Provisional Awards

Long Beach, CA, October 27, 2014

Catasetum Melana Davison ‘Sunset Valley Orchids’ AM 85 pts.
© Arthur Pnkers 2014
Plant Name: Catasetum Melana Davison ‘Sunset Valley Orchids’ AM/AOS 85 pts.
(Ctsm. denticulatum x Ctsm. Penang)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 8.2 cm Vertical: 6.4 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.0 cm Length: 4.2 cm
Petal Width: 2.3 cm Length: 3.7 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.2 cm Length: 4.5 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.5 cm Length: 3.6 cm

Description: Twenty-two flowers of exceptional form and four buds on one pendulous inflorescence; sepals white heavily stippled maroon, symmetrically inrolled; petals white stippled maroon; lip saccate, white margin denticulate, callus yellow; column white, stippled maroon; substance firm; texture matte, lip waxy.
Exhibitor: Fred Clarke
Cattleya cernua ‘Diamond Orchids’ HCC 77 pts.
© Arthur Pinkers 2014
Plant Name: Cattleya cernua ‘Diamond Orchids’ HCC/AOS 77 pts.
Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 2.0 cm Vertical: 2.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.9 cm Length: 1.2 cm
Petal Width: 1.2 cm Length: 1.1 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 0.9 cm Length: 1.2 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.6 cm Length: 0.9 cm

Description: Thirty-one well proportioned flowers and nine buds on ten inflorescences; sepals and petals soft orange-red; lip yellow proximally transitioning to orange distally; column white, wings purple; substance firm; texture crystalline.
Exhibitor: Peter T. Lin
Catasetum callosum ‘SVO Black Lip’ AM 81 pts.
© Arthur Pnkers 2014
Plant Name: Catasetum callosum ‘SVO Black Lip’ AM/AOS 81 pts.
Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 8.0 cm Vertical: 7.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.2 cm Length: 5.0 cm
Petal Width: 0.6 cm Length: 4.3 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.0 cm Length: 4.8 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 1.2 cm Length: 4.5 cm

Description: Thirty-two flowers of symmetric form and dark color, eight buds on three arching pendulous inflorescences; sepals and petals chestnut-brown veined darker; lip chartreuse, heavily stippled and overlaid dark brown, callus dark brown; column chestnut-brown, cream ventrally; substance firm; texture glossy.
Exhibitor: Fred Clarke