Kudos from the Amherst Orchid Society show.

February 24, 2026 - Show results from Amherst for our NSOS members. Well done! Many thanks to those who brought their plants for display and those who helped set up and take down the display.

Rob Dudley - Best Vanda in Show & Best Grown Under Lights  - Dendrophylax lindenii (a.k.a. the Ghost Orchid) -

Ginna Plude

• Best Pleurothallid in Show - Trichosalpinx pergrata (left)

• Masd Bordeaux 'Georgia's Gift', AOS award - AM 80 pts (right), "Georgia's Gift is a reference to her mother who gave Ginna her first orchid."

Trichosalpinx pergrata

Masd Bordeaux 'Georgia's Gift', AOS award - AM 80 pts

Sandy Myhalik

• Best Paphiopedilum in Show - Paph philipinense var. roebelineii

• Best Standard Phalaenopsis in Show - Phal Taisuco Anna

Michael Roche

AOS award - AM 85 pts to Paph spicerianum 'ForeverKR' - Michael's first AOS award!  The clonal name ForeverKR is a nod to his wife.

Paph. spicerianum x sib

Barbara Putko

NSOS display - Lady in the Garden - 1st Place in ribbon judging. 

Lady in the Garden - NSOS at Amherst 2026