C. Caribbean 'Orange Bowl' HCC/AOS - Orchid Board

RJSquirrel · #1 03-09-2012, 10:17 PM

you want good blooms, buy good plants. its the best start I can think of.

its called orange bowl for several reasons..the color and the sweet citrus smell.

silken · #2 03-10-2012, 12:41 AM

Love this one, both colour and shape!

RJSquirrel · #3 03-10-2012, 06:44 AM

thanks silken

I think Im going thru my orange/yellows and red phase lol...Summer colors waking me up from hibernation like an old cranky bear.

camille1585 · #4 03-10-2012, 07:07 AM

Oh wow, I love it!!! I think I'm liking it for the same reasons, it's very summery and cheerful, quite a contrast to the rainy, gray and chilly weather outside right now....

RJSquirrel · #5 03-10-2012, 07:17 AM

thanks cammie

its such a warm glow..the color of this flower was hard for me to get a good picture of. I don't know what it is. I know its a cheap camera. I figured if I learned to take decent picture with cheap camera, I can take better pictures with good camera some day.
I think we all tired of the gray drizzly days. Lots of bright colored orchids everywhere around town.

thanks you!!!

camille1585 · #6 03-10-2012, 07:30 AM

If the blooms look that great with a not so good camera, they must be outstanding to see in person! The mix of orange/peach, pink, yellow makes me think back to childhood vacations in Hawaii or the bahamas.

In a way I don't mind the shitty weather, it means that so far we're on track for a normal spring. Last year we had spring in march, a heat wave in April thrrough June, then cold RAIN all summer!

tucker85 · #7 03-10-2012, 09:09 AM

Beautiful colors! The large amount of yellow on the lip really makes it stand out.

WhiteRabbit · #8 03-10-2012, 10:18 PM

fabulous color!

RJSquirrel · #9 03-10-2012, 11:35 PM

that peach color is very hard to get a good picture of. I am really surprised it showed up as well as it did.

A Fiesta of Flower..

The colors are deep, and yes tucker that yellow just makes the whole flower pop

thanks you all

glengary54 · #10 03-10-2012, 11:44 PM

This is what the Judges had to say about it when it received it's HCC/AOS in 1999:

Ninety-seven flowers held above foliage on 14 inflorescences evenly distributed around a plant with compact growth habit with 30 pseudobulbs filling an 8-inch plastic pot with charcoal media; flowers well displayed on each inflorescence; sepals and petals delicate apricot pink, lighter along midribs, mellowing to yellower tone; lip clear yellow throat, distally hot pink; substance average; texture slightly sparkling;