I took several pictures at this event and wanted to share them with my friends here. I hope you enjoy them.

As you enter the room, you see several general displays that were put together by various clubs and vendors. The third one here is our club and won best display award.


This is one of mine that was in the display:


These are some individual orchids that caught my attention:








And another one of mine and this one has a blue ribbon!

Back to the outstanding individuals:


And I spot another one of mine:

Back to the show:




Here is my Epi:

Back to the show:




Look, here is my Siamese Doll!

Back to the show:












I took this picture because it is mounted in a queen palm seed pod cover:

And still more:



That is all of the pics I took. One note is that Den. Black Cat was much darker than the picture shows. It was almost black. I guess my light meter was over compensating. I hope you enjoyed the show.

Jim

What a feast for the eyes. Beautiful plants and photos.

Wow!

One plant among all stood out and I will search for it right now! Your Epi stamfordianum! Thx for the show.

Jim, I enjoyed your pictures very much! Wonderful Show and how nice that you picked up some award ribbons. Well deserved!!
The Queen Palm seed cover mount caught my eye, I like that!

Thanks for sharing!

Just fabulous, as all the shows are eye candy overload. I'm in love with that 'Lemon Twist' with the deep purple lip. What's an Rmy. ??

I mounted an orchid in a palm boot a while ago. It struggled and suffered for about 3 years and finally died last fall. Never did attach very well, but I think if I had tried it horizontal instead of vertical it might have worked better.

Great Job, Jim! ..awesome !

Elaine: Rhynchomyrmeleya [Rmy.]

I'm just back from the show where I helped break down our display and picked up my orchids. I entered 8 and came away with 6 ribbons. Not bad for an old guy from Indiana. Here they are:


Jim

I would be pleased as punch!

Fantastic haul on the ribbons, Jim and thanks for the name. ( I had to ask, huh. )

Elaine, here is some info from OrchidWiz on the Lemon Twist you like:

Rhynchomyrmeleya Lemon Twist (Rhyncholaeliocattleya Toshie Aoki x Myrmecophila thomsoniana) (If this doesn't look like a SchomboCattleya I don't know what does). And a Pic:


Jim

Wow, thanks Jim. It sure does look like a Schom/Catt (couldn't resist). I like the colors in your picture above better, but I imagine it's just different cameras and possibly the age of the flower. They named it 'Lemon Twist' for a reason, I think the pale yellow plus the dark lip is gorgeous.

Do you recall offhand where it came from, or who was showing it? I haven't found a grower with it for sale, but I just started looking an hour ago. (my kids need a new 'wish list' from me for Mother's Day)

The Schomburgkia gives the petals and sepals the twist element. If you find one, let me know. Perhaps Rafael?

Jim

Jim, I really liked that one too. How big a plant/spike was it? The main reason I haven't tried Schoms. is the size. I realize that could be much larger as it ages than it was at the show. I've seen those Rmy.s at the last couple of shows here, and been tempted, but just don't have the room for those tall spikes.

I just found it at Meke Aloha Orchids

http://www.mekealohaorchids.co...

Their version does look lemon twisty.

Daisy

Hmmm, thanks Daisy. Wouldn't you know that grower, Paul Storm, lives about 6 blocks away from me here. He grows some amazing stuff but his prices are outrageous. Guess I should call him and see if I can visit his greenhouse. Been meaning to do that for a long time.

Also, the colors of the flower in his picture aren't nearly as pretty as the pale yellow/purple one Jim showed above. So, it has me wondering if I'd pay $45 for a plant (yes, that's an outrageous amount for me) and when it eventually bloomed, would it be the colors I like or the colors in his picture?

I'm with you Elaine! That Lemon Twist that Jim photo'd is GORGEOUS...it really stood out to me too...but NOT in the other photo from Jim, or the one on the website.

I also liked the alba anosmum (I have to find one of those!), and the Zygo Blue Bird, and the brassia rex cross. Who grows all of these Paph's here in Florida??? I ADORE the Paph Shin-Yi Williams...I would love to give that one a a try!

BEAUTIFUL show Jim, you got some great pictures! Thanks for sharing! Congrats on the ribbons, too! I LOVE yours that has the yellow ribbon on it!

Patty, I think you really need a temp and humidity controlled greenhouse to grow Paphs here in Florida, sadly. They grow them at Selby, and I've seen them at Krull-Smith and Chapman's Orchids in Apopka too.

I know both Jim and I have tried and failed - Jim warned me, but I got two as gifts, what can you do? They are sadly sliding down the slippery slope outside my patio door right now. If the weather would stay like this for a few more months . . they might have a chance but this is Florida and I refuse to try to grow them indoors in the summer. I have a big garden, no need for plants in the house. (unless absolutely necessary, like for cold nights )

Ahhhhhh...hadn't even given greenhouses a thought! That must be how they do it!

I've thought about giving one a try inside in the a/c just to see if it can be done, just hadn't gotten around to finding and buying one I like. Way back when I was starting on this orchid addiction, and had no clue what I was doing, I bought one....looking back on it, I kept it alive for a good while before it died (only indoors though).

My friend Marisa (who got me started on all this, and the one I go to the Orchid Society meetings with) has just recently bought one to see if she could keep it alive indoors, which of course is what prompted me to attempt this as well, cause I'm a copy-cat!

I actually LIKE to have a few plants in the house, even with my big yard & garden...so maybe one of these days I'll find one I like and splurge....

You won't even let yours live in the house if it means they might stay alive? (Isn't that kind of the definition of "absolutely necessary"??)

Meke Aloha Orchids does have this disclaimer, making me think twice about buying a plant out of bloom:

"****please note that all hybrids are varied within the same cross and may bloom differently than the photos in the "PHOTO GALLERY" "

Making me think that he is growing his orchids from first generation crosses so doesn't actually know what they will look like.

I have a first generation cross done by a guy here in Reno. A friend has one of them too. We are waiting to see if our plants bloom the same or near the same. Or even if they are pretty. It could be that radish/cabbage cross thing.

Daisy