| National Capital Paphiopedilum Forum 2008 |
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. |
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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. |
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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