Category Archives: Plant table

Grower: Ed and Elaine Fox

A superior plant that appealed to judges, the speaker and to members, this clone had over 55 flowers on 22 spikes – significantly more spikes and flowers than two clones that have recieved CCM awards from the AOS. The cross of Lc. Marie’s Song by Blc. Orange Nuggett was registered in 1995. It is a complex hybrid with 16 Cattleya species, 4 Laelia species and 2 Brassavola species in its background.

Grower: Katie Caldwell

The grex, V. Pimsai, was registered in 1975 by Y. Weerwathanamas.The exhibited clone, Aztec, is the only one to have received an AOS award. The exhibited plant had 13 flowers on one inflorescence.

It is a cross of V. Lenavat x V. Patou. Although this breeding line goes back seven generations, and involves 50 parents, the primary species, accounting for 3/4 of the background is V. sanderiana.

Grower: Joni Harasymiw

The exhibited plant had 3 inflorescences of 25-35 flowers each and perfect foliage. The species is widely distributed in Central America and northern South America.

There are over 1200 speices of Pleurothallis. According to the Kew Orchid List, Pleurothallis racemiflora is now a synonym of Pleurothallis quadrifida

Grower: Bill and Connie Timms

This species presented itself very well with seven inflorescences each containing 50-100 flowers. The inflorescences emerge from the base of the psuedobulbs and create a ‘shower’ of color.

The species has been awarded several quality and cultural awards. Recent cultural awarded plants had 1500 or more flowers. The plant is native to Mexico, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela. Epi. stamfordianum is a good choice for anyone wishing to grow a ‘showy’ species.

Grower: Richard Amos

An amazing ball of attractive green growths with hundreds of small white flowers. This species which was first described by Lindley in 1836 is native to tropical West Africa. Richard says he has been growing the species for many years and this plant is one of the many divisions he has made.

Grower: Katie Caldwell

A beautifully grown plant with arching branched sprays carrying 45 flowers and 26 buds. This hybrid of Bro. Little London ‘Cutie’ x Ctna. Orglade’s Little Lover ‘Darkie’ was registered by Claude Hamilton in 1999 and has received two AOS awards to date.

Grower: Bill and Betsey Scevola

One huge flower (20 cm x 20 cm) flower with a frilled royal purple lip. This unregistered hybrid’s lineage is complex. Blc. California Girl includes a line of breeding about 150 years and seven generations; Blc. Winifred Singeo is from a breeding line of over 100 years and seven generations. The parents of this plant were registered in 1983 and 1994.

Grower: Katie Caldwell

Six flowers and fifteen buds graced this plant. The genera Hknsa( = Hawkinsara) is a combination of Broughtonia, Cattelya, Laelia, and Sophronitis. The grex Hknsa. Sogo Doll was registered in 1994; the clone ‘Little Angel’ was awarded a 78 point HCC/AOS at the Naples show in 2002.

Grower: Richard Amos

This is a cross of Angcm. magdalenae x Angcm. sesquipedale registered in 1984 by Lemforder. Wildcatt indicates that Lemforder registered 51 hybrids, fifty of them Phalenopsis crosses and and this one Angraecum cross. The exhibited plant had two large star shaped flowers in perfect condition. The flowers produced a strong, spicey-sweet scent.

Grower: Ed and Elaine Fox

Four flowers on two stems and 8 buds on other stems gave a hint of the floriferousness of this plant. The parents, Lc. Amber Glow (yellow with red lip) and C. Horace (light lavender-pink) are two well known Cattleyas. While they were registered in 1951 and 1938, the Lc. Lauren Oka cross wasn’t registered until 1991. No AOS awards have been given to this cross.

Grower: Richard Amos

One flower on this plant impressed the judges -the white sepals and petals contrasted with the blue-purple striations of the lip.

This represents a relatively new line of breeding, with almost all hybrids registered in the last ten years. The cross Cnths. falbelliformis x Cnths amazonica = Cnths Amazing was registered in 1997; the current backcross had was registered in June 2003 by Tsiku Taiwan Orchids.

Grower: Richard Amos

A delightful Cycnoches with three inflorescences, each with approximately thirty flowers. The lip is the white spidery shaped form in the flower, the column is extended downward with an upcurving hook shape. All the flower parts are spotted mahogany brown.

This speices was first described by Rolfe in Lindenia in 1891. It is native to both Ecuador and Peru.

Grower: Jane Camarota

This striking and attention getting flower, often called a splashed petal form, was the overwhelming choice of members.

The hybrid, first registered in 1992, is a cross of Lc. Irene Finney x C. Cherry Chip. C. Cherry Chip is a C. intermedia hybrid; the splash petal form of the flowers is from the use of C. intermedia v. acquinii in the breeding.