Show Table April 2008
Monthly meetings include a show table of members’ plants. Six ribbons are awarded each month: four awards are selected by an alternating team of 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 April. Plants are named as presented with minor editing corrections. To view a larger image, click on the photograph.
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First Place and Members’ Choice: Cattleya skinneri ‘Casa Luna’ AM/AOS
Grower: Richard Amos. A well grown plant with vibrant flowers in perfect condition. The plant received its AM award in 1993; at that time the judges noted the intense color and the superior substance and texture of the clone. Last year, another clone of the plant received a CCM/AOS with over 500 flowers. |
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Second Place: Paphiopedilum Bel Royal
Grower: Orchids Etc. One stately inflorescence of six flowers impressed the judges. This hybrid of Paph. rothschildianum x Paph. kolopakingii was registered in 1996. The exhibited plant had good form and outstanding pouch color. |
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Third Place: Cattleya intermedia collection
Grower: Ted and Marty Kellogg Different forms of C. intermedia were exhibited as a group. Most of the plants were growing on cedar slabs. |
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Species of the Month: Dendrobium spectabile
Grower: Joe Crook A well grown plant with nine inflorescences. This plant has the common name of ‘The Grand Dendrobium.’ One author, Pridgeon, has described the flowers as ‘grotesquely beautiful.’ |
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Speakers Choice: Beallara Marfitch ‘Howard’s Dream’ AM/AOS
Grower: Jackie Weber. This plant had received the best Oncidium award at the Englewood Orchid Show two weeks ago. We seldom see well grown plants of this hybrid in our area, one of the reasons for the speakers selection. The clone has twice received AM/AOS awards, scoring 87 points in one judging and 89 points at another. |
Judges were John Masters, Betty Ann Brumley, and Joni Harasymiw.
35 plants from 24 exhibitors were shown.