AOS AWARD WINNING PHOTOS


Ottawa Orchid Society member Bertha Burrows' orchid plant Paphiopedilum Nisgually 'Bertha Burrows' (Paph. appletonianum x sukhakuli) which won an AM/AOS (82 points) award on May 12, 1979.

This was the first orchid plant of an Ottawa Orchid Society member to receive an American Orchid Society (AOS) award.


Over the years, many other plants have received AOS awards at our society Shows. All the awards received since 1985 are included in the table below, with photographs where available. (Only officially confirmed awards are included. There have been one or two other provisional awards which have not been confirmed by the AOS.)

Thanks to Michael MacConaill for these photographs and for the information on the plant names, owners' names and the awards received.

(Please click the images to see a larger version.)

Plants which received AOS awards
at Ottawa Orchid Society shows

2002
Arpophyllum spicatum 'Daniel'
CCM 85 points

Schreibers Orchids

Lyc. Jackie-Bear 'Mt. Vernon Profusion'
CCM 80 points

Mario & Connie Ferrusi (Marsh Hollow)
Paph. Maudiae 'Adela'
HCC 79 points

Ela Kesik (Ottawa Orchid Society)

Display
AOS Artistic Certificate 91 points

Les Orchidophiles de Montréal

2001
Bulb. filiforme 'Jardin botanique de Montréal'
CCM 82 points

Jardin botanique de Montréal

Bulb. hahlianum 'Jardin botanique de Montréal'
CBR

Jardin botanique de Montréal
Masd. Goldfinch 'Spring Song'
AM 80 points

Malcolm & Judy Adams (Eastern Canda Orchid Society)

Phal. Brother Oconee 'Bedford'
AM 80 points

Howard Ginsburg (Bedford Orchids)

Stelis mucronata 'Jardin botanique de Montréal'
CBR

Jardin botanique de Montréal

2000
Ada keiliana 'Lynn Valley'
CCM 83 points

Jane & Robert Johnstone (Southern Ontario Orchid Society)

Bulb. wenlandianum 'Yorkie'
CCM 83 points

Dianne Yarwood, St Thomas, ON
Paph. hirsutssimum var. esquirolei 'Yvonne'
CCM 82 points

Schreibers Orchids

1999
Paph. Screaming Eagle 'Margaret's Delight'
AM 83 points

[No photo available]

Margaret Haydon (Ottawa Orchid Society)

Phal. Jenco Ruby Princess 'Stertz's Wonder'
HCC 76 points

[No photo available]

Joseph Stertz (Kingston Orchid Society)
Smitinandia micrantha 'Trackside'
CHM 82 points

[No photo available]

Richard & Karolina Skinner (London Orchid Society)

1998
Coel. speciosa 'Alan Salzman'
CHM 83 points

Mario & Connie Ferrusi (Marsh Hollow)

Flkga. rhipidoloba 'Jardin botanique de Montréal'
CBR

Jardin botanique de Montréal
Phal. Brother Marie-Claude 'Zazou #3'
HCC 79 points

Michel & Marie-Claude Salembier (?Bedford Orchids)
Phrag. Andean Fire 'Zazou'
AM 82 points

Michel & Marie-Claude Salembier (?Bedford Orchids)

Prom. xanthina 'Jardin botanique de Montréal'
CCM 91 points

Jardin botanique de Montréal

1997

No AOS awards received in 1997.

1996
Hknsa. Toddler 'Lava Sparks'
AM 81 points

Doug & Terry Kennedy (Our Tropics)

Max. echinophyta 'Limoilou'
CBR

Michel Plamondon (Orchidophiles de Québec)
Onc. Monica's Lovely 'Petite'
CCM 81 points

John Marcotte (Clargreen)

Paph. Mary Ott 'Margie Ann'
HCC 79 points

Tom & Margie Koehler (New York State)

Phal. Golden Sparkle 'OV' AM 82 points

Joanne & Peter Liem (Ottawa Orchid Society)

1995
Cirr. curtisii 'Nepean'
CBR

Hans Bode (Nepean Orchids)

Phal. Mariposa's Gold Princess 'Clargreen'
AM 80 points

Clargreen Gardens

1994
Paph. Atlantic Sunrise 'Memoria Mabel Haydon'
AM 81 points

Margaret Haydon (Ottawa Orchid Society)

Paph. Sable Prince 'Milk Chocolate'
HCC 79 points

Norito Hasegawa (Paphanatics UnLimited)
Phrag. wallisii 'Teresa'
AM 80 points

Sallis Orchids

1993
Aslla. gigantea var. nilotica Kilworth'
AM CCM 83 points

Kilworth Orchids

Ctsm. tenebrosum 'Northern Ridge'
CCM 88 points

Northern Ridge Orchid Nurseries (Eleanor Sweny)
Ctsm. tenebrosum Northern Ridge'
CCM AM 85 points

Northern Ridge Orchid Nurseries (Eleanor Sweny)

1992
Den. Stardust 'Christina'
HCC 77 points

Ann Mansey (Ottawa Orchid Society / Kingston Orchid Society)

1991
Paph. haynaldianum 'Sheila'
AM 83 points

John Marcotte (Clargreen)

Paph. Susan Booth 'Barringham'
AM 83 points

Gordon Barringham (Clargreen)

1990
Catt. loddigesii 'Yvon'
AM 81 points

[No photo available]

Hélène Martin (Ottawa Orchid Society)

Paph. hookerae 'Jo-Anne'
AM 83 points

[No photo available]

Kilworth Orchids
Paph. Valentine Voila 'Sarah'
AM 81 points

[No photo available]

Kilworth Orchids

1989
Masd. datura 'Laval'
CCM 82 points

Egon Dreise (Eastern Canada Orchid Society)

Paph. Maudiae coloratum 'Annette'
HCC 75 points

Annette Bagby Royal Botannical Gardens Orchid Society)

1988
Onc. papilio 'Northern Ridge'
CCM 85 points

[No photo available]

Northern Ridge Orchid Nurseries

Den. Hamburen Gold 'Laval'
HCC 75 points

[No photo available]

Egon Dreise (Eastern Canada Orchid Society)

1987
Oda. Karfunkel 'Laval'
AM 80 points

Egon Dreise (Eastern Canada Orchid Society)

1986
Encyclia citrina 'Helma'
CCM 81 points

Egon Dreise (Eastern Canada Orchid Society)

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