Provisional Awards

Long Beach, CA, August 28, 2017

Phalaenopsis N.R. ‘Montclair’ HCC/AOS 75 pts.
© Arthur Pinkers 2017
Plant Name: Phalaenopsis N.R. ‘Montclair’ HCC/AOS 75 pts.
Parentage: (Phal. LD's Bear Queen x Phal. violacea)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 5.0 cm Vertical: 5.7 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.4 cm Length: 3.0 cm
Petal Width: 1.5 cm Length: 2.5 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.6 cm Length: 3.5 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.5 cm Length: 2.3 cm

Description: Three flowers and one bud on one inflorescence; sepals and petals cream, basally lavender, margins light green, lateral sepal superior halves brushed light lavender centrally, inferior halves overlaid dark lavender centrally, lip white, side lobes light yellow proximally, orange-yellow centrally, midlobe overlaid blue-violet centrally; column white overlaid blue-violet basally becoming brushed centrally; substance very firm; texture crystalline.
Exhibitor: Norman's Orchids
Dendrobium Big Alex ‘Elizandro’ CCM/AOS 83 pts.
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Plant Name: Dendrobium Big Alex ‘Elizandro’ CCM/AOS 85 pts.
Parentage: (Den. alexandrae x Den. bigibbum)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 6.8 cm Vertical: 6.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.2 cm Length: 4.0 cm
Petal Width: 2.0 cm Length: 4.5 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.3 cm Length: 3.9 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 1.8 cm Length: 3.0 cm

Description: One hundred thirty-three flowers on fourteen inflorescences; on an exceptionally clean, 75.0-cm high by 78.0-cm diameter plant grown in a 17.0-slotted clay pot; sepals and petals white, brushed dark purple, veined dark purple; lip dark purple, veined darker purple; column white brushed purple; substance firm; texture crystalline; colors fade with flower ageing displaying a marked difference in color saturation.
Exhibitor: Alfred Hockenmaier
Dendrobium Hibiki ‘Pink Elephants on Parade’ AM/AOS 84 pts.
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Plant Name: Dendrobium Hibiki ‘Pink Elephants on Parade’ AM/AOS 84 pts.
Parentage: (Den. bracteosum x Den. laevifolium)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 2.0 cm Vertical: 2.2 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.7 cm Length: 1.7 cm
Petal Width: 0.7 cm Length: 1.5 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 0.8 cm Length: 1.7 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.5 cm Length: 1.0 cm

Description: Three hundred six flowers on eighteen well arranged inflorescences; sepals and petals bright lavender-pink; lip orange; column ivory overlaid yellow distally, anther cap yellow; substance firm; texture crystalline.
Exhibitor: Alfred Hockenmaier
Paphiopedilum sangii ‘Lulu’  HCC/AOS 76 pts.
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Plant Name: Paphiopedilum sangii ‘Lulu’ HCC/AOS 76 pts.
Parentage: Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 7.0 cm Vertical: 9.2 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 2.4 cm Length: 6.2 cm
Petal Width: 1.9 cm Length: 5.3 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.9 cm Length: 4.6 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.0 cm Length: 4.8 cm

Description: One flower on one inflorescence; dorsal sepal white, blushed light green, more densely proximally and apically, veined yellow-green, banded maroon proximally, margin ciliate; synsepal green veined green, margins ciliate; petals chartreuse, overlaid mahogany-purple periphery, superior half darker, superior margin very dark mahogany-purple; pouch dark yellow-green, veined mahogany upper half overlaid mahogany, inner rim cream spotted purple; staminode cream blushed chartreuse centrally; substance firm; texture satiny.
Exhibitor: Alfred Hockenmaier
Prosthechea cochleata ‘Green Giant’ AM/AOS 82 pts.
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Plant Name: Prosthechea cochleata ‘Green Giant’ AM/AOS 82 pts.
Parentage: Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 5.7 cm Vertical: 8.2 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.7 cm Length: 7.3 cm
Petal Width: 0.5 cm Length: 4.7 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 0.7 cm Length: 7.1 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.3 cm Length: 1.5 cm

Description: Thirty-seven flowers and twenty-one buds on three inflorescences, two branched; sepals and petals pale green-yellow; lip gold-yellow overlaid dark burgundy broadly on proximal margins, keels radiating from under column, overlaid burgundy proximally, reverse margin broadly overlaid dark burgundy; column cream longitudinally blotched burgundy proximally, apical teeth overlaid burgundy, anther cap orange-yellow; substance firm; texture matte.
Exhibitor: Alfred Hockenmaier
Cattleya Seagull ‘Diamond Orchid’ AM/AOS 84 pts.
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Plant Name: Cattleya Seagull ‘Diamond Orchid’ AM/AOS 84 pts.
Parentage: (C. milleri x C. briegeri)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 4.3 cm Vertical: 4.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.2 cm Length: 2.5 cm
Petal Width: 1.2 cm Length: 2.3 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.1 cm Length: 2.2 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.8 cm Length: 2.2 cm

Description: Eleven flowers and one bud on two inflorescences; base color cadmium yellow; sepals heavily blushed red-orange, proximally less dense; petals blushed red-orange, medially lighter orange, margins slightly undulate distally; lip black basally, blushed red-orange apically, margin highly undulate, keels blushed dark orange-red; column red-orange, anther cap light yellow; substance firm; texture crystalline.
Exhibitor: Peter T. Lin