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Queensland Orchid Society Show - Dockrillia teretifolia
Went to the QOS show last weekend. The Spring bloomers are just starting to
show. (There's q straight line if ever I saw one!) Many lovely plants there, but a small selection of the Aussie species & hybrids over the next couple of nights. This was a lovely specimen of Dockrillia teretifolia. I was speaking to one of the judges, who said it just missed out on Champion Specimen. For the purists who like a good closeup of a bloom, this species typically presents upside down so that, short of kneeling very awkwardly & then pointing the camera up, you can't get a good view of the flower :-( Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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Queensland Orchid Society Show - Dockrillia teretifolia
Wow, what a plant!
Diana "Dave Gillingham" wrote in message ... Went to the QOS show last weekend. The Spring bloomers are just starting to show. (There's q straight line if ever I saw one!) Many lovely plants there, but a small selection of the Aussie species & hybrids over the next couple of nights. This was a lovely specimen of Dockrillia teretifolia. I was speaking to one of the judges, who said it just missed out on Champion Specimen. For the purists who like a good closeup of a bloom, this species typically presents upside down so that, short of kneeling very awkwardly & then pointing the camera up, you can't get a good view of the flower :-( Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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Queensland Orchid Society Show - Dockrillia teretifolia
On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:06:03 -0400, "Diana Kulaga"
wrote: Wow, what a plant! Diana Diana don't you and Frank need 2 -- one on each end of the patio? grin That is a true display of dedication to growing long term. The only ones I have seen could be held in one hand. Marvelous. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/main.php |
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Queensland Orchid Society Show - Dockrillia teretifolia
Sue,
We can grow them like that on this side of the pond! Witness Marni Turkel's Dockrillia teretifolia, blooming this past February, exhibited at the Pacific Orchid Exposition: http://tinyurl.com/2fgyrp -Eric in SF www.orchidphotos.org That is a true display of dedication to growing long term. The only ones I have seen could be held in one hand. Marvelous. |
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Queensland Orchid Society Show - Dockrillia teretifolia
Glad you all liked it. One common name is "bridal veil orchid" - you can see
why! But then, another common name is "rat's tail orchid"! On a bushwalk a couple of years ago we saw a huge example growing from the base of a staghorn very high up in a large tree. Not in bloom unfortunately. 300 mm lens photo attached. I've been back a couple of times since, but have not yet caught it flowering. I would estimate its length to be at least 15 feet. On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:21:08 +1000, Dave Gillingham wrote: Went to the QOS show last weekend. The Spring bloomers are just starting to show. (There's q straight line if ever I saw one!) Many lovely plants there, but a small selection of the Aussie species & hybrids over the next couple of nights. This was a lovely specimen of Dockrillia teretifolia. I was speaking to one of the judges, who said it just missed out on Champion Specimen. For the purists who like a good closeup of a bloom, this species typically presents upside down so that, short of kneeling very awkwardly & then pointing the camera up, you can't get a good view of the flower :-( Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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Queensland Orchid Society Show - Dockrillia teretifolia
I couldn't get that plant into our space with a shoe horn!
"SuE" wrote in message ... On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:06:03 -0400, "Diana Kulaga" wrote: Wow, what a plant! Diana Diana don't you and Frank need 2 -- one on each end of the patio? grin That is a true display of dedication to growing long term. The only ones I have seen could be held in one hand. Marvelous. SuE http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/main.php |
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Queensland Orchid Society Show - Dockrillia teretifolia
Great in situ shots, Dave,
Peter -- ) "Dave Gillingham" wrote in message ... Glad you all liked it. One common name is "bridal veil orchid" - you can see why! But then, another common name is "rat's tail orchid"! On a bushwalk a couple of years ago we saw a huge example growing from the base of a staghorn very high up in a large tree. Not in bloom unfortunately. 300 mm lens photo attached. I've been back a couple of times since, but have not yet caught it flowering. I would estimate its length to be at least 15 feet. On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:21:08 +1000, Dave Gillingham wrote: Went to the QOS show last weekend. The Spring bloomers are just starting to show. (There's q straight line if ever I saw one!) Many lovely plants there, but a small selection of the Aussie species & hybrids over the next couple of nights. This was a lovely specimen of Dockrillia teretifolia. I was speaking to one of the judges, who said it just missed out on Champion Specimen. For the purists who like a good closeup of a bloom, this species typically presents upside down so that, short of kneeling very awkwardly & then pointing the camera up, you can't get a good view of the flower :-( Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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Queensland Orchid Society Show - Dockrillia teretifolia
Thanks, Peter.
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:32:54 GMT, "P Max" wrote: Great in situ shots, Dave, Peter Dave Gillingham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To email me remove the .private from my email address. |
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