merous AOS awards speak to his detailed eye to breed
quality novelty Phalaenopsis, most of which are fragrant.
Mike’s pictures of his creations definitely impressed all us
Phalie lovers.
The afternoon session was followed by our auction. With
the numerous quality donations, we raised a total of $961.
My thanks to everyone who generously donated plants.
Those folks included: Mike Mims, Deb Delmas, Stones
River Orchids (Tom Harper), George Killgore, Roy Harrow, Junior and Becky Coxwell and Edna Bryan.
Thanks for coming and helping to make the day outstanding! My thanks to Joan McAndless and the staff of Lines
Orchids for hosting our meeting!
Region 15 – New York and Eastern Canada – Marilyn Shapiro
Region 16 – New England – Carri Raven-Riemann
Photo by: Charles Marden Fitch.
There were two summer events in the Northeast Area featuring phals for the orchidophile: Parkside Summer Fest at
Parkside Orchid Nursery, Ottsville, PA, July 26-28 and The
International Shore Orchid Festival held June 7-9 hosted
by Silva Orchids in Neptune, New Jersey. There were two
interesting AOS awards given to unusual phals within the
region.
Phal. parishii forma alba ‘orchidPhile’ CHM/AOS of 84
points. Two charming, nearly concolor white flowers and
five buds on one upright, slightly arched 5cm inflorescence borne on a miniature monopodial plant consisting
of 5 lanceolate leaves up to 2.5 cm wide by 5.8 cm long
grown in sphagnum moss in a 5cm clear plastic pot; sepals
and petals concolor pure white; lip hinged, large midlobe
white, fimbriate callus pale yellow, small side lobes yellow;
substance average, texture matte; awarded for unique pure
white lip, unlike any previous awarded clones of this species. The other award was to an as yet un-named broad-lip
hybrid made by Yu Pin Biotech, Phal. (Yu Pin Dream Girl
x World Class ‘Big Foot’) ‘Tara’ HCC/AOS (79 points). Exhibitor: Carri Raven-Riemann
Our 3rd Annual “Focus on Phals” Speakers’ Days will be
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held September 14 & 15 in Bedford, NH and Ballston Spa,
NY; a full report will be in the next journal issue.
Shore Orchid Festival held at Silva Orchids. Photos by: Beth Silva.