Provisional Awards

San Diego, CA , August 6, 2013

Dendrobium aduncum 'Tan Huong Nguyen' AM 82 pts.
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 Plant Name: Dendrobium aduncum 'Tan Huong Nguyen' AM/AOS 82 pts.
Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 4.0 cm Vertical: 4.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.1 cm Length: 2.2 cm
Petal Width: 1.1 cm Length: 2.0 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.3 cm Length: 3.1 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.9 cm Length: 2.0 cm

Description: Three hundred eighty-one flowers and forty-nine buds on eighty-three inflorescences distributed on lower two-thirds of thirteen canes; sepals and petals pink, darker pink distally; lip cupulate, white; anther cap dark burgundy; substance firm; texture finely crystalline.
Exhibitor: Agnes Nguyen
Cattleya Pink Leopard 'John's Pick' AM 80 pts.
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 Plant Name: Cattleya Pink Leopard 'John's Pick' AM/AOS 80 pts.
(C. Lulu x C. Penny Kuroda)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 11.3 cm Vertical: 11.2 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 2.3 cm Length: 6.5 cm
Petal Width: 3.5 cm Length: 6.0 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 2.4 cm Length: 5.8 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 3.6 cm Length: 5.4 cm

Description: Thirteen well presented large flowers on two erect inflorescences; sepals and petals pink, spotted variously dark magenta, blushed pink marginally; lip tri-lobed, white, throat overlaid bright magenta medially, side lobes overlaid pink distally, midlobe overlaid bright magenta distally becoming red apically; column white, wings magenta; anther cap magenta; substance firm; texture waxy.
Exhibitor: William A. Baker
Dendrobium aduncum 'Tan Huong Nguyen' CCM 85 pts
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 Plant Name: Dendrobium aduncum 'Tan Huong Nguyen' CCM/AOS 85 pts.
Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 4.0 cm Vertical: 4.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.1 cm Length: 2.2 cm
Petal Width: 1.1 cm Length: 2.0 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.3 cm Length: 3.1 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.9 cm Length: 2.0 cm

Description: Three hundred eighty-one flowers and forty-nine buds on eighty-three inflorescences distributed on lower two-thirds of thirteen canes; immense plant with unblemished leaves extraordinarily well bloomed canes with kiekies grown in a 26.0 cm wire basket set in a decorative pot; sepals and petals pink, darker pink distally; lip cupulate, white; anther cap dark burgundy; substance firm; texture finely crystalline.
Exhibitor: Agnes Nguyen