Shreveport/AOS Spring 2011 Show

[etex]

Went to the Shreveport/AOS Spring Show today and my family and I had a great time.It was fabulous! There was so much to see and the Convention Center is huge! We enjoyed meeting fellow ST'r Tom Kalina, and ,OK, I picked up a few fabulous Phrags from him

If you have scrolled this far, I admire your tolerance for bad photos!
Thank you There's more.....

 

[etex]

Thanks for looking!!!

 

[mormodes]

A Wossner China Moon at an AOS Trustee's Meeting, eh?

 

[JeanLux]

Very nice pics Diane!!!! (it is very hard to take pics at shows Imo)!

Is that Slipperking's callosum? Jean

 

[etex]

Yes,it is Rick's. There's a photo of his cute P Paris,too. Also saw the awards-very lovely.


I forgot to point out that the first pic/display is my society's-CETOS.

 

[JeanLux]

Cool!!!! any plants of yours? Jean

 

[Scott Ware]

Thank you for sharing all the photos, Diane - and you are too modest - they are NOT bad!

It was a very nice show - somewhat dwarfed by the size of the facility. The Shreveport Orchid Society did a great job putting on the event. The show is only a small portion of all the work they do to accommodate all the business meetings and special society (Slipper Alliance, Pleurothallid Alliance, IPA, etc.) events as well.

There was something at the show for everyone - lots of unusual species for sale as well as ample floof. I especially liked that white miltoniopsis in The Orchid Gallery's exhibit. I didn't find photography TOO challenging because there weren't too many visitors in the exhibit area when I was there.

My resolve to refrain from acquiring anything new completely dissolved at the Pleurothallid Alliance auction, so my suitcase is loaded with new flasks and plants headed back to Seattle today.

 

[Heather]

I recognized a few in there! Which of Ricks's won the award?

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

That Lady Isabel is stunning.

 

[SlipperFan]

Good show -- the orchids are all displayed well from what I can see.

 

[goods]

I was at the show as well. I thought the exhibits were great and the sales was as well. Needless to say, I picked up many more plants than I expected.

 

[SlipperFan]

I was at the show as well. I thought the exhibits were great and the sales was as well. Needless to say, I picked up many more plants than I expected.

That's the story of my life since orchids came into it!

 

[SlipperKing]

Very nice pics Diane!!!! (it is very hard to take pics at shows Imo)!

Is that Slipperking's callosum? Jean

Yes,it is Rick's. There's a photo of his cute P Paris,too. Also saw the awards-very lovely.


I forgot to point out that the first pic/display is my society's-CETOS.

I recognized a few in there! Which of Ricks's won the award?

It was indeed the three flowered callosum var. sublaeve that won "Best Grown Slipper"

THANKS Diane for the PICs!
I posted PICs of the trophy. It came home before the plants did!

 

[etex]

You're welcome Rick! They were starting to carefully pack up the trophies while we were there Saturday but I saw yours-I thought the blown glass slipper was so cool, but didn't want to spoil your surprise by mentioning it yesterday on ST.

 

[etex]

Cool!!!! any plants of yours? Jean

No Jean, I didn't enter anything this time- and my youngest daughter ,Alexis, gave me an earful yesterday about it,and told me which ones I should have entered.
At the show, Alexis was mesmerized by all the different types of neofinetia falcatas that New World Orchids had for sale. We had a very nice conversation with Dr Lehr and learned quite a bit about the history of neos,different types, shows in Japan(with pics)-and then my daughter picked her very first neo-shutenno- after careful deliberation

 

[NYEric]

Nice get them hooked while they're young! :evil:
Thanx for sharing the photos, I'd love to get that Phrag St. Eligius!!! :drool:

 

[goods]

Slipperfan, I came home with 34 plants I think. Thats more than I've ever bought in a year.

Slipperking, was that your delenatii dunkel in the show as well?

etex, what time were you and your daughter at the show yesterday? I was there yesterday as well.

 

[Heather]

Awesome! I was hoping the callosum won it!!! Congrats. Well deserved in my opinion!

 

[SlipperKing]

Goods, where are you from? Yes, to answer your question. The dunkel is mine. I actually sent 5 Paphs, delenatii v dunkel, callosum v sublaeve, praestans and the hybrid Paris that Diane loves so much!

Thanks Heather, I was very surprised myself.

 

[Shiva]

Great pics. Looked like a good show. Congrats to the winners.