Orchids also won the Victorian 
Odontoglossum of the Year category 
(sponsored by the Bendigo Orchid Club) 
with Odontioda Mahogany Ship ‘Beenak’ 
AM/OSCOV. Victorian Any Other 
Hybrid of the Year (sponsored by the 
North-East Melbourne Orchid Society) 
was Disa Unifoam ‘Belinda’ 
HCC/OSCOV, grown by Eddie Holmes of 
Colac. Paradisia Orchids won _ the 
Victorian Award of Distinction of the 
Year (sponsored by Melbourne Western 
Orchid Society) with the heavily spotted 
Cattleya Caudebec ‘Carmela’ 
AD/OSCOV. 
Three professional growers carried off 
eight of the awards this year, Castle Creek 
Orchids winning Victorian Orchid of the 
Year, Victorian Paphiopedilum Hybrid of 
the Year and Victorian Seedling of the 
Year with the same orchid (Paphiopedilum 
Double Arrow “Castle Creek’ 
AM/OSCOV), as well as Victorian 
Paphiopedilum Species of the Year. Mount 
Beenak Orchids won _ Victorian 
Odontoglossum of the Year, Victorian 
Masdevallia of the Year and Victorian 
Award of Quality of the Year, while 
Paradisia Orchids won Victorian Award of 
Distinction of the Year. Country growers 
won the categories for Victorian 
Australian Native Species of the Year, 
Victorian Cultural Certificate of the Year 
The Australian Orchid Review, June/July 2009 
Paphiopedilum Double Arrow ‘Castle Creek’ AM/OSCOV, the Victorian Orchid of the Year and 
Paphiopedilum Hybrid of the Year for 2008, was grown by John Martin and Andrew Francis of Castle 
Creek Orchids. It was also Victorian Seedling of the Year. Photo: Michael Matthews. 
Dendrobium falcorostrum ‘Baw Baw’ HCC/OSCOV, grown by Chris Pegg of Traralgon (also in east- 
ern Victoria), was Australian Native Species of the Year. Photo: Chris Pegg. 
