SITF Submissions and Findings

C. warscewiczii-hv-concolor-2022-06-13***Confirmed as Cattleya warscewiczii (Concolor) (Jun 2022); the form of the flower, leaves, and deeply grooved pseudobulbs fit the description of C. warscewiczii; however, hv. concolor is not accepted by Kew WCSPF as a valid subsp. name; but the unique color form should be recognized; Reichenbach coined the term "concolor" for a form of lueddemanniana where the lip disk color is the same as the sepals and petals and Menezes continued its use when describing C. labiata var. concolor; (Concolor) is used here to indicate this plant is in this color group.

Posted on Jun 13, 2022

NO SITF form completed to include with submission. Contact exhibitor (Ben Oliveros) for plant measurements.

Stanhopea-avicula-2022-06-10 *SITF confirmed as Stanhopea avicula (Oct 2022); this plant matches the description in Jenny's 2010, The Stanhopea Book and the photos by Mark Whitten, as well as Greer's 1998, The Astonishing Stanhopeas; closely related to S. annulata, it differs in S. avicula having a more distinctive birds head shaped epichile, clearer fleshy ring encircling the hypochile and a longer and more slender column.*

Posted on Jun 10, 2022

Two flowers in a mirrored arrangement and no buds on one pendulous 10.5-cm inflorescence; Plant 43 cm tall by 53 cm wide grown in moss in a 10 cm plastic pot; leaves spathulate, ribbed, green, to 42 c...

Microcoelia-koehleri-CBR-2022-06-08 *SITF confirms that this plant is Microcoelia koehleri (Feb 2023); M. koehleri is very similar to M. obovata; M. obovata's lip generally is broader and slightly bi-lobed, whereas this plant and M. koehleri has an acute, spade lip with a U-shaped spur that faces forward; M. obovata photos show flowers with uniformly deep, bright orange anther caps; anther caps in this plant and in available photos of M. koehleri seem to be bright yellow; most images of M. koehleri on the internet and in orchidroots are very similar to this plant.*

Posted on Jun 8, 2022

Microcoelia koehleri found in evergreen forests in southern Africa. Small, leafless orchid

Epidendrum-amblostomoides-2022-06-08 *SITF has determined this plant to be Epidendrum subpurum, not Epi. amblostomoides (Jul 2023).

Posted on Jun 8, 2022

Approximately four thousand eight hundred flowers and 275 buds on 48 branching, terminal, pendulous inflorescences; sepals elliptical, light yellow-green, dorsal sepal porrect; petals yellow, spatulat...

Paphiopedilum-philippinense-var-compactum-2022-05-31 *SITF confirmed as Paphiopedilum philippinense var. compactum (Oct 2022); variety compactum was validly described by Gruss et al. in the "Orchidee" (Hamburg) in 2008; it is distinguished from the type by the diminutive (tiny) plants with leaves less than 15cm long; this plant fits the description with a leaf length of 13.5 cm.* 

Posted on May 31, 2022

This name is accepted: Paphiopedilum philippinense (Rchb.f.) Stein, Orchid.-Buch: 480 (1892) var. compactum (Grus 2008)

Eulophia-zollingeri-Bronze-Butterflies-CBR-2022-05-30 *SITF confirmed this plant as Eulophia zollingeri (Dec 2022); this plant closely matches the description in the IOSPE as a mycoheterotrophic, terrestrial plant with an underground pseudobulb and no leaves with imbricate basal sheaths on a erect, elongate stem; matches photos in the IOSPE, OW and ten images in orchidroots.com.*

Posted on May 30, 2022

Fifteen cupped resupinate flowers on one inflorescence; plant is a mycoheterotrophic terrestrial that blooms in the late spring and early summer grown in 14-cm plastic pot in fine gritty soil mix; lar...

Encyclia-gonzalezii-‘Irene’-CHM-2022-05-27-2022-05-22 *SITF has determined this plant to be Encyclia x verboonenii, not Encyclia gonzalezii (Feb 2023); this plant does not match the form of E. gonzalezii; the sepals and petals are more rounded on the apex and the lip form is not correct for E. gonzalezii; E. gonzalezii has rhomboid side lobes, which does not match this plant; E. x verboonenii is a natural hybrid between E. argentinensis and E. osmantha; flower size seems a little large at 3.2 vs, 2.0cm; supporting photos may be found in the IOSPE and OW.*

Posted on May 22, 2022

Coelogyne-zurowetzii-2022-05-22***Determined to be Coelogyne verrucosa, not Coelogyne zurowetzii (Jun 2022); identified with the aid of Barbara Gravendeel, Taxonomist who wrote," Reorganising the Orchid Genus Coelogyne: A Phylogenetic Classification based on Molecules and Morphology"; based on Dr. Gravendeel's key to Coelogyne, flattened pseudobulbs with incurved margins, a claw on the lip midlobe longer than 2.5 cm, ornamentation on the lip consisting of large round warts rather than appearing tooth-like.***

Posted on May 22, 2022

Taeniophyllum-biocellatum-var-hainan-Bryon-CBR-2022-05-17***Confirmed as Taeniophyllum (without a varietal name) (Jun 2022); the name refers to the illusion of two eyes in the flower, which are vague in this plant, but visible on the anther cap; matches the descriptions in the IOSPE and the Genera Orchidacearum, Vol. 6, Epidendroideae, pt. 3, as well as the description and photo by Jim Watts on Leafless Orchids in the AOS "Orchids" magazine Vol. 72 (Mar 2003); the varietal name on the award form is invalid; there has not been any validly published subspecies names for Taeniophyllum species, except for T. rudolfii var.productilis.***

Posted on May 17, 2022

Seven stellate flowers on four 1cm long successively single to many flowered inflorescence; plant leafless, hot to warm growing, monopodial epiphyte with very flattened, creeping roots, root tips gree...