Orchid Awards

30Oct 2021

October 3, 2021 202122325 Paph. Little Davey ‘Brunello’ (Paph. Miaouha Golden Venus x Little by Little) HCC 79 Exhibited by Dave Sorokowsky Description: One flower on one 7.2-cm inflorescence; dorsal sepal broad, chartreuse, flushed and spotted dark brown; synsepal chartreuse, flushed and veined dark brown; petals oblong, chartreuse, almost fully flushed and tessellated dark brown; […]

30Oct 2021

October 3, 2021 20212324 Phal. tetraspis ‘Shroomish’ (species) HCC 76 Exhibited by Ramon de los Santos Description: Seven stellate flowers on three upright inflorescences; flowers ivory white, sepals and petals light coffee-colored spots throughout, regularly; lip yellow, midlobe light purple-blue, fuzzy; anther cap white; substance firm; texture matte. Measurements in cm.  Ns  5.0  nsv  5.7 […]

05Oct 2021

AOS Judging Resumes Sunday Judging October 10, 2021  at 10:00 AM The Big Fresno Fair 1121 S. Chance Fresno, CA 93702 Plant entry begins at 9:30AM, (for those not in the exhibit), judging at 10:00AM Bill Sander, 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 […]

30Sep 2021

September 5, 2021 20212323 Paph. Paradise in Burgundy ‘Diane’ (Paph. After James x King Charles) AM 80 Exhibited by Dave Veach Description: One flower on one 15-cm inflorescence; dorsal sepal broad, flat, rich burgundy, proximally overlaid oxblood; synsepal light green, marginally stippled oxblood; petals chartreuse proximally, overlaid maroon, spotted oxblood throughout; pouch maroon throughout; staminode […]

30Sep 2021

September 5, 2021 20212322 Paph. barbigerum ‘Sangria’ (Species) HCC 77 Exhibited by Dave Sorokowsky Description: One flower on an upright, 17-cm inflorescence, and two buds on two immature inflorescences; dorsal sepal white, yellow proximally, spotted maroon medially along veins, suffused burgundy centrally; petals undulate, yellow, veined brown, brown midline, base and proximal inferior quarter hirsute, […]

30Sep 2021

  September 5, 2021 20212321 Pectabenaria Maxdusa ‘Kiki’ (Pectabenaria Wow’s White Fairies x Habenaria medusa) AM 84 Exhibited by Anne Kimmerlein Description: Sixteen filarious flowers on one 51-cm inflorescence; sepals hooded, green; petals minute, light green; multi-complex lip pink basally, side lobes divided into white filaments, midlobe narrow and elongate, white; nectar spur 5.1-cm white, […]

30Sep 2021

  September, 2021 20212320 Gomesa venusta ‘Bonheur’ (species) HCC 78 Exhibited by Lynne Murrell Description: Eighty-three relatively flat flowers and 23 buds densely arranged on two branched inflorescences, to 51-cm; sepals and petals gently cupped, bright yellow, barred medium brown; lip trilobed, recurved distally, keels exceptionally prominent, bright yellow irregularly splotched brown, column and column […]

30Sep 2021

September 5, 2021 20212319 Aerangis Pionier ‘Good Choices’ (mystacidii x kotschyana) HCC 77 Exhibited by Anne Kimmerlein Description: Twelve starry flowers and two buds on one graceful, pendent, 35-cm inflorescence; sepals creamy white slightly tinged green; petals creamy white, slightly reflexed; lip creamy white, anther cap ivory; spur 12.2-cm chartreuse basally, peach apically; substance firm; […]

30Sep 2021

September 5, 2021 20212238 Paph. gratrixianum ‘Pinot Grigio’ (Species) HCC 77 Exhibited by Dave Sorokowsky Description: One flower held on a 22-cm, upright inflorescence; dorsal sepal white, overlaid cordovan radiating to the apex, heavily spotted centrally, chartreuse blush basal one third, undulate, proximal margin recurved; petals spatulate, yellow, overlaid burnt orange, heavier on superior half, […]

30Sep 2021

September 5, 2021 20212317 Rlc. Ramon De Los Santos ‘ Melencia’ (Rlc. Mem. Irene Feil x Loud Nine) AM 85 Exhibited by Ramon de los Santos Description: Two striking flowers on one 6.0-cm inflorescence; sepals and petals deep crimson, darker crimson veins; lip ruffled, dark red, darker red at margins and midlobe, column white, anther […]

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