Provisional Awards

Five Cities Orchid Society Show, Arroyo Grande, CA, March 31, 20176

Appletonara N.R. ‘SVO Delight’ HCC/AOS 76 pts.
© Larry Vierheilig 2017
 Plant Name: Appletonara N.R. ‘SVO Delight’ HCC/AOS 76 pts.
Parentage: Epc. Kyoguchi x Rth. Gold Medallions

Natural Spread Horizontal: 5.3 cm Vertical: 5.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.3 cm Length: 3.0 cm
Petal Width: 1.7 cm Length: 3.0 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.3 cm Length: 3.0 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 1.5 cm Length: 2.2 cm

Description: Four flowers and four buds on two inflorescences; sepals orange-yellow margins faintly picoteed red-orange; petals orange-yellow margins brushed red-orange; lip orange-yellow veined dark red, midlobe margin brushed orange; column yellow spotted and blotched red, anther cap yellow; substance firm; texture crystalline.
Exhibitor: Fred Clarke
American Orchid Society Show Trophy ST/AOS 84 pts.
© Larry Vierheilig 2017
 Plant Name: American Orchid Society Show Trophy Newport Harbor Orchid Society ST/AOS 86 pts.


Natural Spread Horizontal: 0.0 cm Vertical: 0.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.0 cm Length: 0.0 cm
Petal Width: 0.0 cm Length: 0.0 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 0.0 cm Length: 0.0 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.0 cm Length: 0.0 cm

Description: A one hundred square foot display beautifully portraying the show theme "Orchid Hunters" using a canoe, Spanish moss draped trees and a work area with reference books as props to show off seventy-five orchid plants from the genera of Zygopetalum, Phalaenopsis, Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Vanda, intergeneric Oncidiums and miscellaneous species.
Exhibitor: Five Cities Orchid Society