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Prosthechea-campos-portoi-Irene CBR-2023-08-13 * SITF has determined this plant to be Prosthechea kautskyi, not campos-portoi (Aug 2023).
Based on the description in Harding and Withner, 2004, "The Cattleyas and their Relatives-The Debatable Epidendrums", P. campos-portoi (as Anacheilium campos-portoi) is a unifoliate and P. kautskyi (as Anacheilium kautskyi) is bifoliate. This plant, as shown in the photos, is definitely bifoliate and according to the description is not P. campos-portoi, but is P. kautskyi. The number of basal maroon stripes in the lip also match P. kautskyi better than P. campos-portoi. Flower size is large for P. kautskyi.

Posted on Aug 13, 2023

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Lepanthes-veleziana-2023-08-12
This plant keys to Lepanthes veleziana in the "Orchid Flora of the Greater Antilles" by James Ackerman and is endemic to Puerto Rico. There are ten photos of Lepanthes veleziana in the orchidroots.com which closely match this plant, photos in the "Plants of Puerto Rico" by Papo Vives and Friends, 2016 and many matching photos (42) in flickr.com.

Posted on Aug 12, 2023

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Dendrobium-fuscifaucium-Ashwin-CHM/AOS-2023-08-11 *SITF confirms that this plant is Dendrobium fuscifaucium (Aug 2023).
This plant matches the very good photo, several illustrations and description of Dendrobium fuscifaucium; found in novataxa.blogspot.com, "Species New to Science", May 2022. It as named for the chocolate disk on the lip. The species was originally found and described from a local nursery and supposedly was collected from the Kasi District in the Vientiane Province of Laos. It is similar to D. hekouense, D. luoi and wangliangii.

Posted on Aug 11, 2023

One charming flower on one 1.3-cm inflorescence arising from a subapical node of one of eight deciduous pseudobulbs on a 4.6 cm wide x 2 cm high plant, mounted on a 4.4 cm wide by 6.5 cm high cork sla...

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Spiranthes-romanzoffiana-2023-08-11 *SITF confirms that this plant is Spiranthes romanzoffiana (Aug 2023).
This plant matches the three-ranked inflorescence in the photo in Brown's 2003, "Wild Orchids of North America" and the photo and description in Laverack et. al., 2002, "Botanica", as well as photos in the OW, IOSPE and orchidroots.com. Identity of the plant was verified by Mathew Pace, an authority in this group of Spiranthes.

Posted on Aug 11, 2023

Plant was removed from an old apple orchard located at the Oregon Department of Agriculture Greenhouses approximately one year ago on Hawthorne Ave, Salem, Or as part of a rescue mission as the orchar...

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Cattleya-mendelii-2023-08-07 *SITF confirms that this plant is Cattleya mendelii (Aug 2023).
The pseudobulbs are ribbed and more or less cylindrical; photos show a single leathery leaf, which is held nearly vertical and the lip markings fit the description and the photo in the IOSPE. This is a good match to many of the "semi-alba, coerulea" forms of C. mendelii shown in the orchidroots.com.

Posted on Aug 7, 2023

Awarded 78 pt HCC and 88 pt CHM 5-13-2023. Description as follows: "Fourteen delicately and unusually hued semi-alba cerulean flowers on seven 13-cm inflorescences; sepals narrow lanceolate, rolled a...

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Dendrobium-arachnoideum-2023-08-06 *SITF confirms that this plant is Dendrobium arachnoideum (Aug 2023).
This plant is an excellent match to the description and photo in Laverack et. al. "Dendrobiums and its Relatives". Also, a good match with D. arachnoideum in the OW, orchidroots and in the IOSPE as Diplocaulobium arachnoideum. Also described with photos in the http://www.orchidsnewguinea.com website. 

Posted on Aug 6, 2023

Plant awarded CHM/AOS 81 pts March 24, 2023. Division of same awarded CCM 87 pts July 27, 2023.

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Pinalia-rhodoptera-2023-08-05 *SITF confirms that this plant is Pinalia rhodoptera (Aug 2023).
This plant is an excellent match to the description and photo in Cootes's 1991, "Orchids of the Philippines" and the illustration in the OW and photos in the orchidroots.com. It also matches the photo in the IOSPE as Eria rhodoptera.

Posted on Aug 5, 2023

Description is as follows: "Twenty-five intriguing flowers on a single, upright, axillary, 28-cm inflorescence; sepals lanceolate, recurving distally, pale cream, flared red apically; petals lanceola...

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Telipogon-astroglossus-Fiona-CHM/AOS-2023-07-27 *SITF confirms this plant is Telipogon astroglossus (Aug 2023).
This plant matches the photo in the IOSPE and the description in Dodson's "Native Ecuadorian Orchids". Also closely matches 18 photos in the orchidroots.com. The description of this plant indicates measurements of the pseudobulb; however, Dodson describes the species as pseudobulbless; this could due to mistaking the conduplicate leaf bases for a cane or pseudobulb. No pseudobulbs appear visible in the photos. Flowers are somewhat large at .96 cm compared to the description in the IOSPE of .65 cm.

Posted on Jul 27, 2023

Seven charming flowers and 10 buds on three, branching, indeterminate, arching inflorescences up to 4.5 cm, presented on a 3 growth, established plant mounted onto cork laminate 7cm x 5 cm with a smal...

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