Show Table October 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 October. There was no speaker at this meeting, therefore no Speaker’s Choice award. Plants are named as presented with minor editing corrections. To view a larger image, click on the photograph.
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First Place: Clowesetum Black Jade
Grower: Bill Timm This plant had received a second place ribbion at the show table in April 2003. At that time it had 33 flowers on two inflorescences. This flowering had 42 flowers on two inflorescences, with larger, well-spaced, flowers. It is a cross of two species (Clowesia russellianum x Catasetum expansum) registered in 1991. |
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Second Place and Members’ Choice : Lctna. Happy Face ‘Venice Smile’
Grower: Bob and Barbara Wagner This splash petal hybird is an excellent example of the full form, distinct colors that can be achieved in this type of breeding. It is a cross of Lctna. Peggy San by Lc. Mari’s Song. The three inflorescences carried eight flowers. |
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Third Place: Renanthera matutina
Grower: Roy Klinger Twenty one flowers graced the arching inflorescences of this brightly colored species. Roy purchased this plant under the name Ren. monachica which is a much smaller flower with a base color of yellow. Many plants in our area (Florida) have been sold with the incorrect name. |
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Best Species: Cycnoches chlorochilon ‘Green Giant’
Grower: Bill Timm Five flowers on one inflorescence were presented on this species which blooms in late summer and early fall. After blooming, these plants should recieve a dry rest until the new growth appears in the spring. The speices is found in Panama and south through Colombia and Venezula. |
Judges were Jeff Higel, Bill Fender and Katie Caldwell.
38 plants from 17 exhibitors were shown.