Grower: Carol Wood.

We see this plants of this clone on the show table often. Carol Wood’s plant probably had the highest bloom mass to size ratio yet. The cross of Rsc. Ceaser’s Head x Sc. Mary Ellen Carter was registered in 1992 and the Fenders received the AM award on this clone in 1994.

Grower: Joe Crook.

This plant had four well held four flowers that caught the judges attention. The species is from Borneo, Sumatra, and Malaya. It grows near lowland rivers and is a good choice for our hot humid area.

Grower: Charlie and Margaret Cullen.

This is a hybrid of Mssa. Charles M. Fitch and Brassia Edvah Lou registered in 1997. Several inflorescences carried Brassia type flowers with large lips.

Grower: Bill Timm.

A good example of how attractive a well grown Dendrochilum can be. The genus has over 300 species. The flowers are all small and produced in large numbers on each inflorescence. Bill provided a magnifying glass so that the beauty of the small flowers could be seen.

Grower: Sue Quagliano.

The unusal markings of this clone attracted the judges attention. The hybrid of C. El Dorado Splash and Cau. bicornutum was registered in 1996 and the HCC award was granted in 2002.

The plant shown had niine flowers on one inflorescence.

Grower: Richard Amos.

This hybrid of Rsc. Oconee by Rsc. Plum Pretty produced well-shaped very dark flowers.

Grower: Bob Hague.

The brillant color of C. violacea drew the judges attention. This species ia wide spread in South America, growing at lower elevations, and almost always along streams.

Grower: Richard Amos.

A large plant with seven inflorescences dominated the show table. This species is from the Philippines and surronding area growing at low elevations.

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.