Provisional Awards

San Marino, CA, April 14, 2018

Paphiopedilum Robinianum ‘Gayle's Cinderella Slippers’ FCC/AOS 90 pts.
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 Plant Name: Paphiopedilum Robinianum ‘Gayle's Cinderella Slippers’ FCC/AOS 90 pts.
Parentage: (Paph. lowii x Paph. parishii)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 14.1 cm Vertical: 11.6 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 3.9 cm Length: 4.9 cm
Petal Width: 1.0 cm Length: 11.4 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 3.0 cm Length: 4.9 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.9 cm Length: 6.0 cm

Description: Six large, magnificently formed flowers and one bud on one arching inflorescent with a graceful stance and consistent, lovely presentation and one emerging bud on one immature inflorescence; sepals and petals light green, dorsal sepal veined dark green, finely speckled burgundy basally, mid-vein overlaid burgundy, synsepal veined dark green, petals gently twisted, proximal third heavily warted dark burgundy medially, margins finely spotted burgundy, distal two-thirds burgundy, marginal warts hirsute; pouch light green-yellow overlaid burgundy proximally overlay becoming mahogany distally, lightly veined burgundy; staminode light green, darker green centrally; substance medium; texture glossy.
Exhibitor: Gayle Brodie
Paphiopedilum Robinianum ‘Gayle's Cinderella Slippers’ FCC/AOS 90 pts. Inflorescence
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Phalaenopsis N.R. ‘Sierra Vasquez’ AM/AOS 83 pts.
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 Plant Name: Phalaenopsis N.R. ‘Sierra Vasquez’ AM/AOS 83 pts.
Parentage: (Phal. Kiska x Phal. Alice Loeb)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 11.3 cm Vertical: 11.3 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 4.8 cm Length: 6.3 cm
Petal Width: 7.3 cm Length: 5.5 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 4.0 cm Length: 5.3 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.1 cm Length: 3.3 cm

Description: Ten beautifully shingled flowers and one bud on one upright cascading inflorescence; sepals and petals white suffused light fuchsia proximally; lip white, side lobes gracefully curved in to column, overlaid salmon becoming gold-yellow distally, midlobe slightly saccate, apex trident, overlaid gold-yellow proximally becoming salmon apically; column white, blushed magenta basally; substance firm; texture crystalline. Pending registration (Phal. Kiska x Phal. Alice Loeb).
Exhibitor: Zuma Canyon Orchids
Phalaenopsis N.R. ‘Sierra Vasquez’ AM/AOS 83 pts. Inflorescence
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Cymbidium Crimson Falls ‘Ori Gem’ HCC/AOS 79 pts.
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 Plant Name: Cymbidiums Crimson Falls ‘Ori Gem’ HCC/AOS 79 pts.
Parentage: (Cym. Space Tango x Cym. Phar Lap)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 5.0 cm Vertical: 4.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 2.0 cm Length: 3.5 cm
Petal Width: 1.5 cm Length: 3.4 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 2.1 cm Length: 3.3 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.1 cm Length: 2.5 cm

Description: Thirty-two flowers on an arched inflorescence; sepals and petals cream, overlaid burgundy, veined darker burgundy, cream picotee; lip cream, side lobe blotched dark burgundy, suffused burgundy distally, midlobe heavily maculate dark burgundy distally suffused burgundy; column cream, ventral surface spotted burgundy, dorsal surface overlaid burgundy, anther cap cream; substance firm; texture velvet.
Exhibitor: Duy Nguyen
Cymbidium Crimson Falls ‘Ori Gem’ HCC/AOS 79 pts. Inflorescence
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