Cymbidium Orchid Club of South Australia Inc

The Cymbidium Orchid Club of South Australia promotes the growing and showing of Cymbidium Orchids in South Australia. It is different to other Orchid Clubs in South Australia, because it is a single orchid genera club- it focuses only on cymbidiums.

Welcome to 2026!

Meetings for 2026 will again be held at the Burnside Community Centre, starting at 8pm, with the usual Beginners session starting at 7:15pm. New members are always welcome!

The first meeting for 2026 and the AGM, will be held on Wednesday 25th February,

LAST year…

The second of our annual shows, the Cymbidium Spring Show, was being held at West Lakes Shopping Centre from Sunday 9 am 31st August to Saturday 5th September 5 pm. Results are available here. (Click to enlarge the file print.)

The following images are of the Spring Show major prize winners. click on the image to find the plant name and grower.

Cym Regal Flames 'Million Dollar Baby', Grand Champion, Champion of Open Division, grown by Shane Moeller

Cym Glory Daze X Sleeping Dawn, Flower of First Division, grown by Ailsa Willis

Cym Pure Origins X Ocean 'Tee Pee', Champion Flower of Second Division, grown by Pauline McLean

Cym Atlantic Carat 'No 1', Champion Small Standard, grown by Chee Ng

Cym Khanebono 'Jacinta', Champion Intermediate, grown by Shane Moeller

Cym Dawn Harvest X Coraki Glowing, Champion Seedling, Best Large Standard, grown by Chee Ng

Cym Firefox Amber X Atlantic Carat, Best Small Seedling, grown by Malcolm and Gay Hall

Cym Solana Beach X Sylvan Star, Best Intermediate Seedling, grown by Malcolm Osborn

Cym Penny's Worth X Street Tango, Best Miniature Seedling, grown by John Moon

Cym Forrest Place 'Royale', Champion Novelty, grown by Laurie and Sue Carter

Cym Prized Symbol, Champion specimen, grown by Shane Moeller

The Cymbidium Winter Show was held at the Port Adelaide Plaza Shopping Centre from Thursday Aug 2025 to Sunday 10 Aug 2025. Results are available here.

2005 guest speaker program included Neutrog’s Paul Dipuglia, who provided a very professional, engaging and informative session on Neutrog’s current products. His talk explained the importance and significance of the NPK (Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium) ratio and included information about which products to use in which circumstances and at what time of the year. Members were also given samples and a particularly useful product booklet.

We explored orchid viruses, how to recognise them, possible causes and strategies for prevention. Jane Higgs spoke about the World Orchid Council Conference; Glenn Heylan gave us an update on miticides and insecticides; Philip Smoult spoke on all things gardening; and Randal Robertson provided an informative look forward. Thanks to all who were involved in presenting such a varied and informative program.

2024’s guest speaker program provided members with information on the history of orchid and cymbidium growing and has looked at plants that are historically important; investigated a range of pests and viruses and ways to manages these; and highlighted the practices of very successful cymbidium growers.

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