Illinois Orchid Society's Show and Sale

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"Illinois Orchid Society's Show and Sale" [Oct 13 & 14, 2007]...
in the Chicago Botanic Garden ...

Illinois Orchid Society's Show and Sale

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"Illinois Orchid Society's Show and Sale" [Oct 13 & 14, 2007]...
in the Chicago Botanic Garden ...

Illinois Orchid Society's Show and Sale

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"Illinois Orchid Society's Show and Sale" [Oct 13 & 14, 2007]...
in the Chicago Botanic Garden ...

Habenaria rhodocheila "Scarlet"

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"Illinois Orchid Society's Show and Sale" [Oct 13 & 14, 2007]...
in the Chicago Botanic Garden ...

Oncidium Mendenhall 'Hildos'

"Illinois Orchid Society's Show and Sale" [Oct 13 & 14, 2007]...
in the Chicago Botanic Garden ...

Pyp. Mendenhall "Hildos' ... Butterfly Oncidium ...
FCC / AOS
Onc. Butterfly x Onc. papilio

NOTE: FCC = First Class certification... and
AOS = American Orchid Society

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Phragmipedium

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"Illinois Orchid Society's Show and Sale" [Oct 13 & 14, 2007]...
in the Chicago Botanic Garden ...

Phragmipedium

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"Illinois Orchid Society's Show and Sale" [Oct 13 & 14, 2007]...
in the Chicago Botanic Garden ...

Paphiopedilum

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"Illinois Orchid Society's Show and Sale" [Oct 13 & 14, 2007]...
in the Chicago Botanic Garden ...

Cattleya dormaniana

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"Illinois Orchid Society's Show and Sale" [Oct 13 & 14, 2007]...
in the Chicago Botanic Garden ...

Cattleya dormaniana ..
For more information ...
http://www.geocities.com/cattleyasource/cattleya_species_pages/Cattleya_dormaniana_species.html

Cattleya Orchid

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"Illinois Orchid Society's Show and Sale" [Oct 13 & 14, 2007]...
in the Chicago Botanic Garden ...

Cattleya Orchid

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"Illinois Orchid Society's Show and Sale" [Oct 13 & 14, 2007]...
in the Chicago Botanic Garden ...

Cattleya Orchid

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"Illinois Orchid Society's Show and Sale" [Oct 13 & 14, 2007]...
in the Chicago Botanic Garden ...

Cattleya Orchid

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"Illinois Orchid Society's Show and Sale" [Oct 13 & 14, 2007]...
in the Chicago Botanic Garden ...

Cattleya Orchid

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"Illinois Orchid Society's Show and Sale" [Oct 13 & 14, 2007]...
in the Chicago Botanic Garden ...

Cattleya Orchid

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"Illinois Orchid Society's Show and Sale" [Oct 13 & 14, 2007]...
in the Chicago Botanic Garden ...

Cattleya Orchid

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"Illinois Orchid Society's Show and Sale" [Oct 13 & 14, 2007]...
in the Chicago Botanic Garden ...

Alcra Hilo Ablaze

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"Illinois Orchid Society's Show and Sale" [Oct 13 & 14, 2007]...
in the Chicago Botanic Garden ...

Alcra Hilo Ablaze
Miltassia Olmec x Onc Mantinii

Masdevallia

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"Illinois Orchid Society's Show and Sale" [Oct 13 & 14, 2007]...
in the Chicago Botanic Garden ...

BC Richard Mueller

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"Illinois Orchid Society's Show and Sale" [Oct 13 & 14, 2007]...
in the Chicago Botanic Garden ...

BC Richard Mueller ... [B nodosa x Soph milleri]
BC = Brassocattleya [bra-SAH-KAT-lee-ah] = Brassavola X Cattleya

Bl Petite Star

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"Illinois Orchid Society's Show and Sale" [Oct 13 & 14, 2007]...
in the Chicago Botanic Garden ...

Bl Petite Star ... [Bl. Richard Mueller x L Rurscens ]

Miltassia

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"Illinois Orchid Society's Show and Sale" [Oct 13 & 14, 2007]...
in the Chicago Botanic Garden ...

Prosthechea [Encyclia] cochleata

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"Illinois Orchid Society's Show and Sale" [Oct 13 & 14, 2007]...
in the Chicago Botanic Garden ...

Prosthechea [ Encyclia] cochleata ...
It is nicknamed the Cockleshell or Clamshell Orchid referring to the shape of the lip and the lines on it making it resemble a shell ..
Read more ...
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art47514.asp

Dendrobium Green Elf

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"Illinois Orchid Society's Show and Sale" [Oct 13 & 14, 2007]...
in the Chicago Botanic Garden ...

Dendrobium Green Elf ...

Paphiopedilum bellatulum

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"Illinois Orchid Society's Show and Sale" [Oct 13 & 14, 2007]...
in the Chicago Botanic Garden ...

Paphhiopedilum bellatulum

Liparis

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"Illinois Orchid Society's Show and Sale" [Oct 13 & 14, 2007]...
in the Chicago Botanic Garden ...

Acronia cardiostola "Rojohn"

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"Illinois Orchid Society's Show and Sale" [Oct 13 & 14, 2007]...
in the Chicago Botanic Garden ...

Acronia cardiostola ...
From the Greek "cardiostoli", "heart-ornament" in allusion to the heart shaped leaf.
Widely distributed through the Andes in Ecuador, Columbia, peru, Bolivia, Venezuela....

Dendrobium

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Shot in the Chicago Botanic Garden ... in Oct, 2007.

Cattleya Orchid

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Shot in the Chicago Botanic Garden ... in Oct, 2007.

Cattleya Orchid

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Shot in the Chicago Botanic Garden ... in Sep, 2007.

Golden Yellow Vanda Mokara

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Shot in the Chicago Botanic Garden ... in Oct, 2007.