Provisional Awards

San Diego, CA, September 3, 2019

Chiloschista viridiflava ‘Arnie’ AM/AOS 83 pts.
© Arnold Gum 2019
 Plant Name: Chiloschista viridiflava ‘Arnie’ AM/AOS 83 pts.
Parentage: Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 1.8 cm Vertical: 1.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.7 cm Length: 0.9 cm
Petal Width: 0.8 cm Length: 0.8 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 0.7 cm Length: 0.6 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.5 cm Length: 0.6 cm

Description: One hundred twenty-eight full, round flowers on three branched, pendulous, 20.5-cm to 21.0-cm inflorescences; sepals and petals light chartreuse, centrally deeper; lip tri-lobed, white, midlobe saccate; column cream, anther cap yellow; substance heavy; texture crystalline.
Exhibitor: Arnold Gum
Chiloschista viridiflava ‘Arnie’ AM/AOS 83 pts.Plant
© Arthur Pinkwea 2019
Catmodes Darkonium ‘Ebony Beauty’ FCC/AOS 90 pts.
© Arnold Gum 2019
 Plant Name: Catmodes Darkonium ‘Ebony Beauty’ FCC/AOS 90 pts.
Parentage: (Ctmds. Dragons Tail x Ctsm. John C. Burchett)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 6.3 cm Vertical: 6.3 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.5 cm Length: 3.2 cm
Petal Width: 2.1 cm Length: 3.1 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.8 cm Length: 2.3 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 3.4 cm Length: 3.2 cm

Description: Eighteen flowers on one arching 34.0-cm inflorescence; sepals and petals black, dorsal sepal tipped white; lip black, margins erose, irregular dark red picotee distally; column black, anther cap white, spotted dark red; substance hard; texture velvety.
Exhibitor: Rick Wells
Guaritonia Why Not ‘Feuerbach’ AM/AOS 80 pts.
© Arnold Gum 2019
 Plant Name: Guaritonia Why Not ‘Feuerbach’ AM/AOS 80 pts.
Parentage: (Gur. aurantiaca x Bro. sanguinea)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 4.7 cm Vertical: 4.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.0 cm Length: 2.7 cm
Petal Width: 2.1 cm Length: 2.3 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.1 cm Length: 2.5 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.5 cm Length: 2.3 cm

Description: Thirty-nine flowers and one bud on two, 30.5-cm and 33.5-cm, inflorescences; sepals and petals yellow, heavily overlaid purple-red, veined darker purple-red; lip yellow halo on proximal half, distal half purple-red; column yellow; substance moderately firm; texture finely crystalline.
Exhibitor: Renata Schmidt