Provisional Awards

Long Beach, CA, May 20, 2019

Phalaenopsis Jennifer Palermo ‘Water Color Artist’ AM/AOS 80 pts.
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Plant Name: Phalaenopsis Jennifer Palermo ‘Water Color Artist’ AM/AOS 80 pts.
Parentage: (Phal. tetraspis x Phal. violacea)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 6.5 cm Vertical: 5.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.4 cm Length: 4.0 cm
Petal Width: 1.5 cm Length: 3.0 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 2.8 cm Length: 3.2 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.8 cm Length: 1.5 cm

Description: Seven very flat, uniquely colored flowers on three sequentially flowering inflorescences; sepals bright medium green, dorsal sepal centrally lightly overlaid brown-purple, lateral sepals more heavily overlaid brown-purple throughout; petals bright green overlaid brown-purple, centrally more heavily overlaid bright cerise; lip white, side lobes basally heavily overlaid magenta, centrally gold-yellow, apically rose pink, midlobe deep magenta; substance very firm; texture finely crystalline, lip midlobe puberulent.
Exhibitor: Norman's Orchids
Renanthopsis Alice ‘Diamond Orchids’ HCC/AOS 77 pts.
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Plant Name: Renanthopsis Alice ‘Diamond Orchids’ HCC/AOS 77 pts.
Parentage: (Ren. monachica x Phal. schilleriana)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 5.3 cm Vertical: 5.3 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.0 cm Length: 2.3 cm
Petal Width: 1.0 cm Length: 2.5 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.0 cm Length: 2.5 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.6 cm Length: 1.3 cm

Description: Sixteen flowers on one branched arching 44.0-cm inflorescence; flowers cream overlaid orange spotted fire red, centrally blushed light lavender; lip saccate proximally, orange; column white overlaid dark lavender, anther cap white, margin lavender; substance medium; texture matte.
Exhibitor: Peter T. Lin
Catasetum pileatum var. imperial ‘Suki's Limage Platter’ AM/AOS 83 pts.
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Plant Name: Catasetum pileatum var. imperiale ‘Suki's Limoge Platter’ AM/AOS 83 pts.
Parentage: Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 9.8 cm Vertical: 8.6 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.3 cm Length: 5.0 cm
Petal Width: 2.5 cm Length: 4.3 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.4 cm Length: 4.9 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 8.0 cm Length: 5.0 cm

Description: Six flowers nicely arranged on one 29.0-cm inflorescence; sepals white overlaid burgundy, distally darker burgundy; petals white, brushed light burgundy, densely spotted dark burgundy; lip white, densely overlaid burgundy distally, crest yellow; column white, dorsal surface finely spotted burgundy, anther cap white; substance light, lip firm; texture matte, lip waxy.
Exhibitor: The Thornton Conservatory
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Groganiae ‘Geniva's Pink Lace’ HCC/AOS 77 pts.
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Plant Name: Rhyncholaeliocattleya Groganiae ‘Geneva's Pink Lace’ HCC/AOS 77 pts.
Parentage: (Rl. digbyana x C. loddigesii)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 13.5 cm Vertical: 12.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 2.0 cm Length: 7.8 cm
Petal Width: 3.5 cm Length: 7.0 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 2.0 cm Length: 7.0 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 5.5 cm Length: 6.0 cm

Description: One flower and one bud on one 7.0-cm erect inflorescence; sepals and petals light green, sepals blushed rose-lavender, petals overlaid darker rose-lavender; lip fimbriated, broad light pink margins, yellow under the column and across the isthmus; column white; substance firm; texture glossy.
Exhibitor: The Thornton Conservatory
Cymbidium faberi ‘FH Qing Hua Mei’ JC/AOS 0 pts.
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Plant Name: Cymbidium faberi ‘FH Qing Hua Mei’ CHM/AOS 82 pts.
Parentage: Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 5.2 cm Vertical: 2.6 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.2 cm Length: 2.8 cm
Petal Width: 1.0 cm Length: 2.2 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.1 cm Length: 2.8 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 1.4 cm Length: 1.7 cm

Description: Eight flowers on one 55.5-cm very sturdy, upright, tetra-segmented inflorescence, originating basally, on a six growth plant, five with foliage, grown in an 8.5-cm by 17.5-cm clear plastic cymbidium pot; eight 0.9-cm by up to 66.0-cm narrowly linear leaves with serrated margins; pseudobulbs swollen and very heavily encased with leaf sheathing that shrink down to less than 0.5cm wide by less than 0.5cm tall after blooming; sepals and petals spatulate, slightly cupped, green-yellow, petals porrect, spotted and blotched rose proximally; lip yellow-cream, side lobes blotched rose along margin, midlobe green-yellow, broad rose, blotchy band in an arc centrally, two keels very raised, blotched very light rose, lip margins dissected; column very arched, cream becoming green-yellow distally, ventral surface striated rose, anther cap cream-yellow; substance very firm; texture satiny; ovary red-brown, satiny; floral bract 0.3cm wide by 1.8cm long; country of origin china; recognized for lotus form, clear color and horticultural value; SITF confirmed Cymbidium faberi (Oct 2019). Reference https://tenshinorchids.com/cymterms/
Exhibitor: Baozon (Jack) Zhu
Cymbidium faberi ‘FH Qing Hua Mei’ JC/AOS 0 pts. flower
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