Provisional Awards

San Marino, CA, January 9, 2016

Masdevallia decumana ‘Huntington's Starling’ AM/AOS 80 pts.
© Arthur Pinkers 2016
Plant Name: Masdevallia decumana ‘Huntington's Starling’ AM/AOS 80 pts.
Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 6.7 cm Vertical: 6.8 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.0 cm Length: 3.9 cm
Petal Width: 0.2 cm Length: 0.7 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.1 cm Length: 4.0 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.2 cm Length: 0.2 cm

Description: Thirteen flowers and one bud on fourteen inflorescences; dorsal sepal yellow-green, densely covered with very fine maroon spots, 2.5-cm caudae yellow; lateral sepals cream densely covered with fine maroon blotches, 1.6-cm caudae cream, light green apically; petals cream, lip cream finely spotted maroon; substance medium; texture matte.
Exhibitor: Huntington Botanical Gardens
Pleurothallis marthae ‘Basket’ AM/AOS 80 pts. flower cluster
© Arthur Pinkers 2016
Plant Name: Pleurothallis marthae ‘Basket’ AM/AOS 80 pts.
Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 2.2 cm Vertical: 2.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 2,2 cm Length: 3.0 cm
Petal Width: 0.8 cm Length: 1.5 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 2.0 cm Length: 2.5 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 1.0 cm Length: 0.8 cm

Description: Seventy-three flowers and fifty-four buds one hundred twenty-seven inflorescences carried in clusters on twenty-seven growths; dorsal sepal yellow-green sparsely pubescent maroon along veins and margins; fused lateral sepals maroon; petals arched around and below framing the lip, yellow-green, maroon pubescence sparse on dorsal and ventral surfaces, dense along margin; lip maroon; substance moderate; texture matte, petals puberulent, lip heavily strumose.
Exhibitor: Huntington Botanical Gardens
Pleurothallis marthae ‘Basket’ AM/AOS 80 pts. flower
© Arthur Pinkers 2016
Paphiopedilum spicerianum ‘Tustin’ AM/AOS 85 pts.
© Arthur Pinkers 2016
Plant Name: Paphiopedilum spicerianum ‘Tustin’ AM/AOS 85 pts.
Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 6.7 cm Vertical: 6.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 5.6 cm Length: 5.5 cm
Petal Width: 3.1 cm Length: 3.5 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 3.0 cm Length: 3.5 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.1 cm Length: 3.5 cm

Description: One exceptional flower with a very flat dorsal sepal on one 16.0-cm inflorescence; dorsal sepal white, light green halo lightly blushed and spotted burgundy basally, broad midvein dark maroon, dorsal reverse heavily blushed burgundy centrally; synsepal very light green; petals light green, finely spotted and blushed burgundy on distall 7/8, midvein dark burgundy, distal half margin green; pouch light green overlaid purple-rose, rim contrasting yellow-green; staminode white, purple corona surrounding white corona around yellow center; substance firm; texture matte, dorsal sepal waxy; commended for exceptional dorsal sepal color when backlit and very round full form of compact size.
Exhibitor: Harold Koopowitz