My Mom and I went to the San Francisco Pacific Orchid Exposition at Fort Mason in San Francisco. Like in the previous years, the Orchids were beautiful and there was so much to see. I’ll post photos from the show in a later entry.

Since we tend to kill Orchids, we have only purchased Orchids that will survive outdoors, mainly cool/intermediate weather Orchids like Cymbidiums, Epidendrum and Masdevallias, with a few Zygopetalum and Maxillaria.

I found two inexpensive Masdevallias:
– Masdevallia Angel Glow ‘Zi’
– Masdevallia Angel Frost ‘Sunset Velour’

My Mom wasn’t going to leave the show until she got a few Orchids. She wanted a particular Dendrobium, but that Orchid needed bright light and warm weather, so we didn’t get that. She ended up choosing two:
– Epicattleya Rene Marques ‘Tyler’
– Epidendrum Crystal Valley ‘Orange Ball’

For fun, I searched the internet for the parentage of these Orchids and here’s what I came up with:

Masdevallia Angel Glow ‘Zi’
Generation 1:
– Masd Angel Glow = Masd Angel Frost x Masd Marguerite
Generation 2:
– Masd Angel Frost = Masd veitchiana x Masd strobelii
– Masd Marguerite = Masd infracta x Masd veitchiana

Masdevallia Angel Frost ‘Sunset Velour’
Generation 1:
– Masd Angel Frost = Masd veitchiana x Masd strobelii

Epicattleya Rene Marques ‘Tyler’
Generation 1:
– Epicattleya Rene Marques = Epidendrum pseudepidendrum x Cattleya Claesiana
Generation 2:
– Epidendrum pseudepidendrum = species
– Cattleya Claesiana = Cattleya intermedia x Cattleya loddigesii

– Epidendrum Crystal Valley ‘Orange Ball’
Generation 1:
– Epi Crystal Valley = Epi Star Valley x Epi radicans
Generation 2:
– Epi Star Valley = Epi Joseph Lii x Epi radicans
Generation 3:
– Epi Joseph Lii = Epi Orange Glow x Epi cinnabarinum
Generation 4:
– Epi Orange Glow = Epi Obrienianum x Epi cinnabarinum
Generation 5:
– Epi Obrienianum = Epi erectum x Epi radicans