FWIW, Highland Tropicals registered 30 crosses, which combined, garnered 49
AOS awards.


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"K Barrett" wrote in message
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Well, now that's a good question. This one was grown by Dennis Olivas and
originated (I believe... I'm like 99% sure) from Bartley Schwartz aka
Highland Tropicals. As you may know Bartley passed away a few years ago
and his sister (the heir) let the collection decline, finally throwing in
the towel and letting Dennis take over hte collection. You may or may not
know of Bartley, but IMHO he had one of the best eyes in orchid
hybridizing. I wonder if one could OW the clonal name 'Highland' or
Highland tropical' to see how many awards came from Bartley's crosses. Of
course theres always the Oncidium-type that's named for Bartley, which I
think got cloned ad nauseum to the pot plant trade. So to make a long
answer short you could try Dennis at D&D orchids. He may have a piece for
sale - which would now cost a pretty penny. Or he may have others. One
never knows with Dennis. YOu can most easily find Dennis via the Diablo
View OS newsletter at their webpage. I think D&D has a commercial vendor
listing http://www.dvos.org click on 'newsletters'.

K
"Susan Erickson" wrote in message
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On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 08:29:54 -0800, "K Barrett"
wrote:

We gave it an AM at the CSNJC last week.
http://www.csnjc.org/Jan2007/lanveitch.html

K Barrett

Ok - Now if it ever melts - Where should I look for the best of these?
SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/orchids