Name:	Beallara Marfitch 'Howard's Dream' AM/AOS	Seed parent1:	Miltassia Charles M. Fitch
Date acquired:	September 2004	Pollen parent:	Odontioda Fremar
Source:	eBay	Season:	Spring
Container:	none (deceased)	Climate:	Intermediate

15 May 2004

I picked up this clone of the awarded Beallara Marfitch 'Howard's Dream' AM/AOS on eBay the spring that I moved out of Chicago; it was inexpensive and the plant looked interesting.  It opened about 10 of those huge (4-5") intricately patterend purple flowers.  At about midday, they smell fainly of licorice.  Unfortunately, this plant never adjusted as well as I would have liked from being grown in Hawaii to being grown on my windowsill.  The plant ended up being a disappointment; it only ever put up scrawny growths and never would flower again.  I lost it in the recent black rot epidemic.

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References:
(1)  International Orchid Register: www.rhs.org.uk/plants/registration_orchids.asp