Provisional Awards

San Diego, CA, February 6, 2018

Rhyncholaeliocattleya Arnie’s Life Arnie's Life 'Arnie' AM/AOS 80 pts.
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Plant Name: Rhyncholaeliocattleya Arnie’s Life 'Arnie' AM/AOS 80 pts.
Parentage: (Rlc. Paradise Rose × C. Circle of Life)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 9.5 cm Vertical: 8.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 2.2 cm Length: 4.6 cm
Petal Width: 4.8 cm Length: 4.6 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 2.0 cm Length: 4.2 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 3.1 cm Length: 4.5 cm

Description: Two flowers and no buds on one inflorescence; sepals and petals white lightly brushed bright rose-fuchsia proximally overlaid bright rose-fuchsia marginally and flared along midvein proximally, veined darker rose; lip yellow, heavily overlaid dark red distally, heavily veined dark red proximally; column white; substance firm; texture crystalline.
Exhibitor: Arnold Gum
Dendrochilum kingii 'Windflower' CCM/AOS 85 pts.
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Plant Name: Dendrochilum kingii 'Windflower' CCM/AOS 85 pts.
Parentage: Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 0.9 cm Vertical: 0.9 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.3 cm Length: 0.5 cm
Petal Width: 0.3 cm Length: 0.4 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 0.3 cm Length: 0.5 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.3 cm Length: 0.4 cm

Description: Seven thousand seven hundred fifty-six flowers and Five hundred twenty buds well presented on Seventy-nine arching-pendulous inflorescences and two immature inflorescences symmetrically presented on a clean, well grown 50.0-cm diameter by 22.0-cm height plant grown in a 17.0-cm clay pot; sepals and petals translucent pale salmon; lip salmon, orange proximally, column white; substance medium, texture crystalline.
Exhibitor: Betty Kelepecz
Dendrochilum kingii 'Windflower' CCM/AOS 85 pts. closeup
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