Provisional Awards

San Diego, CA, July 3, 2018

Vandachostylis Viboon Velvet ‘Collin’ HCC/AOS 77 pts.
© Arnold Gum 2018
Plant Name: Vandachostylis Viboon Velvet ‘Collin’ HCC/AOS 77 pts.
Parentage: (V. Tubtim Velvet x Rhy. coelestis)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 5.3 cm Vertical: 5.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.9 cm Length: 2.5 cm
Petal Width: 2.5 cm Length: 2.5 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 2.5 cm Length: 2.5 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 1.0 cm Length: 2.4 cm

Description: Fifteen full flowers and three buds on one upright inflorescence; petals and sepals white, very lightly blushed purple distally; lip white, line gold at attachment with column, calli and midlobe flushed purple; vol.imn white, anther cap translucent showing pollinia; substance firm; texture crystalline, lip velvety.
Exhibitor: Alan Del Castillo
Catasetum Dark Odyssey ‘SVO Black Cherry’ AM/AOS 85 pts.
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Plant Name: Catasetum Dark Odyssey ‘SVO Black Cherry’ AM/AOS 85 pts.
Parentage: (Ctsm. Karen Armstrong x Ctsm. Darkness)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 8.4 cm Vertical: 7.2 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.3 cm Length: 3.2 cm
Petal Width: 2.2 cm Length: 4.1 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.4 cm Length: 3.9 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 4.0 cm Length: 3.1 cm

Description: Nine well-presented flowers on one arching inflorescence; sepals green, overlaid black cherry red, lateral sepals veined dark black cherry red; petals green heavily overlaid black cherry red, reverse heavily overlaid black cherry red proximally, distally blotched black cherry red creating a lighter, irregular pattern; lip saccate, green heavily overlaid black cherry red, centrally glossy black cherry red, concave centrally, margin fimbriate; column black cherry red, stamen triggers white, crossed; substance firm; texture satiny, lip glossy.
Exhibitor: Fred Clarke
Cattleya purpurata ‘Tico Tico’ AM/AOS 84 pts.
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Plant Name: Cattleya var. carnea purpurata ‘Tico Tico’ AM/AOS 84 pts.
Parentage: Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 16.0 cm Vertical: 9.9 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 2.3 cm Length: 10.0 cm
Petal Width: 6.1 cm Length: 10.0 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 2.1 cm Length: 10.2 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 5.0 cm Length: 7.4 cm

Description: Six flowers, nicely presented, on one 23.0-cm inflorescence; sepals and petals white, lip white overlaid dark red-pink on central and side lobes, veined dark red-pink, distal central lobe white with dark red-pink veins, throat light yellow with dark red-pink veins; column white medially light red, anther cap white; substance firm; texture crystalline.
Exhibitor: David and Judy Smith
Encyclia Lee Ward ‘Arnie’ AM/AOS 80 pts.
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Plant Name: Encyclia Lee Ward ‘Arnie’ AM/AOS 80 pts.
Parentage: (E. adenocaula x E. tampensis)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 4.0 cm Vertical: 4.6 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.6 cm Length: 2.4 cm
Petal Width: 0.6 cm Length: 2.2 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 0.6 cm Length: 2.4 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 1.5 cm Length: 2.2 cm

Description: Eighty-nine flowers and six buds on six arching, branched inflorescences; sepals and petals cream, becoming overlaid green proximally, transitioning to magenta overlay, darker distally; lip white, round, side lobes blushed light magenta, midlobe round, veined and lightly blushed magenta centrally; column green, white on distal quarter; substance firm; texture finely crystalline, lip matte.
Exhibitor: Arnold Gum
Brassavola cucullata ‘Arnie’ HCC/AOS 77 pts.
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Plant Name: Brassavola cucullata ‘Arnie’ HCC/AOS 77 pts.
Parentage: Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 8.0 cm Vertical: 12.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 7.0 cm Length: 12.5 cm
Petal Width: 5.0 cm Length: 11.0 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 0.9 cm Length: 11.0 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.0 cm Length: 8.5 cm

Description: Seven flowers on three inflorescences; sepals and petals pendulous, light green; lip fimbriate, white; column white; substance light; texture matte.
Exhibitor: Arnold Gum
Paphiopedilum Nancy Depauw ‘Athena Marie’ HCC/AOS 77 pts.
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Plant Name: Paphiopedilum Nancy Depauw ‘Athena Marie’ HCC/AOS 77 pts.
Parentage: (Paph. Barbie's Candy x Paph. fairrieanum)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 8.0 cm Vertical: 6.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 3.7 cm Length: 4.2 cm
Petal Width: 1.0 cm Length: 4.3 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 2.0 cm Length: 3.4 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.2 cm Length: 3.6 cm

Description: One flower on an upright 17.0-cm inflorescence; dorsal sepal white veined light magenta marginally and on midvein, light green medially; synsepal pale green; petals pale green veined green, margins undulated, pale magenta, finely hirsute hairs on superior margin; pouch medium green overlaid and spotted magenta near rim; staminode white, lavender medially with tiny bright green spot centrally; substance light, texture matt.
Exhibitor: Cheryl L. Adams

Maxillaria tonsbergii ‘spooky’ CCE/AOS 90 pts.
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Plant Name: Maxillaria tonsbergii ‘spooky’ CCE/AOS 90 pts.
Parentage: Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 3.7 cm Vertical: 12.7 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.5 cm Length: 5.9 cm
Petal Width: 1.0 cm Length: 4.6 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.4 cm Length: 6.1 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 1.0 cm Length: 1.4 cm

Description: Twelve flowers and fifteen buds well presented on twenty-seven semi-erect 14.0-cm inflorescences and six immature inflorescences; growing in a 33.0-cm diameter by 13.0-cm deep clay pot containing twenty-three growths, sixteen bearing 47.0-cm long by 6.0-cm wide, rounded, elongated attenuate, elliptic, very clean leaves on 23.0-cm diameter circular, highly compressed pseudobulbs; sepals gold-yellow, distal one-third overlaid cordovan, distally overlaid copper-orange; petals porrect, curved, gold-yellow overlaid dark cordovan, copper-orange apically, reverse overlaid dark cordovan on proximal two-thirds; lip dark red, midlobe margin light red, crest and isthmus to midlobe black-red; column red; substance firm; texture matte.
Exhibitor: BEtty Kelepecz