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Contents of Newsletter

  • Report on the May Meeting:
  • Details for this coming meeting:
  • Information Session by Robert Reilly.
  • Guest Presenter Ian Wintle.
  • Mini Show Winners.
  • Upcoming Events.
  • 2021 Meeting Information.

Editor: Maxim Wilson maxim.wilson@internode.on.net.

Library Books Outstanding

The effects of COVID-19 are being felt far and wide. Needless to say, there were quite a few people who borrowed books from the library prior to the pandemic commencing in February 2020.
It is now time to return those books as soon as possible. Please check your library and if you are unsure contact us and we can confirm whether you have a book outstanding.
Thank you.
Members Meeting 16th June  Members Meeting 15th. July.
 
Info Session
Robert Reilly on Bromeliad Glossary.
Info Session
Stevan Molnar on Novelty Mounting..
Plant of the Month -
Catopsis by Pam Butler.
Plant of the Month
Orthophytum with Barbara Murray
Guest Speaker - Ian Wintle. Guest Speaker – tba.
Topic - Aroids and Colour. Topic -
Competition - Popular Vote (see below) Competition - Mini Show (see below)
Information Session 
Making Decorative Displays with Christine Brittain, who has regularly entered Displays into this section of the competition.
Christine starts with the concept, then finds a plant to achieve this. She visits second hand shops and the like for items for use as a basis  for a Display. A frame is often useful.
When complete, best take a photograph and evaluate the final effect.
Finding a snappy name can be a challenge,

Here are a couple of Christine's creations.


Thanks Christine for your presentation.

Peter Paroz presented Plant of the Month, Ananas.

Peter worked for many years in the laboratory of the Golden Circle Pineapple Cannery at Northgate, so had a personal professional interest in the pineapple, an Ananas.
https://www.goldencircle.com.au/our-story

Ananas has five botanical varieties of Ananas cosmosus, formerly regarded as separate species. There are 45 cultivars on the BCR.
Peter focussed on the cultivation of Ananas.
After 12 to 20 months, the stem grows into a spike-like inflorescence up to 15 cm long with over 100 spirally arranged flowers, each subtended by a bract.The ovaries develop into berries, which coalesce into a large, compact, multiple fruit. Multiple fruits are seen in figs, mulberries, and breadfruit.The fruit of a pineapple is usually arranged in two interlocking helices. Typically there are eight in one direction and 13 in the other, each being a Fibonacci number
Ananas typically has spiny leaves Top of the fruit forms a terminal offset, unique to bromeliads.

The eyes of the pineapple can develop into clusters of plantlets.
And the fruit can develop basal offsets.
Ananas thrive in the South East Queensland climate.
potting mix: ideally has good aeration, moisture retention,
and a long life (to avoid repotting).
Garden soil is adequate, but clay needs added gypsum.
Fertiliser: commercial pineapples give better yields with potassium sulphate than with potassium chloride (KCl.)
His preferred N:P:K is 14/2.6/21. Magnesium is needed, as is soluble calcium, given as calcium nitrate in dilute solution.
Potassium deficiency causes leaf tip die back in the oldest leaves.
Nitrogen influences leaf colour. Optimum amounts produce the ideal pale green leaf. Inadequate nitrogen causes yellow leaf, too much causes dark green leaves.
Pests:
One disease damages the tips of roots and leads to a ‘witches broom effect’.
Nematodes, a type of worm, is a problem with commercial production, but not in potted plants.
Thankyou Peter for an interesting presentation.

Main Speaker was John Olsen 
His topic: ‘He saw, She saw!’

John and his wife Sherree traveled all over South America for 9 weeks, from Galapagos to Rio de Janiero, from Argentina to Bolivia.
Each took a camera, and the results revealed very different (and amusing) interests, and resulted a more complete understanding of the vast continent.
John is a fisherman, and both caught the colourful peacock bass
in the mighty Amazon.

T paraensis yielded seed which John brought home.

Then to the Copacabana Beach crowded in the summer.
Nearby was a cannonball tree, colonised by a T stricta.


The cannonball tree (Couroupita guianensis)is a member of the Brazil nut family. 
Then to Iguazu Falls with roaring cascade of water

 but not to be missed were the many T tenufolia in the trees
thriving in the mist from the falls.

Over to Buenos Aires to visit Eva Peron’s mausoleum

which wasn’t complete without a T areanthos!

Then to Pisac with Tillandsias on rocks

as well as Puyas in the ground.

Machu Pichu in Peru was next with its stunning ruins, but incomplete without bromeliads. Till confertiflora!


At Cusco John found T biflora

Moon Valley near La Paz, Bolivia had a few bromeliads,
while Galápagos Islands had none


tortoise, frigate bird and iguana.
at Cusco, he found this attractive Tillandsia. 


Thanks John for a very entertaining presentation.

Problem Corner.
The editor showed a couple of Tillandsia xerographica that were growing well, but got covered by sooty mound. They lost that lovely silver grey appearance. I sprayed one with Confidor and tried to rub off the mould next day with a cloth, with minor improvement.

Sooty moulds are fungi which cover plant leaves, stems and twigs in a black sticky substance. In almost all cases, the sooty mould is secondary to an infestation of insects that secrete honeydew. These insects include aphids, scale, mealybugs and white flies.
Suggestions from the audience included hang them in full sun, treat with dilute soapy water, and spray with a water jet.

Popular Vote

Novice
1st Dyckia ‘Yellow Gold’ by John Williamson.

1st Cryptanthus ‘Thriller’ by John Williamson.

2nd Neoregelia ‘Treasure Chest’ by Coni Smits.

3rd Vriesea 'Black Opal' by Coni Smits.
3rd Neoregelia 'Pink Deb' x 'Medisa Guy' by Sue Hall.
3rd Vriesea Stan Walkley hybrid by John Williamson.

Intermediate
1st Tillandsia complanata by Maxim Wilson.

2nd Encholirium horridum by Ric Cairns.

2nd Guzmania hybrid by Graeme Stay.
3rd Neoregelia 'Palmares' by Pam Butler.
3rd Aechmea araneosa by David and Evelyn Rees.

Advanced:

1st Tillandsia jalisco-monticola by Barry Kable.

2nd Neoregelia ‘Palmares’ by Barry Kable.

3rd Orthophytum ‘Warren Loose’ by Barry Kable.

Decorative 

1st ’Spider’s Web’ by Steve Molnar.

2nd ‘Rock-a-bye Tilly’ by Gilda Trudu.

3rd 'Curly on Fire' by Alfonso Trudu.

3rd 'All About Red' by Gilda Trudu.

3rd 'A Gift' by Alfonso Trudu.

 

The proceeds of the raffle at our Autumn Show were donated to
the Gumdale State School Kitchen Garden Project.

The last donation was for $1,500 and this photo shows the cheque,
held by Kirsty Hiscock and John Williamson, while Pam Butler holds the
Certificate of Appreciation awarded by the school.

Treasurers Report on the Autumn Show.
John Olsen: 5,880 plants were sold for $114,000, yielding $16,800 commission. Overall, our Society made $15,500 profit.

Subscriptions to BSQ
Membership payments made for the 2020 year
were rolled over to include 2021,
therefore no membership payments are due
till later this year to cover 2022.

Upcoming Events
 

New Growers Sessions are held monthly on the first or second Saturday of the month.
9 to 11am at Pam Butler’s place,
14 Sunset Grove, Samford Valley.

contact Pam at 0423173859 or
Email- pbutler628@gmail.com
RSVP is required.

Tillandsia Study Group
June 13th was The Tillandsia Workshop at Kedron Wavell RSL.
July is at Robert Reilly’s home.
August is at Nev Ryan’s home.
September is at Bruce Dunstan’s home.
October is at John Olsen’s home.
November is at Pam Butler’s home with a BBQ
.

The Annual Tillandsia Workshop was held Sunday 13th June, at Kedron Wavell RSL.

The first BSI Judges School was held on Sunday 18th April. There are two Judges Schools a year,
each on a Sunday, over three years, a total of six.
Contact Narelle Aizelwood on aizlen51@gmail.com

EKKA Display will go ahead in August.
Denise Ball will coordinate creating the BSQ Display,
and helpers are needed. RNA Showgrounds.


Volunteer Day is on 29.8.21 and is by invitation to those who volunteered to support our Society functions in the past year.

Christmas Party is on
S
aturday 4th December 12 noon to 4pm 
Venue: Function Room at Victoria Park Golf Complex.
There will be a 2 course meal with Christmas Cake to follow.
Limited drinks. Large Bromeliad Raffle.

Cost: Members $40, Non members $50.
Payment: EFT or Bank Deposit only.
BSB 633-000  ACC 177-006-277

The World Bromeliad Conference has been rescheduled
for June 8-12, 2022, changed from June 2021.

Video of a talk by Prof Dr Leonard Versieux titled
Alcantareas: Giant Bromeliads of Brazil. 
Lasts 1hr 43mins.
https://youtu.be/Fn_NhlzevWo

 

2021 Meeting Information

Meeting Show Schedule

Month Show
January  
February Popular Vote – any genus species and hybrids + novelty bromeliad display
March Popular Vote – any genus species and hybrids + novelty bromeliad display
April Mini Show
Class 1 – Bromelioideae not listed elsewhere in Schedule, species & Hybrids
(Acanthostachys, Ananas, Androlepis, Araeococcus, Bromelia, Canistropsis, Canistrum, Edmundoa, Fascicularia, Hohenbergia, Hohenbergiopsis, Neoglaziovia, Nidularium, Ochagavia, Orthophytum, Portea, Quesnelia, Ursulaea, Wittrockia)
Class 2 – Guzmania species and hybrids
Class 3 – Pitcairnia species and hybrids
Class 4 – any other flowering bromeliad species and hybrids
Class 5 – species
May Popular Vote – any genus species and hybrids + novelty bromeliad display
June Popular Vote – any genus species and hybrids + novelty bromeliad display
July Mini Show
Class 1 – Billbergia
Class 2 – Tillandsioideae not listed elsewhere in Schedule, species & hybrids (Alcantarea, Catopsis, Mezobromelia, Racinaea, Werauhia)
Class 3 – Neoregelia up to 200mm diameter when mature, species & hybrids
Class 4 – any other flowering bromeliad species and hybrids
Class 5 – species
August Popular Vote – any genus species and hybrids + novelty bromeliad display
September Popular Vote – any genus species and hybrids + novelty bromeliad display
October Mini Show
Class 1 – Neoregelia over 200mm diameter when mature, species & hybrids
Class 2 – Tillandsia species & hybrids
Class 3 – Pitcairnioideae not listed elsewhere in Schedule, species & hybrids
(Brocchinioideae, Lindmanioideae, Hechtioideae (= Hechtia), Puyoideae (= Puya), Navioideae, Pitcairnioideae (= Deuterocohnia, Encholirium, Fosterella)
Class 4 – any other flowering bromeliad species & hybrids
Class 5 – species
November Popular Vote – any genus species and hybrids + novelty bromeliad display
December No Meeting


Plant of the Month Schedule and Meeting Dates

Month Date Plant
January 17th  
February 21st Stigmatodon
March 18th AGM Orthophytums
April 15th Fosterellas.
May 16th Acanthostachys
June 17th Catopsis
July 15th Orthophytum
August 19th Spring-Flowering Tillandsias
September 16th Portea and Quesnelia
October 21st Wallisia
November 18st Billbergia
December 4th. Christmas Party
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