Just got back from the rochester ny orchid club show which was again very nice. I took some slipper pictures for all of the paph/phrag nuts, and there were some displays with some very nice plants! One of our orchid club members got the best in slipper class ribbon for his paph st. swithins, and there was a nearby display that had a few dozen paphs including many bellatulums all grouped together on the table along with a long-petaled one nearby. Also in Marlow Orchids display was a delenatii alba, which though probably really rare, is one of the many alba orchids that just don't appeal to me that much. I guess I'm just not a slipper nut! 
On a happy note my paph armeniacum 'franklin st.' that I posted a picture of here got a red ribbon in the parvi species division and my trichopilia suavis received a blue ribbon, over a few other larger plants of suavis! also a white on my phal cornu-cervi flava. Our club also received the blue ribbon for best amateur display, and the two who set it up had never done a display before, not even any fancy props like we usually try to have.
I'll post the few pictures I took in a few days. The lighting of course was terrible, all the backdrops were black and my fancy expensive digital camera insists on over exposing everything even with the shutter manually closed two full stops; forget using it in auto with the on board flash, everything is wiped out. My old eos 630 does a better job of auto exposure setting.
On a happy note my paph armeniacum 'franklin st.' that I posted a picture of here got a red ribbon in the parvi species division and my trichopilia suavis received a blue ribbon, over a few other larger plants of suavis! also a white on my phal cornu-cervi flava. Our club also received the blue ribbon for best amateur display, and the two who set it up had never done a display before, not even any fancy props like we usually try to have.
I'll post the few pictures I took in a few days. The lighting of course was terrible, all the backdrops were black and my fancy expensive digital camera insists on over exposing everything even with the shutter manually closed two full stops; forget using it in auto with the on board flash, everything is wiped out. My old eos 630 does a better job of auto exposure setting.
