Provisional Awards

Five Cities Orchid Society Show, Arroyo Grande, CA, April 5, 2013

C. Arizona
© Larry Vierheilig 2013
 Plant Name: Cattleya Arizona (1983) 'SVO Jewel' AM/AOS 80 pts.
Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 8.4 cm Vertical: 7.6 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.9 cm Length: 4.0 cm
Petal Width: 3.8 cm Length: 4.0 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.6 cm Length: 3.8 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 1.2 cm Length: 2.5 cm

Description: Twenty-one flowers and five buds on twenty-six inflorescences; sepals and petals orange-red; lip bright yellow, darker orange-red stripes forming a star burst pattern centrally, overlaid orange-red distally; column cream, column wings red, anther cap white; substance medium; texture crystalline.
Exhibitor: Fred Clarke
Paph. Addicted Phillip 'Sunset Valley Orchids' HCC/AOS 77 pts.
© Larry Vierheilig 2013
 Plant Name: Paphiopedilum Addicted Phillip 'Sunset Valley Orchids' HCC/AOS 77 pts.
(philipinense x adductum)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 7.0 cm Vertical: 20.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 4.0 cm Length: 5.0 cm
Petal Width: 1.1 cm Length: 16.5 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 6.0 cm Length: 7.0 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.2 cm Length: 4.0 cm

Description: Three flowers and one bud on one 49.0 cm inflorescence; dorsal sepal cream, broadly veined dark red; ventral sepal cream, broadly veined dark red; petals cream, spotted red basal eighth, overlaid red with darker red veins on distal seven eighths; pouch cream proximally, yellow-green distally; substance heavy; texture waxy.
Exhibitor: Fred Clarke
Paph. Junior Coxwell 'Minah Jean' AM/AOS 80 pts.
© Larry Vierheilig 2013
 Plant Name: Paphiopedilum Junior Coxwell 'Minah Jean' AM/AOS 80 pts.
(Francisco Baptista x armeniacum)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 9.5 cm Vertical: 8.7 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 3.5 cm Length: 5.0 cm
Petal Width: 4.0 cm Length: 5.5 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 3.0 cm Length: 4.0 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 4.0 cm Length: 4.8 cm

Description: One well formed flower on one upright 19.0 cm inflorescence; flower clear yellow; pouch interior finely spotted maroon; staminode veined maroon, substance medium; texture semi-glossy.
Exhibitor: Don Brown