American Orchid Society Pacific South Judging Region Provisional Awards

Plant Name: Paphiopedilum Hsinying Agogo ‘Annie Hikes’ HCC/AOS 78 pts.
(Paph. armeniacum x Paph. Hsinying Concon)

Natural Spread	Horizontal:	8.9 cm	Vertical:	7.8 cm
Dorsal Sepal	Width:	3.3 cm	Length:	3.5 cm
Petal	Width:	4.2 cm	Length:	4.4 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal):	Width:	3.1 cm	Length:	3.1 cm
Lip (Pouch):	Width:	3.0 cm	Length:	4.5 cm

Description: Two flowers on two upright inflorescences; flower base color yellow, petals slightly undulated, very finely spotted maroon proximally, pouch interior very finely spotted maroon; staminode gold-yellow centrally; substance medium; texture glossy.
Exhibitor: Don Brown

Plant Name: Cattleya alaorii ‘Rosminah’ AM/AOS 81 pts.
Species

Natural Spread	Horizontal:	4.7 cm	Vertical:	5.1 cm
Dorsal Sepal	Width:	1.4 cm	Length:	2.8 cm
Petal	Width:	2.0 cm	Length:	3.0 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal):	Width:	1.4 cm	Length:	3.0 cm
Lip (Pouch):	Width:	1.8 cm	Length:	3.3 cm

Description: Four flowers on two slightly pendulous inflorescences; sepals white blushed faint lavender apically; petals white, faintly blushed lavender; lip white, margin lavender, keels white; column white; substance firm; texture crystalline.
Exhibitor: Don Brown

Plant Name: American Orchid Society Show Trophy ST/AOS 82 pts.
N/A

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Description: Approximately fifty plant in a 25 sq-ft exhibit consisting of well grown Vanda's, Cattleya's, Laelia anceps and Laelia anceps hybrids arranged around and upon a wooden arch in wood baskets and urn type pots allowing easy viewing of all plants; contrast was provided by very good use of bromeliads to highlight the orchids.
Exhibitor: Joey Ambriz and Tarek Alyusuf

American Orchid Society Show Trophy ST/AOS 82 pts. No. 2

American Orchid Society Show Trophy ST/AOS 82 pts. No. 3

Plant Name: Dendrobium toressae‘Jackson’ CCM/AOS 86 pts.
Species

Natural Spread	Horizontal:	0.8 cm	Vertical:	0.7 cm
Dorsal Sepal	Width:	0.2 cm	Length:	0.4 cm
Petal	Width:	0.1 cm	Length:	0.3 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal):	Width:	0.3 cm	Length:	0.5 cm
Lip (Pouch):	Width:	0.3 cm	Length:	0.5 cm

Description: Twenty-seven flowers and six buds on thirty-three inflorescences borne on a 24.0-cm x 21.0-cm highly mounded plant mounted on a 9.0-cm x 9.0-cm x 8.0-cm triangular cork slab; leaves extremely clean and glossy dark green, tinged slightly red, foveate leaves giving the appearance of crystalline texture; sepals and petals translucent beige-green, lateral sepals fused inferiorly around small spur; lip saccate, light green spotted maroon, midlobe arched, yellow; column light green, ventral surface spotted maroon; substance firm; texture satiny.
Exhibitor: Eric Holenda

Plant Name: Myoxanthus serripetalus ‘Chris’ AM/AOS 82 pts.
Species

Natural Spread	Horizontal:	2.3 cm	Vertical:	5.9 cm
Dorsal Sepal	Width:	1.0 cm	Length:	3.1 cm
Petal	Width:	0.4 cm	Length:	0.9 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal):	Width:	1.0 cm	Length:	3.9 cm
Lip (Pouch):	Width:	0.4 cm	Length:	1.4 cm

Description: One flower on one arching pendulous inflorescence emerging from the base of leaf; sepals yellow, dorsal sepal evenly verrucose burgundy on proximal half, lateral sepals verrucose burgundy on superior half, inferior half finely and densely verrucose burgundy; petals light yellow, verrucose burgundy, distally overlaid black-burgundy; lip yellow heavily overlaid burgundy, finely verrucose burgundy; column white becoming yellow apically; substance firm; overall texture glossy.
Exhibitor: Chris Ehrler