AOS Judging Saturday August 09, 2025 EMBASSY SUITES, OLD TOWN SACRAMENTO, 100 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, CA 95814 Plant entry begins at 8:30AM, judging at 9:00AM Susan Wedegaertner, Center Chair AOS Plant Entry Form: https://www.aos.org/AOS/media/Content-Images/PDFs/Judging_Entry_Form-2Up.pdf
October 27, 2022 20222336 Brassavola tuberculata ‘Yeti’ (species) HCC 79 Exhibited by Ramon de los Santos Description: Twenty-one stellate flowers on two arched inflorescences; sepals and petals linear, pale light green; lip spatulate, enclosed around column, white, throat suffused bright yellow basally; column and anther cap white; substance soft; texture matte. Slight fragrance detected in […]
October 27, 2022 20222334 Phal. violacea ‘Blue Hector’ (species) AM 84 Exhibited by Ramon de los Santos Description: One flower and one bud on two inflorescences; sepals and petals saturated deep violet; lip white, side lobes yellow, margins overlaid purple, midlobe overlaid deep purple; column white at base, overlaid light purple, anther cap light […]
October 27, 2022 20222333 Phal. violacea ‘Blue Melencia’ (species) AM 85 Exhibited by Ramon de los Santos Description: Three intensely-colored flowers and one bud on three sequentially-blooming inflorescences up to 9-cm; sepals dark black-violet, darker proximally, tip green; petals dark violet, tip cream-white; lip cream-white, side lobes tipped violet, central yellow spot, midlobe black […]
October 27, 2022 20222332 Zygoneria Adelaide Meadows ‘Green Fantasy’ Zygoneria (Zygopetalum Titanic x Zygoneria Dynamo) HCC 77 Exhibited by Alan Koch Description: Seven flat flowers and six buds on two upright inflorescences to 53.3 cm, plus three developing inflorescences; sepals and petals broadly lanceolate, clear medium green, irregularly blotched dark purple, coalesced centrally; lip […]
October 05, 2022 20222331 C. pumila alba ‘Madison F’ (species) AM 82 Exhibited by Douglas Kubo Description: Two flowers on one 3.0-cm inflorescence; sepals and petals pure white, dorsal sepal pleasingly erect; lip white, ruffled distally, side lobes partially enclose column, open distally, throat and keels yellow; column and anther cap white; substance firm; […]
October 05, 2022 20222330 Dracula Raven ‘Nevermore’ Dracula (vampira x roezilli) AM 80 Exhibited by Diane Bond Description: One horizontally flat flower on one 12-cm, pendulous inflorescence; sepals yellow, light green proximally, heavily overlaid dark cordovan, tessellation reveals light green proximally and base color centrally; lip light carnea, yellow centrally; substance firm; texture matte/crystalline. Measurements […]
AOS Judging Resumes Sunday Judging October 09, 2022 Fresno Fair Grounds, 1121 S Chance Ave, Fresno, CA 93702 Plant entry begins at 9:00AM, judging at 10:30AM Susan Wedegaertner, Center 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 Society judging. Here are some guidelines to make […]
September 07, 2022 20222329 Paph. henryanum ‘Merlot’ (species) HCC 78 Exhibited by Dave Sorokowsky Description: One flower on one 10-cm upright inflorescence; dorsal sepal chartreuse, irregularly spotted maroon, spots coalesced centrally, margins slightly undulate; synsepal chartreuse, spotted oxblood; petals chartreuse blushed and overlaid oxblood, blotched brown distally, margin ciliated, ruffled; pouch purple-plum, rim yellow, […]
September 07, 2022 20222328 Paph. Fairly Perfect ‘Dornfelder’ Paph. (Voodoo Perfection x fairrieanum) AM 80 Exhibited by Dave Sorokowsky Description: One well-displayed flower on one 11-cm inflorescence; dorsal sepal white, overlaid saturated dark purple, longitudinal stripes, margin wavy; synsepal light green, oxblood stripes; petals down-swept, lanceolate, white, overlaid green, overlaid dark purple, longitudinal dark […]