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Plant Name: Rhyncholaeliocattleya Ella Mangis ‘My Precious’ AM/AOS 80 pts. Parentage: (C. Fuku's Baby x Rlc. Pink Empress)
Description: Four very large, strongly held flowers on two 18.5-cm inflorescences; sepals and petals uniformly deep, dark, clear pink, sepals narrowly ovate, petals swept slightly forward becoming flat, margins finely crisp, undulate; lip flat, open, side lobes almost encircling the column, proximally deep gold-yellow, veined rust under column, midlobe centrally gold-yellow, light pink border becoming broadly deep dark pink towards margin, margin undulate; column cream, faintly blushed pink, basally darker pink, anther cap white; substance firm; texture crystalline. Exhibitor: Outhay Viengkhou | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Plant Name: Phragmipedium Ecuagenera Dream ‘Arnie’ HCC/AOS 79 pts. Parentage: (Phrag. Sedenii x Phrag. kovachii)
Description: One flower and one bud on a slightly arching 35.0-cm inflorescence, one partially opened bud on a second 23.0-cm inflorescence; dorsal sepal broadly oblong, cream, suffused light chartreuse, veined chartreuse, margin blushed faint pink; synsepal slightly cupped, pale green, veined chartreuse; petals, oval, pink, darker distally, margins rolling; pouch cream, overlaid pink, rim and interior cream-white, dark pink stippling; staminode light pink, margin ciliate; substance medium; texture crystalline, covered with very short, soft hairs. Exhibitor: Arnold Gum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Plant Name: Paphiopedilum Petula's Rhapsody ‘Slipper Zone Quiet Elegance’ HCC/AOS 76 pts. Parentage: (Paph. Presidential Moon x Paph. Presidentially Petula)
Description: One flower and one bud on one erect cut flower inflorescence; sepals cream white; dorsal sepal deltoid, veined apple green centrally, burgundy closer to margins, midvein burgundy centrally; synsepal veined apple green; petals oblong acute, apple green, lighter distally, overlaid light burgundy along central margin and distally, randomly spotted darker burgundy centrally, margins hirsute; pouch apple green, heavily overlaid burgundy distally, veined dark apple green proximally becoming dark burgundy distally; staminode apple green, darker centrally; substance soft; texture glossy. Exhibitor: Lehua Orchids | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Plant Name: Cymbidium haematodes ‘Lanting’ AM/AOS 83 pts. Parentage: species
Description: Eight flowers well-arranged on one erect 41.0-cm inflorescence; sepals oblanceolate, flat, white, suffused light red, veined red, margins light green picoted, lateral sepal slightly rolled back proximally; petals oblanceolate, porrect, white, suffused light red, veined red, margins light green picoted; lip flat proximally, recurved distally, cream, suffused light yellow basally, blotched red centrally forming lateral bands; column white, overlaid red distally on dorsal surface, ventral surface blotched red, anther cap light yellow; substance medium-firm; texture matte. Exhibitor: Jack Zhu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Plant Name: Pescatoria dayana ‘Huntington's Smile’ HCC/AOS 78 pts. Parentage: species
Description: One large full flower held below the foliage on one horizontal 8.0-cm inflorescence; sepals cream-white, heavily overlaid dark purple apically, dorsal sepal ovate, lateral sepal oval; petals cream-white, heavily overlaid dark purple apically, apical margin rolled forward; lip white, brushed red, distally overlaid and veined dark maroon, margins reflexed, crest forming a ridged crescent centrally, white, overlaid maroon, distal points of ridges black-maroon; column white, blushed yellow lower half, anther cap white, punctuated with magenta-violet pollinia; substance firm; texture matte; commended for exceptional size. Exhibitor: Huntington Botanical Gardens |