Tamiami Orchid best in show winner (I believe)

[iburntrees3o5]

Phals aren't my thing, but this was pretty cool. Didn't bother looking at the ID since I don't collect these.

[WhiteRabbit]

Sweet!

[jeri149]

Sweet? Maybe. Best in Show? I don't get it. I am not a judge but I would like to know the opinion of others. Why is it so special?
Anxious to learn,
Jeri149

[iburntrees3o5]

Originally Posted by jeri149

Sweet? Maybe. Best in Show? I don't get it. I am not a judge but I would like to know the opinion of others. Why is it so special?
Anxious to learn,
Jeri149

The front of the flower is blood red. The back of the flower is pale yellow. Almost perfect. Some of the red bleeds over into the yellow part. But bearly noticeable. I think most judges are stuck to only award Cattaleya and Phalaenopsis. Why? Just look at the number of forum post for those two species and they make up most of this website. I personally love and grow Bulbophyllum(one of the least posted forums on here), and there was only one entered for judging. And not to my surprise it didn't win any awards. I'm only 28 years young. And I'm almost always one of the youngest people at the shows down here in Miami. I also favor rare > abundance. Either I'm extremely picky, or just don't follow "trends". Or I'm just the next generation to have taste for something else.

Hope one day my bulbo hybrids win an award !

[No-Pro-mwa]

I think it is because of the show of flowers and ease of culture. Phals in my opinion are great because they seem to be easy and there blooms last so long at lease the longest for me. I love my Catt's because there showy but the blooms don't last as long and they smell nice or at least some do.

I have yet to try Bulbo's but am going to. I love there weird blooms but I will say that I'm not sure I want ones that smell like rotting meat. That could be one reason why people don't grow them as much. And I don't know but are they harder to grow? I'm just learning.

It's strange what one person likes another doesn't. It makes us all individuals, even though they want us all to be the same. I don't think we are suppose to be it is what makes the World wonderful to me

[iburntrees3o5]

Originally Posted by No-Pro-mwa

I think it is because of the show of flowers and ease of culture. Phals in my opinion are great because they seem to be easy and there blooms last so long at lease the longest for me. I love my Catt's because there showy but the blooms don't last as long and they smell nice or at least some do.

I have yet to try Bulbo's but am going to. I love there weird blooms but I will say that I'm not sure I want ones that smell like rotting meat. That could be one reason why people don't grow them as much. And I don't know but are they harder to grow? I'm just learning.

It's strange what one person likes another doesn't. It makes us all individuals, even though they want us all to be the same. I don't think we are suppose to be it is what makes the World wonderful to me

I noticed Catasetums and Bulbophyllum do really well for me with all the heat and water that we have down here in Miami. They pretty much double in size in some cases from year to year, while most of my other species barely get one leaf out. To each is own pending on your grow zone. I appreciate the longevity of the Phalaenopsis flower. But I also feel like the whole all Bulbophyllum rotten meat stereotype over shadows the whole species. They all don't stink, only real down fall is some of the flowers don't last very long compared to the rest of the orchid scene. But when they are I'm flower it's really cool seeing all the different shapes they all produce. They grow like weed and they're really easy to grow. I keep some bareroot, saves me money when you got over 120 different orchids to repot

[NYCorchidman]

100 flowers all at the same time would look amazing!!!! plus, even better if this is a fragrant cross. Wow~

[RJSquirrel]

he hasnt noticed this post but the plant if Im not mistaken was hybridized by our very own Ben Belton(his avatar is the Ken Avant flower), who held tight the parents for a very long time. As he said at least till he got his named and awarded he didnt want anyone stealing his rights to name the plant just FYI. Im a cornucopia of useless information