Provisional Awards

San Marino, CA, October 13, 2018

Vandachostylis Lou Sneary ‘Alfred's Delight’ CCM/AOS 83 pts.
© Arthur Pinkers 2018
Plant Name: Vandachostylis Lou Sneary ‘Alfred's Delight’ CCM/AOS 83 pts.
Parentage: (V. falcata x Rhy. coelestis)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 2.5 cm Vertical: 2.4 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.5 cm Length: 1.2 cm
Petal Width: 0.6 cm Length: 1.2 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 0.4 cm Length: 1.2 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.4 cm Length: 1.3 cm

Description: Three hundred fifty-one flowers and ten buds on twenty-seven inflorescences borne on a 70.0-cm tall by 61.0-cm clump of plants mounted on an 75.0-cm long by 8.0-cm diameter forked Manzanita branch with plants growing 320 degrees around the branch, roots extending 52.0-cm below the lowest leaf; sepals and petals reflexed, light lavender, darker distally; lip white, midlobe becoming medium lavender, 2.3-cm spur, lavender, darker apically; column white, anther cap translucent; substance firm; texture crystalline.
Exhibitor: Alfred Hockenmaier
Vandachostylis Lou Sneary ‘Alfred's Delight’ CCM/AOS 83 pts. Flower
© Arthur Pinkers 2018