2026 Awards

16Jul 2026

    July 01, 2026 20261386 Chsch. viridiflava ‘In Situ’ (Species) AM 89 Exhibited by Jeff Tyler Description: Two hundred seventy-two full round, flat flowers and three buds on seventeen arching inflorescences up to 11.5 cm; flowers ovate, light green; sepals and petals obtuse; lip ivory, partially splashed burnt orange centrally; substance hard; texture matte. […]

16Jul 2026

    July 01, 2026 20261385 Bulb. mandibulare ‘In Situ’ (Species) AM 84 Exhibited by Jeff Tyler Description: Seven flowers and two buds on four up to 29-cm inflorescences; sepals and petals chartreuse; dorsal sepal and petals broadly lanceolate; lateral sepals fused, broadly ovate; lip yellow, cordate, reflexed apically, hirtellous, column chartreuse, winged, anther cap […]

16Jul 2026

    July 01, 2026 20261384 C. alaorii ‘Devon’ (Species) HCC  77 Exhibited by Jeff and Debbie Trimble Description: Two full flowers on one 4-cm inflorescence; sepals and petals white, green at extreme apex; sepals widely lanceolate; petals rhomboid, slightly recurved; lip tubular, white, outermost margin lavender; substance hard; texture diamond dust. Measurements in cm. […]

03Jul 2026

    June 21, 2026 20261383 Aerags. spiculata ‘Big Ben’ (Species) AM 82 Exhibited by Gold Country Orchids Description: Eighteen strongly reflexed flowers and two buds on one well-arranged, 69.6-cm inflorescence; swan-like flowers bright white; lip obovate, arched spur up to 21.6 cm, light green, distal third light peach; substance medium; texture satiny; distinctive spicules […]

03Jul 2026

    June 21, 2026 20261382 Paph. Dollgoldi ‘Monster’ Paph. (rothschildianum x armeniacum) FCC 91 Exhibited by Ramon de los Santos Description: Two stately, well-displayed flowers and no buds on one erect, 48-cm inflorescence; flowers light chartreuse; sepals broadly ovate, striped cordovan; petals broadly lanceolate, lightly undulate, veined and lightly reticulated cordovan; pouch round, slightly jutted, […]

03Jul 2026

    June 21, 2026 20261381 Den. Green Flash ‘Gold Country’ Den. (Andreé Millar x convolutum) AM 81 Exhibited by Gold Country Orchids Description: Fifty well-presented flowers and 17 buds on 15 up to 18-cm, upright inflorescences; sepals deltoid, chartreuse, random deep burgundy spots on lateral sepals; petals rhomboid, reflexed margins, chartreuse, randomly spotted burgundy […]

03Jul 2026

    June 03, 2026 20261378 Paph. liemianum ‘Memoria Tom Merics’ (Species) HCC 79 Exhibited by Cheryl Jones Description: Three flowers and two immature buds on one 25-cm inflorescence; sepals green, white along margin, darker green venation centrally; petals undulate, ciliate on margins, twisted apically, blotched mahogany; pouch green, overlaid magenta, striped darker magenta, staminode […]

03Jul 2026

    June 03, 2026 20261377 Coel. calcicola ‘Sasha’ (Species) CCE 92 Exhibited by Lynne Murrell Description: Twenty-nine flowers and twenty-one buds on nine inflorescences up to 32 cm, on an immaculate and well-grown plant 60 cm by 80 cm, in a 40-cm by 17-cm round clay pot; linear sepals and lanceolate petals white, overlaid […]

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