American Orchid Society Pacific South Judging Region Provisional Awards

Plant Name: Vandachostylis Pinky ‘Purple Rain’ HCC/AOS 79 pts.
(V. falcata x Rhy. gigantea)

Natural Spread	Horizontal:	3.7 cm	Vertical:	4.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal	Width:	1.0 cm	Length:	1.9 cm
Petal	Width:	0.7 cm	Length:	1.8 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal):	Width:	1.0 cm	Length:	2.0 cm
Lip (Pouch):	Width:	0.5 cm	Length:	1.5 cm

Description: Nine flowers, slightly crowded on one arched inflorescence; dorsal sepal white, heavily overlaid dark purple-magenta distally, revealing white basally; lateral sepals white, irregularly blotched purple, darker superiorly; petals white heavily overlaid purple-magenta, revealing white basally; lip and 2.2-cm spur deep dark purple-magenta; column dark purple-magenta; substance very firm; texture waxy.
Exhibitor: Carol Beule

Plant Name: Vanda Newberry Lemon Drops ‘Diamond Orchid’ HCC/AOS 77 pts.
(V. Bill Burke x V. Virgil)

Natural Spread	Horizontal:	4.9 cm	Vertical:	4.7 cm
Dorsal Sepal	Width:	1.0 cm	Length:	2.3 cm
Petal	Width:	0.6 cm	Length:	2.0 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal):	Width:	0.9 cm	Length:	2.2 cm
Lip (Pouch):	Width:	0.6 cm	Length:	2.3 cm

Description: Fourteen flowers and three buds on two inflorescences; sepals and petals white overlaid yellow-green revealing white basally; lip white, side lobes overlaid maroon; midlobe and spur overlaid yellow, keels and margin densely spotted orange-red; column white anther cap translucent revealing yellow pollinia; substance firm; texture matte.
Exhibitor: Peter T. Lin

Plant Name: Dendrobium Oriental Smile ‘Dzoan Nguyen’ HCC/AOS 78 pts.
(Den. Fukujyu x Den. Yuubae)

Natural Spread	Horizontal:	8.0 cm	Vertical:	7.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal	Width:	1.9 cm	Length:	4.0 cm
Petal	Width:	3.3 cm	Length:	4.2 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal):	Width:	2.0 cm	Length:	3.6 cm
Lip (Pouch):	Width:	3.0 cm	Length:	3.4 cm

Description: Fifty-four flowers and one bud on twenty-five inflorescences on five blooming canes up to 75.0-cm in height; petals and sepals light yellow overlaid purple along distal margin; lip cream overlaid yellow-orange on proximal three-fourths overlaid purple along distal margin, margin erose; column olive-green, anther cap white; substance firm; texture crystalline, lip pubescent.
Exhibitor: Agnes Nguyen

Plant Name: Paphiopedilum esquirolei fma. album ‘Green Mustard’ AM/AOS 83 pts.
Species

Natural Spread	Horizontal:	13.0 cm	Vertical:	7.1 cm
Dorsal Sepal	Width:	4.0 cm	Length:	4.2 cm
Petal	Width:	2.4 cm	Length:	7.5 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal):	Width:	3.0 cm	Length:	4.0 cm
Lip (Pouch):	Width:	2.4 cm	Length:	5.7 cm

Description: One flower on one 30.0-cm semi-erect inflorescence; dorsal sepal and synsepal medium olive-green suffused darker olive-green centrally; petals yellow-green pale yellow distally, central margin olive green, undulate, ciliate; pouch medium olive-green, veined darker olive green; staminode olive green, very dark olive green centrally; substance firm; texture glossy, pubescent, petals matte distally.
Exhibitor: Harold Koopowitz, Paph Phactory

Plant Name: Phalaenopsis Gan Lin Black Diamond ‘Montclair’ AM/AOS 80 pts.
(Phal. Sogo Vivien x Phal. I-Hsin Chocolate)

Natural Spread	Horizontal:	5.7 cm	Vertical:	5.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal	Width:	2.6 cm	Length:	2.8 cm
Petal	Width:	2.8 cm	Length:	3.1 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal):	Width:	2.8 cm	Length:	2.7 cm
Lip (Pouch):	Width:	1.5 cm	Length:	1.4 cm

Description: Five slightly reflexed Harlequin flowers, and three buds on one well arranged inflorescence; sepals and petals white heavily blotched rich dark maroon, each blotch darker in the center, coalesced; lip white, side lobes overlaid magenta, brushed lightly distally, orange marginally, midlobe overlaid dark magenta, central margin orange; column magenta, white apically, anther cap white; substance heavy; texture crystalline.
Exhibitor: Normans Orchids