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August 2011 Plant Table

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First Place:

Rlc. Little Mike (Rlc. Memoria Helen Brown ‘Sweet Afton” x C. bicolor ‘Mendenhall-Beta’ 4N)

Grower: Carol Wood

This plant was purchased from Carter and Holmes and submitted to the plant table without the grex name Rlc. Little Man.  The cross was originally registered in 1982 and has won five AOS awards.  Carter and Homes remade the cross using its tetraploid (4N) of C. bicolor that they describe as intensely green, heavy substance and full form.  These C. bicolor characteristics are apparent in Carol’s plant.

Second Place:

Rlc. Susan Fender ‘Cover Girl’

Grower: Peg Thompson

The cross of Rlc. Ceasar’s Head by C. Mary Ellen Carter is another Carter and Holmes cross which was named for Susan Fender in 1992. It was the cover picture for the 1992 Carter and Holmes catalog.

Third Place:

Ctsm. Spotted Dragon (Ctsm. Orchidglade x Ctsm. fimbriatum).

Grower: Hank Irvine

Orchid tags are often difficult to read or may not be correct.  Hank submitted the plant as Ctsm. Spotted Dragon Orchidglade x fimbriatum.  It turns out that Ctsm. Spotted Dragon is the result of the cross of Ctsm. Orchidglade x Ctsm. fimbriatum.  There is no registered name of Ctsm. Spotted Dragon Orchidglade nor is there a clone of Ctsm. Spotted Dragon named ‘Orchidglade.’

Species of the Month:

Oberonia mucronata

Grower: Bill Timm

A species native to Borneo, India, Jawa, Laos and other Asian areas.  There are over 300 species to the genus Oberonia.  All of the species have flattened psuedobulbs with fan shaped leaves and very small flowers.  The species mucronata has often been grown under the name Ob. iridifolia.

Members’ Choice  and Speaker’s Choice:

Rhyncattleanthe Love Passion ‘Dogashima’ x Rhycholaeliocattleya. Rubescence ‘SOV’ AM/AOS

Grower: Tony Nacinovich

A first bloom of a seedling breed by Fred Clarke of Sunset Valley Orchids. The cross has not been registered yet, but several images of the hybrid can be found on the web.  Flowers are bright orange to red and of full shape.

June 2011 Plant Table

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Plant Table Awards, June 1, 2011

In June, 29 plants from 10 exhibitors were shown.

First Place: Unknown Cattleya Hybrid.

Grower: Bryan Herd

Judges were attracted to this bifoliate Cattleya hybrid’s yellow flowers even without knowing the name of the plant.  After a bit of research, I think it us probably Rhyncholaeliacattleya Tatarown.  A plant very similar to the one shown is available through at least one local dealer, “Camp lot a Noise Tropicals.”  Rlc. Tatarown is a hybrid of Rlc. Memoria Helen Brown and C. guttata, first registered in 1982.

Second Place: Rhynchostylis retusa

Grower: James Thomas

A nice display of four gracefully arched inflorescences made this plant a ribbon winner.  The species grows in many Southeast Asian countries and like many widely distributed species is has known color forms varying from white to pink, lavender and blue shades.  It likes to be grown warm year round – in its native growing regions the temperature averages no lower than 60 or higher than 85.

Third Place and Members Choice: BC Hippodamia ‘Hunabu’ AM/AOS

Grower: Carol Wood


Carol purchased this plant from Fender’s Floral.  It is a division of the AM awarded clone (1999). The same clone had received an HCC award a year earlier.  It is a hybrid of Brassavola nodosa and Cattleya aclandiae. Often crosses of this type fail to show spotting, this hybrid has produced plants with the spotted lip and with a clear colored lip.

Species of the Month and Speaker’s Choice: Encyclia tampensis

Grower: Bill Timm


Encyclia tampensis is the showiest native species in this part of Florida.  The judges and speaker selected this plant because it is typical of the species.  Several forms of this species can be found growing in the nearby Myakka River State Park.