Spring Show 2022

Well, after a 2-year Covid induced hiatus we were back! Congratulations ,thanks and credit is due to Glenys , the Show team and our volunteers who have worked putting the show together all year - a key feature was the resurrection of the Black and White display from the last national show as many members had not seen it in the flesh at the time.

There was a great range of orchids exhibited and the presence of other clubs - Waikato, Howick and NZOS all had Table Displays as well as growers having displays meant we had every thing from cooler growing Calanthe, Lycaste ( not seen often enough these days imo!) and Pleione on the Waikato OS stand , thru to modern pot plant hybrids from Ninox Orchids, Leroy Orchids , and Tuckers Orchids as well as Philip and Dan Zhou of Sincere Asian Orchids with some intriguing Cymbidium species - all of whom were also in the sales hall. And Lito Teope one of the Club members also took a table for a display as well as taking the Grand Champion prize.

Grand Champion (Corban Cup) and Best Standard Hybrid Rehia Trophy, went to Lito for Phal. Sogo Yukidian as well as a few others awards...

Best Basket Display, Joan Wood Trophy,

Best Hybrid Cymbidium > 90mm, Mallana Cup, Cym. Orbit

below :Phal. Sogo Yukidian

Reserve grand champ - the Bill van der Linden Memorial Trophy and Best Any Other Hybrid, Beryl Brownlees Memorial Cup went to Lycaste Shugakuin grown by Bill Pepperall from the Waikato Orchid Society .

Lyc. Shugakuin, Below

Novice Grand Champion (Calder Cup), Best Any other Genera (AAK & BA Corban Bowl)and the Novice Points Trophy Went to me (Toby ) for a cute Gastrochilus calceolaris - sadly i didn't have a cymbidium to get the clean sweep or competition to save me polishing silver!

Best Species

Hardy & Fouquette Trophy

Paph rothchildianum

Philip & Dan Zhou

W. Spencer

Best Hybrid Cymbidium < 60mm, Morrin Cup, Cym.Ruby Brook 'Falling Fire'

Warren Spencer

Best Species Dendrobium, Margaret Le Seuer Mem. Trophy, Den kingianum

Ninox Orchids,

Best Hybrid Cymbidium 60-90mm, Finlay Tray, Cym. Red Pepper 'Janice'

Best Compact Hybrid Cattleya < 90mm, N & R Armstrong Cup, C. Young-Min Orange 'Golden Satisfaction'

Best Hybrid Dendrobium, Leroy Orchids Trophy, Den. My Sweet Wink

Below: Den My Sweet Wink at front

Below : C. Young-Min Orange 'Golden Satisfaction'

Leroy Orchids

Best Hybrid Oncidium Alliance, Del Chandler Cup, Brsdm. Pagan Lovesong x Onc. Golden Filigree

Best First Flowering Seedling, Linwood Jug, Den. Roy Tokunaga 'Regal'

Best Specimen, E & D Campbell Cup, Den x delicatum 'Pretty Woman"

Best Commercial Display, John Hughes Cup, Best Display

below - Leroy Orchids Display

Philip Zhou

Best Hybrid Paphiopedillum

Mary Jones Trophy

Paph. Maudiae

R & S Tucker

First Flowering Hybrid Cymbidium, Gronwall & Dawe Cup, Cym. Hallmark x Last Tango (no picture)

Best Standard Pink Hybrid Phalaenopsis, Gerry Holloway Mem. Cup, Phal. Ching Hua Plum

Bryan Sharpe

Best Hybrid Masdevallis or Dracula

Joyce Underwood Trophy

Masd. Peppermint Rock '5 Striper'

Mike Davison

Best Miniature Hybrid Phalaenopsis

Stan Pye Trophy

Phal.Taido Kings's Caroline x Triden. 'Little Zebra

Greg Barnes

Best Hybrid Cattleya < 90mm

Cattleya Cup

Cat. Pure Soul ' Yutaka Morimoto' AM/AOS

Sadly i didn't get all the pictures i had hoped to but I was too busy gossiping.... Shows day are one of the times we really do get to sit and chat, finding out more about each other and the plants we grow

Below -A selection of other shots from the weekend -