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April 2007 Plant Table

Posted on 05/22/2010 by admin

Show Table April 2007

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. In April there was a tie for Members’ Choice. The following section describes each of these awards for April. Plants are named as presented with minor editing corrections. To view a larger image, click on the photograph.

	First Place and Members’ Choice: Iwan. AppleblossomGrower: Arnie and Patti Rapoport A very well grown plant of Iwanagaara Appleblossom with 29 infloresecences, approximately 145 flowers and over 100 buds. The plant was grown naturally, without staking, and the blooms surrounded the plant. This cross of Caulaelia Snowflake by Blc Orange Nugget has produced seedlings ranging in color from ‘appleblossom pink’ to bright yellow.
	Second Place: Onc. Jiuhbao Gold ‘Tainan’ AM/AOS Grower: Elinor Burton A single, staked, branched, upright inflorescence showed the 25 large vibrant yellow flowers to perfection. This clone, which is the only awarded one of the cross (Onc. Shonan x Onc. Kaizumic Delight), received the AM/AOS in 2003. Its heritage extends for five generations and includes the species Onc. sphacelatum, marshallianum, maculatum and varicosum.
	Third Place : Dtps. Achy Breaky Heart Grower: Roberta Williams This Doritaenopsis hybrid of Dtps. Queen of Hearts by Phal. Bright Lights was registered by Carter ands Holmes in 1992 and has been remade several times as a key element in their production of red-lip Phalaenopsis type plants. This plant had 11 blossoms well arranged on one inflorescence. The white flowers were enhanced by the densely colored rose-red lips.
	Species of the Month and Members’ Choice: Paphiopedilum lowii Grower: Ted and Marty Kellogg A well grown plant with three inflorescences, each with four flowers and one bud. This plant is a seedling from the cross that earned an Award of Quality from the American Orchid Society for Krull-Smith in 2004 and was a donation from Krull- Smith to the VAOS auction in 2005.
	Speaker’s Choice: C. Tripp Johnston x Bactia ‘Grape Wax’ Grower: Joe Crook This unregistered cross was made by George Dalbert as part of his effort to produce spotted Cattleya flowers. The flowers open small with only a few spots. As the flower grows, the spots and color intensify. The photo shows both new flower on top and a mature flower below it. The plant had six flowers on one inflorescence. Other majority of offspring from this cross do not show spotting.

Judges were Susan Fender,Joe Crook and Yvonne Renzi.

Twenty-seven plants from13 exhibitors were shown.

March 2007 Plant Table

Posted on 05/22/2010 by admin

Show Table March 2007

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 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: Brassolaeliocattleya. Suncoast SunSpots . Grower: Patti Rapoport Blc. Suncoast Sunspots is a hybrid of Lc. Jungle Elf by Blc. Waianea Leopard registered in 2004. The cross has won four AOS awards, including one at our 2006 Show. The plant shown had three full, flat flowers that were a wonderful spotted yellow with a bright magenta lip.
	Second Place: Cattleya aurantiaca Grower: John Masters A well grown and flowered plant presented a striking show of this species. The flowers had good form with no signs that they self polinated as many forms of the this species do. The species was first described in the 1838 (as Epidendrum aurantiaca) and was first used registered as a parent in hybridizing in 1902. Today it is in the background of more than 3000 registered hybirds.
	Third Place and Members’ Choice: Pot. Chatoyant ‘Great Purple’ Grower: Jane Camorata Three large flowers with hugh velvet purple lips caught the members attention. This hybrid of Pot. Charmides by Blc. South Ghyll is a complex hybird of many generations. C. dowiana and B. digbyana and the breeders’ eyes have all contributed to the large lip found in this hybrid.
	Species of the Month: Dryadella zebrina Grower: Bill Timm A very small plant, about 3″ high carried 4 flowers. The species was described as a Masdevallia by Porsch in 1905 and transferred to Dryadella by Leur in 1978. It is from South America occuring in Bolivia, Brazil, Peru and Columbia. The species is reported to like low light and cool temperatures. Bill is growing it well in Sarasota, Fl.

Judges were Richard Amos, John Masters, Jeff Higel.

Twenty-seven plants from 17 exhibitors were shown.

January 2007 Plant Table

Posted on 05/22/2010 by admin

Show Table January 2007

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. In January there was a three-way tie in the voting 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, Speaker’s Choice and Members’ Choice: Brassavola cordata (subulifolia). Grower: Kathy Caldwell A hanging mount encircled by the plant and flowers. Each of the thirty or so inflorescences carried a dozen or more flowers. Brassavola subulifolia was described by Lindly in 1831, five years before he provided the name Brassavola cordata. While the name Brassavola cordata has been most commonly used in the orchid trade for many years, the name accepted by the Kew’s World Checklist is Brassavola subulifolia.
	Second Place: Cattleytonia Starrlynn Grower: Patti Rapoport The picture shown does not fairly reflect the intense red coloring of this hybrid of Ctna. Capri by Ctna. Why Not registered in 1996. Several inflorescences carried four of five flowers each.
	Third Place and Members’ Choice: PaphiopedilumTop Knock Grower: Bill Timm A single, flat, well-held flower caught the judges attention. This hybrid of Paph. Knock Knock by Paph. Prelude was registered in 2005. While it has a complex parentage, it strongly shows its heritage influenced by Paph. Maudiae, a primary hybrid of Paph. callosum by Paph. lawrenceanum.
	Species of the Month: Trigonidium egertonianum Grower: Bill Timm A well grown plant about 30 inches across and128 inches high had 15 open flowers and numerous young inflorescences. The small flowers, 1-2 centimeters in size, are held just below the height of the leaves. One could walk past this plant and not even notice it was in flower.
	Members Choice: Blc.Joann Yakimura x C. Chocolate Drop Grower: Patrick Casey A very well-flowered plant of this unregistered hybrid. The C. Chocolate Drop added a luminescent texture to the flower color. With fifteen flowers on five inflorescences it was the ‘showiest’ plant on the table.

Judges were Peg Thompson, Phyllis Walton, Jeff Higel.

Fifteen plants from 6 exhibitors were shown.