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Plant Name: Catasetum Lata Laxman ‘Sophia’ AM/AOS 81 pts. Parentage: (Ctsm. Frilly Doris x Ctsm. José Abalo)
Description: Seventeen flowers on one arching inflorescence; sepals and petals light chartreuse, spotted and barred maroon; lip porrect, saccate, chartreuse, spotted and barred maroon proximally, cream centrally, margin serrate; column chartreuse, lightly brushed and finely spotted maroon; substance firm, lip heavy; texture matte. Exhibitor: Charles Fouquette | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Plant Name: Catasetum spitzii ‘SVO Burnished Gold’ AM/AOS 83 pts. Parentage: Species
Description: Thirty-six flowers on one impressive pendulous inflorescence; sepals chartreuse stippled rose centrally becoming overlaid rose distally; petals paralleled to dorsal sepal, superior half recurved in dorsal sepal, inferior half recurving around sepal margin, chartreuse heavily blotched and overlaid rose; lip flat and full, chartreuse, overlaid brown, yellow centrally, margin yellow; column chartreuse stippled brown; substance firm; texture waxy. Exhibitor: Fred Clarke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Plant Name: Catasetum spitzii ‘SVO Apricot’ CHM/AOS 82 pts. Parentage: Species
Description: Thirty-two flowers on two arched, pendulous up to 50.0-CM inflorescences borne on a plant of three deciduous growths and one newly matured growth grown in a 10.0-cm pot in sphagnum moss; Leaves up to up to 29.5-cm long by10.3-cm wide oblanceolate leathery leaves with prominent veining; deciduous pseudobulbs up to 22.5 cm long by 2.8 cm wide, mature growth 22.5 cm long by 5.0 cm wide; inflorescence racemose; sepals and petals chartreuse strongly overlaid brown-rose, petals strongly recurved and blotched brown-rose; lip flat, full, chartreuse heavily overlaid Chestnut brown, yellow centrally, margin fringed; column Chestnut brown; substance firm, lip firm; texture matte, lip waxy; Country of Origin is Brazil; Pending SITF Verification; recognized for a substantially darker flower color for this species. Exhibitor: Fred Clarke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Plant Name: Fredclarkeara Dark Matter ‘Sunset Valley Orchids’ AM/AOS 82 pts. Parentage: (Fdk. After Dark x Ctsm. Orchidglade)
Description: Thirty-five nicely arranged flowers on two arching pendulous inflorescences; sepals and petals deep red-purple; lip deep red-purple, callous burgundy distally with papules, margin serrate medially; column white, dorsal surface heavily brushed red-purple; substance hard, texture crystalline. Exhibitor: Fred Clarke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Plant Name: Cycnoches warszewiczii ‘SVO Jumbo’ AM/AOS 84 pts. Parentage: Species
Description: Four full, flat female flowers and one bud on one arching pendulous inflorescence; sepals and petals chartreuse, sepals elliptic, petals falcate-elliptic; lip inversely saccate, cream callus green with dark green apron, column yellow-green; substance very firm, texture waxy. Exhibitor: Fred Clarke |