Provisional Awards

Long Beach, CA , February 27, 2012

Cyc. warscewiczii Bakers Panama HCC 76 pts.
© Arthur Pinkers 2012
 Plant Name: Cycnoches warscewiczii 'Baker's Panama' HCC 76 pts.
Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 11.0 cm Vertical: 9.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.8 cm Length: 5.5 cm
Petal Width: 3.0 cm Length: 5.5 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 2.2 cm Length: 4.3 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.8 cm Length: 3.5 cm

Description: Thirteen flowers on three inflorescences; sepals and petals chartreuse; lip ivory-cream, callus dark green; column green, distal end wider becoming yellow green; substance firm; texture satin.
Exhibitor: Brent Baker
Pths. dilemma Windflower HCC 78 pts.
© Arthur Pinkers 2012
 Plant Name: Pleurothallis dilemma 'Windflower' HCC/AOS 78 pts.
Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 1.9 cm Vertical: 2.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.2 cm Length: 1.5 cm
Petal Width: 0.5 cm Length: 1.0 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.2 cm Length: 1.2 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.5 cm Length: 0.7 cm

Description: Two flowers on two inflorescences; sepal and petals translucent green with dark magenta puberulent vestiture; lateral sepals fused; lip dark maroon column translucent green, striped maroon, maroon basally; anther cap white; substance firm; textures semi-gloss.
Exhibitor: Betty Kelepecz
Pths. lamellaris Michelle's Stripped Beauty HCC 78 pts
© Arthur Pinkers 2012
 Plant Name: Pleurothallis bicornis 'Michelle's Stripped Beauty' HCC/AOS 78 pts.
species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 1.1 cm Vertical: 2.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.6 cm Length: 1.6 cm
Petal Width: 0.4 cm Length: 1.5 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 0.8 cm Length: 1.8 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.5 cm Length: 0.4 cm

Description: Eighty-four non-resupinate flowers on ten 16.0 cm terminal pendant inflorescences and two immature inflorescences on four of eleven 40.0 to 79.0 cm canes; dorsal sepal green-cream with three dark maroon longitudinal stripes; petals yellow-cream with three dark maroon longitudinal stripes; lateral sepals fused forming hood, green-cream with six dark maroon longitudinal stripes; lip "U" shaped, translucent yellow, marked light maroon, superior margin orange, column, green-cream proximally, yellow cream distally; anther cap white; substance firm, texture waxy. Pleurothallis lamellaris , award 20124907, has been determined to be Pleurothallis bicornis by SITF (Oct 2014).
Exhibitor: Michelle Dobard
Masd. cyclotega Windflower HCC 76 pts
© Arthur Pinkers 2012
 Plant Name: Masdivallia cyclotega 'Windflower' HCC/AOS 76 pts.
species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 2.7 cm Vertical: 3.4 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.2 cm Length: 2.8 cm
Petal Width: 0.1 cm Length: 0.3 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.2 cm Length: 2.7 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.1 cm Length: 0.2 cm

Description: One flower and one bud on two inflorescences; dorsal sepal yellow on proximal third, fuchsia proximal two thirds, red-purple blotch on basal center, caudae yellow; petals translucent white, lateral sepals translucent green-yellow with dark magenta puberlent vesiture on distal two thirds caudae yellow; column translucent white, ventral surface finely spotted magenta; anther cap white; lateral sepal yellow on proximal third, fuchsia proximal two thirds, red-purple blotch on basal center, caudae yellow; substance firm; texture crystalline.
Exhibitor: Betty Kelepecz