Pot. Memoria Irene Feil

[Conny]

Hello Steven,

I am a new member to this forum (since Sunday) and this is my first post, so don't really know what I am doing yet...

This morning I rescued a 2" Slc. Pink Doll x Pot. Odoms Sweetheart from our Lowe's here in Athens, GA. I always google the tags and came across your post of wanting to name it after your late mom. I thought that was just the sweetest thing to do. A hit further down on the Google results called it a Pot. Memoria Irene Feil and I thought 'He got it registered!' Congratulations.

Yours was such a sad story to read and this beautiful little orchid will definitely have a special place in my little but fast growing collection. I hope you are doing well and I'm just impressed by this group of people!

Best wishes,
Conny Lemke

[Shirley]

Steven,

How lovely to honour your mother in this way -- I'm sure she's smiling down on youl And such a beautiful bloom too. Congratulations!

Shirley

[IdahoOrchid]

Conny, I am honored to have been a part of your first post here. Thank you for rescuing the orchid!

I have found it to be fairly easy and a free bloomer. It has not needed extreme light or humidity to stay happy. Since I believe this is a cross from seed, please share your blooms with me when they come. It will be fun to see what range of differences may occur.

Steven

Originally Posted by Conny

Hello Steven,

I am a new member to this forum (since Sunday) and this is my first post, so don't really know what I am doing yet...

This morning I rescued a 2" Slc. Pink Doll x Pot. Odoms Sweetheart from our Lowe's here in Athens, GA. I always google the tags and came across your post of wanting to name it after your late mom. I thought that was just the sweetest thing to do. A hit further down on the Google results called it a Pot. Memoria Irene Feil and I thought 'He got it registered!' Congratulations.

Yours was such a sad story to read and this beautiful little orchid will definitely have a special place in my little but fast growing collection. I hope you are doing well and I'm just impressed by this group of people!

Best wishes,
Conny Lemke

[IdahoOrchid]

I guess an update to this saga is in order. Last year I made an attempt to do a mounting of this plant to a piece of wood that my mother-in-law gave to me that came from her father. I wanted to do an heirloom planting as you can see.

Well, it was a miserable failure and the plant ultimately died on me.

Fast forward to the week of 3/9 and after a lengthy email conversation with the person I got the original from I now have what may be a division of that original plant PLUS a division of another cultivar of the same cross!!! Both plants are blooming sized and putting out new growths so I hope for blooms later this year or early next. While cleaning up the older sheath material I also found MANY dormant new growths!

If I get a chance I will take pictures of the new plants and post them.

I have also found out that the owner of Bedford Orchids in Canada has gotten a couple of this cross awarded with AM/AOS. One he has named 'Ruby Red.' My mother has a sister named Ruby. One of my sisters is named Ruby as well. The other one he called 'Fuschia.' I am working with him to get a large division of Fuschia.

So it has been a busy last few weeks for this cross in my life.

[Dorothy]

CONGRATULATION!