National Capital Paphiopedilum Forum
2008
    Paphiopedilum Franz Glanz ‘Monarch’; HCC/77pts.
    Parentage: (emersonii x armeniacum)
    Exhibited by  Marriott Orchids; Greensboro, NC.

    Description:  One bright canary yellow flower on a 25cm
    inflorescence; Sepals and petals concolor canary yellow; pouch
    canary yellow spotted maroon internally; staminode rich canary
    yellow brushed maroon and faint maroon speckles surrounding
    base; substance medium; texture of sepals and petals velvety, pouch
    matte.
    Dimensions in centimeters:  Natural Spread:  12.1; Vertical:  
    10.30; Dorsal Sepal Width:  4; Dorsal Sepal Length:  5.5; Petal
    Width:  5.5; Petal Length:  6.5; Lateral Sepal Width:  0; Lat. Sepal
    Length:  0; Lip Width:  0; Lip Length:  0; Synsepal Width:  3.5;
    Synsepal Length:  4.5; Pouch Width:  4.400; Pouch Length:  5.5.
    Phragmipedium Fritz Schoenberg ‘Katherine’; HCC/79pts.  
    Parentage: (kovachii x besseae)
    Exhibited by HP Orchidview; Moncks Corner, SC.

    Description:  One flower and two buds on a 44cm inflorescence;
    dorsal sepal salmon, slightly pinched; synsepal pale salmon; broad,
    flat, salmon colored petals slightly downcurved and with pronounced
    midrib; pouch canary yellow heavily overlaid with salmon and hirsute
    centrally; staminode canary; substance soft; texture velvety with
    diamond dust and sparse minute light brown spots.

    Dimensions in centimeters:  Natural Spread:  12; Vertical:  
    9.900; Dorsal Sepal Width:  2; Dorsal Sepal Length:  5.600; Petal
    Width:  4.400; Petal Length:  6.298; Lateral Sepal Width:  0; Lat.
    Sepal Length:  0; Lip Width:  0; Lip Length:  0; Synsepal Width:  4;
    Synsepal Length:  5; Pouch Width:  2.800; Pouch Length:  4.5.
    Phragmipedium Fritz Schonburg ‘Carol’; AM/81pts.
    Parentage: (kovachii x besseae)
    Exhibited by HP Orchidview; Moncks Corner, SC.

    Description:  One full flat flower and two buds on one inflorescence; dorsal sepal
    and petals coral; synsepal greensih yellow edged coral; pouch lemon yellow heavily
    blushed coral and veined deep coral and dimpled on sides; substance firm; texture
    matte with sparse fine light brown spots.

    Dimensions in centimeters:  Natural Spread:  12; Vertical:  8.900; Dorsal Sepal
    Width:  2.899; Dorsal Sepal Length:  4.900; Petal Width:  4.200; Petal Length:  
    6.298; Lateral Sepal Width:  0; Lat. Sepal Length:  0; Lip Width:  0; Lip Length:  0;
    Synsepal Width:  3; Synsepal Length:  4.400; Pouch Width:  2.700; Pouch Length:  
    4.5.        
Dendrobium chrysopterum ‘Black's Halloween Candy’; CCM/83pts.
Parentage: (sp. x )
Exhibited by Allen Black; Richmond, VA.

Description:  
A striking display of hree Hundred sixty-four vibrantly colored flowers and 92 buds
on 92 inflorescences with from two to six flowers per inflorescnece; dorsal sepal and petals bright
yellow; lateral sepals fused to sip spur, bright yellow on upper margin and bright orange below;
saccate lip bright orange; anther cam bright green; substance firm; texture waxy.

Dimensions in centimeters:  Natural Spread:  3.5; Vertical:  4; Dorsal Sepal Width:  0.8000;
Dorsal Sepal Length:  1.2; Petal Width:  0.5; Petal Length:  1.3; Lateral Sepal Width:  1.600; Lat.
Sepal Length:  3; Lip Width:  1; Lip Length:  2.200; Synsepal Width:  0; Synsepal Length:  0;
Pouch Width:  0; Pouch Length:  0.
Paphiopedilum Sowbird ‘Opalescense’; CCM/82pts.
Parentage: (Jack Tonkin x Diversion)
Exhibited by Nancy K. Mountford; Lusby, MD.

Description:  
Nine flowers and eight buds on twelve inflorescences unevenly distributed on an
27 growth plant grown in an eight inch plastic bulb pan; dorsal depal white slightly suffused
yellow-green basally; cupped synsepal white; rolled and undulated petals white overlaid light pink
with yellow-green suffusion centrally; more pronounced at petal base; pouch wit overlaid light
pink; substance firm; texture waxy.

Dimensions in centimeters:  Natural Spread:  10; Vertical:  9; Dorsal Sepal Width:  6.5;
Dorsal Sepal Length:  5.200; Petal Width:  3.5; Petal Length:  5.798; Lateral Sepal Width:  0;
Lat. Sepal Length:  0; Lip Width:  0; Lip Length:  0; Synsepal Width:  4.798; Synsepal Length:  
4.400; Pouch Width:  2.5; Pouch Length:  4.096.        
Paphiopedilum wardii ‘Virens’; AM/80pts.
Parentage: (sp. x )
Exhibited by Nancy Mountford; Lusby, MD.

Description:  
One flower on one inflorescence; dorsal sepal and synsepal white overlaid with
prominent dark green longitudinal stripes; petals base color light green darker on upper half with
longitudinal darker green stripes; pouch light green reticulated with darker green veins; synsepal
similar to dorsal sepal; substance medium; texture semi-gloss.

Dimensions in centimeters:  Natural Spread:  10; Vertical:  9; Dorsal Sepal Width:  3.600;
Dorsal Sepal Length:  4.900; Petal Width:  1.600; Petal Length:  6.100; Lateral Sepal Width:  0;
Lat. Sepal Length:  0; Lip Width:  0; Lip Length:  0; Synsepal Width:  2.200; Synsepal Length:  
3.899; Pouch Width:  2.5; Pouch Length:  4.5.
Dendrobium Yellow Chinsai ‘Little Joe’; CCE/93pts.
Parentage: (Chinsai x aureum)
Exhibited by Allen Black; Richmond, VA.

Description:  
A brilliant yellow display of approximately 2300 flowers and 600 inflorescneces
densely and beautifully displayed on an 86cm by 86cm cascading bouquet with nearly every
cane in flower grown in a six inch clay pot; only few clean leaves; star-shaped flowers lemon
yellow with deeper yellow lip and orange keels; substance medium; texture waxy; density of
flowers precluded accurate flower count.

Dimensions in centimeters:  Natural Spread:  6; Vertical:  6; Dorsal Sepal Width:  1; Dorsal
Sepal Length:  3.899; Petal Width:  1.3; Petal Length:  3.700; Lateral Sepal Width:  0.9000;
Lat. Sepal Length:  3.800; Lip Width:  1.3; Lip Length:  3; Synsepal Width:  0; Synsepal
Length:  0; Pouch Width:  0; Pouch Length:  0.
Paphiopedilum Jenna Marie ‘Sparkle’; AM/80pts.
Parentage: (Bright Raven x Keyeshill)
Exhibited by Nancy Mountford; Lusby, MD.

Description:  
One full flower on a sturdy seventeen cm inflorescence; well formed dorsal sepal
white with ox blood spots radiating from central base point; synsepal chartreuse with burgundy
striations; petals yellow-green heavily overlaid mahogany; pouch hellow heavily overlaid
mahogany and densely spotted mahogany on interior; staminode yellow; substance very firm;
texture glossy.

Dimensions in centimeters:  Natural Spread:  12.30; Vertical:  10.30; Dorsal Sepal Width:  
10.70; Dorsal Sepal Length:  7.298; Petal Width:  5.900; Petal Length:  6.600; Lateral Sepal
Width:  0; Lat. Sepal Length:  0; Lip Width:  0; Lip Length:  0; Synsepal Width:  7.5; Synsepal
Length:  6.5; Pouch Width:  3.700; Pouch Length:  6.
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