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July 2003 Plant Table

Posted on 05/12/2010 by admin

Show Table July 2003

Monthly meetings include a show table of members’ plants. Six ribbons are awarded each month: four awards are selected by an alternating team of three VAOS member judges. These awards are: one for Best Species, and a First, Second and Third place award to any plant. The monthly speaker chooses the Speaker’s Choice and the VAOS members vote on the plant for Members’ Choice. The following section describes each of these awards for July 2003. To view a larger image, click on the photograph.

	First Place Award: Epi. (Enc.) Cindy Grower: Jean Terrana. A hybrid of Epi alata by Epi. tampense ‘Casey’s’. The cross Epi. Cindy was registered in 1968. This well grown plant had at least 22 spikes and over 450 flowers.
	Second Place Award, Speaker’s Commendation, Members Choice: Lc. Hausermann’s Sultan ‘Summer Spectacular’ Grower: Venny and Roy Klinger Six flowers on a tall infloresence held well above the leaves. Bright red-purple coloring on the petals, and a vivid purple lip. The waxy texture of the flower added to the striking color of the flower. Two clones of this hybird (Lc. Kencolor x C. guttata, 1980) received awards in the 1980’s. Although each had smaller flowers, one had 16 flowers on one floresence, the other ten.
	Third Place Award: Vanda Libby McCree Grower: Bill Camp A young plant with seven flowers. The cross (V. Mimi Palmer xTrevor Rathbone) was registered in 1981. The species heritage includes sanderiana (30%), tessellata (25%), coerulea (16%) and dearei (14%). Four other species are in its background and the cross represents nine generations of Vanda hybridizing.
	Best Species Award: Epi.ciliare (shown on the plant table as Epi. oerstedii) Grower: Shirley Hoffman A plant from St. Vincent with 11 flowers on two spikes. All flowers in excellent condition.

Judges: Richard Amos, Jo Davis, Walter Perrin

22 plants from 13 exhibitors were shown.

June 2003 Plant Table

Posted on 05/12/2010 by admin

Show Table June 2003

Monthly meetings include a show table of members’ plants. Six ribbons are awarded each month: four awards are selected by an alternating team of three VAOS member judges. These awards are: one for Best Species, and a First, Second and Third place award to any plant. The monthly speaker chooses the Speaker’s Choice and the VAOS members vote on the plant for Members’ Choice. The following section describes each of these awards for June 2003. To view a larger image, click on the photograph.

	First Place Award, Sobennikoffia robusta Grower: Orchids Etc. Shown with three flower spikes and a total of 28 flowers in perfect condition. The species is native to Madagascar and grows in a seasonally dry woodland next to shrubs. The species was originally described as Oeonia robusta by Schlecter in 1913, but he transferred it to his newly described genus, Sobennikoffia in 1925. Sobennikoffia is closely allied to the Angraecum but has a three lobbed lip.
	Second Place Award: Miltonia Red Tide x mem. Ida Seigel Grower: Mary Anne Digrazia Few Miltoniopsis plants make it to our show table because our climate is not condusive to growing these cool loving plants. This hybrid had three flowers.
	Third Place Award: Dendrobium Madame Vipa ‘Bangkok Green’ Grower: Jean Terrana A mass of blooms (11 spikes and over 100 flowers) impressed the judges. The flowers were a clear green with a solid reddish-purple lip. The cross was registered in 1985. The breeding is complex, with Den. phalanopsis in about 50% of the backround and six other species contributing the rest.
	Best Species Award and Members’ Choice: Grammatophyllum scriptum Grower:Monroe Kokin A ‘first blooming’ of a grammatophyllum species with 2 spikes and over ninety flowers. Estimated spike length about 6 feet. Several scriptum plants have been awarded and cultural awards often involve plants with over a thousand flowers and 20 or more spikes – Monroe, get ready for this to grow!
	Speaker’s Choice: Meiracyllium trinasutum Grower: George Walker A solid ‘ball’ of a plant, each leaf about two inches high. The small blossoms are about one-half inch in diameter.The plant was displayed on a small hanging stand. The species is native to Mexico and Guatemala.

Judges: Mary Anne Digrazia, Anna Sibille, Don Mitchell

48 plants from 21 exhibitors were shown.

April 2003 Plant Table

Posted on 05/12/2010 by admin

Show Table April 2003

Monthly meetings include a show table of members’ plants. Six ribbons are awarded each month: four awards are selected by an alternating team of three VAOS member judges. These awards are: one for Best Species, and a First, Second and Third place award to any plant. The monthly speaker chooses the Speaker’s Choice and the VAOS members vote on the plant for Members’ Choice. The following section describes each of these awards for April 2003. To view a larger image, click on the photograph.

	First Place Award, Members’ Choice and Speaker’s Choice: Lc. John Mossman Grower: Chris Simco A large cattleya plant with 27 flowers and 2 buds on 10 spikes. This cross was registered in 1966 and is fifty percent C. mossiae, other Cattleya species and just 3 percent Laelia tenebrosa. The success of this plant in three different levels of judging shows that well grown plants producing prolific flowering have strong appeal. The cross, John Mossman, does not have a “strong’ pedigree – none of its sister plants, nor its parents or their sisters were ever awarded.
	Second Place Award: Catasetum Black Jade Grower: Bill and Connie Timm A bright green catasetum flower. Two spikes with a total of 33 flowers. This is a cross of two species (russellianum x expansum) registered in 1991.
	Third Place Award: Dendrobium Green Lantern Grower: Ted and Marty Kellogg A young plant, purchased a little over a year ago from H&R in a two inch pot. Current flowering has 11 flowers on main stem and two flowers on older stem. Parents are Dawn Maree x curentum. Dawn Maree’s parents are formosum x cruentum, making Green Lantern 75% cruentem.
	Best Species Award: Jumellea arachnantha Grower: Bill and Connie Tim Bill and Connie received a CCM for the culture of this clone in 1991. The current plant had over sixty flowers in bloom.

Judges: Sue Fender, Bill Camp, Norm Weber

63 plants from 27 exhibitors were shown.