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August 1, 2015Speaker’s Day20152467Vanda White Crane ‘Angel’s Flight’(V. falcata x V. sanderiaum)AM 80Exhibited by Virginia Grove Description: Thirteen relatively flat flowers nicely arranged on one strong upright inflorescence; sepals and petals white lightly blushed pink, lip white overlaid pink with deeper pink keels; column and anther cap white lightly blushed pink; substance firm; texture sparkling. […]

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 […]

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; […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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; […]

August 2, 2014Speaker’s Day20142459Mexipedium xerophyticum ‘Moonlight and Star’ speciesCCM 87Exhibited by Venk Reddy Description: Forty-two flowers and 78 buds on 45 inflorescences; approximately 250 growths fill a 72-cm container; foliage clean and firm; flower typical of species; sepals and petals crystalline white; staminode white, bottom quarter blush pink; substance soft; texture crystalline. Measurements in cm. […]

August 2, 2014Speaker’s Day20142462Paph. hermanii ‘Joan’ speciesCBR Exhibited by Joan Gunn Description: Two well-presented flowers and no buds; dorsal sepal green centrally suffused maroon; synsepal light green; petals green heavily suffused maroon with undulate margins; pouch purple overlaid light cordovan, upper rim pale yellow, staminode pale yellow finely stippled cordovan; substance moderate; texture glossy. Measurements in […]

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