5/2/2006 - San Francisco Supplemental Center Porroglossum josei 'Ecuagenera' species CBR (prov.) Exhibited by Ron Parsons All awards considered provisional until published in the AOS Awards Quarterly. Pictures are not the AOS Award slides.

Measurements in cm.  Ns  1.9  nsv  2.9  Dsw  1.9  dsl  0.6  Pw  0.1  pl  0.5  Lsw  0.6  lsl  2.9  Lipw  0.4  lipl  0.8  # flwrs 20  # buds 9  # infl 30

Description: Twenty flowers and nine buds on thirty inflorescences; sepals pink-lavender; dorsal sepal resembles and upside-down crescent moon; lateral sepals pointed into long caudae; petals cream colored; lip hinged, pink with burgundy spot centrally; flowers borne sequentially on 20 cm long inflorescences held well above the 8 cm long leaves; recognized for rarity in cultivation and unusually large pink flowers.

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