Category Archives: Plant table

Grower: Richard Amos

This plant was a sibling cross of C. violacea made by the the evening speaker, Roy Tokunaga, of H & R Nurseries in Hawaii. Richard Amos has grown it exceptionally well- showing 9 flowers on 2 inflorescences.

The species is found in Venezuela, Guayana, Brazil, Boliva, Peru, Columbia and Ecuador. It was first described in 1816 and plants were grown in England by 1838. It is found along river banks growing on tree trunks.

Grower: Richard Amos

This is a 5th generation Zygopetulum hybrid. The parents are Z. Warringal Wonder x Z. B G White. The cross was registered in 1991 and five clones have recieved AOS awards. The primary species in its backround are Z. crinitum and Z. mackayi.

Grower: Richard Amos.

This a cross of Bulbophyllum lobbii x Bulbophyllum phalaenopsis registered in 2003. If one is familar with the parents, this sounds like a strange cross. It has much of the B. lobbii and just a few features of the B. phalaenopsis. The origins of the plant were confirmed by our speaker who had raised sister seedlings of the cross.

Grower: Monroe Kokin

This plant had 11 flowers tighly arranged on stem. The large cupped shaped lip is an identifying characteristic of this species. Flower color is highly variable. Probably the best know offspring of the species is C. Orchidglade, registered in 1975 and awarded 12 times by AOS.

Grower: Mark Rausch

Commonly known as Trichoglottis phillippinese v. brachiata or Trichoglottis braciata, the nameof this species has been corrected to Trichoglottis atropurpurea based on a description by Reichenbach in 1877. The exhibited plant had three growths showing 16 flowers. It is a particularly nice form with almost no lighter color at the margins or tips of the sepals and petals.

Grower: Richard Amos

This hybrid, Pot. Ceasar’s Head x Lc. Mary Ellen Carter, was registered in 1992 by Carter and Homes and named for our member, Susan Fender. The Fenders received the AM/AOS award on this clone in 1994.

Richard Amos grew it well, with 7 flowers and 2 buds on four infloresences.

Grower: Chris Simco

With 26 flowers on three tall inflorescences,this plant made an outstanding display of color.The C. Penny Kuroda parent was first recognized with a CCM award, then an HCC and finally, in 1996, the AM award. It had purple flares on the petals, which in this offspring have become fully colored petals set against the white sepals.

Grower: Chris Simco

Blc. Rustic Spots is a hybrid of Bl. Richard Mueller x C. Landate registered in 2000 by H&R Orchids. Bl. Richard Mueller crosses often lose their intensity of color as they age. This has been become a feature of the plants, and provides for multicolored flowers on the same plant. In the picture, the bronze flowers are newly open, the yellow flowers are several days older.

Grower: Bill and Connie Timm

This species,from Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela grows at elevations around 1500 to 2100 meters. It is hot to warm growing and prefers lower light levels and to be kept wet at all times. It blooms as single flowers on infloresences that develop succesively from the base of the plant. The Kefersteinia genus is closely related to Chondrorhycha and Cochleanthes.