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<strong>Orchid</strong><br />
<strong>Society</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Britain</strong><br />
Journal<br />
VOLUME 59 No 4 November - December 2010 - January 2011
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Orchid</strong> <strong>Society</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Britain</strong><br />
Registered Charity No. 261273 www.orchid-society-gb.org.uk<br />
Officers <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Society</strong><br />
#President: Dr Henry Oakeley,<br />
(e-mail: henry.oakeley@virgin.net)<br />
77 Copers Cope Road., Beckenham, Kent, BR3 1NR.<br />
Tel. 020 8658 0358<br />
Vice President: Mrs J. Kelleher.<br />
#*Chairman: Mr Roy White,<br />
(e-mail: royjoewhite@hotmail.com)<br />
30 Acorn Grove, Ruislip Gardens, Middx., HA4 6LP.<br />
Tel. 01895 632689. Mobile 0798063 0235.<br />
#Secretary: Mrs Val Micklewright,<br />
(e-mail: Val@micklewright.com)<br />
103 North Rd., Three Bridges, Crawley,<br />
W. Sussex, RH10 1SQ. Tel. 01293 528615<br />
#Treasurer: Mrs Sally Mill,<br />
82 Hazelwick Road, Three Bridges, W. Sussex,<br />
RH10 1NH. Tel. 01293 547896<br />
#Membership Secretary: Mr Walter Lefley,<br />
(e-mail: walterlefley@aol.com)<br />
39 Hainault Road, Romford, Essex, RM5 3AA.<br />
Tel. 01708 788389<br />
Programme Secretary: Mrs Iona Macphie,<br />
(e-mail: ionamacphie@btinternet.com)<br />
5 Wilbury Ave., Cheam, Surrey, SM2 7DU.<br />
Tel. 020 8661 0787<br />
#Displays Manager: Ms Valerie Pugh,<br />
(e-mail: valeriepugh@tiscali.co.uk)<br />
4 Reynard Close, Horsham, West Sussex.<br />
RH12 4GX. Tel. 01403 251176<br />
Librarian: Mr Derek Belcher,<br />
7 Derby Road, Cheam, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 2BL.<br />
Tel. 020 8715 3635<br />
Chair Judging SC: Mrs Dusha Hayes,<br />
(e-mail:dushahayes@blueyonder.co.uk)<br />
62 Link Lane, Wallington, Surrey, SM6 9DZ.<br />
Tel. 020 8647 8496<br />
Sponsorship Secretary: Miss Mary-Jane Hawkins,<br />
(e-mail: maryjanehawkins@hotmail.com)<br />
Mobile 07905 527089<br />
#Trustees <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Society</strong><br />
*Representatives to British <strong>Orchid</strong> Council.<br />
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Committee Members<br />
*Mrs Betty Barber,<br />
(e-mail: betty.barber@gmail.com)<br />
8 Dean Close, Deeds Grove, High Wycombe, Bucks.,<br />
HP12 3NS. Tel. 01494 529604<br />
Lady Samantha Hurley,<br />
(e-mail: sam@ballyhurley.com)<br />
17 Veronica Road, London SW17 8QL.<br />
Tel. 020 8673 7751<br />
Mr Francis J. Quesada-Pallares,<br />
(e-mail: ols_francisjquesadapallares@hotmail.com)<br />
50 Fir Tree Gardens, Shirley, Croydon, Surrey,<br />
CR0 8JQ. Tel. 0208 777 2904<br />
Mr Andre Roux,<br />
(e-mail: andre.roux@live.co.uk)<br />
Rear Ground, 58B Shooters Hill Road, Blackheath,<br />
London SE3 7BG.<br />
Advertising Secretary: Mrs Kim Solomon,<br />
(e-mail: akmsolomon@yahoo.co.uk)<br />
31, Burghley House, Somerset Road, Wimbledon,<br />
London SW19 5JB.<br />
Tel. 0208 9464410. Mobile 07717222403<br />
All articles and photographs in the Journal are<br />
the copyright <strong>of</strong> the OSGB and the authors,<br />
and may not be reproduced in any form<br />
without permission.<br />
Opinions expressed in the Journal are those <strong>of</strong> the<br />
authors and they, together with services and<br />
products <strong>of</strong>fered by advertisers, are not<br />
necessarily endorsed by the <strong>Society</strong>.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Journal is produced quarterly and is available<br />
to members by subscription only. <strong>The</strong> annual<br />
subscription is £16.00 with £4 extra for each<br />
additional family member at the same address.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is an overseas members’ postage<br />
supplement <strong>of</strong> £4 for Europe and £5 for rest <strong>of</strong><br />
world. Under 21 membership (UK only) is £12.<br />
All subscriptions are due on 1 st January unless<br />
new members have a special arrangement to<br />
cover two years.<br />
Membership application forms may be obtained<br />
from the Membership Secretary.
Editor’s notes<br />
My apologies to the<br />
Croydon <strong>Orchid</strong><br />
Group for not<br />
altering the details<br />
<strong>of</strong> their venue in the<br />
Journal Supplement.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y now meet in<br />
the Wallington<br />
United Reformed<br />
Church, Stanley Park Road, Wallington,<br />
Surrey SM6 OEU, which they tell me is much<br />
warmer than their old venue – the allotment<br />
shed. Meetings are held on the first Tuesday<br />
<strong>of</strong> the month (except January) at 19.30.<br />
Details from Mike Penny 0208 648 7295.<br />
Anyone planning to attend the 20th World<br />
<strong>Orchid</strong> Conference in Singapore, please note<br />
that the dates have been changed to 13-20th November 2011 - with Judging on the 12th<br />
and the Judging Preview the afternoon <strong>of</strong> the<br />
11th. For details see www.20woc.com.sg. <strong>The</strong><br />
website www.woc2011.org is <strong>of</strong>ten quoted<br />
and will automatically link with the first site.<br />
Please remember our Autumn Show on<br />
Saturday November 6th at Wraysbury. <strong>The</strong>re<br />
will be no meeting at Napier Hall in<br />
November<br />
<strong>The</strong> deadline for the next issue is December<br />
10th 2010, but see details in Letter from the<br />
Editor.<br />
Eileen Watson<br />
<strong>The</strong> Journal (ISSN 0306-2996)<br />
Editor: Dr Eileen Watson<br />
e-mail: eileenrobin.watson@virgin.net<br />
‘Oakdene’, Woodside Avenue, Lymington<br />
Hants, SO41 8FG Tel: 01590 670837<br />
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e-mail: info@smallcyberfish.net<br />
Printed by: Impress Print Services Ltd<br />
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Contents<br />
Officers <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Society</strong> ..................................................... 222<br />
Letter from the President, Dr Henry Oakeley ......... 224<br />
Letter from the Editor ..................................................... 229<br />
Cattleya species – a pictorial guide to<br />
identification by Henry Oakeley.................................. 230<br />
A Different Look at Dracula Names<br />
by Steve Manning ............................................................ 248<br />
Stanhopea tigrina var. aurea<br />
by Brian Rittershausen ................................................... 256<br />
Stanhopea tigrina var. nigroviolacea<br />
by Eileen Watson .............................................................. 257<br />
Book Review: Discovering New World <strong>Orchid</strong>s<br />
by Steve Manning ............................................................ 258<br />
What’s in a Name? by Dave Trendell ......................... 259<br />
Obituary – Basil Francis .................................................. 260<br />
Northern Cyprus Holiday: March 2010<br />
by Val William Bartlett ..................................................... 261<br />
OSGB at Peterborough, 2010<br />
by Val Micklewright and Sally Mill ............................. 264<br />
Schomburgkia (now Myrmecophila) species<br />
by Jean and Tony Britton ............................................... 266<br />
Note from the Treasurer ................................................. 267<br />
Note from the Programme Secretary ....................... 268<br />
Napier Hall Meetings:<br />
Proceedings by Michael McIllmurray ............... 269<br />
Table Shows by Iona Macphie, Andre Roux ... 273<br />
Photographic and Art Competition .......................... 282<br />
RHS <strong>Orchid</strong> Committee Reports ................................. 283<br />
Advertisements ................................................................ 291<br />
Index to Volume 59 ......................................................... 298<br />
Services to Members:-<br />
Meetings, Cultural Advice, Website, Library,<br />
Travel Club, Displays ............................................... 302<br />
Show Diary ......................................................................... 303<br />
Front Cover: Phalaenopsis Valentinii (cornu-cervi<br />
x violacea) – photo by Henry Oakeley<br />
Back Cover: Colin Carter’s Coelogyne asperata -<br />
photo by Petra Richardson<br />
OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 223
Letter From <strong>The</strong> President<br />
Henry Oakeley<br />
Future orchid exhibits<br />
Singapore <strong>Orchid</strong> Festival, 2010<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Society</strong> is still basking in the warm glow<br />
<strong>of</strong> our successes at Chelsea Flower Show and<br />
Peterborough, and your committee is<br />
planning the activities for next year. Is there<br />
anyone out there with design experience,<br />
perhaps from setting up exhibits at other<br />
societies who would like to help the team?<br />
We are all getting older (and some <strong>of</strong> us<br />
have reached ‘old’ already) so need to hand<br />
on the task to others as we do not wish to<br />
die in harness. We have the London <strong>Orchid</strong><br />
Show in March 18-20, Chelsea in May 23-28,<br />
Peterborough in June 17-19, Darlington and<br />
District Show in Durham on April 10, and the<br />
World <strong>Orchid</strong> Conference in Singapore on 13-<br />
20 November, and possibly the Devon <strong>Orchid</strong><br />
<strong>Society</strong> show on October 15-16 and the BOGA<br />
show at Dinton Pastures (which was another<br />
successful exhibit for us a few weeks ago).<br />
Let Val Pugh or myself know if you are<br />
interested in being involved.<br />
Singapore 2010: New Guinea exhibit<br />
224 • OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4<br />
In preparation for the World <strong>Orchid</strong><br />
Conference in Singapore in 2011, I went out<br />
there in July to set up the orchid display for<br />
the Singapore Botanic Gardens at their<br />
orchid festival. I was hugely impressed with<br />
the facilities and help that is given to all<br />
exhibitors. <strong>The</strong> SBG exhibit was on a circular<br />
table top, divided into six triangular sections,<br />
to represent five different continents where<br />
orchids grow. <strong>The</strong> sixth section was a lake<br />
with a vast central tree trunk with a<br />
waterfall descending from it; there were<br />
orchids in an illuminated cave under the<br />
tree, and great circles <strong>of</strong> woody vines<br />
festooned with orchids hung from vertical<br />
tree branches. No expense was spared. I had<br />
a design company with half a dozen staff to<br />
build the exhibit, an electrician, two<br />
botanists, and another half dozen gardening<br />
staff to set out the plants and moss it all up.<br />
<strong>The</strong>ir skills were wonderful. <strong>The</strong> plants were
all provided by the SBG – imported from all<br />
over the world – and the moss was the<br />
familiar stuff we use for our exhibits, flown<br />
in from Denmark via Holland, and we must<br />
have used a hundred boxes. No expense<br />
spared! <strong>The</strong> result, though I say it myself,<br />
was OK. <strong>The</strong> same help and enthusiasm is to<br />
be expected for the World <strong>Orchid</strong><br />
Conference and we should all try to be there<br />
– certainly I hope the OSGB will be<br />
exhibiting.<br />
Advertising and the Welsh<br />
Botanic Garden <strong>Orchid</strong> Festival,<br />
September 2010<br />
I saw this advertised in <strong>The</strong> <strong>Orchid</strong> Review as<br />
a new grower was going to be there. It was<br />
the third time that a festival has been held<br />
at the Welsh Botanic Garden, and there were<br />
two days <strong>of</strong> orchid talks as well. I had never<br />
heard <strong>of</strong> it before. Quite why it is not<br />
advertised in the OSGB Journal is very curious<br />
as, apart from the fact that a quarter page<br />
advert costs eight times as much in <strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>Orchid</strong> Review, we have 200 new members<br />
each year and over 1000 members in all,<br />
most <strong>of</strong> them amateur orchid growers. <strong>The</strong><br />
show was small, there were about 30 people<br />
in the marquee when I visited on the Sunday,<br />
and half <strong>of</strong> those were exhibitors. It was<br />
difficult to see how the vendors made any<br />
money. Please encourage your local growers<br />
to advertise.<br />
We advertise national and international<br />
shows and those <strong>of</strong> societies that are<br />
affiliated to the OSGB for no fee in our<br />
events page at the back <strong>of</strong> the Journal, but<br />
we gave up advertising for non-affiliated<br />
societies as it was taking up too much space<br />
(which we have to pay for), and now we just<br />
put a link on our website to the British<br />
Letter from the President<br />
Singapore 2010: orchids hang from twisted vines<br />
<strong>Orchid</strong> Council website’s events page.<br />
Affiliating your local society costs only £16<br />
and as the OSGB is trying to help with orchid<br />
events from affiliated societies all round the<br />
country, please talk to your committee<br />
members about this if yours is not affiliated.<br />
Advertising must have some benefit to<br />
growers as well. I asked the 100+ members<br />
who came to the beginners’ day in August if<br />
they had heard <strong>of</strong> two well-established<br />
orchid firms who do not advertise in the<br />
Journal – less than a dozen even recognised<br />
the names. This seems a pity.<br />
Growing orchids – how to tell if<br />
you are doing it correctly<br />
If your orchids stay alive, you are at least half<br />
way there, but most <strong>of</strong> us want to do better<br />
than that. Bring them to the show table at<br />
OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 225
Singapore 2010:<br />
Singapore Botanic Garden exhibit
Letter from the President<br />
the monthly meetings and ask one <strong>of</strong> the<br />
judges about their culture. I was shown a<br />
Masdevallia which was trying to flower but<br />
the buds rotted <strong>of</strong>f at the last moment. One<br />
look – the leaves were very dark green and<br />
spread out so they were almost horizontal,<br />
instead <strong>of</strong> the vertical, light to medium green<br />
leaves one sees on the beautifully grown<br />
plants that Mike Buckingham brings to the<br />
meetings. Plants will put more pigment in<br />
their leaves (the more the pigment the more<br />
the light absorption) if they are grown in too<br />
much shade, and spread them out to increase<br />
the surface area directly exposed to the sun,<br />
Some <strong>of</strong> Keith Andrew’s hybrids (Photo courtesy <strong>of</strong> Keith Andrew)<br />
228 • OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4<br />
for the same reason. This may not be the<br />
reason the buds were dropping <strong>of</strong>f, but more<br />
light was certainly needed.<br />
Odontioda Heatonensis (see<br />
OSGBJ (2010) 59(3): 156 for photo)<br />
Keith Andrew writes: ‘I thought you might be<br />
interested in that I have made 27 hybrids with<br />
Oda Heatonensis since 1970, three <strong>of</strong> these<br />
hybrids are in progress since 2009, but then<br />
Heatonensis and I have something in<br />
common, it’s called AGE. I enclose a group<br />
picture <strong>of</strong> some hybrids from the 70s. <strong>The</strong>re<br />
will be a number <strong>of</strong> these<br />
old-timers about in<br />
private collections - now<br />
getting fewer by the year;<br />
sad part <strong>of</strong> this is that<br />
these oldies are not<br />
commercial and bench<br />
space is so expensive, also<br />
needless to say they are<br />
not <strong>of</strong> Award standard for<br />
today.’<br />
Keith continues with a<br />
short note about a plant<br />
<strong>of</strong> Cymbidium lowianum<br />
in his collection that he<br />
estimates is at least 150<br />
years old, and carries a<br />
spike <strong>of</strong> 45 flowers, the<br />
most he has ever known a<br />
lowianum to produce.<br />
(Keith Andrew was the<br />
owner <strong>of</strong> Plush <strong>Orchid</strong>s,<br />
and one <strong>of</strong> his several<br />
claims to fame was his<br />
association with<br />
Vuylstekeara Cambria<br />
‘Plush’ FCC/RHS, perhaps<br />
the most mericloned<br />
orchid ever – Ed.)
Editor <strong>of</strong> the Journal<br />
This is the last Journal that will be edited by<br />
Eileen Watson who has served the <strong>Society</strong> so<br />
well for so long. Since the August-October,<br />
2000 issue, volume 49, no 3, a total <strong>of</strong> 42<br />
issues, in fact. When she took over it had<br />
only nine to ten pages in colour with perhaps<br />
20 photographs – now all pages can be in<br />
colour and up to 200 photos. <strong>The</strong>re can be<br />
few journals, let alone orchid journals, that<br />
have seen such continued improvement. On<br />
Letter from the Editor<br />
I am delighted that Sam Hurley has decided that she can<br />
take on the position <strong>of</strong> Editor for the Journal (e-mail:<br />
sam@ballyhurley.com). I’m sure she will do very well and<br />
develop the Journal in her own style. It is fitting we have<br />
a new Editor in the 60 th year <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Society</strong>.<br />
I would like to thank all the people who have written<br />
articles over the years – particularly Michael McIllmurray<br />
who has faithfully reported on the speakers’ talks at<br />
Napier Hall since 1998 – he tells me he feels he is getting a<br />
bit stale! Also, thanks to Iona Macphie who has written<br />
extensively for the Journal since 2004 until recently when<br />
her busy working life has meant she has scaled back on<br />
her writings. I would also like to thank Sydie Bones who<br />
has been prepared to fit in with pro<strong>of</strong> reading at a<br />
moment’s notice.<br />
Letter from the President<br />
behalf <strong>of</strong> us all I would like to thank her for<br />
her hard work, aided by her sharp acumen<br />
which has made it happen. Eileen will be a<br />
hard act to follow, but Sam Hurley, whose<br />
elegant prose impressed us in the last<br />
Journal (Diary <strong>of</strong> a White Van Driver) will be<br />
taking over the reins as editor, so please give<br />
her your support, write articles, send in<br />
photos, and keep our Journal progressing.<br />
Henry Oakeley<br />
I have appreciated the friendship <strong>of</strong> Marcel Kral <strong>of</strong> Smallfish<br />
Designs Ltd, - our designer throughout my era (and before). He remains calm in all<br />
circumstances, whilst I am panicking about CDs <strong>of</strong> photos lost in the post or delayed due to<br />
strikes. I have even hitched a lift with the small Puffin Ferry out <strong>of</strong> Lymington (in stormy<br />
seas) to deliver a CD into his hands at Yarmouth, Isle <strong>of</strong> Wight.<br />
Above all, I am deeply grateful to Henry Oakeley for his support and encouragement - on<br />
occasions he has resorted to a quick e-mail - in Latin! I have been heard to remark ‘I couldn’t<br />
cope with being Editor without Henry as consultant’. He has been there as long as I have<br />
been Editor – assuming the role <strong>of</strong> President <strong>of</strong> our <strong>Society</strong> in 1999.<br />
Finally I would like to mention Ray Bilton <strong>of</strong> (then) <strong>Orchid</strong> Answers who was always<br />
supportive in my early days as Editor. I remember him saying ‘It is your opportunity to make<br />
a contribution to the orchid world’. I hope I have done that.<br />
Eileen Watson<br />
Eileen Watson<br />
OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 229
Cattleyas -<br />
a pictorial guide to identification<br />
Henry Oakeley<br />
Cattleyas have always been the Queen <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Orchid</strong>s, with their large, colourful, fragrant<br />
flowers, beloved by florists for corsages in<br />
the 1950-60s. Huge nurseries around the<br />
world, particularly in the USA, were set up to<br />
cater for the demand for cut flowers.<br />
Cattleyas are stimulated to flower by<br />
decreasing day length, so by careful<br />
manipulation <strong>of</strong> screens and opaque shading<br />
it was possible to trigger flowering twice a<br />
year to coincide with Easter, Mother’s Day<br />
and/or Thanksgiving. With good growing<br />
conditions cattleyas make specimen plants<br />
very quickly.<br />
<strong>The</strong> genus Cattleya was described by John<br />
Lindley, in Collecteana Botanica t.33, in 1824, in<br />
honour <strong>of</strong> his employer, William Cattley. It had<br />
been collected in Pernambuco, Brazil by the<br />
A specimen plant <strong>of</strong> Cattleya mossiae – very popular as a cut flower for corsages<br />
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naturalist William Swainson. It is to Arthur<br />
Chadwick, whose family have been growing<br />
cattleyas since 1989 that we owe the<br />
information that it was not collected in the<br />
Organ Mountains near Rio de Janeiro, and that<br />
the story that it came as packing material for<br />
other plants being imported is a myth<br />
(http://www.chadwickorchids.com/mythma<br />
ker) invented by Frederick Boyle in his 1893<br />
book, About <strong>Orchid</strong>s – A Chat. Swainson had<br />
sent the plants he had collected to the<br />
Glasgow Botanic Gardens, from whence<br />
some had been sent to Cattley, who<br />
flowered them first.<br />
<strong>The</strong> flowers last about three weeks. <strong>The</strong><br />
plants (to my eye) are rather ungainly things<br />
with their tall canes which flop about if not<br />
carefully staked. When in flower they are
spectacular. I personally find the<br />
identification <strong>of</strong> Cattleya species quite<br />
difficult, and there are also many cultivars<br />
and forms <strong>of</strong> each species. I hope this guide<br />
will help those similarly confused, but at<br />
least (for judging teams) it is also a list <strong>of</strong><br />
what is now in the genus Cattleya.<br />
Culture<br />
Cattleyas are epiphytic, with velamen<br />
covered roots (similar to Phalaenopsis) that<br />
absorb and retain water.<br />
Grow in a bark compost – a weight in the<br />
bottom <strong>of</strong> a plastic pot helps stop them<br />
overbalancing, but clay pots are <strong>of</strong>ten used<br />
for this reason. Most people grow them in<br />
plain fir bark, but I find mine grow well in a<br />
50/50 mix <strong>of</strong> Sphagnum moss and Perlite. If<br />
you are frequently in the greenhouse, you<br />
can grow them on a large sheet <strong>of</strong> cork bark<br />
or a suitable branch, watering or spraying<br />
daily so that moss also grows on the bark.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y prefer ‘intermediate’ temperatures<br />
(minimum 15°C at night, 20°C in the day in<br />
the winter; maximum 30°C in the day in the<br />
summer). Water well and feed alternate<br />
weeks when growing in the summer, and<br />
they can be allowed to dry out for a day<br />
between watering. Water sparingly in the<br />
winter. Light shade is all that is required in<br />
the summer and no shade in the winter. You<br />
will need to stake the taller growing Cattleya<br />
canes (pseudobulbs) as they grow to keep<br />
them upright, and the heavier flowered<br />
hybrids may need to have their flowers<br />
supported as well. <strong>The</strong> latter is done very<br />
well by the Taiwanese growers who wrap<br />
s<strong>of</strong>t wire round the ovary and pedicel <strong>of</strong> the<br />
flower, and support it in this manner on a<br />
thin bamboo stake.<br />
Cattleyas<br />
Horticulturally we divide them into<br />
unifoliate (subgenus Cattleya) and bifoliate<br />
(subgenus Intermediae) cattleyas, depending<br />
on whether they have one or two thick fleshy<br />
leaves at the top <strong>of</strong> the cane. <strong>The</strong> bifoliate<br />
cattleyas are mainly from Brazil. I refer the<br />
reader to Cattleyas and their relatives by Carl<br />
Withner for a review <strong>of</strong> the different<br />
infrageneric classifications. Thousands <strong>of</strong><br />
artificial hybrids have been made.<br />
Botanically, they have recently had a shake<br />
up in nomenclature, and all the plants that<br />
used to be Sophronitis and all the Laelia that<br />
come from Brazil have been moved into<br />
Cattleya. <strong>The</strong> genus Gurianthe, including G.<br />
aurantiaca, G. bowringiana and G. skinneri,<br />
which used to be Cattleya is still a separate<br />
genus and has not been moved back<br />
following the DNA studies on these plants.<br />
Currently there are 110 species recognised,<br />
but many are rare in cultivation. Over 600<br />
synonyms, varieties and natural hybrids are<br />
listed in the Kew Monocot List.<br />
This pictorial guide lists all the species<br />
currently in Cattleya with illustrations <strong>of</strong><br />
many <strong>of</strong> them. Also recorded, from the Kew<br />
Monocot Checklist, is the publication in<br />
which each plant was first described.<br />
Withner’s books are the source <strong>of</strong> most <strong>of</strong><br />
the other information.<br />
World Checklist <strong>of</strong> Monocotyledons. <strong>The</strong><br />
Board <strong>of</strong> Trustees <strong>of</strong> the Royal Botanic<br />
Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet;<br />
http://www.kew.org/wcsp/monocots/<br />
accessed 9/10.<br />
Withner, Carl, L. <strong>The</strong> Cattleyas and their<br />
Relatives. Vol. 1. <strong>The</strong> Cattleyas. Timber Press<br />
1988<br />
Withner, Carl, L. <strong>The</strong> Cattleyas and their<br />
Relatives. Vol. 2. <strong>The</strong> Laelias. Timber Press<br />
1990<br />
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Cattleyas<br />
Cattleya aclandiae w<br />
Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 26: t. 48<br />
(1840)<br />
Distribution: Brazil. It has one to<br />
two flowers, tepals mahogany<br />
with darker spots, lip with heavy<br />
purple veining. Canes about eight<br />
inches (20cm ) tall with two to<br />
three leaves. Flowering usually in<br />
May. Named for Lady Ackland.<br />
Cattleya cernua w<br />
(Lindl.) ined.<br />
Distribution: Brazil to Argentina.<br />
Clusters <strong>of</strong> small orange-red<br />
flowers on short discoid<br />
pseudobulbs, it grows well on a<br />
cork bark mount. Previously<br />
classified as a Sophronitis.<br />
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Cattleya aclandiae<br />
Cattleya amethystoglossa w<br />
Linden & Rchb.f. ex R.Warner,<br />
Select <strong>Orchid</strong>. Pl.: t. 2 (1862)<br />
Distribution: Brazil. It has five or<br />
more small flowers with pale pink<br />
tepals with darker pink spots, lip<br />
dark pink. One <strong>of</strong> the biggest<br />
cattleyas with canes 40 inches<br />
(one metre) tall.<br />
Cattleya acuensis w<br />
(Fowlie) Van den Berg,<br />
Neodiversity 3: 4 (2008)<br />
Distribution: Brazil. It has small red<br />
flowers, like C. coccinea but<br />
narrower sepals, petals and lip. A<br />
small plant, only a few inches tall,<br />
it is <strong>of</strong>ten grown on a bark slab.<br />
Previously classified as a<br />
Sophronitis.<br />
Cattleya acuensis Cattleya amethystoglossa ‘Eikoh’<br />
Cattleya cernua<br />
Cattleya cinnabarina w<br />
(Bateman ex Lindl.) Van den Berg,<br />
Neodiversity 3: 6 (2008)<br />
Distribution: From S. Minas Girais,<br />
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Tall thin<br />
canes with bright orange flowers<br />
which have long narrow tepals,<br />
and a long recurving orange lip<br />
with pink veining. Previously<br />
classified as a Sophronitis.
Cattleya coccinea w<br />
Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 22: t.<br />
1919 (1836)<br />
Distribution: Brazil. A beautiful<br />
little species, <strong>of</strong>ten grown on a<br />
bark slab – note the moss which<br />
has also grown. It has bright<br />
orange flowers; line bred cultivars<br />
have the biggest flowers. Golden<br />
yellow forms and the striped var.<br />
barboleta are much sought after.<br />
Previously classified as a<br />
Sophronitis.<br />
Cattleya cinnabarina ‘Kaoru’<br />
Cattleya coccinea<br />
Cattleyas<br />
Cattleya cinnabarina ‘Dream <strong>of</strong> Kimi’<br />
Cattleya coccinea<br />
Cattleya coccinea f. aurea Cattleya coccinea var. barboleta<br />
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Cattleyas<br />
Cattleya crispata w<br />
(Thunb.) Van den Berg,<br />
Neodiversity 3: 6 (2008)<br />
Distribution: Minas Gerais, Brazil.<br />
Pretty yellow green flowers,<br />
similar to C. cinnabarina.<br />
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Cattleya crispata<br />
Cattleya dowiana w<br />
Bateman & Rchb.f., Gard. Chron.<br />
1866: 922 (1866)<br />
Distribution: Costa Rica. This has<br />
up to seven large flowers, seven<br />
inches (18cm) across with yellow<br />
tepals and crimson-purple lip. <strong>The</strong><br />
variety ‘Rosita’ has paler tepals<br />
and the variety aurea has a<br />
spectacular lip that defies any<br />
brief description. Named for Capt.<br />
J.M. Dow whose ship took many<br />
orchid collectors between England<br />
and Central America.<br />
Cattleya forbesii w<br />
Lindl., Coll. Bot.: t. 37 (1826)<br />
Distribution: Brazil. Rather dull<br />
greenish flowers with pink/orange<br />
lip, but it is a vigorous grower with<br />
15 inch (40cm) canes, and up to<br />
five flowers, four inches (10cm)<br />
across. Named after H.O. Forbes,<br />
gardener to the Duke <strong>of</strong> Bedford<br />
and collector for the Royal<br />
Horticultural <strong>Society</strong>.<br />
Cattleya dowiana f. aurea Cattleya forbesii<br />
Cattleya dormaniana w<br />
(Rchb.f.) Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s.,<br />
1882(1): 216 (1882)<br />
Distribution: Brazil. Normally has<br />
pale orange-brown tepals and<br />
pinkish lip, but highly coloured<br />
forms are seen. Two to three, three<br />
inch (8cm) flowers with a very<br />
characteristic ‘droopy dog’<br />
appearance are unusual for<br />
cattleyas in having six to eight<br />
pollinia, instead <strong>of</strong> four.<br />
Discovered by Henry Blunt on the<br />
Organ mountains <strong>of</strong> Rio de Janeiro<br />
in 1879 and first flowered by<br />
Charles Dorman <strong>of</strong> Sydenham,<br />
Kent.<br />
Cattleya dormaniana ‘Dark Angel’ Cattleya dowiana ‘Rosita’
Cattleya gaskelliana w<br />
(N.E.Br.) B.S.Williams, Orch.-Grow.<br />
Man., ed. 6: 182 (1885)<br />
Distribution: Colombia; Venezuela.<br />
This is a classical Cattleya, with<br />
pale pink tepals, purple lip and a<br />
somewhat tubular, orange throat.<br />
Named, in 1883, after Holbrook<br />
Gaskell, an orchid grower from<br />
Liverpool. Shown here is the alba<br />
form.<br />
Cattleya harpophylla w<br />
(Rchb.f.) Van den Berg,<br />
Neodiversity 3: 7 (2008)<br />
Distribution: Brazil. It has three to<br />
four, small, bright orange flowers<br />
on a small plant. Previously in<br />
genus Laelia, but transferred to<br />
Cattleya after DNA studies. <strong>The</strong><br />
Latin species name refers to its<br />
sickle-shaped lateral sepals.<br />
Cattleya harrisoniana w<br />
Bateman ex Lindl., Edwards’s Bot.<br />
Reg. 22: t. 1919 (1836)<br />
Distribution: Brazil. This is also<br />
known (incorrectly) as Cattleya<br />
concolor. It is similar to C.<br />
loddigesii, with pale pink/purple<br />
flowers with 2-3 inch (7cm) flowers<br />
on 20 inch (50cm) canes. <strong>The</strong><br />
cultivar ‘Madreperla’ is an almost<br />
white form. Named for the<br />
grower, from Liverpool, in 1836.<br />
Cattleyas<br />
Cattleya gaskelliana f. alba ‘Sara’<br />
Cattleya harpophylla ‘Eikoh’<br />
Cattleya harrisoniana ‘Madreperla’<br />
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Cattleyas<br />
Cattleya intermedia w<br />
Graham ex Hook., Bot. Mag. 55: t.<br />
2851 (1828)<br />
Distribution: Brazil. Normally has<br />
up to five pink/purple flowers on<br />
15 inch (40cm) canes. Shown here<br />
are the alba form, and the variety<br />
orlata which has a striking dark<br />
purple lip. In the wild it may be<br />
found on coastal rocks and sand<br />
dunes ‘surrounded by the tide and<br />
dashed by the spray and subjected<br />
to the scorching sun ...’ (Withner).<br />
Cattleya jongheana w<br />
(Rchb.f.) Van den Berg,<br />
Neodiversity 3: 8 (2008)<br />
Distribution: Brazil. A dwarf plant<br />
with pale pink flowers, but the lip<br />
white and pink with a bright<br />
orange throat, five inches (14cm)<br />
across. <strong>The</strong> alba form is shown<br />
here. Previously in the genus<br />
Laelia, it was discovered in 1854 by<br />
Mathieu Libon (who died shortly<br />
afterwards, so its location was<br />
lost) and sent to the Belgian orchid<br />
nursery <strong>of</strong> de Jonghe.<br />
Cattleya kautskyana w<br />
(V.P.Castro & Chiron) Van den<br />
Berg, Neodiversity 3: 8 (2008)<br />
Distribution: Brazil. Flower similar<br />
to C. harpophlla but the mid-lobe<br />
is oval instead <strong>of</strong> long and narrow,<br />
but as it grows in the same locality<br />
(flowering a month later) along<br />
with ‘hybrids’ between the two,<br />
one might query if it is really a<br />
separate species. Named for<br />
Roberto Kautsky, who pointed out<br />
the differences, in 1974.<br />
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Cattleya intermedia f. alba<br />
Cattleya jongheana f. alba<br />
Cattleya kautskyana ‘Orange<br />
Ambassador’<br />
Cattleya intermedia var. orlata<br />
‘Crownfox Jewel’<br />
Cattleya lawrenceana w<br />
Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 23: 338<br />
(1885)<br />
Distribution: Guyana and<br />
Venezuela. This carries up to<br />
seven, five inch (14cm) purple<br />
flowers with a darker lip on 15 inch<br />
(45cm) canes. <strong>The</strong>re are alba and<br />
coerulea species. Discovered in<br />
1844 by Robert Schombergk and<br />
named for Sir Trevor Lawrence,<br />
President <strong>of</strong> the RHS.
Cattleya loddigesii w<br />
Lindl., Coll. Bot.: t. 37 (1826)<br />
Distribution: Brazil and Argentina.<br />
This has up to nine pale purple<br />
flowers; the lip pale pink with<br />
yellow margins to the throat and a<br />
pale purple mid-lobe, on 15 inch<br />
(40cm) canes. Originally described<br />
(as an Epidendrum) by Messrs<br />
Loddiges in 1820, it was the first<br />
Cattleya to be imported to Europe<br />
(in 1810, to Liverpool Botanic<br />
Garden).<br />
Cattleya lueddemanniana w<br />
Rchb.f., Xenia <strong>Orchid</strong>. 1: 29 (1854)<br />
Distribution: Venezuela. A<br />
standard Cattleya with large<br />
flowers, eight inches (20cm)<br />
across, it has variable colours, but<br />
typically pale pink with veined<br />
purple lip and gold throat. It<br />
requires warmer growing<br />
conditions than most cattleyas. It<br />
is named for Mr Lueddemann,<br />
gardener to the Pescatore<br />
collection in Paris.<br />
Cattleyas<br />
Cattleya lawrenceana Cattleya lawrenceana f. coerulea<br />
Cattleya loddigesii ‘Atibaia’<br />
Cattleya lueddemanniana ‘S and S<br />
Kazu’<br />
Cattleya loddigesii ‘Mauta’<br />
Cattleya lueddemanniana ‘Elisa’, a<br />
partly alba form<br />
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Cattleyas<br />
Cattleya lueddemanniana , a partly<br />
alba form<br />
Cattleya lundii w<br />
(Rchb.f. & Warm.) Van den Berg,<br />
Neodiversity 3: 9 (2008)<br />
Distribution: Brazil. With two<br />
terete leaves, about two inches<br />
(5cm) long on two inch<br />
pseudobulbs, it has a creeping<br />
habit with small white flowers<br />
with red markings on the lip.<br />
Named for Peter Lund, Danish<br />
plant collector in Brazil in the 19th C, it was first described as a Laelia<br />
in 1880.<br />
Cattleya maxima w<br />
Lindl., Gen. Sp. <strong>Orchid</strong>. Pl.: 116 (1833)<br />
Distribution: Venezuela, Ecuador,<br />
Colombia and Peru. <strong>The</strong> upland<br />
forms are small, with canes as<br />
short as four inches (10cm) while<br />
the lowland forms have huge<br />
canes, 15 inches (40cm) high. <strong>The</strong><br />
flowers are pale purple with a<br />
heavily purple-veined lip, although<br />
the alba and ‘semi alba’ forms,<br />
once rare, have become common<br />
in horticulture.<br />
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Cattleya lueddemanniana f. concolor<br />
Cattleya lundii<br />
Cattleya maxima<br />
Cattleya lundii f. alba
Cattleya mendelii w<br />
Dombrain, Fl. Mag. (London), n.s., 1:<br />
t. 32 (1872)<br />
Distribution: Colombia where it<br />
grows on bare rocks on the<br />
Eastern Cordillera near<br />
Bucaramanga. It has three flowers,<br />
eight inches (20cm) across on long<br />
canes, normally pale pink/purple<br />
with a darker purple lip and pale<br />
gold, red-veined, throat. Named<br />
for Sam Mendel, a rich private<br />
collector who lived at Manley Hall,<br />
Manchester.<br />
Cattleya maxima, a ‘semi alba’ form<br />
Cattleya mendelii f. coerulea<br />
Cattleya milleri<br />
Cattleyas<br />
Cattleya maxima f. alba<br />
Cattleya milleri w<br />
(Blumensch. ex Pabst) Van den<br />
Berg, Neodiversity 3: 9 (2008)<br />
Distribution: Brazil. Discovered in<br />
1960, it has two inch (6cm) high<br />
canes, with bright orange red, two<br />
inch (5cm), flowers with a yellow<br />
throat. Originally described as a<br />
Laelia it is named after H. Miller, a<br />
Brazilian geneticist. It enjoys full<br />
sun, which turns the leaves and<br />
pseudobulbs dark red.<br />
Cattleya mossiae w<br />
C.Parker ex Hook., Bot. Mag. 65: t.<br />
3669 (1838)<br />
Distribution: Venezuela. It has 4 or<br />
more flowers, seven inches (18cm)<br />
across, usually pale pink with<br />
darker lip and golden markings in<br />
the throat, but it is highly variable.<br />
It flowers in the spring after a<br />
winter’s rest. Named for Mrs Moss<br />
<strong>of</strong> Otterpool, Liverpool, who was<br />
the first to flower it in England.<br />
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Cattleyas<br />
Cattleya mossiae Cattleya mossiae ‘Valencian’, a ‘semi<br />
alba’ form<br />
Cattleya nobilior w<br />
Rchb.f., Ill. Hort. 30: t. 485 (1883)<br />
Distribution: Brazil. Similar to C.<br />
walkeriana but has two leaves on<br />
the pseudobulbs instead <strong>of</strong> only<br />
one. It produces three, four inch<br />
(10cm) flowers. It grows<br />
epiphytically in full sun (but in stiff<br />
breezes) as an epiphyte, with no<br />
rain for five months during its<br />
resting season. Normally pale<br />
purple flowers with a distinct<br />
shovel-like lip with a cream to<br />
yellow central diamond-shaped<br />
patch.<br />
Typical coloured Cattleya nobilior Cattleya nobilior var. suave ‘Lotus<br />
Junior’<br />
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Cattleya nobilior f. coerulea ‘Soro’
Cattleya percivaliana w<br />
(Rchb.f.) O’Brien, Gard. Chron., n.s.,<br />
20: 404 (1883)<br />
Distribution: Venezuela. <strong>The</strong> plant<br />
produces two to four flowers, five<br />
inches (12cm) wide, pink-purple<br />
with a darker lip, at Christmas. It<br />
grows at 1,300m on rocks in full<br />
sun, near rivers. Numerous colour<br />
forms occur. Named for M.R.<br />
Percival, an amateur orchid grower<br />
<strong>of</strong> Southport, it was introduced by<br />
Sanders orchid nursery in 1882.<br />
Cattleyas<br />
Cattleya nobilior ‘Leo’ Cattleya percivaliana ‘Summit’<br />
FCC/AOS<br />
Cattleya percivaliana f. atropurpurea Cattleya percivaliana ‘La Goajiro’, a<br />
‘semi alba’ form<br />
Cattleya perrinii<br />
Cattleya perrinii w<br />
Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 24: t. 2<br />
(1838)<br />
Distribution: Brazil. It has two to<br />
three flowers on short<br />
pseudobulbs, with long, narrow,<br />
pink tepals and a red lip with<br />
golden throat. Previously<br />
described in the genus Laelia, it<br />
grows at around 900m in the<br />
Organ Mountains. Named after Mr<br />
Perrin a gardener in Liverpool.<br />
Cattleya praestans w<br />
(Rchb.f.) Van den Berg,<br />
Neodiversity 3: 10 (2008)<br />
Distribution: Brazil. A dwarf<br />
Cattleya with pale pink/purple<br />
tepals and dark purple lip, it has<br />
one to two flowers per<br />
pseudobulb. It grows as an<br />
epiphyte at 800m in light shade.<br />
Previously known as Laelia<br />
spectabilis (see Withner’s book) it<br />
is an important plant for breeding<br />
dwarf Cattleya hybrids.<br />
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Cattleyas<br />
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Cattleya pumila w<br />
Hook., Bot. Mag. 65: t. 3656 (1838)<br />
Distribution: Brazil. This is another<br />
dwarf Cattleya, similar to C.<br />
praestans but with drooping and<br />
reflexing tepals. Grows as an<br />
epiphyte in shade and high<br />
humidity, flowering in the spring.<br />
Previously known as Laelia pumila.<br />
Cattleya praestans Cattleya pumila f. alba, probably<br />
line-bred to lose the curled petals.<br />
Cattleya pumila f. coerulea, unusual<br />
colour but typical shape<br />
Cattleya purpurata w<br />
(Lindl. & Paxton) Van den Berg,<br />
Neodiversity 3: 10 (2008)<br />
Distribution: Brazil. <strong>The</strong> ‘Queen <strong>of</strong><br />
the Laelias’ until it became a<br />
Cattleya. Its flowers are up to ten<br />
inches (25cm) across with up to<br />
eight on a cane. Usually white<br />
tepals and a red to purple lip, it<br />
has numerous colour forms.<br />
Introduced to Ghent in 1847, it<br />
grows in coastal areas, previously<br />
on sand dunes, now only on<br />
inaccessible trees.<br />
Cattleya purpurata Cattleya purpurata f. alba<br />
Cattleya purpurata f. coerulea
Cattleya quadricolor w<br />
Lindl., Paxton’s Fl. Gard. 1: 6 (1850)<br />
Distribution: Colombia. Previously<br />
known as C. chocoensis, it has<br />
modest flowers, <strong>of</strong>ten rather<br />
tubular, white with a purple midlobe<br />
to the lip and an orange<br />
throat. It grows epiphytically at<br />
1,500m in moist areas with good<br />
light.<br />
Cattleya rex w<br />
O’Brien, Gard. Chron., III, 1890(2):<br />
684 (1890)<br />
Distribution: Peru. <strong>The</strong> ‘King <strong>of</strong><br />
Cattleyas’ has up to six flowers,<br />
six inches (15cm) across, tepals<br />
white, lip red-veined with yellow.<br />
It needs to be warm when<br />
growing, cool and dry when<br />
resting, with full sun in the winter.<br />
Cattleya schilleriana w<br />
Rchb.f., Allg. Gartenzeitung 25: 335<br />
(1857)<br />
Distribution: Brazil. A lovely<br />
bifoliate Cattleya <strong>of</strong> medium size,<br />
bearing up to two, four inch<br />
(10cm) flowers, mahogany brown,<br />
spotted tepals, and red-veined lip<br />
with yellow throat. Grows on cliffs<br />
on river margins, with three<br />
months without rain in the winter.<br />
Named for Consul Schiller <strong>of</strong><br />
Hamburg in whose collection the<br />
plant first flowered in Europe.<br />
Cattleya quadricolor ‘Dona Zoraide’<br />
Cattleya schilleriana<br />
Cattleyas<br />
Cattleya quadricolor f. alba ‘Yaizu<br />
S<strong>of</strong>t’<br />
Cattleya aff. rex<br />
Cattleya schroederae w<br />
Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., III, 1: 512<br />
(1887)<br />
Distribution: Colombia. Four<br />
flowers appear at Easter, up to<br />
nine inches (23cm) across, pale<br />
pink with an orange throat. Some<br />
<strong>of</strong> the best colour forms are shown<br />
here. Named for Baroness<br />
Schroeder (the family name is now<br />
Schroder).<br />
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Cattleyas<br />
Cattleya schroederae ‘<strong>The</strong> Baron’<br />
FCC/RHS<br />
Cattleya schroederae f. alba ‘Hercules’<br />
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Cattleya schroederae ‘Popayan’<br />
Cattleya tigrina w<br />
A.Rich., Portef. Hort. 2: 166 (1848)<br />
Distribution: Brazil. This has<br />
pseudobulbs up to four feet (1.2m)<br />
high, with up to thirty, three inch<br />
(8cm) flowers with lovely, dark<br />
brown, spotted sepals and a pale<br />
purple lip. It is a popular plant for<br />
hybridisation for exhibition plants.<br />
Used to be called C. leopoldii.<br />
Cattleya schroederae ‘Matsura’<br />
Cattleya teretecaulis Cattleya tigrina<br />
Cattleya teretecaulis w<br />
(Hoehne) Van den Berg,<br />
Neodiversity 3: 11 (2008)<br />
Distribution: Brazil. Nine little<br />
purple flowers on long stems, on<br />
twelve inch (30cm) pseudobulbs.<br />
<strong>The</strong> species name refers to its<br />
‘terete’ (meaning thin, tubular)<br />
leaves that withstand dry<br />
conditions. It was previously in the<br />
genus Laelia.
Cattleya violacea w<br />
(Kunth) Rolfe, Gard. Chron., III, 5:<br />
802 (1889)<br />
Distribution: Brazil, Guyana, Peru,<br />
Venezuela and Ecuador. It has five<br />
or more rose-purple flowers, four<br />
inches (10cm) across on 12 inch<br />
(30cm) pseudobulbs. Found<br />
epiphytic along river banks in hot<br />
lowland areas with no dry season,<br />
it was first found by Humboldt but<br />
sent to Europe by Sir Robert<br />
Schomburgk in 1838.<br />
Cattleya tigrina f. albaviridis, an amazing colour variant<br />
Cattleyas<br />
Cattleya trianae w<br />
Linden & Rchb.f., Wochenschr.<br />
Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 3: 67 (1860)<br />
Distribution: Colombia. It has four<br />
flowers, nine inches (23cm) across,<br />
lavender with an orange throat<br />
and a purple lip margin. <strong>The</strong>re are<br />
many colour forms. Named after<br />
Dr Triana, a botanist in Bogotá,<br />
Colombia, it flowers at Christmas<br />
and is the Colombian national<br />
flower.<br />
Cattleya trianae Cattleya trianae f. concolor<br />
Cattleya trianae ‘Dan’, with a very<br />
dark lip<br />
Cattleya violacea<br />
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Cattleyas<br />
Cattleya walkeriana w<br />
Gardner, London J. Bot. 2: 662<br />
(1843)<br />
Distribution: Brazil. Six inch (15cm)<br />
pseudobulbs carry one to two<br />
purple flowers with a darker lip. It<br />
grows lithophytically on limestone<br />
boulders on river banks.<br />
Discovered by the collector<br />
Gardner, and named after his<br />
companion Edward Walker.<br />
Cattleya warscewiczii w<br />
Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 2:<br />
112 (1854)<br />
Distribution: Colombia. One <strong>of</strong> the<br />
largest flowers at nine inches<br />
(23cm) across, with pale purple<br />
tepals and dark purple lip with a<br />
yellow throat. It was discovered by<br />
the collector Josef Warscewicz in<br />
1848, near Medellin.<br />
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Cattleya walkeriana<br />
Cattleya warneri w<br />
T.Moore ex R.Warner, Select<br />
<strong>Orchid</strong>. Pl.: t. 8 (1862)<br />
Distribution: Brazil. A typical<br />
labiate Cattleya, despite coming<br />
from Brazil, with up to five, eight<br />
inch (20cm), purple flowers with a<br />
darker purple lip and orange<br />
throat with purple veining. First<br />
flowered by Robert Warner in<br />
1860.<br />
Cattleya walkeriana, ‘semi alba’ form Cattleya warneri, a ‘semi alba’ form<br />
Cattleya warscewiczii, a concolor<br />
form<br />
Cattleya warscewiczii f. alba
Cattleya wittigiana w<br />
(Barb.Rodr.) Van den Berg,<br />
Neodiversity 3: 12 (2008)<br />
Distribution: Brazil. Appears to me<br />
to be identical to Cattleya coccinea,<br />
except that the flowers are pink. It<br />
is useful in breeding small,<br />
window-sill Cattleya hybrids.<br />
Named for Emile Wittig who first<br />
sent plants to Europe in 1880, it<br />
was previously in the genus<br />
Sophronitis.<br />
Other Cattleya species<br />
Cattleya alagoensis<br />
Cattleya alaorii<br />
Cattleya alvaroana<br />
Cattleya angereri<br />
Cattleya araguaiensis<br />
Cattleya bicalhoi<br />
Cattleya bicolor<br />
Cattleya blumenscheinii<br />
Cattleya boissieri<br />
Cattleya bradei<br />
Cattleya itambana<br />
Cattleya jenmanii<br />
Cattleya kerrii<br />
Cattleya kettieana<br />
Cattleya labiata<br />
Cattleya liliputana<br />
Cattleya lobata<br />
Cattleya longipes<br />
Cattleya luetzelburgii<br />
Cattleya luteola<br />
Cattleya mantiqueirae<br />
Cattleya marcaliana<br />
Cattleya brevipedunculata<br />
Cattleya briegeri<br />
Cattleya caulescens<br />
Cattleya elegantissima<br />
Cattleya elongata<br />
Cattleya endsfeldzii<br />
Cattleya esalqueana<br />
Cattleya fidelensis<br />
Cattleya flavasulina<br />
Cattleya colnagoi<br />
Cattleya conceicionensis<br />
Cattleya crispa<br />
Cattleya mirandae<br />
Cattleya mooreana<br />
Cattleya munchowiana<br />
Cattleya neokautskyi<br />
Cattleya pabstii<br />
Cattleya pendula<br />
Cattleya pfisteri<br />
Cattleya porphyroglossa<br />
Cattleya presidentensis<br />
Cattleya pygmaea<br />
Cattleya reginae<br />
Cattleya sanguiloba<br />
Cattleyas<br />
Cattleya wittigiana<br />
Cattleya dichroma<br />
Cattleya fournieri<br />
Cattleya ghillanyi<br />
Cattleya gloedeniana<br />
Cattleya gracilis<br />
Cattleya grandis<br />
Cattleya granulosa<br />
Cattleya guttata<br />
Cattleya herbacea<br />
Cattleya hispidula<br />
Cattleya hoehnei<br />
Cattleya iricolor<br />
Cattleya sch<strong>of</strong>ieldiana<br />
Cattleya (Laelia) sincorana<br />
Cattleya storeyi<br />
Cattleya tenebrosa<br />
Cattleya tenuis<br />
Cattleya vandenbergii<br />
Cattleya velutina<br />
Cattleya verboonenii<br />
Cattleya virens<br />
Cattleya wallisii<br />
Cattleya xanthina<br />
OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 247
A Different Look at Dracula Names<br />
Steve Manning (photos by Steve Manning)<br />
Steve Manning (photo by Henry Oakeley)<br />
Dracula vampira<br />
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<strong>The</strong> genus Dracula, <strong>of</strong> the sub-tribe<br />
Pleurothallidinae, was created in 1978 by Dr<br />
Carlyl Luer by extracting certain species -<br />
with hairy flowers, minute warty petals and<br />
curious lips - from the genus Masdevallia. Dr<br />
Luer tells us that the name dracula refers to<br />
the ‘little dragon’ appearance <strong>of</strong> the flowers,<br />
and their love <strong>of</strong> shady and humid forests. I<br />
think few people would argue that it is<br />
perhaps the most aptly named genus in<br />
orchidology. <strong>The</strong> name also has strong<br />
connotations with vampires, and Luer<br />
published the first description <strong>of</strong> D. vampira<br />
at the same time as he raised the Dracula<br />
genus – another inspired naming.<br />
Even before 1978, the taxonomists had been<br />
having fun with the names <strong>of</strong> various<br />
species: In 1872, Reichenbach thought the<br />
flower <strong>of</strong> Masdevallia chimaera (later renamed<br />
Dracula chimaera) so weird and<br />
strange that he named it after the most<br />
weird and strange beast he could think <strong>of</strong> –<br />
the Chimaera from Greek mythology, a firebreathing<br />
female with the body <strong>of</strong> a male<br />
lion with a tail that was a serpent’s head and<br />
the head <strong>of</strong> a goat arising from her back at<br />
the center <strong>of</strong> her spine. Chimaera was a<br />
most unfortunate creature as her dad was<br />
Typhon, a monster with 100 serpent-heads -<br />
all with fiery eyes, and her mum was Echidna<br />
who was half woman, half serpent (I wonder<br />
what they saw in each other?).<br />
In mythology, Bellerophon, one <strong>of</strong> the Greek<br />
heroes, mounted Pegasus and slew the<br />
Chimaera, but although we do have a<br />
Dracula bellerophon, it comes nowhere near<br />
the wonder <strong>of</strong> the D. chimaera flower and<br />
certainly does not outclass it.
Dracula chimaera<br />
A Different Look at Dracula Names<br />
Dracula bellerophon Dracula psyche<br />
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A Different Look at Dracula Names<br />
Dracula gigas<br />
Dracula polyphemus Dracula gorgona<br />
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A Different Look at Dracula Names<br />
Dracula pholeodytes Dracula vespertilio Dracula nycterina<br />
Greek mythology and the vampire<br />
connotations have been continued in the<br />
naming <strong>of</strong> other draculas with D. alcithoe<br />
named after a woman in Greek mythology<br />
who was transformed into a bat (so in<br />
future, don’t call anyone ‘a silly old bat’, call<br />
them Alcithoë, it is just as insulting, but<br />
more erudite); D. gigas named after a<br />
mythological giant; D. gorgona named after<br />
the gorgons, the three `orrible sisters with<br />
snakes for hair (they couldn’t do anything<br />
with them after a shampoo). Also D.<br />
polyphemus – another name for the Cyclops<br />
who imprisoned Odysseus in a cave and D.<br />
psyche - a winged fairy (what other sorts are<br />
there?).<br />
On the vampire theme we have D. chiroptera<br />
which is the mammalian order <strong>of</strong> bats; then Dracula lemurella<br />
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A Different Look at Dracula Names<br />
Dracula cutis-bufonis<br />
there are D. nycterina from the Greek for a<br />
bat; D. pholeodytes, this time Greek for ‘one<br />
who lives in a cave’ – i.e. a bat; and D.<br />
vespertilio – yet another bat, but this time a<br />
Latin one.<br />
In addition to Dracula vampira, there is D.<br />
vlad-tepes from another name for Count<br />
Dracula <strong>of</strong> Bram Stoker’s Dracula novel fame.<br />
D. nosferatu is not nearly so terrifying as D.<br />
vampira yet the name has the same<br />
derivation: ‘Nosferatu’ was the name <strong>of</strong> a<br />
1922 German film version <strong>of</strong> Bram Stoker’s<br />
novel, but as the original book was still<br />
under copyright, the name ‘Nosferatu’ was<br />
substituted for Dracula. Dracula nosferatu is<br />
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rare in nature and even rarer in cultivation.<br />
Also on the ‘spooky’ theme, D. lemurella<br />
comes from the Latin for a little ghost and D.<br />
diabola needs little explanation; D. fafnir,<br />
comes from a dragon in an Icelandic saga<br />
(somewhat more intellectual than Noggin<br />
the Nog but not such good characterisation).<br />
Other draculas (in common with many<br />
orchids) also have strange names: such as<br />
Dracula trinympharum (say it out loud), but<br />
the three nymphs in question are the three<br />
ladies who run J & L <strong>Orchid</strong>s <strong>of</strong> New England;<br />
D. presbys, meaning an old man; D. simia –<br />
monkey-like; D. carcinopsis because it<br />
resembles a crab; D. circe, a mythological
enchantress; D. cutis-bufonis – the skin <strong>of</strong> a<br />
toad; D. cochliops – from a Greek word<br />
meaning the eyes <strong>of</strong> a snail.<br />
D. diana is named after the goddess <strong>of</strong> the<br />
moon; D. marsupialis – pouch-like, because<br />
<strong>of</strong> its lip; and D. gastrophora – with a paunch,<br />
for the same reason; D. lotax (low tax?)<br />
which we are all in favour <strong>of</strong>, but meaning a<br />
clown and D. insolita, from the Latin for<br />
strange, but that could refer to the<br />
taxonomists, or to the people who grow<br />
these things. And talking about the<br />
taxonomists, one <strong>of</strong> the more recently<br />
named draculas is D. carlueri, but my one is<br />
yet to flower.<br />
A Different Look at Dracula Names<br />
Dracula cochliops Dracula diana<br />
Dracula simia<br />
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A Different Look at Dracula Names<br />
Dracula carlueri<br />
Dracula Jester<br />
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Dracula lotax
Draculas grow in cloud forest in a quite<br />
restricted area ranging from Costa Rica to<br />
Peru, with the vast majority coming from<br />
Colombia. Draculas should be grown in open<br />
baskets for a number <strong>of</strong> reasons: they don’t<br />
like sitting in soggy composts, and many, but<br />
by no means all <strong>of</strong> them, throw their spikes<br />
from beneath the level <strong>of</strong> the compost.<br />
Nearly 75% have horizontal to pendant<br />
flower spikes whilst less than 25% have erect<br />
ones, but even many <strong>of</strong> those have spikes<br />
which arise from below the level <strong>of</strong> the<br />
compost. Some <strong>of</strong> the more spectacular and<br />
showy plants have been mounted on cork<br />
bark, where they can send out spikes in all<br />
directions, but they do need more attention<br />
to maintain their moist atmosphere, and<br />
therefore are difficult to take to shows etc.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are no known species which enjoy<br />
warm conditions, quite a number flourish in<br />
intermediate rather than completely cool<br />
ones, but it is necessary to check individual<br />
species for their original habitat. <strong>The</strong>y do like<br />
a difference between night and daytime<br />
temperatures, which isn’t easy to arrange in<br />
summer.<br />
A few hybrids have been raised, notably<br />
Dracula Jester (D. platycrater x D. lotax), but<br />
one early hybrid raised between what were<br />
then two masdevallias (but one <strong>of</strong> which is<br />
now a Dracula – D. chimera x Masd.<br />
tovarensis) formed the first Dracuvallia -<br />
Dracuvallia Eric.<br />
In greenhouse cultivation, draculas have<br />
proved to be quite promiscuous, with several<br />
‘voluntary’ hybrids appearing when many<br />
different species are in flower at the same<br />
time, and other studies seem to show that<br />
pleurothallids in general and draculas in<br />
particular are among the very latest arrivals<br />
in the evolutionary development <strong>of</strong> plants.<br />
A Different Look at Dracula Names<br />
Dracuvallia Eric painted by Nellie Roberts when<br />
awarded an AM/RHS in 1902<br />
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Stanhopea tigrina var. aurea<br />
Brian Rittershausen (Burnham Nurseries Ltd, www.orchids.uk.com)<br />
Stanhopea tigrina var. aurea (photo by Sara Rittershausen)<br />
When entering the greenhouse first thing in<br />
the morning, it is always a great surprise<br />
when some flower has opened that you have<br />
not seen before. This is particularly exciting<br />
during the summer months when the<br />
stanhopeas are flowering and you have<br />
watched them producing their enormous<br />
buds which have been growing larger day by<br />
day.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re was one particular plant <strong>of</strong> Stanhopea<br />
tigrina which was a seedling flowering for<br />
the first time, with just a single bud. We had<br />
been watching it develop and waited for it to<br />
open with bated breath. <strong>The</strong>n one morning<br />
there was this huge golden-yellow flower<br />
with the air filled with perfume.<br />
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A check through our various orchid<br />
encyclopaedias revealed no colour varieties<br />
<strong>of</strong> S. tigrina. <strong>The</strong>n the Kew database on the<br />
computer<br />
(http://www.kew.org/wcsp/monocots/)<br />
showed us that S. tigrina var. aurea had been<br />
first recognised in 1892 so there must have<br />
been a colour form just like this around in<br />
those days. Sadly sometime later the name<br />
was changed to S. tigrina var. tigrina but I<br />
would rather know it as aurea.<br />
After discussing the origins <strong>of</strong> the plant with<br />
Betty Garton from her orchid nursery on<br />
Madeira it appeared that many years ago<br />
she had pollinated a plant from Mexico with<br />
good quality flowers and from this a
population <strong>of</strong> seedlings was raised, one <strong>of</strong><br />
which was given to us. Surprisingly out <strong>of</strong><br />
her seedling stock, she flowered three colour<br />
varieties which is most unusual for this<br />
orchid. <strong>The</strong>y were all a creamy yellow devoid<br />
<strong>of</strong> the famous dark maroon spotting. Ours<br />
was a rich golden yellow with orange<br />
marking at the base <strong>of</strong> the lip.<br />
Looking closely at the petals one can just see<br />
the ghost <strong>of</strong> the original spotting that would<br />
have appeared on a normal plant.<br />
As a rule, raising self-pollinated species from<br />
seed produces a very even selection and so<br />
to have these variations out <strong>of</strong> an orchid<br />
which has been raised many times by many<br />
people is most unusual.<br />
(It was with much sadness that we heard <strong>of</strong><br />
Brian’s death on 23 rd September 2010. <strong>The</strong>re<br />
will be an obituary in the next issue <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Journal- Ed.)<br />
Stanhopea tigrina var. aurea<br />
Stanhopea tigrina var. nigroviolacea<br />
Eileen Watson<br />
In contrast to the splendid golden-yellow<br />
Stanhopea tigrina var. aurea described by<br />
Brian Rittershausen, this photograph shows<br />
another variety <strong>of</strong> Stanhopea tigrina – the<br />
highly coloured var. nigroviolacea.<br />
I too am thrilled when the large buds <strong>of</strong> this<br />
plant, which grow down through the<br />
compost, suddenly burst open usually in July.<br />
This year the plant excelled itself with seven<br />
blooms, each about 150mm (6 inches) across.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re will be an article on stanhopeas in a<br />
future issue <strong>of</strong> the Journal.<br />
Brian Rittershausen, who died on 23rd September 2010<br />
Stanhopea tigrina var. nigroviolacea (photo by Eileen<br />
Watson)<br />
OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 257
Book Review<br />
Discovering New World <strong>Orchid</strong>s<br />
by Steve Manning.<br />
Hardback with dust jacket, A4 size, 670 pages. ISBN 978-0-<br />
9565594-0-1 Published by Steve Manning, 4 <strong>The</strong> Cedars,<br />
Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 5GZ, UK, June 2010. Price £45 from<br />
Steve Manning (postage UK £9.50).<br />
A huge book, filled with a wonderful collection <strong>of</strong> photos <strong>of</strong><br />
plants and people (1,260 in all) from the history <strong>of</strong> orchid<br />
collecting, principally in South America. <strong>The</strong> text is partly in<br />
the author’s words but with endless inserted quotes from<br />
letters and books on the subject, with digressions and asides<br />
which do not make it light reading. Almost every page is a<br />
collection <strong>of</strong> anecdotes, pieces <strong>of</strong> history, little stories,<br />
glimpses <strong>of</strong> major events and minor hiccoughs in the life and<br />
times <strong>of</strong> orchid hunters and growers, and the plants they<br />
found – with transcriptions <strong>of</strong> the source documents. <strong>The</strong> collection <strong>of</strong> all this information<br />
has taken years. It is more like a dictionary than a story <strong>of</strong> the past two hundred years <strong>of</strong><br />
South American orchid hunting; one need only think <strong>of</strong> a name, be it person or plant, and<br />
there in the excellent index is the key to learning something new. Everything is referenced to<br />
the source documents.<br />
<strong>The</strong> photography is superb; the book production by Cambrian Press in Wales is excellent. Buy<br />
it direct from the author.<br />
Henry Oakeley<br />
What’s in a Name?<br />
Dave Trendell<br />
On the show bench at the OSGB September<br />
2010 meeting, was an exceptionally well<br />
grown white Phalaenopsis shown by Sam<br />
Hurley. It was a plant that anyone would<br />
have been proud to have grown to that<br />
standard, with a label stating ‘Phalaenopsis<br />
white’. It appears the judges could have<br />
deemed that it broke rule 7 <strong>of</strong> Judging <strong>of</strong><br />
Plants, which states:- ‘Unlabelled, incorrectly<br />
labelled, infected or infested plants will not<br />
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be judged and may be removed from the<br />
show bench at the discretion <strong>of</strong> the judges.’<br />
I believe this rule is too harsh. It must be very<br />
frustrating and discouraging, particularly for<br />
new members <strong>of</strong> our <strong>Society</strong> to have their<br />
plants dismissed, as their first introduction<br />
to orchids may be plants bought from<br />
supermarkets and garden centres being sold<br />
without bona fide names. Sadly, information<br />
and accuracy seem to be lost these days in
the mass production <strong>of</strong> these plants.<br />
Equally, one buys plants in the good faith<br />
that they are correctly named and shouldn’t<br />
be penalised if this proves to be incorrect.<br />
We seem to have many members who are<br />
‘windowsill’ growers and it is good to<br />
encourage them to participate in the Table<br />
Shows, even with unidentifiable hybrids!<br />
Even if these plants are grown for the<br />
required 12 months, at the present time they<br />
could never <strong>of</strong>ficially be judged.<br />
What is a correctly labelled plant?<br />
Must all hybrids being shown be on the RHS<br />
International Register <strong>of</strong> <strong>Orchid</strong>s Hybrids?<br />
<strong>The</strong> names on some plants bought from<br />
reputable dealers, when checked in the RHS<br />
Register, do not appear to be registered. In a<br />
quick check <strong>of</strong> some <strong>of</strong> the plant names on<br />
our stand at the Chelsea Flower Show this<br />
year, at least four were unregistered,<br />
including three from Peter White, and Peter<br />
Hall’s lovely Phalaenopsis Star Orange<br />
‘Sunglow’ which won the Librarians cup. So<br />
if you bought one <strong>of</strong> Peter White’s Oncidium<br />
Sweet Sugar for example, beware!<br />
Also at our September meeting Ian Plested<br />
had two trays <strong>of</strong> cattleyas labelled with just<br />
their colour - will those who bought these<br />
plants also find they will never <strong>of</strong>ficially be<br />
allowed to be judged?<br />
So if a hybrid doesn’t have a name, does it<br />
really matter so much, to the extent that it<br />
can never be judged?<br />
Another anomaly was the dispute over the<br />
naming <strong>of</strong> Don Knight’s Phalaenopsis<br />
species. Was it Phalaenopsis<br />
lueddemanniana, or as our President Henry<br />
Oakeley pointed out, should it have been<br />
labelled Phalaenopsis pulchra (it was later<br />
identified as Phalaenopsis Valentinii<br />
(cornu-cervi x violacea – see Front Cover).<br />
What’s in a name?<br />
Sam Hurley’s ‘white Phalaenopsis’<br />
Should the judges too have deemed this<br />
plant incorrectly labelled? In the past, I’ve<br />
entered a plant believing it to be Stanhopea<br />
wardii which was later deemed by experts to<br />
be Stanhopea graveolens.<br />
Yes, species should be correctly named, but<br />
with hybrids I would defy anyone to prove<br />
the name on the label.<br />
Is it time to look at this rule?, and perhaps<br />
devise a separate rule which states whether<br />
‘Unlabelled, or incorrectly labelled plants’<br />
should be either:a)<br />
Down pointed.<br />
b) Not allowed to be given First Prize.<br />
c) Label rule not taken into account.<br />
d) Not judged.<br />
e) Left to judge’s discretion.<br />
f) Something else.<br />
We could then leave rule 7 as ‘Infected or<br />
infested plants will not be judged and may<br />
be removed from the show bench at the<br />
discretion <strong>of</strong> the judges.’<br />
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What’s in a name?<br />
Sam Hurley writes: My ‘white Phalaenopsis’ is<br />
a splendid plant. I have had it since 2007<br />
when I rescued it from an <strong>of</strong>fice bin after it<br />
had finished flowering, complete with limp<br />
leaves and rotten roots. I took a ‘kill or cure’<br />
approach and removed all but two <strong>of</strong> the<br />
limp leaves and cut <strong>of</strong>f almost all the roots,<br />
then repotted it in a bark compost. It now<br />
has eleven huge leaves and two spikes<br />
Obituary: Dr Basil Francis<br />
<strong>The</strong> South East <strong>Orchid</strong> <strong>Society</strong> has the very<br />
sad duty to report the death <strong>of</strong> Dr. Basil<br />
Francis on the 26 th May 2010. Dr. Francis was<br />
a founder member <strong>of</strong> our <strong>Society</strong>, which is<br />
now in its 28 th year. His love and enthusiasm<br />
for growing orchids, especially cattleyas,<br />
was well known in the orchid world. He was<br />
a very generous person who delighted in<br />
passing on his great knowledge <strong>of</strong> orchids to<br />
anyone who showed even a little bit <strong>of</strong><br />
interest.<br />
He <strong>of</strong>ten came to a meeting with a box full<br />
<strong>of</strong> plants he had divided and gave them to<br />
anyone who wanted them. He would tell the<br />
recipient just how to grow that plant and<br />
later on he would chide the person when<br />
that plant beat his in a table show<br />
competition, all in fun - it happened to more<br />
than one <strong>of</strong> us over the years. In his time<br />
with the <strong>Society</strong> he had served on the<br />
committee and always lent plants for display<br />
when asked. His plants <strong>of</strong>ten made up the<br />
bulk <strong>of</strong> those on display; we could always<br />
rely on Basil to help. He <strong>of</strong>ten opened up his<br />
greenhouses for viewing when the <strong>Society</strong><br />
held a greenhouse safari; in fact he would<br />
invite anyone at any time to view his plants<br />
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which have nine and fifteen flowers<br />
respectively and has been in flower since<br />
April 2010. However, as with many <strong>of</strong> its<br />
kind, it was originally used for decorative<br />
purposes and there was never any hope <strong>of</strong><br />
finding out its hybrid name. Of course, I<br />
shouldn’t have entered it in the Table Show,<br />
not knowing its name but WHAT a plant!<br />
Dr Basil Francis<br />
and they wouldn’t go away empty handed<br />
either.<br />
He will greatly missed by all who knew him.<br />
We extend our condolences to his family.<br />
Janet Hooker, South East <strong>Orchid</strong> <strong>Society</strong>
Northern Cyprus Holiday:<br />
March 2010<br />
Val William Bartlett (Photos by author and Michael McIllmurray)<br />
Whilst on our OSGB organized holiday to<br />
discover the orchids and other flora <strong>of</strong> North<br />
Cyprus, I was asked by a committee member<br />
to submit an article on the tour. As usual it<br />
was extremely well organized by our tour<br />
operator Tony Milh<strong>of</strong>er. He used expert<br />
guidance from a charming Turkish Cypriot<br />
lady, Zekiye Yucel <strong>of</strong> <strong>The</strong> Discovery Collection<br />
(www.thediscoverycollection.com) and a<br />
very amiable and helpful guide named Mars,<br />
whose historical and geographical<br />
knowledge <strong>of</strong> the island was second to none.<br />
Two days had been allocated to search for<br />
orchids, one led by a knowledgeable<br />
botanist. However, on a third day we<br />
explored the banks <strong>of</strong> a large lake and<br />
associated meadows. On this last occasion<br />
we were not expecting to find orchids, so<br />
many an excited shout went up when a<br />
member <strong>of</strong> the party spotted one or two, or<br />
even a group <strong>of</strong> orchids.<br />
We were able to photograph Ophrys, Orchis,<br />
and Serapias species and Neotinea maculata.<br />
Of these genera, Ophrys species are the most<br />
dramatic as they vary in form, in colour and<br />
in the patterns on the lip which mimic the<br />
different type and size <strong>of</strong> bee or wasp that<br />
fertilises that plant. Apart from its visual<br />
shape, male insects are also attracted by its<br />
olfactory and tactile signals. On landing on<br />
the lip <strong>of</strong> the flower, the bee thinks it is a<br />
female <strong>of</strong> the species and will attempt to<br />
mate with the flower and in so doing picks<br />
up the pollen on its head, which it carries to<br />
another plant. On carrying out the same<br />
procedure on the next flower, the pollen is<br />
deposited within the stigmatic cavity.<br />
Fertilisation takes place and at a later date<br />
seeds are produced and dispersed.<br />
Orchis species were also reasonably prolific,<br />
showing much variation in shape, lip pattern<br />
and colour <strong>of</strong> flowers. Orchis italica (the<br />
naked man orchid) is also pollinated by bees<br />
but does not have the bee-like lip <strong>of</strong> Ophrys,<br />
relying on shape, colour and fragrance to<br />
attract the pollinator. Dark hairs on the lip<br />
may cause the insect to position itself with<br />
Ophrys lutea subsp. galilaea<br />
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Northern Cyprus Holiday: March 2010<br />
Ophrys kotchyi<br />
Ophrys species<br />
Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa<br />
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Orchis quadripunctata<br />
Orchis italica
Serapias species<br />
its head directed towards the entrance <strong>of</strong> the<br />
spur. On advancing upwards it picks up the<br />
pollen on its head, then when it lands on<br />
another orchid <strong>of</strong> the same type, fertilisation<br />
takes place.<br />
<strong>The</strong> third genus we found in Cyprus was<br />
Serapias. <strong>The</strong>re is some debate about the<br />
identity <strong>of</strong> the species shown here – it may<br />
be S. bergonii or S. vomeracea. Some Serapias<br />
species are known to be self-pollinating.<br />
We also found some good specimens <strong>of</strong><br />
Neotinea maculata in flower*.<br />
My wife Beryl and I plus others <strong>of</strong> the tour<br />
group could not speak more highly <strong>of</strong> the<br />
holiday arrangements laid on by our tour<br />
agent Tony Milh<strong>of</strong>er. Everything was truly<br />
excellent.<br />
Northern Cyprus Holiday: March 2010<br />
Serapias species<br />
*We are grateful to Dr Phillip Cribb for<br />
identifying this species – Ed. *Neotinea maculata<br />
OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 263
OSGB Display at the Peterborough<br />
International <strong>Orchid</strong> Show, 2010:<br />
Taking up the challenge!<br />
Val Micklewright and Sally Mill<br />
OSGB display at the Peterborough International <strong>Orchid</strong> Show, 2010 (photo by Michael McIllmurray)<br />
Val Micklewright writes: Last year when I<br />
agreed to organise the OSGB display at<br />
Peterborough, I had forgotten that it was<br />
also to be the 26 th BOC Congress making it<br />
even more important that I get it right. To<br />
add to this pressure, the OSGB had already<br />
had a very successful year with Gold at the<br />
London <strong>Orchid</strong> Show under team leader<br />
Henry Oakeley and at Chelsea under the<br />
leadership <strong>of</strong> Roy White and Henry Oakeley.<br />
What had I let myself in for?<br />
After hours <strong>of</strong> planning and mind-changing,<br />
I finally had an idea <strong>of</strong> what I wanted to<br />
achieve on our display. I had booked a space<br />
the same as the year before, roughly 8 feet x<br />
12 feet, and hoped that I would get sufficient<br />
plants from the members to fill this space.<br />
Luckily this year there were a few purchased<br />
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plants that had not been used at Chelsea.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se I had taken home and tended them<br />
lovingly so that I would be able to use them<br />
as backup at Peterborough. <strong>The</strong> priority is<br />
always to use members’ plants first and then<br />
fill in with any other plants. As it happens I<br />
had a good number and variety <strong>of</strong> members’<br />
plants making it only necessary to use a<br />
handful <strong>of</strong> the “Chelsea” plants.<br />
My thanks to all <strong>of</strong> the members who<br />
graciously sent their treasures for me to<br />
exhibit and also thanks to my setup team<br />
who worked tirelessly on the Thursday<br />
afternoon and Friday. It does help that I have<br />
my caravan on site so there is a supply <strong>of</strong><br />
refreshments available as well as a place to<br />
rest tired limbs. Unlike previous years, there<br />
were plenty <strong>of</strong> members to man our
OSGB Display at the Peterborough International <strong>Orchid</strong> Show, 2010<br />
information table and talk to the public. This<br />
year we managed to attract 17 new<br />
members.<br />
Oh, I forgot to mention – we also achieved<br />
GOLD at Peterborough.<br />
I have agreed to manage the display at<br />
Peterborough next year and if you have not<br />
yet visited this show then please do. It is a<br />
great day out for the whole family as being<br />
part <strong>of</strong> the East <strong>of</strong> England County Show<br />
there is a wide range <strong>of</strong> activities - not just<br />
orchids. Dates for next year are 17 th to 19 th<br />
June 2011.<br />
Although I registered for the BOC Congress I<br />
did not attend the Preview Evening or the<br />
Gala dinner, or indeed the judging which<br />
took place early on the Saturday morning, so<br />
I thank Sally Mill for providing the following<br />
write up.<br />
Sally Mill writes: After all the setting up <strong>of</strong><br />
the many stands had been completed on the<br />
Friday, there was the ‘Preview and Buffet’.<br />
Having had a good look round at all the<br />
stands and stopping to take photographs,<br />
etc., I was one <strong>of</strong> the last to get to the buffet.<br />
Big mistake! I have made a mental note for<br />
the future to do buffet before preview.<br />
Although the canapés, etc. were very nice,<br />
there were far too few <strong>of</strong> them provided and<br />
I got no dessert at all. However, the wine<br />
was very pleasant and in good quantity, so<br />
made up in part for the lack <strong>of</strong> food. I retired<br />
to bed happy, if hungry!<br />
<strong>The</strong> judging was on Saturday morning at<br />
07.00. <strong>The</strong> hotel had agreed to start<br />
breakfast at 06.00, but it was still rather a<br />
rushed affair. All the judges convened at the<br />
appointed time in a very cool, clammy<br />
marquee; thick cardigans were definitely the<br />
order <strong>of</strong> the day. We were split into several<br />
groups <strong>of</strong> about seven judges and sent <strong>of</strong>f to<br />
find the best orchids <strong>of</strong> our allotted groups<br />
on display throughout the Show. <strong>The</strong><br />
judging went smoothly with no major<br />
arguments and was completed more or less<br />
on time. However, choosing the best from<br />
the large variety <strong>of</strong> good orchids on display<br />
both by amateurs and pr<strong>of</strong>essionals was no<br />
easy task.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Congress dinner was held on the<br />
Saturday evening in the Marriot Hotel. This<br />
was a great success with very good food,<br />
after initial concern about the rather<br />
restricted menu choice. <strong>The</strong>re was also a<br />
good layout <strong>of</strong> tables; large round tables <strong>of</strong><br />
10 to 12 people each giving maximum<br />
opportunity for conversation with likeminded<br />
orchid enthusiasts. <strong>The</strong> after dinner<br />
speeches were kept to a minimum, both in<br />
number and content; then the trophies were<br />
awarded. I think a good evening was had by<br />
all who attended.<br />
We hope to see you all at Peterborough next<br />
year.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Badge on display (photo by Walter Lefley)<br />
OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 265
Schomburgkia (now Myrmecophila)<br />
Species<br />
Jean and Tony Britton (Cumbria <strong>Orchid</strong> <strong>Society</strong>)<br />
Jean and Tony Britton’s Schomburgkia (Myrmecophila)<br />
In 2005 we travelled to Big Island, Hawaii<br />
which is the largest and most easterly <strong>of</strong><br />
Hawaii’s islands. We visited the orchid<br />
nursery <strong>of</strong> Bill Bergström, Bergström <strong>Orchid</strong>s,<br />
near Hilo on the east side <strong>of</strong> the island. <strong>The</strong><br />
Hilo <strong>Orchid</strong> <strong>Society</strong>, currently chaired by<br />
Diane Luoma, is thriving and recruited 40<br />
new members at their three day orchid show<br />
in this year. Among the many orchids that<br />
we admired during our visit to the nursery<br />
were schomburgkias.<br />
At the North <strong>of</strong> England <strong>Orchid</strong> <strong>Society</strong> show<br />
in 2007 we found a Schomburgkia being<br />
<strong>of</strong>fered for sale by Regal <strong>Orchid</strong>s. It grew<br />
well in our orchid house and doubled in size<br />
although there was no sign <strong>of</strong> flowering.<br />
However, we compared our plant to ones at<br />
Kew and realized that our specimen was<br />
reaching flowering size.<br />
Our Schomburgkia is grown in coconut husk<br />
with a minimum night-time temperature <strong>of</strong><br />
15°C and plenty <strong>of</strong> ventilation on warm days.<br />
It is watered as necessary with tap water<br />
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(pH 6.5) and a proprietary feed in dilution. It<br />
has a hollow opening on one <strong>of</strong> its<br />
pseudobulbs and it is this one that has<br />
produced a flower spike. Bill Bergström<br />
mentioned that the hollow pseudobulbs <strong>of</strong><br />
all his schomburgkias hosted colonies <strong>of</strong><br />
ants although they did not seem to harm the<br />
orchids.<br />
This year our Schomburgkia produced a<br />
flower spike in May and now, 50cm tall, it<br />
has been flowering for over a month.<br />
Footnote by Sam Hurley: Schomburgkias are<br />
named for Sir Robert Schomburgk (1804-1865),<br />
a Prussian-born surveyor for the Royal<br />
Geographical <strong>Society</strong> <strong>of</strong> British Guiana and an<br />
extensive collector <strong>of</strong> botanical materials.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y are found in open forests and valleys<br />
from southern Mexico to Cuba, Jamaica,<br />
Venezuela and Guyana. <strong>The</strong>y grow as<br />
epiphytes and lithophytes, from low to mid<br />
elevation and in dry to damp conditions. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
can grow to be large plants with some<br />
inflorescences up to 1.2m tall, with showy<br />
flowers that <strong>of</strong>ten have strongly curled petals<br />
and sepals. <strong>The</strong> pseudobulbs each have two or<br />
three leaves at the tip and are sometimes<br />
hollow. <strong>The</strong> hollow pseudobulbs evolved to<br />
provide a home to nectar-collecting ants<br />
which stuff them with all kinds <strong>of</strong> debris<br />
which may provide extra nutrients to the<br />
plant, as well as protect them from<br />
caterpillars. However ant-infested plants are<br />
less visited by pollinators which is a negative<br />
feature. <strong>The</strong> correct name for hollow pseudobulb<br />
schomburgkias is now Myrmecophilia<br />
which means ‘ant loving’, and the rest have<br />
gone to the genus Laelia.
From the Treasurer<br />
Sally Mill<br />
Subscriptions – With this issue <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Journal, you will receive a Membership<br />
Renewal Form for 2011. Subscriptions are as<br />
follows:-<br />
Single adult UK: £16<br />
Persons aged under 21, UK only: £12<br />
Single Europe: £20*<br />
Single Rest <strong>of</strong> World: £21*<br />
*Includes an increase for postage <strong>of</strong> £4 and<br />
£5 respectively.<br />
In each case, please add £4 for each<br />
additional family member.<br />
We would appreciate it if you could send<br />
your subscription to the Membership<br />
Secretary before the end <strong>of</strong> the year, so that<br />
your membership card can be sent with the<br />
next issue <strong>of</strong> the Journal. If you pay by<br />
Standing Order you will see that the renewal<br />
form has been over-stamped; you therefore<br />
need not take any action.<br />
Colour Fund – This fund was started many<br />
years ago to provide money for additional<br />
colour pictures in the Journal. It has now<br />
become <strong>of</strong> greater significance as the <strong>Society</strong><br />
is producing an all-colour Journal with an<br />
increased number <strong>of</strong> colour photos. So, if you<br />
would like to help your <strong>Society</strong> to produce<br />
the much-improved all-colour Journal, please<br />
consider sending a contribution to the<br />
Colour Fund.<br />
Gift Aid – If you are eligible to join the Gift<br />
Aid scheme and have not already ticked the<br />
Gift Aid box, please tick the box on your<br />
Renewal Form and help your <strong>Society</strong> to<br />
reclaim tax from subscription money. Please<br />
also write your name in full at the top <strong>of</strong><br />
your Renewal Form as the Gift Aid scheme<br />
requires this.<br />
Correspondence – I should appreciate it if<br />
members would enclose a stamped,<br />
addressed envelope with any<br />
correspondence that they send to the<br />
Treasurer or Membership Secretary.<br />
Schomburkia superbiens, now Laelia superbiens is another magnificent plant.<br />
OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 267
Programme Secretary’s Report<br />
Iona Macphie<br />
December 4th 2010. At this meeting, the<br />
<strong>Society</strong> will host a Christmas buffet lunch at<br />
12.30. This will be followed at 14.30 by a fun<br />
quiz in teams with prizes for the winners,<br />
the results <strong>of</strong> the photographic and art<br />
competition, and a raffle followed by tea and<br />
mince pies. <strong>The</strong>re will be a table show, and<br />
members may bring plants to sell with 10%<br />
<strong>of</strong> takings to the <strong>Society</strong>. See page 282 for<br />
the schedule and rules for the photographic<br />
and art competition. Please get painting,<br />
snapping, sculpting and sewing – there will<br />
be prizes for the winners! Doors will open at<br />
12 noon for those with table show and<br />
competition entries and at 12.30 for the rest<br />
<strong>of</strong> our members. <strong>The</strong>re will not be an<br />
introductory session.<br />
January 8th 2011: the second Saturday <strong>of</strong> the<br />
month. This meeting will be held at Gatton<br />
Park near Reigate in Surrey, one mile from<br />
Junction 8 <strong>of</strong> the M25. <strong>The</strong>re will be no<br />
meeting at Napier Hall in January. We will<br />
have a table show with rosettes in the<br />
Victorian greenhouse in the grounds <strong>of</strong><br />
Gatton Park. <strong>The</strong>re will be a talk on Sir<br />
Jeremiah Colman and his hybrids and a<br />
screening <strong>of</strong> the video <strong>of</strong> the television<br />
documentary about the restoration <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Japanese Garden from the 1999 Channel 4<br />
‘Hidden Garden’ series. <strong>The</strong>re will be<br />
activities for children, an opportunity to walk<br />
in the grounds, and Laurence Hobbs will<br />
bring orchids for sale. <strong>The</strong> show, talks and<br />
activities will all be open to the public.<br />
Exhibitors should arrive at 10.30-11.15; the<br />
show will open at 12.30 with the talk at 13.00<br />
followed by the video. Refreshments will be<br />
available. <strong>The</strong> most convenient route by<br />
public transport is train to Merstham.<br />
Transport will be available to meet trains but<br />
if you do wish transport from, and back to,<br />
the station please inform the Programme<br />
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Secretary by December 4th at the latest.<br />
February 5th 2011. <strong>The</strong> annual auction at<br />
Napier Hall starts at 14.30. Four plants per<br />
member, six for family membership. <strong>The</strong><br />
introductory session at 13.45 will be on ‘A<br />
guide to choosing orchids in auctions and<br />
raffles’.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Slipper <strong>Orchid</strong> Symposium<br />
<strong>The</strong> first international Slipper <strong>Orchid</strong><br />
Symposium and study day will be held at the<br />
London <strong>Orchid</strong> Show on Sunday 20th March<br />
2011 in conjunction with the British<br />
Paphiopedilum <strong>Society</strong>. <strong>The</strong> event will take<br />
place in the RHS Conference Centre at the<br />
Lawrence Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re will be lectures by distinguished<br />
speakers on Paphiopedilum, Phragmipedium<br />
and Cypripedium; giving an insight in new<br />
breeding lines, cultivation and the natural<br />
habitat <strong>of</strong> these rare and beautiful slipper<br />
orchids.<br />
Keynote speakers will be the world renowned<br />
hybridiser Sam Tsui <strong>of</strong> <strong>Orchid</strong> Inn Ltd, USA on<br />
new breeding in Paphiopedilum and Dr Phillip<br />
Cribb <strong>of</strong> the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew on<br />
Cypripedium and his recent travels in China<br />
(TBC). Other major speakers will include David<br />
Ridgeway, Andy Phillips, Allan Burdiss and<br />
Maren Talbot talking on their favourite<br />
genera. A detailed programme will be<br />
available later this year.<br />
This is an exciting opportunity to combine a<br />
day at the LONDON ORCHID SHOW and hear<br />
some <strong>of</strong> the World’s top slipper orchid experts.<br />
10.00 – 16.00 (doors open 09.30)<br />
Registration fee for the whole day: Early<br />
Registration before 1st March 2011 £6 (£10<br />
thereafter). To be pre-booked through the<br />
RHS Special Events Office on 0845 612 1253<br />
(open Mon-Fri, 9.00 – 17.00). From outside the<br />
UK call 00 44 845 612 1253.
Napier Hall Meetings: Report <strong>of</strong><br />
Proceedings<br />
Michael McIllmurray<br />
August 7th 2010 - Sally Mill: Encyclias<br />
Following the introductory seminar for new<br />
members <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Society</strong> on the first Saturday<br />
<strong>of</strong> August, a large audience assembled to<br />
hear our treasurer, Sally Mill, talk about the<br />
orchids in which she has a special interest,<br />
Encyclia. Some members <strong>of</strong> this genus,<br />
notably those with flowers that open with<br />
lips uppermost, have been split <strong>of</strong>f into a<br />
separate genus, Prosthechea, and are also<br />
included in Sally’s passion.<br />
Currently she grows about 70 out <strong>of</strong> over 150<br />
species <strong>of</strong> Encyclia and Prosthechea, plus a<br />
few hybrids. Plants in these genera have<br />
several features to attract orchid growers.<br />
Most species have small to medium sized<br />
plants, so space is not a particular issue.<br />
Some are climbers, but most grow in pots for<br />
ease <strong>of</strong> cultivation in a greenhouse. Many<br />
have pleasantly-scented flowers, that last<br />
four to six weeks, appearing in summer when<br />
many <strong>of</strong> the other plants in our collections<br />
are taking a well-earned rest from flowering.<br />
<strong>The</strong>ir natural habitat is in South and Central<br />
America and Sally enjoys visiting countries in<br />
this part <strong>of</strong> the world while taking in the<br />
sight <strong>of</strong> plants <strong>of</strong> these genera growing in<br />
the wild. A final stimulus to her taking a<br />
special interest in these genera was the<br />
infectious enthusiasm <strong>of</strong> Hugh Laird, a<br />
former holder <strong>of</strong> the National Plant<br />
Prosthechea vitellina<br />
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Collection® until his untimely passing a few<br />
years ago.<br />
As is so <strong>of</strong>ten stated in this feature, the key<br />
to successful cultivation <strong>of</strong> these genera is<br />
research to find out where each species<br />
grows in the wild and to try to match<br />
cultural conditions with those encountered<br />
by that species in nature. Some <strong>of</strong> her plants,<br />
the warm growers such as Encyclia alata, E.<br />
amicta, E. osmantha, E. randiana and E.<br />
seidelii are grown indoors in her house on<br />
heated trays, at 18°C minimum, facing south,<br />
on a water mat to provide high humidity.<br />
This is true dedication!<br />
Sally has a new greenhouse that provides<br />
intermediate, light conditions with high<br />
humidity provided by a mister, and most <strong>of</strong><br />
her plants live here. A few species, some <strong>of</strong><br />
the ones that have no rest period, are<br />
mounted and grow well. <strong>The</strong> larger plants<br />
grow in a compost <strong>of</strong> equal parts <strong>of</strong> medium<br />
Encyclia alata var. rossii<br />
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bark, fine bark, chopped wine-bottle corks<br />
and giant Perlite. <strong>The</strong> compost for smaller<br />
plants consists <strong>of</strong> two parts <strong>of</strong> fine bark with<br />
one part each <strong>of</strong> chopped corks, Perlite and<br />
chopped Sphagnum moss. Crocking is used<br />
in the base <strong>of</strong> the pots, and this can help in<br />
stabilising tall plants. Hydroleca was used for<br />
a while until it became apparent that this<br />
was toxic, at least for the roots <strong>of</strong> Encyclia<br />
and Cattleya, so currently Perlag is used. <strong>The</strong><br />
plants are watered weekly, but only when in<br />
active growth, and weak food is added in<br />
alternate weeks. Some species do not rest<br />
and continue in growth, whereas others rest<br />
for several months, and these will only be<br />
watered if the bulbs start to shrivel, until the<br />
next new growths start to emerge. This calls<br />
for careful observation.<br />
Apart from slugs and snails, which favour<br />
flower spikes in preference to leaves, the<br />
only significant pest is scale. This is difficult<br />
to eradicate, although Provado is effective,<br />
Prosthechea lancifolia<br />
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Encyclia tampensis<br />
Prosthechea vespa Encyclia chloroleuca<br />
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and quarantining <strong>of</strong> all new acquisitions is<br />
advised. <strong>The</strong> plants tend to show brown<br />
spotting towards the leaf tips, but although<br />
this can be unsightly, it does not seem to<br />
have adverse effects on growth or flowering.<br />
<strong>The</strong> presentation was brought to a close<br />
with pictures <strong>of</strong> flowers <strong>of</strong> over 40 species,<br />
interspersed with pictures <strong>of</strong> Ecuadorean<br />
volcanoes, rain and cloud forests and other<br />
flora and fauna. She included Mexican<br />
species, such as Encyclia linkiana,<br />
E. tampensis from Florida and the Bahamas,<br />
E. bractescens from Central America and the<br />
Caribbean, species from dense forests such<br />
as E. hanburyi, more difficult high altitude<br />
species like E. campylostalyx, cloud forest<br />
natives like Prosthechea vitellina and the<br />
warm growers mentioned above.<br />
Plants with the widest distribution are usually<br />
those that are less fussy about their cultural<br />
requirements and these tend to be the easier<br />
ones to grow. On this basis, species<br />
recommended for beginners to try would be<br />
P. cochleata, P. fragrans, P. radiata and P.<br />
vespa. Helpfully, Sally had set up a display at<br />
the rear <strong>of</strong> the hall showing some <strong>of</strong> her<br />
flowering plants for the audience to
experience. Perhaps we may be seeing a few<br />
more <strong>of</strong> these species on our show benches in<br />
the future.<br />
Napier Hall Meetings: Table Shows<br />
(Photos by Henry Oakeley except where stated)<br />
June 5th 2010<br />
Iona Macphie<br />
We have <strong>of</strong>ten commented upon the<br />
enormous range <strong>of</strong> flower forms in the<br />
orchid world and the June table show<br />
brought us yet more examples. <strong>The</strong> first was<br />
a ‘little creeper’ with a cluster <strong>of</strong> small<br />
pseudobulbs and blooms, the latter best<br />
described as miniature maroon clogs! <strong>The</strong><br />
plant in question, Bulbophyllum frostii, is a<br />
member <strong>of</strong> an enormous pan-tropical genus<br />
currently numbering in excess <strong>of</strong> 3000 but<br />
still counting, as additional species are<br />
regularly being discovered in rarely explored<br />
valleys particularly in New Guinea. Like<br />
many Bulbophyllum species, its creeping<br />
habit makes it best suited for culture on<br />
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Bulbophyllum frostii<br />
some kind <strong>of</strong> mount. Its habitat in the wild,<br />
the evergreen lowland forests <strong>of</strong> Vietnam,<br />
point to a need for warmish temperatures,<br />
although in cultivation it will also grow in<br />
intermediate conditions. It needs large<br />
amounts <strong>of</strong> water in the spring and summer<br />
with a decrease, but not a complete<br />
cessation, <strong>of</strong> watering in the winter.<br />
Another oddity in June was an example <strong>of</strong> a<br />
European native, a lizard orchid<br />
(Himantoglossum hircinum) grown by Betty<br />
Barber. This fascinating orchid has a tall<br />
spike <strong>of</strong> many blooms, the shape <strong>of</strong> the lip <strong>of</strong><br />
individual flowers being seen by some as<br />
having a resemblance to the long twisting<br />
tail <strong>of</strong> a lizard, and by others as its forked<br />
tongue! In the UK, it is at the edge <strong>of</strong> its<br />
distribution range and is confined to<br />
England, mostly to the southern half <strong>of</strong> the<br />
country. However it is found in many parts<br />
<strong>of</strong> Southern Europe, although <strong>of</strong>ten as<br />
isolated plants, and has even been reported<br />
in western parts <strong>of</strong> North Africa. It is a<br />
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Betty Barber’s Himantoglossum hircinum<br />
Betty Barber’s Himantoglossum hircinum<br />
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tuberous orchid which is winter green and<br />
summer dormant, and grows in chalky soil.<br />
This points to a need in culture <strong>of</strong> winter<br />
protection and complete drying out <strong>of</strong> the<br />
growing medium during the summer. An<br />
excellent guide to this orchid is provided at:<br />
http://culturesheet.org/orchidaceae:himant<br />
oglossum:hircinum<br />
August 7th 2010<br />
Andre Roux<br />
Late summer may bring a cornucopia <strong>of</strong> fruit<br />
and vegetables (and another huge turn-out<br />
at the beginners’ seminar), but the orchidfront<br />
is rather subdued. This is not without<br />
pleasure, however, as some unusual plants<br />
are seen only at this time <strong>of</strong> year.<br />
Seidenfadenia is one, a monotypic genus<br />
represented by its sole member,<br />
Seidenfadenia mitrata. Formerly known as<br />
Aerides mitratum, this monopodial orchid is<br />
found in Thailand and Myanmar at low<br />
elevations up to 800m. <strong>The</strong> sparkling white<br />
and mauve-pink flowers are borne on a<br />
diagonally projecting inflorescence that is<br />
always shorter than the fleshy terete leaves.<br />
It is best cultivated on a mount under<br />
conditions <strong>of</strong> bright light, warmth and good<br />
humidity, watered copiously during active<br />
growth and kept drier with cooler nights<br />
when dormant.<br />
<strong>The</strong> name <strong>of</strong> the genus Habenaria is derived<br />
from the Latin habena, meaning ‘reins’,<br />
referring to the long, strap-like divisions <strong>of</strong><br />
the petals and lip. On display was Habenaria<br />
radiata (now Pecteilis radiata), a terrestrial<br />
species from Japan and Korea that grows in<br />
open swamp or marsh, bearing attractive<br />
white flowers with a strikingly fringed lip. In<br />
Japan, where it is regarded as one <strong>of</strong> the<br />
most beautiful native orchids and is sadly
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Jeanette Beaney’s Seidenfadenia mitrata Jeanette Beaney’s Habenaria radiata<br />
(now Pecteilis radiata)<br />
almost extinct in the wild, this species is<br />
known as sagi-so (‘heron grass’) and the<br />
flower is said to resemble a snowy egret in<br />
flight. Owner Jeanette Beaney grows her<br />
plants potted in Sphagnum moss, sitting in<br />
water year round and subject to the wide<br />
extremes <strong>of</strong> temperature in her conservatory<br />
(2˚C to 40˚C).<br />
Another Asian representative was Coelogyne<br />
asperata, a species first described in 1849<br />
and found from Malaysia and Sumatra<br />
through to New Guinea and the southwest<br />
Pacific islands. In these regions it is found in<br />
lowland primary forest, growing by<br />
watercourses on either trees or rocks, but in<br />
New Guinea it is sometimes found higher<br />
up. Colin Carter grows his fine plant in warm<br />
conditions with even moisture throughout<br />
the year and no rest period. Care is taken<br />
with watering when the new growth is<br />
immature but once it is established, the<br />
plant is watered copiously. A useful means <strong>of</strong><br />
aiding identification <strong>of</strong> Coelogyne species or<br />
gleaning information about their growth<br />
cycles is the stage <strong>of</strong> growth at which the<br />
flower spike appears. Coel. asperata flowers<br />
as the new growth is beginning, a feature<br />
known as proteranthous development <strong>of</strong> the<br />
inflorescence. <strong>The</strong>re are a further three<br />
classifications: hysteranthous development<br />
occurs when the inflorescence appears when<br />
the pseudobulb has completed its growth;<br />
an inflorescence appearing as the<br />
pseudobulb begins to form is classed as<br />
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Mike Penney’s Schoenorchis fragrans<br />
Mike Penney’s Schoenorchis fragrans<br />
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synanthous; and in some species the<br />
inflorescence is borne on a separate shoot<br />
that will produce only simple pseudobulbs<br />
and leaves (heteranthous). With about 100<br />
species to choose from, it is possible to grow<br />
an interesting selection <strong>of</strong> coelogynes<br />
although, as anyone who has grown Coel.<br />
stricta (syn. elata) or Coel. pandurata will<br />
affirm, plenty <strong>of</strong> space is essential.<br />
Mike Penney presented a trio <strong>of</strong> delightful<br />
species. Schoenorchis fragrans and<br />
Schoenorchis seidenfadenii were truly jewellike<br />
and, in the same way that you might<br />
peer and marvel at an intricate piece <strong>of</strong><br />
jewellery, so you appreciate these charming<br />
miniature orchids. Both are warm-growing<br />
plants from elevations between 500m and<br />
1000m and bear fleshy, distichous leaves.<br />
Schoenorchis seidenfadenii is confined to<br />
Thailand and Vietnam and has sparkling,<br />
pale amethyst flowers; Schoenorchis fragrans<br />
has a broader range, from the Assam region<br />
<strong>of</strong> India, Myanmar and Thailand to Yunnan<br />
province in China, and produces intense<br />
fuchsia-pink blooms. <strong>The</strong>y are best<br />
cultivated on mounts, as were these two<br />
plants, and enjoy moderate shade and a<br />
humid atmosphere with frequent watering<br />
when in active growth. Completing the<br />
threesome was Dendrobium lamyaiae, a<br />
compact species from Laos and Thailand. Its<br />
specific name is derived from the fruiting<br />
lamyai tree, with which it is associated, and<br />
the spidery, orange flowers bear many<br />
similarities to Den. unicum.<br />
Another intriguing dwarf orchid on display<br />
was Jo Kelleher’s Meiracyllium trinasutum.<br />
<strong>The</strong> genus comprises only two species found<br />
in Central America. Mrclm. trinasutum is<br />
native to southern Mexico, Guatemala and El<br />
Salvador and has a characteristic creeping<br />
habit with pseudobulb-less, leathery leaves
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Mike Penney’s Dendrobium lamyaiae<br />
Jo Kelleher’s Meiracyllium trinasutum Jo Kelleher’s Promenaea stapelioides<br />
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Sheila Bicknell’s Cymbidium Golden Elf (photo by Petra<br />
Richardson)<br />
sprouting along the rhizome. It is found in<br />
canyons, growing on both trees and rocks,<br />
and in forests at elevations up to 1,300m.<br />
Rounding out August’s beauties was another<br />
<strong>of</strong> Jo’s plants, a handsomely flowered<br />
Promenaea stapelioides. It is found only in<br />
southern Brazil and is either mostly epiphytic<br />
in cool, montane forests or lithophytic on<br />
damp rocks. S<strong>of</strong>t, greyish green leaves<br />
indicate a need for shady conditions and a<br />
cool, humid atmosphere and it is important<br />
not to let water accumulate in the new<br />
growths as they are susceptible to rot. <strong>The</strong><br />
flowers <strong>of</strong> Prom. stapelioides are sweetly<br />
fragrant and have dense maroon-purple<br />
barring on the cream sepals and petals with<br />
an almost velvety black lip.<br />
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September 4th 2010<br />
Andre Roux<br />
<strong>The</strong> appearance <strong>of</strong> cymbidiums is a sure sign<br />
that the seasons are changing and a<br />
magnificent plant <strong>of</strong> Cym. Golden Elf (Enid<br />
Haupt x ensifolium) graced the display table<br />
this month. <strong>The</strong> species parent is one <strong>of</strong> the<br />
most widespread and variable warmergrowing<br />
cymbidiums, native to Indochina,<br />
China, and Japan (where it was likely<br />
introduced through cultivation) through to<br />
Borneo, New Guinea and the Philippines, and<br />
astonishingly has been known since 500BC.<br />
Apart from imparting a compact and elegant<br />
growth habit to Cym. Golden Elf, Cym.<br />
ensifolium has also imbued the concolor<br />
golden-yellow flowers on erect<br />
inflorescences with its charming scent and<br />
early-blooming characteristics.<br />
Unfortunately, the flower count is reduced<br />
and the blooms are short-lived, but there is<br />
surely a well <strong>of</strong> pleasure to be enjoyed in a<br />
plant grown to the high standard that is<br />
Sheila Bicknell’s trademark, evident in the<br />
Cultural Certificate awarded by the judging<br />
team.<br />
More cultural recognition was bestowed on<br />
Jo Kelleher’s charming Stelis argentata, the<br />
many triangular flowers looking like silvery<br />
fireworks shooting above the leaves. This<br />
species was first described in 1842 and is<br />
wide-ranging throughout tropical Central<br />
and South America, from Mexico to Brazil.<br />
Cool to intermediate temperatures, high<br />
humidity, moderate shade and regular<br />
moisture (as required for Pleurothallis) are<br />
the key to successful culture <strong>of</strong> this epiphytic<br />
genus that comprises a few hundred<br />
members. An intriguing feature <strong>of</strong> some<br />
species is their floral photosensitivity – the
flowers open fully in a burst <strong>of</strong> brief but<br />
direct sunlight and close again overnight.<br />
Speaking <strong>of</strong> Pleurothallis, one might easily<br />
have overlooked Pths. phymatodea, not so<br />
much its leaves but more the tiny, purpleblack<br />
flowers that, with their warty surface,<br />
appeared somewhat bug-like (or dead,<br />
depending on your perspective). Pleurothallis<br />
is considered to be one <strong>of</strong> the largest orchid<br />
genera, numbering approximately 1000<br />
species. Although this indicates an<br />
extraordinary wealth and diversity <strong>of</strong> plants,<br />
the generally small, strange flowers and<br />
little or no access to any information<br />
regarding many species is somewhat <strong>of</strong> an<br />
antidote to rampant popularity. That said,<br />
their habitat and thus cultural requirements<br />
are remarkably consistent, with, <strong>of</strong> course,<br />
the inevitable exceptions.<br />
Popularity has never been an issue for<br />
paphiopedilums, the slipper orchids that<br />
have unwaveringly captivated orchid-lovers<br />
since the early 1800s. Admittedly this applies<br />
more to the species, whereas hybrids can fall<br />
in and out <strong>of</strong> favour as they become more<br />
bloated, unstable and characterless. Three<br />
beautifully grown plants were on display:<br />
the charming elegance <strong>of</strong> Brenda Penney’s<br />
Paph. concolor, a south-east Asian species<br />
bearing pale yellow flowers stippled with<br />
purple on a short inflorescence above<br />
attractively mottled leaves; a lovely primary<br />
hybrid Paph. Psyche (bellatulum x niveum)<br />
that, true to the aim <strong>of</strong> breeding, both<br />
combined and enhanced the best qualities <strong>of</strong><br />
each parent; and Paph. Harold Koopowitz<br />
(rothschildianum x malipoense) whose<br />
flowers, in spite <strong>of</strong> reflecting one <strong>of</strong> the<br />
current trends, left me rather underwhelmed.<br />
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Sally Mill’s Pleurothallis phymatodea<br />
Bakerara Samurai, a striking hybrid exhibited<br />
by Sam Hurley, evoked no ambivalence. <strong>The</strong><br />
chocolate brown and white flowers owe<br />
their eye-catching contrast to the species<br />
parent, Oncidium schroederianum, a native<br />
<strong>of</strong> Panama and Costa Rica. <strong>The</strong> other parent,<br />
Degarmoara Hani, combines the genera<br />
Miltonia, Brassia and Odontoglossum and has<br />
red-violet flowers. <strong>The</strong> disruptive march <strong>of</strong><br />
DNA analysis may prove that this is no<br />
longer a Bakerara, but what <strong>of</strong> that? What<br />
matters is that it’s a good-looking hybrid<br />
deserving <strong>of</strong> a place in anyone’s collection.<br />
It would be remiss to ignore the sheer<br />
spectacle <strong>of</strong> Henry Oakeley’s Ida grandis<br />
which, he tells me, can grow into two-metre<br />
clumps. It is native to northern South<br />
America, the main distribution <strong>of</strong> all idas,<br />
and is typically terrestrial or lithophytic,<br />
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Brenda Penny’s Paphiopedilum concolor<br />
David Trendell’s Paphiopedilum Psyche<br />
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occasionally epiphytic in large trees, at<br />
elevations <strong>of</strong> around 2000m. A minimum<br />
temperature <strong>of</strong> 10˚C at night with a rise <strong>of</strong> at<br />
least 9˚C during the day, bright light and<br />
thorough watering during the growth<br />
period, allowing the plant to dry out<br />
between waterings in the winter months,<br />
are the principal cultural requirements.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are a few easily recognisable features<br />
that distinguish Ida from Lycaste: the<br />
campanulate (bell-like, downward-facing)<br />
flowers, the lack <strong>of</strong> hairs on the sepals, petals<br />
and lip, and the <strong>of</strong>ten fimbriate or dentate<br />
margin <strong>of</strong> the lip. Furthermore, lycastes are<br />
located mostly in Mexico and Central<br />
America with only a few species further<br />
south.<br />
Henry Oakeley’s Ida grandis
Photographic and Art Competition<br />
(December meeting)<br />
<strong>The</strong> 2010 Photographic and Art Competition<br />
will be held at the December meeting. <strong>The</strong><br />
schedule and rules are as follows:<br />
Class 1. Photographs <strong>of</strong> an orchid plant or<br />
flower or part there<strong>of</strong>. Prints no larger than<br />
7 x 5 inches (17.8 x 12.7 cm).<br />
Class 2. Photographs <strong>of</strong> an orchid plant or<br />
flower or part there<strong>of</strong>. Prints greater than 7<br />
x 5 inches (17.8 x 12.7 cm).<br />
Class 3. Photographs <strong>of</strong> an orchid or orchids<br />
taken in the wild with surrounding habitat or<br />
landscape, prints no larger than 7 x 5 inches<br />
(17.8 x 12.7 cm).<br />
Class 4. Photographs <strong>of</strong> an orchid or orchids<br />
taken in the wild with surrounding habitat or<br />
landscape, prints greater than 7 x 5 inches<br />
(17.8 x 12.7 cm).<br />
Class 5a. <strong>Orchid</strong> paintings - any size or type<br />
<strong>of</strong> painting done by a member.<br />
Class 5b. Any other non-photographic<br />
orchid-related art – eg drawing without<br />
painting, needlework, pottery, computer art,<br />
cake decoration, flower arranging.<br />
Class 6. <strong>Orchid</strong> photograph, painting or<br />
other art - any size or type <strong>of</strong> photograph,<br />
painting or other art, done by a member who<br />
has sold some <strong>of</strong> the work <strong>of</strong> the type they<br />
are exhibiting, e.g. a pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
photographer should enter photographs in<br />
this class but may enter a painting or piece<br />
<strong>of</strong> pottery in Class 5 if they have never sold a<br />
painting or a piece <strong>of</strong> pottery.<br />
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Rules:<br />
i) Classes 1-5 are open to amateur OSGB<br />
members. Members who have sold any <strong>of</strong><br />
their photographs or art work <strong>of</strong> the type<br />
they are exhibiting should place these<br />
entries in Class 6.<br />
ii) <strong>The</strong> same photograph cannot be entered<br />
in more than one class (e.g. the same<br />
photograph or part <strong>of</strong> a photograph cannot<br />
be printed on 7 x 5 inch paper and entered in<br />
class 1 and also on A4 paper and entered in<br />
class 2).<br />
iii) Photographs and paintings entered in a<br />
previous OSGB photographic or art<br />
competition cannot be entered again.<br />
iv) A member may enter a maximum <strong>of</strong><br />
three photographs in classes 1 to 4 (but may<br />
enter as many classes as they wish). Up to<br />
five entries per person are allowed in classes<br />
5a, 5b and 6. However an individual can only<br />
win one prize in each class.<br />
v) Photos may be pr<strong>of</strong>essionally printed but<br />
not pr<strong>of</strong>essionally enhanced.<br />
vi) Members present at the Christmas<br />
meeting will vote for their favourite three<br />
entries in each class and entries will be<br />
awarded three points for a first place vote,<br />
two points for a second place vote and one<br />
point for a third place vote. <strong>The</strong>re will be<br />
prizes for the first, second and third highest<br />
point count in each class. In the event <strong>of</strong> a<br />
tie, the number <strong>of</strong> first place votes will be<br />
taken into consideration.<br />
vi) <strong>The</strong> winner <strong>of</strong> the OSGB Trophy for the<br />
best photograph will be judged between the<br />
winners <strong>of</strong> classes 1-4 and will be determined<br />
by a show <strong>of</strong> hands after the prize winners in<br />
the individual classes have been announced.
<strong>The</strong> Royal Horticultural <strong>Society</strong><br />
<strong>Orchid</strong> Committee<br />
Full descriptions and illustrations <strong>of</strong> the<br />
plants awarded by the Committee are<br />
published in <strong>The</strong> <strong>Orchid</strong> Review. For<br />
subscription details see<br />
www.rhs.org.uk/orchidreview;<br />
Tel: +44 (0)20 7821 3401;<br />
e-mail: membership@rhs.org.uk.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Committee met on Saturday 19th June<br />
2010 at the Peterborough International<br />
<strong>Orchid</strong> Show and recommended the<br />
following awards:<br />
Awards to Plants<br />
Award <strong>of</strong> Merit<br />
To Paphiopedilum Karl Ploberger ‘Barbara’<br />
(Paph. hangianum x bellatulum) registered<br />
by F. Glanz and exhibited by Ernst F. Horn,<br />
Germany.<br />
To Vanda Black Magic ‘Mirjam’ (Vanda<br />
Piyaporn x Kasem’s Delight) registered by<br />
Anco <strong>Orchid</strong>s and exhibited by H Bauch,<br />
Germany.<br />
Botanical Certificate<br />
To Rudolfiella picta ‘Herrenhausen’, a species<br />
from Colombia exhibited by Mr A.<br />
Stockelbush on behalf <strong>of</strong> Herrenhausen<br />
Gardens, Germany.<br />
To Sievekingia fimbriata ‘Herrenhausen’, a<br />
species from Costa Rica exhibited by Mr A.<br />
Stockelbush on behalf <strong>of</strong> Herrenhausen<br />
Gardens, Germany.<br />
To Maxillaria sanderiana xanthine form<br />
‘Megan’, a species from Ecuador exhibited by<br />
Mr K Bush, UK.<br />
Vanda Black Magic ‘Mirjam’AM/RHS<br />
Paphiopedilum Karl Ploberger ‘Barbara’AM/RHS Maxillaria sanderiana xanthine form ‘Megan’ BC/RHS<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Royal Horticultural <strong>Society</strong> <strong>Orchid</strong> Committee<br />
Rudolfiella picta ‘Herrenhausen’ BC/RHS Rudolfiella picta ‘Herrenhausen’ BC/RHS<br />
Sievekingia fimbriata ‘Herrenhausen’ BC/RHS<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Royal Horticultural <strong>Society</strong> <strong>Orchid</strong> Committee<br />
Bulbophyllum graveolens ‘Roger Lane’ CCC/RHS<br />
Brassia verrucosa ‘Peterborough’ CCC/RHS<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Royal Horticultural <strong>Society</strong> <strong>Orchid</strong> Committee<br />
Trichopilia URG ‘Dahlenburg’ CCC/RHS<br />
Awards to Exhibitors<br />
Certificate <strong>of</strong> Cultural Commendation<br />
To Mrs S Lane, UK for a plant <strong>of</strong><br />
Bulbophyllum graveolens ‘Roger Lane’.<br />
To Mr C Lloyd, UK for a plant <strong>of</strong> Cattleya<br />
Canhamiana ‘Elizabeth Ann’ (C. mossiae x C.<br />
[Laelia] purpurata) registered by Veitch.<br />
To Dr G Firth, UK for a plant <strong>of</strong> Brassia<br />
verrucosa ‘Peterborough’.<br />
To Mr M Karge, c/o KJ <strong>Orchid</strong>, Denmark, for a<br />
plant <strong>of</strong> Trichopilia URG ‘Dahlenburg’ (T.<br />
tortilis ‘Large’ x T. turialba ‘Alpha’).<br />
To Burnham Nurseries Ltd, UK for a plant <strong>of</strong><br />
Dienia ophrydis ‘Frisky’.<br />
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To Mr E Eyre, UK for a plant <strong>of</strong> Dracula sergoi<br />
‘Eva May’.<br />
To Dr S Knox, UK for a plant <strong>of</strong> Schoenorchis<br />
manipurensis ‘Dorothy’.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Committee met on Saturday 27th July<br />
2010 at Vincent Square and recommended<br />
the following award:<br />
Awards to Plants<br />
Botanical Certificate<br />
To Aeranthes polyanthemus ‘Tideswell’, a<br />
species from Madagascar exhibited by Mr J<br />
Hermans UK.
<strong>The</strong> Royal Horticultural <strong>Society</strong> <strong>Orchid</strong> Committee<br />
Cattleya Canhamiana ‘Elizabeth Ann’ CCC/RHS Dienia ophrydis ‘Frisky’ CCC/RHS<br />
Cattleya Canhamiana ‘Elizabeth Ann’ CCC/RHS Schoenorchis manipurensis ‘Dorothy’ CCC/RHS<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Royal Horticultural <strong>Society</strong> <strong>Orchid</strong> Committee<br />
Aeranthes polyanthemus ‘Tideswell’ BC/RHS Aeranthes polyanthemus ‘Tideswell’ BC/RHS<br />
<strong>The</strong> Committee met on Saturday 17th August<br />
2010 at RBG Kew and recommended the<br />
following awards:<br />
Awards to Plants<br />
Award <strong>of</strong> Merit<br />
To Paphiopedilum Le Noir Pre ‘Jersey’<br />
(Paphiopedilum Vicard Point x shillianum)<br />
and<br />
To Paphiopedilum Du Motier ‘Victoria Village’<br />
(Paphiopedilum Gloria Naugle x<br />
vietnamense), both exhibited by the EYOF,<br />
Jersey.<br />
Botanical Certificate<br />
To Cleisocentron merrillianum ‘Gaytarn’, a<br />
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species from Sabah, Borneo exhibited by Mr J<br />
Gay, UK.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Committee met on Saturday 15th<br />
September 2010 at RHS Garden, Wisley and<br />
recommended the following award:<br />
Awards to Plants<br />
Award <strong>of</strong> Merit<br />
To Hamelwellsara Happy Hour ‘Purple<br />
Emperor’ (Zygopetalum Everspring x<br />
Hamelwellsara Margaret) exhibited by<br />
McBean’s <strong>Orchid</strong>s, UK.
Paphiopedilum Le Noir Pre ‘Jersey’ AM/RHS<br />
<strong>The</strong> Royal Horticultural <strong>Society</strong> <strong>Orchid</strong> Committee<br />
Paphiopedilum Du Motier ‘Victoria Village’AM/RHS<br />
Paphiopedilum Du Motier ‘Victoria Village’AM/RHS<br />
Paphiopedilum Le Noir Pre ‘Jersey’ AM/RHS Hamelwellsara Happy Hour ‘Purple Emperor’ AM/RHS<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Royal Horticultural <strong>Society</strong> <strong>Orchid</strong> Committee<br />
Cleisocentron merrillianum ‘Gaytarn’ BC/RHS<br />
Cleisocentron merrillianum ‘Gaytarn’ BC/RHS<br />
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Dates for RHS <strong>Orchid</strong><br />
Committee Meetings in 2011<br />
Plants for awards should be<br />
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meeting.<br />
17 January<br />
At Eric Young <strong>Orchid</strong> Foundation - 2pm<br />
15 February<br />
RHS Show, Vincent Square - 11.30am<br />
19 March<br />
London <strong>Orchid</strong> Show & Slipper <strong>Orchid</strong><br />
Conference - 2pm<br />
29 March<br />
RHS Show, Vincent Square - 11.30am<br />
23 May<br />
RHS Chelsea Flower Show - 9am<br />
18 June<br />
At East <strong>of</strong> England Agricultural Show,<br />
Peterborough - 1pm<br />
19 July<br />
At Wisley - 11.30am<br />
16 August<br />
At RBG Kew, Jodrell Laboratory - 11.30am<br />
13 September<br />
Vincent Square - 11.30am<br />
4 October<br />
RHS Show, Vincent Square - 11.30am<br />
15 October<br />
Dawlish Warren - 2pm<br />
8 November<br />
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12 December<br />
At McBean’s <strong>Orchid</strong>s - 11.30am
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Index to Volume 59<br />
No.1, pp1-84; No.2, pp 85-152; No.3, pp 153-220 ; No.4, pp 221-304 ; S = Supplement 2010<br />
Articles<br />
A Different Look at Dracula Names 248<br />
A Strange Coincidence – Maxillaria eburnea in Print 135<br />
Accounts 2009 S11<br />
Affiliated Societies S29<br />
Annual General Meeting 2010 S4<br />
Book Reviews:<br />
Discovering New World <strong>Orchid</strong>s by Manning, S. 258<br />
Draculas <strong>of</strong> Ecuador by Pupulin F., Merino G. and Medina H. 130<br />
Genera <strong>Orchid</strong>acearum Vol. 5 Epidendroideae (Part two),<br />
by Pridgeon A., P. Cribb, M. Chase and F. Rasmussen 37<br />
Gynostemia <strong>Orchid</strong>alium IV.<br />
by Szlachetko, D.L. and J. Mytnik-Ejsmont 34<br />
<strong>Orchid</strong>elirium by Feinstein H. 131<br />
<strong>Orchid</strong>s <strong>of</strong> Sri Lanka. Vol 1, by Malik F., W. Siil and F. Suranjan 35<br />
<strong>The</strong> Organ Mountain Range. Its History and its <strong>Orchid</strong>s<br />
by Miller, D., R. Warren, I. Moura Miller and H. Seehawer 35<br />
Wild Flowers <strong>of</strong> Yorkshire by Beck, H.M. 177<br />
Wild <strong>Orchid</strong>s <strong>of</strong> Surrey (2009) by Gibson J. 131<br />
Cattleya species – a pictorial guide 230<br />
Code <strong>of</strong> Judging S25<br />
Colour Fund Donations S28<br />
Croydon <strong>Orchid</strong> Group – Change <strong>of</strong> Venue 71<br />
Diary <strong>of</strong> a White Van Driver 178<br />
Future OSGB Meetings 192<br />
Goods Available for Purchase S31<br />
Letter from the Chairman 24<br />
Letter from the Editor 229<br />
Letter from the President 4, 88, 156, 224<br />
Napier Hall Meetings 55, 139, 193, 269<br />
Northern Cyprus Holiday: March 2010 261<br />
Notes from<br />
the Treasurer 72, 267<br />
the Display Manager 72<br />
the Programme Secretary 72, 141, 192, 268<br />
Obituary – <strong>The</strong> Hon. Alasdair Morrison 48<br />
Obituary – Dr Basil Francis 260<br />
Obituary - Bert Hamilton 181<br />
Ooi Leng Sun <strong>Orchid</strong> Nursery 100<br />
<strong>Orchid</strong> Hunting in Kent 132<br />
<strong>Orchid</strong> Painting Holidays in Sri Lanka 74<br />
<strong>Orchid</strong> Show at Durham – Details 192<br />
Oriental Cymbidiums (Section Jensoa) – a pictorial guide 109<br />
OSGB Autumn Show 2009 – Results 50<br />
OSGB at Peterborough, 2010 264<br />
OSGB Members on a Guided Walk to Fontmell Down 180<br />
OSGB Spring Show 2010 – Details 54<br />
OSGB Spring Show 2010: Report 182<br />
Phalaenopsis species – a pictorial guide 166<br />
Photographic and Art Competition Results, December 2009 63<br />
Photographic and Art Competition, Schedules 282<br />
Propagate your own Disas from Seed 121<br />
RHS London <strong>Orchid</strong> Show 2010 126<br />
RHS <strong>Orchid</strong> Committee Reports 70, 142, 208, 283<br />
RHS Westonbirt Medal presented to<br />
Brian and Wilma Rittershausen 122<br />
Rules <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Society</strong> S14<br />
Schomburgkia (now Myrmecophila) species 266<br />
Slipper <strong>Orchid</strong> Symposium 2010 268<br />
<strong>Society</strong> Show Schedules S18<br />
Some Strange Country <strong>of</strong> Nightmares 124<br />
Spotlight on Species – Calanthe reflexa 136<br />
Spotlight on Species - Disas 45<br />
Stanhopea tigrina var. aurea 256<br />
Stanhopea tigrina var. nigroviolacea 257<br />
Taiwan International <strong>Orchid</strong> Show 25<br />
<strong>The</strong> International Phalaenopsis Alliance Teams up with the OSGB 99<br />
<strong>The</strong> Librarian’s Cup 190<br />
What’s in a Name? 259<br />
Contributors<br />
Barker, Chris 25, 100<br />
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Bartlett, Val 261<br />
Britton, Jean and Tony 266<br />
Buckingham, Mike 195<br />
Catlin, Andy 74<br />
Cribb, Phillip 34<br />
Hashi, Mayumi 133<br />
Hooker, Janet 260<br />
Hughes, David 180<br />
Hurley, Sam 178, 260, 266<br />
Macphie, Anna 124<br />
Macphie, Iona 45, 50, 54, 55, 63, 72, 136, 141, 192, 202, 268, 273<br />
Manning, Steve 248<br />
Micklewright, Val 264<br />
Mill, Sally 72, 190, 264 267<br />
McIllmurray, Michael 139, 191, 269<br />
Oakeley, Henry<br />
4, 35, 36, 37, 48, 88, 109, 127, 131, 156, 166, 181, 224, 230, 258<br />
Pugh, Valerie 72<br />
Rittershausen, Brian 256<br />
Rittershausen, Sara 122<br />
Roux, Andre 182, 274<br />
Scott, Alex 121<br />
Trendell, Dave 129, 258<br />
Watson, Eileen 130, 135, 229, 257<br />
White, Roy 24<br />
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Alphabet <strong>Orchid</strong>s 296<br />
Asendorfer <strong>Orchid</strong>s 291<br />
Chantelle <strong>Orchid</strong>s 296<br />
Densylorchids (Epiphoam) 76, 144, 212, 291<br />
GHE Plant Nutritionists 76, 144, 212, 291<br />
Henry Oakeley’s Lycaste, Ida and Anguloa Book 297<br />
Just in Glass 75, 149, 217, 295<br />
Laneside Hardy <strong>Orchid</strong> Nursery 77, 145, 213, 292<br />
Laurence Hobbs <strong>Orchid</strong>s Ltd. 75, 149, 217, 295<br />
Mae Tang Tours 297<br />
Parwin Heaters 79, 147<br />
Peruflora 297<br />
Peterborough International <strong>Orchid</strong> Show and BOC Congress 81<br />
Plants Plus 80, 148, 216, 294<br />
Ray Creek (<strong>Orchid</strong>s) 75, 149, 217, 295<br />
Röllke <strong>Orchid</strong>eenzucht 76, 144, 212<br />
Ruth Batten Photography 215, 293<br />
Simply Control 80, 148, 216, 294<br />
Singapore Garden Festival 78, 146<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Orchid</strong> Review 215, 293<br />
Touchwood Too 77, 145, 213, 292<br />
World <strong>Orchid</strong> Conference, 20 th at Singapore 214<br />
Illustrations<br />
Ada peruviana 22, 23, 42<br />
Aeranthes polyanthemus ‘Tideswell’ BC/RHS 288<br />
Anacamptis pyramidalis var. urvilleana 67<br />
Angraecum aporoides 183<br />
Angraecum Crestwood 27<br />
Aranda Broga Giant ‘Bright Garden’ AM/RHS 211<br />
Arundina minor 74<br />
Aspasia variegata 42<br />
Barbosella cogniauxiana 60<br />
Brachonidium galeatum 17<br />
Brachtia andina 42<br />
Brassia arcuigera 42<br />
Brassia verrucosa ‘Peterborough’ CCC/RHS 285<br />
Buckingham, Mike 195<br />
Bulbophyllum arfakianum 28<br />
Bulbophyllum auratum ‘White’ 106<br />
Bulbophyllum frostii 273<br />
Bulbophyllum graveolens ‘Roger Lane’ CCC/RHS 285<br />
Calanthe amamiana 59<br />
Calanthe arisanensis 59<br />
Calanthe elytroglossa 59
Calanthe Gorey ‘Rouge’ 59<br />
Calanthe hancockii ‘Akerne’ 58<br />
Calanthe izu-insularis 59<br />
Calanthe Mont Pinel ‘Victoria Village’ 59<br />
Calanthe reflexa 136<br />
Calanthe rubens 58<br />
Calanthe Saint Brelade 59<br />
Calanthe sieboldii ‘Kitadaio’ 56<br />
Calanthe triplicata 58<br />
Catasetum flower with bee 12<br />
Catasetum pollen on bee 12<br />
Catasetum, female flowers 11<br />
Catasetum, male flowers 11<br />
Caterpillar causing painful rash, Peru 17<br />
Cattleya aclandiae 232<br />
Cattleya acuensis 232<br />
Cattleya amethystoglossa ‘Eikoh’ 232<br />
Cattleya Angel Bells 51<br />
Cattleya aurantiaca 63<br />
Cattleya Canhamiana ‘Elizabeth Ann’ CCC/RHS 287<br />
Cattleya cernua 232<br />
Cattleya cinnabarina ‘Dream <strong>of</strong> Kimi’ 233<br />
Cattleya cinnabarina ‘Kaoru’ 233<br />
Cattleya coccinea 233<br />
Cattleya coccinea f. aurea 233<br />
Cattleya coccinea var. barboleta 233<br />
Cattleya coccinea ‘Mariarena’ 44<br />
Cattleya crispata 234<br />
Cattleya dormaniana 34<br />
Cattleya dormaniana ‘Dark Angel’ 234<br />
Cattleya dowiana f. aurea 234<br />
Cattleya dowiana ‘Rosita’ 234<br />
Cattleya forbesii 234<br />
Cattleya gaskelliana f. alba ‘Sara’ 235<br />
Cattleya harpophylla ‘Eikoh’ 235<br />
Cattleya harrisoniana ‘Madreperla’ 235<br />
Cattleya intermedia f. alba 236<br />
Cattleya intermedia var. orlata ‘Crownfox Jewel’ 236<br />
Cattleya jongheana f. alba 236<br />
Cattleya kautskyana ‘Orange Ambassador’ 236<br />
Cattleya lawrenceana 237<br />
Cattleya lawrenceana f. coerulea 237<br />
Cattleya loddigesii ‘Atibaia’ 237<br />
Cattleya loddigesii ‘Mauta’ 237<br />
Cattleya lueddemanniana 43<br />
Cattleya lueddemanniana , a partly alba form 238<br />
Cattleya lueddemanniana ‘Elisa’, a partly alba form 237<br />
Cattleya lueddemanniana f. concolor 238<br />
Cattleya lueddemanniana ‘S and S Kazu’ 237<br />
Cattleya lundii 238<br />
Cattleya lundii f. alba 238<br />
Cattleya maxima 238<br />
Cattleya maxima f. alba 239<br />
Cattleya maxima, a‘semi alba’ form 239<br />
Cattleya mendelii f. coerulea 239<br />
Cattleya milleri 44, 239<br />
Cattleya mossiae 204<br />
Cattleya mossiae ‘Valencian’ - a ‘semi alba’ form 240<br />
Cattleya nobilior 240<br />
Cattleya nobilior f. coerulea ‘Soro’ 240<br />
Cattleya nobilior ‘Leo’ 241<br />
Cattleya nobilior var. suave ‘Lotus Junior’ 240<br />
Cattleya percivaliana ‘La Goajiro’, a ‘semi-alba’ form 241<br />
Cattleya percivaliana ‘Summit’ FCC/AOS 241<br />
Cattleya percivaliana f. atropurpurea 241<br />
Cattleya perrinii 241<br />
Cattleya praestans 242<br />
Cattleya pumila f. alba 242<br />
Cattleya pumila f. coerulea 242<br />
Cattleya purpurata 44, 242<br />
Cattleya purpurata f. alba 242<br />
Cattleya purpurata f. coerulea 242<br />
Cattleya quadricolor ‘Dona Zoraide’ 243<br />
Cattleya quadricolor f. alba ‘Yaizu S<strong>of</strong>t’ 243<br />
Cattleya aff. rex 243<br />
Index to Volume 59<br />
Cattleya rosea ‘Tashiro no 3’ 44<br />
Cattleya schilleriana 243<br />
Cattleya schroederae ‘<strong>The</strong> Baron’ FCC/RHS 244<br />
Cattleya schroederae f. alba ‘Hercules’ 43, 244<br />
Cattleya schroederae ‘Matsura’ 244<br />
Cattleya schroederae ‘Popayan’ 244<br />
Cattleya teretecaulis 244<br />
Cattleya tigrina var. albaviridis 245<br />
Cattleya tigrina 244<br />
Cattleya trianae 204, 245<br />
Cattleya trianae ‘Dan’ 245<br />
Cattleya trianae f. concolor 245<br />
Cattleya violacea 245<br />
Cattleya walkeriana 246<br />
Cattleya walkeriana ‘Blue Moon’ 106<br />
Cattleya walkeriana, a ‘semi alba’ form 246<br />
Cattleya warneri, a ‘semi alba’ form 246<br />
Cattleya warscewiczii f. alba 246<br />
Cattleya warscewiczii, a concolor form 246<br />
Cattleya wittigiana 247<br />
Chelsea Flower Show: A flower dragon from Thailand 163<br />
Chelsea Flower Show: EYOF exhibit 219<br />
Chelsea Flower Show: McBean’s Gold Medal display 163<br />
Chelsea Flower Show: OSGB Gold Medal exhibit 160, 161, 162, 220<br />
Chelsea Flower Show: Silver exhibit, Jardin Luxembourg, Paris 164<br />
Chelsea Flower Show: Silver-Gilt exhibit, Harry and Niki Nagata 164<br />
Chytroglossa aurata ‘Sandra’s Valentine’ BC/RHS, CCC/RHS 143<br />
Cleisocentron merrillianum ‘Gaytarn’ BC/RHS 290<br />
Cleistes rosea 18<br />
Cochlioda sanguinea 157<br />
Coelogyne asperata 304<br />
Coelogyne cristata 183<br />
Coelogyne fimbriata 50<br />
Coelogyne fuliginosa 50<br />
Coryanthes bicalcarata with nectar 12<br />
Coryanthes macranthum with nectar 1<br />
Cuitlauzina pulchellum 40<br />
Cymbidium devonianum 159<br />
Cymbidium Dorothy Stockstill 27<br />
Cymbidium Early Style 61<br />
Cymbidium elegans 60<br />
Cymbidium ensifolium 110<br />
Cymbidium erythraeum 203<br />
Cymbidium erythrostylum 60<br />
Cymbidium faberi 111, 112<br />
Cymbidium goeringii 108, 113, 114<br />
Cymbidium kanran 115<br />
Cymbidium Golden Elf 278<br />
Cymbidium nishiuchianum 116<br />
Cymbidium sinense 117, 118<br />
Cymbidium tortisepalum 119, 120<br />
Cypripedium formosanum 184<br />
Cypripedium henryi 207<br />
Cypripedium kentuckiense 206<br />
Cyrtochilum (Rusbyella) peruviana 40<br />
Cyrtochilum aureum 8<br />
Cyrtochilum macranthum 40<br />
Cyrtochilum serratum 40<br />
Dactylorhiza fuchsii 66<br />
Darwin, Charles 194<br />
Dendrobium anosmum 158<br />
Dendrobium christyanum 52<br />
Dendrobium fimbriatum var. oculatum 97<br />
Dendrobium Gatton Rose 203<br />
Dendrobium glomeratum 62<br />
Dendrobium infundibulum 140<br />
Dendrobium kingianum hybrid 202<br />
Dendrobium kingianum 140<br />
Dendrobium lamyaiae 277<br />
Dendrobium lichenastrum 61<br />
Dendrobium macrophyllum 66<br />
Dendrobium moniliforme ‘Kokuhotan’, - leaves 96<br />
Dendrobium pleianthum 140<br />
Dendrobium polysema 138<br />
Dendrobium thyrsiflorum 187<br />
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Index to Volume 59<br />
Dendrobium timorii 141<br />
Dendrochilum bicallosum ‘Mike Fuller’ 94<br />
Dendrochilum glumaceum 206<br />
Dienia ophrydis ‘Frisky’ CCC/RHS 287<br />
Disa display by David Parkinson 47<br />
Disa uniflora 45<br />
Disa Unifoam 121<br />
Disa Watsonii 121<br />
Doritaenopsis ‘Harck Galaxy’ 31<br />
Doritaenopsis Alice’s Beth 33<br />
Doritaenopsis Allsun Rainbow 183<br />
Doritaenopsis I-Hsin Black Jack 33<br />
Doritaenopsis I-Hsin Waltz 33<br />
Doritaenopsis Leopard Prince 33<br />
Doritis pulcherrima var. champorensis 104<br />
Down House 193<br />
Dracula bellerophon 249<br />
Dracula carlueri 254<br />
Dracula chestertonii 64<br />
Dracula chimaera 249<br />
Dracula cochliops 253<br />
Dracula cutis-bufonis 252<br />
Dracula diana 253<br />
Dracula felix 51<br />
Dracula gigas 250<br />
Dracula gorgona 250<br />
Dracula Jester 254<br />
Dracula lemurella 251<br />
Dracula lotax 254<br />
Dracula nycterina 251<br />
Dracula pholeodytes 251<br />
Dracula polyphemus 250<br />
Dracula psyche 249<br />
Dracula simia 253<br />
Dracula vampira 248<br />
Dracula vespertilio 251<br />
Dracuvallia Eric AM/RHS 255<br />
Elleanthus myrosmatis 20<br />
Elleanthus strobilifera 20<br />
Encyclia alata var. rossii 270<br />
Encyclia chloroleuca 272<br />
Encyclia tampensis 272<br />
Eria leiophylla 106<br />
European OC, Dresden: a display at Dresden 201<br />
European OC, Dresden: Miltonia Goodale Moir ‘Wossen II’ 200<br />
European OC, Dresden: view <strong>of</strong> Dresden 201<br />
Fernandezia ionanthera, Huanuco, Peru 9, 10<br />
Flat-pack house, Peru 13<br />
Fly with pollen <strong>of</strong> Bulbophyllum graveolens ‘Roger Lane’ 165<br />
Fontmell Down walking party 180<br />
Gomesa (Baptistonia) echinata 41<br />
Goode-Adams, Giles 122<br />
Goodyera hachikoensis var. matsamurana ‘Setsutin’ - leaves 96<br />
Goodyera schlechtendaliana ‘Hatsuyume’ 96<br />
Goodyera schlechtendaliana ‘Kiyosato’ – leaves 96<br />
Govenia species 18<br />
Govenia tingens 18<br />
Green, James loading van for Chelsea 178<br />
Habenaria carnea 52<br />
Habenaria myriotricha ‘Blackwater’ BC/RHS 70, 71<br />
Habenaria radiata 275<br />
Habenaria trifida 19<br />
Hamelwellsara Happy Hour ‘Purple Emperor’ AM/RHS 289<br />
Hamilton, Bert 181<br />
Hawkins, Mary-Jane 165<br />
Himantoglossum hircinum 274<br />
Hurley, Sam and the Luton van for Chelsea 178<br />
Hurley, Sam 165<br />
Ida grandis 281<br />
Ida jimenezii 98<br />
Ida peruviana 21<br />
Ida tornemezae 21<br />
I-Hsin Nursery 29<br />
Jeffries, Len 139<br />
Keith Andrew’s hybrids 228<br />
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Kelleher, Jo: display 53<br />
Kew <strong>Orchid</strong> Festival, February 2010 88<br />
Laelia albida 44<br />
Laelia anceps 44<br />
Landslide, Peru 9<br />
Late spider orchid 132<br />
Leopardus wiedii – skin 20<br />
Lepanthes aculeata 15, 16<br />
Leptotes unicolor 51<br />
Lizard orchid 133<br />
Lycaste Chita Impulse ‘Rome Radiance’ 97<br />
Lycaste cruenta sketch 69<br />
Lycaste David 159<br />
Malaxis andicola 19<br />
Manning, Steve 248<br />
Masdevallia antonii 198<br />
Masdevallia Bella Donna 199<br />
Masdevallia caudata 199<br />
Masdevallia coccinea 198<br />
Masdevallia Confetii 153<br />
Masdevallia datura 198<br />
Masdevallia Falcon’s Gold 195<br />
Masdevallia (ignea x Antizana) 188<br />
Masdevallia manoloi 187<br />
Masdevallia pinocchio 199<br />
Masdevallia rimarima-alba 6<br />
Masdevallia Shane White 197<br />
Masdevallia Tuakua Candy 198<br />
Masdevallia uniflora 6<br />
Masdevallia uniflora in Huassahuassi 5<br />
Masdevallia uniflora, picotee form 6<br />
Masdevallia uniflora, white form 6<br />
Masdevallia x kareliae 7, 8, 84<br />
Masdevallias: variation <strong>of</strong> temperature with elevation 196<br />
Maxillaria aurea 43<br />
Maxillaria chrysantha 43<br />
Maxillaria cucullata 53<br />
Maxillaria eburnea and Diothonea (Epidendrum) imbricata (Print) 135<br />
Maxillaria haemathodes 14, 15<br />
Maxillaria sanderiana xanthine form ‘Megan’ BC/RHS 283<br />
Maxillaria sophronitis 50<br />
Meiracyllium trinasutum 277<br />
Menzies, David 202<br />
Mesospinidium incantans 42<br />
Microterangis hildebrandtii 182<br />
Miltonia (Oncidium) phymatochilum ‘Herrenhausen’ 41<br />
Miltonia clowesii 39<br />
Miltonia spectabilis var. moreliana 39<br />
Monopampa, Peru in the rainy season 13<br />
Morrison, <strong>The</strong> Hon. Alasdair 48, 49<br />
Mount Roraima 124<br />
Muna, Peru: new road to 13<br />
Needlework <strong>of</strong> Phalaenopsis 69<br />
Neotinea maculata 263<br />
Odontioda Coin Varin ‘Saint Helier’ AM/RHS 208<br />
Odontioda Heatonensis 156<br />
Odontioda Moulin de Louis ‘Saint Martin’ AM/RHS 208<br />
Odontioda Ville a L’Eveque ‘Saint Brelade’ AM/RHS 208<br />
Odontoglossum cirrhosum 157<br />
Odontoglossum Petit E’tacquerel ‘Saint Brelade’ AM/RHS 209<br />
Odontoglossum Royal Occasion 191<br />
Oncidium (Cochlioda) noezlianum 39<br />
Oncidium (Mexicoa) ghiesbrechtianum 39<br />
Oncidium (Odontoglossum) cristatellum 39<br />
Oncidium (Odontoglossum) pardineum 39<br />
Oncidium (Odontoglossum) tripudians 39<br />
Oncidium (Odontoglossum) wyattianum 39<br />
Oncidium (Sigmatostalix) caldense 39<br />
Oncidium (Sigmatostalix) sergii 39<br />
Oncidium bifolium 38<br />
Oncidium cornigerum 38<br />
Oncidium fuscatum 38<br />
Ooi, Benjamin, Ruey and Dylan 100<br />
Ooi, Michael 100<br />
Ophrys kotchyi 262
Ophrys lutea 67<br />
Ophrys lutea subsp. galilaea 261<br />
Ophrys species 262<br />
Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa 262<br />
Orchis (syn. Aceras) anthropophora 182<br />
Orchis italica 262<br />
Orchis quadripunctata 262<br />
Orchis simia 185<br />
OSGB Badge on display at Peterborough 264<br />
OSGB Display at Peterborough IOS, 2010 264<br />
Otoglossum weberbauerianum 40<br />
Pachyphyllim falcifolium 19<br />
Palmer, Irene 194<br />
Paphiopedilum concolor 280<br />
Paphiopedilum curtisii 184<br />
Paphiopedilum Du Motier ‘Victoria Village’AM/RHS 289<br />
Paphiopedilum fairrieanum forma album ‘Green Eye’ 95<br />
Paphiopedilum Karl Ploberger ‘Barbara’AM/RHS 283<br />
Paphiopedilum Le Noir Pre ‘Jersey’ AM/RHS 289<br />
Paphiopedilum Maori 65<br />
Paphiopedilum Michael Koopowitz 26<br />
Paphiopedilum micranthum ‘Frieda’ FCC/RHS, CCC/RHS 85, 128, 209<br />
Paphiopedilum micranthum var. glanceanum ‘Gillian’ AM/RHS 127<br />
Paphiopedilum Psyche 280<br />
Paphiopedilum Vieux Moulin ‘La Ponterrin’ AM/RHS 142<br />
Paraphalaenopsis labukensis, mounted 105<br />
Peristylus trimenii 74<br />
Peterborough IOS: Bulbophyllum graveolens ‘Roger Lane’ 165<br />
Phaius tankervilleae 58<br />
Phalaenopsis amabilis 26, 166, 167<br />
Phalaenopsis amboinensis 167<br />
Phalaenopsis aphrodite 167<br />
Phalaenopsis appendiculata 101, 167, 168<br />
Phalaenopsis bastianii 103, 168<br />
Phalaenopsis bellina 103, 168<br />
Phalaenopsis bellina forma lutea 175<br />
Phalaenopsis braceana 168<br />
Phalaenopsis chibae 168, 169<br />
Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi 103, 169<br />
Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi var. flava 169<br />
Phalaenopsis equestris 169<br />
Phalaenopsis equestris forma aurea 169<br />
Phalaenopsis fasciata 169<br />
Phalaenopsis gigantea 170<br />
Phalaenopsis hybrid (painting) 67<br />
Phalaenopsis I-Hsin Kabuki 33<br />
Phalaenopsis I-Hsin Sun Beauty 33<br />
Phalaenopsis javanica 170<br />
Phalaenopsis lindenii 107, 170, 171<br />
Phalaenopsis lobbii 171<br />
Phalaenopsis lowii 171<br />
Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana 171<br />
Phalaenopsis Maki Watanabe 32<br />
Phalaenopsis mannii 172<br />
Phalaenopsis mariae 172<br />
Phalaenopsis pallens 172<br />
Phalaenopsis parishii 103, 173<br />
Phalaenopsis philippinensis 173<br />
Phalaenopsis plant (model) 69<br />
Phalaenopsis pulcherrima 173<br />
Phalaenopsis pulcherrima var. coerulea 173<br />
Phalaenopsis sanderiana 173, 174<br />
Phalaenopsis schilleriana 105, 174<br />
Phalaenopsis speciosa var. tetraspis 174<br />
Phalaenopsis Star Orange ‘Sunglow’ 190<br />
Phalaenopsis stuartiana 175<br />
Phalaenopsis sumatrana 175<br />
Phalaenopsis Valentinii 221<br />
Phalaenopsis violacea 103<br />
Phalaenopsis violacea forma alba 176<br />
Phalaenopsis violacea forma coerulea 176<br />
Phalaenopsis violacea in its habitat 175<br />
Phalaenopsis wilsonii 176<br />
Plant mimicking an orchid, Peru 11<br />
Platystele oxyglossa 17<br />
Index to Volume 59<br />
Pleurothallis phymatodea 279<br />
Polystachya bella 205<br />
Preparing the Chelsea display 179<br />
Promenaea stapelioides 277<br />
Prosthechea lancifolia 271<br />
Prosthechea vespa 272<br />
Prosthechea vitellina 269<br />
Psychopsis papilio 40, 65<br />
Pyramidal orchid 132<br />
Red-flowered herb, Peru 11<br />
RHS London OS: Henry Oakeley photo exhibit 129<br />
RHS London OS: OSGB display 126, 127, 129<br />
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Princess Kiko ‘Hohoemi’ 152<br />
Rhynchostele (Lemboglossum) bictoniense 40<br />
Rhynchostele (Lemboglossum) cervantesii 40<br />
Rhynchostele (Lemboglossum) cordata 40<br />
Rhynchostylis Chorchalod 93<br />
Rio Huallaga, Peru 4<br />
Rittershausen, Brian 122, 257<br />
Rittershausen, Wilma 122<br />
Rossioglossum grande 40<br />
Rudolfiella picta ‘Herrenhausen’ BC/RHS 284<br />
Ruiz, Saul with Maxillaria haemathodes 14<br />
Sarcochilus Fitzhart 186<br />
Sarcochilus hartmannii 186<br />
Schoenorchis fragrans 276<br />
Schoenorchis manipurensis ‘Dorothy’ CCC/RHS 287<br />
Schomburgkia (Myrmecophila), Jean and Tony Britton’s 266<br />
Schomburgkia superbiens (now Laelia superbiens) 267<br />
Seidenfadenia mitrata 275<br />
Serapias lingua (pale form) 189<br />
Serapias species 263<br />
Sievekingia fimbriata ‘Herrenhausen’ BC/RHS 284<br />
Singapore 2010: New Guinea exhibit 224<br />
Singapore 2010: orchids hang from twisted vines 225<br />
Singapore 2010: Singapore Botanic Garden exhibit 226<br />
Sobralia rosea 19<br />
Sobralia aff. setigera 19<br />
Solomon, Kim 165<br />
Sophronitis acuensis 68<br />
Spiranthes sinensis ‘Nio’- leaves 96<br />
Stanhopea tigrina var. aurea 256<br />
Stanhopea tigrina var. nigroviolacea 257<br />
Stelis species 63<br />
Stenoglottis Neptune ‘Chelsea Frieda’ AM/RHS 210<br />
Stenorrhynchus albidomaculatus 98<br />
Taisuco Nursery 30<br />
Taiwan IOS: Best Display 27<br />
Taiwan IOS: display by Chiang Mai Botanical Gardens 25<br />
Taiwan IOS: display by OSGB 31<br />
Taiwan IOS: display by Taiwan OGA 26<br />
Tokyo Dome Show: Cattleyas 89<br />
Tokyo Dome Show: exhibits 91, 92<br />
Tokyo Dome Show: setting up exhibits 90<br />
Tokyo Dome Show: traditional orchid arrangements 95<br />
Trichocentrum hastilabium 41<br />
Trichocentrum lanceanum 41<br />
Trichocentrum species 63<br />
Trichocentrum splendidum var. concolor ‘Mei Chen’ 41<br />
Trichopilia URG ‘Dahlenburg’ CCC/RHS 286<br />
Vanda Bitz’s Heartthrob 28<br />
Vanda Black Magic ‘Mirjam’AM/RHS 283<br />
Vandopsis gigantea 102<br />
Watson, Eileen 229<br />
White Phalaenopsis’ - Sam Hurley’s 259<br />
White, Peter 99<br />
Wisley <strong>Orchid</strong> Festival: Cymbidium devonianum 159<br />
Wisley <strong>Orchid</strong> Festival: Dendrobium anosmum 158<br />
Wisley <strong>Orchid</strong> Festival: Linda Lachelin with Lycaste David 159<br />
Wisley <strong>Orchid</strong> Festival: Oncidium tree 158<br />
Wisley <strong>Orchid</strong> Festival: Woks containing Phalaenopsis plants 158<br />
Yu Pin Nursery 29<br />
Zelenkoa onustum 41<br />
Zygopetalum maculatum 20<br />
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Show Diary<br />
2010<br />
November<br />
5-7 Hungarian <strong>Orchid</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
(palmaiildiko@t-online.hu). Meeting <strong>of</strong><br />
the European <strong>Orchid</strong> Council at the<br />
International <strong>Orchid</strong> and Bromeliad<br />
Exhibition, Museum <strong>of</strong> Hungarian<br />
Agriculture (Castle <strong>of</strong> Vajdahunyad),<br />
Budapest, Hungary.<br />
6 OSGB Autumn Show, Wraysbury<br />
Village Hall, <strong>The</strong> Green, Wraysbury,<br />
Middlesex TW19 5NA. 10.30-16.00.<br />
Info www.plestedorchids.com and Iona<br />
Macphie ionamacphie@btinternet.com<br />
21 CHS Sussex OG Open Autumn Show,<br />
Crawley Horticultural Hall, Ifield Avenue,<br />
Crawley. 13.30.<br />
Contact Mrs. Sally Mill, 01293 547896<br />
2011<br />
February<br />
19 North Bucks OS Show, Flitwick Village<br />
Hall, Flitwick, Beds. MK45 1HP. (2 minutes<br />
from train station). 11.00-16.00.<br />
Contact: Kate Bellingham 01234 824882<br />
March<br />
19 - 20 RHS London <strong>Orchid</strong> Show, RHS<br />
Lawrence Hall, Westminster, London.<br />
10.00-17.00. Preview evening<br />
March 18, 18.30-21.00.<br />
20 In association with the London <strong>Orchid</strong><br />
Show, First International Slipper <strong>Orchid</strong><br />
Symposium in association with the<br />
British Paphiopedilum <strong>Society</strong>.<br />
For details, see page 268.<br />
27 South East OS Show, Ashford Rail Staff<br />
Club Hall, Beaver Road, Ashford, Kent (Nr<br />
the International Railway Station).<br />
14.00–16.00.<br />
Contact: Janet Hooker, 01303 256637 or<br />
janet.hooker@sky.com or visit<br />
www.seos.care4free.com<br />
April<br />
2 Solihull & District OS Show, Arden<br />
School, Station Road, Knowle, Solihull,<br />
West Midlands B93 0PT. 11.00-16.00.<br />
Contact Janet James, 01564 822897<br />
10 Darlington and District OS, OSGB and<br />
BOGA Show at Josephine Butler<br />
College, Durham University.<br />
(see OSGBJ (2010) 59(3): 192)<br />
May<br />
23 - 28 Chelsea Flower Show<br />
June<br />
17 - 19 Peterborough International <strong>Orchid</strong><br />
Show, East <strong>of</strong> England Show Ground,<br />
Peterborough.<br />
www.peterboroughinternationalorchids<br />
how.org.uk<br />
October<br />
15 - 16 Devon <strong>Orchid</strong> Weekend, Dawlish<br />
Warren, Devon<br />
30 South East OS Show, Ashford Rail Staff<br />
Club Hall, Beaver Road, Ashford, Kent (Nr<br />
the International<br />
Railway Station). 14.00–16.00. Contact:<br />
Janet Hooker, 01303 256637 or<br />
janet.hooker@sky.com or visit<br />
www.seos.care4free.com<br />
November<br />
13 - 20 Please note change <strong>of</strong> dates for:<br />
20th World <strong>Orchid</strong> Conference,<br />
Singapore. www.20woc.com.sg<br />
2012<br />
September<br />
10-16 19th AOC Conference & Show, Perth,<br />
Western Australia. ‘Wild About <strong>Orchid</strong>s’.<br />
http://www.waorchids.iinet.net.au/19th_<br />
AOC_Conference.htm<br />
Further Diary Dates may be found via the OSGB<br />
website and the British <strong>Orchid</strong> Council website<br />
http://www.british-orchid-council.info/<br />
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