Virtual Show Table

[BrassavolaStars]

Hello all,

These are the orchids I would have brought to my local society show table. In spite of my society no longer meeting, I thought I would make a virtual show table. If you would like, you can add your virtual show table to this thread. If you want me to post close-ups of particular plants I have plenty of photos.

Below are two photos of my "Show Table".

I will do my best to describe each plant in some kind of order.

The first orchid on the left (the white Cattleya) is C. Snowflower "Waldor". It is a nice Claesiana hybrid.
The slipper next to C. Snowflower that is somewhat obfuscated is Paph. Supersuk x Eureka.

The next orchid to the right of the slipper and the C. Snowflower is Ctna. Ethel's Paradise. It is nicely fragrant and very compact for a Cattleya.

The tall red orchid above that is Miltonidium Red Brick Road or Bartley Schwarz. It is a nice fragrant intergeneric.

Below the Miltonidium is a white Dendrobium called Angel Baby. Den. Angel baby is one of my favorite orchids. The blooms are intensely fragrant like a crisp spring day and the plant stays very small.

Below Den. Angel Baby is a Vanda falcata hybrid called Vanda Blaupunkt. Vanda Blaupunkt is a hybrid of Vanda falcata and Vanda coerulescens. It has that beautiful Neofinetia fragrance but is a bit larger and sturdier.

The plant to the right and in the back of the Vanda is Zygopetalum maculatum.

In front of the Zygopetalum is a slipper species called Paph. delenatii. Paph. delenatii is supposed to be one of the only fragrant slippers but I haven’t noticed a fragrance.

Directly next to the delenatii is my favorite dendrobium which is Den. Pittero Gold “Diamond Ring”. It is orange with a beautiful white picotee.

Lastly, to the left of Pittero Gold I have a Phal. Schilleriana and a Cymbidum Mr. Prospector.

[Leafmite]

Wow! That is a nice group! I have always wanted to find a fragrant Phalaenopsis schilleriana. Yours is just beautiful. Your Paph has such pretty leaves. I am not really a Paph person but I fell in love with the leaves at an orchid show and so I have one.

If your society has a Facebook page, perhaps you could suggest a virtual show table. Our society (Greater Akron Orchid Society) is trying to do this with their Facebook page.

[Diane56Victor]

My local group has suggested the same, send in close up pics of the bloom, leaves and an overall pic and it will do the rounds of the usual monthly judges.
Next newsletter should be interesting. Those that grow well but don't have computer skills might miss out.

[Keysguy]

Nice job there Brassavola!

New Hampshire OS has just set up a Facebook group for that same purpose as well.

The Key West Society has gone underground I think.

[Connie Star]

What a nice collection! This was a good idea