June 16, 2024 20242312 Pcv. Key Lime Stars ‘Big Ben’ Pcv. (Ctyh. Lime Sherbet x B. nodosa) AM 83 Exhibited by Gold Country Orchids Description: Eleven stellate flowers on two inflorescences up to 17-cm; sepals and petals lanceolate, bright chartreuse; lip tubular, cream suffused and striped light chartreuse, darker chartreuse centrally; substance firm; […]
April 12, 2024 20242288 Paph. Shirley Amundson ‘Beaune’ Paph. (acmodontum x hookerae) AM 83 Exhibited by Dave Sorokowsky Description: One stately flower on a 29-cm inflorescence; dorsal sepal white, green venation, blushed green centrally, faint purple blush marginally; synsepal olive green, veined dark maroon; lightly hirsute petals green, spotted and veined dark brown, dark […]
April 03, 2024 20242276 Van. Pinky ‘Violet Queen’ Van. (V. falcata x Rhyn. gigantea) AM 83 Exhibited by Chen-Hao Hsu Description: Eight stately flowers on one 13-cm inflorescence; dorsal sepal and petals white, completely overlaid dark purple; lateral sepals white, randomly blotched dark purple; lip and nectary black, nectary to 4-cm; substance firm; texture […]
April 03, 2024 20242275 Drac. navarroorum ‘Salacious Crumb’ (Species) AM 83 Exhibited by Tyler M. Albrecht Description: Twenty pendulous downward-facing flowers and ten buds on thirty 9.5-cm inflorescences; sepals cream, faintly flushed and finely spotted light mahogany, caudae straight, dark mahogany; petals cream, flushed light green, tipped brown; lip cream, faint rose flush; substance […]
April 03, 2024 20242274 Onc. Stipple ‘Hawk Hill’ Onc. (Pesky Trance x Doctor Tom) AM 83 Exhibited by Tyler M. Albrecht Description: Twenty-one attractively-ruffled flowers on two upright, branched inflorescences up to 82 cm, plus one immature inflorescence; sepals and petals white, blotched cordovan, margins undulate; lip white, blotched cordovan, keels boldly-colored bright yellow, […]
March 17, 2024 20242270 C. Exotic Fireworks ‘Melencia’ C. (Virginia Dickey x Memoria Trudi Marsh) AM 83 Exhibited by Ramon de los Santos Description: Three flat, round flowers on two inflorescences up to 8-cm; dorsal sepal broad, vermillion; lateral sepals vermillion; petals ovate, slightly ruffled, vermillion; lip orange-yellow centrally, side lobes orange-yellow, turning vermillion […]
March 03, 2024 20242264 Sarc. Little Dragon ‘ Red Velvet’ Sarc. (Kulnura Impact x Duno Nickys Twin) AM 83 Exhibited by Anne Kimmerlein Description: Forty-one full flowers and twenty-eight buds on five arched inflorescences up to 26 cm; sepals and petals ovate, deep crimson, some segments lighter crimson proximally; lip saccate, yellow, burnt orange […]
February 07, 2024 20242258, Drac. vespertilio ‘Fo Shizzle’, species, AM 83, Exhibited by Tyler M. Albrecht Description: Four beautiful flat flowers and seven buds on eleven inflorescences up to 15-cm in length, in a 4-inch plastic mesh pot; flower cream, heavily blotched burgundy; caudae cream, light yellow distally, spotted maroon; lip midlobe white; column […]
October 15, 2023 20232352 Paph. Dream Treasure ‘Primativo’ Paph. (Harvest Dream x Hawaiian Treasure) AM 83 Exhibited by Dave Sorokowsky Description: One well presented flower on a 13-cm inflorescence; sepals base color white, green venation, lightly blushed rose veins; petals base color green, overlaid rose on exterior edges, hirsute margins; pouch base color green, overlaid […]
October 04, 2023 20232328 Paph. Rolfei ‘Sweetwater Plum’ Paph. (bellatulum x rothschildianum) AM 83 Exhibited by Cheryl Jones Description: Three flowers on one 15-cm inflorescence; sepals and petals light chartreuse, dark cordovan spots coalesce into longitudinal veins; pouch ivory white, heavily tessellated dark cordovan; hirsute staminodal shield dark cordovan; substance heavy; texture waxy. Measurements […]