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Dendrobium-merrillii-2022-12-14 *SITF confirms this plant as Dendrobium merrillii (Jun 2023).

Vegetatively this Section Aporum Dendrobium matches the dried specimen in the POWO. Color matches the description of milky white flower with purple markings on the side lobes and the size is within range. It is correct based on the description in Baker and Baker indicating a three-lobed lip with a small rounded midlobe and obscure, hairy side-lobes. Leaves are slightly imbricated and alternate up the inflorescence; the growth habit matches Baker and Baker. This plant also matches the description and excellent photographs of Dendrobium merrillii in the Monaco Nature Encyclopedia.

Posted on Dec 14, 2022

This plant belongs to me. It received a CBR. It was purchased from Accent Orchids, who either received it from Ching Hua or Phrao both out of Taiwan, but they each claim that they got them from someon...

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Bulbophyllum-tricornoides-2022-12-11 *SITF confirms this plant is Bulbophyllum tricornoides (Apr 2023).

This plant was previously identified by Leslie Garay as B. tricornoides; the combination of very long, forward-pointing carinae at the apex of the column and lip without ridges fit this species; B. tricornoides and B. tricorne are very similar, the difference in characteristics are the teeth of B. tricorne are short, blunt and sharply downturned; the teeth of B. tricornoides are long, sharply pointed and extend straight out from the apex of the column; this plant fits the characteristics of B. tricornoides; there is an almost identical photo to this plant in the IOSPE.

Posted on Dec 11, 2022

Seidenfaden 1979. This name is accepted

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Pleurothallis-coriacardia-Bryon-CBR-2022-11-24 *SITF confirms that this plant is Pleurothallis coriacardia (Jul 2023).

This plant and flowers matches the photos and description in the IOSPE; leaves are deeply cordate and flowers are singly produced on the inflorescences; flower size is large, but within range. Supporting photos can also be found in the orchidroots.com and the OW.

Posted on Nov 24, 2022

Twenty-six pale yellow flowers and 32 buds on 58 fascile rising from the apex of the ramicaul through a spathe and carries tubular floral bracts; ramicauls slender, erect, light green, enveloped basal...

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Bulbophyllum-infundibuliforme-2022-10-24 *SITF has determined this plant is not Bulbophyllum infundibuliforme, but is a species of unknown origin (May 2023).

One photo of this plant shows a leaf that appears to be articulate, which is not correct for this genus. This plant does not match the image in Kew's Plants of the World On-Line (POWO) for B. infundibuliforme. The sidelobes of this plant appear too large for B. infundibuliforme. This plant does not match the description and illustration in O'Byrne's 1994 "Lowland Orchids of Papua New Guinea" and the award plant photos do not match the photos by Joan Levy and identified by Garay in the IOSPE.

Posted on Oct 24, 2022

Correct Name is: Bulbophyllum infundibuliforme, not B. infundiforme.New Guinea

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Telipogon-diabolicus-2022-10-24 *SITF confirms this plant is Telipogon diabolicus (Mar 2023).

The submitted photo match the species, T. diabolicus; the horns and lip, which form the image of a black devil figure, for which the species is named, is very evident in the photograph and is identical to the species; no other Telipogon to date shows this image; there are several supporting images of T. diabolicus on the Internet which are also a close match to this plant.

Posted on Oct 24, 2022

Country of origin Colombia

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