American Orchid Society Pacific South Judging Region Provisional Awards

Plant Name: Dracula Raven ‘Midnight Windflower’ AM/AOS 81 pts.
Parentage: (Drac. vampira x Drac. roezlii)

Natural Spread	Horizontal:	17.7 cm	Vertical:	24.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal	Width:	2.9 cm	Length:	4.7 cm
Petal	Width:	0.3 cm	Length:	0.7 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal):	Width:	2.4 cm	Length:	5.0 cm
Lip (Pouch):	Width:	0.9 cm	Length:	1.7 cm

Description: One flat flower on one pendulous inflorescence; sepals white, light green proximally, heavily overlaid dark black-brown, tessellation revealing light green proximally and base color centrally, dorsal caudae 8.5 cm, lateral caudae 7.2 cm; petals light green distally, midvein black-brown, black-brown "V" distally; lip light pink, cream distally, crest coral; column green-yellow, anther cap yellow; substance medium; texture matte.
Exhibitor: Betty Kelepecz

Plant Name: Paphiopedilum spicerianum ‘Arnie’ AM/AOS 80 pts.
Species

Natural Spread	Horizontal:	8.0 cm	Vertical:	7.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal	Width:	5.8 cm	Length:	4.5 cm
Petal	Width:	1.6 cm	Length:	4.3 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal):	Width:	3.3 cm	Length:	3.5 cm
Lip (Pouch):	Width:	2.2 cm	Length:	4.5 cm

Description: Two flowers on one 33.0-cm and one 24.5-cm inflorescences; dorsal sepal white, Granny Smith apple green basally, midvein purple centrally, sparse and finely hirsute pale purple centrally; synsepal white blushed light Granny Smith apple green faint overlaid light purple centrally; petals Granny Smith apple green finely spotted purple along veins, very heavily concentrated along midvein, blushed purple distally, superior margin undulate, inferior margin wavy; pouch light green overlaid diffuse maroon centrally; staminode white, overlaid purple revealing white centrally and on margin, yellow spot centrally; substance firm; texture satiny, dorsal sepal crystalline.
Exhibitor: Arnold Gum