American Orchid Society

Rocky Mountain Regional Judging Center



Recent Awards: April 17, 1999


The following are pictures of awards given on April 17, 1999 at the Utah Orchid Society Show, Salt Lake City, Utah. They are published in this forum for information only to encourage judging participation and provide education of hybridizing trends and recognition of quality hybrids and species. All awards are provisional until published in the AOS Awards Quarterly and this information should be treated as preliminary.

 

Gastrochilus bellinus 'Tiger Lips' CCM/AOS 85pts
(species)
NS Horz: 2.1 cm NS Vert: 1.8 cm DS W: 0.5 cm DS L: 1.1 cm
P W: 0.4 cm P L: 0.9 cm LS W: 0.5 cm LS L: 1.0 cm Lip W: 0.9 cm Lip L: 1.6 cm
A robust, 40 cm wide x 30 cm high plant, well-displayed on a cork mount; foliage in good condition; thirty-six flowers on ten inflorescences; sepals and petals greenish yellow, spotted brown; lip white, distal 1/2 hairy, centrally golden yellow, spotted red, throat golden yellow; substance hard; texture matte.

Exhibitor: Barry C. Cole, Sandy, Utah


Oncidium croesus 'Midas Touch' AM/AOS 82pts
(species)
NS Horz:2.8 cm NS Vert: 4.3 cm DS W: 0.4 cm DS L: 1.8 cm
P W: 0.6 cm P L: 1.7 cm LS W: 0.5 cm LS L: 2.3 cm Lip W: 1.6 cm Lip L: 1.4 cm
Fifty-eight flowers on fourteen inflorescences; sepals and petals, slightly reflexed, yellow-green, overlaid with chestnut brown, overlay heavier proximally; lip, round, flat, three-lobed, vivid canary yellow, centrally deep mahogany and fimbriated, calli dusted white, column canary yellow, toothed; substance good; texture matte.

Exhibitor: Barry C. Cole, Sandy, Utah


Rothara Koolau Starbright 'Kippy' HCC/AOS 76pts
(Bepi. Phoenix x Slc Kauai Starbright)
NS Horz: 8.0 cm NS Vert: 7.7 cm DS W: 1.0 cm DS L: 4.6 cm
P W: 1.1 cm P L: 4.3 cm LS W: 1.2 cm LS L: 4.4 cm Lip W: 2.5 cm Lip L: 3.9 cm
Seven large, star-shaped, flat flowers and three buds well-arranged on one upright inflorescence; sepals and petals yellow dusted rose; lip yellow veined red apically, throat spotted maroon; substance good; texture sparkling.

Exhibitor: Harold V. Liddle, M.D., Salt Lake City, Utah




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