Tully & District Orchid Society Inc.

A few orchids while walking through Toni Schoisengeier's this morning

My brassia blooms again

Beautiful Orchid donated by Charlie and Jane Robino for the Tully Orchid Club raffle to contribute to the AOC subscription, many thanks for a wonderful day

Thank you Locky (Lachlan Marshall) for another informative presentation on Saturday for our first meeting in 2023. We learned all about Grammotophyllum speciosum, commonly known as the tiger orchid, or the giant orchid.

It is listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's tallest orchid, with specimens recorded up to 7.62 metres (25 ft) in height. (Wiki)

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Merry Christmas to all members. Hope you have a safe and wonderful Christmas and New Year. See you at the next meeting with all your flowering orchids...happy potting

I'm sure there will be a lot of hybrid Phals (via Bunnings, BIG W etc) given at Christmas. Here's an article I wrote for the Horticultural Media Association Australia (HMAA) with a few of my tips for growing.

Your first flowering Fail n opsis: but not your last (Potted Phalaenopsis) tips - Horticultural Media Association With Christmas approaching a lot of potted flowering Phalaenopsis’ will be offered as gifts. Here’s how to look after them. You have your first flowering Phally. So many emotions when you get your first orchid, especially if it’s a gift. So beautiful. “It’s gonna die.” you think. But it ...

I'm gonna be benching oh yeah, yes I am, uh huh

It's with regret that we advise that our life time member Allan Hughes passed away on Sunday night 16/Oct/22.

His funeral will be on Friday 21/10/22 at 1.30pm at Holy Trinity Anglican Church McIlwraith Street Ingham.

Our sincere condolences to Allan's family.