Provisional Awards

Santa Barbara, CA, September 18, 2019

Paphiopedilum Odette's Infatuation ‘Red Proton’ AM/AOS 81 pts.
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Plant Name: Paphiopedilum Odette's Infatuation ‘Red Proton’ AM/AOS 81 pts.
Parentage: (Paph. Odette's Magic x Paph. Gyorgy Nagy)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 12.1 cm Vertical: 9.9 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 5.7 cm Length: 5.8 cm
Petal Width: 1.8 cm Length: 7.8 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 2.7 cm Length: 4.3 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.8 cm Length: 7.1 cm

Description: One striking flower on one staked, upright inflorescence; dorsal sepal flat, white, blushed burgundy veined black, margin narrow white picotee, ciliated; synsepal cream, slightly blushed green, veins alternating narrow green and broad burgundy, picotee burgundy; petals cream, proximally slightly blushed green, becoming heavily overlaid burgundy distally, margins hirsute black; Pouch black-burgundy, puberulent, inner rim burgundy, rim hirsute; Staminode cream veined burgundy, green Centrally; substance firm; texture glossy.
Exhibitor: Bryce and Nancy Augustine
Oncidium epidendroides ‘Sycamore Creek‘ HCC/AOS 75 pts.
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Plant Name: Oncidium epidendroides ‘Sycamore Creek‘ HCC/AOS 75 pts.
Parentage: Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 6.8 cm Vertical: 5.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.2 cm Length: 3.6 cm
Petal Width: 1.4 cm Length: 3.3 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.0 cm Length: 3.6 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 1.0 cm Length: 1.8 cm

Description: Two hundred sixty flowers and twenty buds well-presented on fifteen inflorescences up to 136.0 cm; sepals and petals green-yellow, spotted and barred chestnut; lip elongated, bilobed, distal margins dentate, proximal half white, pattern rounded distally, distal half chestnut, margin green-yellow, elaborate callus white, proximally serrate, distally forked; column 2.2 cm, white, chestnut spots distally and on column wings, anther cap light red-brown; substance firm; texture matte.
Exhibitor: Bill Robson
Oncidium epidendroides ‘Sycamore Creek‘ HCC/AOS 75 pts.Inflor
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