Provisional Awards

San Marino, CA, May 12, 2018

Paraphalaenopsis labukensis ‘Huntington's Fireworks’ AM/AOS 82 pts.
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Plant Name: Paraphalaenopsis labukensis ‘Huntington's Fireworks’ AM/AOS 82 pts.
Parentage: Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 6.5 cm Vertical: 7.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.5 cm Length: 3.3 cm
Petal Width: 0.8 cm Length: 3.2 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.7 cm Length: 3.2 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 1.8 cm Length: 2.1 cm

Description: Nine strikingly colored, well balanced flowers on one inflorescence; sepals and petals undulate, chartreuse, medially brushed chestnut leaving a 0.2-cm picotee and revealing fine chartreuse spots, petals less spotted; lip chartreuse, proximally overlaid chestnut revealing fine chartreuse spots, side lobes lightly brushed yellow, densely spotted chestnut on proximal seven eighths boarded by a chestnut bar distally, midlobe tinted yellow, barred chestnut, apical chartreuse picotee; column chartreuse tinted green, overlaid chestnut on proximal three fourths, anther cap light yellow; substance firm; texture matte.
Exhibitor: Huntington Botanical Gardens
Dendrobium parishii ‘Geneva's Cherry Blossom’ HCC/AOS 76 pts.
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Plant Name: Dendrobium parishii ‘Geneva's Cherry Blossom’ HCC/AOS 76 pts.
Parentage: Species

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: Forty-six flowers on three arching, pendulous 28.0-cm canes; sepals and petals light pink proximally becoming dark, clear pink distally; lip light pink, side lobes overlaid dark lavender, margin light pink, side lobes puberulent, entire midlobe and side lobe margins lanate; column lavender, anther cap dark lavender; substance medium; texture satiny; pleasant fragrance.
Exhibitor: Thornton Conservatory
Vanda Cherry Blossom ‘Pink Spider’ JC/AOS 0 pts.
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Plant Name: Vanda Cherry Blossom ‘Pink Spider’ JC/AOS 0 pts.
Parentage: (V. falcata x V. ampullacea)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 2.0 cm Vertical: 2.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.8 cm Length: 0.9 cm
Petal Width: 0.3 cm Length: 0.5 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 0.7 cm Length: 0.7 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.1 cm Length: 0.2 cm

Description: Twenty-seven peloric flowers and sixteen buds on two inflorescences; sepals white overlaid light hot pink dark hot pink distally; petals white overlaid light modified side lobes and midlobe dark hot pink, 0.05-cm by 0.8-cm long overlaid hot pink; lip white overlaid light modified side lobes and midlobe dark hot pink, 0.05-cm by 0.9-cm long overlaid hot pink, white apically; column white brushed light hot pink, anther cap dark hot pink; substance firm; texture crystalline; commended for its three spur mutation (possible Vanda falcata three spur parent).
Exhibitor: Peter T. Lin
Angulocaste N.R. ‘Montevista’ AM/AOS 81 pts.
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Plant Name: Angulocaste N.R. ‘Montevista’ AM/AOS 81 pts.
Parentage: (Lyc. Shonan Harmony x Angcst. Paul Gripp)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 14.4 cm Vertical: 9.6 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 4.5 cm Length: 6.5 cm
Petal Width: 3.6 cm Length: 5.1 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 6.9 cm Length: 5.1 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.2 cm Length: 4.2 cm

Description: One flower and two buds on three inflorescences; sepals light green cream, overlaid deep pink red, heavily and finely spotted burgundy, tipped medium yellow green; petals white, densely spotted pink red coalescing to solid pink red near apical margins; lip white, side lobes very heavily and densely spotted deep burgundy, midlobe heavily blotched dark burgundy centrally and distal margins, callus golden yellow, striped dark burgundy marginally; column white; substance very firm; texture glossy, provisional pending registration (Lyc. Shonan Harmony x Angcst. Paul Gripp).
Exhibitor: Norman's Orchids
Encyclia randii ‘Huntingtons Perfume Beauty’ HCC/AOS 76 pts.
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Plant Name: Encyclia randii ‘Huntingtons Perfume Beauty’ HCC/AOS 76 pts.
Parentage: Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 5.6 cm Vertical: 5.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.2 cm Length: 3.3 cm
Petal Width: 1.5 cm Length: 3.2 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.0 cm Length: 3.1 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.9 cm Length: 3.3 cm

Description: Nine flowers on a 42.0-cm inflorescence; sepals and petals green, white basally, heavily overlaid mahogany, green picotee margin; lip white, side lobes faintly veined magenta, midlobe veined and brushed magenta proximally, column white, light green proximally; substance firm; texture satiny.
Exhibitor: Huntington Botanical Gardens
Paphiopedilum Ho Chi Minh ‘Huntington's Cotton Candies’ AM/AOS 83 pts.
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Plant Name: Paphiopedilum Ho Chi Minh ‘Huntington's Cotton Candies’ AM/AOS 83 pts.
Parentage: (Paph. delenatii x Paph. vietnamense)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 10.0 cm Vertical: 8.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 3.2 cm Length: 4.5 cm
Petal Width: 5.6 cm Length: 5.5 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 4.5 cm Length: 4.3 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 3.5 cm Length: 3.3 cm

Description: Two full, nearly flat flowers on one upright 26.0-cm inflorescence; sepals and petals white, very lightly blushed light pink, slightly darker at margins, very fine dark pink spots centrally; pouch dark rose-pink, interior veins spotted dark pink; staminode white, yellow medially becoming gold yellow distally, yellow-green spot distally, two orange-red eyes centrally; substance thin; texture matte, pouch satiny.
Exhibitor: Huntington Botanical Gardens
Phalaenopsis Liu's Hua Lien Red-Carpet ‘Los Robles’ AM/AOS 80 pts.
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Plant Name: Phalaenopsis Liu's Hua Lien Red-Carpet ‘Los Robles’ AM/AOS 80 pts.
Parentage: (Phal. Liu's Twilight Rainbow x Phal. celebensis)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 3.9 cm Vertical: 4.3 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.1 cm Length: 2.3 cm
Petal Width: 1.7 cm Length: 1.9 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.5 cm Length: 1.9 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 1.5 cm Length: 2.2 cm

Description: Forty-two well-arranged flowers and eleven buds on one heavily branching 36.0-centimeter inflorescence; sepals white, blushed pink; petals white with V-shaped pink splash; lip white, side lobes overlaid yellow proximally, stippled purple, midlobe blushed pink becoming white distally, veined dark pink, crest gold-yellow stippled purple; column white, overlaid dark pink proximally, anther cap translucent; substance medium; texture crystalline.
Exhibitor: Norman's Orchids
Phalaenopsis violecea v indigo ‘Montclair indigo’ AM/AOS 80 pts.
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Plant Name: Phalaenopsis violacea v indigo ‘Montclair indigo’ AM/AOS 80 pts.
Parentage: Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 4.9 cm Vertical: 4.9 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.5 cm Length: 2.7 cm
Petal Width: 1.5 cm Length: 2.3 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.6 cm Length: 3.0 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 1.1 cm Length: 2.2 cm

Description: One flower and one bud on a 9.0-cm inflorescence; sepals and petals violet, lateral sepal inferior half darker violet; lip white, side lobes yellow, superior half dark violet, margin light lavender, midlobe overlaid very dark violet; column white brushed violet, anther cap; substance very heavy; texture velvety; very dark coerulea form.
Exhibitor: Norman's Orchids
Paphiopedilum Bel Royal ‘Huntington's Tiger’ AM/AOS 82 pts.
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Plant Name: Paphiopedilum Bel Royal ‘Huntington's Tiger’ AM/AOS 82 pts.
Parentage: (Paph. rothschildianum x Paph. kolopakingii)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 20.0 cm Vertical: 14.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 4.5 cm Length: 7.5 cm
Petal Width: 1.1 cm Length: 15.0 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 4.0 cm Length: 7.0 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.5 cm Length: 6.0 cm

Description: Five flowers and two buds on one 89.1-cm length inflorescence; sepals pale yellow-green broadly veined maroon-brown; petals medium yellow-green veined and randomly spotted along veins, maroon-brown, margins spotted maroon-brown, hirsute; pouch pale yellow-green, tessellated warm maroon-brown; staminode pale yellow-green, brushed lightly maroon-brown, margins ciliate; texture firm; substance matte, pouch satiny.
Exhibitor: Huntington Botanical Gardens
Paphiopedilum Bel Royal ‘Huntington's Tiger’ AM/AOS 82 pts. inflorescence
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