Provisional Awards

Long Beach, CA, August 27, 2018

Cattleya Linda Curle ‘Sunset Vally Orchids’ HCC/AOS 75 pts.
© Arthur Pinkers 2018
 Plant Name: Cattleya Linda Curle ‘Sunset Vally Orchids’ HCC/AOS 75 pts.
Parentage: (C. Allen Condo x C. Issy)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 11.3 cm Vertical: 12.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 2.0 cm Length: 6.5 cm
Petal Width: 3.0 cm Length: 7.0 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 2.0 cm Length: 7.0 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 4.0 cm Length: 6.9 cm

Description: Nine flowers arranged on one 23.0-cm erect inflorescence; sepals and petals red-brown, lateral sepals slightly bowed, petals slightly undulated; lip white, side lobes lightly brushed magenta proximally becoming solid magenta apically, veins darker magenta, midlobe overlaid magenta, very fine white picotee margin; column white; substance medium; texture waxy.
Exhibitor: Fred Clarke
Catasetum Lata Laxman ‘Sunset Vally Orchids’ AM/AOS 80 pts.
© Arthur Pinkers 2018
 Plant Name: Catasetum Lata Laxman ‘Sunset Vally Orchids’ AM/AOS 80 pts.
Parentage: (Ctsm. Frilly Doris x Ctsm. José Abalo)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 11.5 cm Vertical: 8.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 2.2 cm Length: 6.0 cm
Petal Width: 2.5 cm Length: 6.2 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 2.4 cm Length: 5.6 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 5.2 cm Length: 3.8 cm

Description: Seventeen flat flowers on one arching pendulous inflorescence; sepals and petals light green, sepals spots mostly coalesced maroon, petals spotted and barred maroon with some coalescing; lip white, deeply saccate centrally, side lobes overlaid pale green distally, moderate spots maroon, denser proximally, midlobe overlaid pale green distally, spotted maroon medially, central saccate area and crest finely spotted maroon, lip margin erose; column cream, dorsal surface densely spotted maroon, coalesced proximally; substance firm; texture waxy.
Exhibitor: Fred Clarke
Catasetum Hat Trick ‘Top Hat’ HCC/AOS 78 pts.
© Arthur Pinkers 2018
 Plant Name: Catasetum Hat Trick ‘Top Hat’ HCC/AOS 78 pts.
Parentage: (Ctsm. José Abalo x Ctsm. fimbriatum)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 7.9 cm Vertical: 6.8 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.0 cm Length: 4.1 cm
Petal Width: 1.3 cm Length: 4.3 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.5 cm Length: 4.3 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 4.8 cm Length: 3.9 cm

Description: Twenty-three male flowers and two female flowers on two arching, pendulous inflorescences; male flower sepals and petals dark burgundy, lip saccate, cream overlaid dark burgundy, spotted and blotched black-burgundy around the central depression and crest, margin deeply erose, column white, dorsal surface overlaid dark burgundy, anther cap cream spotted burgundy; substance firm; texture waxy; female flower sepals and petals dark burgundy, lip pouch shaped, light green, dark burgundy picotee, dotted and striated dark burgundy internally, column light green, substance firm, texture waxy.
Exhibitor: Fred Clarke