Grower: Bill Timm

A classic red Cattleya, this hybrid was registered in 1962 and is a cross of Guarianthe aurantiaca x Cattleya Anzac. The first award to a clone was in 1964. The ‘Scheherazade’ clone was granted an HCC in 1969 and the AM was earned in 1971. The plant was cloned and widely distributed. It has proven to be a vigorous grower earning 14 AOS cultural awards, once with 450 flowers.

Grower: Bob Wallace

A very well grown, floriferous plant of this multifloral Phalaenopsis. The clonal name was not given, but it looks at lot like the clone ‘OX 1425’ which has an AM award from the AOS. The cross was registered in 1997.

Grower: Bob Wallace

Many bright red flowers made this the third place winner. The name maybe be problematic. There are two Charlie Brown’s in the Cattleya hybrid group. The one named above and Enanthleya Charlie Brown. While their parentage differs, both can produce offspring similar to the one shown.

Grower: Carol Wood

Carol has owned this plant for six years and this is the fifth time it has bloomed. Each successive blooming has produced a larger ball of flowers which last about a week. The species is also known as Den. aggregatum, an older name that was applied in error to this species.

Grower: Noreen Chervinski

We don’t often get to see brightly colored Phragmipediums on our show table, much less one with three inflorescences, six flowers and spotless leaves. Phrag. Noirmont is a hybrid of Memoria Dick Clements x longifolium registered in 1997. A popular hybrid, it has received 65 AOS awards.

Grower: Bill Timm

A well flowered example of this hybrid. The cross was registered in 1973 and the clone ‘King’ received an HCC and AM award on March 18, 1977. The HCC award, occurring first at the Shreveport LA Show, was for a plant with 10 flowers. The AM award was given at the Santa Barbara CA show to a plant with 165 flowers. Since then, five cultural awards have been given to plants with 243 to 460 flowers.

Grower: Joe Crook

An attractive hybrid of Den. Chinsai x aureum this clone received its HCC award in 1987. It has received three cultural awards, the most recent was a plant with 2300 flowers. The plant shown has a good start in creating a massive ball of flowers on a future blooming.

Grower: Richard Amos

A yellow form of Guairanthe aurantiaca, a species from much of Central America on the Pacific side of the mountains at low elevations. The most common form is bright orange but color forms from yellow to red are reported.

Grower: Toni Marie

Congratulations Toni! Probably the first standard Cymbidium to appear on the VAOS plant table. The fact that this plant grew and bloomed in Venice Florida reflects the ‘cold’ 2010 winter.

Grower: Richard Amos

A nicely grown plant of this species typical of the selective breeding found in this species. Probably a tetraploid.The species occurs naturally in Brazil, and coming from low elevations, is very suitable for growing in our area.

Grower: Richard Amos

A beautifully presented hybrid typical of the traditional, large, cattleyas. A full, round, good form, intensely colored plant, this hybrid has never been registered.

Grower: Barbara Banks

A nicely staked and presented example of this complex hybrid consisting of Brassia , Odontoglossum, Cochloida, and Oncidium species.

Grower: Bill Timm

Two interesting flowers with violet stripes on nearly translucent sepals. Petals and lip an opaque white. The species is native to China and Vietnam and was first described in 1919.

Grower: Richard Amos

Registered in 2006, Den. Yellow Song is a hybrid of Den. Midas Gold x Den Santana. Den. Santana combines an intermediate to cool growing species, Den. moniliforme with a warm to hot growing species, Den. fredericksianum. This diverse background may be one reason that this plant is successful in our area.