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

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

here are the photos

Orchid show Neptune NJ 2011 | Facebook

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 :biggrin:

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

stefano

I will post photos when they blooms :D
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 :hello