AOS Judging Resumes Sunday February 7, 2021 at 8:30AM Gold Country Orchids 390 Big Ben Rd, Lincoln, CA Plant entry begins at 8:30AM, judging at 9:30AM 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. While trying to stay safe we […]
January 3, 2021 20212253 Calanthe Karolin Anschau ‘Bonheur’ (Calanthe Grouville x Calanthe vestita) HCC 77 Exhibited by Lynne Murrell Description: Sixty-six flowers and four buds on three arching inflorescences; flowers uniformly deep garnet; sepals and petals deep garnet, pubescent; lip deep garnet; substance soft; texture velvet. Measurements in cm. Ns 3.5 nsv 5.3 Dsw 1.0 […]
January36, 2021 20212257 Cleisocentron gokusingii ‘Goodstuff’ (species) AM 82 Exhibited by Tom Pickford Description: Seventy-four flowers and four buds on three 3-cm branched super-axillary racemose inflorescences; petals and sepals blue-grey; lip blue-grey with strong contrast dark violet centrally, spur blue-grey, column blue-grey, anther cap white; substance firm; texture crystalline. Measurements in cm. Ns 1.0 nsv […]
January 3, 2021 20212256 Phrag. Peruflora’s Cirila Alca ‘Martha May’ (Phrag. kovachii x Phrag. dalessandroi) AM 83 Exhibited by Cheryl Jones Description: Two flowers and three buds on one 64-cm branched inflorescence; sepals pale green overlaid coral-pink; petals pale green overlaid coral-pink, veined dark pink; pouch pink, veined deep pink, yellow interior; staminode shield white overlaid […]
January 3, 2021 20212255 Masdevalia mejiana ‘Loomis Basin’ species AM 82 Exhibited by Tyler Albrecht Description: Fourteen flowers and one bud on fifteen 9-cm inflorescences; sepals white, finely stippled burgundy, sulphur yellow band; caudae white, overlaid golden-yellow; petals and lip white; substance hard; texture matte. Measurements in cm. Ns 10.0 nsv 7.0 Dsw 1.5 dsl […]
January 3, 2021 20212254 Oncidesa Cocoa Peach ‘Cocoa’ (Oncidesa Cocoa x Onc. John Louis Shirah) HCC 78 Exhibited by Gold Country Orchids Description: One hundred thirty-two flowers and forty-eight buds on three upright branched inflorescences; sepals and petals burgundy, white at margins; lip pale yellow, central burgundy blotch, callus burgundy, yellow highlights, sidelobes yellow, […]
January 3, 2021 20212253 Cattleya Perfection of Life ‘Red Gold’ (Cattleya Precious Stones x Cattleya Circle of Life) AM 80 Exhibited by Gold Country Orchids Description: Two striking flowers on one 6-cm inflorescence; sepals yellow overlaid bright red; petals red, deeper red veins; lip bright yellow overlaid dark red, column white; substance firm; texture diamond […]
January 3, 2021 20212252 Cattleya Simplicity ‘Tara’ (Cattleya longipes x Cattleya loddigesii) AM 82 Exhibited by Gold Country Orchids Description: Three flowers on one 16-cm upright inflorescence; sepals and petals bright pink; lip white, cerise spot at apex, yellow overlay centrally, column white; substance firm; texture diamond dust. Measurements in cm. Ns 7.1 nsv 7.2 Dsw […]
January 3, 2021 20212251 Zygoneria Adelaide Meadows ‘Gold Country’ (Zygoneria Titanic x Zygoneria Dynamo) HCC 79 Exhibited by Gold Country Orchids Description: Six well arranged flowers on one upright inflorescence; sepals and petals bright green, irregular brown-purple blotches; lip white overlaid violet, column green overlaid dark purple; substance heavy; texture waxy. Measurements in cm. Ns […]
January36, 2021 20212250 Paph. graxtrixianum ‘Tuscany’ (species) HCC 78 Exhibited by Dave Sorokowsky (Paph Paradise) Description: One flower and two buds on three 19-cm inflorescences; dorsal sepal white overlaid cordovan radiating to the apex, heavily spotted centrally, chartreuse blush; petals yellow overlaid burnt orange; pouch yellow overlaid light burnt orange, staminode shield yellow with sulphur […]