Edited 20 January 2008
Stanhopea grandiflora 'La Pastora' CHM/AOS (86 pts).
Awarded August 23, 1997 to R.F. Orchids, Florida.
** special thanks to Marianne Matthews for the compilation of awards through 1984. **
(Stanhopea wardii x Coryanthes macrantha)
Published in AQ 34(3): 149, with color photo by Charlotte Randolph p. 168.
"Three flowers on one pendulous inflorescence; sepals and petals cream-colored, peppered with well-defined dark brick red spots; sepals much wider than petals, similar to Coryanthes parent; lip yellow with red-brown spots apically becoming bands; epichile acuminate. closely wrapped by horns, mesochile area indistinct, hypochile with broken ridges; lip hard and waxy; sepals and petals normal; fragrant. Nat. spr. 15.0 cm, 9.0 cm vert; ds 3.0 cm w, 7.7 cm l; pet 1.4 cm w, 6.0 cm l; ls 3.5 cm w; 9.8 cm l; lip 4.7 cm w, 8.5 cm l."
Exhibitor: Nina Rach, Autre Vie Orchids, Spring Valley, Tx
(Stanhopea wardii x Coryanthes macrantha)
Published in AQ 34(3): 149.
"One fully open flower and one bud on one pendent inflorescence; sepals and petals cream-colored with green suffusion, heavily spotted oxblood; scoop-like lip trilobed at apex, heavily saturated oxblood basally; substance firm, texture waxy. Nat. spr. 17.1 cm, 8.8 cm vert; ds 4.3 cm w, 6.4 cm l; pet 5.6 cm w, 11.0 cm l; ls 1.9 cm w, 7.7 cm l; lip 3.9 cm w, 9.8 cm l."
Exhibitor: Gail Roberts-Smith, Miami, FL.
(Stanhopea wardii x Coryanthes macrantha)
Description as for 'Roxwell Smith'. Hybridizer: Marilyn LeDoux.
The Genus Lueddemannia
Stanhopea anfracta
Exhibitors: Fred & Penny Micklow, Sarasota, FL. Published in AQ ___.
Exhibitor: Bert Pressman, Coral Gables, FL. Published in AQ ___.
Stanhopea annulata
Exhibitor: Everglades Orchids, Belleglade, FL. Published in AQ ___.
Stanhopea Assidensis (tigrina x wardii) registered 1922
Exhibitor: Nina Rach, Autre Vie Orchids, Spring Valley, TX. Published in AQ ___.
AQ 33(1)/69P Four flowers and 4 buds on 2 inflor.
Exhibitors: Peter & Inge Poot, Goodwood, Ontario. Published in AQ ___.
Exhibitor: Mr. & Mrs. David McNair, Albertsville, AL. Published in AQ ___.
Exhibitor: Robert Kelfer, San Antonio, TX. Published in AQ ___.
Exhibitor: Gary & Linda Kraus, West Boxford, MA. Published in AQ ___.
Exhibitor: Gerald Arp, Dallas, TX. Published in AQ ___.
Stanhopea bucephalus
Exhibitor: Ronald A. Sellon, Oregon City, OR. Published in AQ ___.
Stanhopea connata
Exhibitor: ___. Published in AQ ___.
Exhibitor: J. Karl Barrott, Jr., Knoxville, TN. Published in AQ ___.
Exhibitor: Rod McLellan Co., S. San Francisco, CA. Published in AQ ___.
[invalidated by prior awards]
Exhibitor: J & L Orchids, Easton, CT. Published in AQ ___.
Stanhopea costaricensis
Exhibitor: Dr. & Mrs. William White, Anniston, AL. Published in AQ ___.
Stanhopea florida
Exhibitor: F.L. Stevenson, Chamblee, GA. Published in AQ 15(3): 91P.
"Eleven cream flowers with red flecking on two inflorescences; lip with flecking darker and denser near base; flowers rather closely spaced, petals reflexed into a tail, sepal margins rolled back, texture dull except for waxy lip, substance rubbery. Natural spread of flower 10.9 cm; dorsal sepal 3.2 cm wide, 6.9 cm long; petals 1.7 cm wide, 5.1 cm long; lateral sepals 3.6 cm wide, 6.5 cm long; lip 2.4 cm wide, 5.9 cm long."
Five flowers and one bud on one inflorescence. Beige form, Ecuador. OIC #14,377, identified by John Beckner.
Exhibitor: Nina Rach, Spring Valley, TX
Stanhopea frymirei
Exhibitor: Marie Selby Botanic Gardens, Sarasota, FL. Published in AQ 34(1): 69, with photo.
Exhibitor: F. L. Stevenson, Chamblee, GA. Published in AQ ____
Stanhopea Gary Baker (Assidensis x jenishiana) registered 1992
Measurements:
NS Horz: 13.0 cm NS Vert: 11.5 cm DS W: 2.8 cm DS L: 7.0 cm
P W: 1.9 cm P L: 6.2 cm LS W: 4.0 cm LS L: 8.3 cm Lip W: 3.8 cm Lip L: 6.0 cm
Eight flowers and sixty-seven buds evenly distributed on fifteen inflorescences on a beautifully grown plant in a twelve inch basket; leaves virtually immaculate, averaging 10 cm. wide x 53 cm long growing on a 112 cm. diameter plant; flowers yellow burgundy markings; substance and fragrance less than expected. Exhibitor: Shawn Quealy, Boulder, Colorado
Stanhopea gibbosa
Stanhopea grandiflora
Awarded at the Tropical Orchid Society Show, 21 March 1991, West Palm Beach, Florida.
Published in Awards Quarterly Vol. 25, p. 199, with B&W photo.
Description: Two large, ivory-white, waxy, highly frgrant flowers on one pendent raceme; epichile light green, hypochile with minute burgundy spots forming striations from basal portion, radiating centrally; flowers slightly reflexed, but flatter than most stanhopeas.
Measurements: Nat. spr. 12.3 cm, 11.5 cm vert.; ds 4.9 cm w, 9.0 cm l; pet 2.9 cm w, 6.5 cm l; ls 6.0 cm w, 8.1 cm l; lip 3.7 cm w, 6.2 cm l.
Exhibitor: Limrick, Inc., Miami, FL.
Awarded at the Trinidad and Tobago Orchid Society Show, 30 October 1993, San Fernando, Trinidad.
Awards Quarterly Vol. 26, p. 173 (no photo).
Description: Three flowers and four buds on three inflorescences, with seven developing inflorescenses; sepals and petals pristine white; lip waxy white with four rows of crimson dots on basal and middle parts of lip, hypochile roundish, two horns in front, mesochile solid white.
Measurements: Nat. spr. 12.0 cm, 13.0 cm vert.; ds 3.4 cm w, 8.2 cm l; pet 2.5 cm w, 7.1 cm l; ls 4.3 cm w, 8.4 cm l; lip 2.0 cm w, 6.8 cm l.
Exhibited by A.R. Gibson, Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies.
Stanhopea graveolens
Exhibitors: Inge & Peter Poot, Goodwood, Ontario. Published in AQ 34(1): 69, with photo.
Exhibitor: ___. Published in AQ 34(1): 70.
Awarded 10/02/2001, Pacific Central Supp. Judging Center, San Francisco. AQ 33(2)/136P. 6 flowers and 26 buds on 5 inflor.
Exhibitor: Anna S. Chai, Belmont, CA.
Awarded at the Great Plains Regional Monthly Judging, 23 November 1996.
Exhibited by Max C. Thompson, Winfield, Kansas.
"Seven flowers and 12 buds on 17 inflorescences; sepals and petals light greenish yellow; lip midlobe light greenish yellow with maroon spots, side lobes orange; plant exceptionally well grown, leaves in excellent condition.
"Natural Spread 11.4 cm, 10.0 cm vertical; dorsal sepal 3.5 cm wide x 5.3 cm long; petals 1.8 cm wide x 4.2 cm long; lateral sepals 4.0 cm wide x 6.0 cm long; lip 3.0 cm wide x 5.2 cm long."
[Description, but no photo in AQ Vol. 28, Number 2 - June, 1997; pg. 155]
Awarded at the Asociacion Baja Veraracense de Orquidologia Show, Salama, Guatemala, on 16 September 1995. Exhibited by Sergio Noe Cruz, Miami, Florida.
"Six flowers on one inflorescence with second spike emerging; sepals and petals golden yellow with rust-red stippling on basal half of sepals and throughout petals; petals ruffled, partially recurved over dorsal sepal; hypochile and mesochile golden yellow with fine rust-red stippling, epichile bright orange with some rust-red stippling; column ivory with light green midrib; column 2.3 cm wide and 4.6 cm long."
"Natural Spread 11.4 cm, 9.1 cm vertical; dorsal sepal 3.5 cm wide x 6.2 cm long; petals 2.2 cm wide x 5.9 cm long; lateral sepals 4.4 cm wide x 6.3 cm long; lip 3.1 cm wide x 5.8 cm long."
[B & W photo in AQ Vol. 28, Number 2 - June, 1997; pg. 110]
Awarded at the Baton Rouge Orchid Society Show, 7 July 1995.
Exhibited by Danna Stone Spayde, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
"Seven buttercup yellow flowers and one bud on one inforescence; sepals and petals with sparse chocolate [ibid.]; base of epichile and apple green column lightly stippled chocolate; column 1.5 cm wide by 5.5 cm long;sepals and lateral margins of column thin and translucent; margin of sepals slightly reflexed; petals tightly curled; substance stiff; texture waxy; fragrance mild."
"Natural Spread 10.8 cm, 10.5 cm vertical; dorsal sepal 2.5 cm wide x 6.7 cm long; petals 1.5 cm wide x 4.9 cm long; lateral sepals 4.0 cm wide x 6.7 cm long; lip 2.5 cm wide x 8.0 cm long."
[B & W photo in AQ Vol.27, Number 1 - 1996; pg. 48]
Exhibitor: Larry Moskovitz, Oakland, CA
Exhibitor: Gary and Linda Kraus, West Boxford, MA
Exhibitor: Planting Fields Arboretum, Oyster Bay, L.I., NY
Stanhopea hernandezii
"Two flowers on one inflorescence and five buds on two additional inflorescences; sepals and petals butter yello, heavily marked wine red, spots at base of petals solid dark wine red; lip and column butter yellow, finely spotted wine red; base of hypochile almost solid wine red; substance firm; texture waxy. Nat. spr. 12.5 cm, 11.0 cm vert.; ds 4.3 cm w, 8.5 cm l; pet 2.3 cm w, 8.0 cm l; ls 5.3 cm w, 7.5 cm l; lip 5.5 cm w, 7.0 cm l.
Exhibitors: Julie and George Walkosky, Marietta, GA. Published in AQ 35(2): 147.
Exhibitors: Stan & Jeannette Brashear, Everett, WA
Stanhopea impressa
Exhibitor: R.F. Orchids, FL
N.S. 11.5 cm. Five flowers on two inflorescences; flowers yellowish-orange, spotted with burgundy; darker burgundy on the petals; lip large, dark burgundy basally clear waxy orange at the tips. Hypochill concave-sacate with a pair of horns arising under the column; mesochill with a short pair of lateral falcate ...
[N.B. - This plant is NOT Stan. impressa and the award was challenged but deemed too old to change]
Stanhopea inodora
Exhibitor: F. L. Stevenson, Chamblee, GA
[originally awarded as Stanhopea wardii; Formal identification by Cal Dodson: "Your Stanhopea is definitely not Stanhopea wardii. I would call it Stanhopea inodora Lindl. and you should be very proud of it. I have never seen one with so many flowers on a single inflorescence. Spectacular!"
Exhibitor: Judy Cook MD, Guner, TX
Exhibitor: Elaine Berol Taylor, Sorrento, FL
Awarded at the Pacific Central Regional Monthly Judging, 4 Sept. 1984
Exhibitor: Steve Pruyn, San Diego
Stanhopea insignis
Exhibitor: Donald Tanahashi, Los Angeles, CA
Stanhopea jenishiana
Exhibitors: M/M Henry J. Severin, Cupertino, CA
Stanhopea June Bride (panamensis x Assidensis) registered 1995
"Twenty flowers and 10 buds on five inflorescences with three immature inflorescences; flowers cream-colored; sepals and petals heavily spotted maroon, petals with dark maroon blotch at base; lip epichile finely spotted maroon, hypochile overlaid yellow basally with large dark maroon blotch; column cream colored with green midrib and fine maroon spots; substance firm; texture of sepals and petals matte, lip waxy. Nat. spr. 12.2 cm, 12.0 cm vert."
Exhibitors: Pat and Bob Martin, Signal Mountain, TN. Published in AQ 35(1): 66.
Stanhopea King Kong (tigrina x gibbosa) registered 1998
"Three large light yellow flowers on one inflorescence with three immature inflorescences; sepals and petals heavily spotted maroon; petals with ruffled margins folded over dorsal sepal; lip epichile and glossy hypochile finely spotted maroon with dark defined eye-spot; substance waxy, texture matte; strongly fragrant. Nat. spr. 15.3 cm, 14.0 cm vert."
Exhibitors: Pat and Bob Martin, Signal Mountain, TN. Published in AQ 35(1): 66.
Stanhopea lewisae [Natural hybrid: ecornuta x oculata]
Exhibitor: John Apperson, Cantonment, FL
Stanhopea maduroi
Exhibitor: Andres Maduro, Panama
Stanhopea martiana
Awarded on 6/19/1993 at the Great Plains Regional Monthly Judging, Oklahoma City, OK. [Awards Quarterly, vol. 25 (1), p. 27, color photo on p. 25]
Description: "Two flowers and four buds on two inflorescence [ibid.], one inflorescence with open flowers and one with two fully expanded buds, 16 inflorescences beginning to mature; mature flowers are flat, fully opened, creamy white with definite burgundy spots on sepals and petals; petals with large burgundy blotches, darkening toward column; lip creamy white; column creamy white with numerous small burgundy spots; plant with 56 mature growths with 35 new growths growing in sphagnum moss in a 25-cm (10-inch) square wire basket.
Nat.spr. 13.0cm, 11.0cm vert; ds 3.5cm w, 7.5cm l; pet 2.2cm w, 6.0cm l; ls 4.0cm w, 8.0cm l; lip 3.0cm w, 5.5cm l.
Exhibitor: Max Thomson, Winfield, KS
Awarded on 7/20/85 at the Great Lakes Regional Monthly Judging, Ann Arbor, MI [Awards Quarterly, vol. 17(2), p. 99; no picture]
Description: "Two flowers back to back on one pendent inflorescence; flowers creamy white; sepals with burgundy maculations; petals with larger, darker burgundy maculations; lip mesochile and hypochile immaculate, epichile saccate with internal orange-yellow background and burgundy blush, column spotted with dark burgundy on creamy white; leaves coriaceous, lanceolate, margins undulate. Natural spread of flower 13.9 cm; dorsal sepal 3.2 cm wide, 7.2 cm long; petals 1.0 cm wide, 6.3 cm long; lateral sepals 4.9 cm wide, 7.6 cm long; lip 5.5 cm wide, 3.0 cm long."
Exhibitor: Raymond McCullough, Livonia, MI
Stanhopea Mem. Paul Allen (ecornuta x tigrina) registered 1968
Exhibitor: Hobbie Hawkins, West Palm Beach, FL
Stanhopea napoensis
"Two flowers on one pendent inflorescence; sepals and petals cream-colored, peppered with clustered burgundy spots; lip mesochile deep velvet burgundy; substance very firm; texture crystalline; plant noted for being an interesting recently described species; origin Ecuador; identified by Calaway Dodson. Nat. spr. 9.5 cm, 17.5 cm vert.; ds 4.6 cm w, 10.1 cm l; pet 3.4 cm w, 8.3 cm l; ls 6.5 cm w, 10.1 cm l; lip 3.5 cm w, 8.5 cm l."
Exhibitor: Ron Kaufmann, San Diego, CA. Published in AQ 35(1): 66, with B&W photo.
Stanhopea nigripes
Exhibitor: Gary & Linda Kraus, West Boxford, MA
Awarded: Oct. 28, 2005, Club Peruano de Orquideas Show, Moyobamba, Peru
Exhibitor: Amazonas Chachapoyas, Lima, Peru. Published in AQ 38(1):66 (no photo); March 2007.
Five flowers of full form on one pendent inflorescence with a second emerging inflorescence; flowers peach, lightly spotted burgundy; lip hypochil distinctively marked with a heavy burgundy band, mesochil yellow dusted burgundy, horns clear peach color, column peach color, green centrally spotted burgundy; substance average, texture matte, identified by David Bennett (2005). Nat. spr. 11.6 cm, 9.7 cm vert; ds 3.4 cm w, 6.1 cm l; pet 2.3 cm w, 5.2 cm l; ls 0.4 cm w, 6.9 cm l; lip 2.0 cm w, 5.0 cm l. Award photo by Walter Pinochet. G3098
Stanhopea nigroviolacea
Exhibitor: ___. Published in AQ 34(1): 70, with photo.
Stanhopea oculata
Awarded July 7, 2006 at Baton Rouge Orchid Society Show, Metairie, Louisiana.
Exhibitor: Martin's Orchids, Milton, Florida (20060915). Published in AQ 38(1):66 (no photo), March 2007.
Eleven well-formed flowers on one inflorescence; flowers cream-colored; sepals and petals spotted burgundy; lip hypochile buttercup yellow basally, eyes burgundy, mesochil glossy cream-colored stippled burgundy; column underside lined chartreuse, stippled burgundy; substance firm; texture waxy. Nat. spr. 12.0 cm, 10.2 cm vert; ds 2.5 cm w, 6.8 cm l; pet 2.0 cm w, 5.3 cm l; ls 4.0 cm w, 7.2 cm l; lip 3.1 cm w, 5.7 cm l. Photography by Ronnie Kennedy.
Exhibitor: ____. Published in AQ 34(1): 70.
Exhibitor: Raymond McCullough, Livonia, MI
Exhibitor: Sterling Dickinson, San Miguel Allende, Mexico
Stanhopea Penelope (oculata x ecornuta) registered 1968
"Fourteen flowers on two beautifully displayed inflorescences; sepals and petals soft yellow, peppered with maroon spots; lip glossy orange, shaded to yellow at apex, with two darker eye spots on mesochile of lip from oculata parent; substance good; texture waxy; commended for excellent presentation of flowers and more compact inflorescences than expected for this hybrid. Nat. spr. 12.3 cm, 7.0 cm vert; ds 3.3 cm w, 5.7 cm l; pet 2.1 cm w, 5.0 cm l; ls 3.6 cm w, 5.1 cm l; lip 2.9 cm w, 5.7 cm l."
Exhibitor: Chris Asmann, Newburgh, NY. Published in AQ 34(3): 189, with B&W photo.
Stanhopea peruviana
WAS INITIALLY AWARDED AS Stanhopea pozoi 'Barrick' CBR/AOS
"Five flowers on one pendent raceme; pseudoulbs 4 cm wide by 3 cm high, uniformly grooved; leaves 14 cm wide by 23 cm long with 9 cm petiole; flowers light butterscotch; sepals cupped; petals reflexed with two burgundy spots at base; lip completely contoured, graded from mostly solid burgundy at hypochile to light spots at epichile; substance membranous except lip; texture matte; notable for relatively small size with slight fragrance; identified by Eric Christenson. Nat. spr. 7.6 cm, 6.0 cm vert.; ds 2.7 cm w, 4.2 cm l; pet 1.7 cm w, 3.5 cm l; ls 3.5 cm w, 4.5 cm l; lip 1.5 cm w, 4.0 cm l.
Exhibitors: Judy and Brad Barrick, Barrick Orchids, Oregon City, Oregon
Published with a B&W photo in AQ 34(4): 286, Dec. 2003.
Stanhopea pulla
Exhibitors: M/M Henry J. Severin, Cupertino, CA
Stanhopea Quirky Queen (Love Potion x wardii) registered 1998
Exhibitor: Doug Pulley, MD
Stanhopea randii
Exhibitor: Diana’s Orchids
Stanhopea reichenbachiana
Two flowers on one inflorescence; sepals and petals clear ivory without any spots; hypochile and epichile ivory with dark cerise spots interiorly radiating in lines; column celery green with ivory wings; substance good; texture of sepals and petals matte, hypochile glossy, column waxy.
Natural spread 10.5 cm x 12.0 cm vertical; dorsal sepal 4.0 cm wide x 7.9 cm long; petals 3.0 cm wide x 6.9 cm long; lateral sepals 5.0 x 7.8 cm long; lip 3.9 cm wide x 6.1 cm long.
[No picture in Awards Quarterly, Vol. 27, Number 1 - 1996]
Stanhopea rodrigasiana
Exhibitor: Walter Teague, San Francisco, CA
Stanhopea Ronsard (wardii x oculata) registered 1989
Awarded February 2001 at Southern Ontario Orchid Society [SOOS] Valentine's Orchid Show, Toronto.
Exhibitors: Doug & Terry Kennedy. Published in AQ 34(1): 70, with photo.
Exhibitor: _____; Published in AQ 34(1): 70.
Awarded 8/21/2000 in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Exhibitor: Jim Berean, Fremont, MI
Awarded at Chicagoland Seventh Annual Orchid Festival, Illinois
Exhibitor: ____________
Stanhopea ruckeri
Awarded: June 10, 2006 at Dallas Center Monthly Judging.
Exhibitor: Judy Cook, Gunter, Texas (20060900). Published in AQ 38(1):66 (no photo)
Thirteen flowers and 14 buds on four pendulous inflorescences and one immature inflorescence; flowers cream-colored, chartreuse centrally, spotted maroon proximal three-quarters; lip finely spotted maroon, three large burgundy spots on old-gold proximal area of hypochil; winged column 2.2 sm x 9.0 cm, chartreuse cntrally; substance leathery; texture glossy; very sweet floral aroma. Nat. spr. 13.6, 12.0 cm vert; ds 4.0 cm w, 7.8 cm l; pet 2.1 cm w, 9.2 cm l; ls 4.6 cm w, 7.0 cm l; lip 3.4 cm w, 6.6 cm l.
Photography by Jeanne Staser.
Awarded 7/8/89 in Atlanta, GA
Exhibitor: _____
Stanhopea saccata
Awarded 10/15/74 in Oakland, CA
Exhibitor: Ronald M. Hawley, Mill Valley, CA
Stanhopea shuttleworthii
Awarded 6/16/07 at Toronto Supplemental Center Monthly Judging
Exhibitor: Jardin Botanique de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Four large, pleasantly fragrant flowers and four large buds on two inflorescences plus an additional immature inflorescence; sepals and petals pale lemon yellow spotted light burgundy, old gold basally; lip hypochile old gold with prominent burgundy eye spots, mesochile ivory finely spotted burgundy, yellow basally, epichile ivory finely spotted burgundy; column pale apple green, wings ivory, finely spotted burgundy; substance good, texture waxy.
Measurements: NS Horz: 12 cm, NS Vert: 12.5 cm; DS W: 4.8 cm DS L: 8.7 cm
P W: 2.5 cm P L: 7.2 cm LS W: 5.5 cm LS L: 8.5 cm Lip W: 4.5 cm Lip L: 7.0 cm
Stanhopea tigrina
Awarded 7/10/99 in Denver, CO
Exhibitor: Shawn Quealy, Boulder, CO
Eight flowers and five buds on six inflorescences and five immature inflorescences growing on a large plant; sepals and petals yellow, heavily spotted and blotched maroon; column, lip wings and distal portion of lip creamy yellow spotted blood red, central portion butter yellow, base dark blood red; texture very glossy; substance extreamely heavy. The flower had much fuller and rounder form than usual because of the nearly horizontal presentation of the lateral sepals.
Measurements: NS Horz: 15.5 cm, NS Vert: 15.1 cm; DS W: 5.0 cm DS L: 9.3 cm
P W: 2.6 cm P L: 9.4 cm LS W: 7.0 cm LS L: 10.1 cm Lip W: 5.5 cm Lip L: 8.5 cm
Awarded 7/20/71 in Oakland, CA
Exhibitor: H.R. Hoffman, San Francisco, CA
Awarded 10/16/82 in Tacoma, Washington
Exhibitor: Paul Bacon, Tacoma, WA
Awarded 7/07/2001 at Toronto Judging Center.
Exhibitors: Inge and Peter Poot, Goodwood, Ontario. Published in AQ 33(1)/70.
Two flowers on 1 cut inflorescence. Nat. spread 18.0 cm horiz x 7.5 cm vertical.
Awarded 6/3/70 in Philadelphia, PA
Exhibitor: W. Herman Barcus, Media, PA
Awarded 6/28/80 in San Antonio, TX
Exhibitors: M/M Truett Edwards, Fort Worth, TX
"30+ flowers plus buds/15 stems; 12.5 cm NS. 25 cm root ball in wire basket, hard grown in bright light; leaves emerging upwards and pendulous inflorescenses uniformly distributed & well-presented. Difficult species to grow/flower to this degree of excellence in hot dry climate, which was not considered in point scoring."
Awarded 6/09/2001 at Atlanta Judging Center. Published in AQ 33(3)/204P.
Exhibitors: Ron McHatton and Randy Young, Atlanta, GA.
5 flowers on 2 inflor.
Awarded 6/8/84 in Atlanta, GA
Exhibitor: F. L. Stevenson, Chamblee, GA
Awarded 5/21/2001 at Pacific Central Judging Center, Oakland, CA. Published in
AQ 33(3)/204C - color photo inside front cover.
Exhibitor: Eddon Orchids, Fresno, CA
Two flowers, 17.8 cm Nat. spread horiz. x 15.8 cm vertical.
Awarded 7/07/2001 at Toronto Judging Center
Exhibitors: Peter & Inge Poot, Goodwood, Ontario
Stanhopea tricornis
AQ description: "Two flowers on one inflorescence with two emerging inflorescence[s]; sepals ivory with medium brown spots at base; petals ivory heavily suffused with yellow toward the apex and spotted with darker brown spots; lip yellow with the outer surface of base heavily marked with cinnamon spots; column lime green, anther cap very light green; substance heavy, texture slightly crystalline.
Size: Natural spread 11.8 cm horizontal, 10.4 cm vertical.
ds 4.0 cm w, 6.9 cm l;pet 3.1 cm w, 5.4 cm l; ls 4.1 cm w, 6.1 cm l; lip 2.0 cm w, 4.6 cm l."
Stanhopea wardii
Awarded 7/27/77 in Washington, D.C.
Exhibitor: Lt. Col. Rafford C. Anderson, Vienna, VA
Awarded Sept. 9, 2006 at Atlanta Center Monthly Judging.
Exhibitor: Fred Missbach, Atlanta, Georgia (20061085). Published in AQ 38(1):66 (no photo; March 2007).
Eight flowers and seven buds on two inflorescences; flowers clear, vivid yellow; sepals and petals moderately spotted dark red; lip eye spots almost black, very distinctly outlined; column white lightly spotted dark red; substance firm; texture waxy; flowers very fragrant. Nat. spr. 9.0 cm, 11.0 cm vert; ds 3.0 cm w, 5.4 cm l; pet 1.7 cm w, 4.6 cm l; ls 3.9 cm w, 5.5 cm l; lip 3.2 cm w, 5.0 cm l.
Photography by Danny Lentz.
Awarded 9/5/84 in Philadelphia, PA
Exhibitor: Georgianna M. Pfluger, Mount Laurel, NJ
Awarded 8/27/84 in Long Beach, CA
Exhibitors: M/M Martin Nedderman, Huntington Beach, CA
Awarded 9/23/70 in Tampa, FL
Exhibitor: Miss Phyllis E. Dye, Tampa, FL
Awarded 6/17/72 in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Exhibitor: Ronald Ciesinski, Taylor, MI
Awarded 11/01/97 in St. Louis, Missouri.
Exhibitors: Joel & Desda Clark.
Stanhopea warscewicziana
Awarded 9/13/2003 at Atlanta Center Monthly Judging
Exhibitor: Tom Kaschak. Published in AQ 35(2): 147.
"Nine flowers and 24 buds on four inflorescences with one immature inflorescence; sepals and petals butter yellow, hypochile butter yellow, mesochile and epichile creamy yellow, with fine mahogany spots basally on epichile; column translucent white with apple green midrib; substance of sepals and petals soft, lip firm; texture of sepals and petals matte, lip waxy. Nat. spr. 11.4 cm, 9.2 cm vert, ds 2.2 cm w, 5.6 cm l; pet 1.5 cm w, 4.5 cm l; ls 3.5 cm w, 5.6 cm l; lip 2.6 cm w, 5.5 cm l."
