Above: Victorian Australian Native Hybrid of the 
Year was Sarcochilus Patricia Abell ‘Missy’ 
AM/OSCOV, grown by Le-Anne and David 
Brown of Cranbourne. Photo: David Brown. 
and Victorian Any Other Hybrid of the 
Year, while city amateur growers won the 
categories for Victorian Cymbidium of the 
Year, Victorian Cattleya of the Year and 
Victorian Any Other Species of the Year. 
It has been another difficult year for 
orchid growers in Victoria, because of 
water restrictions imposed throughout the 
whole of the state as the result of our on- 
going drought. Unfortunately these 
restrictions seem set to continue for the 
remainder of 2009 (and probably for sev- 
eral years thereafter), and scorching tem- 
peratures during February (up to 46.4 °C in 
Melbourne, the highest temperature ever 
recorded here) have severely damaged 
many orchid collections. Nevertheless, 
many orchids (and their growers) are great 
survivors, and I’m sure that many 
Victorian orchids will still be awarded dur- 
ing 2009. 
I thank the OSCOV Awards Secretary 
(and President), Stephen Early, for provid- 
ing me with the information and digital 
photographs used in this article. a 
Brian Milligan 
Balwyn North, Victoria 
Left: Victorian Other Species Orchid of the Year 
was Cyrtorchis arcuata ‘Lam’ CBM/OSCOV, 
grown by Kathy Lam and Jean-Francois Rossi. 
Photo: Kathy Lam. 
The Australian Orchid Review, June/July 2009 
