Trip to Orchidview 8-27-10

[RosieC]

Wow, great shots thanks for sharing them.

[Pilot]

Originally Posted by Ben Belton

The greenhouse already diffused the light. The clouds made it more dark.

Ah, I see what you meant now. Either way, though, you got some great pics. These don't quite compare to your collection but its nice to see them.

Thanks Ben-- you're helping to cultivate a refined taste in phals for me. LOL Refined tastes can become expensive.

[sweetjblue]

Ben, Thanks for sharing the pics, must have been a great visit!

Could you advise which cross number pics 1, 2, & 16 came from? 16 is to die for!

Thanks, Judi

[Ben Belton]

I know that #16 was from a flask they got from Ken Avant. It was a regular magenta violacea crossed with a blue one. They do not have any of these to sell. I do not know if Ken has any.

I have no idea about #1 and #2, but I can guess.

I liked #1 for the green tips and there were others with green tips. So I tried to find a seedling that was the same cross as one of the ones with green tips. (I hope I'm making sense) I'm not sure if the cross I bought was the same as this one, but it was NO446. That's an older cross, but I believe they had more.

Last year I bought NO436 and it has green tips too. It has bloomed a couple times for me now.

#2 is another guess, but a couple years ago they were selling seedlings of bellina (Fifi x Ponkan). Fifi is their dog :-) It might be one of those. Feel free to send Katherine a copy of my picture and ask her if she knows which one it is. I believe they still have more of these as well.

I hope this is a little help.

[trdyl]

Looks like it was a great trip. Looks like I am going to have stay on the lookout for crosses made with 'Mademoiselle Blue'.

[quiltergal]

Oooh! My bellina is the Fifi x Ponkan cross. Now I can't wait for it to grow up and bloom!