Greater NY Orchid Society Show - 2007
Attention dyslexics: it stands for Greater New York Orchid Society, and has nothing to do with female body parts. I ended up skipping the show yesterday to rescue my fallen soldier of a desktop PC, which required reloading the OS not once, but twice. That was time consuming but in the end all that really got blown away was some email passwords and the drivers for my Nikon, which I had on CD.
SJ and I went today instead. Sort of felt like I was dragging him with me, but it turns out he enjoyed playing hooky today and watching me power shop. Took the train into NY Penn and hopped the 6th Ave. subway up to Rock. We used my Metro Card, and on the way back my Metro Card and my PATH Quick Card, so it only cost SJ round trip excursion train fare, plus the Starbuck's mocha he bought. I bought the smoothies from Cucina & Co. later, after we'd hit one section of the vendor area. We called that lunch. On the way back, we'd have had to wait almost an hour for the next train out of Penn, so we walked back over to 6th Ave., hopped on the PATH to Hoboken, and got really lucky. We caught an express train that left within a minute of our arrival, and blew through so many towns without stopping that we were the second stop. We definately got home faster by going through Hoboken on the return trip. I soooo rock at commuting.
Below are the pictures I took today. The first few are of the show, and the last few are of the plants I bought. All but one of the ones I bought are species, and all but three are from South American vendors. I didn't pre-order from any of the South American vendors this year, so it was "pot luck" regarding what they imported, but I ended up with some really nice stuff, and nothing that I know I'll have trouble growing.
For the record, here's a list of my purchases today:
- Sobralia macrantha, a species, from Andy's Orchids in CA (Andy Phillips himself was working the booth with a couple of helpers)
- Maxillaria picta, a species, from Andy's Orchids
- Sobralia fragrans, a species, from Ecuagenera in Ecuador (Ivan Portilla was working the booth; the other guy might have been his brother Juan. Both are extremely nice and speak English just fine. Told me to grow the Elleanthus under the same conditions as the Sobralia)
- Elleanthus oliganthus, a species, from Ecuagenera
- Restrepia antennifera, a species, from Orquideas del Valle in Colombia (Don't know where Andrea was--some guy was working the booth.)
- Zootrophion alvaroi, a species, from Orquideas del Valle
- Sphyrastylis escobariana, a species, from Orquideas del Valle (Never heard of a Sphrastylis, but the guy told me to grow it like the other two, which is easy enough.)
- Leptotes bicolor 4N, a species, from J&L in CT (I didn't see Cordelia Head in the booth, but the woman who was there laughed when I wistfully took a picture of the Masdevalias that I just don't have the right conditions to grow.)
- Laelia cowanii, a species, from Aranda Orquideas in Brazil
- Brassavola perrinii, a species, from Aranda Orquideas
- Vanda Jose Coronado, a red hybrid, from some random vendor
And now for the pictures:
Hybrid Phalaenopsis
Hybrid Cattleyas
Dendrobium spectabile - this species smells like warm honey
Some Cattleya hybrid
The Leptotes bicolor I bought from J&L - the flower on this 4N genetic version is about twice the size of a typical Leptotes bicolor--about 1.5 inches across. It's a miniature. And yes, I sprung $30 for this gene stock.
Elleanthus oliganthus - note the oliganthus name penned in ink on one of the leaves. Unfortunately, the spike got broken in transit, but Ivan assued me it does indeed bloom dark orange.
Vanda Jose Coronado, the only hybrid I bought. I love red vandas.
Sobralia macrantha from Andy's. Not blooming, but his plants are always so pristine.
A bunch of the miniatures I bought from assorted South American vendors
Maxillaria picta, from Andy's. The blooms are faintly, but pleasantly scented.
The massies that I can't grow well, and didn't buy, at the J&L booth
Enjoy. I'm $250 poorer, but happy nonetheless. The Sobralias were real finds, I must say. All the collectors make a beeline for the species orchids. It's the casual buyer who buys the commercialized fad-of-the-year hybrids. You know the type: "Oh Marge, look at this one--it's so pretty! Are or-kids hard to grow?" spoken in a heavy Edith Bunker Queens accent.
SJ and I went today instead. Sort of felt like I was dragging him with me, but it turns out he enjoyed playing hooky today and watching me power shop. Took the train into NY Penn and hopped the 6th Ave. subway up to Rock. We used my Metro Card, and on the way back my Metro Card and my PATH Quick Card, so it only cost SJ round trip excursion train fare, plus the Starbuck's mocha he bought. I bought the smoothies from Cucina & Co. later, after we'd hit one section of the vendor area. We called that lunch. On the way back, we'd have had to wait almost an hour for the next train out of Penn, so we walked back over to 6th Ave., hopped on the PATH to Hoboken, and got really lucky. We caught an express train that left within a minute of our arrival, and blew through so many towns without stopping that we were the second stop. We definately got home faster by going through Hoboken on the return trip. I soooo rock at commuting.
Below are the pictures I took today. The first few are of the show, and the last few are of the plants I bought. All but one of the ones I bought are species, and all but three are from South American vendors. I didn't pre-order from any of the South American vendors this year, so it was "pot luck" regarding what they imported, but I ended up with some really nice stuff, and nothing that I know I'll have trouble growing.
For the record, here's a list of my purchases today:
- Sobralia macrantha, a species, from Andy's Orchids in CA (Andy Phillips himself was working the booth with a couple of helpers)
- Maxillaria picta, a species, from Andy's Orchids
- Sobralia fragrans, a species, from Ecuagenera in Ecuador (Ivan Portilla was working the booth; the other guy might have been his brother Juan. Both are extremely nice and speak English just fine. Told me to grow the Elleanthus under the same conditions as the Sobralia)
- Elleanthus oliganthus, a species, from Ecuagenera
- Restrepia antennifera, a species, from Orquideas del Valle in Colombia (Don't know where Andrea was--some guy was working the booth.)
- Zootrophion alvaroi, a species, from Orquideas del Valle
- Sphyrastylis escobariana, a species, from Orquideas del Valle (Never heard of a Sphrastylis, but the guy told me to grow it like the other two, which is easy enough.)
- Leptotes bicolor 4N, a species, from J&L in CT (I didn't see Cordelia Head in the booth, but the woman who was there laughed when I wistfully took a picture of the Masdevalias that I just don't have the right conditions to grow.)
- Laelia cowanii, a species, from Aranda Orquideas in Brazil
- Brassavola perrinii, a species, from Aranda Orquideas
- Vanda Jose Coronado, a red hybrid, from some random vendor
And now for the pictures:
Hybrid Phalaenopsis
Hybrid Cattleyas
Dendrobium spectabile - this species smells like warm honey
Some Cattleya hybrid
The Leptotes bicolor I bought from J&L - the flower on this 4N genetic version is about twice the size of a typical Leptotes bicolor--about 1.5 inches across. It's a miniature. And yes, I sprung $30 for this gene stock.
Elleanthus oliganthus - note the oliganthus name penned in ink on one of the leaves. Unfortunately, the spike got broken in transit, but Ivan assued me it does indeed bloom dark orange.
Vanda Jose Coronado, the only hybrid I bought. I love red vandas.
Sobralia macrantha from Andy's. Not blooming, but his plants are always so pristine.
A bunch of the miniatures I bought from assorted South American vendors
Maxillaria picta, from Andy's. The blooms are faintly, but pleasantly scented.
The massies that I can't grow well, and didn't buy, at the J&L booth
Enjoy. I'm $250 poorer, but happy nonetheless. The Sobralias were real finds, I must say. All the collectors make a beeline for the species orchids. It's the casual buyer who buys the commercialized fad-of-the-year hybrids. You know the type: "Oh Marge, look at this one--it's so pretty! Are or-kids hard to grow?" spoken in a heavy Edith Bunker Queens accent.
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Oooh, pretty!
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