Show Table June 2007
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 June. Plants are named as presented with minor editing corrections. To view a larger image, click on the photograph.
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First Place: Encyclia Thomas Fennell Grower: Ed and Elaine Fox
A large plant with 6 branched inflorescences. This is a hybrid of Encyclia Orchid Jungle x Encyclia plicata registered in 1993. The cross was made by Thomas Fennell and registered by Martin Motes. The grex has won 4 AOS awards. |
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Second Place, Speaker’s and Members’ Choice: Sophronitis (Laelia) purpurata v. carnea ‘Hihimanu’
Grower: Jane Camarota This species was first described in 1852 as Laelia purpurata and was transferred, based on DNA analysis, to Sophronitis in 2002. Most orchid growers still perfer the original name. There are many color variations of the speices. Over 100 clones have earned AOS awards. The plant exhibited drew attention because of the beautiful display of approximately 20 flowers on six inflorescences. |
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Third Place: Grammatophyllum elegans
Grower: Shirely Hoffman A plant with one infloresence over five feet long. The flowers extended around and along the entire inflorescence. The species was described in 1882. It was the cover photograph of the November 1973 American Orchid Society Bulletin. It is a good plant for our climate but should be kept warm in the winter or in may not flower the following season. |
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Species of the Month: Bulbophyllum roxburghia (sikkimense?)
Grower: Richard Amos This interesting Bulbophyllum was presented as the species sikkimense and was compared to other plants exhibited that evening. There was a general consensus that this was probably roxburghia, but these are closely related or forms of the same speices that are often confused. The Kew Monocot Checklist indicates that there is only one species – Bulb. roxburghia. |
Judges were John Masters, Walter Perrin, Carol Woods.
22 plants from 11 exhibitors were shown.