Phragmipedium kovachii ‘Jabba’ HCC/AOS

[DrLeslieEe]

Awarded today at the Windsor show with a 79 (yikes) point HCC/AOS to my friend Andrew.

It was a touch and go thing. When it first opened I was thinking too small petals and shouldn’t take to judging. But yesterday when I saw it, I’m like hmmm might scrap by with a HCC.

So I took it last night on my long drive to Windsor show with me.

This morning when I woke up it was slightly bigger and flatter so it impressed the judges to reward it an award. I requested it be judged first as it might changed later in the afternoon lol.

Congrats to Andrew of Roehampton Orchids to his second kovachii award in less than a month! Quite an achievement!

 

[monocotman]

Congrats on the award and your perseverance Leslie!

 

[Pleurothallidan]

Congrats to Andrew! Such great timing on his last two kovachii flowers. How did the colour compare to 'Ewok' from earlier this month?

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Congrats to Andrew! Such great timing on his last two kovachii flowers. How did the colour compare to 'Ewok' from earlier this month?

It’s slightly more lavender than the pink of Ewok I think.

 

[GuRu]

Lovely flower and congrats to the award.

 

[big923cattleya]

Congratulations to all involved! What a worthy flower! Very, very nice.
It is a shame that one more point could not be squeezed out of somewhere! Agghhhhh!

Next time an AM!

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Congratulations to all involved! What a worthy flower! Very, very nice.
It is a shame that one more point could not be squeezed out of somewhere! Agghhhhh!

Next time an AM!

Maybe if you were there on the team it might have been squeezed out lol.

 

[big923cattleya]

Perhaps.
We’re you on the team?
It has been a few years since I sat at the table with a kovachii in front of me. I will admit to that. Not since Glenn Decker brought them into NYC.

They were very rare in Florida and I have not seen one here.
Maybe an 81 or 82 by me would have made a difference? I guess we will never know.

 

[My Green Pets]

Looks pretty nice to me! Congrats to the grower!

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Perhaps.
We’re you on the team?
It has been a few years since I sat at the table with a kovachii in front of me. I will admit to that. Not since Glenn Decker brought them into NYC.

They were very rare in Florida and I have not seen one here.
Maybe an 81 or 82 by me would have made a difference? I guess we will never know.

I wasn’t on the team that awarded it.

Yes your 82 would have mattered!