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 -