Show Table April 2005
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 April – there was a tie for Members’ Choice. Plants are named as presented with minor editing corrections. To view a larger image, click on the photograph.
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First Place: Iwanagara Appleblossom
Grower: Patti Rapaport A well grown plant with 13 inflorescences, 50 flowers and 40 buds. This cross of Dial. Snowflake by Blc. Orange Nuggett was registered by the Rod McLellan Co. in 1992. Nineteen clones have won AOS awarads. The clone exhibited was the traditional appleblossom color; yellow clones are also known. |
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Second Place: Oncidium (Tolumnia) Calypso Queen “Sundance” HCC/AOS
Grower: Katie Caldwell The original cross of Tolu. Golden Glow x Tolu. pulchella was registered in 1965 by W. W. G. Moir. The clone ‘Sundance’ received its HCC/AOS award in 1995 and is likely to be from a remark of the orignal cross using superior clones. The exhibited plant had 13 inflorescences with approximately 11 flowers on each. |
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Third Place and Members’ Choice: Doritaenopsis Minho Princess
Grower: Bob and Barbara Wagner This cross of Dtps. Sun Prince by Phal. Ta Lin Freeds was registerd in 1996. The exhibited plant had a very well branched inflorescence with 28 flowers. |
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Species of the Month, Speaker’s Choice and Members’ Choice: Dendrobium primulinum
Grower: Bill Timms The five flowering pendulous pseudobulbs carried 80 flowers in perfect form. The species is native to the Himalayas and while it grows in intermediate conditions it needs a cool resting period in winter. Several clones have won cultural awards, including one that was awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1897. |
Judges: Jim Cope, Patti Rapaport and Pam Boothe.
47 plants from 23 exhibitors were shown.