Provisional Awards

Long Beach, CA, April 23, 2018

Vandoglossum Yawi's Taiwan Queen ‘Diamond Orchids’ AM/AOS 80 pts. flower
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 Plant Name: Vandoglossum Yawi's Taiwan Queen ‘Diamond Orchids’ AM/AOS 80 pts.
Parentage: (Holc. flavescens x V. Gordon Dillon)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 7.4 cm Vertical: 7.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 3.1 cm Length: 4.2 cm
Petal Width: 3.7 cm Length: 3.2 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 3.6 cm Length: 4.2 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.9 cm Length: 2.0 cm

Description: Nineteen slightly nodding flowers and one bud on two upright inflorescences; sepals and petals light lavender-pink brushed darker lavender-pink centrally; lip orange-red proximally; side lobes orange-red, midlobe orange-red becoming raspberry red distally; column light lavender-pink proximally, dark lavender-pink distally, anther cap white; substance medium; texture matte.
Exhibitor: Peter T. Lin
Vandoglossum Yawi's Taiwan Queen ‘Diamond Orchids’ AM/AOS 80 pts. iNFLORESCENCE
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Cattleya jongheana fma. alba ‘Florence’ AM/AOS 82 pts.
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 Plant Name: Cattleya jongheana fma. alba ‘Florence’ AM/AOS 82 pts.
Parentage: Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 15.5 cm Vertical: 14.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 2.3 cm Length: 8.0 cm
Petal Width: 4.0 cm Length: 7.8 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 2.0 cm Length: 7.0 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.8 cm Length: 5.7 cm

Description: Two flowers and three buds on five inflorescences; sepals and petals white; lip white, side lobes overlaid orange-yellow revealing white margin; midlobe white, overlaid orange-yellow proximally, keels slightly darker orange-yellow tipped white distally, column white; substance firm; texture finely crystalline.
Exhibitor: Peter T. Lin
Paphiopedilum Toni Semple ‘Claire De Lune’ AM/AOS 82 pts.
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 Plant Name: Paphiopedilum Toni Semple ‘Claire De Lune’ AM/AOS 82 pts.
Parentage: (Paph. haynaldianum x Paph. lowii)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 12.0 cm Vertical: 7.8 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 3.7 cm Length: 4.5 cm
Petal Width: 2.2 cm Length: 7.6 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 2.8 cm Length: 3.8 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.4 cm Length: 3.9 cm

Description: Four flowers and one bud on one arching inflorescence; sepals white overlaid green-yellow proximally extending proximally broadly along midvein, white spot basally, veins darker green-yellow, margin ciliate; petals spatulate, white overlaid green-yellow proximally, margin finely ciliate; pouch green-yellow white basally, rim densely ciliate basally; staminode green-yellow, green centrally; substance firm; texture satiny.
Exhibitor: Harold Koopowitz - Paph Phactory
Paphiopedilum Toni Semple ‘Claire De Lune’ AM/AOS 82 pts.iNFLORESCENCE
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Dendrobium Jiaho Candy ‘Popping Pumpkin’ AM/AOS 83 pts.
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 Plant Name: Dendrobium Jiaho Candy ‘Popping Pumpkin’ AM/AOS 83 pts.
Parentage: (Den. Hsinying Frostymaree x Den. bellatulum)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 5.0 cm Vertical: 4.3 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.2 cm Length: 2.6 cm
Petal Width: 1.4 cm Length: 2.3 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.2 cm Length: 3.0 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.4 cm Length: 2.4 cm

Description: Twenty flowers on eleven inflorescences produced on distal third of mature canes; sepals and petals white, lateral sepals fused proximally encompassing nectary at base of lip; lip base curled basally, orange overlaid red-orange proximally, midlobe overlaid red-orange leaving broad orange margin, seven keels slightly raised.; column white, ventral surface overlaid red-orange, anther cap light yellow; substance firm; texture finely crystalline, lip matte.
Exhibitor: Norman's Orchids
Dendrobium Jiaho Candy ‘Popping Pumpkin’ AM/AOS 83 pts. Plant
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Paphiopedilum Paul Parks ‘Dark Delight’ AM/AOS 83 pts.
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 Plant Name: Paphiopedilum Paul Parks ‘Dark Delight’ AM/AOS 83 pts.
Parentage: (Paph. Adductum x Paph. sanderianum)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 5.4 cm Vertical: 34.9 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 4.5 cm Length: 6.1 cm
Petal Width: 1.3 cm Length: 31.5 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 3.7 cm Length: 6.4 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.5 cm Length: 5.9 cm

Description: Five flowers on one 30-cm elongated inflorescence; sepals lime green, broadly veined dark burgundy coalescing proximally; petals cream, brushed light lime green proximally, heavily spotted light burgundy coalescing and darkening distally, gently twisted; pouch cream, brushed light lime green proximally, distally overlaid light mahogany, veins reticulated mahogany; staminode cream, brushed light lime green centrally edges hirsute, light mahogany; substance firm; texture waxy.
Exhibitor: Harold Koopowitz - Paph Phactory
Paphiopedilum Wössner Wolke ‘Tustin Treasure’ AM/AOS 82 pts.
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 Plant Name: Paphiopedilum Wössner Wolke ‘Tustin Treasure’ AM/AOS 82 pts.
Parentage: (Paph. emersonii x Paph. hangianum)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 12.5 cm Vertical: 9.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 5.1 cm Length: 6.1 cm
Petal Width: 5.8 cm Length: 7.1 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 5.3 cm Length: 5.3 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 3.8 cm Length: 4.0 cm

Description: One flower on one upright inflorescence; sepals and petals cream, sepals brushed light green-yellow, margins finely ciliate, petals lightly blushed rose finely spotted dark rose basally, sparsely lanulose; pouch very pale green-yellow spotted rose interiorly, visible exteriorly, puberulent; staminode white blushed gold yellow, blotched rose; substance medium; texture crystalline.
Exhibitor: Harold Koopowitz - Paph Phactory
Chiloschista parishii ‘SVO Sugar Drops’ AM/AOS 83 pts.
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 Plant Name: Chiloschista parishii ‘SVO Sugar Drops’ AM/AOS 83 pts.
Parentage: sPECIES

Natural Spread Horizontal: 1.7 cm Vertical: 1.4 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.5 cm Length: 0.6 cm
Petal Width: 0.9 cm Length: 1.6 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 0.5 cm Length: 0.8 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.5 cm Length: 0.6 cm

Description: Eighty-eight flowers and seventeen buds on seven up to 23.0-cm long pendulous inflorescences and one immature inflorescence borne from one 2.0-cm long by 0.3-cm cylindrical, leafless growth mounted on a 19.0-cm long by 6.8-cm diameter Manzanita branch; overall diameter of the plant 32.0-cm by 22.0-cm including inflorescences and roots; racemes very dark purple, puberulent; sepals and petals translucent, yellow-green proximally transitioning to white distally, margins translucent; lip side lobes curved to form a sack, white barred gold-yellow on proximal half, crest centrally raised with multiple highly crisped keels distally; column light green, anther cap translucent light yellow, substance firm texture crystalline, lip matte; Country of origin: Northern Thailand; pending SITF verification.
Exhibitor: Ruben Colmenares
Chiloschista parishii ‘SVO Sugar Drops’ AM/AOS 83 pts. Plant
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