I ran into Leo at the U.S. Botanic Garden!

[kentuckiense]

He wasn't very talkative.

 

[NYEric]

Yeah, and he was covered in mealies!

 

[MoreWater]

so did I! This is from a year ago - think the ID is correct? The plants at the USBG often walk away from their tags.

 

[kentuckiense]

I guess. This is the unworthy-of-posting photo I took of the bloom:

It looks about the same, no?

 

[NYEric]

Wow, I'd take one of those. Not "take" literally of course!

 

[MoreWater]

it *should* be the same. My photo is also from the USBG. One year ago, Jan 15, 2006. I LOVE this flower!!!

 

[NYEric]

That's consistency.

 

[MoreWater]

yeah.... I used to wonder if they kept the orchids there year round, or if they cycle them in when they bloom. Now I know.....

The orchid room is horrible for taking photos. I must have taken hundreds in the past few years and not too many have come out.

 

[kentuckiense]

yeah.... I used to wonder if they kept the orchids there year round, or if they cycle them in when they bloom. Now I know.....

They apparently have a lot of space off-site for growing and blooming stuff.

 

[Jon in SW Ohio]

He wasn't very talkative.

Doesn't sound like the Leo I met

BTW Leo, hope you can make it down Feb. 17 & 18 for the showoke:

Jon

 

[Heather]

Lol, cute thread!
Nice quiet plant.

 

[Ernie]

Doesn't sound like the Leo I met

Jon

Yeah, far from not talkative!

-Ernie

 

[SlipperFan]

I wonder if Leo has any of these for sale??????????

 

[Leo Schordje]

Hey Kentuckiense, normally I would be talking your ear off or laughing loudly and causing general mayhem & embarrassment. Last time I was in DC was in 1992, my first public speaking engagement. (not my best talk by a long shot, but it was a start) Glad my more silent avatar has made it there. My friends Bob and Lynn Wellenstein made and named that cross in my honor, and I really like it. Some clones are really dark, and very smooth. The first grex was triploid, using the tetraploid Andean Fire 'Michelle Lee' and a really nice 2N richteri. I would love to breed on if I could find a 4N clone of myself. 'finding a clone of myslef' Sounds a bit weird doesn't it?
Cheers
Leo (yes, that Leo Schordje)

Jon, I have a conflicting date, I'm doing a lecture in Oak Park, IL the same Feb 18 weekend of the Dayton Show. But I will be down in the Columbus-Dayton area sometime this spring. Likely for the Columbus Show.
Leo