Provisional Awards

San Marino, CA, March 11, 2017

Stenorrhynchos albidomaculatum ‘Huntington's Volcano’ CCM/AOS 87 pts.
© Arthur Pinkers 2017
 Plant Name: Stenorrhynchos albidomaculatum ‘Huntington's Volcano’ CCM/AOS 87 pts.
species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 0.9 cm Vertical: 1.1 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.4 cm Length: 1.5 cm
Petal Width: 0.4 cm Length: 1.8 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 0.6 cm Length: 1.8 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.6 cm Length: 1.8 cm

Description: Four hundred fifty-nine tubular shaped flowers and one hundred nineteen buds on seventeen erect inflorescences up to 75.0 cm tall on an105.0-cm diameter plant robustly grown in a 26.0-cm square plastic tray, leaves dark green, blotched silver-green; sepals light red; petals and lip white overlaid light re distally; substance firm; texture crystalline.
Exhibitor: Huntington Botanical Gardens
Paphiopedilum rothschildianum ‘Mary K. Wallace’ HCC/AOS 79 pts.
© Arthur Pinkers 2017
 Plant Name: Paphiopedilum rothschildianum ‘Mary K. Wallace’ HCC/AOS 79 pts.
species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 26.5 cm Vertical: 12.9 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 6.0 cm Length: 7.0 cm
Petal Width: 1.6 cm Length: 13.5 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 5.0 cm Length: 7.0 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.5 cm Length: 5.7 cm

Description: Four well balanced flowers and one bud pleasantly arranged on one upright 66.0-cm, sturdy inflorescence; sepals cream, clearly and broadly veined dark mahogany; petals chartreuse, veins overlaid mahogany, spotted proximally, margins ciliate, proximal third undulate; pouch cream overlaid mahogany, veined darker, rim chartreuse; staminode chartreuse overlaid mahogany distally, hirsute proximally and marginally, purple tipped white; substance firm; texture satiny.
Exhibitor: Thomas Henry - Orchids de Oro
Paphiopedilum rothschildianum ‘Mary K. Wallace’ HCC/AOS 79 pts. Inflorescence
© Arthur Pinkers 2017
Paphiopedilum rothschildianum Ralph T. Wallace AM 80 pts.
© Arthur Pinkers 2017
 Plant Name: Paphiopedilum rothschildianum Ralph T. Wallace AM/AOS 80 pts.
species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 28.0 cm Vertical: 12.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 5.5 cm Length: 7.4 cm
Petal Width: 1.3 cm Length: 14.8 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 4.8 cm Length: 6.5 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.5 cm Length: 5.8 cm

Description: Four flowers well presented on one erect, 65.0-cm inflorescence; sepals cream infused light green, broadly and distinctly veined red-mahogany; petals cream infused light green, spotted red-mahogany along veins, coalescing distally, margins ciliate; pouch cream, infused light green, overlaid deep red-mahogany; staminode dark cream overlaid mahogany distally, hirsute proximally and marginally, mahogany tipped white; substance very firm; texture satiny; color striking.
Exhibitor: Thomas Henry - Orchids de Oro
Paphiopedilum rothschildianum ‘Ralph T. Henry’ AM/AOS 80 pts. Inflorescence
© Arthur Pinkers 2017
Dendrobium N.R. (Den. Purple Joy x Den. Zip) ‘Diamond Orchids’ HCC/AOS 77 pts.
© Arthur Pinkers 2017
 Plant Name: Dendrobium N.R. ‘Diamond Orchids’ HCC/AOS 77 pts.
(Den. Purple Joy x Den. Zip)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 5.5 cm Vertical: 4.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.8 cm Length: 2.5 cm
Petal Width: 0.4 cm Length: 2.2 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.2 cm Length: 2.4 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.8 cm Length: 1.5 cm

Description: Seventy-nine flowers and six buds on eighteen inflorescences; sepals and petals white, margins densely spotted deep purple-magenta coalescing from base to near apex; lip white overlaid deep magenta callus white; column white tipped purple, anther cap white; substance firm; texture finely crystalline; pleasantly scented.
Exhibitor: Peter T. Lin
Vandachostylis Pinky ‘Starry Night’ AM/AOS 84 pts.
© Arthur Pinkers 2017
 Plant Name: Vandachostylis Pinky ‘Starry Night’ AM/AOS 84 pts.
(V. falcata x Rhy. gigantea)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 2.7 cm Vertical: 2.9 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.6 cm Length: 1.8 cm
Petal Width: 0.5 cm Length: 2.1 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 0.6 cm Length: 2.1 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.5 cm Length: 1.2 cm

Description: Sixty-seven flat flowers and sixty-one buds nicely arranged, on eight arching inflorescences; sepals and petals white, heavily spotted deep magenta; lip white overlaid magenta, side lobes deep magenta distally, keel white becoming magenta distally; column white magenta basally, anther cap cream clearly bisected white, minutely spotted magenta centrally; substance firm; texture matte.
Exhibitor: Peter T. Lin
Guaricyclia Kyoguchi ‘Diamond Orchids’ AM/AOS 82 pts.
© Arthur Pinkers 2017
 Plant Name: Guaricyclia Kyoguchi ‘Diamond Orchids’ AM/AOS 82 pts.
(Gur. aurantiaca x E. incumbens)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 5.0 cm Vertical: 4.6 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.9 cm Length: 2.7 cm
Petal Width: 1.3 cm Length: 2.9 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.1 cm Length: 2.7 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 1.4 cm Length: 2.1 cm

Description: Thirty-six flowers and forty-seven buds on one 39.0-cm, erect, branched, sturdy inflorescence; sepals and petals intense gold-yellow, light chartreuse halo around column lip gold-yellow, veined maroon, pale chartreuse apically, crest white; substance firm; texture matte.
Exhibitor: Peter T. Lin
Epidendrum melanoporphyreum ‘Diamond Orchids’ AM/AOS 80 pts.
© Arthur Pinkers 2017
 Plant Name: Epidendrum melanoporphyreum ‘Diamond Orchids’ AM/AOS 80 pts.
species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 2.5 cm Vertical: 2.9 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.6 cm Length: 2.2 cm
Petal Width: 0.1 cm Length: 2.1 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 0.7 cm Length: 2.5 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 1.7 cm Length: 2.4 cm

Description: Thirty-one striking, flowers and four buds on one well presented 36.0-cm branched inflorescence; sepals spatulate, deep purple, sharply reflexed; petals very narrow, elongated spatulate, light purple becoming light green centrally; lip fused to column, white, overlaid deep purple distally; column green, deep purple on distal eighth, white apically, anther cap maroon; substance firm; texture waxy.
Exhibitor: Peter T. Lin