Show Table February 2006
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, a Speaker’s Choice award and the VAOS members vote on the plant for Members’ Choice. There was no speaker for the February meeting. The following section describes each of these awards for February. Plants are named as presented with minor editing corrections. To view a larger image, click on the photograph.
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First Place: Pot. Millennium Gold
Grower: Bill Timm The five bright yellow flowers drew the judges attention to this clone of Pot. Millennium Gold. It is a cross of Pot. Frank Gilmore x Blc. Kure Beach registered in 1999. |
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Second Place: Slc. Tutankamen ‘Pop’ AM/AOS
Grower: Chris Simco A cross of C. Chocolate Drop by Slc. MaeHawkins, the five flowers on two inflorescences exhibited the intense color and waxy texture expected in C. Chocolate Drop offspring. Althought the cross was registered in 1983, it did nott receive any awards until 2002 – no doubt a remake of the original hybrid. |
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Third Place: Blc. Izumi Charm ‘Grace’ HCC/AOS
Grower: Ted and Marty Kellogg A plant with eight well-formed flowers on 3 inflorescences. This is a cross of Blc. Love Sound by Lc. Meldoy Fair. that was registered in 2003. The clone ‘Grace’ earned its HCC/AOS award a few days later at the Venice Orchid Society Show. |
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Members Choice and Species of the Month: Ludisia discolor
Grower: Margaret Cullen Ludisia discolor is grown for its folliage. Growing an outstanding plant requires continued maintenance – no insect eaten leaves, lush growth, and of course, no residue on the leaves to distract from the natural beauty. Margaret’s plant with over 70 inflorescences was an example of outstanding culture. |
Judges were Howard Taylor, Lindalee Anderson, Yvonne Renzi.
21 plants from 13 exhibitors were shown.