Oda Florence Stirling "Pink Brocade"

[Dorsetman]

An old hybrid, recorded as registered and originated by Dr.Stirling in 1948. in UK In probable fact was raised by the long-gone firm of Charlesworths, who specialised in what we then called Odontoglossums. ( I still do call them that - but then I'm an old fogey, and after calling them odontoglossums for more than 40 years, it comes hard to call them oncidiums ). They used to produce a paper catalogue of their offerings - and I recall one issue where they had maybe 20 different colour versions of this orchid on the front cover (in 1972 , maybe ).

here seen with two spikes on the only leading bulb , i.e. it's not yet branched, although I expect that soon. Grown in S/H - I put the fourth pic in to show the progress, year by year, represented by the increasing bulb size. This is the first year it has double spiked. Anyone who doubts S/H - look on !