Provisional Awards

Long Beach, CA, November 26, 2018

Catasetum Dentigrianum ‘Sunset Valley Orchids’ HCC/AOS 77 pts.
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 Plant Name: Catasetum Dentigrianum ‘Sunset Valley Orchids’ HCC/AOS 77 pts.
Parentage: (Ctsm. denticulatum x Ctsm. tigrinum)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 3.3 cm Vertical: 4.2 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.5 cm Length: 2.5 cm
Petal Width: 2.0 cm Length: 2.3 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.5 cm Length: 2.5 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.2 cm Length: 2.6 cm

Description: Twenty-four flowers and two buds nicely arranged on one 27.5-cm pendulous inflorescence, twenty-six buds on one 26.5-cm pendulous inflorescence; sepals and petals cream-white, densely spotted burgundy; lip hour glass shaped, saccate distally, yellow, finely spotted burgundy around saccate portion, crest white, raised on proximal portion, distally toothed, margin fringed; column yellow overlaid and finely spotted burgundy; substance firm; texture matte.
Exhibitor: Fred Clarke
Catasetum Dentigrianum ‘Sunset Valley Orchids’ HCC/AOS 77 pts. Inflorescence
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Fredclarkeara Alexa's Raspberries ‘Sunset Valley Orchids’ HCC/AOS 79 pts.
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 Plant Name: Fredclarkeara Alexa's Raspberries ‘Sunset Valley Orchids’ HCC/AOS 79 pts.
Parentage: (Mo. Painted Desert x Ctsm. expansum)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 5.6 cm Vertical: 4.8 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.6 cm Length: 3.4 cm
Petal Width: 2.1 cm Length: 3.9 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.7 cm Length: 3.6 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.6 cm Length: 3.5 cm

Description: Nineteen flowers on one pendulous 46.0-cm. inflorescence; sepals and petals black-maroon; lip saccate, darker black maroon centrally, crest fimbriate, margin serrate; column white, heavily overlaid red-maroon on dorsal surface; substance very firm; texture waxy.
Exhibitor: Fred Clarke
Fredclarkeara Alexa's Raspberries ‘Sunset Valley Orchids’ HCC/AOS 79 pts. Inflorescence
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Cycnoches Richard Brandon ‘Sunset Valley Orchids II’ AM/AOS 83 pts.
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 Plant Name: Cycnoches Richard Brandon ‘Sunset Valley Orchids II’ AM/AOS 83 pts.
Parentage: (Cyc. warscewiczii x Cyc. Jean E. Monnier)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 10.0 cm Vertical: 9.3 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.8 cm Length: 6.5 cm
Petal Width: 2.5 cm Length: 5.0 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 2.5 cm Length: 4.0 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.9 cm Length: 3.5 cm

Description: Fifteen flowers well-presented on one 45.0-cm. pendulous inflorescence; sepals and petals chartreuse, heavily spotted dark mahogany, petal spots almost coalescing proximally, margins blushed mahogany; lip cream suffused apple green proximally, spotted dark burgundy proximally, midlobe fleshy with central depression, crest distal to depression, spotted mahogany distally; substance firm; texture matte.
Exhibitor: Fred Clarke
Brassocattleya Gulfshore's Beauty ‘Green Dean’ HCC/AOS 79 pts.
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 Plant Name: Brassocattleya Gulfshore's Beauty ‘Green Dean’ HCC/AOS 79 pts.
Parentage: (B. nodosa x C. dormaniana)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 10.0 cm Vertical: 10.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.0 cm Length: 5.4 cm
Petal Width: 0.9 cm Length: 5.1 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.0 cm Length: 5.3 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.8 cm Length: 4.8 cm

Description: Six stellate flowers on two 10.0-cm upright inflorescences and two buds on a third inflorescence; sepals and petals bright green with a few random miniscule purple spots; lip white, side lobes lightly spotted magenta-purple, margins faintly blushed magenta-purple, midlobe overlaid magenta-purple; column white blushed light magenta-purple; substance firm; texture waxy.
Exhibitor: Ruben Colemenares
Cycnoches Richard Brandon ‘SVO Swan Song’ AM/AOS 86 pts.
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 Plant Name: Cycnoches Richard Brandon ‘SVO Swan Song’ AM/AOS 86 pts.
Parentage: (Cyc. warscewiczii x Cyc. Jean E. Monnier)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 10.5 cm Vertical: 9.9 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 2.6 cm Length: 6.3 cm
Petal Width: 3.3 cm Length: 5.3 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 2.9 cm Length: 4.8 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 3.2 cm Length: 4.4 cm

Description: Sixteen flowers well-presented on one 50.0-cm. pendulous inflorescence; sepals and petals chartreuse, sepals sparsely spotted dark mahogany, petals heavily spotted dark mahogany; lip cream suffused apple green proximally, spotted dark burgundy proximally, fleshy distally with depression, crest distal to depression; substance firm; texture matte.
Exhibitor: Fred Clarke
Cycnoches Richard Brandon ‘SVO Swan Song’ AM/AOS 86 pts. Inflorescence
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Fredclarkeara Enter Light ‘SVO Grasshopper Too’ AM/AOS 83 pts.
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 Plant Name: Fredclarkeara Enter Light ‘SVO Grasshopper Too’ AM/AOS 83 pts.
Parentage: (Fdk. After Dark x Ctsm. pileatum)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 6.9 cm Vertical: 6.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 3.0 cm Length: 3.5 cm
Petal Width: 2.0 cm Length: 3.5 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 2.8 cm Length: 3.5 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 3.2 cm Length: 4.0 cm

Description: Twenty-three flowers on two pendulous 33.0-cm inflorescences; sepals and petals light green, faint burgundy spots basally; lip saccate, green becoming yellow centrally, raised callus ridge centrally, fine burgundy spots proximal side of callus, margin serrated; column white; substance firm; texture matte, lip waxy.
Exhibitor: Fred Clarke