OOS members love to bring their beautiful orchids to the monthly meeting’s “show table” and share with others their cultural techniques for growing such specimens. OOS Meetings provide the perfect opportunity to do that!
OOS member Douglas showed Cattleya Irene Finney (1964) ’Spring’s Best’ AM/AOS, which he purchased from Orchids by Hausermann in February 2019. The plant is displaying five inflorescences with three flowers each, totaling 15 massive (6.5”), fragrant blooms. He grows the orchid in a 12” bulb pan in his warm glasshouse (60°F nights and 80°F days). An interesting note: this Cattleya was bred and registered by Hausermann in 1964 and named after the business’s founder’s (Carl Hausermann’s) only daughter, Irene Finney.
OOS member Douglas showed Lycaste Abou Sunset × Lyc. Shoalhaven, which he purchased from Cal-Orchid in April 2018. This is its first flowering; it has one flower and one bud. He grows the orchid in his cool glasshouse (45°F nights and 65°F days) and provides drier months of November–February, watering only twice per month, to initiate flowering.
OOS member Douglas showed Paphiopedilum fairrieanum ‘Gracefully Tall’ × self, which he purchased from Paph Paradise in January 2020. This is its first flowering; it has two flowers. He grows the orchid in his cool glasshouse (45°F nights and 65°F days) and provides drier months of October–March, watering only every 10 days, to initiate flowering. It is native to Bhutan, India.