Judging Center: Northeast
Award Number: 20185308
Award Date: February 09, 2018
Awarded As: Appendicula malindangensis
Twenty-four strikingly colored, tubular flowers and 70 buds borne on 10 branched, congested, imbricate, compressed conical inflorescences and an additional 10 emerging inflorescences borne on a robust, 11-growth plant grown in a sphagnum moss mix in a 10 cm square plastic mesh basket; upright growths 0.3 cm in diameter up to 55 cm in length; alternating, loosely imbricate leaves elliptical, emarginate, 1.3 cm wide by 3.7 cm long, up to 50 per growth, are borne on 1.0 cm sheathing petioles; sepals and petals deep indigo blue, lateral sepals joined at base to form a mentum enclosing the lip; lip light indigo blue; apically curled under, apical margin finely serrate; column white; anther cap dark indigo blue; substance firm; texture matte; recognized for unusual color and inflorescence habit; native to the Philippines; confirmed by SITF
Plant > Overall length of growth/cane: 55 cm
Plant Leaf > number of leaves per growth or cane: 50
Plant > Leaf Length: 3.7 cm
Plant > Leaf Width: 1.3 cm
Plant > Leaf Margin: smooth/emarginate
Plant > Leaf Shape: elliptical
Plant > Leaf petiole length (apex of pseudobulb or stem to leaf base proper): 1.0 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Length: 52 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Width: 0.3 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Margin: smooth
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul distance between growths along rhizome:: beneath medium surface, but seems to be both close and traveling
Plant >Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Root Tip Color: not visible
Inflorescence > Overall Length: 3.5 - 4 cm
Inflorescence > Arrangement: alternating, congested, imbricate, like a heliconia
Inflorescence > Distance from base of inflorescence to first bud or branch: 1.0 cm
Inflorescence > distance between flowers along inflorescence: 0.1 cm
Inflorescence > Floral Bracts Length: 1.1 cm
Inflorescence > Floral Bracts Width: 0.6 cm very acuminate
Inflorescence > Ovary Length: 1.0 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Shape: cylindrical
Inflorescence > Ovary Color: indigo blue
Inflorescence > Ovary Texture: smooth
Flower Natural Spread Length: 0.5 cm
Flower Natural Spread Width: 0.5 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: 0.5 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.3 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: 0.8 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 0.5 cm
Flower > Petals Length: 0.5 cm
Flower > Petals Width: 0.1 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: 0.9 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: 0.5 cm
Flower > Column Length: 0.4 cm
Flower > Column Width: 0.1 cm
Flower > Column Color: white
Flower > Anther Cap Color: dark indigo blue