By Leslie Milne
CVIOS Dispaly Photo courtesy of Leslie M.
OSPF display Photo courtesy of Leslie M.
The show was held at the George Preston Rec. Centre in Langley and Darlene, Sheila and I headed to the mainland just ahead of the high winds and cancelled ferries. We had almost 30 plants for the display table, thanks to Dora, Mike, Laurie, Donna, Darlene, Bryan and myself.
There were several show tables and a wonderful variety of outstanding plants to admire. The Orchid Species Preservation Foundation (from Edmonton) had a beautiful display. Our island greenhouse, Paramount, received an AOS/HCC nomination for its Cattleya Timely (Cattleya Haidee X Sabina 1941) with 80 points. Paramount also received an Award of Merit for Zygoneria Adelaide meadows X Zygoneria Helen Ku with 76 points. Congratulations!
Grand Champion for the show was Blc Ingeberg “Cowichan Gold” from Victoria, and Reserve Grand Champion was Coel. Frimbriata from the Fraser Valley.
Show Grand Champion - Blc. Ingeborg 'Cowichan Gold' HCC/AOS by Svend M. Photo courtesy of Rebecca Lowry
Our plants did very well at the show:
Donna - 1 First Place Ribbon
Leslie - 1 First
Mike - 3 Seconds, 1 Third
Laurie - 3 Firsts, 1 Third, Best in Class - Stenoglottis longifolia
Dora - 4 Firsts, 1 Second and 2 Thirds, her Prosthechea radiate was selected for AOS judging
Well done by all!
There was a fairly steady flow of visitors each day and good questions and discussions, from water culture to Orchid bees (yes, bees).
I put in a good word for us and The Fraser Valley Society is hoping to make it to our show next February.
Thank you to Sheila and Darlene for their help setting up. A very successful weekend, you might want to pencil it into your calendar for next year.
(Photo gallery below courtesy of Bryan Emery)
The following photos were taken by Judith Higham featuring Show Champion and Reserve Champion:
