First Place and Members Choice: Encyclia Orchid Jungle x E. phoenecia

Grower: Bill and Betsy Scevola.

A large plant with inflorescences about a meter long created a cloud of flowers too large to photograph with any meaning. The massive display of flowers is what brought this plant the votes for Members Choice. The close-up of one branch shows the individual flowers which are about 5 cm. in size.

Second Place: Vanda Yolanda Ulrich

Grower: Katie Caldwell.

Vanda Yolanda Ulrich is a hybrid of V. Fuchs Fuchsia by V. insignis registered in 2001. Six of its sibling have won AOS awards. The use of the species, such asV. insignis, with the large complex Vanda hybrids has brought interesting shapes and new colors to Vanda breeding.

Third Place: Encyclia cochleata

Grower: Carol Mashoke.

This plant was from a selfing of two clones of E. cochleata - 'Spider Hill' and 'H & R'. The back of the lip is nearly black in color - it is so dark that the lip is nearly invisible on the flower in the upper left of the photograph.

Species of the month: Bulbophyllum vaginatum

Grower: Bill Timm.

A well grown example of one of the less frequently seen members of the Medusa section of Bulbophyllum. Native to Thailand, Sumatra, Java, Boreno and Malaya it grows well in warm areas of high humidity.

Speaker's Choice: Nageliella purpurea

Grower: Ted and Marty Kellogg

This small plant had ten inflorescences, each with 2-4 flowers or mature buds. The tiny tubular flowers are 3 mm in diameter and 8 mm long. The Kelloggs had acquired this plant in 1973 and mounted it on the same mount as it is today. The plant was severely neglected from 1986 through 2001, spending its time in an unheated, pit greenhouse in Rhode Island. The plant deteriorated until brought to Florida in 2002, when it began to flourish.