Judging

28Aug 2024

    August 18, 2024 20242325 Rlc. Stippled Sunset ‘Grass Valley’ Rlc. (C. Katherine Clarkson x Rlc.SunCoast Sunspots) HCC 79 Exhibited by Ted McClellan Description: Six flowers on one 9-cm inflorescence; sepals and petals golden yellow, random oxblood blotches; sepals elliptical; petals widely elliptical; lip yellow, trilobed, ruffled distally; side lobes veined light rose distally, […]

19Aug 2024

    August 03, 2024 20242324 Phrag. Cape Sunset ‘Sangria’ Phrag. (Eric Young x schlimii) AM 82 Exhibited by Dave Sorokowsky Description: One flower and three buds on one branched, 52-cm inflorescence; dorsal sepal and petals cream, heavily overlaid scarlet, chartreuse midrib; synsepal cream striped light pink; pouch exterior deep scarlet, interior cream stippled pink; […]

19Aug 2024

    August 03, 2024 20242323 V. Jay Mullen ‘Memoria Deb Lofgreen’ V. (tessellata x ustii) AM 80 Exhibited by Carol Klonowski Description: Eight flat, well-spaced flowers and one bud on one 24-cm inflorescence; sepals and petals white, overlaid light pink, tessellated rose; sepals ovate, dorsal sepal overlaid light bronze centrally; lateral sepals overlaid light […]

19Aug 2024

    August 03, 2024 20242322 Gga. galeata ‘Imp’ (species) CCM 82 Exhibited by Diane Bond Description: Approximately three hundred forty flowers and sixty-two buds on thirty-four pendent inflorescences up to 20 cm on a well-grown plant with cascading blooms measuring 63 cm wide, 55 cm high, grown in a 10-inch, circular plastic basket; sepals […]

19Aug 2024

    August 03, 2024 20242321 Paph. liemianum ‘Bagairt’ (species) AM 80 Exhibited by Ramon de los Santos Description: One flower and one bud on one 16.5-cm arched inflorescence; dorsal sepal circular, chartreuse, dark green centrally; synsepal chartreuse, dark green centrally; petals lanceolate, twisted apically, margins hirsute, light chartreuse spotted dark cordovan; pouch slightly trumpeted, […]

19Aug 2024

    August 03, 2024 20242320 Paph. tigrinum ‘Dick Buchner’ (species) AM 80 Exhibited by Gold Country Orchids Description: One flower on one 17.5-cm inflorescence; sepals chartreuse, blotched and veined dark mahogany, margins minutely fimbriate; petals spathate, chartreuse proximally transitions to purple distally, margin minutely fimbriate, two longitudinal elongate dark mahogany blotches proximal two thirds, […]

26Jul 2024

    July 21, 2024 20242319 Lyc. Glady’s Eljuri ‘Melencia’ Lyc. (Kiama x Alan Salzman) HCC 79 Exhibited by Ramon de los Santos Description: Two flowers on two inflorescences 20.2-cm long; sepals and petals base color chartreuse; sepals recurved, heavily suffused maroon; petals open over column, apices slightly recurved, overlaid maroon distally, heavily spotted maroon […]

26Jul 2024

    July 21, 2024 20242318 Lyc. tricolor ‘Pastel’ (species) HCC 79 Exhibited by Tyler M. Albrecht Description: Twelve triangular flowers on twelve inflorescences up to 10 cm; sepals light green, lanceolate; petals forward-facing, distal tips recurved, white base color, overlaid light rose; lip trilobed, white, overlaid medium rose, side lobes medium rose, midlobe darker […]

18Jul 2024

    July 03, 2024 20242317 Bdm. Golden Stars ‘Grass Valley’ Bdm. (Brsdm. Shooting Star x Gom. echinata) AM 83 Exhibited by Gold Country Orchids Description: Fifteen stellate flowers on one 43-cm, branched, upright inflorescence; sepals and petals bright yellow, irregular cordovan markings; lip bright yellow, cordovan blotches, margins undulate; column and anther cap yellow; […]

18Jul 2024

    July 03, 2024 20242316 Pcv. Key Lime Stars ‘Lemon Lime’ Pcv. (Ctyh. Lime Sherbet x B. nodosa) HCC 79 Exhibited by Gold Country Orchids Description: Ten stellate flowers on two inflorescences up to 14.8 cm; sepals and petals lanceolate, bright chartreuse; lip tubular, open and ruffled distally, cream, suffused light chartreuse, darker chartreuse […]

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