K Barrett wrote:
Dear God in Heaven!! 5 MINUTES on trends??? Are they insane?

OK how about

"After everyone agreed that it was impossible to improve on white
Phalaenopsis breeding along came equestris leading to multiflora breeding,
Golden Peoker's genetic malfunctions and harlequin breeding, and line
breeding with violacea and X* for blue and red phalaenopsis." (*You'll have
to research this SuE, I can't recall what the major parent species is for
reds... I know teh latest IPA mag went into lines, but I'm just blanking)

That should take you up through the 1st 30 seconds...

"The trend away from large Euanthe hybrids and in to species Vanda
hybridization is exemplified by Martin Motes and Bob Fuchs production of
line bred purple tessellata and its hybrids, and Motes has lead in
hybridizing with Vanda species, as opposed to Euanthe line breeding. (See
Motes year long series of articles in 'Orchids' - I believe 2004.)

That's the next 30 seconds....

"Alan Koch has used Orpetii, sincorana, luteola and most recently alaorii to
not only reduce the size of cattleya breeding but increase the number of
times a cattleya can flower in a year - according to the July 'Orchids'
magazine all of these traits lead to Cattleya production that (hopefully)
can rival phalaenopsis in orchid sales." (You'll probably have to research
Broughtonia breeding lines in order to mention that line of breeding. I
know Hamlyn Orchids has been getting quite a few awards for their crosses.
I believe broughtonia adds frequent flowering as well as size, stem length
and the ability to grow on a windsowsill. Maybe you can email Hamlyn
Orchids and ask what their views on the subject are. They'll probably
answer you) Anyway, the trend is away from large catts used in flower
arrangements and corsages to smaller plants that bloom more than once in a
year. Also the trend is to use parent species that aren't necessarily
controlled by light, often frustrating for the home grower. This month's
'Orchids' goes over this in the article on spotted orchids, (I think)

Paphs... just say the new breeding lines are illegal to own in this country
and so you can't discuss them.

Lump everything else into "Botanicals for Hobbyists" even though they
aren't. Discuss Fred Clarke's production of his black catasetums (actually
mormodes, but look at the last few years of AQs and you'll see them.. I
think they are on the covers of FisherBishops, too), some of the interesting
bulbo crosses, and Masdevalias that might just make it in the home (Look
into hybrids with abacayana (I spelled that wrong) but it should take you to
things like Cinnamon Twist with a large flower, a tall spike, warmth
tolerance.

OK, that's off the top of my head.

I hope they realy don't mean trends in ALL orchid production....

K Barrett




"Susan Erickson" wrote in message
...
What kind of trends have you noticed in the breeding of your favorite
orchid.

Orchids have 'fashions' or trends just like home decor. For a while
now there has been a big Phal in every home decor photo. A while a go
every new catt hybrid was a splash petal. Then it was the
'window-sill catts'. Now?

I am sure the down size of our favorites is a big one. After all it
increases the available buyers. It is much easier to use 4" pots on a
windowsill than it is to have 8" or larger. The collection can also
be more inclusive or diverse.

I think there is also a push back to species as well as smaller
plants. But I am looking for insight from all over.

What is available in your area and what are you and your orchid
friends looking for?

Thanks for the help.
In case you did not guess -- I need to do a 5 min. synopsis of trends.

SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/orchids

Google
updated pages with mention in last year
Phals 1.4 million
Onc. .5 m
Catt 1.16 m
Paph .5 m
Orchid 28 m

With name in title last 3 mo. last 6 mo.
Phals 66 thousand 63 thou.
Onc. 24 25
Catt 47 46
Paph 30 32
Orchid 1.8 mil

Folk are talking, selling, buying and generally posting about Phals
three times as often as Oncies.

Joe T