May 2004 Plant Table

Growers: Bill and Betsy Scevola

This plant had 18 inflorescences with 10-20 flowers per inflorescence creating a massive floral display. It is a cross of Encyclia cordigera x Enc. Atroniceus registered in 1997 by Hawaiian Fl. Nursery. The parent, Enc. Atroniceus, was a cross registered by Jones and Scully in 1960.

The Enc. cordigera parent has also been known as Epi.(Enc.) atropurpurea and many other synonyms.

Grower: Jane Camoratta

This hybrid Dendrobium has not yet been named. It combines the spidery shape of Dend. tobaense with the full fower of Dend. formosum to create a well-balanced. white flower with an intensely colored lip. The exhibited plant had three flowers and nine buds on three canes.

Grower: Monroe Kokin

Shown with two flowers on one inflorescense, this plant is an excellent example of the high quality, interesting offspring produced by Paph. rothschildianum. The cross of Paph. malipoense x Paph. rothschildianum was registered in 1995 by Paphanatics. The most recent award to this grex was an FCC of 92 points in 2002 to a plant with five flowers and three buds on three inflorescences.

Grower: Richard Amos

An interesting form of this species that grows in Florida and much of the tropical Americas. It is reported to have a strong ‘honey’ fragrance. This clone was recognized with the Judges Commendation award by the AOS in 1986 for the “clarity of unspotted yellow color of the sepals and petals and white lip…”