Chitchat For the July Photo Comp

[fred]

Please use this thread for all the chitchat for the July photo comp

[myorchid]

Jirel

That is soooo cool!!!!

[kid a]

I agree! Is that in photo shop? If it is that is one of my favorite effects to use. Cool and good job!

[solay]

Jirel, that reminds me of an art project I did in elementary school. You color with crayons all different colors on a piece of paper and then paint back over it. Then you scratch the black paint off with your design revealing the rainbow colors underneath.

Anyone remember doing this in school? Well, that was an old memory. Thanks for reminding me of my childhood.

[myorchid]

I remember and I helped my kids do the same project. Kind of like black light bulbs....remember those??

[solay]

No, what's that? I just know black light bulbs for Halloween. I think.

[Jirel]

Solay - I think I'm too old to have done that and I didn't have kids, but I've seen other things done in the same "scratchboard" style.

Yes, this was done with Adobe Photoshop. Some of the colors reflect the colors in the bloom, sometimes they don't. I haven't figured out any type of rule for it yet.

Thanks to everyone for the compliments!

[kid a]

Your welcome! It looks cool.

I remember those art project things! So much fun! I have a scratch board picture I did about 5 years ago of mushrooms that one an award. Scratch board is my favorite of the two since you don't have to prepare it before you scratch.

[solay]

Your welcome Jirel. I'm no spring chicken either but I act like a kid sometimes. My husband thinks I'm nuts cause every time he changes channels on the TV and a cartoon comes on, I'm in full attention with eyes glued to the TV. LOL!!! You'd think I was 5 years old or something.

[myorchid]

Kortney
I love your picture! Great job, it is so clear and the colors are awesome! I will have to put that Phal on my list!

[kid a]

I had never heard of it before and could not find any info by looking up the name. It is a costa farms orchid from Lowe's if that helps any. I'm not sure if it would be easy to find since I couldn't find it online anywhere. Maybe I could a keiki from it. for you. I'm planning on getting some of that keiki paste soon.

[myorchid]

That would be great! Thanks!

[kid a]

I just tried to find it again on goggle and I came up with this which does look similar in the lip but other than that definitely not the same plant.http://www.easyorchids.co.uk/shop/pr...roductid=16614

[fred]

Hi Members
I would kindly ask each entrant in the Floral Art Comp to please do not use any special effects on your entry for the Floral Art Comp.

meaning please do not use any Program to ad special effect to a photo in that category.

Any special effects done to an entry into the Floral Art Category will be Judged in the Special Effects Category

thank you all
Fred

[kmarch]

Originally Posted by kid a

... I came up with this...Phalaenopsis 'Magic Kiss' :: Phalaenopsis :: Easy Orchids

I advise extreme caution when using this website. For some reason that mystifies me this site is one of the more frequently cited when referring people to names and pictures of orchids yet it it one of the most mistake riddled sites I know (the first page of their Paph listings has 14 mistakes on only 12 listings - actually 14 mistakes in only 10 listings if you don't count the 2 listings that just say "Paph 1" and "Paph 2"). This is a classic example. They have deleted the grex from this orchid's name. There is no phal registered with the grex Magic Kiss so it must be a cultivar name. I have read about overseas phalaenopsis nurseries that add their own cultivar name to an orchid and then drop the grex so that no one can use the plant in breeding. This is a ridiculous practice and I wish the international orchid community could somehow ban together and stop it, but I'm not sure how that could happen.

Originally Posted by kid a

...I came up with this which does look similar in the lip but other than that definitely not the same plant [Phal Magic Kiss]...

Actually kid_a, it probably is the same plant, at least it is the same cross. Both phals are probably Phal MISSING-GREX 'Magic Kiss'. Yours is peloric, either because peloric parents were used or because some other genetic factor resulted in peloric flowers. I've said this many, many times here on the forum and it bears repeating again; it is important to grasp the fact that just because an orchid doesn't look like the one you're growing doesn't mean it's not the same cross. The amount of variation found in only one cross can be incredible. My favorite example to give is Cymbid Sarah Jean which comes in white, very light green, green with a pink spotted lip, green with a white lip, about 3 different shades of pink and (believe it or not) maroon, and that's just the colour variation. There's also the variations in flower shape and inflorescence habit. All of these different flowers are still all the same cross, Cymb Sarah Jean. Unfortunately with your orchid we may never know what the real name of your orchid is because of this crazy, and I believe dishonest and highly unethical practice of junking a hybrids' grex.

Does anyone out there with Wildcat or OrchidWiz find any Phal hybrid that bears the cultivar name "Magic Kiss"?

[kid a]

should I just call it a noid? Are the chances high the naming on it is not right either? Thanks for your input and warning Kevin!

[kid a]

Orchidementia that den special effects entry is beautiful!! I love how the colors complement each other and the watercolor effect (i think that is what it is) is just so soft and lovely.

[Orchidementia]

Thanks! 'Watercolor' was one of the effects used (I think I used 3 total, not including Type).

[Bird Song Farm]

JoBeth, that is one incredible phalaenopsis! May I claim the first baby? LOL

AL