IT HAS BEEN NEARLY 65 YEARS, almost the length of a human lifetime, since a Cattleya hybrid named Bow Bells burst upon the orchid stage. The year was 1945 and the stage was the September meeting of the Trustees of the American Orchid Society. Clint McDade of RiVermont Orchids exhibited five plants of a new white hybrid called Cattleya Bow Bells that had such outstanding flowers that one was awarded a First Class Certificate and the whole group received a rare Silver Medal of Excellence from the American Orchid Society. Amazingly, four of the five plants were seedlings flowering for the first time.
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