Provisional Awards

Santa Barbara, CA, April 17, 2019

Cymbidium Unemployed Pilot ‘Canary’ HCC/AOS 76 pts.
© Larry Vierheilig 2019
 Plant Name: Cymbidium Unemployed Pilot ‘Canary’ HCC/AOS 76 pts.
Parentage: (Cym. Fire Ernie x Cym. Memoria Amelia Earhart)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 9.0 cm Vertical: 8.1 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 3.5 cm Length: 6.4 cm
Petal Width: 2.8 cm Length: 5.7 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 3.2 cm Length: 5.8 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.8 cm Length: 3.1 cm

Description: Fourteen flowers and four buds on one staked inflorescence; sepals and petals yellow, midvein dusted red, lateral sepal superior halves lightly blushed red; lip cream, side lobes sparsely spotted red, margin densely spotted and blushed red, midlobe midvein and margin overlaid very dark red, keels yellow; column cream, dorsal surface lightly blushed red; substance firm; texture matte.
Exhibitor: Cal-Orchids
Paphiopedilum hookerae var. volonteanum ‘purplelicious’ HCC/AOS 78 pts.
© Larry Vierheilig 2019
 Plant Name: Paphiopedilum hookerae var. volonteanum ‘purplelicious’ HCC/AOS 78 pts.
Parentage: Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 10.1 cm Vertical: 6.7 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 3.5 cm Length: 3.2 cm
Petal Width: 2.4 cm Length: 5.0 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.7 cm Length: 1.8 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.0 cm Length: 4.5 cm

Description: One flower on one erect inflorescence; flower base color light green, dorsal sepal centrally darker green, veined green; petals spatulate, veined dark green proximally, centrally spotted burgundy, distal third overlaid pink-magenta margin sparsely hirsute, proximally undulated and overlaid pink-magenta; pouch overlaid burgundy; substance firm; texture glossy.
Exhibitor: Heidi Kirkpatrick