Dedicated Australian Orchid forum?

[Marc]

Does anyone know if there is a internetforum that is primary orientated to the Orchid enthousiasts of Australia? Our community is pretty international, but I'm looking for something like the Australian variant of www.orchideenkultur.net ( German forum )

Reason for asking, an orchidfriend has a plant that has the following on the label:

Dendrobium Sunstar "burnt gold" x Dendrobium falcorostrum "darigo'

I can't find any info on this cross on the RHS site but while searching for Dendrobium Sunstar I found this name: Dendrobium Rutherford Sunstar

I'm trying to get more info so to get an idea if the plant could actually be:

Dendrobium Rutherford Sunstar "burnt gold" x Dendrobium falcorostrum "darigo".

Maybe someone here can help me with the Dendro but otherwise directions to an Ausie forum would be nice.

 

[emydura]

I don't think there is an Australian orchid forum but I could be wrong.

I think you would be better off contacting someone like Wayne Turville from the Australian Orchid Nursery. He is pretty responsive to emails.

http://www.australianorchids.com.au/contact.php

 

[Dido]

You should look at his eBay side he is selling interesting Things

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2012-AON...?pt=AU_Plants_Seeds_Bulbs&hash=item256c63f263

 

[gnathaniel]

http://www.orchidsonline.com.au/ is based in Australia, and though small is a good forum.

--Nat

 

[Marc]

Thanks for the info everyone, here are some pictures that I didn't take myself.

 

[Marc]

I don't think there is an Australian orchid forum but I could be wrong.

I think you would be better off contacting someone like Wayne Turville from the Australian Orchid Nursery. He is pretty responsive to emails.

http://www.australianorchids.com.au/contact.php

Thanks for the tip, E-mail has ben sent.

 

[Cochlopetalum]

No forum, but could be interesting.

http://www.ourshopfront.com/kabi/index.php

 

[quietaustralian]

I have a Den. Sunstar back in Oz and going by my records it's as below.
Den. Sunstar = Den. Sunglow x tetragonum.
Den. Sunglow = Den speciosum x fleckeri

Regards, Mick

 

[Marc]

Thanks a lot! That is Nice info. Any idea why it's not registered @ rhs? Is there an ausie equivalent of the rhs?

 

[SlipperKing]

Marc, put this in the rhs search engine and see what you get.
Den. Sunglow x tetragonum.

 

[quietaustralian]

Thanks a lot! That is Nice info. Any idea why it's not registered @ rhs? Is there an ausie equivalent of the rhs?

It was registered with the RHS as Den. Sun Star not Den. Sunstar.
I had it in my records as Sunstar. It's almost always written Sunstar but thats incorrect. The parents are as previous post.

Regards, Mick

 

[Marc]

It was registered with the RHS as Den. Sun Star not Den. Sunstar.
I had it in my records as Sunstar. It's almost always written Sunstar but thats incorrect. The parents are as previous post.

Regards, Mick

Thanks for the help!

edit:

http://apps.rhs.org.uk/horticulturaldatabase/orchidregister/orchiddetails.asp?ID=74556

 

[Ozpaph]

FYI - the varietal name for the falcorostrum will be 'Dorrigo'. Its a town in northenr New South Wales, a state of Australia and falcorostrum grows near there.

 

[emydura]

FYI - the varietal name for the falcorostrum will be 'Dorrigo'. Its a town in northenr New South Wales, a state of Australia and falcorostrum grows near there.

And what a beautiful spot it is too.

 

[Ozpaph]

And what a beautiful spot it is too.

Never been but the Dorrigo website looks fantastic - http://www.dorrigo.com/