First Place:
Rlc. Little Mike (Rlc. Memoria Helen Brown ‘Sweet Afton” x C. bicolor ‘Mendenhall-Beta’ 4N)
Grower: Carol Wood
This plant was purchased from Carter and Holmes and submitted to the plant table without the grex name Rlc. Little Man. The cross was originally registered in 1982 and has won five AOS awards. Carter and Homes remade the cross using its tetraploid (4N) of C. bicolor that they describe as intensely green, heavy substance and full form. These C. bicolor characteristics are apparent in Carol’s plant.
Second Place:
Rlc. Susan Fender ‘Cover Girl’
Grower: Peg Thompson
The cross of Rlc. Ceasar’s Head by C. Mary Ellen Carter is another Carter and Holmes cross which was named for Susan Fender in 1992. It was the cover picture for the 1992 Carter and Holmes catalog.
Third Place:
Ctsm. Spotted Dragon (Ctsm. Orchidglade x Ctsm. fimbriatum).
Grower: Hank Irvine
Orchid tags are often difficult to read or may not be correct. Hank submitted the plant as Ctsm. Spotted Dragon Orchidglade x fimbriatum. It turns out that Ctsm. Spotted Dragon is the result of the cross of Ctsm. Orchidglade x Ctsm. fimbriatum. There is no registered name of Ctsm. Spotted Dragon Orchidglade nor is there a clone of Ctsm. Spotted Dragon named ‘Orchidglade.’
Species of the Month:
Oberonia mucronata
Grower: Bill Timm
A species native to Borneo, India, Jawa, Laos and other Asian areas. There are over 300 species to the genus Oberonia. All of the species have flattened psuedobulbs with fan shaped leaves and very small flowers. The species mucronata has often been grown under the name Ob. iridifolia.
Members’ Choice and Speaker’s Choice:
Rhyncattleanthe Love Passion ‘Dogashima’ x Rhycholaeliocattleya. Rubescence ‘SOV’ AM/AOS
Grower: Tony Nacinovich
A first bloom of a seedling breed by Fred Clarke of Sunset Valley Orchids. The cross has not been registered yet, but several images of the hybrid can be found on the web. Flowers are bright orange to red and of full shape.