Evening star., 1951-10-28
Women 0utnumber
Men by 90 10 | al
Orchid Show Here

Women outnumbered the men
by about 90 to / yesterday as
steady stream passed through the
doors Of the American Security
and Trust Co.'S lobby. But though
the men were greatly outnum-
bered. it was noticeable that some
of them fingered longer.
The occasion was the fourth an
nual International Orchid Show
of the National Capital Orchid
Society. A bank may seem a.
strange exhibit place for an orchid
show but no one would have rec
ognized it as a bank yesterday.
The doors open again at 10 am.
today and remain open until s.
pm.
More than 5000 saw last years
show. President Truman was o.
surprise visitor. BY closing time
tonight, it's a good guess that the
former total attendance will have
been exceeded. The line started
slowly yesterday, with about 1000
passing through the door every
hour. But attendants soon learned
to speed up the line.
5000 Plants Displayed.
The riotous colors presented by
the 5000 Towering plants. brought
excited murmurs from the crowd.
Many of the finest plants were
brought in by airlines from as far
away as Australia and Hawaii.
Judges had selected the most
meritoriouS in variety of classes
Friday night. The grant sweep"
prize was awarded to a beauty
named Costa Rica." entered by
Rivermont Orchids, Clint McDade
& Sons, Signal Mountain, Tenn.
That particular orchid was spec.
tacular in yellow and red. From
the $3.50. 900 worth of orchids on
display, there were plenty of the
well-known varieties.
A special award was given yes
terday to Blackstone. Inc, of
Washington-a non-competitor-E
for its supervision of the OUT
standing arrangement of the show
and its own central exhibit. This
represented a third dimenSional
show window picture. of orchids
growing in a natural setting. with
q real waterfall as the focal point.
Australian Exhibit Wins. /
In this years show, the
Australian-grown orchids won
first and second prizes in the best
airline exhibit. The unusual Gym
didium species flown from Austria
liza on short notice was popular
with the visitors.
Pan American World Airways
exhibited flowers grown by L.
Sasso of Hendley, Sydney, and
took top honors in the class. The
British Commonwealth Pacific
Airlines took second prize with an
exhibit grown by H. A. Dilling of
Turramurra, Sydney.
An exhibit of the British Over
seas Airways Corp. displayed por-
traits of Princess Elizabeth and
her husband, the Duke of Edin-
burgh, soon to be visitors here.
The portraits were surrounded by.
banks of orchids.
Much Of the success of Wash
ington's show is due to Linnaeus
T. Savage. assistant secretary
Of the American Security &
Trust Co. /
Growing orchids in his own
small greenhouse at home has
been Mr.. Savage's hobby for
years. He was responsible for the
first show of the National Capital
Orchid Society which now has
more than 100 members and is /
an affiliate of the American Or
child Society, Inc.
Officers of the National Capital 1
Orchid Society now include DR.. /
Edgar M. McPeak, president;
r. w. Gowdy. vice president; An
drew NJ Adams, secretary, and
H. E. Bufkin, treasurer. Decora-
tions of the show were handled by |
T. Hatch Dent, general manager
of Blackstone, and William A.
Frederick, senior architect of the
United States Botanic Gardens. I