Provisional Awards

San Diego County Orchid Show In the Park, San Diego, CA, July 28, 2018

Tolumnia SIO's June Marie ‘Oceanview’ FCC/AOS 91 pts.
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 Plant Name: Tolumnia SIO's June Marie ‘Oceanview’ FCC/AOS 91 pts.
Parentage: (Tolu. Buck Hollow x Tolu. Anita)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 3.5 cm Vertical: 3.8 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.6 cm Length: 1.2 cm
Petal Width: 1.5 cm Length: 1.3 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.0 cm Length: 1.2 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 3.5 cm Length: 2.5 cm

Description: Fifteen flowers of exceptional color, form and size extremely well-presented on one arching inflorescence; well grown on a cork mount; sepals and petals yellow, sepals heavily overlaid oxblood, apex showing yellow base color, petals overlaid oxblood proximally, spotted oxblood distally; lip yellow, proximal side lobes and centrally deep red, midlobe centrally spotted deep red, light red picotee; callus yellow spotted deep red; column yellow, blushed and spotted red; substance good; texture velvet, particularly in deep red areas.
Exhibitor: Alex Nadzan
Prosthechea mariae ‘Maggie’ AM/AOS 82 pts.
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 Plant Name: Prosthechea mariae ‘Maggie’ AM/AOS 82 pts.
Parentage: Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 7.0 cm Vertical: 6.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.2 cm Length: 4.7 cm
Petal Width: 1.0 cm Length: 4.2 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.3 cm Length: 4.8 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 5.0 cm Length: 6.8 cm

Description: Thirteen flowers and three buds on four pendant inflorescences; one inflorescence with five flowers; sepals and petals yellow-green; lip white, throat veined yellow overlaid green; column pale green; anther cap yellow; substance firm; texture waxy, lip matte.
Exhibitor: William & Margaret Loy
Phragmipedium Les Dirouilles ‘Miracles’ HCC/AOS 76 pts.
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 Plant Name: Phragmipedium Les Dirouilles ‘Miracles’ HCC/AOS 76 pts.
Parentage: (Phrag. Sorcerer's Apprentice x Phrag. Leslie Garay)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 14.6 cm Vertical: 22.8 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 2.6 cm Length: 8.0 cm
Petal Width: 1.8 cm Length: 17.2 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 4.5 cm Length: 7.8 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 3.2 cm Length: 5.8 cm

Description: Two flowers and one bud on one upright inflorescence; sepals chartreuse, veined dark green, margins white, maroon on reverse; petals chartreuse, red distally, veined green and hirsute proximally, margins white proximally; pouch cream, heavily overlaid mahogany, rim and interior spotted red and blushed chartreuse; staminode chartreuse, dorsal margin dark red hirsute; substance firm; texture waxy.
Exhibitor: Debra Halliday
Oberonia toppingii ‘Audrey’ CCM/AOS 87 pts.
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 Plant Name: Oberonia toppingii ‘Audrey’ CCM/AOS 87 pts.
Parentage: Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 0.2 cm Vertical: 0.2 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.1 cm Length: 0.1 cm
Petal Width: 0.1 cm Length: 0.1 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 0.1 cm Length: 0.1 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.1 cm Length: 0.1 cm

Description: Approximately fifteen thousand flowers and buds on 41 pendulous racemose inflorescences up to 15.5-cm in length, borne on a plant 20.0 cm in diameter mounted on a stick; leaves distichous up to 5.0 cm in length, 1.0 cm in width, arranged in growths with three to seven leaves; sepals and petals orange-brown, minute, bracts stramineous, 0.8 cm in length; lip red, noticeably different in color from petals and sepals, minute; anther cap yellow; substance firm; texture matte.
Exhibitor: William & Margaret Loy