AOS Awards – 2009 Cape & Islands Orchid Society Palette of Orchids
1. Award of Merit Score 84 for Phrag. Alfredo Manrique ‘Haley Suzanne’ (Phrag. Kovachii x Phrag.Walter Schomberg) Description: One full stunningly colorful flower and 1 bud on single 38 cm inflorescence Owned: Glen Decker 2270 Cook Rd. Galway, NY
2. Award of Merit Score 81 for Rhynchostyles Gigantea ‘Spotty’ Description: 33 well displayed fully, round flowers on 1-28 cm pendant inflorescence heavily coalesced at margins. Owned: Wendy Oliver P.O. Box 1741 Vinyard Haven, MA
3. Provisional CHM Score 83 Bulbophllum leysanum Description: 32 starry fleshy flowers and 13 buds on 18 inflorescences up to 16 cm in length on 60 x 50 cm plant consisting of 18 cm lanceolate leaves on 3 cm ovate pseudobulbs. Owned: Mike Lincoln Harwich MA
4. Provisional Highly Commended Certificate or HCC Score 77 Paph. Gigi Moore x Paph. Sylvan Vale Description: 1 flat well proportioned flower on 27 cm stem, dorsal sepal flat white with pale rose overlay, petals beautifully rounded yellow green with pale tawny mahogany. Owned: A & P Orchids 110 Peters Rd. Swansea, MA
5. Provisional Certificate of Horticultural Merit or CHM Score 84 Maxillaria maleolens Description: 55 flowers on 56 inflorescence, robust 60 cm wide plant immaculate leaves. Owned: Jack Mulder 50 Humphrey Rd. Franklin, NH
CAIOS Show Awards
Orchid Digest Show Trophy for Orchid Society display New Hampshire Orchid Society
Orchid Digest: Diamond Award for Excellence Kathie and John Porteous 20 years of photographing AOS awarded plants & helping out with numerous CAIOS events and shows
CAIOS President’s Trophy 2009 - Most Outstanding Bloom or Plant Piping Rock Orchids Phragmipedium Alfredo Manrique Kovachii x Walter Schomburg
John Balog Memorial Award - Best Paphiopedilum Alliance Piping Rock Orchids Phragmipedium Alfredo Manrique Kovachii x Walter Schomburg
Edith W. Gregg Memorial Award - Best Cattleya Alliance Jack Mulder of the New Hampshire Orchid Society Brassavola nodosa
Clifton and Paul Slavin Memorial Trophy - Best Odontoglossum Alliance Brandt Moran – Mass Orchid Society member in the Miller/Moran/Wisneski display Oncidium Aloha Iwanago
Michael Lincoln Award - Best Bulbophyllum, Coelogyne & Dendrochilum Mike Lincoln – CAIOS member with Michael Lincoln display Bulbophyllum leyhsianum
Laura C. Slavin Memorial Award – Most Creative Display Miller, Moran, and Wisneski
The judges asked that a special award be created: Special Award for Artwork – Art display of exceptional finely detailed artistic creations Son Pho Art Embroidered display Vietnamese silk on silk embroidery of orchid blooms
Monika and Bill Wildman Trophy - Best Vandaceous Alliance Daryl Yerdon of the New Hampshire Orchid Society Ascocenda Motes Goldpiece ‘Twentyfour Carat’ AM/AOS Vanda Filipino x Ascocenda Sagarik
Stephen Paul Sethares Trophy - Best Phalaenopsis or Doritis The orchidPhile Phal. Texas Sweetheart ‘TD-2’ HCC/AOS Rothschildiana x Petite Rose
Todd Drummey Award - Best Miniature Orchid Marty Epstein of the New Hampshire Orchid Society Epidendrum schlecterianum
Ralph E. Giombetti Memorial Award - Best Cymbidium Bill Wisneski, CAIOS member in Miller/Moran/Wisneski display Cymbidium Maureen Carter
John and Kathie Porteous Award - Best Dendrobium Piping Rock Orchids Dendrobium Lisa Turner ‘Emma Marie’ CCM/AOS Zip x speciosum
Bruce and Olga Hausser Award - Best Brassia J & L Orchids Goodaleara Eurostar
Harold R. Smith Memorial Award - Best Miltonia Alliance Bill Wisneski – CAIOS member in Miller/Moran/Wisneski display Miltonia Hajime Ono x Arnold Linsman (hah jee’ mee)
Eleanor and Richard Phillips Award - Best Species Jack Mulder of the New Hampshire Orchid Society Brassavola nodosa
