Announcing Winners of April 2023 Virtual Voting Competition

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There were 15 entries in the recent April members virtual voting competition, 9 were in the Flowering category and 6 in Foliage

The winners were B red cane unknown [Grower: Rosalie H] – Flowering and B Silver Beauty [Grower Janeen R] – Foliage

B red cane unknown [Grower: Rosalie H]
B Silver Beauty [Grower: Janeen R]

See the full set of entries in the competition in our Previous Events – April 2023 Virtual Voting Competition

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Important Date Change

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Please note:  Our April meeting is rescheduled and is now going to be held on Saturday 1st April 2023 due to the fact that our regular meeting day is Easter Saturday.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

  • Event: April Members Meeting
  • Where: N G Wishart Senior Citizens Hall, 964 Nepean Highway Moorabbin Victoria
  • When: Saturday April 1, 2023 at 1.30 pm

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Winners of the October 2022 Begonia Virtual Voting Competition

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There were 24 entries in the recent October members virtual voting competition, 10 were in the Flowering category and 14 in Foliage. The winners are:

B Galaxy [Grower: J Randle]
B fischeri [Grower: J Randle]
B Red Glow [Grower: J Kafcaloudes]

Flowering Category (a tie)

B fischeri and B Galaxy both grown by J Randle

Foliage Category

B Red Glow grown by J Kafcaloudes

There was also an un-named photo wanting a name. It has now been identified as B. ‘Fuchsifoliosa”

B unnamed now B. ‘Fuchsifoliosa” [Grower: J Kafcaludes]

Congratulations to all!

You can view all entries on the October page under Previous Events.

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What’s Flowering in November

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The November 2021 member’s virtual voting competition saw 25 entries. Twelve entries in the flowering section and thirteen in the foliage section. Here are the entries under their submitted sections.  Here is a sample of members begonias from this event.

B bowerae var nigramarga (flower) [Grower: K Jenvey]
B Page 13 (rh) (foliage) [Grower: B Moyle]
B ‘Cleopatra’ (flower) [Grower: K Jenvey]
B Brown Bess (foliage) [Grower: J Randle]
B Green Streak (flower) [Grower: E Brinduse]
B Rex unknown (foliage) [Grower: P Moyle]

You can view all entries on the November page under Previous Events.

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November Virtual Voting Competition

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The winner for the foliage section of the November Virtual Voting Competition is:

Begonia Dark Whisper [Grower: K Jenvey]

B 'Dark Whisper' (foliage)

B ‘Dark Whisper’ (foliage) [Grower: K Jenvey]

Unfortunately, in the flowering competition there were insufficient number of votes to decide a clear winner. Better luck next month!

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What’s growing and flowering in September

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The Melbourne Begonia Society ran its September virtual voting competition for its members. There were 21 entries. Seven entries were received in the foliage section and fourteen in the flowering section. Here are some of the begonias entered in this competition.

B ‘Dale Kramer – flowers [Grower: K Jenvey]
B Cowardly Lion (rh) – foliage [Grower: B Moyle]
B richmondensis – flowers [Grower: L Johnston]
B. Silver Skies – Foliage [Grower: J Randle]
B Double Pink semp – flowers [Grower: P Moyle]
B ‘Touch of Class’ – foliage [Grower: K Jenvey]

For the full listing see our September 2021 Virtual Voting Competition page on our Previous Events area.

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September Winners

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The Melbourne Begonia Society ran its September virtual voting competition for its members. There were 21 entries. Seven entries were received in the foliage section and fourteen in the flowering section.

The winners are:

B venosa – flowers [Grower: P Brady]
B ‘Silver Cloud’- foliage [Grower: K Jenvey]

Flowering section: B venosa [Grower: P Brady]
Foliage section: B ‘Silver Cloud’ [Grower: K Jenvey]

Congratulations!

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What’s Growing in August

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The Melbourne Begonia Society ran its August virtual voting competition for its members. There were 21 entries. Twelve entries were received in the foliage section and nine in the flowering section.

Here is a sample of what members voted for in the August competition. For a full listing of all entries see our August Virtual Voting competition page on our Previous events section on this website.

B Silvering (rh) (Foliage) [Grower: B Moyle]
B. ‘Irene Nuss’ (Flower) [Grower: K Jenvey]
B Putzeys (rex) (Foliage) [Grower: B Moyle]
B listada (Flower) [Grower: P Brady]
B. Coral Cay (Foliage) [Grower: J Randle]
B. schmidtiana (Flower) [Grower: J Randle]

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