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In memory of RAY ROBINSON 17-08-1937 – 15-11-2016 Ray and Barbara started their hobby by accident. After they moved into their home in Townsville which had very little growing in the garden, Barbara’s father came over to visit. What started their hobby was asking him to pot up one of his asparagus ferns. Around this […]

In memory of Dr WILLIAM RUSSELL RIGG 13th August, 1904 ~ 21st August, 2003 Bill Rigg, the eldest of four children, was born in 1904 in Glasgow, Scotland. In 1912 when he was eight, he and his family migrated to Australia on the S.S. Paparoa. His family settled in West Brunswick where his initial education

In memory of JAMES NOEL RENTOUL 25th December, 1909 ~ 15th March, 1991 J.N. (Jim) Rentoul began growing orchids in 1937, when he was first married and had purchased his first home in Glen Iris (Victoria). His fast-developing passion was curtailed by service in WW II, although he did still manage to collect and care

In memory of JOHN PORTER A donation has been made to the Australian Orchid Trust Fund by theNorth Brisbane Orchid Society (Queensland). AOTF: 393  

In memory of DAVID LAWRENCE PIKO 11-02-1952 ~ 19-05-2014 David was an outstanding photographer and through his love of the bush he developed a passion for native orchids. These two hobbies blended exceptionally well. David was frequent visitor to Mt. Cannibal at Garfield North, Victoria and was also a dedicated member of the ‘Friends of

In memory of RONALD PEARCE 29-09-1915 ~ 29-01-2002 Both of Ron’s parents were from families of early settlers in the Blackburn and Doncaster regions of eastern Melbourne. They were orchardists and market gardeners well before 1906, specialising in orchard crops such as apples, pears, peaches, apricots, lemons, cherries and nectarines. He was invited into the

In memory of Dr ARTHUR RAYMOND PARKIN MB BS FROPA 1917 ~ 2003 Arthur was educated in Victoria at the Princes Hill State School and at Wesley College, before studying medicine at the Melbourne University 1936-1941. After graduation, he joined the Army on 25-06-1942 and spent the next few years at 45 Camp Hospital in

In memory of FREDERICK WILLIAM PADDOCK 1905 ~ 1988 The Orchid World of Australia has lost a great man and enthusiast, who passed away suddenly and peacefully on the 1st January, 1988. Bill’s passing was untimely and unexpected; and occurred early one morning as he was resting in his favourite armchair. Bill Paddock was a

In memory of WALTER (WAL) NICHOLSON 07-08-1929 – 09-12-2016 Wal first became interested in orchids when he worked in Toowoomba, helping to decorate the bank he worked in, for the Carnival of Flowers, back in 1954-60. A colleague’s neighbour grew Cymbidiums, conveniently flowering them each September, so were borrowed each year. This person was quite

In memory of PHYL NICHOLAS 17 July 1921 – 5 August 2019 She can rightly be regarded as the matriarch of orchid growers and societies in Tasmania. Phyl was born on 17 July 1923 and grew up on a rural property at Kempton where she learned to shoot a gun, her father insisting that she