Provisional Awards

Long Beach, CA, July 22, 2019

Encyclia Renate Schmidt ‘Maroon Starburst’ AM/AOS 81 pts.
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 Plant Name: Encyclia Renate Schmidt ‘Maroon Starburst’ AM/AOS 81 pts.
Parentage: (E. Orchid Jungle x E. alata)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 5.0 cm Vertical: 6.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.3 cm Length: 3.0 cm
Petal Width: 0.3 cm Length: 3.0 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 0.4 cm Length: 3.0 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.0 cm Length: 2.5 cm

Description: Thirty-eight flowers and twenty-nine buds on one 157.0-cm branched inflorescence; sepals and petals light green, distal three-fourths overlaid maroon, margin picotee light green, reverse similarly overlaid; lip white, midlobe spotted and overlaid purple along veins, margin bright yellow picotee; column cream, anther cap orange; substance firm; texture matte.
Exhibitor: Ruben Colemenares
Paphiopedilum lowii ‘Norman’s Jade’ HCC/AOS 79 pts.
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 Plant Name: Paphiopedilum lowii ‘Norman’s Jade’ HCC/AOS 79 pts.
Parentage: Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 14.2 cm Vertical: 7.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 3.9 cm Length: 4.7 cm
Petal Width: 2.5 cm Length: 7.5 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 2.8 cm Length: 4.6 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.3 cm Length: 5.3 cm

Description: Five flowers elegantly displayed on one 25.5-cm, staked upright inflorescence; dorsal sepal and synsepal white, overlaid light green centrally, veined darker green; petals spatulate, white, proximally overlaid green-yellow, green-yellow veins extended distally; pouch green-yellow, veined light green; staminode white, heavily tessellated green-yellow; substance firm; texture glossy.
Exhibitor: Norman's Orchids
Paphiopedilum lowii ‘Norman’s Jade’ HCC/AOS 79 pts.Inflor
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Paphiopedilum lowii ‘Norman’s Jade’ HCC/AOS 79 pts.Inflor
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 Plant Name: Vanda falcata ‘Jelly Bean’ CCE/AOS 90 pts.
Parentage: Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 2.2 cm Vertical: 2.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.4 cm Length: 1.8 cm
Petal Width: 0.3 cm Length: 1.1 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 0.5 cm Length: 1.6 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.4 cm Length: 1.5 cm

Description: Five flowers elegantly displayed on one 25.5-cm, staked upright inflorescence; dorsal sepal and synsepal white, overlaid light green centrally, veined darker green; petals spatulate, white, proximally overlaid green-yellow, green-yellow veins extended distally; pouch green-yellow, veined light green; staminode white, heavily tessellated green-yellow; substance firm; texture glossy.
Exhibitor: Norman's Orchids
Vanda falcata ‘Jelly Bean’ CCE/AOS 90 pts.flower
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