Orchid Awards

23Jan 2026

    January 18, 2026 20261309 Paph. Midnight Special ‘Tawny’ Paph. (Macabre Illusion x Magically Fred) AM 80 Exhibited by Dave Sorokowsky Description: One single flower on a 32-cm inflorescence, and one immature inflorescence; sepals cordate, white, overlaid light lavender, dark maroon venation, central dorsal rib darker maroon; petals lanceolate, green, overlaid dark maroon centrally […]

23Jan 2026

    January 18, 2026 20261307 Paph. Technicolor Paradise ‘Alsace’ Paph. (Magic Paradise x victoria-mariae) AM 81 Exhibited by Dave Sorokowsky Description: One flat flower and four emerging buds on two inflorescences up to 34 cm; dorsal sepal circular, white, overlaid suffuse green basal to medial, brown veined proximal; synsepal white, overlaid green near-distal; petals […]

23Jan 2026

    January 07, 2026 20261306, Masd. norops ‘Cleopatra’, (Species) AM 83 Exhibited by Diane Bond Description: Five flowers and one bud on six up to 14-cm inflorescences; sepals cordate, white, overlaid orange medially to apically, white reveal centered length of sepals, caudae green; petals porrect, yellow; lip spatulate, orange; column and anther cap yellow; […]

23Jan 2026

    January 07, 2026 20261305 Paph. liemianum ‘Anitchka’ (Species) AM 81 Exhibited by Daniel Pfarr Description: Two stately flowers and one bud on one staked, 24.0-cm inflorescence; dorsal sepal ovate, green basally, radiating to cream-white margin, cordovan venation; synsepal green; petals undulate, hirsute on edges, white, randomly blotched cordovan; pouch white, overlaid light fuchsia, […]

23Jan 2026

    January 07, 2026 20261304 Paph. fairrieanum ‘Burgundy’ (Species) HCC 76 Exhibited by Dave Sorokowsky Description: One flower on one 8.2-cm inflorescence; dorsal sepal undulate, hirsute on margins, recurved distally, white, striped burgundy centrally reticulated distally, slight green blush basally; synsepal elliptic, recurved distally, white, striped burgundy; petals lanceolate, upswept and recurved distally, hirsute […]

23Jan 2026

    January 07, 2026 20261303 Med. decoratum ‘Sweet Sasha’ (Species) CCE 93 Exhibited by Lynne Murrell Description: Approximately five hundred and twelve flowers and 60 buds on 572 up to 1-cm inflorescences on an immaculate 40-cm by 40-cm plant grown in an 18-cm diameter by 10-cm tall plastic bulb pan, densely blooming bell-shaped flowers […]

23Jan 2026

    January 07, 2026 20261302 Masd. Mary Staal ‘Rising Moon’ Masd. (coccinea x Angel Frost) AM 83 Exhibited by Diane Bond Description: Two striking flowers on two up to 12-cm inflorescences; sepals white, mandarin orange basally, caudae overlaid intense mandarin orange; petals minute, white, yellow distally; lip minute, white, yellow apically; column and anther […]

23Jan 2026

    January 07, 2026 20261301 Rstp. sanguinea ‘Grieg Warner’ (Species) AM 80 Exhibited by Chen-Hao Hsu Description: Three flowers and two buds on five up to 5.5-cm inflorescences; base color white; dorsal sepal cupped basally, linear triangular, bulbous apically, overlaid cordovan with dark cordovan spots; lateral sepals fused, cymbiform, overlaid light cordovan with lines […]

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