Category Archives: Plant table

Grower: Don Mitchell

A well grown plant with three inflorescences of two flowers each. Sepals and petals were olive green and the flat lip was marked with deep magenta. The coloring on all flowers was consistent and non-fading.

The parents are Bc Binosa and Lc Brazilian Treasure and the cross was made in 1986.

Grower: Monroe Kokin.

This is a line bred form of C. bowringiana hybridized using the clones ‘Dr. Kopecky’ and ‘Splendens.’ Flowers were a uniform deep purple about 8 cm. across. The plant carried 32 flowers on 4 spikes.

The C. bowringiana species, first described in 1885, grows from Mexico to Honduras. Recently Robert L. Dressler and Wesley E. Higgins have proposed Guarianthe as the new generic name for the “Cattleya” skinneri complex including C. aurantiaca, bowringiana, patinii and skinneri.

Den. Emma White

Grower: Ed and Elaine Fox.

Just breaking into bloom was this large plant of Den. EmmaWhite with nine inflorescenses carrying 38 flowers and 70 buds.

There is confusion regarding the name of this hybrid. Den. Emma White is in the trade, but the name was never registered with RHS. There also exists in the trade a Den. Emma Belle ‘White” which looks very much like the plant shown at our meeting. A final bit of confusion exists in that Den. Emma is registered, but it is from very different types of Dendrobium parents.

C. labiata ‘Sherwood Forest’

Grower: Diane Arendall

Two inflorescenses with five flowers each. Flowers natural spread was 13.5 cm. C. labiata was first described in 1821as Epidendrum labiata and is representative of the large Cattleya flowers which are often referred to as the ‘labiata type cattleya.’ The ‘Sherwood Forest’ clone was awarded in Florida in 1991 with a total of 84 points.

Cym Nancy’s Treasure ‘Precious’

Grower: Ted and Marty Kellogg

Six flowers on one inflorescense. The plant was one of six purchased from Everglades Orchids in 2001 as a ‘warmer’ growing Cymbidium. It is the first of those plants to bloom; it grows on a lanai with no special care.

Cym. Nancy’s Treasure was registered in 1996 by Everglades Orchids and is a cross of Cym. parishii by Cym. Mizhu Okada.

Grower: Mark Rausch

A plant with three branches of growth., each in flower. The plant had 15 flowers, large for the type, and five buds.

This easily recognized plant has been grown under a variety of names. The plant was exhibited as T. brachiata v. philippinense; the AOS award system uses the name shown above. More recently, the elevation of this form to a distinct species requires the early name T. purpurea, not T. brachiata. Of course, all name variations will exist in horticultural use for some time.

Grower: Charlie Rose.

Dendrochilums are wonderful specimen plants with their green foliage surrounded by the pendant flower sprays. The exhibited plant had 10 inflorescences at the peak of their bloom. The species D. mangnum was first described in 1861. The first AOS award (CBR) to this species was in 1980 to the form ‘Marie Selby’. The most recent CCM/AOS in 2000 was a plant with 3078 flowers and 480 buds on 42 inflorescences – keep growing this one Charlie!

Grower: Jean Terrana.

Brassavola nodosa remains a favorite among growers because of its ease of culture and its free flowering habit. The exhibited plant had nine spikes of two to five flowers each, with all flowers in pristine condition.

Grower: Richard Amos

This well grown plant of several growths had eight infloresences with 10 flowers and at least 16 buds. A. leonis was first described in 1885 but has been known by differnent names such as Aeranthes leonis, Angraecum humboltii and Mystacidium leonis. Its first AOS award (CBM) was in 1960 and its most recent award (CCM) in 1995. The exhibited plant is nearly as floriferous as the latest CCM.

Grower: Monroe Kokin.

A hybrid of Brs. Rex by Odbrs. Kenneth Bivin had a single spike plant of eight flowers. The hybrid was registed in 1999.

Grower: Connie Waymer.

One large erect inflorescense with about 20 waxy, plum-violet flowers. This clone received its AM award in 1967 and has maintained its stature over time.

This cross of C. bowringiana x C. guttata was registered in 1901. It has been used as a parent in 13 hybrids and once appears as a grandparent. It is probably too soon to judge its use as a parent – many of the crosses have been registered in the last five years.

Grower: Bill and Susan Fender, Fender’s Orchids

Six spikes with over seventy flowers and forty buds. A vigorous growing plant originally on a slab and now overgrowing a basket. The plant wasn’t repotted, just grown on in the basket. Bill warned that the plant is intolerant of being disturbed – this one hasn’t been in some time. The plant was in very good condition.

The species was first described by John Lidley in 1836. Using DNA studies, Chase and Williams have recently placed this Oncidium in the Trichocentrum group and have named it Trctm. lanceanum.

Grower: Roberta Williams.

A hybrid of (Lc Wailea and Blc Waikiki Gold) registered by Kodama’a in 1991. It is a very complex hybrid, extending for eleven generations. Sixteen differnent species are part of the background, with C. forbesii accounting one third of the heritage and C. bicolor, C. guttata and C. loddigesii another third. Three Laelia and Brassavola digbyana species are also included.

This plant had five well-presented flowers on one spike.

Grower: Katie Caldwell.

A hybrid of Ascda. Crownfox Sunshine by Ascda. Fuch’s Gold registered in 2001 by R. F. Orchids. This cross was granted an Award of Quality for outstanding color and exceptional flower form, substance and arrangement at the West Palm Beach Monthly Judging in Oct. 2001. The cross has already received 4 AM/AOS and 1 HCC/AOS awards.

Grower: Monroe Kokin.

A recently registered hybrid (2002) of C. Cognac ‘The Best’ by C. Fort Motte ‘Cheetan.’ It is a relatively simple hybid reflecting five generations of mostly species breeding. The species in the background are: C. aclandiae, C. guttata, C. loddigesii, C. bicolor and C. intermedia.