Provisional Awards

San Diego, CA, June 5, 2018

Phragmipedium Mont Fallu ‘Piedmont’ HCC/AOS 78 pts.
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Plant Name: Phragmipedium Mont Fallu ‘Piedmont’ HCC/AOS 78 pts.
Parentage: (Phrag. longifolium x Phrag. Leslie Garay)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 9.6 cm Vertical: 26.4 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 2.9 cm Length: 11.1 cm
Petal Width: 1.8 cm Length: 26.0 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 5.0 cm Length: 9.0 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 3.1 cm Length: 6.8 cm

Description: Three flowers on one 85.0-cm upright inflorescence and two flowers on one 76.0-cm upright inflorescence; sepals cream veined green brushed light red-brown; petals light green proximally becoming maroon distally, veined green proximally becoming maroon centrally, marginal veins maroon, white picotee margin proximally; pouch light green veined darker green, overlaid red-brown distally, rim cream-yellow spotted light maroon, interior spotted maroon; staminode light green margin black-maroon, hirsutulous; substance firm texture satiny.
Exhibitor: John Hagee
Paphiopedilum Memoria Gordon Peters ‘Ocean Side’ AM/AOS 81 pts.
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Plant Name: Paphiopedilum Memoria Gordon Peters ‘Oceanside’ AM/AOS 81 pts.
Parentage: (Paph. Julius Irving x Paph. philippinense)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 16.1 cm Vertical: 26.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 3.9 cm Length: 5.8 cm
Petal Width: 0.9 cm Length: 22.9 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 3.8 cm Length: 5.5 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.3 cm Length: 6.0 cm

Description: Five flowers on one 22.2-cm arching inflorescence; dorsal sepal pale yellow veined dark brown; synsepal pale yellow thinly veined red-brown; petals pale yellow finely spotted red-brown, distal two-thirds finely veined red-brown; pouch interior and exterior pale yellow, interior veined maroon, showing through to the exterior; staminode yellow, margin puberulent; substance medium; texture waxy.
Exhibitor: John Hagee
Aerides krabiensis ‘Sayer’ AM/AOS 82 pts.
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Plant Name: Aerides krabiensis ‘Sayer’ AM/AOS 82 pts.
Parentage: Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 2.5 cm Vertical: 1.8 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.0 cm Length: 1.0 cm
Petal Width: 0.5 cm Length: 1.2 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 0.7 cm Length: 1.1 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 1.4 cm Length: 0.7 cm

Description: Twenty-eight flowers and eleven buds well arranged on one pendulous inflorescence; sepals and petals white, dorsal sepal and petals brushed purple becoming heavier distally, lateral sepals overlaid purple on superior half, petals spotted darker purple randomly; lip white basally becoming purple proximally, light purple distally, keels dark purple; column white; substance firm; texture crystalline.
Exhibitor: Alan Castillo
Paphiopedilum barbatum ‘Arnie’ AM/AOS 81 pts.
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Plant Name: Paphiopedilum barbatum ‘Arnie’ AM/AOS 81 pts.
Parentage: Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 9.4 cm Vertical: 7.6 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 5.3 cm Length: 4.1 cm
Petal Width: 1.4 cm Length: 5.5 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.6 cm Length: 2.5 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.6 cm Length: 5.3 cm

Description: Two full, very flat flowers on two 15.0-cm inflorescences; dorsal sepal white, alternating darker green and maroon halos, alternating maroon and green veins; synsepal white, overlaid green with maroon veins; petals white, overlaid light green proximally on superior half becoming maroon distally, overlaid maroon on inferior half, white apically, hirsute maroon papillae on superior margin; pouch cream basally, heavily overlaid maroon on interior and exterior surfaces; staminode green with maroon veins centrally; substance firm; texture glossy.
Exhibitor: Arnold Gum
Catasetum Charles Fouquette ‘Tyrone’ AM/AOS 82 pts.
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Plant Name: Catasetum Charles Fouquette ‘Tyrone’ AM/AOS 82 pts.
Parentage: (Ctsm. expansum x Ctsm. Osculatum)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 10.0 cm Vertical: 9.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.2 cm Length: 4.1 cm
Petal Width: 2.5 cm Length: 4.6 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.8 cm Length: 4.8 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 4.2 cm Length: 4.7 cm

Description: Thirteen well spaced flowers on one arching inflorescence; sepals dark cordovan, petals pale green overlaid diffuse soft finely spotted cordovan along midvein and distal veins, denser apically; lip cordate, yellow, side lobes finely spotted cordovan paralleling margin, margin fimbriate, midlobe very densely spotted to partially coalesced cordovan, fimbriate apically, crest cordate ridge. bright dark cordovan; column light yellow ventral surface spotted cordovan basally, dorsal surface overlaid soft cordovan, anther cap cream; texture firm, substance crystalline, lip glossy.
Exhibitor: Charles R. Fouquette