I finally had time and energy to edit and upload the AOS awards images and plant images so everyone here could check them out (and I have to get the awards images to the judging center so they can forward them on...)
*note these aren't the official awards images but whole plant images of the aos awarded plants
This year's show was very nice. It's a small show so not lots of displays and all but very nice what's there. This year we had 4 AOS flower awards. We alternate years giving away the Orchids Digest trophy and the AOS trophy for best display in show, and the AOS requires that we take an official awards image every year but it's not a flower so....
Paphiopedilum Harold Koopowitz 'Piping Rock's Sixth' AM/AOS 82 pts
Paphiopedilum charlesworthii 'Haley Suzanne' AM/AOS 82 pts. These flowers the dorsal sepals were even darker and less white, but my camera doesn't do well getting the saturation of pink/red/blue flowers
Paphiopedilum Virgo 'Piping Rock' HCC/AOS 79 pts
Paphiopedilum helenae 'Haley Suzanne' AM/AOS 81 pts
Flower on right was still opening so the one on left was awarded flower. Glen was telling us that when Holger Perner saw this plant in flower he stated 'it's the best helenae i've ever seen'. There were other helenaes in the show, and this one the dorsal sepal was more yellow, the others more greenish yellow
*note these aren't the official awards images but whole plant images of the aos awarded plants
This year's show was very nice. It's a small show so not lots of displays and all but very nice what's there. This year we had 4 AOS flower awards. We alternate years giving away the Orchids Digest trophy and the AOS trophy for best display in show, and the AOS requires that we take an official awards image every year but it's not a flower so....
Paphiopedilum Harold Koopowitz 'Piping Rock's Sixth' AM/AOS 82 pts
Paphiopedilum charlesworthii 'Haley Suzanne' AM/AOS 82 pts. These flowers the dorsal sepals were even darker and less white, but my camera doesn't do well getting the saturation of pink/red/blue flowers
Paphiopedilum Virgo 'Piping Rock' HCC/AOS 79 pts
Paphiopedilum helenae 'Haley Suzanne' AM/AOS 81 pts
Flower on right was still opening so the one on left was awarded flower. Glen was telling us that when Holger Perner saw this plant in flower he stated 'it's the best helenae i've ever seen'. There were other helenaes in the show, and this one the dorsal sepal was more yellow, the others more greenish yellow
