Orchid Awards

02Aug 2025

    July 20, 2025 20252319 C. Nice Touch ‘Alpine’ C. (Floralia’s Azul x Kiritsubo) AM 81 Exhibited by Julie Jones Description: Six slightly cupped flowers and no buds on four up to 15-cm inflorescences; sepals and petals light rose-lavender; sepals lanceolate; petals ovate, slightly ruffled; lip light pink, overlaid dark lavender marginally; column and […]

02Aug 2025

    July 20, 2025 20252318 Mps. vexillaria ‘Blushing Bride’ (species) HCC 76 Exhibited by Tyler M. Albrecht Description: Fifteen flowers and one bud nicely shingled on two, up to 35-cm inflorescences; sepals and petals linear, reflexed apically, white, lightly blushed magenta; lip flat, white, yellow basally , light magenta striations basally darker magenta centrally; […]

02Aug 2025

    July 20, 2025 20252315 Aerth. orthopoda ‘Big Ben’ (species) AM 82 Exhibited by Gold Country Orchids Description: Twelve flowers and seven buds on two up to 121-cm highly branched inflorescences, many mature buds at terminal ends of the branched inflorescences; sepals and petals acuminate, chartreuse, darker venation; lip recurve apically, spur curving downward, […]

02Aug 2025

    July 20, 2025 20252314 Paph. Donvischilum ‘Chablis’ Paph. (concolor x leucochilum) HCC 79 Exhibited by Dave Sorokowsky Description: One flower and one bud on one 8.5-cm inflorescence. flowers cream-white, overlaid burgundy spots, coalesced into veins centrally; dorsal sepal ovate; petals cupped, broad, ruffled at edges; pouch egg-shaped, interior finely spotted burgundy; staminode bright […]

16Jul 2025

    July 02, 2025 20252313 Paph. Macabre Treasure ‘Cabernet Franc’ Paph. (Hawaiian Treasure x Macabre) AM 84 Exhibited by Dave Sorokowsky Description: One well-held flower on one hirsute, 29-cm inflorescence; sepals white, striped deep purple; petals white, overlaid apple-green proximally and purple distally, margins hirsute deep purple; pouch porrect, deep purple; staminode hippocrepiform, dark […]

16Jul 2025

    July 02, 2025 20252312 Bulb. Zagreus ‘Melencia’ Bulb. (cruentum x agastor) AM 84 Exhibited by Ramon de los Santos Description: our flowers and one bud on two 1.0-cm, horizontal inflorescences; flower base color cream, sepals heavily overlaid oxblood proximal two-thirds, petals deep oxblood, margins ruffled; hinged lip lingulate, two outer keels deep oxblood; […]

16Jul 2025

    July 02, 2025 20252311 Paph. Barbara Rechberger ‘Monster’ Paph. (Magic Lantern x micranthum) AM 80 Exhibited by Ramon de los Santos Description: One well-formed, symmetrical flower on a strong, upright, 17-cm, hirsute inflorescence; base color white; dorsal sepal margin light dusty rose; synsepal pointed apically, white, overlaid dusty rose spots; petals broadly ovate, […]

California Sierra Nevada Judging Center