Provisional Awards

San Diego, CA, December 6, 2016

Miltoniopsis Bleuana ‘Shawnee’ AM/AOS 80 pts.
© Arnold Gum 2016
 Plant Name: Miltoniopsis Bleuana ‘Shawnee’ AM/AOS 80 pts.
(Mps. Roezlii x Mps. vexillaria)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 7.5 cm Vertical: 8.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.8 cm Length: 4.0 cm
Petal Width: 2.1 cm Length: 4.0 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.6 cm Length: 4.0 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 5.8 cm Length: 4.6 cm

Description: Eighteen well presented flowers and one bud on three arching 30.0-cm flowers well above the foliage and one five buds on one immature inflorescence; sepals and petals white; Lip white, masked yellow, callus yellow; column white; substance medium texture matte.
Exhibitor: Deborah Halliday
Rhyncholaeliocattleya N.R. ‘Arnie’ HCC/AOS 76 pts.
© Arnold Gum 2016
 Plant Name: Rhyncholaeliocattleya N.R. ‘Arnie’ HCC/AOS 76 pts.
(Rlc. San Diego Hot Spots x Rlc. Sun Spots)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 9.0 cm Vertical: 8.2 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 2.1 cm Length: 5.3 cm
Petal Width: 2.8 cm Length: 5.1 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.8 cm Length: 4.8 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.2 cm Length: 3.2 cm

Description: Two flowers on one inflorescence; sepals pale yellow, lightly blushed pink proximally, veins maroon marginally, spotted along veins distally, dorsal sepal much more densely spotted; petals pale yellow, faintly blushed pink proximally, veins maroon marginally and distally, spotted along veins marginally; lip spade shaped, white, side lobes faintly blushed purple on distal margin, reverse blushed purple distally, midlobe heavily overlaid deep purple; column white, wings and anther cap purple; substance heavy; texture satiny.
Exhibitor: Arnold Gum