Orchid Society of Alberta 2010 Show Photos

[SlipperFan]

That sue is a frilly Blc. But I'll take the Ruby Slippers -- great color and shape.

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

Here's some more photos, mostly non-slippers...

Masd. Golden Monarch

Sophrocattleya Platinum Sun

Masd. Celtic Frost 'Marsh Hollow' HCC/AOS

Oerstedella centradenia. Paramount won Reserve Grand Champion plus numerous other awards for this plant.

Masd. Mary Staal 'Yellow'

Den. amethystoglossum. This smelled heavenly.

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

Guarianthe aurantiaca

Cattlianthe Caribbean 'Orange Bowl'

SLC Jungle Beau

Coelogyne mossiae

Burrageara Pacific Ripple

Coelogyne cristata

Milt. Don Harper

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

Paph. Leonard Smith x rothchildianum

Thwaitesara Wanda's Fire x Free Spirit

Thwaitesara Wanda's Fire

 

[Kevin]

Nice CATTLEYA aurantiaca (I'm sticking with the old names).

I need to figure out how to bloom Coelogyne cristata. That one is impessive. Is the rosette on the wall behind it for it? Did it get best specimen? Who's was it?

 

[JeanLux]

thanks for the pics: cool slippers and great Chia Lin!!!! Jean


I posted this one before seeing the rest of your pics Joanne: I agree with Kevin for aurantiaca and the cristata, and that Coelogyne mossiae is still missing in my collection!!! Thanks Joanne!!!!

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

Nice CATTLEYA aurantiaca (I'm sticking with the old names).

I need to figure out how to bloom Coelogyne cristata. That one is impessive. Is the rosette on the wall behind it for it? Did it get best specimen? Who's was it?

The cristata is Terry Letendre's. I'm not sure exactly what it won; I'll be getting the list of awards and ribbons from OSA soon for my newsletter and I'll let you know then.

 

[Lanmark]

That Masd. Golden Monarch sure is dreamy! :drool:

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Nice shots, thanks! I love the D. amethystoglossum.

I need to figure out how to bloom Coelogyne cristata.

Cool temps in winter is a must. My plant is small, yet it flowers every year. Down into the 50's is fine.

 

[Kevin]

It definitely gets cool! What about light or humidity? Mines big enough to divide, so I'll gow a them in different conditions to see if I can get it right.

 

[SlipperFan]

My fav is the Thwaitesara Wanda's Fire.

 

[SlipperKing]

Super show gang! I'm surprized for all the illegal US Paph imports that go into Canada legally, you showed none in the show. Why is that?

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

They could have been there and I just didn't photograph them. There were a bazillion plants, I didn't have time to shoot them all.

Fren or Joe would probably know if there were "special" plants there that I missed...

 

[NYEric]

Thanx for the photos!

 

[smartie2000]

Super show gang! I'm surprized for all the illegal US Paph imports that go into Canada legally, you showed none in the show. Why is that?

there was a Paph Maelstrom dispalyed in bloom (armeni white x jackii), too bad I did not photograph it. I don't find their hybrids spectacular although jackii seems to be a vigorous plant so far. And blooming size jackii hybrids for sale.

And hangianum seedlings for sale, as well as their hybrids. Some larger plants too.

No paphs imported this year from Thailand (no thaianum, longipetalum, etc.). She did have some imported legally previously. How much cultivation there was of these paphs, that can be questioned. She told me she deflasked hangianums recently and they all died

I guess that wasn't very exciting...mostly seedlings

 

[parvi_17]

We very rarely see any of those "illegal" Vietnamese Paphs around here, at least not in bloom. They're not as common as you think.

In addition to what Fren said, there were vietnamense seedlings for sale, and vietnamense hybrids, such as Wossner China Moon. I think those are now legal in the States though... you guys probably see more of them than we do!

I don't care for the jackii hybrids at all... they look like lesser versions of the crosses made with malipoense. The species, however, is very charming in its own right. You almost never see them.

I have seen two of the Vietnamese species in bloom at our show before: tranlienianum and helenae. I also once saw what I was almost certain was a vietnamense but was labelled as a Ho Chi Minh. But none of those this year!

Joe

 

[NYEric]

And blooming size jackii hybrids for sale.

And hangianum seedlings for sale, as well as their hybrids. Some larger plants too.

No paphs imported this year from Thailand (no thaianum, longipetalum, etc.). She did have some imported legally previously. How much cultivation there was of these paphs, that can be questioned. She told me she deflasked hangianums recently and they all died

I guess that wasn't very exciting...mostly seedlings

If you don't find that exciting you need to move here for a while to appreciate them!