Orchid Awards

04May 2016

May 4, 201620162565Paph. hennisianum ‘Pinot Grigio’ speciesHCC 79Exhibited by Dave Sorokowsky Description: One flower and one bud on two inflorescences; sepals white striped green centrally, striped burgundy laterally; petals white heavily overlaid dark green, blushed rose apically, uniform dark mahogany spots, margins hirsute; pouch green heavily overlaid mahogany, darker mahogany venation; staminode green marked dark […]

04May 2016

May 4, 201620162475Enc. Borincana ‘Dancing Ladies’(Enc. alata x Enc. bractescens)AM 83Exhibited by Virginia Grove Description: Sixty stellate flowers and one well-arranged on six upright, unstaked inflorescences; sepals and petals yellow heavily overlaid mahogany; lip white heavily veined amethyst, overlaid yellow at apex; anther cap yellow; substance hard; texture matte Measurements in cm.  Ns  4.3  nsv […]

09Apr 2016

April 9, 2016Sacramento OS Show20162469Leptotes bicolor ‘Sheri A’ speciesAM 80Exhibited by Doug Kubo Description: Six flowers and one bud on four inflorescences; sepals and petals pure white; lip white, side lobes chartreuse, midlobe purple white on distal tip; substance firm; texture crystalline. Measurements in cm.  Ns  7.8  nsv  7.4  Dsw  0.8  dsl  5.0  Pw  0.5 […]

09Apr 2016

April 9, 2016Sacramento OS Show20162465Phal. bastianii ‘Joan’ speciesCCM 84Exhibited by Joan Gunn Description: One hundred sixty-four flowers and 29 buds on 37 branched inflorescences on a 59 x 47-cm plant in a 15-cm plastic basket; sepals and petals white, light green distally, barred magenta; lip intense magenta; column white; substance firm; texture waxy. Measurements in […]

09Apr 2016

April 9, 2016Sacramento OS Show20162463Sarco. Charm ‘Elizabeth Anne’(Sarco. Bernice Klein x Sarco. Fitzhart)HCC 77Exhibited by James G. Morris Description: Fifteen nicely displayed flowers and one bud on two arched inflorescences; sepals and petals white overlaid burgundy centrally, partially spotted burgundy proximally, picotee burgundy; saccate lip golden yellow, side lobes burgundy; substance firm; texture crystalline. Measurements […]

09Apr 2016

April 9, 2016Sacramento OS Show20162464Paph. rothschildianum ‘Howard P. Martin’speciesFCC 92Exhibited by Howard P. Martin Description: Three striking flowers and one bud on one 53-cm inflorescence; sepals chartreuse striped dark oxblood; petal margins undulate basally, hirsute, dark chartreuse, basal oxblood spots coalesce to stripes distally; pouch dark oxblood with darker venation; staminode tan with oxblood hairs; […]

09Apr 2016

April 9, 2016 Sacramento OS Show 20162468 Bulb. longissimum ‘Joan’ species FCC 90 Exhibited by Joan Gunn Description: Seventy-six striking flowers on 14 semi-umbellate inflorescences and eight immature inflorescences (buds not counted); dorsal sepal chartreuse flushed pink, striped burgundy; lateral sepals cream striped coral pink; petals chartreuse stippled burgundy on margins; lip yellow; substance firm; […]

09Apr 2016

April 9, 2016Sacramento OS Show20162470Educational Exhibit Certificate92 pointsExhibited by Raymond Prothero Description: An exceptional, well-organized display of California native species; the exhibit presents thirty-five different native species and subspecies including enlarged photographs; maps of locations, hand painted art work and herbarium sheets on loan from the University of California at Davis. Measurements in cm.  Ns […]

09Apr 2016

April 9, 2016Sacramento OS Show20162466Paph. liemianum ‘Intensity’ or ‘Malbec’ speciesHCC 78Exhibited by Dave Sorokowsky Description: One flower and one bud on one 20-cm inflorescence; dorsal sepal cream overlaid green- bronze centrally with 4-cm cream margin; synsepal light green; petals light green barred magenta, margins hirsute; pouch chartreuse overlaid purple, spotted darker purple; staminode green overlaid […]

09Apr 2016

April 9, 2016Sacramento OS Show20162455Proden. Frank’s Gift ‘Carolyn Michelle’(Grc. Chic x Epi. stamfordianum)HCC 76 Exhibited by Penny Walgenbach Description: Fourteen nice flowers and one bud on one branched inflorescence; sepals and petals white spotted purple; lip white, midlobe spotted purple; column pale green, purple apically; substance firm; texture matte. Measurements in cm.  Ns  5.5  nsv  5.2 […]

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