With photos this time I hope

Thanks for more photos! That miltonidium is stunning!

I like those Phragmipedium kovachii crosses in last photo.

Elle Ronis, the grower of Miltonia (syn. Miltoniopsis) Hajime Ono 'Maui Falls,' received a CCM/AOS (81 points) at last year's show. This plant was also was best in show. It was fully bloomed with 72 flowers on 13 inflorescences.
This year, Elle's plant had 48 open flowers and 48 buds on 20? inflorescences. The plant was pulled for AOS judging and might have received a higher award if all 96 flowers were open - timing is everything.
'Maui Falls' did get a special award again this year. BTW, this spectacular plant was grown under lights!

The kovachii hybrids were in Piping Rock's exhibit. Glen Decker is one of the only people in the US that has permission to work with kovachii.

I didn't realize they are kovachii hybrids. Very pretty, but looks similar to bessae hybrids. I was expecting something more outstanding.

One of the plants was besseae x kovachii and the other was Cape Sunset x kovachii, so they were both influenced by besseae. The flowers are larger and colored differently than typical besseae hybrids. You will see some diversification as other crosses outside the besseae group are bloomed.

The species kovachii flowers are HUGE - upwards of 18 cm ns. Perhaps its size is kovachii's most outstanding feature. I too expected larger flowers in the hybrids. The hybrids in the photos are all first-bloom seedlings. Phrag Haley Decker is kovachii x Saint Ouen (a besseae hybrid). The Phrag in the middle adds schlimii to the mix. Flower size on each of them is 13 to 15 cm NS. Time will tell if any of these new hybrids are better than their parents.