Show Table December 2006
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. There was no Speaker for the December meeting. The following section describes each of these awards for December. Plants are named as presented with minor editing corrections. To view a larger image, click on the photograph.
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First Place: Pot. Susan Fender ‘Cinnamon Stick’ AM/AOS
Grower: Richard Amos A magnificant display of 19 flowers and 9 buds on 8 inforescences. This hybrid of Pot. Ceaser’s Head by Lc. Mary Ellen Carter was registered in 1992. Bill and Susan Fender received the award for this clone in 1994. The flower is striking, the color varies a bit by temperature. Greg Allikas, photgrapher, recently chose this hybrid to be the cover picture of his book, The World’s Most Beautiful Orchids. |
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Second Place: Blc. Cumbre de Boringuen
Grower: Richard Amos Three flowers with deep dark purple petals and an even richer red purple lip attracted the judges to this plant. The flowers were large, about 18 cm. in natural spread. The parents are Blc.Oconee ‘Mendenhall‘ and Blc. Plum Pretty ‘Black Magic.’ The hybrid was registered in 2002. |
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Third Place: Lc. Summit View ‘Primero’
Grower: Bill and Susan Fender Although Bill claims this plant is an automatic blooming machine, he deserves credit for the 21 flowers produced on 11 inflorescences. C. percivaliana, known as the Christmas Orchid, is one parent; the other is Lc. Drumbeat. |
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Species of the Month: Dendrobium rigidum (Dockrillia rigida)
Grower: Richard Amos Many, many flowers enhanced the unique leatherly leaves of this small growing species. It is from Australia, where it grows in lowlands in a variety of habitats. In culture it requires protection from cold, and it thrives with high humidy, strong light and good air movement. |
Judges were Roy Klinger, Noreen Chervinski, John Masters.
Nineteen plants from 7 exhibitors were shown.