The AOS judges were busy at the CNYOS Show last weekend! Four plants were given awards (some provisional awaiting proper identification), quite a few were pulled for judging that were very nice but didn't ultimately receive an AOS award. The first to receive an award was a very large plant of Dendrobium fairchildiae, which I believe received an AM of 80 pts. The plant is owned by Jim Marlow. Next a Trias disciflora was recognized by the judges and received a CHM. CNYOS Club President Tom Daily is the owner of this plant. A huge specimen of paph bellatulum owned by Joe Kunisch of Bloomfield Orchids won an HCC, and last but not least CNYOS Club member Donna Coleman's Doritaenopsis Fangtastic Mariana Myers 'Sweetheart', received a JC from the judges. JC stands for 'Judges Commendation', or recognition that this plant has something special, even though it wasn't given a formal AOS award. Usually this means "We really like it and don't care that it doesn't match awards qualifications!"
these flowers were very difficult to get good images from. very pale pink markings and tight flower preventing a lot of light from showing the internal detail
this species hasn't been seen in judging yet, and was thought to be attractive enough to warrant receiving a CHM rather than a CBR. If it were new but not very attractive in some form or another, it would only have received a CBR (Certificate of Botanical Recognition).
this bellatulum was huge in comparison to many on the awards list; there were other plants with larger flowers, but often they had uneven or less attractive sepals and petals
the judges appreciated the fact that this particular clone of this hybrid, had very even spotting over the midrib section of each petal and sepal. usually they are not evenly distributed, and had this plant been blooming on an initial spike (not a quaternary one) and had a smooth flow to the flowering sequence it would have received a formal award.
I'll have more details as they are available
these flowers were very difficult to get good images from. very pale pink markings and tight flower preventing a lot of light from showing the internal detail
this species hasn't been seen in judging yet, and was thought to be attractive enough to warrant receiving a CHM rather than a CBR. If it were new but not very attractive in some form or another, it would only have received a CBR (Certificate of Botanical Recognition).
this bellatulum was huge in comparison to many on the awards list; there were other plants with larger flowers, but often they had uneven or less attractive sepals and petals
the judges appreciated the fact that this particular clone of this hybrid, had very even spotting over the midrib section of each petal and sepal. usually they are not evenly distributed, and had this plant been blooming on an initial spike (not a quaternary one) and had a smooth flow to the flowering sequence it would have received a formal award.
I'll have more details as they are available
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