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    Cattleya amethystoglossa, HCC, 77

    Clone:  Odom’s Orchid #12

    Parentage: species

    Exhibited by:   Plato Mathews

    Description:  
    Eight flowers on one inflorescence; sepal and petals lavender
    pink spotted dark purple; lip birth purple; substance heavy;
    texture waxy.

    Dimensions in centimeters:                  Horz.                Vert.
    Natural Spread:                                        9.7                   10.2
    Dorsal Sepal:                                            2.6                     6.2
    Petal:                                                        3.5                     6.6
    Lateral Sepal (Syn):                                  2.4                     5.2
    Lip (Pouch):                                             3.1                     3.9

       Cattleya digbyana, AM, 82

    Clone: Winter Beauty

    Parentage: species

    Exhibited by:   Plato Mathews

    Description:  
    One mature and one immature well-formed bright green flowers on one
    inflorescence; sepals and petals bright clear green; heavily fimbriated
    green lip, darker basally fading to pale cream green marginally;
    substance firm; texture waxy.  Plant noted for lack of anthocyanins in
    foliage and flowers.

    Dimensions in centimeters:                  Horz.                Vert.
    Natural Spread:                                        14.0                  14.5
    Dorsal Sepal:                                             2.4                     8.6
    Petal:                                                         2.6                     8.0
    Lateral Sepal (Syn):                                   2.4                     7.0
    Lip (Pouch):                                              7.0                     7.5
    Cattleya lueddemanniana fma alba, HCC, 79

    Clone:  Odom’s Orchids #2

    Parentage:  species

    Exhibited by:  Plato Mathews

    Description:  
    Two flowers nodding on one inflorescence; sepals and petals
    translucent, crystalline white; lip translucent crystalline white, pale cream-
    yellow suffusion in throat; column white, green at base; substance
    medium firm; texture diamond dust.

    Dimensions in centimeters:                  Horz.                Vert.
    Natural Spread:                                        13.5                  17.5
    Dorsal Sepal:                                              2.7                  10.0
    Petal:                                                          6.7                    9.9        
    Lateral Sepal (Syn):                                     2.7                   8.7
    Lip (Pouch):                                                5.0                   9.0

    Cattleya lueddemanniana fma coerulea, HCC, 78

    Clone:  Orchid Alley

    Parentage: species

    Exhibited by:   Plato Mathews

    Description:  
    Two nicely formed coerulea flowers on one inflorescence; sepal and
    petals chalk white; lip white with pale violet on outer portion radiating
    basally, prominent yellow eyes; substance medium firm; texture
    crystalline.

    Dimensions in centimeters:                  Horz.                Vert.
    Natural Spread:                                        15.0                   15.5
    Dorsal Sepal:                                             2.5                      9.0
    Petal:                                                         6.7                      9.9
    Lateral Sepal (Syn):                                   2.5                      8.1

    Paph. Hisae Royal Duck, AM, 85

    Clone:  Not given at time of judging

    Parentage:  Bel Royal x adductum

    Exhibited by:   Gordon Slaymaker

    Description:  
    Four dramatic beautifully-colored flowers well-arranged on one 55 cm
    inflorescence; large and flat dorsal sepal yellow-brown heavily overlaid
    with dark mahogany venation which coalesced to almost solid
    coloration on basal half; graceful pendant arched petals yellow overlaid
    with mahogany stippling merging to venation; pouch yellow overlaid
    with tessellated tannish brown; substance good; texture waxy.

    Dimensions in centimeters:                  Horz.                Vert.
    Natural Spread:                                        12.6                  18.3
    Dorsal Sepal:                                              5.1                    6.2
    Petal:                                                           1.1                  15.5
    Lateral Sepal (Syn):                                     3.9                    5.9
    Lip (Pouch):                                                2.1                     5.7
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Cattleya leuddemanniana - Standard color form
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