Photos from the Southern Ontario Orchid Society SHOW09!

[calvin_orchidL]

Hey everyone! Thought you might enjoy seeing some of the plants on display at one of Canada's largest annual orchid shows...it's the superbowl of the orchid world up here!

SOOS show 2009 - a set on Flickr

[flhiker]

Great pictures Calvin. I would like to have one of those Phaius. Do you remember how big it was?

[snow]

thanks calvin' .great pictures
wished i could have been there.
did youget anything?

[Lagoon]

Oh wow beautiful photos Calvin, thanks for posting them
Yeah, what did you get??

[calvin_orchidL]

Thanks for checking out the photos
Dave - that phaius was actually a phaiocalanthe, and stood around 3 feet tall, if I remember correctly. The contrast between the backs and fronts of the petals was amazing.

To my fellow canucks - I only walked away with two plants, but both of which I have been yearning after for a very long time. A leptotes bicolor - common, but I got a super deal on this one (10 bucks for multiple growths!) and my prize, an ancistrochilus thomsonianus (although I suspect it might actually be rothschildianus). I have been searching for one of these babies for MONTHS!

Other news I forgot to mention - my photo won 2nd place ribbon! I was pretty excited