I learned today that this Encyclia hybrid is registered as Encyclia Hoosier Ruffels.
It seems dickinsoniana is a syn. for guatemalensis and so Encyclia guatemalensis x edithiana is Hoosier Ruffels, created by Leon Glicenstein ( formerly at Hoosier Orchids) and registered as such.
Well, it seems at the time of Hoosier sale seedlings were sold as guatemalensis x edithiana and dickinsoniana x edithiana.
Aren't synonyms fun?
The only reason I understood that, Ursula, is that I'm sipping on a 2004 Mosel-Saar-Ruwer Riesling, selected becaues I needed something refreshing after this 90 degree scorcher. I took Patty to the airport for a long weekend visit with her sister and kids up in Virginia and have therefore been left to my own devices. There is a nice piece of honey and bourbon soaked salmon on the grill and I've whipped up some rice and black beans along with fresh tomatos from the garden to go with it. Life is good.
Wonderful show, Ursula. The Encyclia is indeed lovely.
Laurel's Maxillaria tenuifolia bloomed back on the 3rd of May and mine has just put out a single flower. I'll take it.
Next up is Ctsm tenebrosa 'Ed Wise' X Ctsm Dragon Teeth AM/AOS.
I just found Brassavola tuberculata blooming.
Brassavola Jimminey Cricket is putting out new blooms:
Blc. Hawalian Leopard 'Mai Ling' is just opening:
Blc. Golden Tang is putting on flowers on all sides of the plant.
Carol's Gerberara 'Snow Ballet' just won't quit.
Update on Mcv. Frances Fox 'Sunspots'.
As for Phals, here is Beautiful Red X Self and a NOIDer.
Finally, my new Brassia Rex 'Walomao Spotless FCC/AOS, which I bought in spike, opened two blooms.
Jim
"Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it." -- Steven Leacock
The Grammatophylum scriptum is back with 5 spikes, 50 flowers per spike, and a total weight of 43 pounds. I took her from her perch to prepare her for the orchid club show next Tuesday. I'm not sure how I will get her in the truck other than strapping her in the bed. I'll just have to see on Tuesday. The spikes are about a meter long and stick out in all directions.
Jim
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Great Report, Kathy! I love it.
And as I mentioned, a Geico commercial comes to mind -
How happy are you?
Like Kathy, Jim and Laurel at Redland
or how about:
like Jim amongst the Palms at Fairchild Botanical Garden!
Name: Elaine Sarasota, Fl The one constant in life is change
I know the ad you mean "happier than a witch in a broom factory" right?
Happier than an orchid nut at an Orchid Show? Happier than a palm nut in a botanical garden. (I tried "afficionado" in place of nut but it didn't sound as good)
Yes, I agree, a wonderful portfolio of pictures there, Kathy. I am really sad I didn't get to come with Jim on that adventure and meet you.
Elaine
"Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." –Winston Churchill
Nice show, Kathy. And Jim, I have a bucket truck that we use for sign installs. If you want to swing by I'll load up that wonderful Grammatophylum scriptum
My remaining plant of Coelogyne Burfordiense is blooming and sports a couple more spikes.
A few years I chopped my huge plant apart into 5 pots of varying size and gave away all but one pot! It is doing well and starts growing again too. ( Fish tank water is a nice fertilizer....)
Dendrobium distichum is a lot more manageable size-wise than Dendrobium anceps and those tiny blooms are really cute.
Pleurothallis grobyi is a very cute miniature with ca 4mm flowers. Charming little plant.
And Tolumnia Sniffen is still happily blooming along
and the Encyclia dickinsoniana x edithithiana is lovely
