Provisional Awards

San Marino, CA, June 10, 2017

Paphiopedilum N.R. ‘Midnight’ AM/AOS 83 pts.
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Plant Name: Paphiopedilum N.R. ‘Midnight’ AM/AOS 83 pts.
Parentage: (Paph. Hung Sheng Magic x Paph. Hsingying Web)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 13.1 cm Vertical: 10.1 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 7.6 cm Length: 6.8 cm
Petal Width: 2.8 cm Length: 6.7 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 3.4 cm Length: 4.4 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.5 cm Length: 5.2 cm

Description: Two vini-colored flowers on two erect inflorescences; sepals white, dorsal sepal heavily overlaid burgundy veined darker burgundy white picotee margin, synsepal overlaid burgundy veined darker burgundy, white base color revealed as stripes; petals white basally, green proximally becoming heavily overlaid burgundy, almost black centrally apically white, veined dark burgundy; pouch dark burgundy; staminode white overlaid burgundy; substance firm; texture glossy. Pending registration (Paph. Hung Sheng Magic x Paph. Hsingying Web).
Exhibitor: Harold Koopowitz
Paphiopedilum Lady Booth ‘Lady Sara’ AM/AOS 83 pts.
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Plant Name: Paphiopedilum Lady Booth ‘Lady Sara’ AM/AOS 83 pts.
Parentage: (Paph. Susan Booth x Paph. Lady Isabel)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 14.5 cm Vertical: 20.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 5.8 cm Length: 6.5 cm
Petal Width: 1.4 cm Length: 16.4 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 4.8 cm Length: 6.9 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.5 cm Length: 7.1 cm

Description: Six flowers and two buds on two upright inflorescences; sepals cream, broadly and cleanly veined black-brown; petals cream becoming dark mahogany distally, veined black-brown, spotted black-brown proximally, margin warted and hirsute black-brown; pouch deep oxblood, veined darker oxblood; staminode cream overlaid mahogany distally, margins hirsute, mahogany tipped white; substance very firm; texture glossy.
Exhibitor: Richard Hess
Paphiopedilum Lady Booth ‘Lady Sara’ AM/AOS 83 pts. Inflorescence
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Phragmipedium Thunderbolt ‘Sara's Choice’ AM/AOS 84 pts.
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Plant Name: Phragmipedium Thunderbolt ‘Sara's Choice’ AM/AOS 84 pts.
Parentage: (Phrag. Mont Fallu x Phrag. caudatum)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 10.5 cm Vertical: 28.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 2.0 cm Length: 9.8 cm
Petal Width: 4.2 cm Length: 28.0 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 4.1 cm Length: 9.0 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.6 cm Length: 5.3 cm

Description: Twelve flowers on four erect 40.0-cm inflorescences; dorsal sepal unusually erect, cream, blushed light green proximally, veined pale rose; synsepal broad framing pouch, cream blushed light green basally, veined pale rose; petals cream overlaid broadly light green along margin, margin deep rose coalescing to dark rose on distal two thirds; pouch cream, light olive green distal third, veined rose, inner rim blushed rose spotted rose and green internally; staminode light green suffused rose bilaterally, dark rose hairs on margin; substance very firm; texture matte.
Exhibitor: Richard Hess
Phragmipedium Thunderbolt ‘Sara's Choice’ AM/AOS 84 pts. Inflorescence
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Paphiopedilum tonsum fma. album ‘Emerald’ HCC/AOS 76 pts.
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Plant Name: Paphiopedilum tonsum fma. alboviride ‘Emerald’ HCC/AOS 76 pts.
Parentage: Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 11.5 cm Vertical: 11.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 4.8 cm Length: 6.1 cm
Petal Width: 2.5 cm Length: 7.5 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 2.1 cm Length: 4.0 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 3.1 cm Length: 6.1 cm

Description: One flower on one erect inflorescence; sepals white veined green, dorsal sepal reflexed proximally; petals light green veined darker green spotted randomly darker green; pouch light green lightly veined green; staminode light green; substance medium; texture glossy.
Exhibitor: Harold Koopowitz -
Miltoniopsis phalaenopsis	 ‘Sycamore Creek’ AM/AOS 83 pts.
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Plant Name: Miltoniopsis phalaenopsis ‘Sycamore Creek’ AM/AOS 83 pts.
Parentage: Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 5.0 cm Vertical: 6.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.9 cm Length: 2.2 cm
Petal Width: 1.9 cm Length: 2.2 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.3 cm Length: 2.4 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 4.7 cm Length: 3.4 cm

Description: Thirteen flowers and three buds on six gracefully arching inflorescences; sepals and petals white; lip white yellow-brown halo immediately around calli becoming overlaid rose-lavender in a dense waterfall pattern from the crest, side lobes less densely overlaid, calli white edged faint yellow-brown; column lavender, anther cap white; substance moderate; texture crystalline.
Exhibitor: Bill Robson -
Paphiopedilum Memoria Mary Henry ‘Beloved’ HCC/AOS 78 pts.
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Plant Name: Paphiopedilum Memoria Mary Henry ‘Beloved’ HCC/AOS 78 pts.
Parentage: (Paph. Neeri-Twist x Paph. rothschildianum)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 12.0 cm Vertical: 19.2 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 4.5 cm Length: 4.9 cm
Petal Width: 1.1 cm Length: 18.7 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 4.0 cm Length: 4.3 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.2 cm Length: 5.1 cm

Description: Fourteen flowers and three buds on three upright inflorescences; sepals white, veined dark maroon, dorsal sepal proximally overlaid light rose-lavender; petals cream proximally becoming red-lavender distally, veined brown, proximally spotted brown, margin sparsely hirsute; pouch cream overlaid red-lavender distally, rim light yellow; staminode cream overlaid light green centrally, margin hirsute red-brown; substance medium; texture matte.
Exhibitor: Thomas Henry - Orchids de Oro
Paphiopedilum Memoria Mary Henry ‘Beloved’ HCC/AOS 78 pts. Inflorescence
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Paphiopedilum Neeri-Twist ‘Sweet Pea’ HCC/AOS 77 pts.
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Plant Name: Paphiopedilum Neeri-Twist ‘Sweet Pea’ HCC/AOS 77 pts.
Parentage: (Paph. haynaldianum x Paph. glanduliferum)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 21.1 cm Vertical: 13.1 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 3.5 cm Length: 4.9 cm
Petal Width: 0.9 cm Length: 11.8 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 3.1 cm Length: 5.1 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.5 cm Length: 4.2 cm

Description: Ten flowers and five buds on three arching inflorescences; dorsal sepal, proximally reflexed, pale chartreuse, brushed brown proximally, veined maroon, margin ciliate; synsepal cream veined maroon, margin ciliate, fully framing pouch; petals chartreuse and spotted maroon on proximal third, distal two-thirds maroon veined slightly darker maroon, margin ciliate; pouch cream overlaid light brown distally, veined maroon; staminode chartreuse, green centrally, lavender near distally, margin hirsute maroon-brown; substance medium; texture semi-glossy.
Exhibitor: Thomas Henry - Orchids de Oro
Paphiopedilum Neeri-Twist ‘Sweet Pea’ HCC/AOS 77 pts. Inflorescence
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Paphiopedilum Memoria Mary Henry ‘La Vieja’ AM/AOS 80 pts.
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Plant Name: Paphiopedilum Memoria Mary Henry ‘La Vieja’ AM/AOS 80 pts.
Parentage: (Paph. Neeri-Twist x Paph. rothschildianum)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 13.5 cm Vertical: 18.3 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 4.6 cm Length: 6.9 cm
Petal Width: 1.5 cm Length: 16.6 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 4.6 cm Length: 6.4 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.5 cm Length: 5.7 cm

Description: Thirteen flowers and three buds on three strong, upright, to 88.0-cm inflorescences; dorsal sepal cream overlaid pale green centrally, veined oxblood; synsepal cream overlaid light green, thinly veined oxblood; petals light green proximally becoming red-lavender distally, spotted oxblood proximally, veined oxblood distally, margin scarcely hirsute, undulate proximally; pouch light green blushed and veined oxblood distally; staminode light green, margin hirsute, oxblood ; substance moderate; texture semi-glossy.
Exhibitor: Thomas Henry - Orchids de Oro
Paphiopedilum Memoria Mary Henry ‘La Vieja’ AM/AOS 80 pts. Inflorescence
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