July 2025 Awards | Houston Orchid Society | Conservation | Preservation

July 2025
Houston Judging Center

Clowesetum Herman Moffitt ‘Rare Earth Orchids’ (Clowesia dodsoniana x Catasetum expansum), HCC 76, Award #20254147

—Stephen Moffitt

Photos: Malcolm McCorquodale

Catasetum Fernanda Machado Carvalho ‘Rare Earth Orchids’ (Ctsm. vinaceum x Ctsm. osculatum), AM 82, Award #20254148

—Stephen Moffitt

Photos: Malcolm McCorquodale

Clowesetum JEM’s Speckled Russ ‘Rare Earth Orchids’ (Clowesia russelliana x Catasetum denticulatum), HCC 78, Award #20254149

—Stephen Moffitt

Photos: Malcolm McCorquodale

Catasetum Wild Thing ‘Rare Earth Orchids’ (Ctsm. Gladiatorium x Cstm. semicirculatum), AM 83, Award #20254150

—Stephen Moffitt

Photos: Malcolm McCorquodale

Clowesetum Kool Tiger ‘Rare Earth Orchids’ (Clowesia thylaciochilla ‘Wide Petals’ x Catasetum tigrinum ‘SVO’), HCC 76, Award #20254151

—Stephen Moffitt

Photos: Malcolm McCorquodale

Awards Granted by Houston Judging Center in July 2025

By Randy Johnson

Congratulations go to Stephen Moffitt, whose impressive plants garnered five — yes, five! — awards in July. Beautiful indeed!

All photos of Houston Judging Center awardees were taken by Malcolm McCorquodale and are copyright 2025 by Malcolm McCorquodale, Houston, Texas. Houston Orchid Society and the American Orchid Society have permission to use these photos on their websites and in their publications provided credit is given to the photographer and the copyright statement is not removed.