Growing conditions
Temperature
19°N Northern HemisphereRainfall
1,073mm/yearBloom Season
Based on 18 recorded blooms.
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Awards
Very clean, Large filled-in flowers good colour contrast and plant health is excellent. 12 Inflorescences 24 flowers & 14 Buds, Relevant 4 on an inflorescence of 220mm. Petals and sepals colour White group 155D with lines/Viening of Purple Violet N81D to distal end . Labellum- Purple/Violet group N81A with Yellow/Orange throat of 15C
View on AOC website ↗Very clean, Large filled-in flowers good colour contrast and plant health is excellent. 12 Inflorescences 24 flowers & 14 Buds, Relevant 4 on an inflorescence of 220mm. Petals and sepals colour White group 155D with lines/Viening of Purple Violet N81D to distal end. Labellum- Purple /Violet group N81A with Yellow /Orange throat of 15C
View on AOC website ↗Total number of inflorescences 23, total flower count 81, Number of flowers on relevant inflorescence 4, length of relevant inflorescence 250mm. Segments White group NN155D. Labellum White group NN155D in throat with viens of Purple group N79B and remainder of labellum Purple GroupN81A.
View on AOC website ↗1 inflorescence of 289mm with 5 flowers; all segments Base colour white group N155A with slightly darker striations of a greyed coerulea shade
View on AOC website ↗1 inflorescence of 289mm with 5 flowers; all segments Base colour white group N155A with slightly darker striations of a greyed coerulea shade
View on AOC website ↗30 inflorescences of 225mm with 120 flowers (4 relevant); petals and sepals Base colour white NN155C with fine lines of purple 76A and a faint blush of purple 76D; labellum Base colour white NN155C with strong markings of purple violet group N81A
View on AOC website ↗9 inflorescences of 40mm with 34 flowers (4 relevant); petals and sepals Red Group 56A with striations of Red Group 61B; labellum Red group 61 with paler veining
View on AOC website ↗6 inflorescences 245mm with 18 flowers (3 relevant); petals and sepals Red/purple 69C wuth striations of 75A; labellum purple 79B with Yellow 11D inside
View on AOC website ↗6 inflorescences of 250mm with 21 flowers (4 relevant); petals and sepals White NN155D; labellum Base colour white NN155D with yellow 12C in throat with lines and shading of purple violet N81A from throat to distal tip
View on AOC website ↗30 inflorescences of 280mm with 130 flowers + 14 buds (5 relevant); petals and sepals White NN155D; labellum White NN155D with yellow 8C in throat
View on AOC website ↗1 inflorescence of 220mm with 3 flowers; petals White group 155C overlayed evenly with Purple Violet group 81B with veining of Purple Violet group 80A; sepals White group 155C tinged in Red Purple group 69C along the margin; labellum Purple Violet group 81A with veining of Purple group 79A
View on AOC website ↗1 inflorescence with 3 flowers; petals and sepals White Group 155C ; labellum Frilled in Purple group 81A with distal blotching of white group 155C. Deeper veining throughout of violet group 83A. Throat yellow group 4C
View on AOC website ↗1 inflorescence of 200mm with 4 flowers; petals White group 155C with overlay away from the midrib of Purple Violet 81B with darker veining of Purple Violet 80A; sepals White group 155C with faint overlay of Red Purple group 69C at distal end; labellum Frilled in Purple Violet group 81A veined in Purple group 79A into the throat. Below the column the labellum changes to white group 155C
View on AOC website ↗1 inflorescence of 300mm with 5 flowers; petals Purple Violet group 80B. Veined in Purple Violet group 77D; sepals Purple group 78D fading Violet group 84C at distal ends.; labellum Purple Violet group 78A fading at distal end to purple violet group 82D, veined with Purple Violet 81A. Throat Yellow group 8C
View on AOC website ↗15 inflorescences of 250mm with 61 flowers + 4 buds (5 relevant); all segmnets Yellow-green 150C, Grey-brown N199A blotching
View on AOC website ↗Segments white 155B. Labellum white 155B atr centre, side-lobes purple-violet 51A; throat yellow-orange 18D, striped purple-violet 81A. Four inflorescences, 5 flowers on main one. Total 18 flowers. Stems 280mm.
View on AOC website ↗Segments white 155C. Labellum white 155C shaded & marked red-purple 66D. Three inflorescences, 4 flowers on each. Stems 250mm.
View on AOC website ↗Segments white 155D, overlaid purple-violet 82D. Labellum white 155D, finely lined violet 83A. Solid violet 83A, fading to purple-violet 82B at tips. Five inflorescences, 4 flowers on main one; total 19 flowers. Stems 260mm.
View on AOC website ↗Award Comparison
| Measurement | ACM/AOC 2024 'Sunderland' | AM/AOC 2024 'Sunderland' | ACE/AOC 2022 'Thomas' | AD/AOC 2018 'Carmen' | AM/AOC 2018 'Carmen' | ACC/AOC 2018 'Terry' | ACM/AOC 2017 'Nice One' | HCC/AOC 2017 'Joe Romeo' | AM/AOC 2016 'Lily Grace' | ACE/AOC 2016 'Loanne' | HCC/AOC 2015 'Roxy' | AM/AOC 2015 'Aranda Blue Label' | HCC/AOC 2015 'Bonnie' | AM/AOC 2015 'Miss Pearse' | ACM/AOC 2014 'Louanne' | HCC/AOC 2012 'Douglas' | HCC/AOC 2010 'Joy' | AM/AOC 2006 'Lorraine' |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flower size | 159 × 154 mm | 159 × 154 mm | 138 × 138 mm | 170 × 188 mm | 170 × 188 mm | 107 × 112 mm | 169 × 145 mm | 140 × 140 mm | 147 × 147 mm | 123 × 116 mm | 140 × 135 mm | 155 × 155 mm | 125 × 120 mm | 160 × 150 mm | 126 × 119 mm | 138 × 132 mm | 138 × 144 mm | 155 × 155 mm |
| Petals | 75 × 65 mm | 75 × 65 mm | 74 × 38 mm | 80 × 50 mm | 80 × 50 mm | 57 × 27 mm | 90 × 40 mm | 75 × 42 mm | 85 × 43 mm | 65 × 41 mm | 85 × 46 mm | 85 × 45 mm | 72 × 44 mm | 90 × 50 mm | 64 × 39 mm | 64 × 35 mm | 96 × 36 mm | 74 × 41 mm |
| Dorsal sepal | 88 × 24 mm | 88 × 24 mm | 74 × 17 mm | 90 × 23 mm | 90 × 23 mm | 50 × 13 mm | 67 × 22 mm | 76 × 20 mm | 90 × 17 mm | 58 × 19 mm | 75 × 22 mm | 80 × 25 mm | 75 × 21 mm | 90 × 25 mm | 66 × 21 mm | 83 × 13 mm | 93 × 23 mm | 79 × 22 mm |
| Lateral sepals | 78 × 24 mm | 78 × 24 mm | 74 × 16 mm | 90 × 24 mm | 90 × 24 mm | 59 × 14 mm | 90 × 20 mm | 82 × 20 mm | 95 × 20 mm | 67 × 17 mm | 76 × 23 mm | 85 × 26 mm | 76 × 22 mm | 85 × 24 mm | 66 × 21 mm | 76 × 17 mm | 92 × 25 mm | 75 × 20 mm |
| Lip | 70 × 55 mm | 70 × 55 mm | 65 × 38 mm | 83 × 47 mm | 83 × 47 mm | 57 × 31 mm | 70 × 40 mm | 70 × 39 mm | 78 × 50 mm | 67 × 37 mm | 65 × 43 mm | 70 × 44 mm | 55 × 37 mm | 60 × 40 mm | 57 × 35 mm | 63 × 40 mm | 68 × 42 mm | 74 × 44 mm |
| Flower count | 24 | 24 | 81 | 5 | 5 | 120 | 34 | 18 | 21 | 130 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 61 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Inflorescences | 12 | 12 | - | 1 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 5 |