September 2009 Plant Table

Grower: Carol Wood

A hybrid of Dendrobium Mini Green x Den Phalaenopsis representing the small dendrobiums. This type of breeding has produced a line of small plants which can easily be used to decorate a table top. Carols plant was covered with flowers creating an excellent specimen display. Carol reports the plant is in bloom from August through December.

Grower: Noreen Chervinski

Noreen indicate that this is a division of a plant she has had for over thirty years. It is a hybrid of C. Jane Warne ‘Alii’ AM/AOS x C. Stephen Oliver Fouracres ‘Giant’ registered by Jones and Scully in 1976. It is good to see orchid hybrids that have been kept in collections for many years.

Grower: Joe Crook

This is cross of Bulb. lobbii x claptonense was registered in 2003 and one of the clones has earned an FCC award. This clone has outstanding color.

Grower: Ted and Marty Kellogg

Often grown under one of the synonyms, Trichoglottis brachiata or Trichoglottis philippinensis var. brachiata, the atropurpurea name is nearly fifty years older (Rchb.f., Linnaea 41: 30 1876). Ted acquired the plant in 2001 as 6 inch division. It blooms every August and is grown on a lanai.

Grower: Ed Soentoen

Two factors seem to influence the members. First, the intense color of this unknown hybrid and second, the plant arrangement. This tall, cane Dendrobium had its canes carefully tied to a center stake with the flowers forming a natural artistic arrangement.