Tag Archives: 2025

    July 20, 2025 20252315 Aerth. orthopoda ‘Big Ben’ (species) AM 82 Exhibited by Gold Country Orchids Description: Twelve flowers and seven buds on two up to 121-cm highly branched inflorescences, many mature buds at terminal ends of the branched inflorescences; sepals and petals acuminate, chartreuse, darker venation; lip recurve apically, spur curving downward, […]

    July 20, 2025 20252314 Paph. Donvischilum ‘Chablis’ Paph. (concolor x leucochilum) HCC 79 Exhibited by Dave Sorokowsky Description: One flower and one bud on one 8.5-cm inflorescence. flowers cream-white, overlaid burgundy spots, coalesced into veins centrally; dorsal sepal ovate; petals cupped, broad, ruffled at edges; pouch egg-shaped, interior finely spotted burgundy; staminode bright […]

    July 02, 2025 20252313 Paph. Macabre Treasure ‘Cabernet Franc’ Paph. (Hawaiian Treasure x Macabre) AM 84 Exhibited by Dave Sorokowsky Description: One well-held flower on one hirsute, 29-cm inflorescence; sepals white, striped deep purple; petals white, overlaid apple-green proximally and purple distally, margins hirsute deep purple; pouch porrect, deep purple; staminode hippocrepiform, dark […]

    July 02, 2025 20252312 Bulb. Zagreus ‘Melencia’ Bulb. (cruentum x agastor) AM 84 Exhibited by Ramon de los Santos Description: our flowers and one bud on two 1.0-cm, horizontal inflorescences; flower base color cream, sepals heavily overlaid oxblood proximal two-thirds, petals deep oxblood, margins ruffled; hinged lip lingulate, two outer keels deep oxblood; […]

    July 02, 2025 20252311 Paph. Barbara Rechberger ‘Monster’ Paph. (Magic Lantern x micranthum) AM 80 Exhibited by Ramon de los Santos Description: One well-formed, symmetrical flower on a strong, upright, 17-cm, hirsute inflorescence; base color white; dorsal sepal margin light dusty rose; synsepal pointed apically, white, overlaid dusty rose spots; petals broadly ovate, […]

    July 02, 2025 20252310 Phrag. Grande ‘Tyrian Twirls’ Phrag. (longifolium x humboldtii) AM 81 Exhibited by Tyler M. Albrecht Description: Three flowers and one bud on one 32.5-cm inflorescence; dorsal sepal cream, brushed yellow-green proximally, heavily reticulated brown throughout, margin delineated white; synsepal pale green-yellow, veined brown distally; petals yellow-green, very reticulated mahogany […]

    June 15, 2025 20252308 Paph. lowii ‘Anitchka’ (species) AM 84 Exhibited by Ramon de los Santos Description: Three flowers and one bud on one 51.4-cm inflorescence; dorsal sepal lightly hirsute, chartreuse, suffused light green centrally, dark brown basally; synsepal lightly hirsute, chartreuse, suffused light green centrally; petals broadly spatulate, chartreuse, bold dark maroon […]

    June 15, 2025 20252308, Disa Lillian Rose ‘Thor’, Disa (Diablo Lightning x uniflora), HCC 78, Exhibited by Evan Shen Description: One striking flower and one bud on one 25-cm inflorescence; dorsal sepal yellow, overlaid coral, venation distinct orange-red; lateral sepals elliptical, yellow, overlaid orange, intense orange basally, feathered yellow apically; petals club-shaped, dark […]

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