERMEDIATE: Den Mingle’s Sapphire’Garth’ xgonzalesii ‘Babylon’ – Mary Caruana
NOVICE: Miltonia guanabara – Jo Derham

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Southern Suburbs Orchid Society (SSOS) had their first benching competition in the Wishart Hall in March 2021, the first since March 2020 and the winning entries in the  competition are:

NOVICE SECTION

Cymbidium Sarah Jean ‘Jennifer’

Lc Bernardine Keady ‘White Jewel’

Masdevallia unknown (Novice)

Cymbidium Unknown

INTERMEDIATE SECTION

Masdevallia Hot Shot ‘Tiger Tails’

Gongora galeata

Laelia anceps x pumila

Colmanara Wildcat ‘ bobcat’

Epidendrum Orange

OPEN SECTION

Cattleya Mini Purple ‘Castle Creek’

Cattleya pumila var coerulea

Epidendrum Pacific Sparkler ‘Fireworks’

Cattleya Jungle Beau ‘Velvet Lip’

Cattleya Dendi’s Bee

See other monthly entries in our What’s Flowering in 2021 pages.

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Epidendrum (Encyclias) ‘Ciliare’ [Grower: E Kelly]

Epi Red [Grower: L Bunning]

Epi ‘Purple Queen’ [Grower: L Bunning]

Epi Pink [Grower: L Bunning]

Epi ‘Orange Flame’ [Grower: L Bunning]

Epi Red [Grower: J Derham]

Epi Purple [Grower: J Derham]

Our March virtual voting competition included one phalaenopsis, burrageara, cymbidium, colmanara, LC, dendrobium and vanda; 3 oncidiums, 4 gongoras, 5 stanhopeas and 7 epi’s; making them the epi-centre of the competition!

• • Here is the complete list of 26 entries for the Members-Only March Virtual Voting competition.
  • See other monthly entries in our What’s Flowering in 2021 pages.

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Southern Suburbs Orchid Society (SSOS) is pleased to announce that we have been able to return to monthly meetings at the N.G. Wishart Hall, Moorabbin. Our first meeting was a trivia quiz night in February, and our second meeting was held on Wednesday 3rd March, 2021 – a year on from our last meeting in 2020. This time, SSOS members were allowed to bring their flowering orchids for judging. Hence, we have a March Meeting result:

Unanimous decisions by judges and members who all voted for:

Cattleya Jungle Beau ‘Velvet Lip’

OPEN: Cattleya Jungle Beau ‘Velvet Lip’ – Craig Trainor

View our 2021 monthly winners on our Popular Vote page.

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Well, they are all orchids and they are all winners.

Southern Suburbs Orchid Society (SSOS) Committee has decided to continue the monthly members Virtual Voting competition for 2021. This enables members to show their flowering plants at their best, or if they are unable to bring them along to a meeting, such as too big, attached to trees, flowering display period is too narrow (i.e. Stanhopeas) or members who are not able to attend the monthly meeting.

The rules for this competition remain the same:

• Each member is eligible to submit up to 5 currently-flowering plants for the specified time period and members can vote for the flowering orchid they like; similar to the in-house popular vote contest, but does not include the formal official Judges vote.
• Members place one vote for their favourite in each of the three member categories OPEN, INTERMEDIATE and NOVICE.
• The monthly virtual voting competition is located in the Members Only section of our website.

March Members virtual vote winners:

Vanda hybrid ‘Pak Chong Blue’ [Grower: H Aberl]

Burrageara ‘Nelly Isler’ [Grower: M Caruana]

Gongora galeata [Grower: M Fraraccio]

OPEN: Vanda hybrid ‘Pak Chong Blue’ – Herbert Aberl
INTERMEDIATE: Burrageara ‘Nelly Isler’ – Mary Caruana
NOVICE: Gongora Galeata – Maria Fraraccio

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The winners of our Members Only February Virtual Voting Competition are:

Gongora galeata [Grower: T Liston]

Laelia Cattleya Mauve [Grower: J Summers]

Dendrobium densiflorum [Grower: V Hayes]

Epidendrum Comet Valley ‘Orange’ [Grower: J Derham]

OPEN: Gongora galeata [Grower: T Liston]
INTERMEDIATE: Laelia Cattleya Mauve [Grower: J Summers]
NOVICE: Two-way tie between Dendrobium densiflorum [Grower: V Hayes] and Epidendrum Comet Valley ‘Orange’ [Grower: J Derham]

Congratulations to everyone!

• To see all month’s winners  visit our 2021 Members Popular Vote page.

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Prosthechea prismatocarpa [Grower: V Hayes]

Encyclia Cochleata ‘Octopussy’ [Grower: T Liston]

Masdevallia Coccinea Litacina [Grower: M Caruana]

Cymbidium Vogels Magic ‘Waikanae’ Champagne Robin [Grower: A&J Randle]

Brassia Verrucosa [Grower: C Scerri]

Oncidium Banf Bicton Field [Grower: M Fraraccio]

Phalaenopsis [Unknown] [Grower: T Hill]

Dendrobium Gerald McCraith [Grower: E Kelly]

Dendrochilum Filiforme [Grower: S Craven]

D. Nobile ‘Cooksonii’ [Grower: J Derham]

Yes, as Alice Cooper once sang “School’s out for summer” and so is meeting in halls and other activities we were used to in pre-Covid19 days (but hopefully things may get better soon). But, that hasn’t stopped the members of Southern Suburbs Orchid Society from getting their cameras and camera phones out and taking photos of orchids from their collections and submitting them to our first virtual competition in January 2021.

We have never had a January competition before so it was fascinating to see what is in flower, in what is normally a very hot month. This is just a sample of the varied and quality entries we had.

• There were 42 entries in this competition and all are on display in the categories – Open, intermediate and Novice.

See all entries on our What’s Flowering in January 2021 page.

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