Shore Orchid Fest at Silva's (Neptune, NJ)

[stefpix]

Wish I could've stayed longer. I had to shoot the naked bike ride in back Brooklyn that I later found out to have been postponed due to the weather. 12 30 to 3 flew by. spent 30$ at OakHill. Greg gave a couple of complementary seedlings for the support . Got $10 Chysis aurea (3"pot I believe) , tiny $6 Cyrtopodium graniticum seedling , $0 Oerstedella pinnifera seedling, a clump of $5 Doritis pulcherrima (4" pot / multiple plants or keiking plant in same pot), $4 Pecatorea lalindlei seedling, $5 Angraecum eburneum bare root special (plant with basal keiki almost as big as mother plant, chose that one because I want a clumping one, put it is a 4" clear pot with mostly lava rock and a bit of coco chips and diatomaceous earth fine gravel), $0 Coelia bella bare root (is it related to Oncidiums)? I wish i got 1 or 2 things more all were $4 Zygo mackai seedling 15$ Den unicum (oakhill) $15 Cattleya luteola (looked like a seedling but Greg said it could be blooming size), and at Silva I almost got Onc. croesus or Psychopsis mendelhall small Coel cristata and especially a 15$ sprawling Laelia lundii... Wish I did, but I have to save. Any tips on the Coelia (no good roots but new healthy growth) and on the Chysis?
I am tired. there was a lot of trtaffic to get on the Verrazano bridge. Will take/post photos tomorrow.

Anyone has experience with what I got?
stefano

[stefpix]

here are the photos

Orchid show Neptune NJ 2011 | Facebook

[Eyebabe]

I was at the show with my family Friday and briefly Saturday morning.
Got some great great cattleya!
A few original divisions from Waldor and some beautiful divisions as well from Canaima as well.
Brennan's had a few new phalaenopsis crosses (I like their phals ).
Finally, I got a tour from the owners of the greenhouses and it was wonderful. Joe is very friendly and knowledgeable and I highly recommend their plants. Excellent clean facility. Their purpuratas were exquisite!!
All in all, an awesome festival which is going to get better and better each year

[stefpix]

Eye babe? any photos? what did you buy exactly?

stefano

[Eyebabe]

Originally Posted by stefpix

Eye babe? any photos? what did you buy exactly?

stefano

I will post photos when they blooms
Some of the plants were not tagged with the cultivar and although I'm sure we discussed it, my memory is not good for those things. So I will have to "call" lol.
All plants are original divisions as well. I don't expect some of them to bloom for a year or more.

But I got:

Ctt. Portiata 'Mel HCC/AOS
Rlc. Darkling 'Waldor' AM/AOS
Rlc. Michael Gaine 'Orchidglade II'
Rlc. Harlequin 'Elizabeth Off'
Rlc. Susan Fender 'Cinnamon Stick' AM/AOS
C. Misty Girl 'Autumn Symphony'
C. labiata var amensiana 'Marcia Regina' BM/JOGA AM/AOS
C. trianae var ??? 'Canaima's Moonlight' (getting clarification on this plant which is a rare variety a few decades old)
C. Catherine Patterson
C. Good Friend
C. Canhamiana 'Azure Sky' CCM/AOS
C. loddigesii 'Blue Sky' AM/AOS

Have fun looking them up