Provisional Awards

San Diego County Orchid Society Show, San Diego, CA, March 9, 2012

Cym. Lucky Greek Nickola HCC 77 pts.
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 Plant Name: Cymbidium Lucky Greek 'Nickola' HCC/AOS 77 pts.
(Avranches x Erin Spring)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 10.8 cm Vertical: 8.8 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 5.8 cm Length: 7.0 cm
Petal Width: 3.8 cm Length: 7.5 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 5.7 cm Length: 8.0 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 7.0 cm Length: 7.8 cm

Description: Ten flowers on one sturdy, upright inflorescence; sepals and petals clear green; lip white, side lobes longitudinally barred red-maroon, proximal margin red-maroon picotee, mid lobe banded red-maroon, white picotee margin distally; column white, dorsal surface distal half overlaid rose, ventral surface finely spotted red-maroon, proximal half yellow; anther cap white; substance very hard; texture matte.
Exhibitor: Harry Polis
Den. speciosum var. curvicaule Kabi 2010 HCC 77
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 Plant Name: Dendrobium speciosum var. curvicaule 'Kabi 2010' HCC/AOS 77 pts.
Species (Dendrobium speciosum var. curvicaule 'Daylight Moon' x Dendrobium speciosum var. curvicaule 'Jacqueline'

Natural Spread Horizontal: 2.8 cm Vertical: 4.2 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.4 cm Length: 2.6 cm
Petal Width: 0.3 cm Length: 2.4 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 0.7 cm Length: 1.8 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.3 cm Length: 0.4 cm

Description: Two hundred seventy-six flowers on three arching inflorescences; flower base color yellow cream, white basally; lip cream, white basally, column wings spotted burgundy; substance firm; texture matte.
Exhibitor: Tom Biggart
Bct. Robert Randall D HCC 77
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 Plant Name: Brassocatanthe Robert Randall 'D' HCC/AOS 77 pts.
(Bsn. Bill Worsley x C. cinnabarina)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 9.0 cm Vertical: 8.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.8 cm Length: 4.9 cm
Petal Width: 0.7 cm Length: 4.5 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 0.8 cm Length: 5.0 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 1.5 cm Length: 4.0 cm

Description: Eleven flowers and eleven buds on two sturdy upright inflorescences; flower base color bright orange; lip overlaid with random fine burgundy spots; substance firm; texture matte.
Exhibitor: Bruce Berg
C. Walkerinter ‘Sunset Valley Orchids’
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 Plant Name: Cattleya Claesiana 'Arline' AM/AOS 82 pts.
(intermedia var. aquinii x loddigesii)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 11.2 cm Vertical: 10.4 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 3.0 cm Length: 5.8 cm
Petal Width: 4.0 cm Length: 5.3 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 2.9 cm Length: 4.8 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 4.0 cm Length: 4.3 cm

Description: Four remarkably flat flowers well displayed on two inflorescences; wide sepals light rose pink tipped green; petals lightly peloric, light rose pink, lightly flared chartreuse on distal third, flared darker rose pink apically; lip rose pink, light chartreuse ocellatum, mid lobe ruffled, heavily stripped magenta at apex, column pink; substance very firm; texture lightly crystalline.
Exhibitor: Duane Pompanescu
Dtps. The Pride of Ben Yu Ben Yu CCM 85
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 Plant Name: Doritaenopsis The Pride of Ben Yu 'Ben Yu' CCM/AOS 85 pts.
(Minho Valentine x King Shiang's Beauty)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 10.2 cm Vertical: 8.2 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 3.9 cm Length: 5.2 cm
Petal Width: 6.5 cm Length: 4.5 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 3.0 cm Length: 4.8 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.5 cm Length: 3.5 cm

Description: Twenty-nine flowers on one branched inflorescence; sepals and petals white overlaid deep purple on proximal three-fourths, feathered distally; lip deep fuchsia; substance light; texture matte; the plant is very floriferous and well grown with light green clean leaves in a 20.0 cm pot.
Exhibitor: Lee Landes
Cym. Greek Goddess Gigi HCC 76
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 Plant Name: Cymbidium Greek Goddess 'Gigi' HCC/AOS 76 pts.
(Helen Tangcay x Rincon Peak)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 10.8 cm Vertical: 10.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 5.0 cm Length: 5.9 cm
Petal Width: 4.5 cm Length: 6.1 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 4.5 cm Length: 6.5 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 3.0 cm Length: 5.0 cm

Description: Eight flowers on one inflorescence and five flowers on a second inflorescence; sepals and petals white, overlaid rose intensifying distally; spotted magenta centrally; lip white, marked dark maroon distally, side lobes striped and tippled deep burgundy, keels yellow; anther yellow; anther cap white; substance heavy; texture matte.
Exhibitor: Harry Polis
Den. Bright Angel Sparkey AM 80
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 Plant Name: Dendrobium Bright Angel 'Sparkey' AM/AOS 80 pts.
(You Beaut x kingianum)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 3.2 cm Vertical: 2.7 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.6 cm Length: 2.8 cm
Petal Width: 0.4 cm Length: 1.2 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 2.2 cm Length: 2.8 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 1.0 cm Length: 1.9 cm

Description: Three hundred sixty-eight flowers on forty-six inflorescences on twenty-seven growths; flower base color white; sepals and petals brushed lavender, darker apically, white picotee margin; lip side lobes brushed light lavender mid lobe brushed dark purple on distal half, darker apically; anther cap cream; substance medium firm; texture matte.
Exhibitor: Casa de las Orquideas
Den. Easter Parade Lise AM
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 Plant Name: Dendrobium Easter Parade 'Lise' AM/AOS 80 pts.
(Mini Pearl x delicatum)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 3.8 cm Vertical: 3.4 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.1 cm Length: 2.1 cm
Petal Width: 0.8 cm Length: 2.1 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.2 cm Length: 2.1 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 1.1 cm Length: 1.9 cm

Description: Three hundred Fifty-one flowers and thirteen buds on twenty-seven inflorescences on twenty-seven growths; flower base color white; sepals and petals overlaid dark purple, sepal and petal reverse overlaid dark purple; lip overlaid dark purple, margin picoteed white, keels yellow; substance firm; texture crystalline.
Exhibitor: Jim Wright
Cym. Lucky Shamrock Green Glen AM 81
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 Plant Name: Cymbidium Lucky Shamrock 'Green Glen' AM/AOS 81 pts.
(Southborough x Valley Zenith)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 13.8 cm Vertical: 10.2 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 5.0 cm Length: 6.7 cm
Petal Width: 3.8 cm Length: 6.7 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 4.9 cm Length: 6.5 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 3.6 cm Length: 5.8 cm

Description: Thirty-eight well arranged flowers on two erect inflorescences; sepals deep clear yellow; petals uniform yellow-green; lip light cream, lightly spotted red centrally; blotched red forming a sub marginal band on mid lobe, callus yellow cream; column yellow cream; substance firm; texture waxy.
Exhibitor: Asbell Orchids