Awards Granted
Paphiopedilum Macabre Pleasure ‘Arnspiger’ (Paph. Magically Macabre x Paph. Luna Pleasure), HCC/AOS 78, presented by Brent Arnspiger, Houston, Texas, Award #20224125
One slightly cupped flower and one bud on a 16.2-cm sturdy inflorescence; dorsal sepal white, veined dark green, thin burgundy halo basally; synsepal light green, veined dark green; petals broad, dark green basally, chartreuse medially, purple marginally, irregularly spotted maroon, margins hirsute; pouch dark burgundy, underside chartreuse; staminode light green, dark green centrally; substance firm; texture matte.
Paphiopedilum Doctor Toot ‘Memorial Meir Moses’ (Paph. kolopakingii x Paph. delenatii), HCC/AOS 79, presented by Ted Baenziger, Houston, Texas, Award #20224126
Four arched flowers, well presented on one upright 35-cm inflorescence; sepals and petals white, suffused light purple, veined darker purple, petals down-swept; pouch white, suffused light purple, reticulated purple; staminode shield-shaped, large relative to pouch, pale yellow proximally, dark purple distally, covered with pubescent hairs; substance light, texture matte.
Paphiopedilum Enchantingly Stella ‘Edward C Wilson’ (Paph. Stella Scope x Paph. Enchantingly Wood), HCC/AOS 76, presented by Amy Colville, Houston, Texas, Award #20224127
One flower on an erect 32.0-cm inflorescence; dorsal sepal broadly ovate, white, veined green; synsepal ovate, cupped, white, veined green; petals oblanceolate, white, suffused green, superior half suffused darker green, spotted maroon, margins finely hirsute; pouch light green, superior side suffused burgundy, veined darker burgundy; staminode hippocrepiform,* white, side lobes veined green basally; substance firm; texture glossy.
Paph. Graciously Hawaiian ‘Patricia A. Cairns’ (Paph. Hawaiian Kapuna x Paph. hookerae), HCC/AOS 78, presented by Amy Colville, Houston, Texas, Award #20224128
One stately flower of hookerae form on a 35.5-cm inflorescence; dorsal sepal ovate, slightly reflexed basally, cream-color, overlaid rose, striped olive green, bright green basally; synsepal lighter version of dorsal; petals bright green basally, stippled maroon proximal half, dark rose distal third; pouch dark rose, veined maroon, interior green, stippled maroon; staminode light green, maroon centrally; substance firm; texture glossy.
*“Shaped like a horseshoe.” I had to look it up myself.