AOS award no. 20191305 California Sierra Center Monthly Judging September 4, 2019 76 points


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AOS award no. 20191305 California Sierra Center Monthly Judging September 4, 2019 76 points

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AOS Award no. 20196022 August 24, 2019 Shreveport Center Monthly Judging 78 points

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Very large, autumnal shades. As you can see from the clonal name of the pollen parent we did this in the hopes of extending the blooming season. It has not proved to help!

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Another in our Greek underworld theme we crossed the delightful Hellas which is just like having a new canvas to work with with our very green Emerald Lake, great autumnal shades.

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Hellas just is a lovely flower to work with. It is bringing lovely autumnal shades to a classic yellow bulldog.
Lehua Orchids is located on the Island of Hawaii (the Big island, also known as the Orchid Isle). We are on the slopes of Mauna Loa, half way between Hilo and Volcano in a community called Mountain View. In this location we enjoy the benefits of our almost daily trade winds, and nightly from the cooling effects of our “mauka” winds (winds coming down from the top of the mountain)
In this location we are able to specialize in intermediate temperature orchids. Our daily highs in summer are about 85 degrees with a 20 degree drop at night. in winter our highs are around 75 and 60 at night. These conditions allow us to specialize in our favorite orchids, Paphiopedilums, Phragmipediums, Angraecums and Lycaste.
