Tuesday, October 30, 2007

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 ...

Sunday, October 21, 2007

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 ...

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

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

Monday, October 15, 2007

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

Sunday, October 14, 2007

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....

Thursday, October 11, 2007

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.