First Bloom of New Hybrid in December

R414 (P Eleanor Loh x P Tan Lee Moy)

Three blooms from my crossing P Eleanor Loh x P Tan Lee Moy (R414) show the diversity of shape and color in the offsprings. The first two blooms shown above, are more similar to P Eleanor Loh as the characteristic concentric red design is still dominant while the solid red of the third bloom is more like P Tan Lee Moy. Today one of the plant came in second in the Peral Orchid Society monthly show.
Many of my plants are spiking and I expect to see a lot of show quality blooms from this hybrid.

New Registered Hybrids (December)

The month of December saw quite a number of new hybrids being registered in view of the impending increase in the registration fee by RHS. Two new dendrobium hybrids, one a miniature (Den. Hiren Kaur) and the other a normal cane type (Den. Amrit Kaur) were registered in the name of two grand-daughters of my friend of 50 years, Mr Santokh Singh who is living in England now. His son Satwant Singh, the father of the 2 young and pretty girls is also a very close friend of mine.

Phal Adeline Ang is named after my daughter living in Perth. Australia. A showy hybrid of exceptionally quality.

Phal. Nicholas Zhao is named after my grandson ( from my daughter Adeline Ang) who is also living in Perth, Australia. A showy yellow green, cornu cervi type hybrid which is in high demand by collectors in Malaysia.

Phal. Goh Chin Chye is named in honor of my teacher from Anglo Chinese School Singapore who will be celebrating his 90th birthday on 11 December 2009. A dedicated teacher who has nurtured all of us to face the future to become what we are today. This hybrid is characterised more genetically by Phal. Tan Lee Moy as a lot of the flowers show the full dark red color. Occasionally some blooms are with patches like Phal. Hsu Li-Shian.

Phal. Grifinn Chamorro is named after my grandson living in San Francisco, USA. This hybrid is unusual as it is a cross between two other hybrids named after his parents (my daughter Valerie Ang and my son-in-law Micheal Chamorro). Like Phal. Goh Chin Chye, the Phal. Tan Lee Moy characteristic red from Phal. Michael Chamorro is dominant in many of the blooms.




Den Lai Ai Moi is registered in name of our Deputy Secretary of Perak Orchid Society. A donation of RM2000 was donated by her to our Society.