Shreveport/AOS Spring 2011 Show

[goods]

I'm from New Orleans. The dunkel really caught my eye. I really should have bought one from Orchid Inn while I was there but forgot about it until I had already left. It, and your other in the show, were very nice. Great growing and congrats on the award!

 

[goldenrose]

goods - easy to forget one in a sea of 34! Congrats you're truly addicted if you didn't know already! You're in the right place! Now tradition is to give us a list of your haul! :drool::drool:

I'm with Tom, that Lady Isabel is out of this world! :drool::drool:

Diane - I agree pics at shows are hard, you did just fine!!

 

[slippertalker]

Sam won 3 AOS awards for his amazing paphs, all AM's. Paph Johanna Burkhardt, an immense green Maudiae type and a sanderinum cross with, I believe, adductum. His adductum hybrids continue to show their value....

I spent a fair amount of time with the paph/phrag guys including Tom Kalina, Sam Tsui and Norito Hasegawa. As always, they are great people and fun to hang out with. It was my first time to meet Tom and his sense of humor and commentary on the crazy world of orchids was as dead on. My friends Frank Smith and Scott Ware were also there and we shared time together including a great steak dinner. Scott did enrich his dracula and masdevallia collection considerably.

The Shreveport OS did a great job of running the meetings and the hotel was a good fit for the event. Well done!

 

[goods]

Here's the list of what I brought home. I have to say it's pretty slipperless though:

Phal. Philishii (2)
Phal. equistris (2)
Phal. mariae (2)
Catt. shroederae (2)
Catt. bowringiana (2)
Catt. maxima (2)
Pescatorea lalindei (2)
Pescatorea cerina (2)
Galeottia grandiflora (2)
Dimorphorchis lowii
Den. kingianum
Neofinetia falcata 'Yodo no matsu' (in bloom)
Renanthera matutina
Aerides quinquevulnera
Aerides flabellata
Paraphalaenopsis serpentilingua
Angraecum cucullatum (in spike)
Aerangis luteo-alba v. rhodosticta
Dendrophylax lindenii
Masdevallia floribunda v. tuerckheimii
Masdevallia limax
Pleurothallis wagneri
Dryadella simula
Ascocentrum miniatum
Ascocentrum ampullaceum

I really enjoyed talking to Ms. Cordelia from J&L and Mr. Greg from Oak Hill. I also got to meet Mr. Alan Koch from Gold Country and found out he has Dendrophylax funalis, so he will be receiving an order very soon.

 

[JeanLux]

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I spent a fair amount of time with the paph/phrag guys including Tom Kalina, Sam Tsui and Norito Hasegawa. As always, they are great people and fun to hang out with. It was my first time to meet Tom and his sense of humor and commentary on the crazy world of orchids was as dead on. My friends Frank Smith and Scott Ware were also there and we shared time together including a great steak dinner. Scott did enrich his dracula and masdevallia collection considerably.

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Any pics your meetings Bill??

And Scott ?

Thanks!!!! Jean

 

[etex]

Thanks everyone for looking,and the comments!


goods- What a list/haul!! Very cool selections.You did some serious orchid shopping! I love species and species catts,too! Are the masdies you bought heat tolerant?The folks at Oak Hill are always the nicest and they have a neat selection of little treasures.
My husband,daughter and I were there midafternoon on Saturday. I am pretty sure I would have noticed someone hauling around that many orchids.
Great shopping!!

 

[slippertalker]

Any pics your meetings Bill??

And Scott ?

Thanks!!!! Jean

No camera with me, and I didn't see that Scott had one either...sorry.

 

[goods]

etex- I was there with my mom and younger brother and I had mostly miniatures/seedlings. Everything fit in 3 large bags, so it didn't look like I had that much. I wasn't planning on the Catts. but Mr. Greg at Oak Hill insisted and gave me a deal on them. I always enjoy their booths and the main reason for me going was because they won't be at the New Orleans show in person this year. The ghost I picked up was also the largest I've ever seen offered by them. The Masdies are all warm-growing to warmth tolerant according to J&L. Ms. Cordelia hand-picked a group she thought I could grow and I chose from that.

 

[JeanLux]

... The ghost I picked up was also the largest I've ever seen offered by them....

Is Dendrophylax lindenii commonly offered for sale in the US, and are the prices anywhere near affordable? ? Jean

 

[goods]

I got mine from Oak Hill Gardens near Chicago, Illinois. They have two mature plants (brought one to the show) and I believe produce their own pollen and do their own flasks. They are available nearly all the time from Oak Hill and pop up occasionally from other vendors. I got mine for $15 so not expensive. Though, most come as tiny bundles of roots and are very hard to establish. The one I got this time had roots that were about 1.5" to 2" at their longest.

 

[JeanLux]

I got mine from Oak Hill Gardens near Chicago, Illinois. They have two mature plants (brought one to the show) and I believe produce their own pollen and do their own flasks. They are available nearly all the time from Oak Hill and pop up occasionally from other vendors. I got mine for $15 so not expensive. Though, most come as tiny bundles of roots and are very hard to establish. The one I got this time had roots that were about 1.5" to 2" at their longest.

thanks and good luck with it!!!

(I just finished reading the orchid thief ) Jean

 

[goods]

Thanks Jean! I didn't read the book but I watched the movie "Adaptation" which is somewhat based on/ related to the book