Wish I could go!! Jane

Hmmm. Maybe it's time for us to pay a visit to her son in the City. :)

Event Lecture times and dates Saturday, May 4 11 AM - David Taft "Native orchids of Long Island 2 PM - MacâÂÂs Orchids "Orchid growing 101, the basics of growing orchids Sunday, May 5 12 PM - Growing orchids in the home 2 PM - Keeping your orchids healthy Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.longislandorchidsociety.org/orchid_festival.html

brassavola nodosa "largo", this is one of the nicer nodosa clones. I had several nodosa plants that had this plant as a pod parent and they were very nice. My favorite nodosa cross so far is the "largo X susan fuchs" cross. I spoke to 2 growers about this plant and they were surprised that id did not have even a tinge of green as many nodosa's do. Looks like they (AOS, RHS) are splitting the nodosa group into a straight nodosa and a grandiflora (large flower) separate group, courtesy of AOS and RHS. For nodosa-phyles, I saw Whimsy orchids had a nodosa "godzlla" clone available(not blooming) and they had a comparison picture with susan Fuchs FCC and the Godzilla was much larger.... available at $100 for an established 6 inch pot, the susan fuchs clone was also available for $100. If anyone is interested in the old Jones& Scully line of "orchidglade" clones, WHimsy is your best option for hard to find plants. Owner of Whimsy Bill Peters used to be the Jones and Scully grower way back when, before their Benlate disaster.... little pricey, but hey.... "this is the business we have chosen"... anyone know this line?