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Bulb-sicyobulbon-2024-03-20

Posted on Mar 20, 2024

This was awarded a cultural award but Laura Newton wants SITF identification - award number in JC program is 20242582. Measurements & Description No. Flowers 1620 No. Buds 190 No. of Inflor 19...

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Paph-exul-f-aureum-2024-03-16

Posted on Mar 16, 2024

Chicago center is submitting for exhibitor who is ill. name tags say the species listed as var album, RHS has fm aureum which we think it is - need SITF confirm. Award description per JC program is as...

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Catasetum-ivaneae-2024-03-14 *SITF confirms that this plant is Catasetum ivaneae (Mar 2024).

This plant is an excellent match to the photo of Ctsm. ivaneae in the article by Fred Clarke in the 2020 Supplement to the AOS "Orchids" magazine. The same photo appears in the OW and some photos in orchidroots.com are similar. The species is very distinctive in the genus and is endemic to Brazil (Amazonas, Rondonia). It was very recently described in 2016 in Orquidario Vol. 30.

Posted on Mar 14, 2024

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Paph-appletonianum-2024-03-12 *SITF has determined this plant to be Paphiopedilum appletoniaum var. cerveranum (Apr 2024).

This plant matches the description of Paph. appletonianum var. cerveranum. P. appletonianum var. appletonianum has a staminode that is a classically shaped inverted horseshoe; P. appletonium var. cerceranum has a staminode which is shallower, a little more broadly shaped with a sharply pointed extension in the middle on the bottom. It is very similar to P. appletonium var. cerveranum, Award #20243709, which was previously confirmed by SITF. Variety cerveranum is a validly published subspecies of P. appletonianum.

Posted on Mar 12, 2024

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Dendrobium-vexillarius-Purple-Flame-CHM/AOS-2024-03-12 *SITF confirms that this plant is Dendrobium vexillarius (Apr 2024).

A key discriminator for D. vexillarius is the three-winged ovary that can be clearly seen in this plant. The award description indicates this plant is an intervarietal cross between var. microblepharum and var. retroflexum; therefore it is confirmed without a subspecies designation; however, this plant does display the color form of var. microblepharum. This plant closely matches the photo by Ed de Vogel and the Orchids of New Guinea website as shown in the IOSPE.

Posted on Mar 12, 2024

Twenty-one flowers of unique color on eight inflorescences to 5.0 cm borne on a 22 cm tall by 30 cm wide plant consisting of seven mature distichous pseudobulbs grown in moss in a small mammal skull; ...

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