Pics from the Livonia show ... something for everyone

At least I tried to take a montage of pics. One downside to this show ... it is held in a mall. As a result, the lighting leaves a lot to be desired.

I thought this was about the most impressive display





For Aaron [Abro]



Btw, the shomb in the pic above .... that's not several plants in the same pot, it is just one big *** plant. I am SO glad I wasn't the one who had to move it!

This minicatt caught my eye. I wound up buying one from a vender at the show.



For Daniel, one of the very few nonwhite angraecums I've seen



For the paph-heads



Some misc ones



Nice red milt.



I WISH I could grow masdies!!!!!!!!!! The color on this one was just awesome, IMO!



And the flowers were large!



A cute purple masdie:



I'd never seen orange Lycaste before



There was a vender selling cyps! If I had a yard and felt any confidence at all that I could avoid killing them, I would have been sorely tempted. Here's one from his display. Didn't realize what a small plant Calypso bulbosa was

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I love that colour
That's a spectacular display for a mall!

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Orchidacea are the largest and most diverse of the Angiospermae, and includes 800 genera and 30 000 species

Nice! I the Calypso bulbosa. That bloom is so cool!

Cheers,
BD

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We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but they all exist very nicely in the same box. ...Hmmm? .

Those are great, great photos- thank you so much for sharing them with us!! I really respect people that bring their orchids to show...its a great deal of work to transplant all those plants so they don't get too stressed out!!! I LOVE the minicatt that you purchased- what is the name of it? I've been dying for something red...

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Great lovely pictures! Certainly I will be on the look out for that red catt with yellow lip and the yellow angraecum!
Cheers. Hoa.

Hey Bruce, if ya feel daring or confident & want to try the cyps, pm me & I'll try to dig up the guy's contact info.

The catt is actually not red .... it's orange. It was because of that that I did not pick up an Iwanagara. For those still interested, the name is Blc Lily Marie Almas. you can pm me if ya'd like the venders' contact info.

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Gorgeous plants that you photographed for us! Thanks Steve.

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Getting obssessed and loving every minute of it....

Great pictures--thanks for showing them. I really like that yellow angraecum too!

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OMG!! Those Masdies are gorgeous!!!!

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Wow, great pics. Love the minicatt - it's vibrant!
I thought the Calypso bulbosa looked familiar. It's listed in the Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers Eastern Region. Range is listed as across Canada; south to New England and northern New York; west to Michigan and Minnesota. Bloom time May - July. Wouldn't it be so awesome to see this growing in the wild??!!!!
Thanks for sharing the orchid show with us.
Tami

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