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Judging Results seen here are Provisional until published by Awards Quarterly

Here are some interesting orchid links:

Irma Selles Webshots Orchid Pages - Irma Selles is an accredited AOS judge in our region and unofficially photographs most of the shows in Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and St. Croix.  Lots of behind the sceens show pictures here.  Since we don't get to web publish the official AOS pictures from these shows, we are very happy that Irma provides her pictures for our site.
http://community.webshots.com/user/selsal1

Pacific-Central Region Awards Pages - Kathy Barrett, is a student judge in the Pacific-Central Region keeps us up to speed with awards in her region.
http://www.aospacificcentral.org/
She also has a page with links to other Judging Center websites
http://www.aospacificcentral.org/others.html

RHS International Orchid Registrar Search Page - The place to search hybrids registered by the RHS
http://www.rhs.org.uk/research/registerpages/orchidsearch.asp

London Orchid Society (London, Ontario) Download Page - This page has various files for download; of interest are RHS Natural Genus Names and RHS Hybrid Genus Names, downloadable as Excel file or .zip file.
http://los.lon.imag.net/MiscFile.asp

Lou Lodyga's PowerPoint presentation of "Writing AOS Award Descriptions" - Lou Lodyga is an AOS Accredited Judge in our Region with 30 years of experience and is also the Awards Secretary.  This presentation is given to our student judges to help them with problems they may have writing a description for Awards Quarterly.
Writing AOS Award Descriptions - Note - Best viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer, slide controls are on the bottom of the screen.  If you do not have PowerPoint installed on your computer, you will be prompted to download and install a slide reader from Microsoft.

Jay Pfahl's Internet Orchid Photo Encyclopedia - Jay Pfahl is an avid orchidist and has done a fantastic job with this orchid species site.  It includes over 5,375 species in 587 genera (and counting) with their description, climate, flowering times, and pictures!  Much of his info comes from the Missouri Botanical Gardens Tropical Database and other taxonomic authorities..
http://www.orchidspecies.com

Nascent Orchids Color Designations Page - Chart explains how to use the terms alba, album, var, fma, luteum, flava, etc.
http://www.nascentorchids.com/color_designations.html

Nascent Orchids Taxonomic Reference Chart - A taxanomic reference chart for all species in the genus Paphiopedilum.
http://www.nascentorchids.com/paph_taxonomy.html

Orchid Safari Archives Index - Index to all the Orchid Safari online Chats with some great guests
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/3791/archindx.html

Brazilian Orchids Website - A great site with info on Brazilian Species with pictures, culture info, history, flowering periods, orchids by states, etc.
http://www.delfinadearaujo.com/page2.htm

Guide to Pronunciation of Biological Latin Names - For plants and animals
http://www.saltspring.com/capewest/pron.htm

Nina Rach's Stanhopea Pages - Nina Rach, an accredited AOS Judge, has put together this guide for genus Stanhopea and others not so well known.  Lots of info here.
http://houstonorchidsociety.org/Stanhopea/

Margaret & Charles Baker's Favorite Links Page - Many more orchid links here.
http://www.orchidculture.com/COD/favorites.html