Judging

17Feb 2023

  February 01, 2023 20232260 Cattleya Pink Pearl ‘Dorothy Helen’ C. (alaorii x wittigiana) HCC 79 Exhibited by Anne Kimmerlein Description: One flat pink flower with darker pink venation on an 8-cm inflorescence; sepals lanceolate; lip tubular, dark pink distally, yellow basally; column pale pink; anther cap white; substance medium; texture matte. Measurements in cm. […]

16Feb 2023

February 01, 2023 20232259 Den. Purple Cluster ‘People Eater’ Den. (Purple Joy x Gillieston Jazz) HCC 78 Exhibited by Tyler Albrecht Description: Twenty-five flowers and one bud on five inflorescences up to 11.5-cm; sepals and petals white overlaid purple on margins, heavily blotched purple medially; lip dark purple, keel cream; column dark purple, anther cap […]

16Feb 2023

February 01, 2023 20232258 Lepanthes Elegant Escobar ‘Reece Herbert’ (Lepantes escobariana x  elegantula) AM 82 Exhibited by Tyler Albrecht Description: Twenty-seven flowers and thirty-three buds on thirty-three up to 10.5-cm, sequentially blooming inflorescences; dorsal sepal chartreuse, overlaid rose-bronze, vertical bars; lateral sepals fused, apically split, chartreuse, overlaid rose-bronze, darker centrally; petals and lip light orange, […]

16Feb 2023

  February 01, 2023 20232257 Paph. Paradise in Burgundy ‘Cool Plum’ Paph. (After James x King Charles) AM 85 Exhibited by Cheryl Jones Description: One symmetrical flower on one 10-cm upright inflorescence; dorsal sepal broad, deep burgundy, darker venation, pink picotee; synsepal light green, overlaid dark burgundy striations; hirsute petals olive green overlaid burgundy, darker […]

16Feb 2023

February 01, 2023 20232256 Dracula spectrum (syn. platycreater) ‘Thrwan’ (species) AM 80 Exhibited by Tyler Albrecht Description: One dark mahogany, triangular flower with white picotee on a 38-cm inflorescence; sepals lanceolate, mahogany, heavily overlaid dark mahogany; caudae mahogany; petals hirsute, dark mahogany; lip dark purple-mahogany; column and anther cap light mahogany; substance medium; texture matte. […]

16Feb 2023

  February 01, 2023 20232252 Maxillaria seidelii ‘Janet Kaye’ (species) CCM 81 Exhibited by Dennis and Janet Wade Description: Eighty-three flowers and one bud on 84 inflorescences, on a 15.5-cm mount; plant 17-cm tall and 9-cm wide; all segments creamy white, lip has short maroon bars centrally; anther cap chartreuse; substance and texture average. Measurements […]

16Feb 2023

    February 01, 2023 20232251 Oncostele Midnight Miracles ‘Reagan’ Oncostele (Rhynchostele bictoniensis x Oncidium cariniferum) HCC 76 Exhibited by Tyler Albrecht Description: Twenty-four flowers and twenty-four buds on three erect, up to 72-cm inflorescences; sepals and petals chartreuse, spotted deep mahogany, darker centrally; lip medium rose-pink; crest mahogany; column mahogany, anther cap white; substance […]

16Feb 2023

  February 01, 2023 20232250 Cattleya Exotic Fireworks ‘Anitchka’ C. (Virginia Dickey x Memoria Trudi Marsh) HCC 79 Exhibited by Ramon de los Santos Description: Three flowers well displayed on one 5.4-cm inflorescence; dorsal sepal vermillion, darker venation; lateral sepals vermillion, yellow flare centrally; petals vermillion, darker venation, slightly ruffled on upper margin; lip bright […]

11Dec 2022

  December 07, 2022 20222345  Maxillaria johniana ‘Bonheur’ (species) HCC 77 Exhibited by Lynne Murrell Description: Ten flowers and one bud on eleven 3.4-cm inflorescences; sepals and petals white, apical half cordovan; lip white, cordovan on underside, column white, anther cap white; substance firm; texture matte. Measurements in cm.  Ns  3.6  nsv  2.5  Dsw  0.5 […]

11Dec 2022

    December 07, 2022 20222344  Maxillaria phoenicanthera ‘Sue Davis’ (species) CCM 88 Exhibited by Tom Pickford Description: Four hundred ten flowers and twenty-five buds on four hundred thirty-five 7-cm inflorescences, borne completely around a pristine 69-cm by 38-cm plant, grown in bark and perlite in a 25-cm plastic pot; sepals and petals light yellow, […]

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