Orchid Awards

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 […]

01Aug 2015

August 1, 2015Speaker’s Day20152465Paph. Saint Swithin ‘Bob’(Paph. phillipinense x Paph. rothschildianum)HCC 78Exhibited by Bob Conaty Description: Ten flowers on two inflorescences; dorsal sepal cream prominently veined dark maroon; synsepal cream veined dark maroon; petals pale yellow-green, spotted maroon proximally, striped dark maroon distally, margins hirsute; pouch yellow, overlaid maroon, faint maroon venation; substance fair; texture […]

01Aug 2015

August 1, 2015Speaker’s Day20152464Phal. speciosa var. christiana ‘Jennifer Weseloh’ speciesHCC 78Exhibited by Chaunie Langland Description: Eleven flowers on three branched inflorescences plus one branched inflorescence with no flowers or mature buds;sepals and petals white with nonrepetitive color rose-purple, violet centrally, lip white, violet basally; column and anther cap white; substance firm; texture waxy. Measurements in […]

01Aug 2015

August 1, 2015Speaker’s Day20152462Ohd. Ruby Palace ‘Blood Pixie’(Onc. Crystal Palace x Oot. Summit)AM 81 Exhibited by Ramon de los Santos Description: Thirty-five flowers and four buds on one inflorescence, with four side branches; sepals and petals cream, heavily overlaid burnt red, shading to dark red-brown at margins; lip dark red, callus yellow, anther cap white; substance […]

01Aug 2015

August 1, 2015Speaker’s Day20152463Masdevallia Samantha Kha ‘Lustre’(Masd. ignea x Masd. Chinese New Year)AM 80Exhibited by Ken Cook Description: One flower on one erect 28-cm inflorescence; sepals base color yellow overlaid red with intense yellow surrounding column; dorsal sepal lighter red on margins, brilliant yellow centrally, caudae darker red centrally, pleasingly crossed; petals yellow; lip crimson; […]

01Jul 2015

July 1, 201520152461Paph. superbiens ‘Howard’speciesAM 81Exhibited by Joan Gunn Description: Two well-presented flowers on two erect inflorescences; dorsal sepal white alternatively striped green and burgundy; petals white, green along midrib and finely dotted burgundy, margins ciliate; pouch cordovan; staminode white overlaid pale green with burgundy spots; texture waxy, pouch matte. Measurements in cm.  Ns  9.0 […]

01Jul 2015

July 1, 201520152459Dendrobium Hibiki ‘Madame’(Den. bracteosum x Den. laevifolium)HCC 76Exhibited by Jeff Tyler Description: Ninety-four flowers and 19 buds tightly arranged on seven blooming canes; sepals and petals dark rose-pink; lip bright orange; substance firm; texture crystalline. Measurements in cm.  Ns  2.7  nsv  2.7  Dsw  0.9  dsl  1.9  Pw  0.9  pl  1.7  Lsw  0.7  lsl […]

01Jul 2015

July 1, 201520152458Den. laevifolium ‘D. C. Graham’ speciesHCC 78Exhibited by Jeff Tyler Description: Thirty-nine flowers on nine inflorescences; sepals and petals intense fuchsia; lip yellow lightly suffused fuchsia on ventral surface; column and anther cap white; substance firm; texture crystalline. Measurements in cm.  Ns  2.3  nsv  2.5  Dsw  1.0  dsl  1.6  Pw  1.0  pl  1.6 […]

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