Provisional Awards

San Marino, CA, December 14, 2013

Smbl. Splendid Spire Isabel Rothschild CCE 91 pts.
© Arthur Pinkers 2013
Plant Name: Laelia Splendid Spire 'Isabel Rothschild' CCE/AOS 91 pts.
(L. splendid x L. anceps)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 9.5 cm Vertical: 9.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.5 cm Length: 5.4 cm
Petal Width: 1.8 cm Length: 5.1 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.4 cm Length: 4.4 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.3 cm Length: 3.5 cm

Description: Seventy-six flowers and two buds on fourteen 63.0 cm mature inflorescences with five immature inflorescences; plant clean, of compact habit, grown in a 66.0 cm by 18.0 cm wire mesh basket filled with sphagnum moss, tree fern and bark; sepals and petals rose pink, violet venation medially, margins undulate; lip dark lavender, throat white, overlaid yellow, keels lavender; anther cap white, yellow distally; substance medium; texture crystalline.
Exhibitor: Richard Rothschild
Smbl. Splendid Spire Isabel Rothschild HCC 78 pts.
© Arthur Pinkers 2013
Plant Name: Laelia Splendid Spire 'Isabel Rothschild' HCC/AOS 78 pts.
(L. splendid x L. anceps)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 9.5 cm Vertical: 9.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.5 cm Length: 5.4 cm
Petal Width: 1.8 cm Length: 5.1 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.4 cm Length: 4.4 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.3 cm Length: 3.5 cm

Description: Seventy-six flowers and two buds on fourteen 63.0 cm mature inflorescences with five immature inflorescences; sepals and petals rose pink, violet venation medially, margins undulate; lip dark lavender, throat white, overlaid yellow, keels lavender; anther cap white, yellow distally; substance medium; texture crystalline.
Exhibitor: Richard Rothschild