Provisional Awards

San Marino, CA, January 12, 2019

Laelia Finckeniana ‘Magic Rubies’ AM/AOS 84 pts.
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Plant Name: Laelia Finckeniana ‘Magic Rubies’ AM/AOS 84 pts.
Parentage: (L. albida x L. anceps)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 8.0 cm Vertical: 9.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.4 cm Length: 5.5 cm
Petal Width: 2.5 cm Length: 5.5 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.2 cm Length: 5.5 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 1.7 cm Length: 3.9 cm

Description: Thirty-three flowers and three buds well presented on seven upright inflorescences; flower white, sepals and petals overlaid lavender white revealed basally and apically, overlaid lavender on reverse, lip veined dark purple proximally extending on to side lobes, margin broadly overlaid lavender, midlobe overlaid purple distally, keels bright yellow, veined purple proximally; column white spotted and blushed lavender on dorsal surface, anther cap white; substance firm; texture satiny.
Exhibitor: Ruben Colemenares
Phragmipedium Suzanne Decker ‘Geneva’s Clue’ AM/AOS 85 pts.
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Plant Name: Phragmipedium Suzanne Decker ‘Geneva’s Clue’ AM/AOS 85 pts.
Parentage: (Phrag. kovachii x Phrag. Cape Sunset)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 15.0 cm Vertical: 10.1 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 3.8 cm Length: 4.6 cm
Petal Width: 4.4 cm Length: 8.0 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 5.0 cm Length: 5.5 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 4.0 cm Length: 5.2 cm

Description: One flower and one bud on one 63.0-cm inflorescence; dorsal sepal white overlaid hot pink revealing white basally, veins tessellated darker pink; synsepal cream, picotee hot pink margin; petals white overlaid hot pink on distal two thirds becoming darker apically, veined darker pink, proximally hirsute; pouch pale yellow distally overlaid hot pink; staminode cream becoming yellow, centrally blushed pink, margin hirsute; substance moderate; texture crystalline.
Exhibitor: Thornton Conservatory
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Lyn Evans ‘Suki's King Zelle’ HCC/AOS 75 pts.
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Plant Name: Rhyncholaeliocattleya Lyn Evans ‘Suki's King Zelle’ HCC/AOS 75 pts.
Parentage: (Rlc. George King x Rlc. Goldenzelle)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 16.4 cm Vertical: 18.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 3.8 cm Length: 9.7 cm
Petal Width: 7.5 cm Length: 9.0 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 3.5 cm Length: 9.0 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 7.0 cm Length: 9.0 cm

Description: Three full flowers on a single erect 13.0-cm inflorescence; sepals peach overlaid pink, darker marginally; petals peach overlaid coerulea, darker marginally, ruffled marginally; lip gold proximally, overlaid red on proximal half revealing gold veins, boarded by a broad band of coerulea paralleling the margin, large purple blotch distally on obcordate midlobe, margin ruffled and irregularly denticulate; column white; substance lightly crystalline; texture medium; strong pleasant sweet fragrance.
Exhibitor: Thornton Conservatory
Paphiopedilum Alex's Spots ‘Huntington's Stairway’ AM/AOS 83 pts.
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Plant Name: Paphiopedilum Alex's Spots ‘Huntington's Stairway’ AM/AOS 83 pts.
Parentage: (Paph. lowii x Paph. kolopakingii)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 16.5 cm Vertical: 17.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 3.5 cm Length: 5.4 cm
Petal Width: 1.0 cm Length: 13.7 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 2.4 cm Length: 6.3 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.3 cm Length: 4.5 cm

Description: Four flowers and three buds on one incredibly sturdy upright stem; dorsal sepal cream, hot pink basally, overlaid pale lime green centrally, veined mahogany, margin hirsute; synsepal cream, hot pink basally, overlaid pale lime green centrally, veined mahogany, margin hirsute; petals lime green spotted dark brown, distally fuchsia, margin sparsely hirsute; pouch cream becoming light yellow-green overlaid red-brown, veined dark brown; staminode pale lime green, proximally red-brown, hirsute; substance moderate; texture glossy; flower bract cream brushed mahogany veined dark mahogany.
Exhibitor: Huntington Botanical Gardens
Paphiopedilum Alex's Spots ‘Huntington's Stairway’ AM/AOS 83 pts.Infloresence
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