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Phalaenopsis schilleriana .
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Platinum Medal - $ 5,000 or more Gold Medal - $ 1,000- $ 4,999 IPA Region 12 ( Southeast ) Dr . & Mrs . Olie Garrison IPA Region 13 ( Piedmont )
Krull-Smith gift-in-kind Silver Medal - $ 500 - $ 999
Karen Armstrong Robert B . Bannister , M . D . Bronze Medal - $ 250- $ 400 IPA Region 3 ( Northwest ) Houston Orchid Society IPA Region 14 ( Central South Florida ) San Francisco Orchid Society in honor of Maynard Michel in lieu of speaker ’ s fee
Supporting Donations - up to $ 249 Mitzi R . Runyan The Atlanta Orchid Society , Inc . Paul Paludet , M . D . Robert M . Scully Linda Hauss Nancy E . Newton John H . Baker Michel Tremblay Barbara Burch James L . Newsome Raj Popat M . D . Carla W . Gillespie New Orleans Orchid Society in honor of Carlos Fighetti in lieu of speaker ’ s fee
My Favorite Haunting Beauty
Haunting beauty with the mottled leaves , Those giant , light-catching forms , Perfect launching pads to delight the jumping frogs As they play through the orchids . No wonder your family name is Big Leaf . Your flat , textured roots of silver reach up , out , and around , Like a precious necklace made for royalty . When the chill of Fall descends in the evenings , And the skies fill with rolling gray clouds , She grows a spike , tall and strong , to carry The many rose-scented flowers That dance like pink butterflies In the breezy tropics of our plant room . Just in time for Valentine ’ s Day , in full splendor , Oh haunting beauty that is
Phalaenopsis schilleriana .
By Susie Hanna Orchid Society of Greater Kansas City
Phalaenopsis schilleriana illustration from Gardener ’ s Chronicle , n . s ., 1875 - page 169 - figure 34
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