Provisional Awards

Long Beach, CA, September 25, 2017

Miltonia moreiana ‘Surprised Too’ FCC/AOS 90 pts.
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 Plant Name: Miltonia moreliana ‘Surprised Too’ FCC/AOS 90 pts.
Parentage: Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 10.8 cm Vertical: 13.2 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 2.2 cm Length: 5.1 cm
Petal Width: 2.4 cm Length: 5.2 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 2.2 cm Length: 5.2 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 7.6 cm Length: 7.0 cm

Description: Seventeen full, flat flowers and one bud on fourteen inflorescences; sepals and petals white basally ringed with a fuchsia halo, overlaid dark purple on distal seven/eights; lip white, side lobes dark purple, midlobe overlaid fuchsia basally becoming brushed fuchsia, veined darker fuchsia, crest white, yellow basally; column cream; substance medium firm; texture stain; color combination providing vivid eye catching contrast.
Exhibitor: Don Goss
Phalaenopsis N.R. ‘Eric Fang’ AM/AOS 80 pts.
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 Plant Name: Phalaenopsis N.R. ‘Eric Fang’ AM/AOS 80 pts.
Parentage: (Phal. Chienlung Happy Queen x Phal. Chienlung Jewel Quenn)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 5.5 cm Vertical: 5.2 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.7 cm Length: 2.8 cm
Petal Width: 1.9 cm Length: 2.7 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.7 cm Length: 3.4 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.9 cm Length: 1.9 cm

Description: Three flowers and one bud on two inflorescences; sepals and petals white basally becoming medium yellow-green, darker apically, lateral sepals brushed magenta centrally, more heavily on the inferior half; lip white, side lobes erect, distally curving towards center, yellow-gold apex white, isthmus light yellow-gold, midlobe broadly hastate distally, heavily overlaid red-purple; column white brushed light purple, anther cap light purple; substance very firm; texture satin.
Exhibitor: Norman's Orchids
Phalaenopsis LD's Bear Queen ‘FANGtastic’ AM/AOS 83 pts.
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 Plant Name: Phalaenopsis LD's Bear Queen ‘FANGtastic’ AM/AOS 83 pts.
Parentage: (Phal. bellina x Phal. Dragon Tree Eagle)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 5.2 cm Vertical: 5.8 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.7 cm Length: 3.0 cm
Petal Width: 1.9 cm Length: 2.6 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.9 cm Length: 3.4 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 1.0 cm Length: 1.8 cm

Description: Two flowers and two buds on one arching inflorescence; sepals white basally brushed, blotched and barred magenta, margin broadly overlaid green-yellow, lateral sepals overlaid dark magenta on proximal two thirds of inferior half; petals white basally brushed, blotched and barred magenta, margin overlaid green-yellow; lip white, side lobes curved almost touching above callus brushed light magenta proximally, overlaid gold-yellow distally on inferior half, midlobe overlaid dark magenta; column white brushed magenta, anther cap dark magenta; substance firm; texture crystalline.
Exhibitor: Norman's Orchids
Phalaenopsis vilolacea fma. sumatrana ‘Arnie’ AM/AOS 85 pts.
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 Plant Name: Phalaenopsis vilolacea fma. sumatrana ‘Arnie’ AM/AOS 85 pts.
Parentage: Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 4.4 cm Vertical: 5.2 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.3 cm Length: 2.6 cm
Petal Width: 1.3 cm Length: 2.2 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.4 cm Length: 3.1 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.7 cm Length: 1.7 cm

Description: Four flowers on three inflorescences; sepals and petals light green overlaid magenta medially, lateral sepals overlaid magenta, heavily on inferior half; lip white, side lobes curved touching above callus brushed light magenta proximally, overlaid gold-yellow distally on inferior half, proximal inferior margin magenta, midlobe overlaid dark magenta; column dark magenta, anther cap lined white; substance heavy; texture satin.
Exhibitor: Arnold Gum