Provisional Awards

Conejo Orchid Society Outreach Judging, Westlake Villiage, CA, April 10, 2010

Phragmipedium Tall Tails ‘Huntington's Tresses’ AM/AOS 80 pts. plant
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Plant Name: Phragmipedium Tall Tails ‘Huntington's Tresses’ AM/AOS 80 pts.
Parentage: Phrag. caudatum x Phrag. wallisii

Natural Spread Horizontal: 4.5 cm Vertical: 71.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 2.5 cm Length: 16.0 cm
Petal Width: 1.1 cm Length: 67.1 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 4.5 cm Length: 13.0 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.3 cm Length: 7.0 cm

Description: Four gracefully displayed flowers on one 47.0-cm upright inflorescence; sepals cream veined Granny Smith green, margins undulate; petals cream proximally, veined yellow-green becoming maroon distally; pouch cream overlaid and veined tan along rim, inside spotted maroon revealed though pouch, rim puberulent; staminode white, yellow-green distally, wings dark maroon; substance firm; texture semi-glossy, sepals crystalline.
Exhibitor: Huntington Botanical Gardens
Phragmipedium Tall Tails ‘Huntington's Tresses’ AM/AOS 80 pts. flower
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Phragmipedium Tall Tails ‘Huntington's Tresses’ AM/AOS 80 pts. flower close up
© Arthur Pinkers 2017