Show Table February 2005
Monthly meetings include a show table of members’ plants. Six ribbons are awarded each month: four awards are selected by an alternating team of three VAOS member judges. These awards are: one for Best Species, and a First, Second and Third place award to any plant, a Speaker’s Choice award and the VAOS members vote on the plant for Members’ Choice. The following section describes each of these awards for February. To view a larger image, click on the photograph.
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First Place: Phragmipedium Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Grower: Jackie Weber This plant presented two flowers and a bud on a inflorescences over a meter tall. The plant has been in bloom since Ocotober. Phrag. Sorcerer’s Apprenticeis a cross of Phrag. longifolium x Phrag. sargentianum that was registered in 1986. The grex has earned 28 AOS awards. |
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Second Place: Bc.Yellow Bird
Grower: Venny and Roy Klinger A nicely grown plant filled with approximately 80 bright yellow flowers. This cross of B. nodosa x Bl. Richard Mueller was registered by H & R Nursery in 1990. H & R tries to produce dependable, consistent plants from seed – this cross is one of their successes. |
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Third Place: CattleyaDavid Sweet
Grower: Bill and Betsy Scevola A well grown plant that carried 20 flowers and 14 buds. It is a cross of C.Alice Pearce, a large’traditional’ Cattleya, by C. aurantiaca, a small, orange flowered species, that was registered in 1961 by E. J. Small. |
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Species of the Month: Bulbophyllum aff. auriculatum ‘sestochilus #2’
Grower: Richard Amos The species, Bulb. auriculatum, was recently defined. The aff. indicates this is similar to the species, but differs enough so that it does not match the definition of the species. Richard purchased the plant at the Redlands sale where he finds many unusal and interesting plants. |
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Members Choice: Paphiopedilum spicerianum ‘Prissy’
Grower: Jean Terrana This species was first described in 1880. Its color and markings aided by its ability to grow well have led to its early and continued use in hybridizing. Today, nearly 14000 registered Paphiopedilums have spicerianum as part of their heritage. |
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Speakers Choice: Blc. Izumi Charm
Growers: Ted and Marty Kellogg A young plant with seven well-formed flowers on 2 inflorescences. It is a cross of Blc. Love Sound by Lc. Meldoy Fair. that was registered in 2003. Ted purchased the plant as a young seedling from a local vendor, Fender’s Flora. |
Judges: Sylvia Walker, Mark Inman, Joe Cook.
28 plants from 15 exhibitors were shown.