Category Archives: Plant table

Grower: Patti Rapaport

A well grown plant with 13 inflorescences, 50 flowers and 40 buds. This cross of Dial. Snowflake by Blc. Orange Nuggett was registered by the Rod McLellan Co. in 1992. Nineteen clones have won AOS awarads. The clone exhibited was the traditional appleblossom color; yellow clones are also known.

Grower: Katie Caldwell

The original cross of Tolu. Golden Glow x Tolu. pulchella was registered in 1965 by W. W. G. Moir. The clone ‘Sundance’ received its HCC/AOS award in 1995 and is likely to be from a remark of the orignal cross using superior clones. The exhibited plant had 13 inflorescences with approximately 11 flowers on each.

Grower: Bob and Barbara Wagner

This cross of Dtps. Sun Prince by Phal. Ta Lin Freeds was registerd in 1996. The exhibited plant had a very well branched inflorescence with 28 flowers.

Grower: Bill Timms

The five flowering pendulous pseudobulbs carried 80 flowers in perfect form. The species is native to the Himalayas and while it grows in intermediate conditions it needs a cool resting period in winter. Several clones have won cultural awards, including one that was awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1897.

Grower: Jane Carmarota

The intense color of the four flowers on two infloresences caught the eyes of the judges. This clone received its AM award at the Port St. Lucie show in January, 1995. The award description describes the color as a rich burgundy wine.

This is a cross of Slc. Mae Hawkins by Ctna. Keith Roth made in 1984.

Grower: Richard Amos

This cross of C. aurantiaca by Lc. Fire Island was registered in 1984 by Beall. The clone ‘Patricia’ has won cultural awards for two growers: a CCM/AOS with 91 flowers on 19 inflorescences grown by Ken Neifert in Hawaii and a CCM/AOS with 81 flowers and 83 buds grown by Don Howe in Texas.

Grower: Chris Simco

This cross of Lc. Red Gold x C. Warpaint was registered in 1974. It is a strong grower and has produced CCM/AOS awards for various owners of its clones. The name is questioned in that the clone ‘Orglades Mandarin’ has red markings in the center of the lip while this appears to be a concolored flower.

Grower: Richard Amos

A review of several sources did not find this as a valid name. It is likely that Garay identified this and is in the process of publishing its description.

Grower: Bill Timm

A well grown, floriferous example of this species. It comes from Luzon in the Philippines and requires a drier and cooler period during the winter. The photograph canno tadequately show the beautiful amethyst lip of the flowers.

Grower: Bill and Betsy Scevola

A natural hybrid of C. aurantiaca x C. skinneri this has also been remade many times by orchid breeders. It produces vigorous plants that bloom prolifically in the spring.

Grower: Jackie Weber

This plant presented two flowers and a bud on a inflorescences over a meter tall. The plant has been in bloom since Ocotober. Phrag. Sorcerer’s Apprenticeis a cross of Phrag. longifolium x Phrag. sargentianum that was registered in 1986. The grex has earned 28 AOS awards.

Grower: Venny and Roy Klinger

A nicely grown plant filled with approximately 80 bright yellow flowers. This cross of B. nodosa x Bl. Richard Mueller was registered by H & R Nursery in 1990. H & R tries to produce dependable, consistent plants from seed – this cross is one of their successes.

Grower: Bill and Betsy Scevola

A well grown plant that carried 20 flowers and 14 buds. It is a cross of C.Alice Pearce, a large’traditional’ Cattleya, by C. aurantiaca, a small, orange flowered species, that was registered in 1961 by E. J. Small.

Grower: Richard Amos

The species, Bulb. auriculatum, was recently defined. The aff. indicates this is similar to the species, but differs enough so that it does not match the definition of the species. Richard purchased the plant at the Redlands sale where he finds many unusal and interesting plants.

Grower: Jean Terrana

This species was first described in 1880. Its color and markings aided by its ability to grow well have led to its early and continued use in hybridizing. Today, nearly 14000 registered Paphiopedilums have spicerianum as part of their heritage.

Growers: Ted and Marty Kellogg

A young plant with seven well-formed flowers on 2 inflorescences. It is a cross of Blc. Love Sound by Lc. Meldoy Fair. that was registered in 2003. Ted purchased the plant as a young seedling from a local vendor, Fender’s Flora.