The Orchid Society of Canberra Newsletter
The Bulletin is the Society’s newsletter. It is produced every second month, with the first Bulletin produced in January 1986. It provides an overview of Society activities, growing tips and other orchid matters.
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Vol 40 No 6
Nov – Dec 2025
Minutes of September and October meetings. Spring Show results, Black Mountain orchid walk (Derek Corrigan).
Vol 40 No 5
Sep – Oct 2025
Minutes of July and August meetings. Presentations on pH and orchids (Brian Dear) and bulbophyllums (Mark Clements).
Vol 40 No 4
Jul – Aug 2025
Minutes of May and June meetings and AGM. Presentations on pollinating orchids (Mike Pieloor), Orchids in Singapore (Krysia Szkiela) and Revisiting my Seven Deadly Sins in Orchid Cultivation (Geoff Dyne).
Audited Accounts 2024-25
Vol 40 No 3
May – Jun 2025
Minutes of Mar and Apr meetings. Presentations on deflasking orchids (Scott Mann) and preparing for Winter.
Vol 40 No 2
Mar – Apr 2025
Minutes of February meeting. Presentations on Paphiopedilums (David Judge and Mike Pieloor).
Vol 40 No 1
Jan – Feb 2025
Minutes of November meeting. Presentations on Cymbidiums (David Brooks), more orchids on Black Mountain (Ciaran Ernst-Russell and Ned Johnston), a conservation note (Derek Corrigan).
Vol 39 No 6
Nov – Dec 2024
Minutes of Sept and Oct meetings. Presentations on Sarcochilus (Sept) and Canberra’s orchids (Dec, Ciaran Ernst-Russell and Ned Johnston), Spring Show results.
Vol 39 No 5
Sep – Oct 2024
Minutes of July and August meetings. Presentations on Bluett’s Block – Piney Ridge (Derek Corrigan) and Indoor Plant cabinets (Josh Phillips and Scott Mann), information on our Spring Show
Vol 39 No 4
Jul – Aug 2024
Minutes of May and June meetings and AGM. Presentation on “Water-well” pots (Jan Robinson) and orchid growing supplies (South Pacific Hydroponics)
Audited Accounts 2023-24
Vol 39 No 3
May – Jun 2024
Presentations on NatureMapr (Lewis Choy), Preparing for winter (Bill Ferris), Light Requirements of Orchids (Brian Dear and Jane Wright), minutes of March and April meetings.
Vol 39 No 2
Mar – Apr 2024
Presentation on Orchids at the National Herbarium (Zoe Groeneveld), Options for labelling your orchids (Brian Dear, Jane Wright, Karen Groeneveld), minutes of February meeting.
Vol 39 No 1
Jan – Feb 2024
Presentation on Growing Orchids without a Greenhouse (Mike Pieloor et al), report on the Christmas party, meeting topics survey, minutes of November meeting.
Vol 38 No 6
Nov – Dec 2023
Reports on our 2023 Spring Show and the South and West Regional Show at Cobargo, presentation on Dendrobium section Rhizobium by Callyn Farrell, minutes of September and October meetings.