Oncidium forbesii 'Avalon' - kind of the Oncidiums
 

Oncidium species just don't get any better than this guy.

Species from Brazil

Grown by Anna S. Chai.

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-Eric in SF
www.orchidphotos.org

Oncidium forbesii 'Avalon' - kind of the Oncidiums
 

On Mon, 1 Jan 2007 20:11:27 -0800, Eric Hunt wrote
(in article ) :

Oncidium species just don't get any better than this guy.

Species from Brazil

Grown by Anna S. Chai.

I don't usually like the chocolate/brown blooms, but with that yellow edging
this is wonderful.

Tom
Walnut Creek, CA
Nikon D200

Oncidium forbesii 'Avalon' - kind of the Oncidiums
 

Tom,

Absolutely! The gold picotee really is the detail that just makes everything
else work.

-Eric in SF
www.orchidphotos.org

"tbell" wrote in message
.com...
I don't usually like the chocolate/brown blooms, but with that yellow
edging
this is wonderful.

Oncidium forbesii 'Avalon' - kind of the Oncidiums
 

*laff* I just caught my typo in the subject.

That should be "king of the Oncidiums"

-Eric in SF
www.orchidphotos.org

Oncidium forbesii 'Avalon' - kind of the Oncidiums
 

Great photo and a great word, Eric.

Had me running for my dictionaries. One said "A variety of the pink in
which the edges of the petals are often a darker colour than the flowers "
and the other said " A type of carnation of which the flowers have a light
ground and dark-edged petals." Maybe you can go into the Oxford Dictionary
as being the first to apply this term to orchids.

Cheers

John


"Eric Hunt" wrote in message
...
Tom,

Absolutely! The gold picotee really is the detail that just makes
everything else work.

-Eric in SF
www.orchidphotos.org

"tbell" wrote in message
.com...
I don't usually like the chocolate/brown blooms, but with that yellow
edging
this is wonderful.

Oncidium forbesii 'Avalon' - kind of the Oncidiums
 

beautiful set of photos tonight Eric. Oncidium forbesii are as good as it
gets with this genus
Peter

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"Eric Hunt" wrote in message
...
*laff* I just caught my typo in the subject.

That should be "king of the Oncidiums"

-Eric in SF
www.orchidphotos.org

Oncidium forbesii 'Avalon' - kind of the Oncidiums
 

John Varigos wrote:
Great photo and a great word, Eric.

Had me running for my dictionaries. One said "A variety of the pink in
which the edges of the petals are often a darker colour than the flowers "
and the other said " A type of carnation of which the flowers have a light
ground and dark-edged petals." Maybe you can go into the Oxford Dictionary
as being the first to apply this term to orchids.....................

Far too late for that:
(see description of the 2nd orchid)
http://www.wickfordorchids.com/phala...opogations.htm

Steve

Oncidium forbesii 'Avalon' - kind of the Oncidiums
 

Then try this site, Steve
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picotee

John


"Steve" wrote in message
...
John Varigos wrote:
Great photo and a great word, Eric.

Had me running for my dictionaries. One said "A variety of the pink in
which the edges of the petals are often a darker colour than the flowers
" and the other said " A type of carnation of which the flowers have a
light ground and dark-edged petals." Maybe you can go into the Oxford
Dictionary as being the first to apply this term to
orchids.....................

Far too late for that:
(see description of the 2nd orchid)
http://www.wickfordorchids.com/phala...opogations.htm

Steve

Oncidium forbesii 'Avalon' - kind of the Oncidiums
 

I see what you mean Steve. I just Image Googled & found some doozies!

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Steve wrote:
John Varigos wrote:
Great photo and a great word, Eric.

Had me running for my dictionaries. One said "A variety of the pink
in which the edges of the petals are often a darker colour than the
flowers " and the other said " A type of carnation of which the
flowers have a light ground and dark-edged petals." Maybe you can
go into the Oxford Dictionary as being the first to apply this term
to orchids.....................

Far too late for that:
(see description of the 2nd orchid)
http://www.wickfordorchids.com/phala...opogations.htm

Steve