

Dendrobium Top Class 'Pink' – Award of Merit (AM) AOC 2016 (NSW)
Owner A.N.O.S. Sydney Member John Hurst. Photos by Ian Chalmer.


The Genus Sarcochilus
Presentation by David Banks at A.N.O.S. Sydney Group 17 March 2017 In our meeting last March, David Banks provided the club with a...


Neil Finch Influence and Later DUNO Creations
Neil Finch was one of our many talented epiphytic Australian native orchid breeders. Unmatched was his involvement and contribution to...


March 2017 Plant of the Evening
Sarcochilus dilatatus This was an exceptional specimen of Sarco. dilatatus rarely seen in monthly benching and shows. The plant was a...


Sarcochilus dilatatus ‘Lily’
I obtained this plant from west of Gladstone Queensland in 2009 where its family grows in vine thickets which get heaps of rain in the...


Out and About (Tall Tales but Very True)
Bush-Basher’s New Orchid Mineral Growing Powder Bio’ Super Treat and Fert’' – Strongrow Propagation, Research, Development and New...


How Edith Coleman solved the orchid puzzle of Charles Darwin
A bit more about Cryptostylis erecta. Edith Coleman was a high school teacher, a keen naturalist who lived in rural Victoria in the early...

Geodorum neocaledonicum - February 2017 Plant of the Evening
Geodorum neocaledonicum (current name Geodorum densiflorum) Geodorum densiflorum is a tropical terrestrial orchid which flowers in...


Australian Native Terrestrial Orchids – A Beginner’s Guide
It is estimated that there are 25,000 to 35,000 orchid species in the world today, of that Australia has over 700 species of orchids,...


Out And About (Tall Tales but Very True)
Why do orchids die apart from climate, toxicity, or disease? Hi to all the brotherhood of orchid growers. Why do orchids die apart from...