Houston Orchid Show

[RJSquirrel]

had lots of fun at the OS this year again . you should volunteer to intake plants at least once in your life for an orchid show. I volunteered twice already.crash course in whats what and whats not what you thought it was but is what it was now before they changed it the last time someone had a thought.


the Paph Deperle Alba went out with a 3rd place ribbon.
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if it hadnt been so dark in there it would have gone home alone. bloom fell off the monday after...Oh well I got it there!!

A big Dendrobium spectabile. blooms look like the tiny little octopus you find at the buffets. taste about the same too I bet..



this flower was blinding and nice smelling too



beautiful baldans kaleidoscope


I got 1 blue and 1 white for my masdys and the northern sun was pulled for AOS judging..no AOS but they looked at it ...


I bought a blooming size c. walkeriana 'Perfect Blush' and a large division of schomburgkia splendida var.cauca to go along with my encyclia odoratissima

this is the walkeriana...

he had one the same size with 2 blooms opened and this one had 2 new growths. I opted for new growths

[silken]

Very nice! Thanks for sharing! Congrats on your nomination and ribbons!

[WhiteRabbit]

Awesome! Congrats on the ribbons and having a plant AOS judged!

[RJSquirrel]

It was more exciting than it should have been for me..I was one vote away from sweeping the masdy class 1st 2nd and 3rd place. Someone had a monster veitchiana that got in my way and took my 2nd place ribbon. went and won best grown too. The Masdy was also one vote away from being best misc large flower...grammatophylum scriptum won best flower there. It had 43 chances to make a nice flower mine only had one chance. I dont know how you can compare them....Soooo close!!!!!. The flowers on the veitchiana were old and torn but it was so well grown it deserved the ribbons.

I worked the crew that voted for them other flowers too and I never said a word. Its about the flowers not who's it is ya know

A big haul bec we got the best display trophy. I was convinced into trying to join the ranks of being a judge. I have a good eye for symmetry shape and color. Not everyone has that ability. I didnt realize it could also be a disability

You really got to have a nice stock pile of plants to do shows. Out of over 200 plants I had 6 that made it to the show and 5 of them I just got recently ...I cant keep stock piling orchids just to have a handful for a show every year. I have to look at what I got going here and make some adjustments. A few weeks after the show I got plenty..ohhhhhhh them orchids have a mind of their own I think sometimes!!!

You need a good healthy pile 'o plants anyway just to make ya feel good...

[camille1585]

Seems like you had a very nice show overall! Do you have pics of your ribbon winning masdies and the AOS judged one? I'd love to see them!

I like your stockpile logic, at least you are sure to always have blooming plants for shows! I would do the same, except that the dutch orchid society seems to organize very very few shows. I hope to bring a plant to the main show in October.

[Lagoon]

Beautiful looking orchids. You must have had a great time. Congrats on the ribbons -- Love that paph

[RJSquirrel]

the Highland Monarchs tallest in the middle were selected for blue and looked at for judging. the dean haas in fron won 3rd place. but they didnt make the AOS cut bec they were bending back too far. lots of if but IF they had been a little fresher might not have been bent so far back..notice the striped legs on the small one to the left . Most of the buds blasted when I got them home but I do have more poppin up. These larger masdys pop put spikes with every new growth. hard part is getting them actually bloomed out keeping them cool and humid enough.. lost a bunch of them


But Thanks You I had lots of fun with the orchid shows

[silken]

Gorgeous!

[bballr4567]

Ahh that burana beauty is so pretty! Mine needs to bloom already!

Awesome small picture set.

[WhiteRabbit]

wow - they're fabulous!