Growing conditions
Temperature
23°S Southern HemisphereRainfall
1,412mm/yearBloom Season
Based on 5 recorded blooms.
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Awards
5 inflorescences of 700mm with 164 flowers (40 relevant); petals and sepals yellow 3C heavily overlaid with grey orange 165A; labellum yellow 3C with merging stripes of grey orange 165A
View on AOC website ↗5 inflorescences of 700mm with 164 flowers (40 relevant); petals and sepals yellow 3C heavily overlaid with grey orange 165A; labellum yellow 3C with merging stripes of grey orange 165A
View on AOC website ↗2 inflorescences of 630mm with 59 flowers (33 relevant); petals Base colour yellow 5C. Petals heavily suffused with grey brown N199D; sepals Base colour yellow 5C. Petals heavily suffused with grey orange 165A; labellum Yellow 5C with fine stripes that merge on skirt of grey brown N199D
View on AOC website ↗Segments grey-orange 175B. Labellum grey-orange 175B mask yellow 12B. Two branched inflorescences; 145 flowers/ 5 buds & 48 flowers/ 5 buds.
View on AOC website ↗Tepals greyed orange 177B. Labellum also same greyed orange 177B but with yellow 5A shield. Floriferousness of raceme excel lent with branches themselves branching. AJ
View on AOC website ↗Award Comparison
| Measurement | AM/AOC 2022 'Mathew' | ACM/AOC 2022 'Mathew' | AM/AOC 2017 'Cynthia' | HCC/AOC 1997 'Zenith' | HCC/AOC 1986 'RB' |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flower size | 60 × 60 mm | 60 × 60 mm | 59 × 62 mm | 52 × 55 mm | 60 × 60 mm |
| Petals | 30 × 14 mm | 30 × 14 mm | 31 × 26 mm | 25 × 20 mm | - |
| Dorsal sepal | 30 × 22 mm | 30 × 22 mm | 21 × 15 mm | 23 × 11 mm | - |
| Lateral sepals | 20 × 12 mm | 20 × 12 mm | 31 × 10 mm | 28 × 5 mm | - |
| Lip | 28 × 12 mm | 28 × 12 mm | 32 × 31 mm | 31 × 22 mm | - |
| Flower count | 164 | 164 | 59 | 145 | - |
| Inflorescences | 5 | 5 | 2 | - | - |
