Southern Suburbs Orchid Society Inc.

Don’t forget to pencil into your diaries this wonderful annual event which is organised by the Orchid Societies Council of Victoria (OSCOV) every August – The Melbourne Orchid Spectacular 2018.

• When: Friday 24 August 2018 (9:00am to 4:00pm), Saturday 25 August 2018 (9:00am to 4:00pm) and Sunday 26 August 2018 (9:00am to 4:00pm)
• Where: Boxhall Pavilion, KCC Park (State Dog Centre), 655 Western Port Highway, Skye
• Entry cost: $10

Come and visit us at our Southern Suburbs Orchid Society (SSOS) stand.

Here are some highlights from participating clubs at last year’s Melbourne Orchid Spectacular – 2017

Maroondah Orchid Society display

Australian Native Orchid Society’s Diplodium aff robustum

North East Melbourne Orchid Society Paphiopedilum display

Yarra Valley Orchid Society’s Dendrobium speciosum

Wimmera Orchid Club’s Sartylis ‘Blue Knob’

Maroondah Orchid Society’s Dendrochilum tenellum ‘Fuzzy’

Gippsland Orchid Club’s Masdevallia Machu Pichu ‘Jay Vee’

Southern Suburbs Orchid Society’s Sarah Jean ‘Jennifer’

Orchid Species Society of Victoria’s Ada aurantiara

South Gippsland Orchid Society display

West Gippsland Orchid Club’s Pleurothallis restrepiodes

Ringwood Orchid Society’s Cattleya Momrani Rainbow ‘Buttercup’

Bayside Orchid Society’s Cymbidium Cherry Blossum ‘Profusion’

Berwick Orchid Club display

Mornington Peninsula Orchid Society’s Paphiopedilum Hsing Dragon x Macabre

Dandenong & District Orchid Club display

Geelong Orchid & Indoor Plant Club display

Melbourne Eastern Orchid Society’s Pterostylis curta

The Hanging Garden’s Dendrobium Aemulum ‘Star Shower’

Devon Meadows Orchids Cymbidium Pink Splendour x Flaming Magic

Cymbidium Orchid Society of Victoria’s Cymbidium Templestowe Charm ‘Strawberry’

phalaenopsis

Dendrobium soft cane Terance Read

Phalaenopsis (pink spot) aka Moth Orchid

Tiger orchid

Vanda ‘Rose Davis’

dendrobium harveyum

Cattleya pumila

Phalaenopsis (Blue)

Prosthecea cocleata

Dendrobium primulinum

Cattleya Dal’s Tradition ‘Wow’

Murray Harding from Dandenong and District Orchid Club will enlighten us on some of the orchids he saw on his recent trip to Singapore in April 2018

When:  Wednesday 1st August, 2018 – 8.00 p.m. start
Where: N.G.Wishart Senior Citizens Hall, 964 Nepean Hwy, Moorabbin. (Melways Ref. Map 77: D6)

Tea, coffee and light refreshments are included. Feel free to ‘bring a plate’.

• This session is suitable for all orchid lovers and growers, from beginners through to experienced growers.

Early session: This is run by our erstwhile Show Marshal Bob Harrison. Bring along your questions and/or problem plants. This session will start at 7:30 p.m.

• For regular members – Don’t forget to bring along your seedlings for the monthly recall Sarc. Elise ‘Babylon’ x Fitzhart ‘Sunset’ and Cymbid. erythraeum

Visitors and interested guests are always welcome, so remember to bring a friend – bring many!

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We went by bus
Or drove our car,
For a trip to Geelong
is not very far.

We saw, we spent,
We lunched, we admired,
And a few more orchids
We all acquired.

This year it was Geelong Orchid & Indoor Plant Club’s turn to host the annual Victorian Country Club challenge. This splendid event is held around the country regions of Victoria each July and showcases a wide variety of orchid varieties which can be grown and flowered in a mid-winter.

Many thanks to the host club for their great efforts and to all those who helped feed the hungry hordes and the many vendors who brought along their sales plants. No one left empty-handed, for we all know that there is indeed always room for ‘one more orchid‘!

Here are some highlights

Geelong Orchid & Indoor Plant Cub’s Masdevallias

Ballarat Orchid Society’s Miltoniopsis Up Country Puna ‘Keaau Star’

Bendigo Orchid Club stand

Sunraysia Orchid Club’s Vanda JVB x Vanda Gordon Dillon ‘Lea’

Goulburn Valley Orchid Society’s Christmas in July themed display

Horsham & District Orchid Society’s Ada ocanensis

Warrnambool & District Orchid Society display

Mid Murray Orchid Club Display

Sale & District Orchid Club’s Cymbidium After Midnight

Cobden & District Orchid Club Display

Stawell Orchid Society’s Sarcoglottis ventricosa

Horsham & District Orchid Society’s Cymbidium Highlander ‘December Charm’

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Stenoglottis longifolia Champion Specimen Orchid & Champion Any Other Species SSOS Autumn Show 2018

Dendrobium Hilda Poxon

Oncidium Tolumnia

Popular vote Tie: Paphiopedilum Double Arrow x Jazz

Orchidelerium – Is this the inbuilt swoon of a sensation one experiences when they review their recent acquisitions? A name for the precursor of what is to become a person’s hobby-cum-obsession, or something that spans back over the millennia which has helped provide fascination, myths and focus in the arts. Find out what our club member Maria has unearthed in her research on orchidaceae and the arts.

• Speaker: Maria Fraraccio – Orchidelerium: Orchids in Myth, Literature and Film

When:  Wednesday 4th July, 2018 – 8.00 p.m. start
Where: N.G.Wishart Senior Citizens Hall, 964 Nepean Hwy, Moorabbin (Melways Ref. Map 77: D6)

Tea, coffee and light refreshments are included. Feel free to ‘bring a plate’.

• This session is suitable for all orchid lovers and growers, from beginners through to experienced growers.

Early session: This is run by our erstwhile Show Marshal Bob Harrison. Bring along your questions and/or problem plants. This session will start at 7:30 p.m.

• For regular members – Don’t forget to bring along your seedlings for the monthly recall Sarc. Elise ‘Babylon’ x Fitzhart ‘Sunset’ and Cymbidium erythraeum

Visitors and interested guests are always welcome, so remember to bring a friend – bring many!

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The results from the Southern Suburbs Orchid Society (SSOS) Popular Vote and Judges Vote from our June meeting are:

Oncidium sotoanum

Paphiopedilum Dramatic Chantal Aloha

Judges Vote: Oncidium sotoanum and Popular Vote: Paphiopedilum Dramatic Chantal ”Aloha

Other monthly winners can be viewed on our 2018 Judges vs People page.

• Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday 4th July, 2018 – 8.00 p.m. start at the  N.G.Wishart Senior Citizens Hall, 964 Nepean Hwy, Moorabbin. (Melways Ref. Map 77: D6)

Early session: This is run by our erstwhile Show Marshal Bob Harrison. Bring along your questions and/or problem plants. This session will start at 7:30 p.m.

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Paphiopedilums aka Slipper Orchids

Habenaria medusa

Bulbophyllum Elizabeth Ann ‘Buckleberry’

Sarcochilus Melodic George Colthrup x Melody)

Dockrillia linguiformis ‘Button orchid’

Habenaria medusa

Sarcochilus Fiery Twin (Fiery Glow ‘Purple Star’ x Duno Nicky’s Twin ‘Eloise’)

Paphiopedilum P John Francis x Nightarrow

Vanda coerulea

Oncidium flexuosum

Our guest speaker for the Southern Suburbs Orchid Society (SSOS) June 2018 meeting is Michael Coker, who is the current President of the Orchid Societies Council of Victoria (OSCOV) and the North East Melbourne Orchid Society (NEMOS). In 2014 he was the recipient of the Gerald McCraith Award, Victorian Species of the Year, sponsored by Orchid Species Society of Victoria (OSSV) for his Habenaria medusa ‘Gem’ (HCC/CBM).

• Michael Coker will talk about ‘Growing a mixed collection from cool to hot growing orchid varieties’ and provide some insight into different ways of growing them in our cooler south-eastern climate.
• He has an impressive collection of orchids spanning over 160 genera from paphiopedilums, terrestrials and other genera grown in pots or on boards and mounts.

On Friday 16 February 2018 at 6:30 pm, ABC Gardening Australia broadcast an enchanting episode entitled My Garden Path: The Cokers which featured both Michael and his father Julian Coker, who explained why they are so passionate about orchids. (Run time: 07:31 mins).

• Don’t miss this important presentation at SSOS. You will be surprised with how much you do not know about orchids and orchid culture.

When:  Wednesday 6th June, 2018 – 8.00 p.m. start
Where: N.G.Wishart Senior Citizens Hall, 964 Nepean Hwy, Moorabbin. (Melways Ref. Map 77: D6)

Tea, coffee and light refreshments are included. Feel free to ‘bring a plate’.

• This session is suitable for all orchid lovers and growers, from beginners through to experienced growers.

Early session: This is run by our erstwhile Show Marshal Bob Harrison. Bring along your questions and/or problem plants. This session will start at 7:30 p.m.

• For regular members – Don’t forget to bring along your seedlings for the monthly recall Sarc. Elise ‘Babylon’ x Fitzhart ‘Sunset’ and Cymbid. erythraeum

Visitors and interested guests are always welcome, so remember to bring a friend – bring many!

Southern Suburbs Orchid Society:  Website | About Us |  Contact Us | Facebook |Twitter

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