Two Rhynchosophrocattleyas...

[dgenovese1]

Originally Posted by BikerDoc5968

So David share with just what you are doing and tell us about your new camera....maybe then I could take some nice pics, too!

Howard,

The new camera is a Canon EOS 40D, and I've been using a 17-40mm zoom lens with the ISO set to 100 (to broaden the depth of field for focus). I've also got the picture style set to landscape (to bring out deeper color saturation) and the RGB set to Adobe standard (just because). These last pics posted yesterday were all done with natural lighting, with the camera on a tripod shooting against a black felt background. My old camera is a Canon EOS 20D, so this is definitely an upgrade.

I also got a flash unit with a built in diffuser and a separate slave unit for back flash to cut down on sharp shadows that can sometimes occur when doing flash photography. Additionally I got a 100mm fixed aperture macro and a 10-22mm wide angle lens. I haven't done any experimentation with this last group of peripherals yet, but will post some pics when I get around to it, hopefully within the next week or so, although I will be away for half a week starting Friday. I’ll probably put a post in the photography section.

[Marissa]

Originally Posted by dgenovese1

Here are pics of two of my Rhynchosophrocattleyas (Rsc.), what used to be called Blc.

Those are some nice, yummy blooms .

Does that mean that all Blc's. are not Rsc's? How do they decide when to change it or why they change it? Sorry, I'm a newbie in this orchid world and in the 6 mos. that I've been growing orchids it seems like I've seen quite a few changes in the name already.

[dgenovese1]

Marissa,

That is an excellent question, and the answer is no, not all will be changed, although many will. What is happening is that the taxonomists are doing genetic research on the orchids and reclassifying many into not only different genera, but also into genera that didn't even exist before. This is where all of the confusion lies and until things settle out with the new names and everyone gets used to them being around, it will continue to be so.

If you are interested in knowing how to find out for yourself which of your plants have been set into another genre, try posting a question in the Identification Forum.

I hope this helps.

[DebsC]

I like both of them but I like the form of the first one the best. Either one of them would fit nicely in my greenhouse!