June 2006 Plant Table

Grower: Bill Timm

This Brazilian species had 22 flowers on 7 inflorescences and created a display that impressed everyone. It was the first ‘triple’ ribbion winner in many years. The plant was entered as an ‘alba’ variety but was a very soft pink in color.

This species genus name has recently been accepted as a Sophronitis by Kew in its Monocot Checklist. While it was originally defined by Lindl. as Cattleya lobata in 1848, it was identifiedas Laelia lobata by Veitch in 1878. The change to Sophronitis was proposed in 2000 by Van den Berg and Chase, and there was yet another proposal in 2002 by Chiron and Castro to call it Hadrolaelia. While the name had been unchanged for over 120 years, the recent changes and proposed changes are the result of studies of its DNA.

Grower: Bill Timm

Brassia Rex is a hybrid of Brs. veruccosa by Brs. gireoudiana registered by Moir in 1964. It has been remade several times. The grex has received over 30 AOS awards, about one-quarter of them have been for culture.

Grower: Bill Timm

The name of this plant is Ctsm. Francis Nelson. That cross was registered as a hybrid of Ctsm. socco by Ctsm. fimbriatum and was registered in 1974. Today, Ctsm. trulla is considered a synonym of Ctsm. socco.

The exhibited plant had one inflorescence with over 20 waxy green flowers with burgundy markings.

Observent readers of ths page will note that Bill Timm’s plants won 1st, 2nd and 3rd place – Congratulations Bill.

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Grower: Ted and Marty Kellogg

Twenty-two flowers on eight inflorscences graced this plant. A seedling of a cross between clones ‘Margaret Ilgenfritz’ and ‘Orchidglade’ this plant was purchased in 2003 as an unbloomed seedling from Fender’s Orchids (I misspoke at the meeting when I said it was from another vendor). This blooming is slightly less floriferous than last year – probably time to repot/divide the plant.