AOS Judging Resumes Sunday Judging October 10, 2021 at 10:00 AM The Big Fresno Fair 1121 S. Chance Fresno, CA 93702 Plant entry begins at 9:30AM, (for those not in the exhibit), judging at 10:00AM Bill Sander, Chair AOS Plant Entry Form: https://www.aos.org/AOS/media/Content-Images/PDFs/Judging_Entry_Form-2Up.pdf California Sierra Nevada Judging Center has decided to resume American Orchid […]
September 5, 2021 20212323 Paph. Paradise in Burgundy ‘Diane’ (Paph. After James x King Charles) AM 80 Exhibited by Dave Veach Description: One flower on one 15-cm inflorescence; dorsal sepal broad, flat, rich burgundy, proximally overlaid oxblood; synsepal light green, marginally stippled oxblood; petals chartreuse proximally, overlaid maroon, spotted oxblood throughout; pouch maroon throughout; staminode […]
September 5, 2021 20212322 Paph. barbigerum ‘Sangria’ (Species) HCC 77 Exhibited by Dave Sorokowsky Description: One flower on an upright, 17-cm inflorescence, and two buds on two immature inflorescences; dorsal sepal white, yellow proximally, spotted maroon medially along veins, suffused burgundy centrally; petals undulate, yellow, veined brown, brown midline, base and proximal inferior quarter hirsute, […]
September 5, 2021 20212321 Pectabenaria Maxdusa ‘Kiki’ (Pectabenaria Wow’s White Fairies x Habenaria medusa) AM 84 Exhibited by Anne Kimmerlein Description: Sixteen filarious flowers on one 51-cm inflorescence; sepals hooded, green; petals minute, light green; multi-complex lip pink basally, side lobes divided into white filaments, midlobe narrow and elongate, white; nectar spur 5.1-cm white, […]
September, 2021 20212320 Gomesa venusta ‘Bonheur’ (species) HCC 78 Exhibited by Lynne Murrell Description: Eighty-three relatively flat flowers and 23 buds densely arranged on two branched inflorescences, to 51-cm; sepals and petals gently cupped, bright yellow, barred medium brown; lip trilobed, recurved distally, keels exceptionally prominent, bright yellow irregularly splotched brown, column and column […]
September 5, 2021 20212319 Aerangis Pionier ‘Good Choices’ (mystacidii x kotschyana) HCC 77 Exhibited by Anne Kimmerlein Description: Twelve starry flowers and two buds on one graceful, pendent, 35-cm inflorescence; sepals creamy white slightly tinged green; petals creamy white, slightly reflexed; lip creamy white, anther cap ivory; spur 12.2-cm chartreuse basally, peach apically; substance firm; […]
September 5, 2021 20212238 Paph. gratrixianum ‘Pinot Grigio’ (Species) HCC 77 Exhibited by Dave Sorokowsky Description: One flower held on a 22-cm, upright inflorescence; dorsal sepal white, overlaid cordovan radiating to the apex, heavily spotted centrally, chartreuse blush basal one third, undulate, proximal margin recurved; petals spatulate, yellow, overlaid burnt orange, heavier on superior half, […]
September 5, 2021 20212317 Rlc. Ramon De Los Santos ‘ Melencia’ (Rlc. Mem. Irene Feil x Loud Nine) AM 85 Exhibited by Ramon de los Santos Description: Two striking flowers on one 6.0-cm inflorescence; sepals and petals deep crimson, darker crimson veins; lip ruffled, dark red, darker red at margins and midlobe, column white, anther […]
September 5, 2021 20212316 Polystachya subdiphylla ‘Mary Nisbet’ (Species) CBR (prov.) Exhibited by Chen-Hao Hsu Description: Six non-resupinate flowers and eight buds on four inflorescences averaging 5-cm, and four buds on two immature inflorescences; plant is 10 x 10-cm grown in an 8 x 8-cm pot, overall plant height 18-cm; cupped flowers white; lip white, […]
September 5, 2021 20212315 Angraecum Lemförde White Beauty ‘Loomis Basin’ (Angraecum sesquipedale x magdalenae) AM 86 Exhibited by Tyler Albrecht Description: One stunning full, flat, star-shaped flower on one 12.4-cm inflorescence; sepals and petals deltoid, opalescent white; lip cordate, opalescent white, margin undulate; column chartreuse, nectary 18.0-cm light green; substance very heavy; texture glossy. […]
