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March 2009 Plant Table

Posted on 05/23/2010 by admin

Show Table March 2009

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 members. 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 March. Plants are named as presented with minor editing corrections. To view a larger image, click on the photograph.

	First Place and Speaker’s Choice: Dendrobium Yellow Song ‘Canary’ Grower: Richard Amos This dendrobium hybrid of the nobile type is very floriferous producing several flowers at each node. It was registered by Yamamoto in 2006 and is a hybrid of Den Midas Gold x Den Santana. It blooms on the new canes.
	Second Place: Ascocenda Miami Snow Drop Grower: Katie Caldwell This is a hybrid of Ascocenda Thai Snow x Vanda lamellata regtistered by Motes in 1996. One clone has been awarded. It brings interesting color to the Ascocendas while preserving characteristics of its species parent.
	Third Place: Baskets of Toloumnias. Grower: Katie Caldwell One of the best growers in the society, Katie’s plants are in beautiful condition and reward her with many, large sized floweres. At this meeting she brought in two baskets of Tolumnias of several plants each. Each plant had several inflorescences.
	Species of the Month: Paphiopediloum hirsutissimum Grower: Richard Amos A well grown speciman plant of the species that was first described in 1857 as Cypripedium hirsutissimum. It is a popular plant and the species has won 130 awards fromthe American Orchid Society. The species is native to India, Burma and the surrounding area.
	Members’ Choice: Sc. (Lc.) Carl Bornshire ‘Mendenhall’ HCC/AOS Grower: Bryan Herd This clone received its AOS in 2007 when caring two flowers. Its numerous flowers when displayed on the show table caught the members attention. The parents are Sc. Irving Dietsche x Sc. Ernie Pyle.

Judges were Aiko Anderson, Annn Hill , Ali Hicks and Joe Crook.

28 plants from 13 exhibitors were shown.

Show Table March 2009

	First Place and Speaker’s Choice: Dendrobium Yellow Song ‘Canary’ Grower: Richard Amos This dendrobium hybrid of the nobile type is very floriferous producing several flowers at each node. It was registered by Yamamoto in 2006 and is a hybrid of Den Midas Gold x Den Santana. It blooms on the new canes.
	Second Place: Ascocenda Miami Snow Drop Grower: Katie Caldwell This is a hybrid of Ascocenda Thai Snow x Vanda lamellata regtistered by Motes in 1996. One clone has been awarded. It brings interesting color to the Ascocendas while preserving characteristics of its species parent.
	Third Place: Baskets of Toloumnias. Grower: Katie Caldwell One of the best growers in the society, Katie’s plants are in beautiful condition and reward her with many, large sized floweres. At this meeting she brought in two baskets of Tolumnias of several plants each. Each plant had several inflorescences.
	Species of the Month: Paphiopediloum hirsutissimum Grower: Richard Amos A well grown speciman plant of the species that was first described in 1857 as Cypripedium hirsutissimum. It is a popular plant and the species has won 130 awards fromthe American Orchid Society. The species is native to India, Burma and the surrounding area.
	Members’ Choice: Sc. (Lc.) Carl Bornshire ‘Mendenhall’ HCC/AOS Grower: Bryan Herd This clone received its AOS in 2007 when caring two flowers. Its numerous flowers when displayed on the show table caught the members attention. The parents are Sc. Irving Dietsche x Sc. Ernie Pyle.

Judges were Aiko Anderson, Annn Hill , Ali Hicks and Joe Crook.

28 plants from 13 exhibitors were shown.

January 2009 Plant Table

Posted on 05/23/2010 by admin

Show Table January 2009

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 members. 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 January. Plants are named as presented with minor editing corrections. To view a larger image, click on the photograph.

	First Place: Phaiocalanthe Kryptonite ‘Blood Bath’ HCC/AOS Grower: Carol Liddy This is a hybrid of Calanthe Rozel x Phaius tankervilleae registered in 2000 by E.F.G. Orchids. E.F. G. Orchids has developed this line of breeding and offers clonal propagation of many outstanding clones. Carol’s plant was spotlessly grown and very well flowered.
	Second Place and Members’ Choice: Rsc. Lucky Man x C. Nestrasiri Beauty ‘Quest’ Grower: Bob Wallace The intense, intersting colors of this hybrid caught the eye of both the judges and the members. The flowers had exceptional substance.
	Third Place: Brassavola nodosa? Grower: Joe Crook This is an abnormal blooming of a B. nodosa that has bloomed many time for Joe. This time, all of the initial inflorescences died just as the buds were becoming visible. Each inflorescence then put out several short branches carrying 3 to 4 flowers each. The flowers were smaller than usual, but created an outstanding display.
	Species of the Month: Prosthechea cochleata Grower: Bill Timm This Florida native species is found throughout the Carribean, Mexico, Central America, and Northern South America. Forms known for the the number of open flowers, size of flowers and even the number of pollina are found in specific locals throughout its range.
	Speakers Choice: Rlc.Arthur Tanner’s Elena Armando. Grower: Shirley Hoffman This is a hybrid of Rlc. Llano and C. Ruth Gee ‘Willikers’. Plants of this cross were distrubuted to VAOS members at the Christmas meeting several years ago and are now returning to the plant table.

Judges were Toni Marie, Sue Guagliano, Katie Caldwell and Barbara Rieniets.

16 plants from 7 exhibitors were shown.

December 2008 Plant Table

Posted on 05/23/2010 by admin

Show Table December 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 December when there was no speaker. Plants are named as presented with minor editing corrections. To view a larger image, click on the photograph.

	First Place: Blc. Mahina Yahiro ‘Ulii’ AM/AOS x C. Sans Souci ‘Classic’ Grower: Bob Wallace A wonderful arrangement of six flowers set this plant above all others on the plant table. It is the result of breeding a large pink to a large white.
	Second Place and Members’ Choice: Rsc. Kat Red Panda ‘Dragon Cat’ Grower: Jane Camarota A striking contrast of red tips to the petals and lips on a green flower. The color pattern can be traced back five generations to C. intermedia.
	Third Place: Brassavola Little Stars Grower: Dale Richter Brassavola Little Stars is a hybrid of Brassavola nodosa x Brassavola subulifolia registered by Stewart’s in the 1980’s. Clones containing several hundred flowers have received cultural awards.
	Species of the Month: Laelia anceps Grower: Ted and Marty Kellogg This is a seedling of two named but unawarded clones, “Last Hurrah’ x ‘Excalibur’. It had five flowers on two inflorescences.

11 plants from 8 exhibitors were shown.