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Potinara DiCiommo's Rainbow ‘Waiomao Satin’; HCC/75pts. Parentage: (Pot. Lemon Tree x Blc Oconee) Exhibited by Tom Mirenda; Fairfax, VA. Description: Five strikingly colorful flowers and one bud on three inflorescences; dorsal sepal and petals peach overlaid lavender centrally; ruffled lip base cream overlaid peach; sidelobes yellow; dark fuchsia anther cap; column white; substance medium firm; texture crystalline. Dimensions in centimeters: Natural Spread: 11.2; Vertical: 11.2; Dorsal Sepal Width: 2.3; Dorsal Sepal Length: 6.60; Petal Width: 5.5; Petal Length: 6.2; Lateral Sepal Width: 2.2; Lat. Sepal Length: 6.5; Lip Width: 4.7; Lip Length: 5.9; Synsepal Width: 0; Synsepal Length: 0; Pouch Width: 0; Pouch Length: 0. |
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Award Photos by James Osen
Web Photos by Jim Winner
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Phalaenopsis hieroglyphica ‘Valentine's Gift’; HCC/79pts. Parentage: (sp x ) Exhibited by Tom Mirenda; Fairfax, VA. Description: Fifteen large slightly cupped flowers on eight inflorescences with seven additional developing spikes; sepals and petals pale buff yellow overlaid with raspberry hieroglyphs completely from distal to proximal portions; three-lobed lip white suffused raspberry, mid lobe convex and protruding bearing dense pale raspberry pubescence, side lobes upright meeting in center to form bright orange arch above entrance for pollinator, column white; substance firm; texture waxy. Dimensions in centimeters: Natural Spread: 5.5; Vertical: 6.2; Dorsal Sepal Width: 1.5; Dorsal Sepal Length: 3.3; Petal Width: 1.5; Petal Length: 3.3; Lateral Sepal Width: 1.9; Lat. Sepal Length: 3.8; Lip Width: 0.80; Lip Length: 2.6; Synsepal Width: 0; Synsepal Length: 0; Pouch Width: 0; Pouch Length: 0 |
Blc Ruby Suisse ‘Kate’; AM/80pts. Parentage: (C. Chocolate Drop x Blc. Owen Holmes) Exhibited by Claire & Roger Cole; Queen Anne, MD. Description: Eleven flowers compactly arranged on one inflorescence; sepals and petals intense burgundy and minimal yellow at base; midlobe of lip darker burgundy; interior of side lobes golden yellow tipped burgundy; substance very heavy; texture satiny. Dimensions in centimeters: Natural Spread: 8.8; Vertical: 8.8; Dorsal Sepal Width: 2.1; Dorsal Sepal Length: 6.5; Petal Width: 3.7; Petal Length: 5.5; Lateral Sepal Width: 1.9; Lat. Sepal Length: 6; Lip Width: 3.3; Lip Length: 5; Synsepal Width: 0; Synsepal Length: 0; Pouch Width: 0; Pouch Length: 0 |
Aerides quinquevulnera ‘Rona’; AM/83pts. Parentage: ( x ) Exhibited by Harold and Rona Goldstein; Elverson, PA. Description: One hundred fifteen fragrant intensely colored flowers and five buds on three sharply pendant, loosely spiraled inflorescences; sepals and petals brilliant white stippled magenta and tipped intense magenta; lip midlobe intense magenta, sidelobes pale green with magenta stipples coalescing at apex of lip; column white; substance firm; texture waxy.
Sepal Width: 0.58; Dorsal Sepal Length: 1; Petal Width: 0.7; Petal Length: 0.90; Lateral Sepal Width: 0.90; Lat. Sepal Length: 1.1; Lip Width: 0.80; Lip Length: 1.4; Synsepal Width: 0; Synsepal Length: 0; Pouch Width: 0; Pouch Length: 0 |
Nominated for a the Award of Distinction for a new direction in breeding! |
