2025 Awards

23May 2025

    May 18, 2025 20252297 Disa Kewensis ‘ Coral Delight’ Disa (uniflora x tripetaloides) HCC 76 Exhibited by Chen-Hao Hsu Description: Four attractive flowers and two buds on one serpentine, 45-cm inflorescence; dorsal sepal light yellow, blushed coral, randomly spotted dark coral; lateral sepals yellow, overlaid coral; petals yellow, spotted dark coral; lip coral […]

23May 2025

    May 18, 2025 20252294 Phrag. humboldtii ‘Naturgemälde’ (species) AM 84 Exhibited by Tyler M. Albrecht Description: Three flowers and one bud on one 29-cm inflorescence and one immature inflorescence; base color chartreuse; arched sepals lanceolate, green veins; dorsal sepal reflexed at margins, striped burgundy; hirsute petals overlaid burgundy, darker distally; pouch striped and […]

23May 2025

    May 07, 2025 20252296 Coel. chinensis ‘Sweetwater Delight’ (species) CCM 87 Exhibited by Cheryl Jones Description: One hundred ninety-three flowers and forty-seven buds on 16 up to 21-cm, pendent inflorescences on a beautifully grown, 37-cm wide by 32-cm tall plant in shredded coconut fiber presented in a 14-cm, round plastic basket; sepals and […]

23May 2025

    May 07, 2025 20252295 Coel. chinensis ‘Sweetwater Delight’ (species) AM 82 Exhibited by Cheryl Jones Description: One hundred ninety-three flowers and forty-seven buds on 16 up to 21-cm, pendent inflorescences on a beautifully grown, 37-cm wide by 32-cm tall plant in shredded coconut fiber presented in a 14-cm, round plastic basket; sepals and […]

23May 2025

    May 07, 2025 20252293 Paph. thaianum ‘Anitchka’ (species) AM 82 Exhibited by Ramon de los Santos Description: One well-held flower on one 5-cm inflorescence; flower white, minutely spotted pink; dorsal sepal and petals obovate; pouch white, interior lightly spotted dark maroon; staminode green; substance firm; texture matte. Measurements in cm.  Ns  5.2  nsv […]

23May 2025

    May 07, 2025 20252292 V. Tangerine Blush ‘Tart’ V. (aurantiaca x christensoniana) AM 81 Exhibited by Jeff and Debbie Trimble Description: Forty-two flowers on two well-arranged up to 11 cm inflorescences; sepals and petals elliptical, coral; lip cymbiform, trumpeted, yellow with 2-cm gold spur; column yellow, anther cap dark burgundy; substance firm; texture […]

25Apr 2025

    April 11, 2025 20252291 Paph. QF Warden ‘Tannat’ Paph. (Lorraine’s Pride x wardii) HCC 78 Exhibited by Dave Sorokowsky Description: One dark vinicolor flower on a 20.5-cm inflorescence; dorsal sepal ovate, claret, overlaid near-black stripes, apex caudate; petals oblong, dark claret, margins prominently hirsute, apices attenuate; pouch dark maroon; staminodal-shield green, spotted claret […]

25Apr 2025

      April 11, 2025 20252290 Cym. Hot Chocolate Royal ‘Ganache’ Cym. (Napa Naiad x canaliculatum) FCC 93 Exhibited by Cal-Orchid, Inc. Cal-Orchids, Inc. Description: Ninety-seven stunning flowers and one bud on two beautifully arranged, up to 91-cm inflorescences; sepals and petals elliptical, yellow, overlaid dark cordovan, yellow picotee; lip intense dark burgundy, keel […]

25Apr 2025

    April 11, 2025 20252289 Den. violaceum ‘Lily M’ (Species) CCE 90 Exhibited by Douglas Kubo Description: One hundred thirty-five slightly cupped flowers and no buds on 42, up to 5.5-cm long inflorescences on a plant 46 cm by 40 cm by 23 cm tall, grown in sphagnum moss in a 10-cm, terra cotta […]

25Apr 2025

    April 11, 2025 20252288, Drvla. Blue Boy ‘Lucy’ Drvla. (Masd. uniflora x Drac. chimaera) AM 84 Exhibited by Tyler M. Albrecht Description: One flower on one 16.5-cm inflorescence; sepals broad, pale yellow, overlaid magenta, striped darker magenta, caudae magenta, tips yellow; petals yellow, tips magenta; lip white, light magenta centrally, tip yellow, dentate; […]

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