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Marni's POE Exhibit

Discussion in 'Everything Else Orchid' started by Uluwehi, Apr 13, 2011.

  1. Uluwehi

    Uluwehi angraecoids, dendrobiums and more Supporting Member

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    Karen and I helped Marni with her exhibit this year. I took a few pictures before the throngs of visitors came in on Friday night. The lighting is quite challenging and I am only an amateur photographer, but I want to show these for those who wanted to but were not able to attend POE. Marni took a different approach to her exhibit this year than in previous years; she used nearly every blooming plant in her greenhouses! The black backdrop really made the orchids pop and we set up some serious lighting to make sure all the orchids were well-lit. A large curved section of vertical hardware cloth painted black was a clever way to display mounted plants in a way that more people could look at them simultaneously and gave it an inviting 3-D aspect. One could have spent the entire POE exploring all the the fascinating species in it. There was 3-4x more species diversity in Marni's display than in any other single exhibit at the show. I think it was a great success.

    In many cases Marni brought multiple examples of some species for greater impact. There was something there for everyone: dendrobiums, pleurothallids, angraecoids, vandaceous, phalaenopsis, lycastes, epidendroids, terrestrials, from super miniatures to giants - all rare, beautiful and expertly-grown.

    I have more pictures in my flickr photostream, and Peter (mini-catts) has a great series of photos of POE, I also recommend checking it out.

    If anyone else has more pictures of the plants in Marni's exhibit, please feel free to add them to this thread.
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    Uluwehi angraecoids, dendrobiums and more Supporting Member

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  3. Chris

    Chris New Member

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    Holy crap!!! Awesome!!!
     
  4. Reyna

    Reyna Orchid Obsessed Supporting Member

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    Oh my! THat is jaw-dropping amazing! Wow! Marni -- that is beautiful! And I like how the exhibit is a new twist on the typical exhibit. I imagine that people just stopped and stared--taking it all in.
     
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    xmpraedicta Prairie angraecoid nut Supporting Member

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    Simply incredible...
     
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    suss16 New Member

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    Damn!
     
  7. Home Grown

    Home Grown Hakuna Matata

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    Great job!:clap::clap:
     
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    Alexis New Member

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    Awesome! I'm going to have to revisit these pictures on a full-size screen.
     
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    Marni, this is fanstastic! Thanks to Morabeeza and Karen for help given to Marni and for this pictures.
     
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    mrbreeze Anglican Supporting Member

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    The right side of the display is my favorite. :clap:
     
  11. Marni

    Marni Well-Known Member Staff Member Supporting Member

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    Thanks to all for your compliments. Thanks go to Karen for plant grooming, labeling and set-up and to Jacob for set-up and staying til the end of tear down. I couldn't have done it alone. I meant to post images right after the show, but I am very far behind on many things, so I'll post them here. The lighting was a challenge for photography.

    I put the hanging plants right up front so people could get really close to them. People really seemed to enjoy that. And most were very good about not touching things. I did watch one women pull off the label from the Schoenorchis juncifolium since it would have spoiled her close-up picture. When I pointed out that she shouldn't do that, she said it was OK, she would put it back on after. Oops! She had forgotten to bring her hot glue gun. I don't know how she thought it was attached.

    So here are my pictures. Some are duplicate views of Jacobs, but I don't have time to figure out which ones.
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  12. Marni

    Marni Well-Known Member Staff Member Supporting Member

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    More views.
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    Mary Jane New Member

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    My word, Marni. That is a fantastic.
     
  14. mrbreeze

    mrbreeze Anglican Supporting Member

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    What is the big white Lycaste? I assume it is a Lycaste. I quite like that.
     
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    Marni Well-Known Member Staff Member Supporting Member

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    It is Lycaste skinneri alba. There are two clones of the alba and then 2 FBS pinks.
     
  16. T. migratoris

    T. migratoris Active Member

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    I stood in front of Marni's display for the longest time Thursday night. Now I know what some of my (yet unbloomed) plants will someday look like.

    Very well done Marni.
     
  17. Karen

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    It was fun!
    We'll be doing it again next year.
    Jacob, you on?
     
  18. Uluwehi

    Uluwehi angraecoids, dendrobiums and more Supporting Member

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    Marni, thanks for adding your pictures here. Karen, it was fun and plan on helping again next year :)
     
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    That is fantastic! I don't know which one I like best. If I had been there I probably would have missed the rest of the show.
     
  20. Tom-DE

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    Always enjoy photos of your display! 2013 PEO is coming, so have fun and great success again!