Feb 2003 Plant Table

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Show Table – February 2003

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. The monthly speaker chooses the Speaker’s Choice and the VAOS members vote on the plant for Members’ Choice. The following section describes each of these awards for February 2003.

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Best SpciesAward: Epidendrum stamfordianum ‘Pinkie’ AM/AOS

Grower: Bill and Connie Timm

Multiple spike plant with an impressive cascade of blooms. Plant and flowers in very good condition.

This variety recieved its AM award in 1967. Over thirty varietal forms of Epi. stamfordianum have been awarded with about half of the awards for culture. Plants receiving a CCM have had over 1000 flowers with one plant estimated to have 4000 flowers.
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First Place and Members’ Choice Awards: Blc. Meditation ‘Silver Sword’

Grower: Ed and Elaine Fox

A well grown plant with eleven flowers open and several buds.

The cross Blc. Meditation was registered in 1974. It is a complex hybrid with 7 cattleya species (dominated by the use of C. dowiana, C. warscewiczii, C. trianiae) a single Brassavola species (B. digbyana) and a single Laelia species (L. purpurata).
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Second Place Award: Oncidium maculatum

Grower: Bill and Betsy Scevola

Numerous flowers and buds on seven spikes.

This species, from Central America, received its first AOS award in 1963. The twenty four awards to this species include one as recent as 2001. The species has been used in numerous hybrids.
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Third Place Award: Phal. Luchia Stripes

Grower: Barbara and Bob Wagner

One spike with seven nicely arranged flowers. The flowers striping is well marked and uniform, the very outer edge of the sepals and petals are white and define the flower shape.

This cross of Phal. Ruey Lih Stripes x Phal. Coral Lake was registered in 1998.
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Speaker’s Choice Award: Slc. Firelighter

Grower: Ted and Marty Kellogg

Slc. Firelighter’s parents are Slc. Bright Angel x Sl. Orpetii. Three large flowers (3.5 inch spread) on a small (under six inches) plant. This plant was purchased from H& R Nurseries in a 2″ pot in March 2001, and was blooming for the second time when exhibited.

Judges: DaveMitchell, Howie Schneider, Shirley Hoffman