The Orchid Society of Great Britain

Orchid 

Society of Great Britain 

Journal 

VOLUME 59 No 4 November - December 2010 - January 2011

The Orchid Society of Great Britain 

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Officers of the Society 

#President: Dr Henry Oakeley, 

(e-mail: henry.oakeley@virgin.net) 

77 Copers Cope Road., Beckenham, Kent, BR3 1NR. 

Tel. 020 8658 0358 

Vice President: Mrs J. Kelleher. 

#*Chairman: Mr Roy White, 

(e-mail: royjoewhite@hotmail.com) 

30 Acorn Grove, Ruislip Gardens, Middx., HA4 6LP. 

Tel. 01895 632689. Mobile 0798063 0235. 

#Secretary: Mrs Val Micklewright, 

(e-mail: Val@micklewright.com) 

103 North Rd., Three Bridges, Crawley, 

W. Sussex, RH10 1SQ. Tel. 01293 528615 

#Treasurer: Mrs Sally Mill, 

82 Hazelwick Road, Three Bridges, W. Sussex, 

RH10 1NH. Tel. 01293 547896 

#Membership Secretary: Mr Walter Lefley, 

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39 Hainault Road, Romford, Essex, RM5 3AA. 

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Sponsorship Secretary: Miss Mary-Jane Hawkins, 

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Mobile 07905 527089 

#Trustees of the Society 

*Representatives to British Orchid Council. 

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Committee Members 

*Mrs Betty Barber, 

(e-mail: betty.barber@gmail.com) 

8 Dean Close, Deeds Grove, High Wycombe, Bucks., 

HP12 3NS. Tel. 01494 529604 

Lady Samantha Hurley, 

(e-mail: sam@ballyhurley.com) 

17 Veronica Road, London SW17 8QL. 

Tel. 020 8673 7751 

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(e-mail: ols_francisjquesadapallares@hotmail.com) 

50 Fir Tree Gardens, Shirley, Croydon, Surrey, 

CR0 8JQ. Tel. 0208 777 2904 

Mr Andre Roux, 

(e-mail: andre.roux@live.co.uk) 

Rear Ground, 58B Shooters Hill Road, Blackheath, 

London SE3 7BG. 

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(e-mail: akmsolomon@yahoo.co.uk) 

31, Burghley House, Somerset Road, Wimbledon, 

London SW19 5JB. 

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Editor’s notes 

My apologies to the 

Croydon Orchid 

Group for not 

altering the details 

of their venue in the 

Journal Supplement. 

They now meet in 

the Wallington 

United Reformed 

Church, Stanley Park Road, Wallington, 

Surrey SM6 OEU, which they tell me is much 

warmer than their old venue – the allotment 

shed. Meetings are held on the first Tuesday 

of the month (except January) at 19.30. 

Details from Mike Penny 0208 648 7295. 

Anyone planning to attend the 20th World 

Orchid Conference in Singapore, please note 

that the dates have been changed to 13-20th November 2011 - with Judging on the 12th 

and the Judging Preview the afternoon of the 

11th. For details see www.20woc.com.sg. The 

website www.woc2011.org is often quoted 

and will automatically link with the first site. 

Please remember our Autumn Show on 

Saturday November 6th at Wraysbury. There 

will be no meeting at Napier Hall in 

November 

The deadline for the next issue is December 

10th 2010, but see details in Letter from the 

Editor. 

Eileen Watson 

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Contents 

Officers of the Society ..................................................... 222 

Letter from the President, Dr Henry Oakeley ......... 224 

Letter from the Editor ..................................................... 229 

Cattleya species – a pictorial guide to 

identification by Henry Oakeley.................................. 230 

A Different Look at Dracula Names 

by Steve Manning ............................................................ 248 

Stanhopea tigrina var. aurea 

by Brian Rittershausen ................................................... 256 

Stanhopea tigrina var. nigroviolacea 

by Eileen Watson .............................................................. 257 

Book Review: Discovering New World Orchids 

by Steve Manning ............................................................ 258 

What’s in a Name? by Dave Trendell ......................... 259 

Obituary – Basil Francis .................................................. 260 

Northern Cyprus Holiday: March 2010 

by Val William Bartlett ..................................................... 261 

OSGB at Peterborough, 2010 

by Val Micklewright and Sally Mill ............................. 264 

Schomburgkia (now Myrmecophila) species 

by Jean and Tony Britton ............................................... 266 

Note from the Treasurer ................................................. 267 

Note from the Programme Secretary ....................... 268 

Napier Hall Meetings: 

Proceedings by Michael McIllmurray ............... 269 

Table Shows by Iona Macphie, Andre Roux ... 273 

Photographic and Art Competition .......................... 282 

RHS Orchid Committee Reports ................................. 283 

Advertisements ................................................................ 291 

Index to Volume 59 ......................................................... 298 

Services to Members:- 

Meetings, Cultural Advice, Website, Library, 

Travel Club, Displays ............................................... 302 

Show Diary ......................................................................... 303 

Front Cover: Phalaenopsis Valentinii (cornu-cervi 

x violacea) – photo by Henry Oakeley 

Back Cover: Colin Carter’s Coelogyne asperata - 

photo by Petra Richardson 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 223

Letter From The President 

Henry Oakeley 

Future orchid exhibits 

Singapore Orchid Festival, 2010 

The Society is still basking in the warm glow 

of our successes at Chelsea Flower Show and 

Peterborough, and your committee is 

planning the activities for next year. Is there 

anyone out there with design experience, 

perhaps from setting up exhibits at other 

societies who would like to help the team? 

We are all getting older (and some of us 

have reached ‘old’ already) so need to hand 

on the task to others as we do not wish to 

die in harness. We have the London Orchid 

Show in March 18-20, Chelsea in May 23-28, 

Peterborough in June 17-19, Darlington and 

District Show in Durham on April 10, and the 

World Orchid Conference in Singapore on 13- 

20 November, and possibly the Devon Orchid 

Society show on October 15-16 and the BOGA 

show at Dinton Pastures (which was another 

successful exhibit for us a few weeks ago). 

Let Val Pugh or myself know if you are 

interested in being involved. 

Singapore 2010: New Guinea exhibit 

224 • OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 

In preparation for the World Orchid 

Conference in Singapore in 2011, I went out 

there in July to set up the orchid display for 

the Singapore Botanic Gardens at their 

orchid festival. I was hugely impressed with 

the facilities and help that is given to all 

exhibitors. The SBG exhibit was on a circular 

table top, divided into six triangular sections, 

to represent five different continents where 

orchids grow. The sixth section was a lake 

with a vast central tree trunk with a 

waterfall descending from it; there were 

orchids in an illuminated cave under the 

tree, and great circles of woody vines 

festooned with orchids hung from vertical 

tree branches. No expense was spared. I had 

a design company with half a dozen staff to 

build the exhibit, an electrician, two 

botanists, and another half dozen gardening 

staff to set out the plants and moss it all up. 

Their skills were wonderful. The plants were

all provided by the SBG – imported from all 

over the world – and the moss was the 

familiar stuff we use for our exhibits, flown 

in from Denmark via Holland, and we must 

have used a hundred boxes. No expense 

spared! The result, though I say it myself, 

was OK. The same help and enthusiasm is to 

be expected for the World Orchid 

Conference and we should all try to be there 

– certainly I hope the OSGB will be 

exhibiting. 

Advertising and the Welsh 

Botanic Garden Orchid Festival, 

September 2010 

I saw this advertised in The Orchid Review as 

a new grower was going to be there. It was 

the third time that a festival has been held 

at the Welsh Botanic Garden, and there were 

two days of orchid talks as well. I had never 

heard of it before. Quite why it is not 

advertised in the OSGB Journal is very curious 

as, apart from the fact that a quarter page 

advert costs eight times as much in The 

Orchid Review, we have 200 new members 

each year and over 1000 members in all, 

most of them amateur orchid growers. The 

show was small, there were about 30 people 

in the marquee when I visited on the Sunday, 

and half of those were exhibitors. It was 

difficult to see how the vendors made any 

money. Please encourage your local growers 

to advertise. 

We advertise national and international 

shows and those of societies that are 

affiliated to the OSGB for no fee in our 

events page at the back of the Journal, but 

we gave up advertising for non-affiliated 

societies as it was taking up too much space 

(which we have to pay for), and now we just 

put a link on our website to the British 

Letter from the President 

Singapore 2010: orchids hang from twisted vines 

Orchid Council website’s events page. 

Affiliating your local society costs only £16 

and as the OSGB is trying to help with orchid 

events from affiliated societies all round the 

country, please talk to your committee 

members about this if yours is not affiliated. 

Advertising must have some benefit to 

growers as well. I asked the 100+ members 

who came to the beginners’ day in August if 

they had heard of two well-established 

orchid firms who do not advertise in the 

Journal – less than a dozen even recognised 

the names. This seems a pity. 

Growing orchids – how to tell if 

you are doing it correctly 

If your orchids stay alive, you are at least half 

way there, but most of us want to do better 

than that. Bring them to the show table at 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 225

Singapore 2010: 

Singapore Botanic Garden exhibit


the monthly meetings and ask one of the 

judges about their culture. I was shown a 

Masdevallia which was trying to flower but 

the buds rotted off at the last moment. One 

look – the leaves were very dark green and 

spread out so they were almost horizontal, 

instead of the vertical, light to medium green 

leaves one sees on the beautifully grown 

plants that Mike Buckingham brings to the 

meetings. Plants will put more pigment in 

their leaves (the more the pigment the more 

the light absorption) if they are grown in too 

much shade, and spread them out to increase 

the surface area directly exposed to the sun, 

Some of Keith Andrew’s hybrids (Photo courtesy of Keith Andrew) 

228 • OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 

for the same reason. This may not be the 

reason the buds were dropping off, but more 

light was certainly needed. 

Odontioda Heatonensis (see 

OSGBJ (2010) 59(3): 156 for photo) 

Keith Andrew writes: ‘I thought you might be 

interested in that I have made 27 hybrids with 

Oda Heatonensis since 1970, three of these 

hybrids are in progress since 2009, but then 

Heatonensis and I have something in 

common, it’s called AGE. I enclose a group 

picture of some hybrids from the 70s. There 

will be a number of these 

old-timers about in 

private collections - now 

getting fewer by the year; 

sad part of this is that 

these oldies are not 

commercial and bench 

space is so expensive, also 

needless to say they are 

not of Award standard for 

today.’ 

Keith continues with a 

short note about a plant 

of Cymbidium lowianum 

in his collection that he 

estimates is at least 150 

years old, and carries a 

spike of 45 flowers, the 

most he has ever known a 

lowianum to produce. 

(Keith Andrew was the 

owner of Plush Orchids, 

and one of his several 

claims to fame was his 

association with 

Vuylstekeara Cambria 

‘Plush’ FCC/RHS, perhaps 

the most mericloned 

orchid ever – Ed.)

Editor of the Journal 

This is the last Journal that will be edited by 

Eileen Watson who has served the Society so 

well for so long. Since the August-October, 

2000 issue, volume 49, no 3, a total of 42 

issues, in fact. When she took over it had 

only nine to ten pages in colour with perhaps 

20 photographs – now all pages can be in 

colour and up to 200 photos. There can be 

few journals, let alone orchid journals, that 

have seen such continued improvement. On 

Letter from the Editor 

I am delighted that Sam Hurley has decided that she can 

take on the position of Editor for the Journal (e-mail: 

sam@ballyhurley.com). I’m sure she will do very well and 

develop the Journal in her own style. It is fitting we have 

a new Editor in the 60 th year of the Society. 

I would like to thank all the people who have written 

articles over the years – particularly Michael McIllmurray 

who has faithfully reported on the speakers’ talks at 

Napier Hall since 1998 – he tells me he feels he is getting a 

bit stale! Also, thanks to Iona Macphie who has written 

extensively for the Journal since 2004 until recently when 

her busy working life has meant she has scaled back on 

her writings. I would also like to thank Sydie Bones who 

has been prepared to fit in with proof reading at a 

moment’s notice. 


behalf of us all I would like to thank her for 

her hard work, aided by her sharp acumen 

which has made it happen. Eileen will be a 

hard act to follow, but Sam Hurley, whose 

elegant prose impressed us in the last 

Journal (Diary of a White Van Driver) will be 

taking over the reins as editor, so please give 

her your support, write articles, send in 

photos, and keep our Journal progressing. 

Henry Oakeley 

I have appreciated the friendship of Marcel Kral of Smallfish 

Designs Ltd, - our designer throughout my era (and before). He remains calm in all 

circumstances, whilst I am panicking about CDs of photos lost in the post or delayed due to 

strikes. I have even hitched a lift with the small Puffin Ferry out of Lymington (in stormy 

seas) to deliver a CD into his hands at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. 

Above all, I am deeply grateful to Henry Oakeley for his support and encouragement - on 

occasions he has resorted to a quick e-mail - in Latin! I have been heard to remark ‘I couldn’t 

cope with being Editor without Henry as consultant’. He has been there as long as I have 

been Editor – assuming the role of President of our Society in 1999. 

Finally I would like to mention Ray Bilton of (then) Orchid Answers who was always 

supportive in my early days as Editor. I remember him saying ‘It is your opportunity to make 

a contribution to the orchid world’. I hope I have done that. 

Eileen Watson 

Eileen Watson 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 229

Cattleyas - 

a pictorial guide to identification 

Henry Oakeley 

Cattleyas have always been the Queen of 

Orchids, with their large, colourful, fragrant 

flowers, beloved by florists for corsages in 

the 1950-60s. Huge nurseries around the 

world, particularly in the USA, were set up to 

cater for the demand for cut flowers. 

Cattleyas are stimulated to flower by 

decreasing day length, so by careful 

manipulation of screens and opaque shading 

it was possible to trigger flowering twice a 

year to coincide with Easter, Mother’s Day 

and/or Thanksgiving. With good growing 

conditions cattleyas make specimen plants 

very quickly. 

The genus Cattleya was described by John 

Lindley, in Collecteana Botanica t.33, in 1824, in 

honour of his employer, William Cattley. It had 

been collected in Pernambuco, Brazil by the 

A specimen plant of Cattleya mossiae – very popular as a cut flower for corsages 

230 • OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 

naturalist William Swainson. It is to Arthur 

Chadwick, whose family have been growing 

cattleyas since 1989 that we owe the 

information that it was not collected in the 

Organ Mountains near Rio de Janeiro, and that 

the story that it came as packing material for 

other plants being imported is a myth 

(http://www.chadwickorchids.com/mythma 

ker) invented by Frederick Boyle in his 1893 

book, About Orchids – A Chat. Swainson had 

sent the plants he had collected to the 

Glasgow Botanic Gardens, from whence 

some had been sent to Cattley, who 

flowered them first. 

The flowers last about three weeks. The 

plants (to my eye) are rather ungainly things 

with their tall canes which flop about if not 

carefully staked. When in flower they are

spectacular. I personally find the 

identification of Cattleya species quite 

difficult, and there are also many cultivars 

and forms of each species. I hope this guide 

will help those similarly confused, but at 

least (for judging teams) it is also a list of 

what is now in the genus Cattleya. 

Culture 

Cattleyas are epiphytic, with velamen 

covered roots (similar to Phalaenopsis) that 

absorb and retain water. 

Grow in a bark compost – a weight in the 

bottom of a plastic pot helps stop them 

overbalancing, but clay pots are often used 

for this reason. Most people grow them in 

plain fir bark, but I find mine grow well in a 

50/50 mix of Sphagnum moss and Perlite. If 

you are frequently in the greenhouse, you 

can grow them on a large sheet of cork bark 

or a suitable branch, watering or spraying 

daily so that moss also grows on the bark. 

They prefer ‘intermediate’ temperatures 

(minimum 15°C at night, 20°C in the day in 

the winter; maximum 30°C in the day in the 

summer). Water well and feed alternate 

weeks when growing in the summer, and 

they can be allowed to dry out for a day 

between watering. Water sparingly in the 

winter. Light shade is all that is required in 

the summer and no shade in the winter. You 

will need to stake the taller growing Cattleya 

canes (pseudobulbs) as they grow to keep 

them upright, and the heavier flowered 

hybrids may need to have their flowers 

supported as well. The latter is done very 

well by the Taiwanese growers who wrap 

soft wire round the ovary and pedicel of the 

flower, and support it in this manner on a 

thin bamboo stake. 

Cattleyas 

Horticulturally we divide them into 

unifoliate (subgenus Cattleya) and bifoliate 

(subgenus Intermediae) cattleyas, depending 

on whether they have one or two thick fleshy 

leaves at the top of the cane. The bifoliate 

cattleyas are mainly from Brazil. I refer the 

reader to Cattleyas and their relatives by Carl 

Withner for a review of the different 

infrageneric classifications. Thousands of 

artificial hybrids have been made. 

Botanically, they have recently had a shake 

up in nomenclature, and all the plants that 

used to be Sophronitis and all the Laelia that 

come from Brazil have been moved into 

Cattleya. The genus Gurianthe, including G. 

aurantiaca, G. bowringiana and G. skinneri, 

which used to be Cattleya is still a separate 

genus and has not been moved back 

following the DNA studies on these plants. 

Currently there are 110 species recognised, 

but many are rare in cultivation. Over 600 

synonyms, varieties and natural hybrids are 

listed in the Kew Monocot List. 

This pictorial guide lists all the species 

currently in Cattleya with illustrations of 

many of them. Also recorded, from the Kew 

Monocot Checklist, is the publication in 

which each plant was first described. 

Withner’s books are the source of most of 

the other information. 

World Checklist of Monocotyledons. The 

Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic 

Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; 

http://www.kew.org/wcsp/monocots/ 

accessed 9/10. 

Withner, Carl, L. The Cattleyas and their 

Relatives. Vol. 1. The Cattleyas. Timber Press 

1988 

Withner, Carl, L. The Cattleyas and their 

Relatives. Vol. 2. The Laelias. Timber Press 

1990 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 231

Cattleyas 

Cattleya aclandiae w 

Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 26: t. 48 

(1840) 

Distribution: Brazil. It has one to 

two flowers, tepals mahogany 

with darker spots, lip with heavy 

purple veining. Canes about eight 

inches (20cm ) tall with two to 

three leaves. Flowering usually in 

May. Named for Lady Ackland. 

Cattleya cernua w 

(Lindl.) ined. 

Distribution: Brazil to Argentina. 

Clusters of small orange-red 

flowers on short discoid 

pseudobulbs, it grows well on a 

cork bark mount. Previously 

classified as a Sophronitis. 

232 • OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 

Cattleya aclandiae 

Cattleya amethystoglossa w 

Linden & Rchb.f. ex R.Warner, 

Select Orchid. Pl.: t. 2 (1862) 

Distribution: Brazil. It has five or 

more small flowers with pale pink 

tepals with darker pink spots, lip 

dark pink. One of the biggest 

cattleyas with canes 40 inches 

(one metre) tall. 

Cattleya acuensis w 

(Fowlie) Van den Berg, 

Neodiversity 3: 4 (2008) 

Distribution: Brazil. It has small red 

flowers, like C. coccinea but 

narrower sepals, petals and lip. A 

small plant, only a few inches tall, 

it is often grown on a bark slab. 

Previously classified as a 

Sophronitis. 

Cattleya acuensis Cattleya amethystoglossa ‘Eikoh’ 

Cattleya cernua 

Cattleya cinnabarina w 

(Bateman ex Lindl.) Van den Berg, 


Distribution: From S. Minas Girais, 

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Tall thin 

canes with bright orange flowers 

which have long narrow tepals, 

and a long recurving orange lip 

with pink veining. Previously 

classified as a Sophronitis.

Cattleya coccinea w 

Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 22: t. 

1919 (1836) 

Distribution: Brazil. A beautiful 

little species, often grown on a 

bark slab – note the moss which 

has also grown. It has bright 

orange flowers; line bred cultivars 

have the biggest flowers. Golden 

yellow forms and the striped var. 

barboleta are much sought after. 

Previously classified as a 

Sophronitis. 

Cattleya cinnabarina ‘Kaoru’ 

Cattleya coccinea 

Cattleyas 

Cattleya cinnabarina ‘Dream of Kimi’ 

Cattleya coccinea 

Cattleya coccinea f. aurea Cattleya coccinea var. barboleta 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 233

Cattleyas 

Cattleya crispata w 

(Thunb.) Van den Berg, 


Distribution: Minas Gerais, Brazil. 

Pretty yellow green flowers, 

similar to C. cinnabarina. 

234 • OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 

Cattleya crispata 

Cattleya dowiana w 

Bateman & Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 

1866: 922 (1866) 

Distribution: Costa Rica. This has 

up to seven large flowers, seven 

inches (18cm) across with yellow 

tepals and crimson-purple lip. The 

variety ‘Rosita’ has paler tepals 

and the variety aurea has a 

spectacular lip that defies any 

brief description. Named for Capt. 

J.M. Dow whose ship took many 

orchid collectors between England 

and Central America. 

Cattleya forbesii w 

Lindl., Coll. Bot.: t. 37 (1826) 

Distribution: Brazil. Rather dull 

greenish flowers with pink/orange 

lip, but it is a vigorous grower with 

15 inch (40cm) canes, and up to 

five flowers, four inches (10cm) 

across. Named after H.O. Forbes, 

gardener to the Duke of Bedford 

and collector for the Royal 

Horticultural Society. 

Cattleya dowiana f. aurea Cattleya forbesii 

Cattleya dormaniana w 

(Rchb.f.) Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 

1882(1): 216 (1882) 

Distribution: Brazil. Normally has 

pale orange-brown tepals and 

pinkish lip, but highly coloured 

forms are seen. Two to three, three 

inch (8cm) flowers with a very 

characteristic ‘droopy dog’ 

appearance are unusual for 

cattleyas in having six to eight 

pollinia, instead of four. 

Discovered by Henry Blunt on the 

Organ mountains of Rio de Janeiro 

in 1879 and first flowered by 

Charles Dorman of Sydenham, 

Kent. 

Cattleya dormaniana ‘Dark Angel’ Cattleya dowiana ‘Rosita’

Cattleya gaskelliana w 

(N.E.Br.) B.S.Williams, Orch.-Grow. 

Man., ed. 6: 182 (1885) 

Distribution: Colombia; Venezuela. 

This is a classical Cattleya, with 

pale pink tepals, purple lip and a 

somewhat tubular, orange throat. 

Named, in 1883, after Holbrook 

Gaskell, an orchid grower from 

Liverpool. Shown here is the alba 

form. 

Cattleya harpophylla w 

(Rchb.f.) Van den Berg, 


Distribution: Brazil. It has three to 

four, small, bright orange flowers 

on a small plant. Previously in 

genus Laelia, but transferred to 

Cattleya after DNA studies. The 

Latin species name refers to its 

sickle-shaped lateral sepals. 

Cattleya harrisoniana w 

Bateman ex Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. 

Reg. 22: t. 1919 (1836) 

Distribution: Brazil. This is also 

known (incorrectly) as Cattleya 

concolor. It is similar to C. 

loddigesii, with pale pink/purple 

flowers with 2-3 inch (7cm) flowers 

on 20 inch (50cm) canes. The 

cultivar ‘Madreperla’ is an almost 

white form. Named for the 

grower, from Liverpool, in 1836. 

Cattleyas 

Cattleya gaskelliana f. alba ‘Sara’ 

Cattleya harpophylla ‘Eikoh’ 

Cattleya harrisoniana ‘Madreperla’ 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 235

Cattleyas 

Cattleya intermedia w 

Graham ex Hook., Bot. Mag. 55: t. 

2851 (1828) 

Distribution: Brazil. Normally has 

up to five pink/purple flowers on 

15 inch (40cm) canes. Shown here 

are the alba form, and the variety 

orlata which has a striking dark 

purple lip. In the wild it may be 

found on coastal rocks and sand 

dunes ‘surrounded by the tide and 

dashed by the spray and subjected 

to the scorching sun ...’ (Withner). 

Cattleya jongheana w 



Distribution: Brazil. A dwarf plant 

with pale pink flowers, but the lip 

white and pink with a bright 

orange throat, five inches (14cm) 

across. The alba form is shown 

here. Previously in the genus 

Laelia, it was discovered in 1854 by 

Mathieu Libon (who died shortly 

afterwards, so its location was 

lost) and sent to the Belgian orchid 

nursery of de Jonghe. 

Cattleya kautskyana w 

(V.P.Castro & Chiron) Van den 

Berg, Neodiversity 3: 8 (2008) 

Distribution: Brazil. Flower similar 

to C. harpophlla but the mid-lobe 

is oval instead of long and narrow, 

but as it grows in the same locality 

(flowering a month later) along 

with ‘hybrids’ between the two, 

one might query if it is really a 

separate species. Named for 

Roberto Kautsky, who pointed out 

the differences, in 1974. 

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Cattleya intermedia f. alba 

Cattleya jongheana f. alba 

Cattleya kautskyana ‘Orange 

Ambassador’ 

Cattleya intermedia var. orlata 

‘Crownfox Jewel’ 

Cattleya lawrenceana w 

Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 23: 338 

(1885) 

Distribution: Guyana and 

Venezuela. This carries up to 

seven, five inch (14cm) purple 

flowers with a darker lip on 15 inch 

(45cm) canes. There are alba and 

coerulea species. Discovered in 

1844 by Robert Schombergk and 

named for Sir Trevor Lawrence, 

President of the RHS.

Cattleya loddigesii w 

Lindl., Coll. Bot.: t. 37 (1826) 

Distribution: Brazil and Argentina. 

This has up to nine pale purple 

flowers; the lip pale pink with 

yellow margins to the throat and a 

pale purple mid-lobe, on 15 inch 

(40cm) canes. Originally described 

(as an Epidendrum) by Messrs 

Loddiges in 1820, it was the first 

Cattleya to be imported to Europe 

(in 1810, to Liverpool Botanic 

Garden). 

Cattleya lueddemanniana w 

Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 1: 29 (1854) 

Distribution: Venezuela. A 

standard Cattleya with large 

flowers, eight inches (20cm) 

across, it has variable colours, but 

typically pale pink with veined 

purple lip and gold throat. It 

requires warmer growing 

conditions than most cattleyas. It 

is named for Mr Lueddemann, 

gardener to the Pescatore 

collection in Paris. 

Cattleyas 

Cattleya lawrenceana Cattleya lawrenceana f. coerulea 

Cattleya loddigesii ‘Atibaia’ 

Cattleya lueddemanniana ‘S and S 

Kazu’ 

Cattleya loddigesii ‘Mauta’ 

Cattleya lueddemanniana ‘Elisa’, a 

partly alba form 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 237

Cattleyas 

Cattleya lueddemanniana , a partly 

alba form 

Cattleya lundii w 

(Rchb.f. & Warm.) Van den Berg, 


Distribution: Brazil. With two 

terete leaves, about two inches 

(5cm) long on two inch 

pseudobulbs, it has a creeping 

habit with small white flowers 

with red markings on the lip. 

Named for Peter Lund, Danish 

plant collector in Brazil in the 19th C, it was first described as a Laelia 

in 1880. 

Cattleya maxima w 

Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 116 (1833) 

Distribution: Venezuela, Ecuador, 

Colombia and Peru. The upland 

forms are small, with canes as 

short as four inches (10cm) while 

the lowland forms have huge 

canes, 15 inches (40cm) high. The 

flowers are pale purple with a 

heavily purple-veined lip, although 

the alba and ‘semi alba’ forms, 

once rare, have become common 

in horticulture. 

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Cattleya lueddemanniana f. concolor 

Cattleya lundii 

Cattleya maxima 

Cattleya lundii f. alba

Cattleya mendelii w 

Dombrain, Fl. Mag. (London), n.s., 1: 

t. 32 (1872) 

Distribution: Colombia where it 

grows on bare rocks on the 

Eastern Cordillera near 

Bucaramanga. It has three flowers, 

eight inches (20cm) across on long 

canes, normally pale pink/purple 

with a darker purple lip and pale 

gold, red-veined, throat. Named 

for Sam Mendel, a rich private 

collector who lived at Manley Hall, 

Manchester. 

Cattleya maxima, a ‘semi alba’ form 

Cattleya mendelii f. coerulea 

Cattleya milleri 

Cattleyas 

Cattleya maxima f. alba 

Cattleya milleri w 

(Blumensch. ex Pabst) Van den 

Berg, Neodiversity 3: 9 (2008) 

Distribution: Brazil. Discovered in 

1960, it has two inch (6cm) high 

canes, with bright orange red, two 

inch (5cm), flowers with a yellow 

throat. Originally described as a 

Laelia it is named after H. Miller, a 

Brazilian geneticist. It enjoys full 

sun, which turns the leaves and 

pseudobulbs dark red. 

Cattleya mossiae w 

C.Parker ex Hook., Bot. Mag. 65: t. 

3669 (1838) 

Distribution: Venezuela. It has 4 or 

more flowers, seven inches (18cm) 

across, usually pale pink with 

darker lip and golden markings in 

the throat, but it is highly variable. 

It flowers in the spring after a 

winter’s rest. Named for Mrs Moss 

of Otterpool, Liverpool, who was 

the first to flower it in England. 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 239

Cattleyas 

Cattleya mossiae Cattleya mossiae ‘Valencian’, a ‘semi 

alba’ form 

Cattleya nobilior w 

Rchb.f., Ill. Hort. 30: t. 485 (1883) 

Distribution: Brazil. Similar to C. 

walkeriana but has two leaves on 

the pseudobulbs instead of only 

one. It produces three, four inch 

(10cm) flowers. It grows 

epiphytically in full sun (but in stiff 

breezes) as an epiphyte, with no 

rain for five months during its 

resting season. Normally pale 

purple flowers with a distinct 

shovel-like lip with a cream to 

yellow central diamond-shaped 

patch. 

Typical coloured Cattleya nobilior Cattleya nobilior var. suave ‘Lotus 

Junior’ 

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Cattleya nobilior f. coerulea ‘Soro’

Cattleya percivaliana w 

(Rchb.f.) O’Brien, Gard. Chron., n.s., 

20: 404 (1883) 

Distribution: Venezuela. The plant 

produces two to four flowers, five 

inches (12cm) wide, pink-purple 

with a darker lip, at Christmas. It 

grows at 1,300m on rocks in full 

sun, near rivers. Numerous colour 

forms occur. Named for M.R. 

Percival, an amateur orchid grower 

of Southport, it was introduced by 

Sanders orchid nursery in 1882. 

Cattleyas 

Cattleya nobilior ‘Leo’ Cattleya percivaliana ‘Summit’ 

FCC/AOS 

Cattleya percivaliana f. atropurpurea Cattleya percivaliana ‘La Goajiro’, a 

‘semi alba’ form 

Cattleya perrinii 

Cattleya perrinii w 

Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 24: t. 2 

(1838) 

Distribution: Brazil. It has two to 

three flowers on short 

pseudobulbs, with long, narrow, 

pink tepals and a red lip with 

golden throat. Previously 

described in the genus Laelia, it 

grows at around 900m in the 

Organ Mountains. Named after Mr 

Perrin a gardener in Liverpool. 

Cattleya praestans w 



Distribution: Brazil. A dwarf 

Cattleya with pale pink/purple 

tepals and dark purple lip, it has 

one to two flowers per 

pseudobulb. It grows as an 

epiphyte at 800m in light shade. 

Previously known as Laelia 

spectabilis (see Withner’s book) it 

is an important plant for breeding 

dwarf Cattleya hybrids. 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 241

Cattleyas 

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Cattleya pumila w 

Hook., Bot. Mag. 65: t. 3656 (1838) 

Distribution: Brazil. This is another 

dwarf Cattleya, similar to C. 

praestans but with drooping and 

reflexing tepals. Grows as an 

epiphyte in shade and high 

humidity, flowering in the spring. 

Previously known as Laelia pumila. 

Cattleya praestans Cattleya pumila f. alba, probably 

line-bred to lose the curled petals. 

Cattleya pumila f. coerulea, unusual 

colour but typical shape 

Cattleya purpurata w 

(Lindl. & Paxton) Van den Berg, 


Distribution: Brazil. The ‘Queen of 

the Laelias’ until it became a 

Cattleya. Its flowers are up to ten 

inches (25cm) across with up to 

eight on a cane. Usually white 

tepals and a red to purple lip, it 

has numerous colour forms. 

Introduced to Ghent in 1847, it 

grows in coastal areas, previously 

on sand dunes, now only on 

inaccessible trees. 

Cattleya purpurata Cattleya purpurata f. alba 

Cattleya purpurata f. coerulea

Cattleya quadricolor w 

Lindl., Paxton’s Fl. Gard. 1: 6 (1850) 

Distribution: Colombia. Previously 

known as C. chocoensis, it has 

modest flowers, often rather 

tubular, white with a purple midlobe 

to the lip and an orange 

throat. It grows epiphytically at 

1,500m in moist areas with good 

light. 

Cattleya rex w 

O’Brien, Gard. Chron., III, 1890(2): 

684 (1890) 

Distribution: Peru. The ‘King of 

Cattleyas’ has up to six flowers, 

six inches (15cm) across, tepals 

white, lip red-veined with yellow. 

It needs to be warm when 

growing, cool and dry when 

resting, with full sun in the winter. 

Cattleya schilleriana w 

Rchb.f., Allg. Gartenzeitung 25: 335 

(1857) 

Distribution: Brazil. A lovely 

bifoliate Cattleya of medium size, 

bearing up to two, four inch 

(10cm) flowers, mahogany brown, 

spotted tepals, and red-veined lip 

with yellow throat. Grows on cliffs 

on river margins, with three 

months without rain in the winter. 

Named for Consul Schiller of 

Hamburg in whose collection the 

plant first flowered in Europe. 

Cattleya quadricolor ‘Dona Zoraide’ 

Cattleya schilleriana 

Cattleyas 

Cattleya quadricolor f. alba ‘Yaizu 

Soft’ 

Cattleya aff. rex 

Cattleya schroederae w 

Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., III, 1: 512 

(1887) 

Distribution: Colombia. Four 

flowers appear at Easter, up to 

nine inches (23cm) across, pale 

pink with an orange throat. Some 

of the best colour forms are shown 

here. Named for Baroness 

Schroeder (the family name is now 

Schroder). 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 243

Cattleyas 

Cattleya schroederae ‘The Baron’ 

FCC/RHS 

Cattleya schroederae f. alba ‘Hercules’ 

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Cattleya schroederae ‘Popayan’ 

Cattleya tigrina w 

A.Rich., Portef. Hort. 2: 166 (1848) 

Distribution: Brazil. This has 

pseudobulbs up to four feet (1.2m) 

high, with up to thirty, three inch 

(8cm) flowers with lovely, dark 

brown, spotted sepals and a pale 

purple lip. It is a popular plant for 

hybridisation for exhibition plants. 

Used to be called C. leopoldii. 

Cattleya schroederae ‘Matsura’ 

Cattleya teretecaulis Cattleya tigrina 

Cattleya teretecaulis w 

(Hoehne) Van den Berg, 


Distribution: Brazil. Nine little 

purple flowers on long stems, on 

twelve inch (30cm) pseudobulbs. 

The species name refers to its 

‘terete’ (meaning thin, tubular) 

leaves that withstand dry 

conditions. It was previously in the 

genus Laelia.

Cattleya violacea w 

(Kunth) Rolfe, Gard. Chron., III, 5: 

802 (1889) 

Distribution: Brazil, Guyana, Peru, 

Venezuela and Ecuador. It has five 

or more rose-purple flowers, four 

inches (10cm) across on 12 inch 

(30cm) pseudobulbs. Found 

epiphytic along river banks in hot 

lowland areas with no dry season, 

it was first found by Humboldt but 

sent to Europe by Sir Robert 

Schomburgk in 1838. 

Cattleya tigrina f. albaviridis, an amazing colour variant 

Cattleyas 

Cattleya trianae w 

Linden & Rchb.f., Wochenschr. 

Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 3: 67 (1860) 

Distribution: Colombia. It has four 

flowers, nine inches (23cm) across, 

lavender with an orange throat 

and a purple lip margin. There are 

many colour forms. Named after 

Dr Triana, a botanist in Bogotá, 

Colombia, it flowers at Christmas 

and is the Colombian national 

flower. 

Cattleya trianae Cattleya trianae f. concolor 

Cattleya trianae ‘Dan’, with a very 

dark lip 

Cattleya violacea 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 245

Cattleyas 

Cattleya walkeriana w 

Gardner, London J. Bot. 2: 662 

(1843) 

Distribution: Brazil. Six inch (15cm) 

pseudobulbs carry one to two 

purple flowers with a darker lip. It 

grows lithophytically on limestone 

boulders on river banks. 

Discovered by the collector 

Gardner, and named after his 

companion Edward Walker. 

Cattleya warscewiczii w 

Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 

112 (1854) 

Distribution: Colombia. One of the 

largest flowers at nine inches 

(23cm) across, with pale purple 

tepals and dark purple lip with a 

yellow throat. It was discovered by 

the collector Josef Warscewicz in 

1848, near Medellin. 

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Cattleya walkeriana 

Cattleya warneri w 

T.Moore ex R.Warner, Select 

Orchid. Pl.: t. 8 (1862) 

Distribution: Brazil. A typical 

labiate Cattleya, despite coming 

from Brazil, with up to five, eight 

inch (20cm), purple flowers with a 

darker purple lip and orange 

throat with purple veining. First 

flowered by Robert Warner in 

1860. 

Cattleya walkeriana, ‘semi alba’ form Cattleya warneri, a ‘semi alba’ form 

Cattleya warscewiczii, a concolor 

form 

Cattleya warscewiczii f. alba

Cattleya wittigiana w 

(Barb.Rodr.) Van den Berg, 


Distribution: Brazil. Appears to me 

to be identical to Cattleya coccinea, 

except that the flowers are pink. It 

is useful in breeding small, 

window-sill Cattleya hybrids. 

Named for Emile Wittig who first 

sent plants to Europe in 1880, it 

was previously in the genus 

Sophronitis. 

Other Cattleya species 

Cattleya alagoensis 

Cattleya alaorii 

Cattleya alvaroana 

Cattleya angereri 

Cattleya araguaiensis 

Cattleya bicalhoi 

Cattleya bicolor 

Cattleya blumenscheinii 

Cattleya boissieri 

Cattleya bradei 

Cattleya itambana 

Cattleya jenmanii 

Cattleya kerrii 

Cattleya kettieana 

Cattleya labiata 

Cattleya liliputana 

Cattleya lobata 

Cattleya longipes 

Cattleya luetzelburgii 

Cattleya luteola 

Cattleya mantiqueirae 

Cattleya marcaliana 

Cattleya brevipedunculata 

Cattleya briegeri 

Cattleya caulescens 

Cattleya elegantissima 

Cattleya elongata 

Cattleya endsfeldzii 

Cattleya esalqueana 

Cattleya fidelensis 

Cattleya flavasulina 

Cattleya colnagoi 

Cattleya conceicionensis 

Cattleya crispa 

Cattleya mirandae 

Cattleya mooreana 

Cattleya munchowiana 

Cattleya neokautskyi 

Cattleya pabstii 

Cattleya pendula 

Cattleya pfisteri 

Cattleya porphyroglossa 

Cattleya presidentensis 

Cattleya pygmaea 

Cattleya reginae 

Cattleya sanguiloba 

Cattleyas 

Cattleya wittigiana 

Cattleya dichroma 

Cattleya fournieri 

Cattleya ghillanyi 

Cattleya gloedeniana 

Cattleya gracilis 

Cattleya grandis 

Cattleya granulosa 

Cattleya guttata 

Cattleya herbacea 

Cattleya hispidula 

Cattleya hoehnei 

Cattleya iricolor 

Cattleya schofieldiana 

Cattleya (Laelia) sincorana 

Cattleya storeyi 

Cattleya tenebrosa 

Cattleya tenuis 

Cattleya vandenbergii 

Cattleya velutina 

Cattleya verboonenii 

Cattleya virens 

Cattleya wallisii 

Cattleya xanthina 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 247


Steve Manning (photos by Steve Manning) 

Steve Manning (photo by Henry Oakeley) 

Dracula vampira 

248 • OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 

The genus Dracula, of the sub-tribe 

Pleurothallidinae, was created in 1978 by Dr 

Carlyl Luer by extracting certain species - 

with hairy flowers, minute warty petals and 

curious lips - from the genus Masdevallia. Dr 

Luer tells us that the name dracula refers to 

the ‘little dragon’ appearance of the flowers, 

and their love of shady and humid forests. I 

think few people would argue that it is 

perhaps the most aptly named genus in 

orchidology. The name also has strong 

connotations with vampires, and Luer 

published the first description of D. vampira 

at the same time as he raised the Dracula 

genus – another inspired naming. 

Even before 1978, the taxonomists had been 

having fun with the names of various 

species: In 1872, Reichenbach thought the 

flower of Masdevallia chimaera (later renamed 

Dracula chimaera) so weird and 

strange that he named it after the most 

weird and strange beast he could think of – 

the Chimaera from Greek mythology, a firebreathing 

female with the body of a male 

lion with a tail that was a serpent’s head and 

the head of a goat arising from her back at 

the center of her spine. Chimaera was a 

most unfortunate creature as her dad was 

Typhon, a monster with 100 serpent-heads - 

all with fiery eyes, and her mum was Echidna 

who was half woman, half serpent (I wonder 

what they saw in each other?). 

In mythology, Bellerophon, one of the Greek 

heroes, mounted Pegasus and slew the 

Chimaera, but although we do have a 

Dracula bellerophon, it comes nowhere near 

the wonder of the D. chimaera flower and 

certainly does not outclass it.

Dracula chimaera 


Dracula bellerophon Dracula psyche 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 249


Dracula gigas 

Dracula polyphemus Dracula gorgona 

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Dracula pholeodytes Dracula vespertilio Dracula nycterina 

Greek mythology and the vampire 

connotations have been continued in the 

naming of other draculas with D. alcithoe 

named after a woman in Greek mythology 

who was transformed into a bat (so in 

future, don’t call anyone ‘a silly old bat’, call 

them Alcithoë, it is just as insulting, but 

more erudite); D. gigas named after a 

mythological giant; D. gorgona named after 

the gorgons, the three `orrible sisters with 

snakes for hair (they couldn’t do anything 

with them after a shampoo). Also D. 

polyphemus – another name for the Cyclops 

who imprisoned Odysseus in a cave and D. 

psyche - a winged fairy (what other sorts are 

there?). 

On the vampire theme we have D. chiroptera 

which is the mammalian order of bats; then Dracula lemurella 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 251


Dracula cutis-bufonis 

there are D. nycterina from the Greek for a 

bat; D. pholeodytes, this time Greek for ‘one 

who lives in a cave’ – i.e. a bat; and D. 

vespertilio – yet another bat, but this time a 

Latin one. 

In addition to Dracula vampira, there is D. 

vlad-tepes from another name for Count 

Dracula of Bram Stoker’s Dracula novel fame. 

D. nosferatu is not nearly so terrifying as D. 

vampira yet the name has the same 

derivation: ‘Nosferatu’ was the name of a 

1922 German film version of Bram Stoker’s 

novel, but as the original book was still 

under copyright, the name ‘Nosferatu’ was 

substituted for Dracula. Dracula nosferatu is 

252 • OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 

rare in nature and even rarer in cultivation. 

Also on the ‘spooky’ theme, D. lemurella 

comes from the Latin for a little ghost and D. 

diabola needs little explanation; D. fafnir, 

comes from a dragon in an Icelandic saga 

(somewhat more intellectual than Noggin 

the Nog but not such good characterisation). 

Other draculas (in common with many 

orchids) also have strange names: such as 

Dracula trinympharum (say it out loud), but 

the three nymphs in question are the three 

ladies who run J & L Orchids of New England; 

D. presbys, meaning an old man; D. simia – 

monkey-like; D. carcinopsis because it 

resembles a crab; D. circe, a mythological

enchantress; D. cutis-bufonis – the skin of a 

toad; D. cochliops – from a Greek word 

meaning the eyes of a snail. 

D. diana is named after the goddess of the 

moon; D. marsupialis – pouch-like, because 

of its lip; and D. gastrophora – with a paunch, 

for the same reason; D. lotax (low tax?) 

which we are all in favour of, but meaning a 

clown and D. insolita, from the Latin for 

strange, but that could refer to the 

taxonomists, or to the people who grow 

these things. And talking about the 

taxonomists, one of the more recently 

named draculas is D. carlueri, but my one is 

yet to flower. 


Dracula cochliops Dracula diana 

Dracula simia 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 253


Dracula carlueri 

Dracula Jester 

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Dracula lotax

Draculas grow in cloud forest in a quite 

restricted area ranging from Costa Rica to 

Peru, with the vast majority coming from 

Colombia. Draculas should be grown in open 

baskets for a number of reasons: they don’t 

like sitting in soggy composts, and many, but 

by no means all of them, throw their spikes 

from beneath the level of the compost. 

Nearly 75% have horizontal to pendant 

flower spikes whilst less than 25% have erect 

ones, but even many of those have spikes 

which arise from below the level of the 

compost. Some of the more spectacular and 

showy plants have been mounted on cork 

bark, where they can send out spikes in all 

directions, but they do need more attention 

to maintain their moist atmosphere, and 

therefore are difficult to take to shows etc. 

There are no known species which enjoy 

warm conditions, quite a number flourish in 

intermediate rather than completely cool 

ones, but it is necessary to check individual 

species for their original habitat. They do like 

a difference between night and daytime 

temperatures, which isn’t easy to arrange in 

summer. 

A few hybrids have been raised, notably 

Dracula Jester (D. platycrater x D. lotax), but 

one early hybrid raised between what were 

then two masdevallias (but one of which is 

now a Dracula – D. chimera x Masd. 

tovarensis) formed the first Dracuvallia - 

Dracuvallia Eric. 

In greenhouse cultivation, draculas have 

proved to be quite promiscuous, with several 

‘voluntary’ hybrids appearing when many 

different species are in flower at the same 

time, and other studies seem to show that 

pleurothallids in general and draculas in 

particular are among the very latest arrivals 

in the evolutionary development of plants. 


Dracuvallia Eric painted by Nellie Roberts when 

awarded an AM/RHS in 1902 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 255


Brian Rittershausen (Burnham Nurseries Ltd, www.orchids.uk.com) 

Stanhopea tigrina var. aurea (photo by Sara Rittershausen) 

When entering the greenhouse first thing in 

the morning, it is always a great surprise 

when some flower has opened that you have 

not seen before. This is particularly exciting 

during the summer months when the 

stanhopeas are flowering and you have 

watched them producing their enormous 

buds which have been growing larger day by 

day. 

There was one particular plant of Stanhopea 

tigrina which was a seedling flowering for 

the first time, with just a single bud. We had 

been watching it develop and waited for it to 

open with bated breath. Then one morning 

there was this huge golden-yellow flower 

with the air filled with perfume. 

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A check through our various orchid 

encyclopaedias revealed no colour varieties 

of S. tigrina. Then the Kew database on the 

computer 

(http://www.kew.org/wcsp/monocots/) 

showed us that S. tigrina var. aurea had been 

first recognised in 1892 so there must have 

been a colour form just like this around in 

those days. Sadly sometime later the name 

was changed to S. tigrina var. tigrina but I 

would rather know it as aurea. 

After discussing the origins of the plant with 

Betty Garton from her orchid nursery on 

Madeira it appeared that many years ago 

she had pollinated a plant from Mexico with 

good quality flowers and from this a

population of seedlings was raised, one of 

which was given to us. Surprisingly out of 

her seedling stock, she flowered three colour 

varieties which is most unusual for this 

orchid. They were all a creamy yellow devoid 

of the famous dark maroon spotting. Ours 

was a rich golden yellow with orange 

marking at the base of the lip. 

Looking closely at the petals one can just see 

the ghost of the original spotting that would 

have appeared on a normal plant. 

As a rule, raising self-pollinated species from 

seed produces a very even selection and so 

to have these variations out of an orchid 

which has been raised many times by many 

people is most unusual. 

(It was with much sadness that we heard of 

Brian’s death on 23 rd September 2010. There 

will be an obituary in the next issue of the 

Journal- Ed.) 


Stanhopea tigrina var. nigroviolacea 

Eileen Watson 

In contrast to the splendid golden-yellow 

Stanhopea tigrina var. aurea described by 

Brian Rittershausen, this photograph shows 

another variety of Stanhopea tigrina – the 

highly coloured var. nigroviolacea. 

I too am thrilled when the large buds of this 

plant, which grow down through the 

compost, suddenly burst open usually in July. 

This year the plant excelled itself with seven 

blooms, each about 150mm (6 inches) across. 

There will be an article on stanhopeas in a 

future issue of the Journal. 

Brian Rittershausen, who died on 23rd September 2010 

Stanhopea tigrina var. nigroviolacea (photo by Eileen 

Watson) 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 257

Book Review 

Discovering New World Orchids 

by Steve Manning. 

Hardback with dust jacket, A4 size, 670 pages. ISBN 978-0- 

9565594-0-1 Published by Steve Manning, 4 The Cedars, 

Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 5GZ, UK, June 2010. Price £45 from 

Steve Manning (postage UK £9.50). 

A huge book, filled with a wonderful collection of photos of 

plants and people (1,260 in all) from the history of orchid 

collecting, principally in South America. The text is partly in 

the author’s words but with endless inserted quotes from 

letters and books on the subject, with digressions and asides 

which do not make it light reading. Almost every page is a 

collection of anecdotes, pieces of history, little stories, 

glimpses of major events and minor hiccoughs in the life and 

times of orchid hunters and growers, and the plants they 

found – with transcriptions of the source documents. The collection of all this information 

has taken years. It is more like a dictionary than a story of the past two hundred years of 

South American orchid hunting; one need only think of a name, be it person or plant, and 

there in the excellent index is the key to learning something new. Everything is referenced to 

the source documents. 

The photography is superb; the book production by Cambrian Press in Wales is excellent. Buy 

it direct from the author. 

Henry Oakeley 

What’s in a Name? 

Dave Trendell 

On the show bench at the OSGB September 

2010 meeting, was an exceptionally well 

grown white Phalaenopsis shown by Sam 

Hurley. It was a plant that anyone would 

have been proud to have grown to that 

standard, with a label stating ‘Phalaenopsis 

white’. It appears the judges could have 

deemed that it broke rule 7 of Judging of 

Plants, which states:- ‘Unlabelled, incorrectly 

labelled, infected or infested plants will not 

258 • OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 

be judged and may be removed from the 

show bench at the discretion of the judges.’ 

I believe this rule is too harsh. It must be very 

frustrating and discouraging, particularly for 

new members of our Society to have their 

plants dismissed, as their first introduction 

to orchids may be plants bought from 

supermarkets and garden centres being sold 

without bona fide names. Sadly, information 

and accuracy seem to be lost these days in

the mass production of these plants. 

Equally, one buys plants in the good faith 

that they are correctly named and shouldn’t 

be penalised if this proves to be incorrect. 

We seem to have many members who are 

‘windowsill’ growers and it is good to 

encourage them to participate in the Table 

Shows, even with unidentifiable hybrids! 

Even if these plants are grown for the 

required 12 months, at the present time they 

could never officially be judged. 

What is a correctly labelled plant? 

Must all hybrids being shown be on the RHS 

International Register of Orchids Hybrids? 

The names on some plants bought from 

reputable dealers, when checked in the RHS 

Register, do not appear to be registered. In a 

quick check of some of the plant names on 

our stand at the Chelsea Flower Show this 

year, at least four were unregistered, 

including three from Peter White, and Peter 

Hall’s lovely Phalaenopsis Star Orange 

‘Sunglow’ which won the Librarians cup. So 

if you bought one of Peter White’s Oncidium 

Sweet Sugar for example, beware! 

Also at our September meeting Ian Plested 

had two trays of cattleyas labelled with just 

their colour - will those who bought these 

plants also find they will never officially be 

allowed to be judged? 

So if a hybrid doesn’t have a name, does it 

really matter so much, to the extent that it 

can never be judged? 

Another anomaly was the dispute over the 

naming of Don Knight’s Phalaenopsis 

species. Was it Phalaenopsis 

lueddemanniana, or as our President Henry 

Oakeley pointed out, should it have been 

labelled Phalaenopsis pulchra (it was later 

identified as Phalaenopsis Valentinii 

(cornu-cervi x violacea – see Front Cover). 

What’s in a name? 

Sam Hurley’s ‘white Phalaenopsis’ 

Should the judges too have deemed this 

plant incorrectly labelled? In the past, I’ve 

entered a plant believing it to be Stanhopea 

wardii which was later deemed by experts to 

be Stanhopea graveolens. 

Yes, species should be correctly named, but 

with hybrids I would defy anyone to prove 

the name on the label. 

Is it time to look at this rule?, and perhaps 

devise a separate rule which states whether 

‘Unlabelled, or incorrectly labelled plants’ 

should be either:a) 

Down pointed. 

b) Not allowed to be given First Prize. 

c) Label rule not taken into account. 

d) Not judged. 

e) Left to judge’s discretion. 

f) Something else. 

We could then leave rule 7 as ‘Infected or 

infested plants will not be judged and may 

be removed from the show bench at the 

discretion of the judges.’ 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 259

What’s in a name? 

Sam Hurley writes: My ‘white Phalaenopsis’ is 

a splendid plant. I have had it since 2007 

when I rescued it from an office bin after it 

had finished flowering, complete with limp 

leaves and rotten roots. I took a ‘kill or cure’ 

approach and removed all but two of the 

limp leaves and cut off almost all the roots, 

then repotted it in a bark compost. It now 

has eleven huge leaves and two spikes 

Obituary: Dr Basil Francis 

The South East Orchid Society has the very 

sad duty to report the death of Dr. Basil 

Francis on the 26 th May 2010. Dr. Francis was 

a founder member of our Society, which is 

now in its 28 th year. His love and enthusiasm 

for growing orchids, especially cattleyas, 

was well known in the orchid world. He was 

a very generous person who delighted in 

passing on his great knowledge of orchids to 

anyone who showed even a little bit of 

interest. 

He often came to a meeting with a box full 

of plants he had divided and gave them to 

anyone who wanted them. He would tell the 

recipient just how to grow that plant and 

later on he would chide the person when 

that plant beat his in a table show 

competition, all in fun - it happened to more 

than one of us over the years. In his time 

with the Society he had served on the 

committee and always lent plants for display 

when asked. His plants often made up the 

bulk of those on display; we could always 

rely on Basil to help. He often opened up his 

greenhouses for viewing when the Society 

held a greenhouse safari; in fact he would 

invite anyone at any time to view his plants 

260 • OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 

which have nine and fifteen flowers 

respectively and has been in flower since 

April 2010. However, as with many of its 

kind, it was originally used for decorative 

purposes and there was never any hope of 

finding out its hybrid name. Of course, I 

shouldn’t have entered it in the Table Show, 

not knowing its name but WHAT a plant! 

Dr Basil Francis 

and they wouldn’t go away empty handed 

either. 

He will greatly missed by all who knew him. 

We extend our condolences to his family. 

Janet Hooker, South East Orchid Society

Northern Cyprus Holiday: 

March 2010 

Val William Bartlett (Photos by author and Michael McIllmurray) 

Whilst on our OSGB organized holiday to 

discover the orchids and other flora of North 

Cyprus, I was asked by a committee member 

to submit an article on the tour. As usual it 

was extremely well organized by our tour 

operator Tony Milhofer. He used expert 

guidance from a charming Turkish Cypriot 

lady, Zekiye Yucel of The Discovery Collection 

(www.thediscoverycollection.com) and a 

very amiable and helpful guide named Mars, 

whose historical and geographical 

knowledge of the island was second to none. 

Two days had been allocated to search for 

orchids, one led by a knowledgeable 

botanist. However, on a third day we 

explored the banks of a large lake and 

associated meadows. On this last occasion 

we were not expecting to find orchids, so 

many an excited shout went up when a 

member of the party spotted one or two, or 

even a group of orchids. 

We were able to photograph Ophrys, Orchis, 

and Serapias species and Neotinea maculata. 

Of these genera, Ophrys species are the most 

dramatic as they vary in form, in colour and 

in the patterns on the lip which mimic the 

different type and size of bee or wasp that 

fertilises that plant. Apart from its visual 

shape, male insects are also attracted by its 

olfactory and tactile signals. On landing on 

the lip of the flower, the bee thinks it is a 

female of the species and will attempt to 

mate with the flower and in so doing picks 

up the pollen on its head, which it carries to 

another plant. On carrying out the same 

procedure on the next flower, the pollen is 

deposited within the stigmatic cavity. 

Fertilisation takes place and at a later date 

seeds are produced and dispersed. 

Orchis species were also reasonably prolific, 

showing much variation in shape, lip pattern 

and colour of flowers. Orchis italica (the 

naked man orchid) is also pollinated by bees 

but does not have the bee-like lip of Ophrys, 

relying on shape, colour and fragrance to 

attract the pollinator. Dark hairs on the lip 

may cause the insect to position itself with 

Ophrys lutea subsp. galilaea 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 261


Ophrys kotchyi 

Ophrys species 

Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa 

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Orchis quadripunctata 

Orchis italica

Serapias species 

its head directed towards the entrance of the 

spur. On advancing upwards it picks up the 

pollen on its head, then when it lands on 

another orchid of the same type, fertilisation 

takes place. 

The third genus we found in Cyprus was 

Serapias. There is some debate about the 

identity of the species shown here – it may 

be S. bergonii or S. vomeracea. Some Serapias 

species are known to be self-pollinating. 

We also found some good specimens of 

Neotinea maculata in flower*. 

My wife Beryl and I plus others of the tour 

group could not speak more highly of the 

holiday arrangements laid on by our tour 

agent Tony Milhofer. Everything was truly 

excellent. 


Serapias species 

*We are grateful to Dr Phillip Cribb for 

identifying this species – Ed. *Neotinea maculata 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 263

OSGB Display at the Peterborough 

International Orchid Show, 2010: 

Taking up the challenge! 

Val Micklewright and Sally Mill 

OSGB display at the Peterborough International Orchid Show, 2010 (photo by Michael McIllmurray) 

Val Micklewright writes: Last year when I 

agreed to organise the OSGB display at 

Peterborough, I had forgotten that it was 

also to be the 26 th BOC Congress making it 

even more important that I get it right. To 

add to this pressure, the OSGB had already 

had a very successful year with Gold at the 

London Orchid Show under team leader 

Henry Oakeley and at Chelsea under the 

leadership of Roy White and Henry Oakeley. 

What had I let myself in for? 

After hours of planning and mind-changing, 

I finally had an idea of what I wanted to 

achieve on our display. I had booked a space 

the same as the year before, roughly 8 feet x 

12 feet, and hoped that I would get sufficient 

plants from the members to fill this space. 

Luckily this year there were a few purchased 

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plants that had not been used at Chelsea. 

These I had taken home and tended them 

lovingly so that I would be able to use them 

as backup at Peterborough. The priority is 

always to use members’ plants first and then 

fill in with any other plants. As it happens I 

had a good number and variety of members’ 

plants making it only necessary to use a 

handful of the “Chelsea” plants. 

My thanks to all of the members who 

graciously sent their treasures for me to 

exhibit and also thanks to my setup team 

who worked tirelessly on the Thursday 

afternoon and Friday. It does help that I have 

my caravan on site so there is a supply of 

refreshments available as well as a place to 

rest tired limbs. Unlike previous years, there 

were plenty of members to man our

OSGB Display at the Peterborough International Orchid Show, 2010 

information table and talk to the public. This 

year we managed to attract 17 new 

members. 

Oh, I forgot to mention – we also achieved 

GOLD at Peterborough. 

I have agreed to manage the display at 

Peterborough next year and if you have not 

yet visited this show then please do. It is a 

great day out for the whole family as being 

part of the East of England County Show 

there is a wide range of activities - not just 

orchids. Dates for next year are 17 th to 19 th 

June 2011. 

Although I registered for the BOC Congress I 

did not attend the Preview Evening or the 

Gala dinner, or indeed the judging which 

took place early on the Saturday morning, so 

I thank Sally Mill for providing the following 

write up. 

Sally Mill writes: After all the setting up of 

the many stands had been completed on the 

Friday, there was the ‘Preview and Buffet’. 

Having had a good look round at all the 

stands and stopping to take photographs, 

etc., I was one of the last to get to the buffet. 

Big mistake! I have made a mental note for 

the future to do buffet before preview. 

Although the canapés, etc. were very nice, 

there were far too few of them provided and 

I got no dessert at all. However, the wine 

was very pleasant and in good quantity, so 

made up in part for the lack of food. I retired 

to bed happy, if hungry! 

The judging was on Saturday morning at 

07.00. The hotel had agreed to start 

breakfast at 06.00, but it was still rather a 

rushed affair. All the judges convened at the 

appointed time in a very cool, clammy 

marquee; thick cardigans were definitely the 

order of the day. We were split into several 

groups of about seven judges and sent off to 

find the best orchids of our allotted groups 

on display throughout the Show. The 

judging went smoothly with no major 

arguments and was completed more or less 

on time. However, choosing the best from 

the large variety of good orchids on display 

both by amateurs and professionals was no 

easy task. 

The Congress dinner was held on the 

Saturday evening in the Marriot Hotel. This 

was a great success with very good food, 

after initial concern about the rather 

restricted menu choice. There was also a 

good layout of tables; large round tables of 

10 to 12 people each giving maximum 

opportunity for conversation with likeminded 

orchid enthusiasts. The after dinner 

speeches were kept to a minimum, both in 

number and content; then the trophies were 

awarded. I think a good evening was had by 

all who attended. 

We hope to see you all at Peterborough next 

year. 

The Society Badge on display (photo by Walter Lefley) 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 265

Schomburgkia (now Myrmecophila) 

Species 

Jean and Tony Britton (Cumbria Orchid Society) 

Jean and Tony Britton’s Schomburgkia (Myrmecophila) 

In 2005 we travelled to Big Island, Hawaii 

which is the largest and most easterly of 

Hawaii’s islands. We visited the orchid 

nursery of Bill Bergström, Bergström Orchids, 

near Hilo on the east side of the island. The 

Hilo Orchid Society, currently chaired by 

Diane Luoma, is thriving and recruited 40 

new members at their three day orchid show 

in this year. Among the many orchids that 

we admired during our visit to the nursery 

were schomburgkias. 

At the North of England Orchid Society show 

in 2007 we found a Schomburgkia being 

offered for sale by Regal Orchids. It grew 

well in our orchid house and doubled in size 

although there was no sign of flowering. 

However, we compared our plant to ones at 

Kew and realized that our specimen was 

reaching flowering size. 

Our Schomburgkia is grown in coconut husk 

with a minimum night-time temperature of 

15°C and plenty of ventilation on warm days. 

It is watered as necessary with tap water 

266 • OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 

(pH 6.5) and a proprietary feed in dilution. It 

has a hollow opening on one of its 

pseudobulbs and it is this one that has 

produced a flower spike. Bill Bergström 

mentioned that the hollow pseudobulbs of 

all his schomburgkias hosted colonies of 

ants although they did not seem to harm the 

orchids. 

This year our Schomburgkia produced a 

flower spike in May and now, 50cm tall, it 

has been flowering for over a month. 

Footnote by Sam Hurley: Schomburgkias are 

named for Sir Robert Schomburgk (1804-1865), 

a Prussian-born surveyor for the Royal 

Geographical Society of British Guiana and an 

extensive collector of botanical materials. 

They are found in open forests and valleys 

from southern Mexico to Cuba, Jamaica, 

Venezuela and Guyana. They grow as 

epiphytes and lithophytes, from low to mid 

elevation and in dry to damp conditions. They 

can grow to be large plants with some 

inflorescences up to 1.2m tall, with showy 

flowers that often have strongly curled petals 

and sepals. The pseudobulbs each have two or 

three leaves at the tip and are sometimes 

hollow. The hollow pseudobulbs evolved to 

provide a home to nectar-collecting ants 

which stuff them with all kinds of debris 

which may provide extra nutrients to the 

plant, as well as protect them from 

caterpillars. However ant-infested plants are 

less visited by pollinators which is a negative 

feature. The correct name for hollow pseudobulb 

schomburgkias is now Myrmecophilia 

which means ‘ant loving’, and the rest have 

gone to the genus Laelia.

From the Treasurer 

Sally Mill 

Subscriptions – With this issue of the 

Journal, you will receive a Membership 

Renewal Form for 2011. Subscriptions are as 

follows:- 

Single adult UK: £16 

Persons aged under 21, UK only: £12 

Single Europe: £20* 

Single Rest of World: £21* 

*Includes an increase for postage of £4 and 

£5 respectively. 

In each case, please add £4 for each 

additional family member. 

We would appreciate it if you could send 

your subscription to the Membership 

Secretary before the end of the year, so that 

your membership card can be sent with the 

next issue of the Journal. If you pay by 

Standing Order you will see that the renewal 

form has been over-stamped; you therefore 

need not take any action. 

Colour Fund – This fund was started many 

years ago to provide money for additional 

colour pictures in the Journal. It has now 

become of greater significance as the Society 

is producing an all-colour Journal with an 

increased number of colour photos. So, if you 

would like to help your Society to produce 

the much-improved all-colour Journal, please 

consider sending a contribution to the 

Colour Fund. 

Gift Aid – If you are eligible to join the Gift 

Aid scheme and have not already ticked the 

Gift Aid box, please tick the box on your 

Renewal Form and help your Society to 

reclaim tax from subscription money. Please 

also write your name in full at the top of 

your Renewal Form as the Gift Aid scheme 

requires this. 

Correspondence – I should appreciate it if 

members would enclose a stamped, 

addressed envelope with any 

correspondence that they send to the 

Treasurer or Membership Secretary. 

Schomburkia superbiens, now Laelia superbiens is another magnificent plant. 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 267

Programme Secretary’s Report 

Iona Macphie 

December 4th 2010. At this meeting, the 

Society will host a Christmas buffet lunch at 

12.30. This will be followed at 14.30 by a fun 

quiz in teams with prizes for the winners, 

the results of the photographic and art 

competition, and a raffle followed by tea and 

mince pies. There will be a table show, and 

members may bring plants to sell with 10% 

of takings to the Society. See page 282 for 

the schedule and rules for the photographic 

and art competition. Please get painting, 

snapping, sculpting and sewing – there will 

be prizes for the winners! Doors will open at 

12 noon for those with table show and 

competition entries and at 12.30 for the rest 

of our members. There will not be an 

introductory session. 

January 8th 2011: the second Saturday of the 

month. This meeting will be held at Gatton 

Park near Reigate in Surrey, one mile from 

Junction 8 of the M25. There will be no 

meeting at Napier Hall in January. We will 

have a table show with rosettes in the 

Victorian greenhouse in the grounds of 

Gatton Park. There will be a talk on Sir 

Jeremiah Colman and his hybrids and a 

screening of the video of the television 

documentary about the restoration of the 

Japanese Garden from the 1999 Channel 4 

‘Hidden Garden’ series. There will be 

activities for children, an opportunity to walk 

in the grounds, and Laurence Hobbs will 

bring orchids for sale. The show, talks and 

activities will all be open to the public. 

Exhibitors should arrive at 10.30-11.15; the 

show will open at 12.30 with the talk at 13.00 

followed by the video. Refreshments will be 

available. The most convenient route by 

public transport is train to Merstham. 

Transport will be available to meet trains but 

if you do wish transport from, and back to, 

the station please inform the Programme 

268 • OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 

Secretary by December 4th at the latest. 

February 5th 2011. The annual auction at 

Napier Hall starts at 14.30. Four plants per 

member, six for family membership. The 

introductory session at 13.45 will be on ‘A 

guide to choosing orchids in auctions and 

raffles’. 

The Slipper Orchid Symposium 

The first international Slipper Orchid 

Symposium and study day will be held at the 

London Orchid Show on Sunday 20th March 

2011 in conjunction with the British 

Paphiopedilum Society. The event will take 

place in the RHS Conference Centre at the 

Lawrence Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster. 

There will be lectures by distinguished 

speakers on Paphiopedilum, Phragmipedium 

and Cypripedium; giving an insight in new 

breeding lines, cultivation and the natural 

habitat of these rare and beautiful slipper 

orchids. 

Keynote speakers will be the world renowned 

hybridiser Sam Tsui of Orchid Inn Ltd, USA on 

new breeding in Paphiopedilum and Dr Phillip 

Cribb of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew on 

Cypripedium and his recent travels in China 

(TBC). Other major speakers will include David 

Ridgeway, Andy Phillips, Allan Burdiss and 

Maren Talbot talking on their favourite 

genera. A detailed programme will be 

available later this year. 

This is an exciting opportunity to combine a 

day at the LONDON ORCHID SHOW and hear 

some of the World’s top slipper orchid experts. 

10.00 – 16.00 (doors open 09.30) 

Registration fee for the whole day: Early 

Registration before 1st March 2011 £6 (£10 

thereafter). To be pre-booked through the 

RHS Special Events Office on 0845 612 1253 

(open Mon-Fri, 9.00 – 17.00). From outside the 

UK call 00 44 845 612 1253.

Napier Hall Meetings: Report of 

Proceedings 

Michael McIllmurray 

August 7th 2010 - Sally Mill: Encyclias 

Following the introductory seminar for new 

members of the Society on the first Saturday 

of August, a large audience assembled to 

hear our treasurer, Sally Mill, talk about the 

orchids in which she has a special interest, 

Encyclia. Some members of this genus, 

notably those with flowers that open with 

lips uppermost, have been split off into a 

separate genus, Prosthechea, and are also 

included in Sally’s passion. 

Currently she grows about 70 out of over 150 

species of Encyclia and Prosthechea, plus a 

few hybrids. Plants in these genera have 

several features to attract orchid growers. 

Most species have small to medium sized 

plants, so space is not a particular issue. 

Some are climbers, but most grow in pots for 

ease of cultivation in a greenhouse. Many 

have pleasantly-scented flowers, that last 

four to six weeks, appearing in summer when 

many of the other plants in our collections 

are taking a well-earned rest from flowering. 

Their natural habitat is in South and Central 

America and Sally enjoys visiting countries in 

this part of the world while taking in the 

sight of plants of these genera growing in 

the wild. A final stimulus to her taking a 

special interest in these genera was the 

infectious enthusiasm of Hugh Laird, a 

former holder of the National Plant 

Prosthechea vitellina 

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Collection® until his untimely passing a few 

years ago. 

As is so often stated in this feature, the key 

to successful cultivation of these genera is 

research to find out where each species 

grows in the wild and to try to match 

cultural conditions with those encountered 

by that species in nature. Some of her plants, 

the warm growers such as Encyclia alata, E. 

amicta, E. osmantha, E. randiana and E. 

seidelii are grown indoors in her house on 

heated trays, at 18°C minimum, facing south, 

on a water mat to provide high humidity. 

This is true dedication! 

Sally has a new greenhouse that provides 

intermediate, light conditions with high 

humidity provided by a mister, and most of 

her plants live here. A few species, some of 

the ones that have no rest period, are 

mounted and grow well. The larger plants 

grow in a compost of equal parts of medium 

Encyclia alata var. rossii 

Napier Hall Meetings 

bark, fine bark, chopped wine-bottle corks 

and giant Perlite. The compost for smaller 

plants consists of two parts of fine bark with 

one part each of chopped corks, Perlite and 

chopped Sphagnum moss. Crocking is used 

in the base of the pots, and this can help in 

stabilising tall plants. Hydroleca was used for 

a while until it became apparent that this 

was toxic, at least for the roots of Encyclia 

and Cattleya, so currently Perlag is used. The 

plants are watered weekly, but only when in 

active growth, and weak food is added in 

alternate weeks. Some species do not rest 

and continue in growth, whereas others rest 

for several months, and these will only be 

watered if the bulbs start to shrivel, until the 

next new growths start to emerge. This calls 

for careful observation. 

Apart from slugs and snails, which favour 

flower spikes in preference to leaves, the 

only significant pest is scale. This is difficult 

to eradicate, although Provado is effective, 

Prosthechea lancifolia 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 271


Encyclia tampensis 

Prosthechea vespa Encyclia chloroleuca 

272 • OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 

and quarantining of all new acquisitions is 

advised. The plants tend to show brown 

spotting towards the leaf tips, but although 

this can be unsightly, it does not seem to 

have adverse effects on growth or flowering. 

The presentation was brought to a close 

with pictures of flowers of over 40 species, 

interspersed with pictures of Ecuadorean 

volcanoes, rain and cloud forests and other 

flora and fauna. She included Mexican 

species, such as Encyclia linkiana, 

E. tampensis from Florida and the Bahamas, 

E. bractescens from Central America and the 

Caribbean, species from dense forests such 

as E. hanburyi, more difficult high altitude 

species like E. campylostalyx, cloud forest 

natives like Prosthechea vitellina and the 

warm growers mentioned above. 

Plants with the widest distribution are usually 

those that are less fussy about their cultural 

requirements and these tend to be the easier 

ones to grow. On this basis, species 

recommended for beginners to try would be 

P. cochleata, P. fragrans, P. radiata and P. 

vespa. Helpfully, Sally had set up a display at 

the rear of the hall showing some of her 

flowering plants for the audience to

experience. Perhaps we may be seeing a few 

more of these species on our show benches in 

the future. 

Napier Hall Meetings: Table Shows 

(Photos by Henry Oakeley except where stated) 

June 5th 2010 

Iona Macphie 

We have often commented upon the 

enormous range of flower forms in the 

orchid world and the June table show 

brought us yet more examples. The first was 

a ‘little creeper’ with a cluster of small 

pseudobulbs and blooms, the latter best 

described as miniature maroon clogs! The 

plant in question, Bulbophyllum frostii, is a 

member of an enormous pan-tropical genus 

currently numbering in excess of 3000 but 

still counting, as additional species are 

regularly being discovered in rarely explored 

valleys particularly in New Guinea. Like 

many Bulbophyllum species, its creeping 

habit makes it best suited for culture on 


Bulbophyllum frostii 

some kind of mount. Its habitat in the wild, 

the evergreen lowland forests of Vietnam, 

point to a need for warmish temperatures, 

although in cultivation it will also grow in 

intermediate conditions. It needs large 

amounts of water in the spring and summer 

with a decrease, but not a complete 

cessation, of watering in the winter. 

Another oddity in June was an example of a 

European native, a lizard orchid 

(Himantoglossum hircinum) grown by Betty 

Barber. This fascinating orchid has a tall 

spike of many blooms, the shape of the lip of 

individual flowers being seen by some as 

having a resemblance to the long twisting 

tail of a lizard, and by others as its forked 

tongue! In the UK, it is at the edge of its 

distribution range and is confined to 

England, mostly to the southern half of the 

country. However it is found in many parts 

of Southern Europe, although often as 

isolated plants, and has even been reported 

in western parts of North Africa. It is a 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 273


Betty Barber’s Himantoglossum hircinum 

Betty Barber’s Himantoglossum hircinum 

274 • OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 

tuberous orchid which is winter green and 

summer dormant, and grows in chalky soil. 

This points to a need in culture of winter 

protection and complete drying out of the 

growing medium during the summer. An 

excellent guide to this orchid is provided at: 

http://culturesheet.org/orchidaceae:himant 

oglossum:hircinum 

August 7th 2010 

Andre Roux 

Late summer may bring a cornucopia of fruit 

and vegetables (and another huge turn-out 

at the beginners’ seminar), but the orchidfront 

is rather subdued. This is not without 

pleasure, however, as some unusual plants 

are seen only at this time of year. 

Seidenfadenia is one, a monotypic genus 

represented by its sole member, 

Seidenfadenia mitrata. Formerly known as 

Aerides mitratum, this monopodial orchid is 

found in Thailand and Myanmar at low 

elevations up to 800m. The sparkling white 

and mauve-pink flowers are borne on a 

diagonally projecting inflorescence that is 

always shorter than the fleshy terete leaves. 

It is best cultivated on a mount under 

conditions of bright light, warmth and good 

humidity, watered copiously during active 

growth and kept drier with cooler nights 

when dormant. 

The name of the genus Habenaria is derived 

from the Latin habena, meaning ‘reins’, 

referring to the long, strap-like divisions of 

the petals and lip. On display was Habenaria 

radiata (now Pecteilis radiata), a terrestrial 

species from Japan and Korea that grows in 

open swamp or marsh, bearing attractive 

white flowers with a strikingly fringed lip. In 

Japan, where it is regarded as one of the 

most beautiful native orchids and is sadly


Jeanette Beaney’s Seidenfadenia mitrata Jeanette Beaney’s Habenaria radiata 

(now Pecteilis radiata) 

almost extinct in the wild, this species is 

known as sagi-so (‘heron grass’) and the 

flower is said to resemble a snowy egret in 

flight. Owner Jeanette Beaney grows her 

plants potted in Sphagnum moss, sitting in 

water year round and subject to the wide 

extremes of temperature in her conservatory 

(2˚C to 40˚C). 

Another Asian representative was Coelogyne 

asperata, a species first described in 1849 

and found from Malaysia and Sumatra 

through to New Guinea and the southwest 

Pacific islands. In these regions it is found in 

lowland primary forest, growing by 

watercourses on either trees or rocks, but in 

New Guinea it is sometimes found higher 

up. Colin Carter grows his fine plant in warm 

conditions with even moisture throughout 

the year and no rest period. Care is taken 

with watering when the new growth is 

immature but once it is established, the 

plant is watered copiously. A useful means of 

aiding identification of Coelogyne species or 

gleaning information about their growth 

cycles is the stage of growth at which the 

flower spike appears. Coel. asperata flowers 

as the new growth is beginning, a feature 

known as proteranthous development of the 

inflorescence. There are a further three 

classifications: hysteranthous development 

occurs when the inflorescence appears when 

the pseudobulb has completed its growth; 

an inflorescence appearing as the 

pseudobulb begins to form is classed as 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 275


Mike Penney’s Schoenorchis fragrans 

Mike Penney’s Schoenorchis fragrans 

276 • OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 

synanthous; and in some species the 

inflorescence is borne on a separate shoot 

that will produce only simple pseudobulbs 

and leaves (heteranthous). With about 100 

species to choose from, it is possible to grow 

an interesting selection of coelogynes 

although, as anyone who has grown Coel. 

stricta (syn. elata) or Coel. pandurata will 

affirm, plenty of space is essential. 

Mike Penney presented a trio of delightful 

species. Schoenorchis fragrans and 

Schoenorchis seidenfadenii were truly jewellike 

and, in the same way that you might 

peer and marvel at an intricate piece of 

jewellery, so you appreciate these charming 

miniature orchids. Both are warm-growing 

plants from elevations between 500m and 

1000m and bear fleshy, distichous leaves. 

Schoenorchis seidenfadenii is confined to 

Thailand and Vietnam and has sparkling, 

pale amethyst flowers; Schoenorchis fragrans 

has a broader range, from the Assam region 

of India, Myanmar and Thailand to Yunnan 

province in China, and produces intense 

fuchsia-pink blooms. They are best 

cultivated on mounts, as were these two 

plants, and enjoy moderate shade and a 

humid atmosphere with frequent watering 

when in active growth. Completing the 

threesome was Dendrobium lamyaiae, a 

compact species from Laos and Thailand. Its 

specific name is derived from the fruiting 

lamyai tree, with which it is associated, and 

the spidery, orange flowers bear many 

similarities to Den. unicum. 

Another intriguing dwarf orchid on display 

was Jo Kelleher’s Meiracyllium trinasutum. 

The genus comprises only two species found 

in Central America. Mrclm. trinasutum is 

native to southern Mexico, Guatemala and El 

Salvador and has a characteristic creeping 

habit with pseudobulb-less, leathery leaves


Mike Penney’s Dendrobium lamyaiae 

Jo Kelleher’s Meiracyllium trinasutum Jo Kelleher’s Promenaea stapelioides 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 277


Sheila Bicknell’s Cymbidium Golden Elf (photo by Petra 

Richardson) 

sprouting along the rhizome. It is found in 

canyons, growing on both trees and rocks, 

and in forests at elevations up to 1,300m. 

Rounding out August’s beauties was another 

of Jo’s plants, a handsomely flowered 

Promenaea stapelioides. It is found only in 

southern Brazil and is either mostly epiphytic 

in cool, montane forests or lithophytic on 

damp rocks. Soft, greyish green leaves 

indicate a need for shady conditions and a 

cool, humid atmosphere and it is important 

not to let water accumulate in the new 

growths as they are susceptible to rot. The 

flowers of Prom. stapelioides are sweetly 

fragrant and have dense maroon-purple 

barring on the cream sepals and petals with 

an almost velvety black lip. 

278 • OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 

September 4th 2010 

Andre Roux 

The appearance of cymbidiums is a sure sign 

that the seasons are changing and a 

magnificent plant of Cym. Golden Elf (Enid 

Haupt x ensifolium) graced the display table 

this month. The species parent is one of the 

most widespread and variable warmergrowing 

cymbidiums, native to Indochina, 

China, and Japan (where it was likely 

introduced through cultivation) through to 

Borneo, New Guinea and the Philippines, and 

astonishingly has been known since 500BC. 

Apart from imparting a compact and elegant 

growth habit to Cym. Golden Elf, Cym. 

ensifolium has also imbued the concolor 

golden-yellow flowers on erect 

inflorescences with its charming scent and 

early-blooming characteristics. 

Unfortunately, the flower count is reduced 

and the blooms are short-lived, but there is 

surely a well of pleasure to be enjoyed in a 

plant grown to the high standard that is 

Sheila Bicknell’s trademark, evident in the 

Cultural Certificate awarded by the judging 

team. 

More cultural recognition was bestowed on 

Jo Kelleher’s charming Stelis argentata, the 

many triangular flowers looking like silvery 

fireworks shooting above the leaves. This 

species was first described in 1842 and is 

wide-ranging throughout tropical Central 

and South America, from Mexico to Brazil. 

Cool to intermediate temperatures, high 

humidity, moderate shade and regular 

moisture (as required for Pleurothallis) are 

the key to successful culture of this epiphytic 

genus that comprises a few hundred 

members. An intriguing feature of some 

species is their floral photosensitivity – the

flowers open fully in a burst of brief but 

direct sunlight and close again overnight. 

Speaking of Pleurothallis, one might easily 

have overlooked Pths. phymatodea, not so 

much its leaves but more the tiny, purpleblack 

flowers that, with their warty surface, 

appeared somewhat bug-like (or dead, 

depending on your perspective). Pleurothallis 

is considered to be one of the largest orchid 

genera, numbering approximately 1000 

species. Although this indicates an 

extraordinary wealth and diversity of plants, 

the generally small, strange flowers and 

little or no access to any information 

regarding many species is somewhat of an 

antidote to rampant popularity. That said, 

their habitat and thus cultural requirements 

are remarkably consistent, with, of course, 

the inevitable exceptions. 

Popularity has never been an issue for 

paphiopedilums, the slipper orchids that 

have unwaveringly captivated orchid-lovers 

since the early 1800s. Admittedly this applies 

more to the species, whereas hybrids can fall 

in and out of favour as they become more 

bloated, unstable and characterless. Three 

beautifully grown plants were on display: 

the charming elegance of Brenda Penney’s 

Paph. concolor, a south-east Asian species 

bearing pale yellow flowers stippled with 

purple on a short inflorescence above 

attractively mottled leaves; a lovely primary 

hybrid Paph. Psyche (bellatulum x niveum) 

that, true to the aim of breeding, both 

combined and enhanced the best qualities of 

each parent; and Paph. Harold Koopowitz 

(rothschildianum x malipoense) whose 

flowers, in spite of reflecting one of the 

current trends, left me rather underwhelmed. 


Sally Mill’s Pleurothallis phymatodea 

Bakerara Samurai, a striking hybrid exhibited 

by Sam Hurley, evoked no ambivalence. The 

chocolate brown and white flowers owe 

their eye-catching contrast to the species 

parent, Oncidium schroederianum, a native 

of Panama and Costa Rica. The other parent, 

Degarmoara Hani, combines the genera 

Miltonia, Brassia and Odontoglossum and has 

red-violet flowers. The disruptive march of 

DNA analysis may prove that this is no 

longer a Bakerara, but what of that? What 

matters is that it’s a good-looking hybrid 

deserving of a place in anyone’s collection. 

It would be remiss to ignore the sheer 

spectacle of Henry Oakeley’s Ida grandis 

which, he tells me, can grow into two-metre 

clumps. It is native to northern South 

America, the main distribution of all idas, 

and is typically terrestrial or lithophytic, 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 279


Brenda Penny’s Paphiopedilum concolor 

David Trendell’s Paphiopedilum Psyche 

280 • OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 

occasionally epiphytic in large trees, at 

elevations of around 2000m. A minimum 

temperature of 10˚C at night with a rise of at 

least 9˚C during the day, bright light and 

thorough watering during the growth 

period, allowing the plant to dry out 

between waterings in the winter months, 

are the principal cultural requirements. 

There are a few easily recognisable features 

that distinguish Ida from Lycaste: the 

campanulate (bell-like, downward-facing) 

flowers, the lack of hairs on the sepals, petals 

and lip, and the often fimbriate or dentate 

margin of the lip. Furthermore, lycastes are 

located mostly in Mexico and Central 

America with only a few species further 

south. 

Henry Oakeley’s Ida grandis

Photographic and Art Competition 

(December meeting) 

The 2010 Photographic and Art Competition 

will be held at the December meeting. The 

schedule and rules are as follows: 

Class 1. Photographs of an orchid plant or 

flower or part thereof. Prints no larger than 

7 x 5 inches (17.8 x 12.7 cm). 

Class 2. Photographs of an orchid plant or 

flower or part thereof. Prints greater than 7 

x 5 inches (17.8 x 12.7 cm). 

Class 3. Photographs of an orchid or orchids 

taken in the wild with surrounding habitat or 

landscape, prints no larger than 7 x 5 inches 

(17.8 x 12.7 cm). 

Class 4. Photographs of an orchid or orchids 

taken in the wild with surrounding habitat or 

landscape, prints greater than 7 x 5 inches 

(17.8 x 12.7 cm). 

Class 5a. Orchid paintings - any size or type 

of painting done by a member. 

Class 5b. Any other non-photographic 

orchid-related art – eg drawing without 

painting, needlework, pottery, computer art, 

cake decoration, flower arranging. 

Class 6. Orchid photograph, painting or 

other art - any size or type of photograph, 

painting or other art, done by a member who 

has sold some of the work of the type they 

are exhibiting, e.g. a professional 

photographer should enter photographs in 

this class but may enter a painting or piece 

of pottery in Class 5 if they have never sold a 

painting or a piece of pottery. 

282 • OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 

Rules: 

i) Classes 1-5 are open to amateur OSGB 

members. Members who have sold any of 

their photographs or art work of the type 

they are exhibiting should place these 

entries in Class 6. 

ii) The same photograph cannot be entered 

in more than one class (e.g. the same 

photograph or part of a photograph cannot 

be printed on 7 x 5 inch paper and entered in 

class 1 and also on A4 paper and entered in 

class 2). 

iii) Photographs and paintings entered in a 

previous OSGB photographic or art 

competition cannot be entered again. 

iv) A member may enter a maximum of 

three photographs in classes 1 to 4 (but may 

enter as many classes as they wish). Up to 

five entries per person are allowed in classes 

5a, 5b and 6. However an individual can only 

win one prize in each class. 

v) Photos may be professionally printed but 

not professionally enhanced. 

vi) Members present at the Christmas 

meeting will vote for their favourite three 

entries in each class and entries will be 

awarded three points for a first place vote, 

two points for a second place vote and one 

point for a third place vote. There will be 

prizes for the first, second and third highest 

point count in each class. In the event of a 

tie, the number of first place votes will be 

taken into consideration. 

vi) The winner of the OSGB Trophy for the 

best photograph will be judged between the 

winners of classes 1-4 and will be determined 

by a show of hands after the prize winners in 

the individual classes have been announced.

The Royal Horticultural Society 

Orchid Committee 

Full descriptions and illustrations of the 

plants awarded by the Committee are 

published in The Orchid Review. For 

subscription details see 

www.rhs.org.uk/orchidreview; 

Tel: +44 (0)20 7821 3401; 

e-mail: membership@rhs.org.uk. 

The Committee met on Saturday 19th June 

2010 at the Peterborough International 

Orchid Show and recommended the 

following awards: 

Awards to Plants 

Award of Merit 

To Paphiopedilum Karl Ploberger ‘Barbara’ 

(Paph. hangianum x bellatulum) registered 

by F. Glanz and exhibited by Ernst F. Horn, 

Germany. 

To Vanda Black Magic ‘Mirjam’ (Vanda 

Piyaporn x Kasem’s Delight) registered by 

Anco Orchids and exhibited by H Bauch, 

Germany. 

Botanical Certificate 

To Rudolfiella picta ‘Herrenhausen’, a species 

from Colombia exhibited by Mr A. 

Stockelbush on behalf of Herrenhausen 

Gardens, Germany. 

To Sievekingia fimbriata ‘Herrenhausen’, a 

species from Costa Rica exhibited by Mr A. 

Stockelbush on behalf of Herrenhausen 

Gardens, Germany. 

To Maxillaria sanderiana xanthine form 

‘Megan’, a species from Ecuador exhibited by 

Mr K Bush, UK. 

Vanda Black Magic ‘Mirjam’AM/RHS 

Paphiopedilum Karl Ploberger ‘Barbara’AM/RHS Maxillaria sanderiana xanthine form ‘Megan’ BC/RHS 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 283

The Royal Horticultural Society Orchid Committee 

Rudolfiella picta ‘Herrenhausen’ BC/RHS Rudolfiella picta ‘Herrenhausen’ BC/RHS 

Sievekingia fimbriata ‘Herrenhausen’ BC/RHS 

284 • OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4


Bulbophyllum graveolens ‘Roger Lane’ CCC/RHS 

Brassia verrucosa ‘Peterborough’ CCC/RHS 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 285


Trichopilia URG ‘Dahlenburg’ CCC/RHS 

Awards to Exhibitors 

Certificate of Cultural Commendation 

To Mrs S Lane, UK for a plant of 

Bulbophyllum graveolens ‘Roger Lane’. 

To Mr C Lloyd, UK for a plant of Cattleya 

Canhamiana ‘Elizabeth Ann’ (C. mossiae x C. 

[Laelia] purpurata) registered by Veitch. 

To Dr G Firth, UK for a plant of Brassia 

verrucosa ‘Peterborough’. 

To Mr M Karge, c/o KJ Orchid, Denmark, for a 

plant of Trichopilia URG ‘Dahlenburg’ (T. 

tortilis ‘Large’ x T. turialba ‘Alpha’). 

To Burnham Nurseries Ltd, UK for a plant of 

Dienia ophrydis ‘Frisky’. 

286 • OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 

To Mr E Eyre, UK for a plant of Dracula sergoi 

‘Eva May’. 

To Dr S Knox, UK for a plant of Schoenorchis 

manipurensis ‘Dorothy’. 

The Committee met on Saturday 27th July 

2010 at Vincent Square and recommended 

the following award: 



To Aeranthes polyanthemus ‘Tideswell’, a 

species from Madagascar exhibited by Mr J 

Hermans UK.


Cattleya Canhamiana ‘Elizabeth Ann’ CCC/RHS Dienia ophrydis ‘Frisky’ CCC/RHS 

Cattleya Canhamiana ‘Elizabeth Ann’ CCC/RHS Schoenorchis manipurensis ‘Dorothy’ CCC/RHS 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 287


Aeranthes polyanthemus ‘Tideswell’ BC/RHS Aeranthes polyanthemus ‘Tideswell’ BC/RHS 

The Committee met on Saturday 17th August 

2010 at RBG Kew and recommended the 

following awards: 



To Paphiopedilum Le Noir Pre ‘Jersey’ 

(Paphiopedilum Vicard Point x shillianum) 

and 

To Paphiopedilum Du Motier ‘Victoria Village’ 

(Paphiopedilum Gloria Naugle x 

vietnamense), both exhibited by the EYOF, 

Jersey. 


To Cleisocentron merrillianum ‘Gaytarn’, a 

288 • OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 

species from Sabah, Borneo exhibited by Mr J 

Gay, UK. 

The Committee met on Saturday 15th 

September 2010 at RHS Garden, Wisley and 

recommended the following award: 



To Hamelwellsara Happy Hour ‘Purple 

Emperor’ (Zygopetalum Everspring x 

Hamelwellsara Margaret) exhibited by 

McBean’s Orchids, UK.

Paphiopedilum Le Noir Pre ‘Jersey’ AM/RHS 


Paphiopedilum Du Motier ‘Victoria Village’AM/RHS 

Paphiopedilum Du Motier ‘Victoria Village’AM/RHS 

Paphiopedilum Le Noir Pre ‘Jersey’ AM/RHS Hamelwellsara Happy Hour ‘Purple Emperor’ AM/RHS 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 289


Cleisocentron merrillianum ‘Gaytarn’ BC/RHS 

Cleisocentron merrillianum ‘Gaytarn’ BC/RHS 

290 • OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 

Dates for RHS Orchid 

Committee Meetings in 2011 

Plants for awards should be 

presented an hour before the 

meeting. 

17 January 

At Eric Young Orchid Foundation - 2pm 

15 February 

RHS Show, Vincent Square - 11.30am 

19 March 

London Orchid Show & Slipper Orchid 

Conference - 2pm 

29 March 


23 May 

RHS Chelsea Flower Show - 9am 

18 June 

At East of England Agricultural Show, 

Peterborough - 1pm 

19 July 

At Wisley - 11.30am 

16 August 

At RBG Kew, Jodrell Laboratory - 11.30am 

13 September 

Vincent Square - 11.30am 

4 October 


15 October 

Dawlish Warren - 2pm 

8 November 

Meeting at Vincent Square - 11.30am 

12 December 

At McBean’s Orchids - 11.30am

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Index to Volume 59 

No.1, pp1-84; No.2, pp 85-152; No.3, pp 153-220 ; No.4, pp 221-304 ; S = Supplement 2010 

Articles 

A Different Look at Dracula Names 248 

A Strange Coincidence – Maxillaria eburnea in Print 135 

Accounts 2009 S11 

Affiliated Societies S29 

Annual General Meeting 2010 S4 

Book Reviews: 

Discovering New World Orchids by Manning, S. 258 

Draculas of Ecuador by Pupulin F., Merino G. and Medina H. 130 

Genera Orchidacearum Vol. 5 Epidendroideae (Part two), 

by Pridgeon A., P. Cribb, M. Chase and F. Rasmussen 37 

Gynostemia Orchidalium IV. 

by Szlachetko, D.L. and J. Mytnik-Ejsmont 34 

Orchidelirium by Feinstein H. 131 

Orchids of Sri Lanka. Vol 1, by Malik F., W. Siil and F. Suranjan 35 

The Organ Mountain Range. Its History and its Orchids 

by Miller, D., R. Warren, I. Moura Miller and H. Seehawer 35 

Wild Flowers of Yorkshire by Beck, H.M. 177 

Wild Orchids of Surrey (2009) by Gibson J. 131 

Cattleya species – a pictorial guide 230 

Code of Judging S25 

Colour Fund Donations S28 

Croydon Orchid Group – Change of Venue 71 

Diary of a White Van Driver 178 

Future OSGB Meetings 192 

Goods Available for Purchase S31 

Letter from the Chairman 24 

Letter from the Editor 229 

Letter from the President 4, 88, 156, 224 

Napier Hall Meetings 55, 139, 193, 269 

Northern Cyprus Holiday: March 2010 261 

Notes from 

the Treasurer 72, 267 

the Display Manager 72 

the Programme Secretary 72, 141, 192, 268 

Obituary – The Hon. Alasdair Morrison 48 

Obituary – Dr Basil Francis 260 

Obituary - Bert Hamilton 181 

Ooi Leng Sun Orchid Nursery 100 

Orchid Hunting in Kent 132 

Orchid Painting Holidays in Sri Lanka 74 

Orchid Show at Durham – Details 192 

Oriental Cymbidiums (Section Jensoa) – a pictorial guide 109 

OSGB Autumn Show 2009 – Results 50 

OSGB at Peterborough, 2010 264 

OSGB Members on a Guided Walk to Fontmell Down 180 

OSGB Spring Show 2010 – Details 54 

OSGB Spring Show 2010: Report 182 

Phalaenopsis species – a pictorial guide 166 

Photographic and Art Competition Results, December 2009 63 

Photographic and Art Competition, Schedules 282 

Propagate your own Disas from Seed 121 

RHS London Orchid Show 2010 126 

RHS Orchid Committee Reports 70, 142, 208, 283 

RHS Westonbirt Medal presented to 

Brian and Wilma Rittershausen 122 

Rules of the Society S14 

Schomburgkia (now Myrmecophila) species 266 

Slipper Orchid Symposium 2010 268 

Society Show Schedules S18 

Some Strange Country of Nightmares 124 

Spotlight on Species – Calanthe reflexa 136 

Spotlight on Species - Disas 45 

Stanhopea tigrina var. aurea 256 

Stanhopea tigrina var. nigroviolacea 257 

Taiwan International Orchid Show 25 

The International Phalaenopsis Alliance Teams up with the OSGB 99 

The Librarian’s Cup 190 

What’s in a Name? 259 

Contributors 

Barker, Chris 25, 100 

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Bartlett, Val 261 

Britton, Jean and Tony 266 

Buckingham, Mike 195 

Catlin, Andy 74 

Cribb, Phillip 34 

Hashi, Mayumi 133 

Hooker, Janet 260 

Hughes, David 180 

Hurley, Sam 178, 260, 266 

Macphie, Anna 124 

Macphie, Iona 45, 50, 54, 55, 63, 72, 136, 141, 192, 202, 268, 273 

Manning, Steve 248 

Micklewright, Val 264 

Mill, Sally 72, 190, 264 267 

McIllmurray, Michael 139, 191, 269 

Oakeley, Henry 

4, 35, 36, 37, 48, 88, 109, 127, 131, 156, 166, 181, 224, 230, 258 

Pugh, Valerie 72 

Rittershausen, Brian 256 

Rittershausen, Sara 122 

Roux, Andre 182, 274 

Scott, Alex 121 

Trendell, Dave 129, 258 

Watson, Eileen 130, 135, 229, 257 

White, Roy 24 

Advertisers 

Alphabet Orchids 296 

Asendorfer Orchids 291 

Chantelle Orchids 296 

Densylorchids (Epiphoam) 76, 144, 212, 291 

GHE Plant Nutritionists 76, 144, 212, 291 

Henry Oakeley’s Lycaste, Ida and Anguloa Book 297 

Just in Glass 75, 149, 217, 295 

Laneside Hardy Orchid Nursery 77, 145, 213, 292 

Laurence Hobbs Orchids Ltd. 75, 149, 217, 295 

Mae Tang Tours 297 

Parwin Heaters 79, 147 

Peruflora 297 

Peterborough International Orchid Show and BOC Congress 81 

Plants Plus 80, 148, 216, 294 

Ray Creek (Orchids) 75, 149, 217, 295 

Röllke Orchideenzucht 76, 144, 212 

Ruth Batten Photography 215, 293 

Simply Control 80, 148, 216, 294 

Singapore Garden Festival 78, 146 

The Orchid Review 215, 293 

Touchwood Too 77, 145, 213, 292 

World Orchid Conference, 20 th at Singapore 214 

Illustrations 

Ada peruviana 22, 23, 42 

Aeranthes polyanthemus ‘Tideswell’ BC/RHS 288 

Anacamptis pyramidalis var. urvilleana 67 

Angraecum aporoides 183 

Angraecum Crestwood 27 

Aranda Broga Giant ‘Bright Garden’ AM/RHS 211 

Arundina minor 74 

Aspasia variegata 42 

Barbosella cogniauxiana 60 

Brachonidium galeatum 17 

Brachtia andina 42 

Brassia arcuigera 42 

Brassia verrucosa ‘Peterborough’ CCC/RHS 285 

Buckingham, Mike 195 

Bulbophyllum arfakianum 28 

Bulbophyllum auratum ‘White’ 106 

Bulbophyllum frostii 273 

Bulbophyllum graveolens ‘Roger Lane’ CCC/RHS 285 

Calanthe amamiana 59 

Calanthe arisanensis 59 

Calanthe elytroglossa 59

Calanthe Gorey ‘Rouge’ 59 

Calanthe hancockii ‘Akerne’ 58 

Calanthe izu-insularis 59 

Calanthe Mont Pinel ‘Victoria Village’ 59 

Calanthe reflexa 136 

Calanthe rubens 58 

Calanthe Saint Brelade 59 

Calanthe sieboldii ‘Kitadaio’ 56 

Calanthe triplicata 58 

Catasetum flower with bee 12 

Catasetum pollen on bee 12 

Catasetum, female flowers 11 

Catasetum, male flowers 11 

Caterpillar causing painful rash, Peru 17 

Cattleya aclandiae 232 

Cattleya acuensis 232 

Cattleya amethystoglossa ‘Eikoh’ 232 

Cattleya Angel Bells 51 

Cattleya aurantiaca 63 

Cattleya Canhamiana ‘Elizabeth Ann’ CCC/RHS 287 

Cattleya cernua 232 

Cattleya cinnabarina ‘Dream of Kimi’ 233 

Cattleya cinnabarina ‘Kaoru’ 233 

Cattleya coccinea 233 

Cattleya coccinea f. aurea 233 

Cattleya coccinea var. barboleta 233 

Cattleya coccinea ‘Mariarena’ 44 

Cattleya crispata 234 

Cattleya dormaniana 34 

Cattleya dormaniana ‘Dark Angel’ 234 

Cattleya dowiana f. aurea 234 

Cattleya dowiana ‘Rosita’ 234 

Cattleya forbesii 234 

Cattleya gaskelliana f. alba ‘Sara’ 235 

Cattleya harpophylla ‘Eikoh’ 235 

Cattleya harrisoniana ‘Madreperla’ 235 

Cattleya intermedia f. alba 236 

Cattleya intermedia var. orlata ‘Crownfox Jewel’ 236 

Cattleya jongheana f. alba 236 

Cattleya kautskyana ‘Orange Ambassador’ 236 

Cattleya lawrenceana 237 

Cattleya lawrenceana f. coerulea 237 

Cattleya loddigesii ‘Atibaia’ 237 

Cattleya loddigesii ‘Mauta’ 237 

Cattleya lueddemanniana 43 

Cattleya lueddemanniana , a partly alba form 238 

Cattleya lueddemanniana ‘Elisa’, a partly alba form 237 

Cattleya lueddemanniana f. concolor 238 

Cattleya lueddemanniana ‘S and S Kazu’ 237 

Cattleya lundii 238 

Cattleya lundii f. alba 238 

Cattleya maxima 238 

Cattleya maxima f. alba 239 

Cattleya maxima, a‘semi alba’ form 239 

Cattleya mendelii f. coerulea 239 

Cattleya milleri 44, 239 

Cattleya mossiae 204 

Cattleya mossiae ‘Valencian’ - a ‘semi alba’ form 240 

Cattleya nobilior 240 

Cattleya nobilior f. coerulea ‘Soro’ 240 

Cattleya nobilior ‘Leo’ 241 

Cattleya nobilior var. suave ‘Lotus Junior’ 240 

Cattleya percivaliana ‘La Goajiro’, a ‘semi-alba’ form 241 

Cattleya percivaliana ‘Summit’ FCC/AOS 241 

Cattleya percivaliana f. atropurpurea 241 

Cattleya perrinii 241 

Cattleya praestans 242 

Cattleya pumila f. alba 242 

Cattleya pumila f. coerulea 242 

Cattleya purpurata 44, 242 

Cattleya purpurata f. alba 242 

Cattleya purpurata f. coerulea 242 

Cattleya quadricolor ‘Dona Zoraide’ 243 

Cattleya quadricolor f. alba ‘Yaizu Soft’ 243 

Cattleya aff. rex 243 


Cattleya rosea ‘Tashiro no 3’ 44 

Cattleya schilleriana 243 

Cattleya schroederae ‘The Baron’ FCC/RHS 244 

Cattleya schroederae f. alba ‘Hercules’ 43, 244 

Cattleya schroederae ‘Matsura’ 244 

Cattleya schroederae ‘Popayan’ 244 

Cattleya teretecaulis 244 

Cattleya tigrina var. albaviridis 245 

Cattleya tigrina 244 

Cattleya trianae 204, 245 

Cattleya trianae ‘Dan’ 245 

Cattleya trianae f. concolor 245 

Cattleya violacea 245 

Cattleya walkeriana 246 

Cattleya walkeriana ‘Blue Moon’ 106 

Cattleya walkeriana, a ‘semi alba’ form 246 

Cattleya warneri, a ‘semi alba’ form 246 

Cattleya warscewiczii f. alba 246 

Cattleya warscewiczii, a concolor form 246 

Cattleya wittigiana 247 

Chelsea Flower Show: A flower dragon from Thailand 163 

Chelsea Flower Show: EYOF exhibit 219 

Chelsea Flower Show: McBean’s Gold Medal display 163 

Chelsea Flower Show: OSGB Gold Medal exhibit 160, 161, 162, 220 

Chelsea Flower Show: Silver exhibit, Jardin Luxembourg, Paris 164 

Chelsea Flower Show: Silver-Gilt exhibit, Harry and Niki Nagata 164 

Chytroglossa aurata ‘Sandra’s Valentine’ BC/RHS, CCC/RHS 143 

Cleisocentron merrillianum ‘Gaytarn’ BC/RHS 290 

Cleistes rosea 18 

Cochlioda sanguinea 157 

Coelogyne asperata 304 

Coelogyne cristata 183 

Coelogyne fimbriata 50 

Coelogyne fuliginosa 50 

Coryanthes bicalcarata with nectar 12 

Coryanthes macranthum with nectar 1 

Cuitlauzina pulchellum 40 

Cymbidium devonianum 159 

Cymbidium Dorothy Stockstill 27 

Cymbidium Early Style 61 

Cymbidium elegans 60 

Cymbidium ensifolium 110 

Cymbidium erythraeum 203 

Cymbidium erythrostylum 60 

Cymbidium faberi 111, 112 

Cymbidium goeringii 108, 113, 114 

Cymbidium kanran 115 

Cymbidium Golden Elf 278 

Cymbidium nishiuchianum 116 

Cymbidium sinense 117, 118 

Cymbidium tortisepalum 119, 120 

Cypripedium formosanum 184 

Cypripedium henryi 207 

Cypripedium kentuckiense 206 

Cyrtochilum (Rusbyella) peruviana 40 

Cyrtochilum aureum 8 

Cyrtochilum macranthum 40 

Cyrtochilum serratum 40 

Dactylorhiza fuchsii 66 

Darwin, Charles 194 

Dendrobium anosmum 158 

Dendrobium christyanum 52 

Dendrobium fimbriatum var. oculatum 97 

Dendrobium Gatton Rose 203 

Dendrobium glomeratum 62 

Dendrobium infundibulum 140 

Dendrobium kingianum hybrid 202 

Dendrobium kingianum 140 

Dendrobium lamyaiae 277 

Dendrobium lichenastrum 61 

Dendrobium macrophyllum 66 

Dendrobium moniliforme ‘Kokuhotan’, - leaves 96 

Dendrobium pleianthum 140 

Dendrobium polysema 138 

Dendrobium thyrsiflorum 187 

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Dendrobium timorii 141 

Dendrochilum bicallosum ‘Mike Fuller’ 94 

Dendrochilum glumaceum 206 

Dienia ophrydis ‘Frisky’ CCC/RHS 287 

Disa display by David Parkinson 47 

Disa uniflora 45 

Disa Unifoam 121 

Disa Watsonii 121 

Doritaenopsis ‘Harck Galaxy’ 31 

Doritaenopsis Alice’s Beth 33 

Doritaenopsis Allsun Rainbow 183 

Doritaenopsis I-Hsin Black Jack 33 

Doritaenopsis I-Hsin Waltz 33 

Doritaenopsis Leopard Prince 33 

Doritis pulcherrima var. champorensis 104 

Down House 193 

Dracula bellerophon 249 

Dracula carlueri 254 

Dracula chestertonii 64 

Dracula chimaera 249 

Dracula cochliops 253 

Dracula cutis-bufonis 252 

Dracula diana 253 

Dracula felix 51 

Dracula gigas 250 

Dracula gorgona 250 

Dracula Jester 254 

Dracula lemurella 251 

Dracula lotax 254 

Dracula nycterina 251 

Dracula pholeodytes 251 

Dracula polyphemus 250 

Dracula psyche 249 

Dracula simia 253 

Dracula vampira 248 

Dracula vespertilio 251 

Dracuvallia Eric AM/RHS 255 

Elleanthus myrosmatis 20 

Elleanthus strobilifera 20 

Encyclia alata var. rossii 270 

Encyclia chloroleuca 272 

Encyclia tampensis 272 

Eria leiophylla 106 

European OC, Dresden: a display at Dresden 201 

European OC, Dresden: Miltonia Goodale Moir ‘Wossen II’ 200 

European OC, Dresden: view of Dresden 201 

Fernandezia ionanthera, Huanuco, Peru 9, 10 

Flat-pack house, Peru 13 

Fly with pollen of Bulbophyllum graveolens ‘Roger Lane’ 165 

Fontmell Down walking party 180 

Gomesa (Baptistonia) echinata 41 

Goode-Adams, Giles 122 

Goodyera hachikoensis var. matsamurana ‘Setsutin’ - leaves 96 

Goodyera schlechtendaliana ‘Hatsuyume’ 96 

Goodyera schlechtendaliana ‘Kiyosato’ – leaves 96 

Govenia species 18 

Govenia tingens 18 

Green, James loading van for Chelsea 178 

Habenaria carnea 52 

Habenaria myriotricha ‘Blackwater’ BC/RHS 70, 71 

Habenaria radiata 275 

Habenaria trifida 19 

Hamelwellsara Happy Hour ‘Purple Emperor’ AM/RHS 289 

Hamilton, Bert 181 

Hawkins, Mary-Jane 165 

Himantoglossum hircinum 274 

Hurley, Sam and the Luton van for Chelsea 178 

Hurley, Sam 165 

Ida grandis 281 

Ida jimenezii 98 

Ida peruviana 21 

Ida tornemezae 21 

I-Hsin Nursery 29 

Jeffries, Len 139 

Keith Andrew’s hybrids 228 

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Kelleher, Jo: display 53 

Kew Orchid Festival, February 2010 88 

Laelia albida 44 

Laelia anceps 44 

Landslide, Peru 9 

Late spider orchid 132 

Leopardus wiedii – skin 20 

Lepanthes aculeata 15, 16 

Leptotes unicolor 51 

Lizard orchid 133 

Lycaste Chita Impulse ‘Rome Radiance’ 97 

Lycaste cruenta sketch 69 

Lycaste David 159 

Malaxis andicola 19 

Manning, Steve 248 

Masdevallia antonii 198 

Masdevallia Bella Donna 199 

Masdevallia caudata 199 

Masdevallia coccinea 198 

Masdevallia Confetii 153 

Masdevallia datura 198 

Masdevallia Falcon’s Gold 195 

Masdevallia (ignea x Antizana) 188 

Masdevallia manoloi 187 

Masdevallia pinocchio 199 

Masdevallia rimarima-alba 6 

Masdevallia Shane White 197 

Masdevallia Tuakua Candy 198 

Masdevallia uniflora 6 

Masdevallia uniflora in Huassahuassi 5 

Masdevallia uniflora, picotee form 6 

Masdevallia uniflora, white form 6 

Masdevallia x kareliae 7, 8, 84 

Masdevallias: variation of temperature with elevation 196 

Maxillaria aurea 43 

Maxillaria chrysantha 43 

Maxillaria cucullata 53 

Maxillaria eburnea and Diothonea (Epidendrum) imbricata (Print) 135 

Maxillaria haemathodes 14, 15 

Maxillaria sanderiana xanthine form ‘Megan’ BC/RHS 283 

Maxillaria sophronitis 50 

Meiracyllium trinasutum 277 

Menzies, David 202 

Mesospinidium incantans 42 

Microterangis hildebrandtii 182 

Miltonia (Oncidium) phymatochilum ‘Herrenhausen’ 41 

Miltonia clowesii 39 

Miltonia spectabilis var. moreliana 39 

Monopampa, Peru in the rainy season 13 

Morrison, The Hon. Alasdair 48, 49 

Mount Roraima 124 

Muna, Peru: new road to 13 

Needlework of Phalaenopsis 69 

Neotinea maculata 263 

Odontioda Coin Varin ‘Saint Helier’ AM/RHS 208 

Odontioda Heatonensis 156 

Odontioda Moulin de Louis ‘Saint Martin’ AM/RHS 208 

Odontioda Ville a L’Eveque ‘Saint Brelade’ AM/RHS 208 

Odontoglossum cirrhosum 157 

Odontoglossum Petit E’tacquerel ‘Saint Brelade’ AM/RHS 209 

Odontoglossum Royal Occasion 191 

Oncidium (Cochlioda) noezlianum 39 

Oncidium (Mexicoa) ghiesbrechtianum 39 

Oncidium (Odontoglossum) cristatellum 39 

Oncidium (Odontoglossum) pardineum 39 

Oncidium (Odontoglossum) tripudians 39 

Oncidium (Odontoglossum) wyattianum 39 

Oncidium (Sigmatostalix) caldense 39 

Oncidium (Sigmatostalix) sergii 39 

Oncidium bifolium 38 

Oncidium cornigerum 38 

Oncidium fuscatum 38 

Ooi, Benjamin, Ruey and Dylan 100 

Ooi, Michael 100 

Ophrys kotchyi 262

Ophrys lutea 67 

Ophrys lutea subsp. galilaea 261 

Ophrys species 262 

Ophrys sphegodes subsp. mammosa 262 

Orchis (syn. Aceras) anthropophora 182 

Orchis italica 262 

Orchis quadripunctata 262 

Orchis simia 185 

OSGB Badge on display at Peterborough 264 

OSGB Display at Peterborough IOS, 2010 264 

Otoglossum weberbauerianum 40 

Pachyphyllim falcifolium 19 

Palmer, Irene 194 

Paphiopedilum concolor 280 

Paphiopedilum curtisii 184 

Paphiopedilum Du Motier ‘Victoria Village’AM/RHS 289 

Paphiopedilum fairrieanum forma album ‘Green Eye’ 95 

Paphiopedilum Karl Ploberger ‘Barbara’AM/RHS 283 

Paphiopedilum Le Noir Pre ‘Jersey’ AM/RHS 289 

Paphiopedilum Maori 65 

Paphiopedilum Michael Koopowitz 26 

Paphiopedilum micranthum ‘Frieda’ FCC/RHS, CCC/RHS 85, 128, 209 

Paphiopedilum micranthum var. glanceanum ‘Gillian’ AM/RHS 127 

Paphiopedilum Psyche 280 

Paphiopedilum Vieux Moulin ‘La Ponterrin’ AM/RHS 142 

Paraphalaenopsis labukensis, mounted 105 

Peristylus trimenii 74 

Peterborough IOS: Bulbophyllum graveolens ‘Roger Lane’ 165 

Phaius tankervilleae 58 

Phalaenopsis amabilis 26, 166, 167 

Phalaenopsis amboinensis 167 

Phalaenopsis aphrodite 167 

Phalaenopsis appendiculata 101, 167, 168 

Phalaenopsis bastianii 103, 168 

Phalaenopsis bellina 103, 168 

Phalaenopsis bellina forma lutea 175 

Phalaenopsis braceana 168 

Phalaenopsis chibae 168, 169 

Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi 103, 169 

Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi var. flava 169 

Phalaenopsis equestris 169 

Phalaenopsis equestris forma aurea 169 

Phalaenopsis fasciata 169 

Phalaenopsis gigantea 170 

Phalaenopsis hybrid (painting) 67 

Phalaenopsis I-Hsin Kabuki 33 

Phalaenopsis I-Hsin Sun Beauty 33 

Phalaenopsis javanica 170 

Phalaenopsis lindenii 107, 170, 171 

Phalaenopsis lobbii 171 

Phalaenopsis lowii 171 

Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana 171 

Phalaenopsis Maki Watanabe 32 

Phalaenopsis mannii 172 

Phalaenopsis mariae 172 

Phalaenopsis pallens 172 

Phalaenopsis parishii 103, 173 

Phalaenopsis philippinensis 173 

Phalaenopsis plant (model) 69 

Phalaenopsis pulcherrima 173 

Phalaenopsis pulcherrima var. coerulea 173 

Phalaenopsis sanderiana 173, 174 

Phalaenopsis schilleriana 105, 174 

Phalaenopsis speciosa var. tetraspis 174 

Phalaenopsis Star Orange ‘Sunglow’ 190 

Phalaenopsis stuartiana 175 

Phalaenopsis sumatrana 175 

Phalaenopsis Valentinii 221 

Phalaenopsis violacea 103 

Phalaenopsis violacea forma alba 176 

Phalaenopsis violacea forma coerulea 176 

Phalaenopsis violacea in its habitat 175 

Phalaenopsis wilsonii 176 

Plant mimicking an orchid, Peru 11 

Platystele oxyglossa 17 


Pleurothallis phymatodea 279 

Polystachya bella 205 

Preparing the Chelsea display 179 

Promenaea stapelioides 277 

Prosthechea lancifolia 271 

Prosthechea vespa 272 

Prosthechea vitellina 269 

Psychopsis papilio 40, 65 

Pyramidal orchid 132 

Red-flowered herb, Peru 11 

RHS London OS: Henry Oakeley photo exhibit 129 

RHS London OS: OSGB display 126, 127, 129 

Rhyncholaeliocattleya Princess Kiko ‘Hohoemi’ 152 

Rhynchostele (Lemboglossum) bictoniense 40 

Rhynchostele (Lemboglossum) cervantesii 40 

Rhynchostele (Lemboglossum) cordata 40 

Rhynchostylis Chorchalod 93 

Rio Huallaga, Peru 4 

Rittershausen, Brian 122, 257 

Rittershausen, Wilma 122 

Rossioglossum grande 40 

Rudolfiella picta ‘Herrenhausen’ BC/RHS 284 

Ruiz, Saul with Maxillaria haemathodes 14 

Sarcochilus Fitzhart 186 

Sarcochilus hartmannii 186 

Schoenorchis fragrans 276 

Schoenorchis manipurensis ‘Dorothy’ CCC/RHS 287 

Schomburgkia (Myrmecophila), Jean and Tony Britton’s 266 

Schomburgkia superbiens (now Laelia superbiens) 267 

Seidenfadenia mitrata 275 

Serapias lingua (pale form) 189 

Serapias species 263 

Sievekingia fimbriata ‘Herrenhausen’ BC/RHS 284 

Singapore 2010: New Guinea exhibit 224 

Singapore 2010: orchids hang from twisted vines 225 

Singapore 2010: Singapore Botanic Garden exhibit 226 

Sobralia rosea 19 

Sobralia aff. setigera 19 

Solomon, Kim 165 

Sophronitis acuensis 68 

Spiranthes sinensis ‘Nio’- leaves 96 

Stanhopea tigrina var. aurea 256 

Stanhopea tigrina var. nigroviolacea 257 

Stelis species 63 

Stenoglottis Neptune ‘Chelsea Frieda’ AM/RHS 210 

Stenorrhynchus albidomaculatus 98 

Taisuco Nursery 30 

Taiwan IOS: Best Display 27 

Taiwan IOS: display by Chiang Mai Botanical Gardens 25 

Taiwan IOS: display by OSGB 31 

Taiwan IOS: display by Taiwan OGA 26 

Tokyo Dome Show: Cattleyas 89 

Tokyo Dome Show: exhibits 91, 92 

Tokyo Dome Show: setting up exhibits 90 

Tokyo Dome Show: traditional orchid arrangements 95 

Trichocentrum hastilabium 41 

Trichocentrum lanceanum 41 

Trichocentrum species 63 

Trichocentrum splendidum var. concolor ‘Mei Chen’ 41 

Trichopilia URG ‘Dahlenburg’ CCC/RHS 286 

Vanda Bitz’s Heartthrob 28 

Vanda Black Magic ‘Mirjam’AM/RHS 283 

Vandopsis gigantea 102 

Watson, Eileen 229 

White Phalaenopsis’ - Sam Hurley’s 259 

White, Peter 99 

Wisley Orchid Festival: Cymbidium devonianum 159 

Wisley Orchid Festival: Dendrobium anosmum 158 

Wisley Orchid Festival: Linda Lachelin with Lycaste David 159 

Wisley Orchid Festival: Oncidium tree 158 

Wisley Orchid Festival: Woks containing Phalaenopsis plants 158 

Yu Pin Nursery 29 

Zelenkoa onustum 41 

Zygopetalum maculatum 20 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 301

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2010 

November 

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Exhibition, Museum of Hungarian 

Agriculture (Castle of Vajdahunyad), 

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19 North Bucks OS Show, Flitwick Village 

Hall, Flitwick, Beds. MK45 1HP. (2 minutes 

from train station). 11.00-16.00. 

Contact: Kate Bellingham 01234 824882 

March 

19 - 20 RHS London Orchid Show, RHS 

Lawrence Hall, Westminster, London. 

10.00-17.00. Preview evening 

March 18, 18.30-21.00. 

20 In association with the London Orchid 

Show, First International Slipper Orchid 

Symposium in association with the 

British Paphiopedilum Society. 

For details, see page 268. 

27 South East OS Show, Ashford Rail Staff 

Club Hall, Beaver Road, Ashford, Kent (Nr 

the International Railway Station). 

14.00–16.00. 

Contact: Janet Hooker, 01303 256637 or 

janet.hooker@sky.com or visit 

www.seos.care4free.com 

April 

2 Solihull & District OS Show, Arden 

School, Station Road, Knowle, Solihull, 

West Midlands B93 0PT. 11.00-16.00. 

Contact Janet James, 01564 822897 

10 Darlington and District OS, OSGB and 

BOGA Show at Josephine Butler 

College, Durham University. 

(see OSGBJ (2010) 59(3): 192) 

May 

23 - 28 Chelsea Flower Show 

June 

17 - 19 Peterborough International Orchid 

Show, East of England Show Ground, 

Peterborough. 

www.peterboroughinternationalorchids 

how.org.uk 

October 

15 - 16 Devon Orchid Weekend, Dawlish 

Warren, Devon 

30 South East OS Show, Ashford Rail Staff 

Club Hall, Beaver Road, Ashford, Kent (Nr 

the International 

Railway Station). 14.00–16.00. Contact: 

Janet Hooker, 01303 256637 or 

janet.hooker@sky.com or visit 

www.seos.care4free.com 

November 

13 - 20 Please note change of dates for: 

20th World Orchid Conference, 

Singapore. www.20woc.com.sg 

2012 

September 

10-16 19th AOC Conference & Show, Perth, 

Western Australia. ‘Wild About Orchids’. 

http://www.waorchids.iinet.net.au/19th_ 

AOC_Conference.htm 

Further Diary Dates may be found via the OSGB 

website and the British Orchid Council website 

http://www.british-orchid-council.info/ 

OSGBJ 2010 (59), No. 4 • 303

The Orchid Society of Great Britain

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