Growing conditions
Temperature
23°S Southern HemisphereRainfall
1,373mm/yearBloom Season
Based on 6 recorded blooms.
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Awards
2 Inflorescences 10 flowers relevant 5. Plant growing on round timber mount in excellent condition. Flowers well displayed and very attractive. Clear crystaline colour and symmetrical.All segments Orange/Red group 33B Labellum Orange/Yellow group 13A with column distal end greyed Purple N78A.
View on AOC website ↗Seventy seven flowers and five buds on ten inflorescences; plant covering both sides of a 140mm x 60mm tree fern slab; leaves unmarked and fresh; flowers all over saturated deep orange with cream column and violet anther cap; substance firm; texture crystalline.
View on OCNZ website ↗Large plant without damage or lost leaves on a cork bark Champion Specimen. Number of Inflorescences 13, Total flower count 50 flwrs & 13 buds, Relevant count 6 length of Inflorescence 25mm. All segments Orange /Red group32A with Basal margin Red /Purple group 72B shading. Labellum Base Yellow/Orange group 23A grading to Orange/ Red 32A at the apex a scatering of Red/Purple 72 markings Anther cap distintive Red/Purple 67B
View on AOC website ↗3 inflorescences with 19 flowers (7 relevant); petals and sepals Orange, N25A; labellum Orange, N25A with Yellow 23A in throat
View on AOC website ↗Segments orange-red 33A. Labellum orange-red 33A, with orange 25A in throat. Greyed purple 187C around stigmatic area. Fourteen inflorescences, 6 flowers on main opne. Total 68 flowers/ 7 buds. Stems 8mm.
View on AOC website ↗Segments orange-red 33B, central strip orange 24C. Labellum orange 24C, orange-red at end. Five inflorescences, 8 flowers on main one, Total 36 flowers. Stem 7mm.
View on AOC website ↗Award Comparison
| Measurement | AM/AOC 2024 'Carmen' | CCC/OCNZ 2024 'Arabella' | ACC/AOC 2024 'Sharon' | AM/AOC 2014 'Orange Fantasy' | ACM/AOC 2010 'Helen' | AM/AOC 2006 'Lauren' |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flower size | 28.5 × 26.5 mm | 28 × 28 mm | 26 × 30 mm | 20 × 21 mm | 21 × 24 mm | 21 × 23 mm |
| Petals | 14 × 14 mm | - | 14 × 6 mm | 11 × 10 mm | 12.5 × 0.5 mm | 11.5 × 7 mm |
| Dorsal sepal | 13 × 11.5 mm | - | 15 × 7 mm | 12 × 9 mm | 11.4 × 7.5 mm | 14 × 7 mm |
| Lateral sepals | 12 × 12.5 mm | - | 15 × 7 mm | 15 × 8 mm | 11.4 × 6.9 mm | 14 × 7 mm |
| Lip | 9.5 × 10 mm | - | 11 × 7 mm | 9 × 7 mm | 8.1 × 6.1 mm | 10 × 6 mm |
| Flower count | 10 | 77 | 50 | 19 | 6 | 8 |
| Inflorescences | 2 | 10 | - | 3 | - | 5 |