Publications and Resources
Cymbidium Chatter
This is an e-zine started by Geoff Bailey during his tenure with the COSV. During the peak of the COVID-19 restrictions in early 2020, Geoff produced additional editions to make up for the lack of COSV meetings. He stepped down as editor at the end of 2020 and Joshua White replaced him from the first issue of 2021 onwards. As of October 2021, Cymbidium Chatter accepts a small amount of advertising and you can find the advertising policy here.
Volume 1 (2020)
2020 COSV Competition Plants
Growing Tips & Cultural Advice: A Beginner’s Guide (from Burke’s Backyard)
Grower Profile: Kimberley Orchids
OSCOV Cymbidium of Year 2019
Santa Barbara International Orchid Show 2020 Cancellation and photos courtesy of Duy Nguyen and Peter Alonso
Plant Profile: Laramie Eagle
Quarantine: Viral Symptoms
Photo Gallery: Peter Alonso
Grower Profiles: Springfield Orchids and Ezi-Gro Orchids
Wrinkled Leaves (courtesy of the New York Botanical Garden)
Photo Gallery: R. Copeland
Plant Profile: Yai ‘Monica’
What’s Missing on the Show Bench? by Geoff Bailey
Photo Gallery: Hazel’s Dragon seedlings courtesy of Weegie Caughlan
Vale Alvin Bryant
A Case of Mistaken Identity by Joshua White
Plant Profiles: Gentle Touch ‘Bon Bon’ and Mini-Me by Pierre Pujol
Organic Fertilisers
Follow-up Commentary: Yai ‘Monica’
The Importance of Shading
Grower Profiles: Guest Orchids and Sundaani Orchids
Plant Profile: Cymbidium erythraeum by Joshua White
Revised article available online here
Grower Profile: David Cannon
Looking for the Next Champion by Geoff Bailey
Compot Growing Mix Test by Graham Fear (COCSA)
Plant Profile: Cym. tracyanum
Assessing your Cymbidium Flowers
Follow-up Commentary: Cym. tracyanum
Plant Profile: Ken Siew
Plant Profile: Cherry Blossom
Compost and Water by Des Betcher
Photo Gallery: The Three Amigos
The Rise and Fall of the Uglies
Photo Gallery: The Three Amigos
Flower Analysis
Fertilising Orchids
Orchid Viruses, Part 1 by Joshua White
Letters to the Editor
An Experiment Dealing with Rot by Bryan Nitz
Colours forms of Cym. dayanum by Justin Priddy
Photo Gallery: Andy Easton
Orchid Viruses, Part 2 by Joshua White
Grower Profile: Bryants Orchids
Photo Gallery: The Three Amigos
Letters to the Editor: Weegie Caughlan
Orchid Viruses, Part 3 by Joshua White
Photo Gallery: The Three Amigos
Orchid Viruses, Part 4 by Joshua White
Note: a minor correction was issued 12th October 2021.
Vale John Kenter and Ken West
Plant Profile: Khan Fury
Potting Media by Steve Howard
Photo Gallery: Cym. tracyanum hybrids from Bryan Nitz and Lynne Phelan
Orchid Viruses, Part 5 by Joshua White
Photo Gallery: The Three Amigos and Bryants Orchids’ Seedlings
Hobby Growers - What are they looking for?
Show Report: Cymbidium Orchid Club of Western Australia Winter Show 2020 by Carl Slusarczyk (Part 1)
Show Report: Cymbidium Orchid Club of Western Australia Winter Show 2020 by Carl Slusarczyk (Part 2)
Plant Profile: Daniel Thomas
Light? Temperature? Camera? Or all three?
Photo Gallery: Weegie Caughlan and Terry Poulton
Photo Gallery: The Three Amigos
Do We Need Any More Brown Cymbidiums?
Potting Time - Potting-on or Repotting
Grower Profile: Surf Coast Orchids
Champions of COCSA Spring Show courtesy of the Three Amigos
Displaying Pendulous Cymbidiums
Slow Release Fertilisers
Grower Profile: Wains Orchids
Plant Profile: Do You Have a Death Wish?
A Fine Fancy for the Feathered Fancier
Children of Death – The Descendants of Death Wish
Photo Gallery: TeePee’s Treasures, Ian Mordue and Bryants Orchids’ Seedlings
Plant Profiles:
Hazel Dawn
Laramie Joy
Cym. eburneum
The Parts of a Cymbidium Flower
A mutant Cym. lowianum flower dissected
Photo Gallery: The Three Amigos, Wains Orchids, Terry Poulton and Surf Coast Orchids
Plant Profile: Mary Green
Issue #26 was inadvertently skipped when Cymbidium Chatter was scaled back.
Photo Gallery: Terry Poulton
Plant Profile: Laramie Eagle
My Experience with ANOVA Pots by Joshua White
Spring Flowering Cymbidium Species by Stephen Early
Plant Profile: Cym. seidenfadenii and some of its hybrids
The Future of Cymbidium Chatter
Volume 2 (2021)
News: Cym. Little Black Sambo renamed
2020 Readership Survey Results
Plant Profile: Cym. Candida
Grower Profile: Gary Sweikert
Notes on the three Australian Cym Species
New Hybrids from the Australian Species by Andy Easton
Disney Girl and Related Hybrids from Bert Ruiter
Climates and Microclimates
News: Resumption of COSV Meetings
Plant Profile: Cym. erythrostylum and its Descendants
Grower Profile: Geoff Le Marne
Standard Hybrids from Andy Easton
Seedlings Flowered by Pierre Pujol
Controlling Weeds with Linuron
News: The Future of Pauline’s Lab
Plant Profile: Cym. atropurpureum and its Progeny
Grower Profile: Steve Thomas
Photo Gallery: Pierre Pujol’s Seedlings
Hybridising for Late Season Cut Flowers by Bert Ruiter
Making Your Own Crosses
Virus Update: New Orchid Fleck Virus (OFV) Strains
News: COVID Cancellations
Nursery Profile: Kimberley Orchids
Photo Gallery:
Pierre Pujol’s Seedlings
COCSA Winter Show Report by Graham Morris
Research Tools
News: Purchase of Pauline’s Lab
Nursery Profile: Bryants Orchids
Photo Gallery: Nado Lenkic’s Seedlings
Cymbidium Flower Patterns
News: Virtual OSCOV 2021 Show Results
Plant Profile: Red Pepper ‘Janice’
Grower Profile: Teresa Bourke
Cym. canaliculatum In-Depth
Photo Gallery: Terry Poulton’s Cyms
Another Look at ANOVA Pots
Volume 3 (2022)
News: Vale Julian Coker
Plant Profile: Edward Marshall ‘Mali’
Nursery Profile: Surf Coast Orchids
Photo Gallery: Terry Poulton’s Cyms
Albinism in Cymbidiums
Note that this article is pending revision after errors with inheritance ratios and polyploidy (especially with amphidiploids) were identified.
Plant Profile: New Century
Photo Gallery: Pierre Pujol’s Seedlings
Rodent Damage and Control
Propagating from Backbulbs
Plant Profile: Atlantic Carat ‘No. 1’
Photo Gallery: Terry Poulton’s Cyms
First Flowering Seedlings of 2021 by the 3 Amigos
The Lowly Cymbidium Backbulb by Weegie Caughlan
Plant Profile: Vogelsang and Progeny
Plant Profile: Amaroo
An Orchid Miscellany by Rob Allan
Controlling Scale in Small Collections
Melbourne Orchid Spectacular (OSCOV) Show Report
COSV Spring Show Report
Grower Profile: John Gate
Photo Gallery: Nado Lenkic’s 2022 Seedlings (Part One)
Plant Profile: Orange Coral (with contributions by Allan Rae)
Photo Gallery: Nado Lenkic’s 2022 Seedlings (Part Two)
A Detailed Look at Ploidy
Measuring Stomatal Guard Cell Length to Estimate Ploidy
A Protocol for the use of Oryzalin to Double Orchid Chromosomes by Bob Hamilton
Volume 4 (2023)
Plant Profile: Dural Dream and Progeny (with contributions from John Gate and the 3 Amigos)
Plant Profile: Cym. hookerianum and Progeny (with contributions from Bert Ruiter & Nado Lenkic)
Plant Profile: Grammatocymbidiums (with contributions from Kobsukh Kaenratana and Michael Coker)
Photo Gallery: Pierre Pujol’s Latest Seedlings
Investigating the taxonomy of Cym. erythraeum, flavum and daweishanense
Deflasking Tips from Justin Priddy
Cymbidium Crossword #1
COSV Spring Show Report
Backbulb Propagation Media
Solution to Crossword #1
Issue #44: December 2023
(Special Issue on Dean Roesler)
COSV Spring Show Report Addendum
Grower Profile: Dean Roesler
Volume 5 (2024)
Australian Orchid Review articles:
Cym. Red Beauty – The Story Continues by Rob Smith
Two Men’s Legacy: Miles Seton & Dean Roesler by Noe Smith
Weather, Heatwaves and Spike Initiation
Dealing with Rot
Issue #46 is planned for June 2024