Grower: Orchids, Etc.

Fifteen inflorescences with 3-4 flowers each made a showy plant representative of a genus we are seldom able to grow well in this part of Florida. The hybrid was registered in 1963.

Grower: Carol Wood

A miniature cattleya that combines the lip of the C. bicolor parent and the form and plant size of the Sc. Beaufort parent. This clone was awarded at the Venice show in 2001 when shown by Fender’s Flora and is available as a meristem from them today.

Grower: Elinor Burton

Upright, lavender pink flowers with a nice lip and a bit of flare in the petals brought the ribbon to this plant. While entered as Lc. Daisy, a hybrid of C. mossiae by L. anceps, some questioned the naming because of the flower appears to have L. purpurata in its background.

Grower: Orchids Etc.

This plant was grown superbly on a peice of grape vine. The species is widespread in Southeast Asia growing in deciduous forest and is itself desciduous.

Grower: Ted and Marty Kellogg.

Twenty-three white flowers with deep crimson lips made an impressive showing of this well-known species. This species is in the background of more than 15,000 hybrids. A forthcoming name change will place this in the gneus Cattleya.

Grower: Richard Amos

Several inflorescences filled with Encyclia like flowers each with an intense rose purple spot on the white lip caught everyone’s attention. The Cattleya heritage was from C. violacea as a great grandparent, and the purple spot may be the only visiable element left of this species. The cross was registered by R. F. Orchids in 2002.

Grower: Ted and Marty Kellogg

Three inflorescences were well-staked to give room to the 39 flowers on this familar clone. There is an CCM/AOS award to a plant of this clone with 71 flowers on 10 buds – twice what this plant had.

Grower: Chris Simco

To most of us, the genus name is probably unfamilar. Its pedigree contains 13 speices from 5 genera (as per today’s naming…). A simpler version is to describe this as a Chocolate Drop cross.

Grower: Ted and Marty Kellogg

A ‘4n’ form of this species purchased from J &L orchids in Connecticut. It is one of the few plants which has successfully transferred from growing ‘up north’ to Florida. The species is found from Brazil to Paraguay.

Grower: Orchids Etc.

Seldom do we get to see cool growing Miltonias at our meetings, and even rarer is one that is a beautiful specimen. This plant arrived after judging and was not considered for the show table awards.

Grower: Richard Amos.

A well grown plant with vibrant flowers in perfect condition. The plant received its AM award in 1993; at that time the judges noted the intense color and the superior substance and texture of the clone. Last year, another clone of the plant received a CCM/AOS with over 500 flowers.

Grower: Orchids Etc.

One stately inflorescence of six flowers impressed the judges. This hybrid of Paph. rothschildianum x Paph. kolopakingii was registered in 1996. The exhibited plant had good form and outstanding pouch color.

Grower: Ted and Marty Kellogg

Different forms of C. intermedia were exhibited as a group. Most of the plants were growing on cedar slabs.

Grower: Joe Crook

A well grown plant with nine inflorescences. This plant has the common name of ‘The Grand Dendrobium.’ One author, Pridgeon, has described the flowers as ‘grotesquely beautiful.’

Grower: Jackie Weber.

This plant had received the best Oncidium award at the Englewood Orchid Show two weeks ago. We seldom see well grown plants of this hybrid in our area, one of the reasons for the speakers selection. The clone has twice received AM/AOS awards, scoring 87 points in one judging and 89 points at another.