2026 Awards

09May 2026

    April 17, 2026 20261351 V. Cherry Bloosom ‘Omega’ V. (falcata x ampullacea) HCC 75 Exhibited by Cal-Orchid, Inc. Description: Eighty three stellate flower and eleven buds on four up to 20.5-cm inflorescences; sepals and petals cuneate, purple-pink; lip linear, purple-pink, spur white overlaid purple-pink; column white, lightly suffused purple-pink, anther cap brown; substance […]

09May 2026

    April 17, 2026 20261350 Max. Memoria Ben Berliner ‘Yellow Cape’ Max. (variabilis x tenuifolia) CCM 86 Exhibited by Galen and Barbara Carpenter Description: Fifty sweetly scented flowers on 50 up to 3.0-cm inflorescences; a pristinely grown plant presenting flowers on every mature growth, measuring 14 cm wide by 30 cm tall in a […]

09May 2026

    April 17, 2026 20261349 C. mossiae ‘Simplicity’ (Species) HCC 77 Exhibited by Cal-Orchid, Inc. Description: Eleven flowers on three, up to 20-cm inflorescences; flowers clear white; sepals narrowly lanceolate; petals broadly ovate, ruffled, forward; lip encloses column, heavily ruffled, side lobe overlaid yellow, midlobe yellow basally, magenta centrally, spotted magenta apically; column and […]

09May 2026

    April 17, 2026 20261348 Phal. Younghome Chocolate ‘Miss Patti’ Phal. (Tying Shin World Class x Younghome Coco) AM 81 Exhibited by Stephen Stoltz Description: Twenty-three flowers on a tightly branched 38-cm inflorescence; sepals and petals obtuse, white, overlaid burgundy to near margin; trilobed lip open and wide, white overlaid burgundy basally, purple apically; […]

09May 2026

    April 17, 2026 20261347 Grt. Why Not ‘Tice Creek’ Grt. (Gur. aurantiaca x Bro. sanguinea) AM 81 Exhibited by Ted McClellan Description: Five flat flowers and three buds on one upright, 8.4-cm inflorescence; sepals lanceolate, yellow, light rose overlay; petals ovate, yellow, darker yellow basally; lip yellow; column and anther cap yellow; substance […]

09May 2026

    April 17, 2026 20261346 Cym. Amelia’s Gold ‘Jaybee’ Cym. (Memoria Amelia Earhart x Wallacia) AM 80  Exhibited by Ed Dumaguin Description: Thirty-seven elliptic flowers on two pendent inflorescences; sepals and petals chartreuse, overlaid mahogany stripes; petals darker mahogany midrib; lip white, callus white, spotted burgundy, sideblobes lightly blushed pink, midlobe suffused dark burgundy […]

09May 2026

    April 17, 2026 20261345 Sarc. Susie ‘Rosie’ Sarc. (Maria x Kulnura Absolute) AM 86 Exhibited by Anne Kimmerlein Description: Sixty-nine extremely flat flowers and 12 buds on six up to 20-cm, upright inflorescences; sepals and petals white, pink spots coalesce basally with random pink spots to apex; saccate lip white with orange marks; […]

09May 2026

    April 17, 2026 20261344 Cym. Kris Kallman ‘Jaybee’ Cym. (Janis Elaine Hoenig x Sunline) HCC 77  Exhibited by Ed Dumaguin Description: Twenty-three flowers and one bud on two pendent, up to 66-cm inflorescences; sepals and petals light chartreuse, midrib light mahogany, stippled mahogany basally; sepals ovate; petals obtuse; lip white, overlaid yellow centrally, […]

09May 2026

    April 17, 2026 20261343 Cym. Ruby Rain ‘Prestige’ Cym. (Pee Wee x Alida Valli) AM 84 Exhibited by Ed Dumaguin Description: One hundred fifty-eight flowers and 16 buds on five arched, up to 54-cm inflorescences, borne on a nicely grown and displayed plant; flowers light yellow, overlaid cordovan; sepals elliptic, darker cordovan apically; […]

09May 2026

    April 17, 2026 20261342 Onc. gramineum ‘In Situ’ (Species) CCE 91 Exhibited by Jeff Tyler Description: Approximately nine hundred sixty flowers and 250 buds on 240 up to 4.5-cm inflorescences on a well-grown plant 22 cm wide and 11 cm tall in a 5.2-cm clay pot; sepals and petals linear, chartreuse; petals proximal […]

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