Orchid Awards

25May 2024

  May 19, 2024 20242299 Paph. Yang-Ji Hawk ‘Roussanne’ Paph. (sanderianum x adductum) AM 84  Exhibited by Dave Sorokowsky Description: Three flowers and one developing flower on one 45 cm inflorescence; dorsal sepal elliptic, chartreuse base color, dark cordovan stripes; synsepal chartreuse, dark cordovan stripes; petals twisted, hirsute apically, light green proximally turning mahogany distally, […]

25May 2024

  May 19, 2024 20242298 C. sincorana ‘Alpine Meadows’  (Species) AM 85 Exhibited by Tom Pickford Description: Two flowers, one immature flower, and two buds on three inflorescences up to 15 cm in length; sepals and petals white, evenly suffused lavender, lightly veined darker lavender; lip white, fuchsia distally, throat white, keels white, overlaid light […]

17May 2024

  May 01, 2024 20242297 Phal. japonica ‘Sasha’  (Species) AM 85 Exhibited by Lynne Murrell Description: Thirteen flowers and four buds on one descending, 32.5-cm inflorescence; sepals and petals elliptic, cream-white, overlaid chartreuse proximally, random magenta striations on dorsal sepal and petals, lateral sepals highly striated magenta; lip white, immaculate fuchsia spots; column cream, anther […]

17May 2024

  May 01, 2024 20242296 Den. trantuanii ‘Sweetwater Pearl’  (Species) AM 80 Exhibited by Cheryl Jones Description: Eight flowers and one bud on three inflorescences up to 16-cm; sepals and petals undulate, stellate, white, overlaid pink on distal two-thirds, light yellow blush proximally; lip dark mahogany, side lobes gold, staminode light chartreuse; substance hard; texture […]

17May 2024

  May 01, 2024 20242295 Paph. hennisianum f. christiansenii ‘Green Monster’  (Species) HCC 78 Exhibited by Ramon de los Santos Description: One flower on one staked inflorescence of 27 cm; sepals broadly ovate, white, veined bright apple green; petals oblong, slightly reflexed, white, striped apple green, margins slightly hirsute; pouch green, veined darker green; staminode […]

17May 2024

    May 01, 2024 20242294 Phrag. humbultii var. exstaminodium ‘Tawny’ (Species) HCC 78 Exhibited by Dave Sorokowsky Description: Two well-presented flowers on one 15-cm inflorescence; sepals subulate, undulate, chartreuse, green tessellations; petals chartreuse, overlaid dark mahogany, slightly twisted, margins hirsute; pouch chartreuse tessellated mahogany, darker at rim, interior cream, small mahogany dots; substance medium; […]

17May 2024

  May 01, 2024 20242293 Drac. sodiroi ‘Blood Tears’  (Species) HCC 77 Exhibited by Tyler M. Albrecht Description: Nine tubular flowers and three buds on twelve apically curved, 16.5-cm inflorescences; sepals white, deeply flushed red-orange on exterior, margins white; caudae 2.1 cm maroon, light green apically; petals white; lip yellow; substance average; texture interior hirsute, […]

16May 2024

  April 12, 2024 20242290 Paph. Mystic Paradise ‘Brunello’ Paph. (Macabre Illusion x Mystically Contrasting) HCC 79 Exhibited by Dave Sorokowsky Description: One stately, intensely-colored flower on one 27-cm inflorescence; dorsal sepal slightly cupped; sepals white, blushed rose, veined green, veined black apically; petals lanceolate, hirsute at margins, light green, overlaid near black; pouch darkest […]

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