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I thought that the last two years of Orchid Shows were crazy. Then came Lansing yesterday. We finished ribbon judging early yesterday morning and went to AOS judging a little after 11am. Lunch was catered and food was there early, around 11:40. When I poked my head out of the room to check out...

I thought that maybe we could have a little fun here. Maybe we can all learn something. I will present a plant from today’s judging Here I go again, posting without my notes. I think the name on this was Potinara Pure Love. (I’ll check and edit if need be) This is Blc. Love Sound x Slc...

The following images will be of Paphiopedilum Oregon Pinot. It is Paph. California Girl x Paph. John Hainsworth. I have recently purchased some rather nice plants from one of our member/vendors over at Austin Creek Orchids. Is this a great flower? Perhaps not. Awardable? Not now. But it has...

I wonder if anyone else ascribes to this theory. When picking out the best seedlings from a group of unbloomed seedlings, do you pick one based on certain characteristics? Me for example, when it comes to Cattleyas I choose the stockier, fatter seedlings with multiple new growths. I pick ones...

This Procatavola Key Lime Stars has bloomed for me under lights. I am pleased that it has. Gives me hope with other Cattleya plants growing under lights. This has bloomed with 4 flowers and buds on three inflorescences. Are the flowers the best? No not at all. But it bloomed! This is a hybrid of...

When it comes by to growing these large flowered, bull dog Paphiopedilums, what do I do? I had a couple years ago and frankly never had much of an interest to try. But I figured that a few of my Slipper People could advise me! Temperature range, light, watering, humidity, fertilizer etc. These...

I would feel remiss if I did not take the time to wish everybody a Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate that Holiday will some incredible over eating!!!! 🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃 For those who do not celebrate just let me wish every one a Happy Thursday! Thanksgiving has always been my favorite Holiday here in...

As some of you are aware, I have been posting the last few days regarding the Ann Arbor Show. I spent about 13 hours at the show over 3 days. I knew I had a “pocket full of cash $$$” so I made a promise to stay out of the sales area. I even managed to contact vendors without buying anything...

I just had the flowers open on two inflorescences. The parents are Zygo. Arthur Elle x Zygo. Skippy Ku. These are 8-9cm. wide and are very colorful and fragrant. Fragrant is a slight understatement! Every morning the entire plan The fragrance is floral, kind of reminds me of Lily-Of-The-Valley...

If you find yourself with some extra cash lying around this Fall and you are in the Great Lakes area, I have to announce 2 Orchid Shows to tell you about. #1. Michiana Orchid Society Show on September 30th and October 1st., 2023. The show is on the grounds of Holy Cross University. All pertinent...

Today at judging we had 9 plants. Only one was awarded. This is Clowesetum Alexandra Savva. The award was a 76 point HCC. Plant had 36 flowers and 13 buds on two inflorescences. Flower measured 4.6 cm. wide x 3.1 cm. tall. The longest inflorescence measured at 30.0 cm. This grex has a total of...

I have what apparently is one of the first clones to flower of a hybrid that I can not find a name for. I have had it for only a couple of months and I purchased it in low bud. The parents are Paphiopedilum Shin-Yi Williams x Paphiopedilum Chiu Hua Dancer. I am hoping that some one else has it...

I am posting images of a plant with flowers opening right now. It is Paph. Hsinying Anita ‘Big Boy’ x Paphiopedilum rothschildianum. The hybrid name apparently is Paph. Anita Baby. I think it was registered in 2017. Those few images I found were of largely burgundy based flowers. Mine is...

Yesterday marked my last show on the schedule for the first half of 2023. We had a very good turnout of judges and we broke up into 3 teams. We looked at 14 plants. My team granted two awards, one went to a Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum. Hirsutissimum has 109 awards world wide. I don’t have my...

This was an award that we granted yesterday up here in the Great Lakes Judging Center. It is the second award to this grex. The first was an 84 point AM granted in 2014. It had 39 flowers and 19 buds on two inflorescences. This one had 22-23 flowers. The color of this one had more deep amethyst...

There was a beautiful red Phragmipedium awarded yesterday at the greater Lansing Show. It is Phrag. QF Makole. It is a hybrid of Phrag. Red Rocket x Phrag. Perufloras Cirila Alca. This flower had good size, about 4” wide, fabulous deep red color and excellent form! The only bad point was a...

I am going to split these images from today’s show into 2 threads. One dealing with Cattleyas and one with Phragmipediums. The above is Rhyncattleanthe Golden Passion. I thought that I could locate the parents but apparently it is unregistered or a made up name. Flowers were just a little over...

These three plants were entered for judging yesterday at the GLJC monthly judging. The first one is posted for all of you who love full sized Classic Cattleyas. It is Rlc. Sachiko Tsugawa ‘Volcano Queen’. The clonal name is not important in terms of this discussion. This clone has not been...

The included image is from the Grand Rapids Show judging yesterday. It is of a plant my team awarded. You’ll know instantly whose plant it is by the clonal name. We had to judge this within the exhibit but I managed to grab a picture to share with all of you. We described it as a chartreuse...

This image that I am including is Rob Halgren’s plant. It is a real beauty!! It is Phragmipedium Lucky Girl. The parents are Phragmipedium Twilight x Phragmipedium Acker’s Ballerina. Flower had a natural spread of 11.9 cm. x 6.8 cm. so it is a pretty good sized flower. Background color is ivory...