Category Archives: Plant table

Grower: Richard Amos

This hybrid of Bulbophyllum lobbii by B. phalaenopsis was registered in 2003. Richard had shown this plant before and it was then hard to see the influence of the B. phalaenopsis parent in the young seedling. At this blooming the plant had larger growths and multi-flowered inflorescences, characteristics of the B. phalaenopsis parent.

Grower: Bill Timm

A magnificancely grown plant of this hybird with one infloresence in full bloom, another inflorescence about to bloom and two immature inflorescences. It is a cross of Clowesia russelliana by Catasetum expansum. The plant was taken to judging in Miami four days after our meeting where it was awarded an AM/AOS with a score of 87 points. Congratulations Bill!

Grower: Bill Timm

Four flowers graced this small growing Bulbophyllum. The shape of the orchid, like a small boot (it was once named Cirropetalum bootanoides), made it a favorite with members.

Grower: Carol Wood

Eleven inflorsences, with an over 100 flowers and a similar number of buds, made this a favorite of members. The hybrid is a combination Rodriguezia lanceolata, Leochilus oncidioides, and Oncidium sarcodes. The plant exhibited showed a red-orange color. The award description describes the color as blood red. The color of the exhibited plant was influenced by the warm Florida temperatures.

A large plant with 6 branched inflorescences. This is a hybrid of Encyclia Orchid Jungle x Encyclia plicata registered in 1993. The cross was made by Thomas Fennell and registered by Martin Motes. The grex has won 4 AOS awards.

Grower: Jane Camarota

This species was first described in 1852 as Laelia purpurata and was transferred, based on DNA analysis, to Sophronitis in 2002. Most orchid growers still perfer the original name. There are many color variations of the speices. Over 100 clones have earned AOS awards. The plant exhibited drew attention because of the beautiful display of approximately 20 flowers on six inflorescences.

Grower: Shirely Hoffman

A plant with one infloresence over five feet long. The flowers extended around and along the entire inflorescence. The species was described in 1882. It was the cover photograph of the November 1973 American Orchid Society Bulletin. It is a good plant for our climate but should be kept warm in the winter or in may not flower the following season.

Grower: Richard Amos

This interesting Bulbophyllum was presented as the species sikkimense and was compared to other plants exhibited that evening. There was a general consensus that this was probably roxburghia, but these are closely related or forms of the same speices that are often confused. The Kew Monocot Checklist indicates that there is only one species – Bulb. roxburghia.

A species from Brazil, it was first noticed in 1857 as part of an import collection in the greenhouse of Count Schiller at Hamburgh. Reichenbach published a description of those flowers in the same year. Clones have won nearly 60 awards from the American Orchid Society. Its broad lip and striking color of the sepals and petals make it a favorite.

Grower: Katie Caldwell

This unnamed hybird held two inflorescences of sanderiana like flowers. Each parent grex has been recognized with one award and this may be a sibling of those plants.

Grower: Bob and Barbara Wagner

This cross of Lc. Catherine Hood x Lc. Christmas Fairy was registered in 1981. It is a large size semi-alba that flowers regularly in April/May. The plant carried several blooms with more buds to come.

Grower: Bill Timm

This species is a native of the Philippines and grows at lower elevations to 100 m. in areas of year round rainfall. The pseudobulbs begin growth erect and become pendulous as they elongate. The flowers are produced in dense masses tightly clustered near the stem. It belongs to the section Pedilonum which contains many very colorful species.