Judging

01Jul 2023

  June 06, 2023 20232332 Prosthechea karwinskii ‘Goodstuff’ species  AM 80 Exhibited by Tom Pickford Description: Two bright yellow flowers on one pendant 4-cm inflorescence; lip midlobe margin ruffled, orange centrally, veined and suffused light orange, cream on distal edge; substance firm; texture waxy. Measurements in cm.  Ns  10.7  nsv  7.3  Dsw  2.2  dsl  6.3 […]

01Jul 2023

  June 06, 2023 20232272 Lepanthes caritensis ‘Chandra P’ species  CCM 84 Exhibited by Douglas Kubo Description: Eleven flowers and six buds on eight inflorescences averaging 2.0 cm, on a well-grown 6-cm by 6-cm plant on a 3.5-cm by 6-cm cork slab; sepals cream, overlaid light brick red; petals cream, overlaid red apically; lip red; […]

25May 2023

May 21, 2023 20232297 Paph. Macabre Midnight ‘Dornfelder’ Paph. (Hawaiian Treasure x Macabre Illusion) HCC 75 Exhibited by David Sorokowsky Description: One slightly cupped flower on one 27-cm inflorescence; sepal base color cream, dark green and black-purple veins radiate centrally; petals green, heavily overlaid black-purple, darker veins, edges hirsute; pouch black-purple; staminode mauve, darker centrally; […]

25May 2023

  May 21, 2023 20232296 Trichoceros onaensis ‘Grass Valley’ species  HCC 79 Exhibited by Theodore McClellan Description: Two non-resupinate flowers and five buds on one upright, 6-cm inflorescence; sepals light tan, burgundy venation and stipples, green tips; petals light tan, burgundy venation and stipples; lip trilobed, midlobe tan, striped burgundy, basally light burgundy, spotted deeper […]

25May 2023

  May 03, 2023 20232282 Masd. Herranic ‘Mando’ Masd. (herradurae x  nicaraguae) AM 80 Exhibited by Tyler M. Albrecht Description: Ten flowers and six buds on sixteen up to 3.3-cm inflorescences on a well gworn plant; sepals light chartreuse, lateral sepals overlaid burgundy centrally, caudae golden, sepaline tube light chartreuse; petals light chartreuse; lip dark […]

12May 2023

April 29, 2023 20232331 American Orchid Society Show Trophy Sacramento Orchid Society Show 2023 ST 83 Exhibited by William Trimble Description: A twenty-four square-foot table top display with various genera of Orchid species and hybrids; Cymbidiums, Lycastes, Sarcochilus, Odontiodas, Lepanthes, Dendrobiums and Vandas, to name a few; arrangement of flowers were in color flow, building […]

11May 2023

April 29, 2023 20232295 Paph. Dot’s Spots ‘Margaux’ Paph. (Dot’s Delight x Vougue Wonder) AM 85 Exhibited by David Sorokowsky Description: One flower on one 19-cm inflorescence; dorsal sepal white, overlaid light burgundy, overlaid light green centrally, veined green centrally, burgundy distally; synsepal white, overlaid light green, veined green; petals ciliate, white, overlaid light green […]

11May 2023

April 29, 2023 20232294 Den. Bruce Gordon ‘Batman’ Den. (alexandrae x eximium) AM 84 Exhibited by Cheryl Jones Description: Thirty-seven well-presented flowers on five inflorescences up to 21-cm; sepals and petals lanceolate, light chartreuse, reverse spotted mahogany; petals twisted, undulate on margins; pointed lip white, overlaid chartreuse, side lobes striped purple, midlobe spotted purple; column […]

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