Wayne, Carlos Fighetti, Greg Allikas and I were talking about this plant last night!
I think you must be referring to Den. speciosum var. hillii 'Don Brown' CCM/AOS which received a 99 pt. CCM in 1998 at the Santa Barbara Orchid Show. The award number is 19980354, Don Brown was the exhibitor and Richard Clark the photographer. This incredible specimen plant had "approximately 100,000 flowers". I remember an article in Orchids magazine, describing how this humungous plant was transported to the show for judging. Pam Giust, the AOS awards registrar, [EMAIL PROTECTED], can give you information on how to contact the photographer for permission to use his photo of the plant. Kathy Figiel. Message: 5 Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:41:59 +1100 From: "Wayne Turville" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [OGD] World's largest blooming dendrobium speciosum To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi All Some time back I remember seeing a photo from New York of a giant Dendrobium speciosum. I am currently here in Australia compiling a collection of photographs to accompany an article on the subject and was wondering can anyone put me in touch with the owner . Hopefully he may be able to supply me a Tiff format photo to go with the article. This magnificent orchid can grow to gargantuan sizes in cultivation and produce arguably the most spectacular displays. The article will be titles "The World's largest Cultivated Blooming Dendrobium speciosum." Kind Regards, Wayne Turville Australian Orchid Nursery Kathy Kathy Figiel Illustrated Properties www.homes2sell.com 561-585-4258 _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
