Orchid Awards

17Oct 2015

October 17, 2015Orchid Forum of Sacramento20152474Phal. hieroglyphica fma. alba ‘Amun-Ra’speciesAM 84Exhibited by Ramon de los Santos Description: Eleven flowers and four buds on five inflorescences; sepals and petals ivory, overlaid bright chartreuse irregular bars; column and lip white, sidelobes overlaid sulfur yellow; substance firm; texture waxy. Measurements in cm.  Ns  4.5  nsv  5.0  Dsw  1.8 […]

15Oct 2015

October 17, 2015 Orchid Forum of Sacramento 20152476 Bulb. Karen Lewis ‘Thoms Dark Knight’ (Bulb. echinolabium x Bulb. phalaenopsis) HCC 79 Exhibited by Jeffrey Tyler Description: Seven flowers and one bud on three inflorescences; sepals and petals cream heavily overlaid dark oxblood, reverse overlaid veined oxblood; anther cap rose-oxblood; substance heavy; texture waxy. Measurements in […]

07Oct 2015

October 7, 201520152473Rlc. Port Gold ‘Jocelyn’(Rlc. Port Royal Sound x Rlc. Toshie Aoki)AM 81 Exhibited by James G. Morris Description: Ten striking flowers on two erect inflorescences; sepals and petals bright yellow, midrib red apically; lip intense velvet red overlaid purple, gold venation basally; substance firm; texture matte. Measurements in cm.  Ns  13.4  nsv  14.0  Dsw […]

02Sep 2015

September 2, 201520152471Paph. Transdoll ‘Ruthanne Farmer’(Paph. liemianum x Paph. rothschildianum)HCC 78Exhibited by Carol Klonowski Description: Two flowers and one bud on one inflorescence; sepals dark chartreuse with darker mahogany stripes; petals hirsute at margins, dark chartreuse randomly spotted and striped rose-burgundy, overlaid mahogany at apical third;pouch chartreuse overlaid burgundy; staminode chartreuse overlaid maroon; substance firm; […]

02Sep 2015

September 2, 201520152472Paph. Mem. Rex VanDelden ‘Harpy’(Paph. Lady Isabel x Paph. armeniacum)HCC 77Exhibited by Ramon de los Santos Description: Four flowers and one bud on two strong inflorescences; flower gold; dorsal sepal and hirsute petals disticntly striped and tessellated red-brown; synsepal gold, lightly striped mahogany; large hirsute staminode distinct yellow stripe centrally; substance heavy; texture […]

01Aug 2015

August 1, 2015Speaker’s Day20152468Ctt. Sagarik Wax ‘African Beauty’(C. Summerland Girl x Ctt. Chocolate Drop)AM 84Exhibited by Virginia Grove Description: Twelve striking flowers well-held on one strong upright inflorescence; sepals and petals deep red-burgundy; lip white, midlobe heavily overlaid deep fuchsia, side lobes overlaid fuchsia distal one-third; column and anther cap white overlaid fuchsia; substance hard; […]

01Aug 2015

August 1, 2015Speaker’s Day20152467Vanda White Crane ‘Angel’s Flight’(V. falcata x V. sanderiaum)AM 80Exhibited by Virginia Grove Description: Thirteen relatively flat flowers nicely arranged on one strong upright inflorescence; sepals and petals white lightly blushed pink, lip white overlaid pink with deeper pink keels; column and anther cap white lightly blushed pink; substance firm; texture sparkling. […]

01Aug 2015

August 1, 2015Speaker’s Day20152469Maxillaria arbuscula ‘Gilbert’ speciesCCM 81Exhibited by Carol Zoltowski Description: Fifty flowers and six buds on 56 inflorescences evenly distributed on a well grown 28 cm by 60 cm plant vertically mounted on a 12 cm by 18 cm cork slab; sepals and petals base color white, reverse spotted magenta; lip white heavily […]

01Aug 2015

August 1, 2015 Speaker’s Day 20152470 Bulbophyllum scaberulum var. scaberulum ‘Karen’s Oddity’ species CBR Exhibited by Karen Olson Description: Five flowers and 29 buds on four green stippled mahogany rachises; dorsal sepal pale green overlaid pale burgundy apical one-third, margins dark burgundy; lateral sepals pale green, spotted dark burgundy, wide margins dark burgundy; petals burgundy; […]

01Aug 2015

August 1, 2015Speaker’s Day20152466Masd. Red Flamingo ‘Harlot’(Masd. Rubicon x Masd. coccinea)AM 87Exhibited by Ken Cook Description: One striking well held flower on one upright inflorescence; sepals fuchsia overlaid deep garnet; petals cream overlaid garnet; lip and column cream overlaid garnet; substance heavy; texture velvet. Measurements in cm.  Ns  5.3  nsv  12.0  Dsw  1.5  dsl  4.0 […]

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