Orchid Awards

05Mar 2022

February 20, 2022 20222255 Holcoglossum tsii ‘Pink Pixie’ (species) AM 80 Exhibited by Ramon de los Santos Description: Three flowers on two porrect inflorescences; sepals and petals white, flushed pink; lip white, flushed pink, yellow keels, midrib pink, 3.1-cm nectary white suffused pink, midlobe porrect, side lobes irregular lavender pattern; anther cap tipped pink; substance […]

17Feb 2022

February 06, 2022 20222259 Paph. QF Wainanai ‘Tennat Paph. (Lorraine’s Pride x barbatum)  AM 83 Exhibited by Dave Sorokowsky Description: One flat flower on one 24.5-cm inflorescence; dorsal sepal ovate, white, flushed dark burgundy, faded toward light magenta at apex, veined dark burgundy; synsepal green, suffused and striped black burgundy; petals elliptical, well held, bold […]

17Feb 2022

  February 06, 2022 20222258 Cym. wenshanense ‘Melencia’ (species) AM 85 Exhibited by Ramon de los Santos Description: Seven striking flowers and five buds on three well-spaced, arched, 28-cm inflorescences; flowers white; sepals lanceolate, flat; petals flat, porrect, slightly stippled burgundy; lip white, broadly flushed yellow, stippled dark burgundy, burgundy picotee, ciliate, side lobes enclose […]

17Feb 2022

February 06, 2022 20222257 Paph. (Unregistered Hybrid) ‘Merlot’ Paph. (Presidentially Petula x venustum)  AM 80 Exhibited by Dave Sorokowsky Description: One flower on one 12-cm inflorescence; sepals white, overlaid light rose, bright green venation; petals light green, with dark green venation, overlaid bright cordovan outer half, random dark spots, light rose hirsute along edge; pouch […]

17Feb 2022

  February 06, 2022 20222256 Paph. sangii ‘Hector’ (species) AM 84 Exhibited by Ramon de los Santos Description: One striking, flat flower on one 28-cm inflorescence; dorsal sepal ivory, proximal half veined green, flushed dark burgundy; synsepal green and veined green; petals flat, margins slightly ruffled, ivory, heavily flushed dark burgundy; pouch cobbled chartreuse, suffused […]

09Feb 2022

AOS Judging Resumes Sunday Judging February 20, 2022 Judging  at 8:30AM Dueling Dogs Brewing Company 3030 Barrett Park Lane Lincoln, CA Plant entry begins at 8:00AM, judging at 8:30AM Susan Wedegaertner, Center 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 Society judging. While trying to […]

29Jan 2022

AOS Judging Resumes Sunday Judging February 06, 2022 Judging  at 8:30AM Dueling Dogs Brewing Company 3030 Barrett Park Lane Lincoln, CA Plant entry begins at 8:00AM, judging at 8:30AM Susan Wedegaertner, Center 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 Society judging. While trying to […]

29Jan 2022

January 16, 2022 20222354 Lepanthes Elegant Escobar ‘Reece Herbert’ (Lepantes escobariana x  elegantula) HCC 78 Exhibited by Tyler Albrecht Description: Five flowers and fifteen buds on fifteen inflorescences; dorsal sepal light chartreuse overlaid bronze vertical suffusions, lateral sepals same but medial edges more deeply suffused bronze; petals and lip light orange; substance translucent; texture matte. […]

29Jan 2022

  January 16, 2022 20222353 Lyc. Lion Heart ‘Jimmy Yu’ (Lyc. Leo x Princess Takamodo) HCC 77 Exhibited by Ramon de los Santos Description: One slightly cupped flower on one 21.5-cm inflorescence, and one bud on an immature inflorescence; flowers bright yellow; sepals and petals near round, apically acute, petals porrect; lip distally recurved, throat […]

29Jan 2022

  January 16, 2022 20222352 Cym. Unemployed Pilot ‘Chunky’ (Cym. Fire Ernie x Mem. Amelia Earhart) HCC 77 Exhibited by Ramon de los Santos Description: Sixteen well-presented, slightly cupped flowers on one cut, 70-cm inflorescence; sepals and petals broadly lanceolate, yellow, overlaid light orange; lip white, side lobes edged light pink, midlobe 0.3-cm oxblood band […]

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