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February 1st Meeting Speaker

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Our speaker this Wednesday is Greg Allikas. Greg is a photographer who knows his orchids. An orchid grower since 1970,  Allikas is awards photographer for the AOS West Palm Beach Judging Center,  Florida-Caribbean Judging Center in Miami,  and many annual South Florida and international orchid shows including Ft. Lauderdale,  Delray Beach,  Naples and Boca Raton. His photos are regularly seen in AOS publications including the annual calendar and Orchids magazine. He has written articles for both Orchids magazine and Orchid Digest and has been published in Germany,  South America,  Sweden and in the Russian magazine,  World of Orchids. Greg also has many photos in the latest editions of the Sunset and Ortho books on orchids and supplied all of the photography for Growing Orchids is Fun (Hollingsworth), Orchids to Know and Grow (Sheehan & Black),  and Orquideas en la Gran Ciudad (Verdura). The latter is the first book on orchid culture written and published in Spain. He has 2 other books he co-authored the third is a 256-page book Four Seasons of Orchids which is in a second printing.

Greg’s topic will be “Pedilonum Dendrobiums”  with lots of photos. He will bring some photographic prints for sale,  specially priced for VAOS.

Contact Greg at graphicgreg@orchidworks.com

Visit his website at www.orchidworks.com

Plant table awards, January 4, 2012

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First Place and Members Choice:
Cattlianthe Spring Imp ‘Lennette #3’ HCC/AOS

Grower:
Tony Nacinovich

Many bright orange red flowers caught everyone’s
attention of this complex hybrid of many generations.
The strong influence from the hybridizers selection provided an
orchid which strongly shows the influence of
Guarianthe aurantiaca,
a great grandparent to the
hybrid. The clone ‘Lenette
#3’ received its HCC award in 2004 with 17 flowers on two
inflorescences.

Second
Place: BrassocattleyaYellow
Bird

Grower:
Tawanna Hardenbrook

This well-known hybrid of
Brassavola nodosa by
Brassocattleya Richard
Mueller has received 11 AOS awards, six of them for culture.
The cross, registered by H & R in 1990, has only two species in
its background – Bc. nodosa
and C. milleri.
It is an excellent plant for our area.
It will withstand our ‘cool’ night and our summer heat to produce
blooms during the winter months.

Third
Place: Rhyncholealiocattleya Theresa Hill

Grower: Bob
Wallace

This hybrid of
Rlc. Carolina Splendor x
Rlc. Goldenzelle was
registered by Krull-Smith in 2008.
The cross was also made by Bill Fender, using Goldenzelle as the
pod parent. The parents bring together a clear bright yellow with a red
orange. The seedlings are
usually an ‘art shade’ color.
This plant was from the Fender cross.

Species of
the Month: Guarianthe bowringiana

Grower:
Shirley Hoffman

A winter blooming species from Central America.
Know commonly as Cattleya
bowringiana, and also as
Cattleya autumnalis, it produces many flowers on upright stems.
The color is enhanced by a glistening surface texture.

Speakers
Choice: Rhyncholealiocattleya Liz Wright

Grower:
Richard Amos

Two beautiful, large size ‘classic’ orchid flowers
won the approval of our speaker, Bob Scully.
This cross was registered in 1981 and represents the best of the
large purple Cattleya breeding at that time.
Large Cattleya breeding fell out of favor at that time – will we
see more of this type of breeding?