This past month saw the Houston Judging Center monthly judging on May 20. We had two students with another three persons also considering joining the program. We welcome others to observe and learn how we do things; you may want to get more involved in the process on the third Saturday of the month beginning at 10:30am. Our judging usually lasts until 2:30pm but this month lasted a lot longer, until 4pm, with lots of entries and three awards! Yippee!
Phalaenopsis Yin’s Green Jewel ‘Irma Scott’ (P. Tsay’s Evergreen x Yungho Gelb Canary), HCC/AOS 79, Award #20234115, presented by Greg and Irma Scott
Four well-formed, full, stellate, flat flowers, on one 21.0-cm inflorescence and one flower and one bud on a second inflorescence; sepals and petals canary yellow, blushed apple-green, coalesced venation; lateral sepals dusted cinnamon-brown basally; lip sagitate (arrowhead), white, margin dentate (toothed); side-lobes gold, dusted cinnamon-brown laterally; substance heavy; texture crystalline.
Phalaenopsis Tying Shin Fly Eagle ‘Irma Scott’ (P. tetraspis x Dragon Tree Eagle), AM/AOS 80, Award #20234116, presented by Greg and Irma Scott
Four flat, symmetric, stellate flowers and one bud on a 22.0-cm arching inflorescence and five flowers and one bud on two other inflorescences; sepals and petals elliptical, yellow irregularly overlaid cherry-red, finely tessellated pink basally; lip trilobed, narrow, white, midlobe horizontal, convex, acute, keel fuchsia, side lobes erect, white tinged yellow; column and anther cap white; substance firm; texture waxy.
