Bromelcairns - Bromeliads Down Under

Bromelcairns
Bimonthly Newsletter of Cairns Bromeliad Society Inc. 2013 #5
P.O. Box 28 Cairns Queensland 4870 Australia
President
Bob Hudson
0740533913
V-President
Karen Stevens
0740361086
Secretary
Lynn Hudson
0740533913
Treasurer
Dave Weston
0740578604
Librarian
Sharron Miller
0740322283
Editor
Lynn Hudson
0740533913
Editor Assist.
Gail Taifalos
0740392787
Member Concierge Nalda Wilson
0740544825
Popular Vote Steward Karen Cross
0740545497
OIC Raffles
Lesley Hepburn
0488788892
Honorary Life Member - Grace Goode O.A.M.
Honorary Life Member - Kay Edington
Life Member - Lynn Hudson
Life Member - Robert (Bob) Hudson
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Aims of the Society
Promote and Develop Interest in Bromeliads through Friendship
To Co-operate with similar Clubs throughout the World
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Membership Fee: $15 Single, $25 Family, Country Member $25.
$7.50 junior (if not in family membership)
Meetings start at 1.pm sharp first Saturday of the month.
Please bring a cup and a chair.
Library: All books & magazines borrowed are to be returned in good order to the
following meeting. If not on wait list, they may be rebooked.
Plant Display/Sales: To participate, a member must be financial and circumstances
permitting, have attended at least three meetings in the past six months.
Where the society is charged a stall fee - 20% of sales are deducted for club funds.
No charge venue & meetings - 10% of sales is deducted.
All plants to be clean, free of disease, named and price tagged.
Show Plants: Must be the property of and in the custody of the entrant for the past
three months. For Society Shows the entrant must be financial and have attended at
least three meetings during the past six months.
Pens, Plant Tags & Pots: available at each meeting.
If reprinting article, wholly or in part, please acknowledge Author & Newsletter.
Any article &/or Bromelcairns will be Emailed on request to
lynnie@ledanet.com.au
or
lynnhudson@bromeliadsdownunder.com
Previous issues are on my website www.bromeliadsdownunder.com.au
Club Activities & Around the Members
^ Lesley’s front garden
SEPTEMBER: Notes from Frances - About 10 of us met first at Lesley's new Mareeba
home at 11am for a BBQ lunch. Those of us who had not been there before cased the
street and arrived at the conclusion that logically the place with the wonderful display of
bromeliads in the front yard must be Lesley's - a very large circular garden bed with a
considerable collection of sun tolerant bromeliads in the wildest hues of yellow, red, pink
and orange were bedded into a thick layer of scoria. It will be very interesting to hear
the success of this planting after summer, and to see it again as the trees and shrubs grow
Paul was able to guide us to his home where we were joined by more members
who were unable to attend the BBQ. The number of attendees was a little lower than
usual but we were competing with the tyranny of distance, the election, and the races.
However the meeting was very comfortable and relaxed and as always, a good learning
experience. Thank you to Lesley, Christel and Paul for making us feel so welcome at
their gardens.
* Welcome to visitor Yvonne Palmer, we are happy
that you enjoyed our wonderful group and choose to
join our society.
MINI SHOW – Billbergia
1st Billbergia brasiliensis – Paul Venturi
2nd Billbergia ‘Golden Joy’ – Karen Stevens
3rd. Billbergia ‘Barbara’s Beauty’ – Bernice Mark
POPULAR VOTE:
NOVICE Bromeliad
Bill. ʻPoquito Masʼ ^
Neoregelia ‘Muscat’- Steven French
Bill. brasiliensis ->
OPEN - Bromeliad
1st Neoregelia ‘Takemura Princeps’ – Bernice Mark
1st. Billbergia ‘Poquito Mas’ – Lynn Hudson
3rd. Billbergia ‘Golden Joy’ – Karen Stevens !
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Cryptanthus
1st Cryptanthus‘Imposter Red’ Bernice Mark
2nd. Cryptanthus ‘It’ Maria Grant
Tillandsia
1st Till tenuifolia dark form - Lynn Hudson
2nd..Till balbisiana – Maria Grant
2nd..Till stricta x neglecta - Bob Hudson
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v Till. tenuifolia dark form
Plants in Lesley’s Greenhouse
More from Frances:
We drooled over the colours of the plants in the shadehouse perhaps it is the contrast experienced between Mareeba day and night temperatures.
I was stunned at the colour achieved in the Neoregelia 'Shelldance' I had given Lesley candy pink/apricot - under 70% shadecloth.
One of the delights of meeting at members' homes is being able to ramble through their
interesting gardens - each is very different and collections have varied genera. I spotted a
beautiful pink veined vriesea in the shade house. Paul and Christel have a property large
enough to include an orchard. Again the colour in their very eclectic collection of
bromeliads was to envy. Thank you to Lesley, Christel and Paul for making us feel so
welcome at their gardens.
A few of Christel & Paul’s stunning plants
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Some of the beautiful
tillandsias grown by
Christel & Paul
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Tillandsia ʻHydes Silverʼ >
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Notes by Lynn - It was a happy, enjoyable day, we should do it again.
The meeting became one of our favoured learning spots - random questions asked,
answered and generating other questions. New members questions take us back to basics
and these refreshers prompt our brain storage.
Quilling: Frances showed her Guzmania 'Symphony' with centre leaves continually
browning and rotting off. She thought it was a fungus but we agreed it was probably a
lack of moisture at the centre. While ‘Symphony’ is a very beautiful plant, it has very
thin leaves and needs to be watched - a few drops of washing up liquid helps de-quill it.
Cleaning: Steve asked what was best to use as a plant cleaner, I replied that I use
‘Spray & Wipe’. Frances was horrified “Spray & Wipe?” reminded us of Madge in the
old Palmolive commercial “you’re soaking in it”. It does not hurt my plants, I wipe them
with a soft cloth and rinse them well - remember the tops of bromeliad leaves is made up
of stomatas - the feeding and breathing apertures - do not use rough scourers! A paint
brush is also useful but ensure the tin that holds the hairs is smooth. I have noticed my
bromeliads grow better when they have been cleaned - the stomatas can work!
Dead Leaves: Gail asked Harry Luther how the bromeliads in the ‘Supertrees’ at the
Bay Gardens were cleaned - Harry smiled and said, “a dirty brom is a happy brom”.
Joanne & Mark just visited - they saw the leaves being removed by men abseiling the
structures!
Firstly remove the leaf that grew first and work upwards, the old brown ones dislodge
easily. For the stronger leaves, even the really thick large ones - split the leaf down the
centre, to the base of the plant, then remove sideways and upwards - this will protect the
node at the base centre that will be your next plant. Exposure to the light will also
initiate the nodes growth.
Plant Centre - ensure the centre is clean of stones etc, sometimes a stone can stop your
plant from growing and some foreign matter can rot the plant centre. A great scooper is a
40 cm piece of wire, folded in half leaving a 1cm loop then twisted to form a smooth
handle. Long tweezers are also very good.
Mix - there are dehydrated peat products that quickly swell when water is added. They
are good to add to scoria and some have fertilizers already added to them.
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Club Activities & Around the Members
OCTOBER: Notes by Gail - we gathered at the home of Brendan & Dave. First
impressions suggest that it is a low maintenance garden, requiring minimal
watering. They have an impressive collection of cycads, dyckias, dracaenas and
what I like to call all things spiky, in their front garden.
Around the side is a healthy vegetable and herb garden. Right across the back is
their magnificent collection of bromeliads and tillandsias. A lot of work has gone
into this area since our last visit - trees removed and the entire back section made
into one large green house. The tillandsias are all mounted on one side facing the
back patio. The far corner has an a la naturel compost bin for palm leaves and
garden waste. Tucked in behind some palms and other bromeliads a very showy
flowering Aechmea mariae-reginae was making her presence known.
Spoiled by Brendan’s famous scones with jam & cream, we adjourned inside where
Dave treated us to a slide show of their recent visit to Singapore’s Gardens By The Bay.
Beautiful photos and a very good narration by Dave - a place to put on your Bucket List.
* New members - welcome to Janie & Rodney O’Brien - Janie has been bug bitten,
Rodney did take a second look at Bob’s “man plants”. You are not really safe Rod, just
because tillandsias aren’t tizzy!
MINI SHOW – Vriesea, Guzmania & Werauhia
1st Vriesea ‘Splenriet’ – Brendan Leishman >
2nd Vriesea ospinae var. gruberi – Frances Boyd
3rd. Vriesea ospinae – Gail Taifalos
1st. Guzmania ‘Decora’ – Gail Taifalos
1st. Werauhia kupperiana – Dave Weston
POPULAR VOTE:
NOVICE Bromeliad
1st Neoregelia ‘Wango Tango’- Steven French
OPEN - Bromeliad
1st Neoregelia – Dave Weston
(carolinae x Hannibal Lector x Norman Bates x Tiger)
2nd. Vriesea ‘Splenriet’ – Brendan Leishman
3rd. Vriesea ospinae - Gail Taifalos
3rd. Vriesea ospinae var. gruberi - Francis Boyd
Cryptanthus
1st Cryptanthus ‘It’ – Gail Taifalos
2nd Cryptanthus ‘Elaine’ – Dave Weston
3rd Cryptanthus zonatus silver
Tillandsia
1st Tillandsia clavispica - Dave Weston
2nd..Tillandsia ionantha ‘Champagne’– Nalda Wilson
2nd..Tillandsia ionantha - Bob Hudson
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Tillandsia tenuifolia types
by Bob
At the September meeting I showed a few types of
Tillandsia tenuifolia for members to see the differences in them.
!!!!Most tenuifolia have long fine leaves and are caulescent but there are also
compact forms. The foliage can vary from pale green to olive green and some
tinged maroon to nearly black as in tenuifolia var. rubra & var. surinamensis
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from the stem, as in T. tenuifolia var. strobiliformis and var. vaginata forming a
compact clump. Flowers are white or blue.
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Billbergias
“Billbergias flower in winter & spring.
Blink & you will miss the whole blooming thing.”
John Catlan
Billbergias are the genus that are most often the catalyst that cause a plant
lover to look again, and finally have a collection of bromeliads. They usually have
a few stiff overlapping leaves that form a competent water reservoir. Some are tall,
reaching a metre in height, the majority are 20 cm high, some are smaller. Species
tend to have little leaf colour, yet hybrids have amazing colourings.
They are grown mostly for these vibrant leaf colours as the flowering time,
although spectacular, is short. Whilst the petals quickly fade, the scape bracts hold
their colours. Our society emblem is Billbergia zebrina one of the ‘watch spring’
family. The spiralled petals spring back to fully expose the stamens and pistils.
This springing of the petals can be seen by the naked eye. After flowering seed
pods are formed like a bunch of white powdered large grapes. The seeds take
months to ripen. Wash them thoroughly to remove any jelly (or the cockroaches
will eat them!) then sprinkle them on a fine seed raising mix.
Billbergias enjoy growing in a well draining mix, quickly form a clump and
most flower in the cooler months. Excess fertilizer will result in green offsets, but
these can regain their colour when fertilizing is ceased. They attract fly speck scale
but respond well to ‘Confidor’ spray.
As Don Beadle said, “Take them home and put them up high in good light
where you can see and appreciate the wonderful colours”.
JULY 2008 PARTY on Hudson’s Verandah.
by Lynn
Billy Bergia looked around and saw all his family dressed in their best clothes.
‘Lets have a party’ he called out. ‘Not enough room to dance’ they chorused. ‘Let’s
wave and Lynn will see us and maybe move us’. The colours of so many inflorescences,
dazzled Lynn so she gathered the plants and put them on the verandah. Some Aechmeas
were already there - fasciata, with her cousins ‘Fascini’ and ‘Friederike - they were
faded but still beautiful, ‘Electric’ in their form. They looked on, quietly disdainful at
the young ones but did not make a ‘Rakete’ as the party began.
Although most of the billbergias were not original Aussies, they partied like
Aussies. ‘The Artist’ sized up everyone. The brightest billbergias poked up their heads
and nodded in vibrant colours of red, pink, blue, green orange, lime and yellow. The
greatest hybrid costumiers in the world made their party clothes.
‘Las Manchas’ and ‘Poquito Blanco’ missed their ‘Tequila Sunset’ but drank ‘Pink
Champagne’ with ‘Glymiana’, ‘Catherine Wilson’ and sanderiana. It was a ‘Delight’ to
see ‘Ed. McWilliams’ stand tall in his maroon suit. There was no dinting ‘Perriam’s
Pride’ - her party dress was not ready so she proudly wore her Sunday best of white
marginated green with a lovely flush of pink, accompanied by her mother and new
daughter. ‘Ellen 11’ suggested they sang ‘Carioca’ and both forms of nutans joined in,
showing their experience in decades of partying.
Hanging on the wall was a bright array of Bob’s flowering tillandsias vying for
attention but the billbergias were the brightest. Looking exquisite were ionantha,
stricta, streptophylla, meridionalis, bulbosa silver and giving dark looks to the fat
bulbosa was T. ‘Mudlo’. Tillandsia usneoides swayed to the music and a rhinoceros
beetle dropped in, hissing and startled several green sleepy frogs. Sunbirds visited for a
feed of sweet nectar, they perched daintily on the inflorescences, breaking not one. The
geckos clicked in disapproval of the noise. Shasa the Shepherd dog sniffed the flowers,
painting his black nose with yellow and orange pollen.
The psychedelic party continued for a few days. ‘Fantasia’ told fantastic tales,
disputed by the stuttering amoena var. amoena and arm flinging by amoena var.
stolonifera. There were a few who left and returned saying they had been to another
party - a smug green grinning frog pot holding a flowering sanderiana and pot of a
dozen ‘Hoelscheriana’, both sporting a 1st prize card from the Cairns Show. Did we hear
a ‘Yahee’?
Finally for the beauties whose names as yet we do not know, and for those not
blooming, all sang the ‘Hallelujah’ chorus. ‘Audrey’ was heard to say, “That was ‘Super
Grace’, we can rest now till next year, then do it all again, ‘La Noche’ ”.
What a party, what a beautiful display.
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Hybridizers of listed plants: G. Goode ‘Super Grace’; ‘Delight’; ‘Yahee’; ‘Just Great’.
D.Beadle ‘Las Manchas’; ‘Poquito Blanco’; ‘Carioca’; ‘Ellen 11’; ‘Hallelujah’; ’Tequila
Sunset’; ‘La Noche’. W. Morris ‘Audrey’ H. Kendall ‘The Artist’.
Kittel ‘Hoelscheriana’. J. Carrone ‘Pink Champagne’. R. Wilson ‘Catherine Wilson’
E. McWilliams ‘Ed. McWilliams’ E. Perriam ‘Perriam’s Pride’
M.B. Foster ‘Fantasia’ Uknown ‘Glymiana’
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Tissue Cultures
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by Herb Plever of New York in ‘Bromeliana’ Oct 2013
(Reprinted with permission, thanx Herb.)
For a number of years we have been discussing, buying and growing small
plants that were created by a procedure known as tissue culturing. Yet I suspect that
some newer members are not clear about how that is done, so the following simple
explanation might be of service:
The meristems of the plant are surgically removed, microscopically, under the
same sterile conditions you would find in a hospital operating room.
A meristem is a region of cells constituting the growing tip at the bottom of the
center of the plant where new leaves are formed. There are also dormant meristems
located on the stem at the internodes between the leaves and at the base of each
leaf. (These cells produce pups after and sometimes just before the plant blooms.)
The meristem cells are capable of dividing indefinitely into clones.
The meristem surface is sterilized against fungi, bacteria and viruses and then
placed in an agar in a sterile container. An agar is a gelatinous, nutritious growing
medium which promotes rapid growth of many hundreds of clone plantlets. When
the producer deems the plantlets to be sufficiently viable to survive outside the
protected container environment, the plants are separated and removed and placed
in tiny peat pots. They are watched and periodically sprayed to protect them from
infection.
Commercial considerations dictate the usual practice of selling the plantlets
about six weeks after they have been established in the peat pots. Of course they
will acclimatize to our drier indoor environment if they are kept at the tissue culture
nursery even longer before they are shipped to us. The tissue cultures can easily be
transferred, intact in their peat pot medium, into a small pot with a mix of premoistened coarse peat moss and other coarse drainage material, as described on
page 9 of this issue. For a week or two I spray them every few days to encourage
growth and rooting.
If the medium drains well you can water the plantlets twice a week until they
are established in the pot, and then you can water them in your usual routine.
I grow too many broms, and I find it easier to wick water my tissue cultures; they
grow rapidly, as was demonstrated by the two pots of them I brought in for show
and tell. I am encouraged by my success in establishing all the many tissue cultures
I bought in the last spring plant order.
Plantlets first exposed to air, still in agar
Tissue cultures transferred to a sphagnum medium.
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My chunky peat moss mix that has some coconut fibre husks and perlite.
The mix was first soaked with hot sink water for about 10 minutes and
then the pots are placed in the sink filled with hot water that comes up close to the
midpoint of the pot. The pot was kept in the water for an additional 20 minutes so that a
lot more water was absorbed up through the drain holes. Then all excess water was
drained from the mix which was left damp enough to encourage rooting.
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Tillandsia Roots put out in a damp medium are different from the hold-fast roots
epiphytic tillandsias grow to grab onto bark. Hold-fast roots are more wiry and are brown
to black in color. Except when very young these hold-fast roots do not take up moisture.
Years ago when I experimented growing bromeliads including tillandsias
hydroponically, I was able to see the thick, whitish roots the plants put out into the water.
I believe it is likely that the roots that grow into the medium are a kind of water root that
can indeed absorb water and nutrients.
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Tissue Culture
by Lynn
Herb has described on page 8 the cultivation process that produces
identical plants from a small piece of plant tissue. As Herb said, “meristem cells are
capable of dividing indefinitely into clones” i.e., they can continue to produce
many prolific generations from just one original culture. Obviously there is a point
where the plants will not carry the original genes, they could be completely
different and could be weaker.
Tissue culturing plants is part of our plant supply system and is being used on
a huge range of plants. I have heard of societies who have ruled that there will be
no tissue cultured plants in their group. Fact is we would not know what is tissued
and what is not. If you see a bench of plants all uniform you can usually safely
assume they are cloned by tissue culture. It is not new but it is more widespread.
A visit to the chain stores will often reveal some magnificent guzmanias and
vrieseas; some have names we know, others have names new to us. Guzmanias and
vrieseas seem to cope more successfully than aechmeas and neoregelias. Aechmeas
usually grow true through the first generation and produce many pups but this next
generation exhibits problems. Some take years to flower, others grow perfectly to
halfway through a normal cycle then proceed to distort in the centre. Some revert
to central distorted heads but will not produce an inflorescence. It is common to
see ‘coxcombing’ – the flower bracts lie over in a row, leaving a long v-shaped
space - in most cases the flowers bloom.
The main advantage to nurseries and finally to the general public is access to
plants that otherwise would not be available to us. Whilst nurseries do not have to
keep mother plants and wait for pups they do need to streamline their propagation
process to grow these plants faster to their full potential. Tissue culture provides
immediate worldwide access to new varieties, especially hybrids. It causes
variegations in plants - most of us love variegations!
Like it or not, the process
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The plants you shared in October
* Bob showed how to determine the angle to mount tillandsias. He suggested growers
consider the natural growth shape of the plant and mount it accordingly. Some prefer to
hang down eg. funckiana or a caulescent tectorum while others need to be sitting onto a
flat surface eg. xerographica or a round tectorum.
*Vriesea ‘Splenriet’ was large with perfect markings and just coming into flower.
‘Splenriet’ usually gives just one offset, sometimes two. It is not an easy plant to grow as
it marks easily - well grown and presented Brendan.
*Werauhia kupperiana grown by Dave was a rich green with darker blotchings. Dave
was pretty cross about the grasshopper that had lunched on one leaf - they have been
voracious this year and different sizes and colours!
*Frances showed an excellent Vriesea ospinae var. gruberi with good contrasting
yellow colouration.
* Gail produced a perfect flowering Guzmania ‘Decora’ so perfect it looked plastic!
Gail also showed a flowering Vriesea ospinae, rarely seen flowering but the climate
must be right this year. Vr. ospinae is a great plant that grows happily in both dark and
light areas, the leaf colour matches the placing and it is ideal for under staircases.
Offsets are formed on the stem, readily making a clump.
*Stephen again showed us his high standard with Neoregelia ‘Wango Tango’. Last
month it was Neoregelia ‘Muscat’ - grown perfectly, presented perfectly - excellent!
* Nalda entered a small clump of Tillandsia ionantha ‘Champagne’, very pretty.
* Narelle & Greg Aizlewood were guests at our meeting. Greg said he originally was
Narelle’s driver, then he saw a billbergia - wow, he was hooked! He now has varied
genera, has made some neoregelia and billbergia hybrids. Greg has served two terms [6
years] as an Australian Director for the International Society and a Director for the
Cryptanthus Society. Narelle has been hooked for yonks, loves all genera and is
currently organising the Queensland Judging School. Narelle and Greg have been
heavily involved in the success of the committee of the Gold Coast Society, they are
members of several of the southern Queensland societies and attend the meetings. They
have attended World Conferences and made many friends throughout the bromeliad
world.
* From Gail: [at Dave & Brendans] In the front Frances was taken aback by a very spiky
Pachypodium. Like most succulents the spiky trunk with the few leaves right on top of
the branches, surprise us when they flower. The flowers are very similar to a frangipani
(almost identical), white with a yellow centre. Frances commented that the front garden
is almost like a Madagascan garden. I think if they had that garden surrounding the
whole house they would not have to worry about being broken into.
* I asked Dave about the a la naturel compost bin, here is his reply
“It’s a pile but contained by a timber boxlike construction. It has been going in the
same spot for about 10 years, all green waste except hard woody material goes into it.
We cleaned it out about 8 years ago but it was pretty scary with snakes, tarantulas and
huge centipedes that really objected to having their little eco niche being disturbed, it
just gets left to its natural devices now.”
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The Mouse has a Problem
A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a
package. What food might this contain?" the mouse wondered - he was devastated to
discover it was a mousetrap.
Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning:
"There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!"
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, "Mr. Mouse, I can tell this
is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered”.
The mouse turned to the pig and told him, "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is
a mousetrap in the house!"
The pig sympathized, but said, "I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse, but there is nothing I
can do about it but pray. Be assured you are in my prayers."
The mouse turned to the cow and said, "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a
mousetrap in the house!" The cow said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse. I'm sorry for you, but it's no
skin off my nose."
So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer's
mousetrap alone. That very night a sound was heard throughout the house -- like the
sound of a mousetrap catching its prey.
The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it
was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer's wife.
The farmer rushed her to the hospital, and she returned home with a fever.
Everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his
hatchet to the farmyard for the soup's main ingredient. But his wife's sickness continued,
so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer
butchered the pig. The farmer's wife did not get well; she died.
So many people came for her funeral; the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough
meat for all of them.
The mouse looked upon it all from his crack in the wall with great sadness.
So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesn't concern
you, remember -- when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk.
We are all involved in this journey called life. We must keep an eye out for one
another and make an extra effort to encourage one another.
REMEMBER, EACH OF US IS A VITAL THREAD IN ANOTHER PERSON'S TAPESTRY;
OUR LIVES ARE WOVEN TOGETHER FOR A REASON.
One of the best things to hold onto in this world is a friend.
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Nothing just happens or just gets done,
Someone has to make it happen or do it.
Megan & John Welch
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Phone: 07 4035 2670
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Hudson’s Bromeliads Down Under
Bromeliads & Tillandsias Bob & Lynn Hudson
ABN 66 951 932 976
47 Boden St. Edge Hill Cairns
Phone: (07) 40533 913 email: lynnie@ledanet.com.au
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“Bromeliads in Paradise” Honolulu
Information & Registration Form -
8-14 September 2014
http://www.bsi.org/events/2014/2014_Registration_Form.pdf
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“ Bloomin Broms” 2014 - June 7th & 8th
Cominos House, cnr. Little & Greenslopes St., Edge Hill
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Good Company, Interesting Speakers, Great Plants.
Chris Larson of Victoria & Nigel Thomson of Cootharaba
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“Bromeliad Cultivation Notes” by Lynn Hudson
A little ‘how to’ book. Cultivation made easy. Basics in language anyone can follow.
“Bromeliads Under the Mango Tree”
by John Catlan
A ‘must have’ book to help you think and grow your bromeliads better.
Both available in bulk at reduced price.
Contact Lynn on 07 40533913 or lynnie@ledanet.com.au or
LynnHudson@BromeliadsDownUnder.com