National Capital Judging Center
May 2008
    Rodrumnia Orchidom Valentine ‘Charlotte’; AM/80pts.

    Parentage: (Rrm. Orchidom Red Love x Tolumnia Aleka)

    Exhibited by William H. Savage; Alexandria, VA.

    Description:  Twelve brilliantly colored full-formed flowers
    and thirteen buds crowded on the end of two 37cm
    inflorescences; sepals and petals yellow heavily overlaid
    reddish mahogany; lip midlobe burnt orange overlaid
    marginally with rosy red blotches; side lobes reddish
    mahogany with paler margin; prominent column bright yellow;
    substance medium firm; texture satiny.

    Dimensions in centimeters:  Natural Spread:  3; Vertical:  3.8;
    Dorsal Sepal Width:  0.5; Dorsal Sepal Length:  1.1; Petal
    Width:  1.2; Petal Length:  1.2; Lateral Sepal Width:  0.90;
    Lat. Sepal Length:  1.1; Lip Width:  3; Lip Length:  2.3.
    Rodrumnia Orchidom Valentine ‘’; Award of Quality.

    Parentage: (Rrm. Red Love 'Pedregal' HCC/ x Tolumnia Aleka
    'Peaches' HCC/A)

    Exhibited by William H. Savage; Alexandria, VA.

    Description:  A group of thirteen plants exhibiting striking
    uniformity of excellent form and intense rich red coloration
    contrasting with bright yellow column wings; two plants of the
    strain were previously awarded and two of the exhibited group
    received quality awards at this session.
    Rodricidium Orchidom Valentine ‘Will’; HCC/76pts.;

    Parentage: (Rrm. Orchidom Red Love x Tolumnia Aleka);
    exhibited by William H. Savage; Alexandria, VA.

    Description:  Thirty-five flowers and one bud on five
    inflorescences; sepals brick red tipped yellow; petals yellow
    overlaid centrally and blotched marginally with brick red and
    tipped yellow; broadly fan shaped lip brick red with darker
    veins with central notch; callus and surrounding halo yellow
    speckled cinnamon; lip side lobes dark brick red; column bright
    yellow; substance medium firm; texture satiny.

    Dimensions in centimeters:  Natural Spread:  2.8; Vertical:  
    3.6; Dorsal Sepal Width:  0.40; Dorsal Sepal Length:  1; Petal
    Width:  0.80; Petal Length:  1.4; Lateral Sepal Width:  0.5; Lat.
    Sepal Length:  1.3; Lip Width:  2.8; Lip Length:  2.3
AOS Photos By James Osen
    Cattleya shilleriana ‘Memoria Elmie McBride’; AM/85pts.

    Parentage: (sp. x ); exhibited by  The Little Greenhouse;
    Baltimore, MD.

    Description:  A dramatic orb-like display of eleven flowers and
    no buds on one well held inflorescence; sepals and petals
    greenish brown overlaid with mahogany spots; convex rolled lip
    white with fuchsia veins; midlobe yellow at base; substance very
    heavy; texture waxy.

    Dimensions in centimeters:  Natural Spread:  10; Vertical:  10;
    Dorsal Sepal Width:  2.3; Dorsal Sepal Length:  6.1; Petal
    Width:  2.2; Petal Length:  5.6; Lateral Sepal Width:  2.3; Lat.
    Sepal Length:  5.5; Lip Width:  5; Lip Length:  6.0
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