Provisional Awards

San Diego County Orchid Society Show, San Diego, CA, March 22, 2019

Dendrobium Golden Arch ‘Rick's Gold’ AM/AOS 81 pts.
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Plant Name: Dendrobium Golden Arch ‘Rick's Gold’ AM/AOS 81 pts.
Parentage: (Den. speciosum x Den. Lynette Banks)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 5.4 cm Vertical: 6.2 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.8 cm Length: 3.2 cm
Petal Width: 0.4 cm Length: 3.2 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 0.9 cm Length: 2.4 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.6 cm Length: 1.1 cm

Description: Approximately One thousand six hundred forty-eight flat, stellate flowers well-arranged on Thirty-eight arched inflorescences up to 33.0 cm long; sepals and petals uniform light yellow, white halo basally, petals slightly porrect; lip white, randomly spotted burgundy, callus yellow; column and anther cap white; substance firm; texture matte.
Exhibitor: Rick Wells
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Remar's Harmony ‘Arnie’ HCC/AOS 75 pts.
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Plant Name: Rhyncholaeliocattleya Remar's Harmony ‘Arnie’ HCC/AOS 75 pts.
Parentage: (Rlc. Oro Verde Sutil x Rlc. Marlene Lundquist)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 9.8 cm Vertical: 9.5 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 2.5 cm Length: 5.4 cm
Petal Width: 5.2 cm Length: 5.5 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 2.3 cm Length: 4.8 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 3.5 cm Length: 3.9 cm

Description: Two full flowers on one upright inflorescence; sepals flat, light peach; petals light peach, apex brick red margin undulate; lip trilobed, light peach, side lobes overlaid yellow, proximally overlaid brick red revealing yellow veining, midlobe obcordate, overlaid brick red, margins undulate, peach picotee; column light peach, anther cap white; substance firm; texture crystalline.
Exhibitor: Arnold Gum
Paphiopedilum Lola Bird ‘SVO Raspberry Jam’ AM/AOS 82 pts.
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Plant Name: Paphiopedilum Lola Bird ‘SVO Raspberry Jam’ AM/AOS 82 pts.
Parentage: (Paph. micranthum x Paph. emersonii)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 9.8 cm Vertical: 9.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 3.4 cm Length: 3.9 cm
Petal Width: 4.5 cm Length: 5.0 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 3.2 cm Length: 3.6 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 4.3 cm Length: 4.6 cm

Description: One round, nearly flat, flower on one 18.4-cm inflorescence; sepals light butter yellow, brushed and veined raspberry red on distal three-fourths; petals cream brushed raspberry red proximally becoming overlaid distally, veined darker raspberry red, reticulated centrally; pouch light butter yellow, rim overlaid light rose, internal dark rose spots showing through; staminode golden yellow spotted dark rose; substance firm; texture matte, petals velvety; commended for excellent color contrast.
Exhibitor: Fred Clarke
Paphiopedilum villosum ‘Mardi Gras’ CCM/AOS 81 pts.
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Plant Name: Paphiopedilum villosum ‘Mardi Gras’ CCM/AOS 81 pts.
Parentage: Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 9.0 cm Vertical: 10.6 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 4.0 cm Length: 9.4 cm
Petal Width: 3.5 cm Length: 6.5 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 3.0 cm Length: 5.8 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 3.1 cm Length: 5.3 cm

Description: Eight flowers and one bud on nine inflorescences 17.0-cm to 22.0-cm, evenly distributed, well-arranged and presented above foliage, a well-groomed 45.0-cm diameter by 22.0-cm high plant grown in a bark mixture in a 14.0-cm diameter by 75.0-cm tall plastic pot; dorsal sepal white, chartreuse proximally, overlaid mahogany medially, deepening proximally; synsepal light green; petals chartreuse lightly overlaid mahogany superior half, central vein darker mahogany; pouch chartreuse lightly overlaid mahogany; staminode and boss chartreuse; substance hard; texture lacquer.
Exhibitor: Debbie Halliday
Paphiopedilum Snow Cloud ‘Sunset Valley Orchids’ HCC/AOS 77 pts.
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Plant Name: Paphiopedilum Snow Cloud ‘Sunset Valley Orchids’ HCC/AOS 77 pts.
Parentage: (Paph. emersonii x Paph. Fanaticum)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 9.8 cm Vertical: 9.6 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 3.0 cm Length: 4.8 cm
Petal Width: 4.3 cm Length: 5.2 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 3.2 cm Length: 4.0 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 3.6 cm Length: 5.3 cm

Description: One well-presented fairly flat flower on one 18.0-cm inflorescence, one immature flower on one second 18-cm inflorescence; sepals light chartreuse; petals oval, delicate cream-yellow, proximal two-thirds faintly reticulated light burgundy; pouch light yellow, interior stippled burgundy visible on exterior; staminode cream, yellow centrally, vividly blotched burgundy distally; substance light; texture sepals and petals velvety, pouch satiny.
Exhibitor: Fred Clarke
Dendrobium Little Saigon ‘Rainbow Valley’ CCM/AOS 84 pts.
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Plant Name: Dendrobium Little Saigon ‘Rainbow Valley’ CCM/AOS 84 pts.
Parentage: (Den. June Mac x Den. speciosum)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 3.5 cm Vertical: 4.6 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.8 cm Length: 2.7 cm
Petal Width: 0.3 cm Length: 2.0 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 0.8 cm Length: 2.2 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.6 cm Length: 1.4 cm

Description: Approximately one thousand two hundred fifty well-presented, stellate flowers and forty-nine buds on fifty inflorescences to 28.0 cm, on a 116.0-cm by 62.0-cm clean plant grown in a 36-cm plastic pot; leaves ovate 4.0 cm by 19.0 cm; sepals and petals cream, heavily spotted magenta on distal quarter along midvein, lip cream, midlobe sparsely spotted magenta, callus yellow, column cream; substance firm; texture crystalline.
Exhibitor: Anita and Jerry Spencer
Cymbidium goeringii ‘Hannah’ AM/AOS 85 pts.
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Plant Name: Cymbidium goeringii ‘Hannah’ AM/AOS 85 pts.
Parentage: Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 5.0 cm Vertical: 5.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 1.8 cm Length: 2.4 cm
Petal Width: 1.4 cm Length: 2.2 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 1.8 cm Length: 3.0 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 1.2 cm Length: 1.8 cm

Description: One striking flower on a 3.8-cm inflorescence, one emerging bud; sepals flat, spatulate, vivid deep green, midvein maroon proximally; petals moderately porrect, vivid deep green, heavy overlaid maroon along medial veins, coalesced proximally; lip recurved, cream, midlobe blotched maroon centrally; column deep green becoming cream apically, anther cap cream; substance firm; texture waxy.
Exhibitor: Orchid Place
Dendrobium tetragonum ‘Mabela’ CCM/AOS 86 pts.
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Plant Name: Dendrobium tetragonum ‘Mabela’ CCM/AOS 86 pts.
Parentage: Species

Natural Spread Horizontal: 3.0 cm Vertical: 2.8 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.5 cm Length: 2.5 cm
Petal Width: 0.3 cm Length: 1.2 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 0.3 cm Length: 2.4 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.4 cm Length: 0.8 cm

Description: Two hundred twenty-six spider-like flowers on ninety inflorescences wonderfully and evenly presented along twenty-seven four-sided pendulous pseudobulbs comprising a meticulously grown, approximately 47.0-cm by 47.0-cm pendulous plant mounted on a large wood piece; sepals yellow margins overlaid chocolate; petals yellow-green; lip spatulate, white, side lobes barred light brown, midlobe reflexed; column white; anther cap light yellow; substance firm; texture satiny.
Exhibitor: Andy's Orchids on a Stick
Dendrobium tetragonum ‘Mabela’ CCM/AOS 86 pts. flower
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Cymbidium N.R. ‘Butterfly’ JC/AOS 0 pts.
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Plant Name: Cymbidium N.R. ‘Butterfly’ JC/AOS 0 pts.
Parentage: (Cym. Strathdon x Cym. Cherry Shower)

Natural Spread Horizontal: 8.6 cm Vertical: 7.2 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 3.0 cm Length: 5.8 cm
Petal Width: 3.7 cm Length: 4.3 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 2.6 cm Length: 5.2 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 2.3 cm Length: 4.3 cm

Description: Thirteen flowers on two, up to 55.0-cm tall, inflorescences; sepals white, lightly blushed raspberry-red; petals white lightly feathered and spotted marginally deep raspberry-red; lip white side lobes spotted deep raspberry-red, spots coalesced distally, midlobe overlaid deep raspberry red distally, yellow centrally; column white, ventral surface overlaid yellow finely spotted raspberry red, dorsal surface brushed raspberry red, anther cap cream; substance firm; texture diamond dust, lip velvety; commended for peloricism and relatively flat petal presentation.
Exhibitor: Casa de las Orquideas
American Orchid Society Show Trophy ‘Newport Harbor Orchid Society’ ST/AOS 85 pts.
© Arthur Pinkers 2019
Plant Name: American Orchid Society Show Trophy ‘Newport Harbor Orchid Society’ ST/AOS 85 pts.


Natural Spread Horizontal: 0.0 cm Vertical: 0.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.0 cm Length: 0.0 cm
Petal Width: 0.0 cm Length: 0.0 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 0.0 cm Length: 0.0 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.0 cm Length: 0.0 cm

Description: A very attractive naturalistic display of 81 sq ft beautifully designed depicting a hillside with a water feature using driftwood as the foundation and foliage plants and Spanish moss containing forty-nine very well grown orchids from the Paphiopedilum, Cymbidium, Cattleya, Lycaste, Dendrobium, Oncidium and Masdevallia genera; the display also was awarded a Silver Certificate of 85 pts, award 20195225.
Exhibitor: Newport Harbor Orchid Society
American Orchid Society Show Trophy ‘Newport Harbor Orchid Society’ ST/AOS 85 pts.
© Arthur Pinkers 2019
Plant Name: American Orchid Society Silver Certificate ‘Newport Harbor Orchid Society’ SC/AOS 85 pts.


Natural Spread Horizontal: 0.0 cm Vertical: 0.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal
Width: 0.0 cm Length: 0.0 cm
Petal Width: 0.0 cm Length: 0.0 cm
Lateral Sepal (Synsepal): Width: 0.0 cm Length: 0.0 cm
Lip (Pouch): Width: 0.0 cm Length: 0.0 cm

Description: A very attractive naturalistic display of 81 sq ft beautifully designed depicting a hillside with a water feature using driftwood as the foundation and foliage plants and Spanish moss containing forty-nine very well grown orchids from the Paphiopedilum, Cymbidium, Cattleya, Lycaste, Dendrobium, Oncidium and Masdevallia genera; the display also was awarded the Show Trophy of 85 pts, award 20195224.
Exhibitor: Newport Harbor Orchid Society