Back here at show and tell, I spent this morning at the USF (University of South Florida) Spring Plant Sale. It is a big event with lots of vendors as well as garden clubs selling great plants. The big surprise was to find B&D Orchids with Lycaste orchids for sale. I bought two of them. The first is a nice white called, according to the tag, Lycaste Auburn X Lycaste Highland Park. I looked it up to see if it had acquired a name and found out there is no Lycaste Highland Park. I finally found Lmc. Highland Peak and there was a cross and the name is Lycamerlycaste [Lmc.] Hugheuden. Orchidwiz will be the death of me.
The second one is a nice yellow and the tag reads Lycaste Hamana Jason X Lycaste Concentration. I searched again and both of these orchid names are legit but the hybrid is not registered. I can live with that.
I also picked up a Cymbidium from Charlie Chapman who was down from Apopka. The tag says Cym. Valley Avant X Cym. Big League. I looked it up and it has been registered as Cym. Valley League. Great color on this one.
I also picked up Encyclia cordigera, sym Epi. atropurpureum. It is not in bloom.
This is my first time growing Lycaste orchids so wish me luck.
Jim
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