Provisional Awards

San Diego, CA, March 1, 2016

Dendrobium Greta Snow ‘Charley's Favorite’ AM/AOS 84 pts.
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 Plant Name: Dendrobium Greta Snow ‘Charley's Favorite’ AM/AOS 84 pts.
(Den. Jayden x Den. speciosum)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 7.0 cm Vertical: 5.6 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.1 cm Length: 3.8 cm
Petal Width: 0.8 cm Length: 3.9 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.8 cm Length: 3.5 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 1.4 cm Length: 2.0 cm

Description: Ninety-nine stellate flowers and forty-four buds on six mature inflorescences and 160 buds on ten immature inflorescences; sepals and petals white; lip white side lobes finely speckled light lavender, crest yellow, anther cap white; substance firm; texture crystalline.
Exhibitor: Charles R. Fouquette
Restrepia lansbergii ‘DMH’ AM/AOS 80 pts.
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 Plant Name: Restrepia lansbergii ‘DMH’ AM/AOS 80 pts.
Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 0.9 cm Vertical: 2.8 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.2 cm Length: 1.7 cm
Petal Width: 0.1 cm Length: 1.2 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 0.8 cm Length: 1.9 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.2 cm Length: 0.8 cm

Description: One flower and one bud on two erect 4.5-cm inflorescences; dorsal sepal translucent white, yellow basally, veined magenta coalescing distally; lateral sepals fused, white, golden yellow basally, attractively spotted magenta becoming smaller and less dense distally, coalesced very dark magenta spotting on proximal margin; petals very dark magenta; lip yellow-cream finely spotted magenta; column white dorsal surface with magenta longitudinal stripe, anther cap white; substance firm; texture crystalline.
Exhibitor: David Helt