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Below is the text of an article
written for the November, 2000 issue of the AOS Bulletin incorrectly
referred to as Orchids, the magazine of the American Orchid Society, and
updated in January 2001.
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Breeding trends in red Phalaenopsis
The
incomparable Phalaenopsis Brother Purple
The history of
Phalaenopsis hybridizing has seen many important stud plants in its
hundred-plus year history. But there has never been a plant that caused
such excitement and revolutionized breeding to such an extent in as short
a time as Phalaenopsis Brother Purple (Golden Peoker x Brother Glamour).
The hybrid was made by Mr. Yung Yu Lin of Brother Orchid Nursery in
Taichung, Taiwan and registered in 1995. It has produced more offspring
that received AOS awards in a shorter period of time than other plant in
orchid history. In a period of approximately 16 months, Phal. Brother
Purple was the parent of plants that received approximately 40 AOS awards.
Novelty or
non-standard Phalaenopsis* breeding on any kind of scale is relatively
recent. Although a few "non-standard" crosses had been made
regularly over the years, yellow and red breeding only began in earnest
about 40 years ago when the late Lewis Vaughn crossed Phal. Doris and
Phal. mannii to produce Phal. Golden Louis. Yellow breeding is now fairly
stable and new yellow hybrids, both clear and red-marked, are readily
available. But red breeding has never been easy. Due to problems with
fertility, flower size and low flower count, a relatively small number of
flasks of red expectancy seedlings were ever available. Phal. Golden
Buddha was one of the first really fertile and readily available red
Phalaenopsis.
*As a rule, large
whites, pinks, candy stripes and French spots are considered standards.
Most people would now probably include multi/miniflora Phalaenopsis (or at
least the smaller flowered versions of the previously enumerated
standards) as standards as well.
The original
cross of Phal. Golden Buddha (Cher Ann ‘Lista’, HCC/AOS x Spica ‘Florence’,
AM/AOS) was made by Peter Lista and registered by him in 1977. Because of
Mr. Lista’s limited growing space and Stewart’s Orchids’ need for
Phalaenopsis, there was an arrangement whereby he sent seedpods to Stewart’s
and received seedlings in return. So Stewart’s Orchids offered
first-generation seedlings of Phal. Golden Buddha on a large scale. Then
selective breeding began. Sib crosses were made by many hybridizers and,
now, several generations later, many exceptional clones are available and
being used in breeding. Six clones received AOS awards. Phal. Golden
Buddha has been used to produce about 250 hybrids, resulting in many
outstanding offspring. Phal. Cordova is probably its most well-known red
offspring but the fertility of this offspring is nowhere near the
fertility of the parent, Phal. Golden Buddha.
Now, in just a
couple of years, Phal. Brother Purple has revolutionized red Phalaenopsis
breeding. It is very fertile, passes on good flower count, great color,
fine shape as well as its exceptional fertility. An added
"bonus" is the fact that both Phal. Brother Purple and its
offspring tend to bloom on relatively small plants.
In 1995, I first
saw a flower of Phal. Brother Purple on the breeding bench at Brother
Orchid Nursery in Taiwan. It was my second trip to Taiwan and I did a lot
of observing, asking very few questions. I saw the flower at the end of
the day after it had been taken from the plant and the pollen used to make
a hybrid. I knew then that I wanted (actually had to have) the progeny
that would result. But where did Phal. Brother Purple come from? What is
it that accounts for its amazing capacity to produce outstanding progeny?
As stated above,
Phal. Brother Purple is a cross of Phal. Golden Peoker and Phal. Brother
Glamour. Looking at the parentage of the plant, we can see the following
statistical breakdown:
34 % white (aphrodite,
amabilis, rimestadiana)
19 % gigantea
16 % fasciata
14 % lueddemanniana
6 % amboinensis
5 % violacea
6 % - sumatrana, equestris, stuartiana, schilleriana, sanderiana
N.B. Any
geneticist will tell you that statistical analyses may be interesting but
they do not necessarily prove anything because we cannot tell how much any
plant (or human, for that matter) inherits from any given ancestor without
a DNA analysis.
A look at the
parents
In 1983, Phal.
Golden Peoker was registered by Brother Orchid Nursery as a hybrid between
Phal. Misty Green (Bamboo Baby x Barbara Moler) and Phal. Liu Tuen-Shen
(Golden Sands x gigantea). Two of the four grandparents had received a
coveted First Class Certificate from the American Orchid Society (Phal.
Golden Sands ‘Canary’, FCC/AOS and Phal. Bamboo Baby ‘Coqui’,
FCC/AOS) and a third (Phal. Barbara Moler) has several awarded cultivars.
With a pedigree like this, high expectations were held for this cross.
Although many cultivars of Phal. Golden Peoker have a distinct yellow base
color, the clone chosen as the standard bearer of Brother Orchid Nursery
has a white base colour with heavy fuchsia spotting and particularly round
petals and is, when adult, quite floriferous. This ‘Brother’ clone was
meristemmed beginning many years ago and is probably the most widely
distributed offspring of Phal. Liu Tuen-Shen in the world. In 1991, Phal.
Golden Peoker ‘Brother’ received an AM of 81 points when exhibited in
Puerto Rico.
The other parent
of Phal. Brother Purple, Phal. Brother Glamour was registered in 1992,
also by Brother Orchid Nursery, as a hybrid between Phal. Paifang’s
Queen (Mount Kaala x lueddemanniana) and Phal. Hualien Glamour (Liu
Tuen-Shen x Tainan’s Golden Stars). Phal. Paifang’s Queen is a very
colorful flower and is the basis for the Taiwanese pattern of spotting and
blotching. It was the result of crossing a large white flower and an
intensely colored species. The result was a reasonably sized, intensely
colored flower: however, the inflorescences are somewhat long and sparsely
flowered and the flowers recurved in much the same way as the Phal.
lueddemanniana parent. This hybrid is similar in breeding to Phal.
Carnival (White Medallion x lueddemanniana), a hybrid made in North
America in 1969 and now known mainly for two of its offspring, Phal.
Red-Hot Chili and Phal. Carnival Queen. In the US, many hybridizers were
reluctant to use Phal. Carnival and its offspring because of its recurved
form. However, in Taiwan, Phal. Paifang’s Queen was used extensively
despite recurving because of its intense color. This is due to a
significant difference in culture. The color red has the meaning of
success and good fortune in the Chinese culture and, therefore, red
flowers are easily sold despite what may be considered less than perfect
form.
The other parent
of Phal. Brother Glamour, Phal. Hualien Glamour, is virtually unknown in
North America: however, three of its four grandparents have received FCCs
(Phal. Golden Sands ‘Canary’, FCC/AOS twice and Phal. George Vasquez
‘Eureka’, FCC/AOS) and the fourth is the species, Phal. gigantea. The
most important clone of Phal. Brother Purple for hybridizing was the ‘Brother’
clone, although one hybrid was made with the ‘Lung Ching’ clone [Phal.
Brother Pecan (Brother Purple ‘Lung Ching’ x Cassandra)].
The first Phal.
Brother Purple hybrid to reach the judging tables was Phal. Brother
Supersonic (x Phal. Sara Lee ‘Eye Dee’). The clone ‘Kathy’s Beau’
was given an Award of Merit on January 28, 1998 with four ruby red flowers
and four buds on one branched inflorescence. In general, this hybrid
produced a great deal of variation ranging from spotted flowers over
yellow or white to solid red flowers. Needless to say, it is usually the
solid (or near-solid) red flowers that are remarked by the AOS judges and
subsequently awarded. To date, there are about a dozen AOS awards to this
grex as well as an Award of Quality. (A list of all awarded clones of
Phal. Brother Purple hybrids at the time this article was written can be
found below.)
It should be pointed out that the overall quality of this cross is very
high and a large number of the plants show exceptional promise. In
addition to great color, the flowers tend to be flat with near-perfect
shingling. As well, it is very fertile so we can expect to see many
hybrids from it.
Different
hybridizers have chosen to follow different paths with Phal. Brother
Supersonic, as with all Phal Brother Purple progeny. The most important
point to note for hybridizers is the fact that Brother Orchid Nursery has
bred Phal. Brother Purple offspring to plants that do not have Phal.
Brother Purple in their pedigree. In other words, the Phal. Brother Purple
offspring have always been outcrossed in Taiwan. Some hybridizers are
doubling up (i.e. linebreeding) on Phal. Brother Purple, breeding one
Phal. Brother Purple hybrid to another. Does Mr. Lin of Brother Orchid
Nursery know something that North American breeders do not or is he just
attempting to produce something totally different? Once all these
seedlings start to bloom, we will all know the answer.
The next hybrid
of Phal. Brother Purple to receive an AOS award was Phal. Brother Precious
Stones (x Phal. Brother Fancy). The original hybrid was made with Phal.
Brother Fancy ‘Lung Ching’. About six months later, the hybrid was
remade using a different clone of Brother Fancy (‘B#250’) but this
remake did not receive the same wide distribution in North America as the
original cross. Almost all of the AOS-awarded progeny are from the
original cross.
On February 12th,
1998, at the Coral Gables Orchid Society Show, Phal. Brother Precious
Stones received its first award. The clone ‘Sedona’s Emperor’
received an AM of 81 points. On March 10, 1998 at the Miami Judging
Centre, another five additional clones of Phal. Brother Precious Stones
were awarded.
Some people
believe that Phal. Brother Precious Stones is the best red hybrid ever
made. In addition to being remade using Phal. Brother Fancy ‘Ping Tong’,
AM/AOS, Phal. Brother Precious Stones has been bred to all kinds of reds
and pinks, large and small. There has also been some linebreeding on Phal.
Brother Purple and at least one cross where Phal. Brother Precious Stones
was bred back to its parent, Phal. Brother Fancy.
Another important
hybrid is Phal. Brother Oconee (x Phal. Carmela’s Pixie ‘Lung Ching’),
which has been remade twice. This hybrid frequently blooms while still in
community pot, producing deep dark purple flowers with a satiny sheen.
Because of the size and floriferousness of this cross, it may be a new
route on the road to the breeding of red multifloras.
Many plants of
the hybrid Dtps. Brother Turkey (x Dtps. Ton Jy Pecan ‘Ho’) appear
somewhat similar to a standard pink. This is not surprising considering
that Dtps. Happy Valentine is a parent of Dtps. Ton Jy Pecan. The awarded
clones have iridescent pinkish purple, intense fuchsia or dark magenta
flowers that are almost 3½" across. Inflorescences can be branched,
even on first-bloom seedlings. Within a one-week period in 1999, three
clones of this hybrid each received Awards of Merit.
Another hybrid,
Phal. Brother Pirate King (x Phal. Fortune Buddha ‘Tinny’) is one
of the first times that Phal. Brother Purple was bred to a yellow flower.
The results were quite variable. The ‘Pecas’ clone (HCC – 78 points,
March 17, 1999, Puerto Rico Show) had flowers that were yellow-green
overlaid with concentric spots while many other clones appear solid
burgundy or cordovan.
Everybody has a
favorite hybrid. Of all the Phal. Brother Purple offspring seen to date,
my favorite is Phal. Brother Sally Taylor (x Phal. Super Stupid
‘Brother’). The first awarded clone, ‘Crownfox’ received an
HCC of 78 points on March 27th, 1999 in West Palm Beach with 10
flowers and 6 buds on 3 inflorescences. The flowers were white overlaid
with intense red-purple, appearing almost solid. Phal. Brother Sally
Taylor can be quite variable ranging from a yellow to cream base color
overlaid with varying amounts of red, often with a striking picotee.
There are now a total of 3 awarded clones.
Max Thompson, an
accredited AOS judge and chairman of the Great Plains Judging Centre, was
lucky when he purchased a flask of Dtps.
Brother Wedding Waltz (x Dtps. Taisuco Love ‘B#10’). Not only did
he receive 3 AOS awards on individual plants of the hybrid but he also
exhibited 12 plants of this hybrid and was awarded a coveted Award of
Quality, which is given to both the exhibitor and the breeder, Brother
Orchid Nursery.
Dtps. Brother Tom Walsh (x
Dtps. Brother Julius ‘Lung Ching’) is another outstanding hybrid of
Phal. Brother Purple. Dtps. Brother Julius is a hybrid between Dtps. Okay
Seven and Phal. Carmela’s Pixie. The flowers of Dtps. Brother Julius are
generally on the small side (6-7 cm) but can make up for it by
exceptionally deep colour, as is the case with the ‘Lung Ching’ clone.
Dtps. Brother Tom Walsh ‘Bronstein-Walsh’ clone received an AM of 80
points on May 1st, 1999 and was the first awarded plant of this
grex. It had flowers that were 9.5 cm x 9.4 cm natural spread. Considering
the pedigree, this is huge and is in fact one of the largest awarded
hybrid of Phal. Brother Purple to date. The colour was described as
stunning, intense fuchsia overlaid on soft pink. In this grex, many plants
have flowers best described as irridescent, fluorescent and/or brilliant.
This will be another important parent in further hybridizing. In time, it
is probable that it too will receive an Award of Quality, which has
already been attempted but the plants were deemed too young.
One as yet
unnamed grex and one (believed to be) unshown may prove to be as good or
better than those we have seen for consistency and overall quality. The
hybrid Phal. Queen Spot ‘B#1’ x Phal. Brother Purple has
flowers that are usually solid, relatively large and range in color from
orange to red to red purple. No plants of this hybrid has yet been awarded
but it should prove itself in the relatively near future. The other hybrid Dtps. Sinica Knight x
Phal. Brother Purple, now named Dtps. Brother Cortez Red, is
striking. The flowers are large, relatively flat, intensely colored and
well shingled. At least one has recently been awarded.
Phal. Brother Purple has made quite a splash. Once it
had proved itself as a top-quality parent in its first few hybrids, Phal.
Brother Purple seems now to have been bred to almost anything that was in
bloom. The true measure of a stud plant can only be taken when many
hybrids to different types of flowers have been made. Because of the
number of hybrids in the works, the true measure of Phal. Brother Purple
should be relatively easy to measure in the next few years. Since stem
propagations of the plant became available to North American hybridizers,
many hybrids were made and should be available now or very shortly. Care
must be taken not to double up on some of the shortcomings of Phal.
Brother Purple. In particular, Phal. Brother Purple is somewhat recurved,
a trait seen in many of its progeny, and it should only be bred to the
flattest flowers available.
The next few years should prove to be very interesting
for those interested in red Phalaenopsis breeding. With hundreds of
hybrids from Phal. Brother Purple and its progeny in various stages from
wishful thinking through seedpods and flasks to community pots and
seedlings, we can now expect to see relatively large, well-presented
flowers in every shade of red. The standards in red breeding have been
raised and fertility problems in red breeding seems to be a thing of the
past. In many hybrids, red breeding is now producing consistent high
quality. Can the day of the five-inch, perfectly shingled red flower be
all that far off?
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Awards
This compilation was done by Howard S. Ginsberg
using the Awards Quarterly and information from the American Orchid
Society.
The hybrids are listed alphabetically.
The awards are listed chronologically (i.e. by date) under that
hybrid.
Dtps. Brother Cortez Red
(Sinica
Knight 'Brother' x Phal. Brother Purple Brother')
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‘Remar’, AM (83 points)
Eight flowers and
three buds on one gracefully arching inflorescence; flowers grape
purple; medial aspect of lateral sepals heavily spotted grape purple
overlaid white; lip very dark purple with yellow keel; anther cap
white. Nat. spr. 9.7 cm, 8.5 cm vert; ds 3.5 cm w, 3.6 cm 1,
pet 4.6 cm w, 4.0 cm l; ls 3.2 cm w, 3.9 cm l; lip 1.6 cm w, 2.8 cm 1. March
18, 2000 Houston Center Monthly Judging. |
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'Walden', AM (86 points) Ten flowers and two
buds gracefully displayed on one arched inflorescence; sepals and
pedals vivid amaranth with slightly darker veins; lip solid dark
amaranth, calli yellow; anther cap white; substance hard; texture
silky. Nat. spr. 10.4 cm, 10.2 cm vert; ds 4.1 cm w, 5.4 cm l, pet
5.0 cm w, 5.0 cm l; ls 3.8 cm w, 5.7 cm l; lip 2.2 cm w, 4.1 cm l. March
14, 2003 Orchid Society of Middle Tennessee Show |
Dtps. Papa's Polkadot
(Brother Papa x Phal. Brother Purple ‘Brother’)
| ‘Jamie’, HCC (78 points) – Nine flowers and five buds
on one branched inflorescence; dorsal sepals and petals dark
rose-purple with latent spots; lateral sepals cream-colored on lwer
half, rose-purple above, all heavily spotted rose-purple; lip darker
purple; column purple; anther cap white; substance heavy; texture
glistening. Nat spr. 7.8 cm, 6.5 cm vert; ds 2.6 cm
w, 3.9 cm l; pet 4.0 cm w, 4.0 cm l; ls 2.8 cm w, 3.2 cm l; lip 1.8 cm
w, 2.8 cm l. March 14, 2003 Naples Orchid Society Show |
Dtps. Brother Tom Walsh
(Brother Julius ‘Lung Ching’ x Phal. Brother Purple ‘Brother’)
| ‘Bronstein-Walsh’, AM (80 points) – Three very large,
round, perfectly flat and stunningly colored flowers evenly spaced on
one inflorescence; sepals and petals intense fuchsia overlaid on soft
pink background revealed as irregular spots centrally, veined dark
fuchsia; lip very dark purple; column white; substance heavy; texture
sparkling; size, flatness of flower form plus the intense color
creates an impressive display. Nat spr. 9.5 cm, 9.4 cm vert; ds 3.4 cm
w, 5.0 cm l; pet 4.5 cm w, 4.3 cm l; ls 3.1 cm w, 4.2 cm l; lip 1.7 cm
w, 3.0 cm l. May 1,
1999 Northeast Centre (Boylston) Monthly Judging |
| ‘Mackie’, HCC (78 points) – Six flowers and three buds
well arranged on one arched inflorescence; sepals and petals concolor
amaranth; lip ruby red; keel yellow with ruby red spots; column rose,
anther cap white with yellow blush. Nat. spr. 7.5 cm, 6.5 cm vert; ds
2.4 cm w, 3.5 cm l; pet 3.7 cm w, 4.0 cm l; ls 2.5 cm w, 3.0 cm l; lip
2.8 cm w, 2.5 cm l. May 7, 1999 Lihue, Hawaii |
| 'Gemstone', HCC (78 points) – Six flowers and one bud on
one inflorescence; sepals magenta; petals glossy darker magenta; lip
deep red purple; substance firm; texture velvety. Nat. spr. 8.0 cm,
7.9 cm vert; ds 3.1 cm w, 4.2 cm l; pet 4.1 cm w, 4.0 cm l; ls 3.1 cm
w, 4.2 cm l; lip 1.6 cm w, 2.5 cm l. March 11, 2000 Mid-America
Monthly Judging |
| 'Varela', AM (81 points) - Twelve flowers on 2
inflorescences; sepals and petals white almost completely overlaid
with deep purple magenta; lip reddish purple; column purple magenta
with white anther cap; substance good; texture velvety. Nat. spr. 9.0
cm, 7.0 cm vert; ds 3.4 cm w, 4.7 cm l; pet 4.6 cm w, 4.6 cm l; ls 3.1
cm w, 4.5 cm l; lip 2.8 cm w, 2.6 cm l. March 16, 2000 Puerto
Rico Orchid Society Show |
Dtps. Brother Turkey (Tonjy
Pecan ‘Ho’ x Phal. Brother Purple ‘Brother’)
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‘Ruben’, AM (82 points) – Four flowers and four buds
on one inflorescence; flowers dark magenta ovate-cordate; dorsal
sepals and petals solid dark magenta; lateral sepals nicely
spotted centrally; lip darker magenta; anther cap white; substance
crisp; texture crystalline. Nat. spr. 8.3 cm, 7.5 cm vert; ds 4.0
cm w, 2.3 cm l; pet 3.7 cm w, 4.0 cm l; ls 3.1 cm w, 4.0 cm l; lip
2.0 w, 2.9 cm l. March 5, 1998 South Florida Orchid
Society Show |
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‘Omaha’, AM (81 points) – Seven well-presented
flowers on one inflorescence; sepals and petals iridescent pinkish
purple, sepals having slight venation; lip cerise; column white,
blushed pink, anther cap white; substance heavy; texture matte.
Nat. spr. 8.5 cm, 8.2 cm vert.; ds 3.3 cm w, 4.5 cm l; pet 4.3 cm
w, 4.3 cm l; ls 3.0 cm w, 4.5 cm l; lip 1.8 cm w, 2.8 cm l. February 27, 1999
Greater Omaha Orchid Society 12th Annual Show
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‘Ponkan’, AM (82 points) – Six flowers and six buds
on one branched inflorescence; six flowers on main stem, three buds on
each of two branches; flowers intense fuchsia overall; lip dark brick
red; substance heavy; texture shiny; flowers appear to flatten with
age. Nat. spr. 8.5 cm, 8.0 cm vert; ds 3.2 cm w, 4.4 cm l; pet 4.0 cm
w, 4.0 cm l; ls 4.5 cm w, 3.3 cm l; lip 2.6 cm w, 1.8 cm l. March
4, 1999 South Florida Orchid Society Show
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‘Frank Smith’, AM (81 points) – Six flowers and six
buds slightly crowded on two arched inflorescences; sepals velvet
fuchsia with slight picotee with tan reverse centrally; petals velvet
fuchsia; lip dark fuchsia; column light fuchsia with bright white
anther cap; substance firm; texture luminous; margins of petals and
roll in lateral sepals precluded higher score. Nat. spr. 7.7 cm, 7.1
cm vert; ds 3.2 cm w, 3.8 cm l; pet 3.8 cm w, 3.5 cm l; ls 3.0 cm w,
4.8 cm l; lip 1.7 cm w, 3.7 cm l. January
27, 1999 Florida North Central Centre Monthly Judging
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Dtps. Brother Wedding Waltz
(Taisuco Love ‘B#10’ x Phal. Brother Purple ‘Brother’)
| ‘Maren Harding’, HCC (78 points) – Four overlapping
flowers and three buds on one inflorescence; flowers pink, nearly
solidly overlaid with maroon, veined with darker maroon; petals darker
basally; lip dark royal purple and velvety; column pink, anther cap
cream colored; substance good; texture sparkling. Nat. spr. 11.0 cm,
10.5 cm vert; ds 4.2 cm w, 5.2 cm l; pet 5.5 cm w, 5.0 cm l; ls 3.8 cm
w, 5.4 cm l; lip 2.0 w, 3.6 cm l. February 20, 1999 Great
Plains Center Monthly Judging |
| AQ – A grouping of 12 plants with one AM and 2 HCCs given;
awarded for color, flower size, heavy substance, and the overall
consistency of the cross. March 20, 1999 Great Plains Center
Monthly Judging |
| ‘Max’, AM (80 points) – Six well-presented flowers and
one bud on one inflorescence; flowers intense fuchsia; sepals and
petals with darker fuchsia stripes; lip magenta maroon, calli yellow
with maroon spots; column light fuchsia; substance heavy; texture
diamond dust sheen. Nat. spr. 10.4 cm, 10.5 cm vert; ds 3.6 cm w, 5.4
cm l; pet 5.3 cm w, 5.1 cm l; ls 3.3 cm w, 4.9 cm l; lip 2.3 w, 4.0 cm
l. March
20, 1999 Great Plains Center Monthly Judging |
| ‘Walnut Valley’, HCC (78 points) – Eight flowers and
three buds on two inflorescences; sepals and petals light magenta
concolor with dark magenta venation, minute white margins; lip maroon
magenta, callus yellow with magenta spots; column magenta, anther cap
white; substance excellent; texture diamond dust. Nat. spr. 9.7 cm,
9.3 cm vert; ds 3.6 cm w, 4.8 cm l; pet 4.5 cm w, 4.4 cm l; ls 3.4 cm
w, 4.8 cm l; lip 2.0 w, 3.2 cm l. March 20, 1999 Great Plains
Center Monthly Judging |
| ‘Rainbow Country’, HCC (79 points) – Six overlapping
flowers and one bud on one branched inflorescence; flowers solid
purple veined with dark purple; column slightly lighter purple with
white anther cap; good sparkling texture. Nat. spr. 8.5 cm, 8.0 cm
vert; ds 3.4 cm w, 4.0 cm l; pet 4.5 cm w, 4.0 cm l; ls 2.7 cm w, 4.0
cm l; lip 1.8 cm w, 2.7 cm l. November 12, 1999 Hilo, Hawaii |
| 'Orchid Correction', AM (80 points) – Six well-formed,
round solid amethyst flowers and one bud pleasantly arranged on one
inflorescence; lateral sepals with cream-color showing through on
inferior portion; petals intense amethyst; lip deeper amethyst on both
midlobe and side lobes, crest yellow; anther cap white; substance
hard; texture sparkling. Nat. spr. 10.2 cm, 9.9 cm vert; ds 3.9 cm w,
5.5 cm l; pet 4.8 cm w, 4.5 cm l; ls 3.7 cm w, 5.1 cm l; lip 1.8 cm w,
2.9 cm l. February 12, 2000 Dallas Monthly Judging |
| 'OK2', AM (80 points) - Six full flowers and six buds on one
branched inflorescence; flowers deep fuchsia with darker fusion
venation; lip magenta maroon, calliyellow with maroon spots; column
light fuchsia; sub heavy;texture diamond-dust sheen. Nat. spr. 10.0
cm, 9.1 cm vert; ds 3.3 cm w, 5.1 cm l, pet 5.4 cm w, 4.8 cm l, ls 3.5
cm w, 5.3 cm l; lip 3.0 cm w, 3.6 cm l. March 8, 2003 Dallas
Center Monthly Judging |
Phal. Brother Love Silence
(Star Crossed x Brother Purple ‘Brother’)
| ‘Oh Yeah’, HCC (75 points) - For slightly star-shaped
flowers and two buds irregularly positioned on one inflorescence;
flowers almost solidly overlaid amaranth, shaded to lavender-white
around column; sepals strongly grooved along midrib; petals slightly
crinkled; lip bright purple shaded to red-orange on side lobes; column
and anther cap white; substance heavy; texture shiny. Nat. spr. 6.6
cm, 6.6 cm vert; ds 2.4 cm w, 3.4 cm 1, pet 2.5 cm w, 3.2 cm l; ls 2.2 cm
w, 3.5 cm l; lip 1.1 cm w, 2.8 cm l. May 12, 2001 Dallas Center Monthly Judging |
Phal. Brother Oconee
(Carmela’s Pixie ‘Lung Ching’ x Brother Purple ‘Brother’)
– exact remake done twice subsequently
| ‘Crownfox’, HCC (78 points) - Ten flowers and 23 buds on
two mature and one immature inflorescences; flowers lavender overlaid
with magenta stripes; sepals and petals with spots and blotches so
heavily it gives a solid magenta appearance; lip dark purple, callus
yellow with fine magenta spots; anther cap white. Nat. spr. 6.6 cm,
6.7 cm vert; ds 2.4 cm w, 3.6 cm 1, pet 2.9 cm w, 3.2 cm l; ls 2.0 cm
w, 3.6 cm l; lip 1.4 cm w, 2.2 cm l. February 28, 1998 West
Palm Beach Center Monthly Judging |
| ‘Ruben’, HCC (77 points) - Seven flowers and 16 buds on
two branched and one unopened inflorescence; sepals and petals satiny
dark raspberry red, narrowly and white fading to concentric rings on
base of lateral sepals; lip slightly darker raspberry red; anther cap
white; substance heavy; excellent shape for this line of breeding.
Nat. spr. 6.5 cm, 6.3 cm vert; ds 2.3 cm w, 3.2 cm l, pet 2.9 cm w,
2.9 cm l; ls2.3 cm w, 2.9 cm l; lip 1.6 cm w, 3.0 cm l. March 5, 1998 South
Florida Orchid Society Show |
| ‘Mercerful’, AM (81 points) - Twenty-two flowers and two
buds on two stately branched inflorescences beautifully displayed;
dorsal sepal and petals deep burgundy; lateral sepals fully saturated
burgundy on lower portion gradating to concentric burgundy bars near
central portion; lip deeper burgundy with faint mustard spots on
callus; substance good; texture matte. Nat. spr. 7.2 cm, 7.0 cm vert;
ds 2.2 cm w, 3.9 cm l, pet 3.0 cm w, 3.5 cm l; ls 2.6 cm w, 3.5 cm l;
lip 1.6 cm w, 2.3 cm l. April 16, 1998 Maryland Orchid Society
Show |
| ‘Kathy’, AM (82 points) – Six flowers and nine buds on
two inflorescences; flowers deep raspberry purple; dorsal sepal and
petals suffused over base cream color, edged white; lateral sepals
changing to bars centrally; lip intense black cherry, yellow
centrally; substance good; texture velvety. Nat. spr. 6.3 cm, 5.8 cm
vert; ds 2.5 cm w, 3.4 cm l, pet 3.0 cm w, 3.0 cm l; Is 2.4 cm w, 3.0
cm l; lip 1.4 cm w, 2.0 cm l. March 6, 1999 Northeast
Wisconsin Orchid Society Show |
| 'Maria Teresa', AM (80 points) - Nineteen flat flowers and
eight buds nicely arranged on two branched inflorescences; sepals and
petals solid deep red raspberry; lip darker red raspberry; anther cap
white; substance firm; texture velvety. Nat. spr. 6.2 cm, 5.5 cm vert;
ds 2.3 cm w, 3.1 cm l, pet 2.5 cm w, 2.6 cm l; ls 2.4 cm w, 2.8 cm l;
lip 1.3 cm w, 1.9 cm l. April 9, 2003 GNYOS Show |
Phal. Brother Picacho (Mahalo
'T.K.', HCC/AOS x Brother Purple 'Brother)
| ‘Lady in Red’,
HCC (75 points) Five flowers and seven buds on two inflorescences
with one immature branch flowers dark rose-red; side lobes of lip
golden yellow speckled red; column light lavender, anther cap white;
substance Very heavy; texture very waxy. Nat. spr. 6.5 cm, 6.5 cm
vert; ds 2.5 cm w, 3.0 cm l; pet 2.8 cm w, 3.0 cm l; ls 2.8 cm w, 3.0
cm l; lip 1.5 cm w, 2.5 cm l. February 24, 2001 West Palm Beach
Center Monthly Judging, West Palm Beach, Florida. |
Phal. Brother Pirate King (Fortune
Buddha ‘Tinny’ x Brother Purple ‘Brother’)
|
Sedona's Red Emperor’, HCC (77 points) Seven flowers and
three buds on four inflorescences, two mature and two immature; sepals
and petals cream colored overlaid with vivid cordovan; lip darker;
substance heavy; texture. Nat. spr. 7.9 cm, 7.5 cm vert; ds 3.0 cm w, 4.1 cm 1,
pet 3.5 cm w, 3.8 cm l; ls 3.0 cm w, 4.0 cm l; lip 2.5 cm w, 3.3 cm 1.
April 14, 1998 Florida-Caribbean Center Monthly Judging |
|
‘Crownfox’, HCC (77
points) - Five flowers and one bud on two
inflorescences; flowers ivory overlaid with heavy magenta tessellation;
lip solid deep magenta; column white; substance heavy; texture glossy.
Nat. spr. 7.9 cm, 7.9 cm vert; ds 3.0 cm w, 4.5 cm 1, pet 3.0 cm w, 3.6
cm l; ls 3.0 cm w, 3.9 cm l; lip 1.5 cm w, 3.0 cm l. February 20,
1999 Great Plains Center Monthly Judging |
| ‘Crownfox Merlot’, AM (80
points) – Three full, flat flowers on one erect inflorescence;
sepals and petals cream-colored, almost entirely overlaid with intense
burgundy; lip darker than sepals and petals; column fuchsia, anther
cap white; substance hard; texture matte on lip, glossy overall. March 4, 1999
South Florida Orchid Society Show |
| ‘Jose J’, HCC (78
points) – 5 flowers and 5 buds on 2 inflorescences; flowers butter
yellow heavily overlaid crimson red; sepals and petals with faint
yellow picotee; petals with yellow apical spot; lip crimson; column
white; substance heavy; texture waxy. Nat. spr. 6.9 cm, 6.8 cm vert;
ds 2.9 cm w, 3.7 cm l; pet 2.8 cm w, 3.3 cm l; ls 2.8 cm w, 3.8 cm l;
lip 1.5 w, 2.6 cm l. March 9, 1999
Florida-Caribbean Center monthly Judging |
| ‘Sedona’s Red Empress’, HCC (78
points) – Six well-presented flowers and 7 buds on 2 inflorescences;
flowers pale chartreuse, confluent burgundy marks leaving background
color showing at border of sepals and especially petals; lip deeper
burgundy; column white; substance firm; texture semi-glossy. Nat. spr.
8.0 cm, 8.4 cm vert; ds 2.9 cm w, 4.4 cm l; pet 3.0 cm w, 3.9 cm l; ls
3.0 cm w, 4.5 cm l; lip 2.2 w, 0.7 cm l. March 9, 1999
Florida-Caribbean Center Monthly Judging |
| ‘Pecas’, HCC (78 points) - Sixteen well-arranged flowers and
one bud on three upright inflorescences; sepals and petals yellow-green
overlaid with red concentric spots more concentrated near the white
column; lip midlobe velvety red, side lobes red apically, bright
orange-yellow basally; substance good; texture velvety. Nat. spr. 7.6
cm, 7.6 cm vert; ds 3.2 cm w, 3.9 cm l, pet 3.2 cm w, 3.7 cm 1; ls 3.0
cm w, 3.9 cm 1; lip 1.5 cm w, 2.5 cm 1. March 17, 1999 Puerto
Rico Orchid Society Show |
| ‘Gemstone II’, HCC (79 points) Eight flowers and five buds
on two branched inflorescences; flowers Granny Smith apple green,
heavily overlaid dark rose with apple green edges; lip burgundy, callus
white; substance heavy; texture waxy. Nat. spr. 7.1 cm, 6.8 cm vert; ds
2.6 cm w, 3.6 cm l, pet 2.8 cm w, 3.1 cm l; ls 2.4 cm w, 3.3 cm l; lip
1.2 cm w, 1.8 cm l. March 20, 1999 Central Iowa Orchid Society
Show |
| 'Klehm's Raspberry Delight', HCC (79 points) -
Three flowers and three buds on one inflorescence;
flowers white heavily with red-purple; lip deepest purple; column
white; substance heavy; texture
glossy. Nat. spr. 7.5 cm, 6.6 cm vert; ds 3.0 cm w, 4.0 cm l, pet 3.3 cm
w, 4.0 cm l; ls 3.0 cm w, 3.7 cm l; lip 1.5 cm w, 2.5 cm l. February
12, 1998 Houston Center Monthly Judging |
| 'Pine Ridge', HCC (79 points) – Eight flowers and 11 buds
on 3 inflorescences; flowers ivory solidly overlaid garnet with ivory
tipped sepals and petals; lip dark burgundy; column with fuchsia halo,
anther cap white; substance waxy; texture lacquer. Nat. spr. 7.0 cm,
7.2 cm vert; ds 3.0 cm w, 3.5 cm l; pet 3.0 cm w, 3.2 cm l; ls 3.0 cm
w, 3.7 cm l; lip 1.5 cm w, 2.2 cm l. March 2, 2000 SFOS Show |
| 'Red Austin', HCC (79 points) - Five flowers
and one bud on one inflorescence; sepals and petals yellow heavily
overlaid with dark burgundy spots; lip burgundy burnt umber; column
white with lavender halo; substance heavy; texture waxy; slight
folding of edges on petals of two flowers and cupping precluded higher
score. Nat. spr. 7.3 cm, 6.8 cm vert; ds 3.0 cm w, 3.9 cm l, pet 3.1 cm
w, 3.3 cm l; ls 3.0 cm w, 3.6 cm l; lip 1.5 cm w, 2.8 cm l. March 24,
2000 Heart of Texas Orchid Society Show |
|
‘Selsal's Red’, AM (84 points)
March 14, 2001
Thirteen flowers and eight buds on two inflorescences,
one of which was branched; sepals and petals near solid red; lip and side
lobes red; column white; substance good; texture waxy. Nat. spr. 7.0 cm,
7.5 cm vert; ds 2.8 cm w, 3.7 cm l, pet 2.9 cm w, 3.7 cm l; ls 2.8 cm w,
3.8 cm l; lip 1.5 cm w, 2.5 cm l. March 14, 2001 Puerto Rico Orchid Society Show, San Juan, Puerto Rico. |
|
Second generation |
|
- Dtps. Brother Redland 'Crownfox', HCC/AOS (76
points) (Minho Princess x Phal. Brother Pirate King) February 22,
2003 |
|
- Dtps. Brother Redland 'Evan', AM/AOS (85 points) (Minho
Princess x Phal. Brother Pirate King) March 14, 2003 |
Phal. Brother Precious Stones
(Brother Fancy ‘Lung Ching’ x Brother Purple ‘Brother’),
remade as (Brother Fancy ‘B#205’ x Brother Purple ‘Brother’)
| ‘Sedona’s Emperor’, AM (81 points) - Four flowers and
three buds on one erect inflorescence well above foliage; flower heavy,
waxy, overall dark violetcerise; sepals with mottling of yellow on
margins; lip overall dark violet cerise; substance heavy; texture
glossy. Nat. spr. 7.5 cm, 7.6 cm vert; ds 3.0 cm w, 4.0 cm l, pet 3.3 cm
w, 4.0 cm l; ls 3.0 cm w, 3.7 cm l; lip 1.5 cm w, 2.5 cm l. February
12, 1998 Coral Gables Orchid Society Show |
| AQ – Fourteen plants
exhibited as a group; exceptionally large purple-red flowers of the Phal. lueddemanniana
type; well displayed on consistently long strong stems; immaturity of
some plants precluded more quality awards within group. March 10, 1998
Florida-Caribbean Center Monthly Judging |
| ‘Lindsay’, AM (80
points) - Four flowers and four buds on two inflorescences; sepals and
petals creamy yellow, almost solidly overlaid wine red, dark pink at
base; lip slightly deeper wine red; column white; substance heavy;
texture lacquered. Nat. spr. 7.3 cm, 7.3 cm vert; ds 2.8 cm w, 4.0 cm 1,
pet 3.2 cm w, 3.1 cm 1; Is 2.6 cm w, 3.8 cm 1; lip 1.6 cm w, 2.7 cm 1. March 10, 1998
Florida-Caribbean Center Monthly Judging |
| ‘Sedona's Empress', AM
(81 points) - Eleven well-arranged flowers and six buds on two
gracefully, arched inflorescences; flowers red fuchsia with very heavy
overlapping pattern of spots that nearly cover white background; lip
matte red fuchsia; substance heavy. Nat. spr. 7.4 cm, 7.3 cm vert; ds
2.8 cm w, 3.6 cm l, pet 3.1 cm w, 3.6 cm l; Is 2.9 cm w, 4.0 cm l; lip
1.4 cm w, 2.5 cm l. March 10, 1998
Florida-Caribbean Center Monthly Judging |
| ‘Sedona’s Red Velvet’,
HCC (76 points) - Seven flowers and two buds on three
inflorescences borne on a small plant blooming for the first time;
inflorescences with two, three and four flowers per stem; sepals and
petals rich dark fuchsia overall; petals bordered with white; lip much
darker magenta; substance heavy; texture waxy. Nat. spr. 7.7 cm, 7.8 cm
vert; ds 3.4 cm w, 3.9 cm 1, pet 3.2 cm w, 3.4 cm 1; Is 3.2 cm w, 4.0 cm
1; lip 1.4 cm w, 2.5 cm 1. March 10, 1998
Florida-Caribbean Center Monthly Judging |
| ‘Sedona’s Rusty’, AM
(82 points) - Four flowers and four buds on four long, well-held
inflorescences; flowers red-magenta, base
color yellow heavily overlaid with red-magenta spots which coalesce to
solid color toward center of sepals and petals but pleasingly revealed
at margins; lip violet magenta, callus orange; substance heavy;
texture waxy. Nat. spr. 7.2 cm, 7.1 cm vert; ds 3.0 cm w, 3.7 cm l,
pet 3.0 cm w, 3.4 cm l; ls 2.9 cm w, 3.8 cm l; lip 1.5 cm w, 2.5 cm l.
March 10, 1998 Florida-Caribbean Center Monthly Judging |
| ‘Sedona’s Wine Festival’,
AM (82 points) - Eight flowers and seven buds on two
inflorescences; sepals and petals with overall heavy and mostly
overlapping spotted pattern of rich grape purple, leaving only narrow
and evenly balanced fringes of white outline on edges; lip dark matte
wine red; column white; substance heavy; texture glossy. Nat. spr. 7.6
cm, 7.4 cm vert; ds 3.0 cm w, 3.7 cm 1, pet 3.1 cm w, 3.4 cm 1; Is 3.0
cm w, 3.8 cm 1; lip 1.3 cm w, 3.7 cm 1. March 10,
1998 Florida-Caribbean Center Monthly Judging |
| ‘Crownfox Delicious’, AM
(85 points) - Five flowers and 10 buds on two branched inflorescences;
sepals and petals white heavily overlaid with concentric purple bars;
petals with irregular white edges; lip maroon, grading to rust basally;
column white; substance extra heavy; texture waxy. Nat. spr. 7.3 cm, 7.4
cm vert; ds 3.0 cm w, 3.8 cm l, pet 3.1 cm w, 3.4 cm l; ls 2.9 on w, 3.5
cm l; lip 1.7 cm w, 2.5 cm l. March 12, 1998 Key West Orchid
Society Show |
| ‘Crownfox Merlot’, HCC (78
points) - Four flowers and eight buds on two 72cm inflorescences; sepals
and petals white heavily overlaid with concentric purple bars; petals
with irregular white edges; lip maroon, grading to rust basally; column
white; substance extra heavy; texture waxy. Nat. spr. 7.9 cm, 8.1 cm
vert; ds 3.0 cm w, 4.4 cm l, pet 3.2 cm w, 3.8 cm l; ls 2.8 cm w, 4.2 cm
l; lip 1.5 cm w, 2.6 cm l. March 12, 1998 Key West Orchid
Society Show |
| ‘Crownfox Plum Tart’, AM
(83 points) - Seven flowers and five buds on three 65 cm
inflorescences; sepals and petals white heavily overlaid with concentric
purple bars; petals with irregular white edges; lip maroon, grading to
rust basally; column white; substance extra heavy; texture waxy. Nat.
spr. 7.5 cm, 8.0 cm vert; ds 3.1 cm w, 4.3 cm l, pet 3.2 cm w, 3.6 cm l;
ls 3.1 cm w, 4.4 cm l; lip 1.5 cm w, 2.7 cm l. March 12, 1998
Key West Orchid Society Show |
| ‘Sitton's Delight’, HCC
(75 points) - Ten flowers and one bud well arranged on two
inflorescences; sepals and petals white overlaid almost to the edge with
purple spots coalescing to almost solid color; column white; substance
heavy; texture glossy. Nat. spr. 7.0 cm, 7.1 cm vert; ds 2.7 cm w, 4.0
cm l, pet 3.0 cm w, 3.0 cm l; ls 2.7 cm w, 4.0 cm l; lip 1.4 cm w, 2.2
cm l. April 22, 1998 Florida North Central Center Monthly
Judging |
| ‘Gemstone’, HCC (77
points) - Three flowers on one inflorescence; flowers yellow overlaid
with closely spaced deep burgundy spots on sepals and petals; lip
purple; column white; substance heavy; texture matte. Nat. spr. 7.5 cm,
8.0 cm vert; ds 3.0 cm w, 4.0 cm l, pet 3.3 cm w, 3.6 cm l; ls 3.0 cm w,
3.7 cm l; lip 2.7 cm w, 1.6 cm l.
June 13, 1998 Mid-America Center Monthly Judging |
| ‘Bristol’s Best’, AM
(84 points) – 9 flowers and 14 buds on two branched inflorescences;
sepals and petals striking burgundy; lip deeper burgundy; anther cap
white; substance very firm; texture velvet. Nat spr. 7.7 cm, 8 cm vert;
ds 3.0 cm w, 4.2 cm l; pet 3.1 cm w, 3.7 cm l; ls 3.2 cm w, 4.3 cm l;
lip 1.0 cm w, 2.0 cm l. March 17, 1999
Philadelphia Monthly Judging |
| ‘Sedona's Royal Robe’, AM
(82 points) – Eleven flowers and thirteen buds on two inflorescences;
inflorescences long, strong, well arranged and spaced, one measuring 107
cm in length; flowers white completely overlaid with dark red-purple
spots; lip black- purple with slight yellow blush in side lobes; anther
cap white; substance hard; texture waxy. Nat. spr. 7.6 cm, 7.7 cm vert;
ds 3.0 cm w, 4.2 cm 1, pet 3.3 cm w, 3.3 cm l; ls 2.9 cm w, 4.1 cm l;
lip 1.4 cm w, 2.3 cm l. April
13, 1999 Florida-Caribbean Center Monthly Judging |
| 'Charlotte's Choice', AM (84 points) - Nine
flowers and two buds on one branched arched inflorescence; sepals and
petals deep violet with slight white picotee at edges; lip dark dull
garnet; substance heavy; texture glistening. Nat. spr. 8.8 cm, 8.8 cm vert; ds
3.3 cm w, 4.2 cm l, pet 3.6 cm
w, 3.9 cm l; ls 3.5 cm w, 5.0 cm l; lip 1.4 cm w, 3.2 cm l. April 14,
2000 Tallahassee Orchid Society Show |
| 'Gunter's', HCC (77 points) - Five flowers and
four buds on one medium-length inflorescence;
flower pale greenish white almost solidly overlaid reddish purple,
variably thin white margin on dorsal sepal and petals; lip garnet lake
with rust on basal portions and side lobes around callus; column white; substance
extremely heavy; texture
glossy. Nat. spr. 7.4 cm, 7.8 cm vert; ds 3.4 cm w, 4.2 cm l, pet 3.5 cm
w, 3.4 cm l; ls 3.2 cm w, 3.9 cm l; lip 1.2 cm w, 2.6 cm l. April 8,
2000 Dallas Centre Monthly Judging |
| 'Indigo', AM (83 points) - Four flowers and
three buds on one maturing inflorescence; sepals and petals solid rich
magenta; lip darker red-purple;; calli orange; column and anther cap
white; substance waxy; texture
glossy. Nat. spr. 7.8 cm, 8.2 cm vert; ds 3.1 cm w, 3.1 cm l, pet 3.1 cm
w, 3.6 cm l; ls 3.4 cm w, 4.0 cm l; lip 1.6 cm w, 2.7 cm l. March
24, 2000 Heart of Texas Orchid Society Show |
| Second generation |
| - Dtps. Sedona's Precious Rose 'Crownfox', AM/AOS - 80 pts. (Phal.
Brother Precious Stones x King Shiang's Rose) February 22, 2003 |
Phal. Brother
Purple Spotted (Brother Spot x Brother Purple ‘Brother’)
| ‘Magenta
Magic’, HCC
(79 points) –
Eight full flowers and
three buds on
two upright inflorescences; flowers concolor very deep magenta with minute cream-
colored halo on sepals and petals; lip very deep magenta; anther cap creamy white;
substance heavy;
texture waxy. Nat. spr. 7.0 cm, 7.0 cm vert; ds 3.0 cm w, 3.7 cm l;
pet 3.2 cm w, 3.4 cm l; ls 3.1 cm w, 4.1 cm l; lip 1.4 w, 2.9 cm l. April 6, 2001
Northeast Louisianna Orchid Society Show
|
Phal. Brother Sally Taylor
(Super Stupid ‘Brother’ x Brother Purple ‘Brother’)
| ‘Crownfox’, HCC
(78 points) – Ten evenly spaced flowers and six buds on 3
inflorescences; sepals and petals white heavily overlaid with intense
red purple; lip darker red-purple; column white; substance very heavy;
texture satiny. Nat. spr. 7.6 cm, 7.5 cm vert; ds 3.1 cm w, 3.9 cm l;
pet 3.3 cm w, 3.5 cm l; ls 2.9 cm w, 3.7 cm l; lip 1.4 w, 3.2 cm l. March 27, 1999
West Palm Beach Center Monthly Judging
|
| 'Krull-Smith', HCC (79
points) - Seven full flowers slightly crowded on
one 40-cm branched inflorescence; sepals and petals white, heavily
marked magenta in concentric pattern coalescing to bars; lateral
sepals with hint of greenish brown relecting Phal. violacea, heritage;
lip deep magenta; column white; substance firm; texture waxy; cupping
and crowding precluded higher score. Nat. spr. 7.8 cm, 7.6 cm vert; ds
3.4 cm w, 4.3 cm l, pet 3.2 cm
w, 3.8 cm l; ls 3.2 cm w, 4.8 cm l; lip 1.5 cm w, 2.5 cm l. April 27,
2000 Florida North Central Monthly Judging
|
| 'Sedona's Bright Eyes', HCC (78 points) - Nine
flowers on two
inflorescences;
sepals and petals white, heavily spotted in large fuchsia
spots, coalescing at basal portion; lip ruby red; column white;
substance heavy; texture crystalline. Nat. spr. 8.4 cm, 7.6 cm vert;
ds 2.7 cm w, 4.0 cm l, pet 3.4 cm w, 4.2 cm l; ls 2.9 cm w, 4.3 cm l;
lip 1.5 cm w, 2.4 cm l. April 11,
2000 Florida-Caribbean Center Monthly Judging
|
| Second generation |
| - Phal. Walnut Valley Freckles 'Max', AM/AOS
- 80 pts. (Brother Sally Taylor x Goldberry) April 19, 2003 |
Phal. Brother Supersonic
(Sara Lee ‘Eye Dee’ x Brother Purple ‘Brother’)
|
‘Kathys Beau’, AM (80
points) – Four flowers and four buds on one branched inflorescence;
sepals and petals ruby red with dark ruby red spots coalesced heavily to
appear as solid ruby red, back of sepals lime green; lip darker ruby
red; column light ruby red, anther cap white; substance heavy; texture
waxy. Nat. spr. 6.8 cm, 6.4 cm vert; ds 2.6 cm w, 3.2 cm l, pet 3.0 cm
w, 3.1 cm l; ls 2.6 cm w, 3.4 cm l; lip 1.3 cm w, 2.5 cm l. January 28, 1998
Florida North Central Monthly Judging |
| AQ/AOS - Award of Quality given for uniform quality with
excellent substance, good presentation, wide range of color from solid
deep red-purple to intense spots on cream-colored base and uniform deep
velvety purple lips, on first bloom seed lings; twelve plants exhibited,
two HCCs of 79 points awarded. March 28, 1998 Carolinas
Supplemental Center Monthly Judging |
| ‘Red Rarity’, HCC
(79 points) - Color photograph back cover, top right. Three flowers
on one inflorescence; flowers white intensely spotted dark purple
appearing solid purple; lip deep maroon; column light purple, anther
cap white; substance heavy; texture glossy. Nat. spr. 6.3 cm, 6.0 cm
vert; ds 2.5 cm w, 3.3 cm l, pet 3.0 cm w, 3.0 cm l; ls 2.4 cm w,
3.5 cm l; lip 1.4 cm w, 2.9 cm l. March 28, 1998
Carolinas Supplemental Center Monthly Judging |
| ‘Starburst’, HCC
(79 points) - Five flowers and one bud on one inflorescence; flowers
white overlaid with purple spots; sepals and petals white on tips
and along margins; lip maroon, side lobes edged yellow with fine
purple spots; column purple to white distally; substance hard;
texture glossy. Nat. spr. 7.6 cm, 7.3 cm vert; ds 2.9 cm w, 3.9 cm
l, pet 3.3 cm w, 3.7 cm l; ls 2.6 cm w, 3.7 cm l; lip 1.4 cm w, 2.9
cm l. March 28, 1998 Carolinas Supplemental Center Monthly
Judging |
| ‘Memoria Meyer Siegel’,
AM (80 points) - Twenty-eight flowers well held and excellently
presented on one five-branched inflorescence; flowers white overlaid
magenta leaving a very narrow picotee on all segments with lateral
sepals white basally, barred concentrically; lip and side lobes dark
plum, callus and basal side lobes yellow spotted and barred plum;
substance firm; texture crystalline. Nat. spr. 6.1 cm, 6.0 cm vert;
ds 2.1 cm w, 3.1 cm l, pet 2.3 cm w, 2.9 cm l; ls 2.1 cm w, 2.4 cm
l; lip 1.3 cm w, 1.6 cm l. March
20, 1999 Kentucky Orchid Society Show |
| ‘Frannie’, HCC
(76 points) - Seven flat, fairly round flowers and two buds
alternately arranged on two inflorescences; flowers chartreuse
almost solidly overlaid with ruby red marks; lip beet purple with
yellow calli; substance heavy; texture matte; would have scored
higher with more flowers and color extended to tips of segments.
Nat. spr. 7.0 cm, 6.5 cm vert; ds 2.5 cm w, 3.0 cm l, pet 3.1 cm w,
3.0 cm l; ls 2.8 cm w, 3.2 cm l; lip 1.2 cm w, 2.8 cm l. April 10, 1999
Dallas Center Monthly Judging |
| ‘Sedona Glow’, AM
(81 points) - Nineteen flowers and five buds on four inflorescences;
flowers yellow with rich red to magenta overlay, deepest color
centrally slightly shading to yellow exhibiting a halo effect toward
margins; lip deep magenta with a notch at the apex; column rose,
anther cap white; substance very hard; texture iridescent velvet.
Nat. spr. 6.8 cm, 6.9 cm vert; ds 2.4 cm w, 3.4 cm l, pet 3.0 cm w,
3.0 cm l; ls 2.4 cm w, 3.7 cm l; lip 1.2 cm w, 2.4 cm l. April 13,
1999 Florida-Caribbean Center Monthly Judging |
| ‘Omaha’, HCC (79
points) - Four flowers and one bud on one inflorescence; flowers
yellow intensely spotted and overlaid deep garnet red; lip deep
maroon; column hot pink, anther cap white; substance very heavy;
texture waxy. Nat. spr. 7.6 cm, 7.8 cm vert; ds 2.8 cm w, 4.0 cm l,
pet 3.3 cm w, 3.6 cm l; ls 2.8 cm w, 3.5 cm l; lip 1.2 cm w, 2.5 cm
l. April 17, 1999 Illowa Orchid Society 24th Annual Spring
Show |
| ‘Red Star’, HCC
(77
points) – Five flowers on one
inflorescence; flowers white intensely spotted dark amaranth appearing
solid amaranth centrally; lip velvety deep maroon; column light purple,
anther cap white; substance heavy; texture iridescent; light fragrance.
Nat. spr. 6.9 cm, 6.5 cm vert; ds 2.7 cm w, 3.6 cm l, pet 2.7 cm w, 3.3
cm l; ls 2.5 cm w, 3.5 cm l; lip 1.3 cm w, 2.4 cm l. April 24, 1999
Carolinas Center Monthly Judging |
| 'Orchid Correction', HCC
(76 points) - Thirteen flowers and 11 buds on three branched
inflorescences; sepals yellow-green heavily overlaid with cordovan
spots except at margins; lip and sidelobes iridescent amethyst, callus
yellow; anther cap white; substance heavy; texture waxy; lack of spots
on petal tips precluded higher score. Nat. spr. 6.5 cm, 6.5 cm vert; ds
2.4 cm w, 3.2 cm l, pet 2.7 cm w, 3.3 cm l; ls 2.5 cm w, 3.5 cm l; lip
1.3 cm w, 2.4 cm l. March 3, 2000 SWROGA Show
|
| 'Gemstone', AM (80
points) - Seven flowers and four buds on 2 inflorescences;, one with a
lateral branch; flowers lime green heavily overlaid with intense dark
red concentric bars and spots; lip deep purple; column light purple,
anther cap white; substance heavy; texture matte. Nat. spr. 6.8 cm,
6.8 cm vert; ds 2.8 cm w, 3.3 cm l, pet 2.7 cm w, 2.9
cm l; ls 2.7 cm w, 3.4 cm l; lip 1.4 cm w, 3.0 cm l. March 11,
2000 Mid-America Center Monthly Judging
|
| 'Gemstone II', HCC (79
points) - Five flowers and three buds on one inflorescence; flowers
green-yellow overlaid very heavily with dark red spots and bars; lip
deep plum; column light purple, anther cap white; substance heavy;
texture matte. Nat. spr. 6.6 cm, 6.7 cm vert; ds 2.4 cm w, 3.7 cm l, pet 3.0 cm w, 3.6 cm
l; ls 2.5 cm w, 3.6 cm l; lip 1.3 cm w, 2.5 cm l. March 11,
2000 Mid-America Center Monthly Judging
|
| 'Purple Passion', HCC (79
points) - Nine flowers and 10 buds on two branched inflorescences;
sepals and petals uniform purple with darker purple
spots and bars, interior of lateral sepals
intense solid purple; lip beet purple; column amethyst tipped white; substance
firm;
texture glistening. Nat. spr. 6.7 cm, 6.1 cm vert; ds 2.6 cm w,
3.3 cm l, pet 2.9 cm w, 3.2 cm
l; ls 3.4 cm w, 3.3 cm l; lip 1.3 cm w, 2.1 cm l. March 25,
2000 Heart of Dixie Orchid Society Show
|
| 'Sunset', AM (80
points) - Nine flowers and three buds on three inflorescences; flowers
light buttercup yellow; dorsal sepal overlaid with burnt orange marks;
lateral sepals with intense burnt orange marks on lower half; petals
with burnt orange marks centrally; lip tipped light amethyst, mandarin
red centrally, canary yellow basally, edged pumpkin orange, side lobes
light amethyst; halo around white column light amethyst; substance
hard;
texture velvety. Nat.
spr. 6.9 cm, 6.5 cm vert; ds 2.5 cm w, 2.9 cm l, pet 2.9 cm w, 3.2. cm
l; ls 2.4 cm w, 3.0 cm l; lip 1.3 cm w, 2.9 cm l. March 25,
2000 Heart of Dixie Orchid Society Show |
| 'June', HCC (79
points) - Seven flowers and one bud on one inflorescence; satiny
sepals and petals almost completely covered with burgundy spots; petal
bases very wide;lip satiny, dark burgundy; column hot pink, anther cap
white; substance very heavy. Nat.
spr. 6.5 cm, 6.0 cm vert; ds 2.4 cm w, 3.0 cm l, pet 2.7 cm w, 2.8 cm
l; ls 2.4 cm w, 3.3 cm l; lip 1.3 cm w, 1.2 cm l. April 18,2002
Hilo Orchid Society Show |
| 'Alexandre', HCC (75
points) - Fifteen flowers well presented on one upright, 61-cm.,
three-branched inflorescence; flowers very flat; sepals and petals
magenta with near solid darker stippling; lip deep blue-purple; column
pink basally, white apically; substance heavy; texture waxy; a missing
branch reduced score; Nat.
spr. 6.1 cm, 5.8 cm vert; ds 2.4 cm w, 3.0 cm l, pet 2.7 cm w, 2.8 cm
l; ls 2.3 cm w, 3.0 cm l; lip 1.8 cm w, 3.0 cm l. March 22, 2003
Orchidophiles de Montréal Show |
Phal. Brother True Beauty (Brother Treasure
'B#100' x Phal. Brother Purple Brother')
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‘Walnut Valley’, HCC
(79 points) Four flowers and one bud on one inflorescence; flowers
light green overlaid deep purple-red, with a hint of light creamy
green picotee edging; lip red purple with yellow edging on side
lobes, callus orange-purple; substance heavy; texture waxy. Nat.
spr. 7.3 cm, 6.9 cm vert; ds 2.8 cm w, 3.5 cm 1, pet 3.1 cm w, 3.2
cm l; ls 2.7 cm w, 3.2 cm l; lip 1.6 cm w, 2.8 cm 1. March
18, 2000 Great Plains Center Monthly Judging. |
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opinions expressed in the plant of the month articles are those of Howard
S. Ginsberg and are based on various discussions, observations and
research which includes American Orchid Society Awards by James R. Fisher
and David A. Bishop (available from the American
Orchid Society) as well as the Wildcatt Database (available from the Wildcatt
Database Company). The Wildcatt Database may not be perfect but it is
far and away better than whatever is in second place. |
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