Provisional Awards

Long Beach, CA, February 24, 2020

Cattleya wittigiana ‘Tokyo Pearl’  HCC/AOS 76 pts.
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Plant Name: Cattleya wittigiana ‘Tokyo Pearl’ HCC/AOS 76 pts.
Parentage: Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 6.2 cm Vertical: 5.2 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.5 cm Length: 2.7 cm
Petal Width: 3.6 cm Length: 3.1 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.5 cm Length: 2.4 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.9 cm Length: 1.7 cm

Description: Eight flowers and two buds on seven inflorescences; sepals and petals bright pink, veined darker pink; lip white, yellow proximally, veined red centrally, side lobes touching above column, brushed pink distally, midlobe faintly veined dark pink, brushed pink distally; column white, margins magenta, anther cap finely spotted bright pink on distal median; substance firm; texture crystalline; commended for two flowers on each of three inflorescences.
Exhibitor: Peter T. Lin
Dendrobium Ruth Reingold ‘Diamond Orchids’ AM/AOS 81 pts.
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Plant Name: Dendrobium Ruth Reingold ‘Diamond Orchids’ AM/AOS 81 pts.
Parentage: (Den. Tosca Starburst x Den. Royal Vista)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 6.7 cm Vertical: 9.7 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.0 cm Length: 5.2 cm
Petal Width: 0.6 cm Length: 3.6 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.2 cm Length: 4.1 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 1.5 cm Length: 1.6 cm

Description: Seventeen flowers on three upright 14.3-cm inflorescences; sepals and petals white becoming deep beet root purple on distal three-quarters; lip white, finely spotted and blotched beet root purple, three keels finely spotted beet root purple; column white; substance firm; texture satiny.
Exhibitor: Peter T. Lin
Dendrobium Ruth Reingold ‘Diamond Orchids’ AM/AOS 81 pts. Inflorescence
© Arthur Pinkers 2020