Northwest Orchid Society Show

On Friday and Saturday, April 5 and 6, I was at the Northwest Orchid Society Show in Shoreline, Washington.  I put in a display, but since it was really the same display as in the Mount Baker Orchid Society Show, I did not even take pictures of my display, though the plants won a number of ribbons and two trophies.  These are some of the orchids from the show that I photographed - shows are always a challenge.

PHALAENOPSIS

Unidentified Phalaenopsis hybrids

Phalaenopsis philippinensis

Phalaenopsis Chih Shang's Stripes 'Bedford'

Phalaenopsis leucorrhoda x philippinensis

Phalaenopsis Sogo Ponsai 'Jane'

CATTLEYA ALLIANCE
Schomburkia superbiens 'Lula'

Epidendrum stamfordianum and Epidendrum horichianum

Cattleya species

Laelia crispata

Laeliocattleya Alaereon 'Gran Sarah' and Cattleya intermedia 'Donna Leigh'

Laeliocattleya Tropical Treat

Cattleya schilleriana

Cattleya Walkerinter

DENDROBIUMS

Dendrobium loddigesii

Dendrobium parishii

Dendrobium tetragonum

SLIPPER ORCHIDS

Paphiopedilum haynaldianum

Paphiopedilum malipoense and Paphiopedilum Funi's Delight x bellatulum

Phragmipedium Living Fire

Phragmipedium Court Jester

Paphiopedilum delenatii var. vinicolor

 

Phragmipedium grande

Paphiopedilum Mamie Wilson

Paphiopedilum Starring Venus and Phragmipedium pearcii

VANDA ALLIANCE

Unidentified Arachnanthe

Ascofinetia Cherry Blossom and Vanda Robert's Delight

Ascocenda Dong Tarn 'Robert'

PLEUROTHALLIDS

Scaphosepalum grande

Scaphosepalum breve

Pleurothallis melanosticta

Pleurothallis secundae

 

MISCELLANEOUS GENERA

Megaclinium falcatum

Bulbophyllum species

Bulbophyllum orthosepalum

Sievkingia reichenbachiana

Chysis Langleyensis x limminghei

Oberonia species

Pholidota chinensis

TROPHIES
Two plants of mine received trophies for Best Miniature and Best Pleurothallid
Dendrobium pentapterum

Diodonopsis anachaeta

Masdevallia caudata

Masdevallia caudata is amazing.  The plant is only 8cm but the flowers are 16cm from tip to tip and can be even larger.  Their coloring is also unique and beautiful and very difficult to describe, but the pictures certainly show what I mean.  The name refers to the very long "tails" of the flower, the caudae.  They are 7-8cm long.  The plant is native to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.  The flowers have a rather strong scent as well, which I find difficult to place but also quite unpleasant.  Someone described the scent as that of artificially flavored raspberry drink, but that does not describe the scent to me.

Dendrobium cuthbertsonii bicolor

This is one of many Dendrobium cuthbertsonii plants I own and one of several with bi-colored flowers.  This one is a smaller plant as this species goes, though they are all tiny, but has larger flowers than some.  It's coloration is similar to another plant I own and which I recently posted, but the color is much more intense. Dendrobium cuthbertsonii is from New Guinea, from high altitudes, and is cool growing.  It has beautiful "pebbled foliage as is evident in some of the photos.

Phalaenopsis violacea var. alba

Once Phalaenopsis violacea begins to bloom, it is seldom out of bloom, since the flower spikes continue to lengthen and produce flowers, usually a few at a time.  The species is from Southeast Asia and is very fragrant, especially when it is warm.  My plant is still quite small but already has two flower spikes.

Masdevallia naevia

Masdevallia naevia belongs to the Caudatae section of the genus Masdevallia, a section that includes some rather awkward-looking flowers of which this is one.  The flowers are beautiful in their own way, but I always feel that they are held rather stiffly above the plant and that the flowers themselves are rather stiff and awkward compared to other Masdevallias.  The plant is 10 cm and the flowers the same size.  It is from Ecuador and named for the purple spot on the dorsal sepal (naevia means "birthmark").

Porroglossum meridionale

Porroglossum meridionale is another species from a genus of insect-trapping flowers with hinged lips.  When disturbed by a small insect the lip suddenly snaps up trapping the insect against the column and effecting pollination.  I've provided pictures of the flowers with the lip in both positions.  This plant is 6 cm tall, the flower spikes 10 cm in length, and the flowers 1.5 cm.