Pacific Orchid Exposition 70 Haul

[My Green Pets]

I was there yesterday, it was full of people. I had fun thumbing through everything at the Ecuagenera booth. Lots of trianae and maxima plants, some in bud! The Vanda falcatas at Seed Engei were very cool. Saw some very interesting flasks at Tropical Exotique, including one full of Bulbo phalaenopsis seedlings. There was a big, healthy Bulbo rothschildianum at the table outside I had a hard time walking away from. I was surprised not to see any Catasetum offerings from SVO, it was nearly all mini-Catts. The Masdevallia exhibit was top-notch, and Paph Paradise's monster 'best in show' was amazing. The hidden treasure for me was a Dendrophylax lindenii in bloom inside a glass jar. First time to see that flower in person.

[Lil Duck]

Originally Posted by My Green Pets

I was there yesterday, it was full of people. I had fun thumbing through everything at the Ecuagenera booth. Lots of trianae and maxima plants, some in bud! The Vanda falcatas at Seed Engei were very cool. Saw some very interesting flasks at Tropical Exotique, including one full of Bulbo phalaenopsis seedlings. There was a big, healthy Bulbo rothschildianum at the table outside I had a hard time walking away from. I was surprised not to see any Catasetum offerings from SVO, it was nearly all mini-Catts. The Masdevallia exhibit was top-notch, and Paph Paradise's monster 'best in show' was amazing. The hidden treasure for me was a Dendrophylax lindenii in bloom inside a glass jar. First time to see that flower in person.

Yeah my favorite exhibit was the Plureothallid Alliances Glass Tower (Just so happens to be my favorite group of orchids ) I also really enjoyed that Dendrophylax lindenii in the glass jar, it was cool to see it not even mounted on anything, just suspended in the air. The people at the SVO booth said the Catasetums got snapped up within the first few hours of the show and that they are typically the first too sell out, I saw maybe three Clowesias and that was all there was.