Orchid Awards

17Mar 2023

    March 01, 2023 20232263 Mediocalcar pygmaea ‘Caleb F’ species CCM 84 (provisional) Exhibited by Douglas Kubo Description: One thousand four flowers and eighty-four buds on one thousand eighty-eight inflorescences on a 47-cm diameter plant grown on tree fern; sepals, petals, and lip bright orange basally, yellow distally; anther cap yellow; substance firm’ texture […]

03Mar 2023

    February 19, 2023 20232262 Masd. Ron Parsons ‘Melencia’ Masd. (Samantha Kha x Patricia Hill)  AM 83 Exhibited by Ramon de los Santos Description: Seven vibrant flowers and four buds on eleven erect inflorescences up to 26 cm; flower sunset colors: yellow, orange, crimson, intense yellow basally; dorsal sepal yellow, suffused red; lateral sepals […]

03Mar 2023

    February 19, 2023 20232261 C. Nice Touch ‘Grass Valley’ C. ( Floralia’s Azul x Kiritsubo)  HCC 77 Exhibited by Theodore McClellan Description: Two flowers on one 4-cm inflorescence; sepals lanceolate, pink-lavender; petals full, pink-lavender, slightly ruffled marginally; lip open, pink-lavender, sidelobes darker marginally, midlobe cream apically, yellow centrally, distal half dark lavender, pink-lavender […]

03Mar 2023

    February 11, 2023 20232254 Paph. tranlieanum ‘Max’ species HCC 79 Exhibited by Tom Merics Description: One flower on a 6.5-cm inflorescence; dorsal sepal white, light green at base, suffused dark burgundy centrally; synsepal light green, margins slightly rolled; petals green, striped burgundy centrally, margins undulate distally, white picotee; pouch light green, overlaid light […]

03Mar 2023

    February 11, 2023 20232253 Phrag. Hanne Popow ‘Pheope’s Treat’ Phrag. (besseae x schlimii) AM 80 Exhibited by Diane Bond Description: Three well-presented flowers and three buds on three inflorescences up to 23 cm; dorsal sepal cream, stippled dark pink on margins, darker distally; synsepal cream; petals cream, blushed dark pink centrally, darker pink […]

17Feb 2023

  February 01, 2023 20232260 Cattleya Pink Pearl ‘Dorothy Helen’ C. (alaorii x wittigiana) HCC 79 Exhibited by Anne Kimmerlein Description: One flat pink flower with darker pink venation on an 8-cm inflorescence; sepals lanceolate; lip tubular, dark pink distally, yellow basally; column pale pink; anther cap white; substance medium; texture matte. Measurements in cm. […]

16Feb 2023

February 01, 2023 20232259 Den. Purple Cluster ‘People Eater’ Den. (Purple Joy x Gillieston Jazz) HCC 78 Exhibited by Tyler Albrecht Description: Twenty-five flowers and one bud on five inflorescences up to 11.5-cm; sepals and petals white overlaid purple on margins, heavily blotched purple medially; lip dark purple, keel cream; column dark purple, anther cap […]

16Feb 2023

February 01, 2023 20232258 Lepanthes Elegant Escobar ‘Reece Herbert’ (Lepantes escobariana x  elegantula) AM 82 Exhibited by Tyler Albrecht Description: Twenty-seven flowers and thirty-three buds on thirty-three up to 10.5-cm, sequentially blooming inflorescences; dorsal sepal chartreuse, overlaid rose-bronze, vertical bars; lateral sepals fused, apically split, chartreuse, overlaid rose-bronze, darker centrally; petals and lip light orange, […]

16Feb 2023

  February 01, 2023 20232257 Paph. Paradise in Burgundy ‘Cool Plum’ Paph. (After James x King Charles) AM 85 Exhibited by Cheryl Jones Description: One symmetrical flower on one 10-cm upright inflorescence; dorsal sepal broad, deep burgundy, darker venation, pink picotee; synsepal light green, overlaid dark burgundy striations; hirsute petals olive green overlaid burgundy, darker […]

16Feb 2023

February 01, 2023 20232256 Dracula spectrum (syn. platycreater) ‘Thrwan’ (species) AM 80 Exhibited by Tyler Albrecht Description: One dark mahogany, triangular flower with white picotee on a 38-cm inflorescence; sepals lanceolate, mahogany, heavily overlaid dark mahogany; caudae mahogany; petals hirsute, dark mahogany; lip dark purple-mahogany; column and anther cap light mahogany; substance medium; texture matte. […]

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