Grower: Peg Thompson

Another large Cattleya caught the attention of the judges.  The breeding of this plant was done in the 1970’s – and the pollen parent, Time Finney  (Time-Life x Irene Finney), was not named until 2004 when Li Jiuan Orchids registered it and offspring from two hybrids they had made with this plant.  The hybrid on the show table has not been named – but presents a large, well-formed, showy plant.

Grower: Jane Camarota

The mass of bloom and the yellow coloring of the flower caught the attention of members. The parent Scott Eugene represents spotted yellow breeding in phals while Winter Haven is from a white breeding line.  The flower is slightly peloric – many of the petals showed influence of the lip in their shape and markings.

It will withstand our ‘cool’ night and our summer heat to produce
blooms during the winter months.

Grower: Margaret Bustamante

A very nice display of this bright yellow species.  The species is correctly known as Den. lindleyi – it had once been defined as Den. aggregatum, but that name was not appropriate because the name had been used for another species years before.  Both the Den. aggregatum and Den. lindleyi names referring to the orchid displayed have been around for more than 170 years.  Name changes come slowly!

Grower: Bill Timm

An orchid that makes it clear to all that there is no such thing as a standard form to orchid flowers.  This twisted, curled, dull colored flower is so unique that it takes on a charm of its own.  It grows well in warm bright conditions.  It should be watered well and allowed to dry out.  It can grow into huge specimen size, far bigger than what could be transported to our plant table.

Grower: Carol Wood

A cross C. Pradit Spot by Ctt. Loog Tone registered in Fender’s Flora in 2009. Ctt. Loog Tone is a waxy dark red flower.  Used in this cross, the waxy flower parts remain, but the color is the background color of Pradit Spot.  Fine spots appear on Sunspot Baby, but not the large, dark spotting of the parent.  Probably not what Bill predicted when he made the cross – but a very attractive flower in its own right.  Part of the fun of hybridizing orchids is that the offspring are often unpredictable.

First Place and Members Choice:
Cattlianthe Spring Imp ‘Lennette #3’ HCC/AOS

Grower:
Tony Nacinovich

Many bright orange red flowers caught everyone’s
attention of this complex hybrid of many generations.
The strong influence from the hybridizers selection provided an
orchid which strongly shows the influence of
Guarianthe aurantiaca,
a great grandparent to the
hybrid. The clone ‘Lenette
#3’ received its HCC award in 2004 with 17 flowers on two
inflorescences.

Second
Place: BrassocattleyaYellow
Bird

Grower:
Tawanna Hardenbrook

This well-known hybrid of
Brassavola nodosa by
Brassocattleya Richard
Mueller has received 11 AOS awards, six of them for culture.
The cross, registered by H & R in 1990, has only two species in
its background – Bc. nodosa
and C. milleri.
It is an excellent plant for our area.
It will withstand our ‘cool’ night and our summer heat to produce
blooms during the winter months.

Third
Place: Rhyncholealiocattleya Theresa Hill

Grower: Bob
Wallace

This hybrid of
Rlc. Carolina Splendor x
Rlc. Goldenzelle was
registered by Krull-Smith in 2008.
The cross was also made by Bill Fender, using Goldenzelle as the
pod parent. The parents bring together a clear bright yellow with a red
orange. The seedlings are
usually an ‘art shade’ color.
This plant was from the Fender cross.

Species of
the Month: Guarianthe bowringiana

Grower:
Shirley Hoffman

A winter blooming species from Central America.
Know commonly as Cattleya
bowringiana, and also as
Cattleya autumnalis, it produces many flowers on upright stems.
The color is enhanced by a glistening surface texture.

Speakers
Choice: Rhyncholealiocattleya Liz Wright

Grower:
Richard Amos

Two beautiful, large size ‘classic’ orchid flowers
won the approval of our speaker, Bob Scully.
This cross was registered in 1981 and represents the best of the
large purple Cattleya breeding at that time.
Large Cattleya breeding fell out of favor at that time – will we
see more of this type of breeding?