Judging Center: Hawaii-Hilo
Award Number: 20223809
Award Date: September 10, 2022
Awarded As: Cattleya cardimii
Description is as follows:
"Three flowers and three buds on two 3-cm inflorescences emerging from the apex of 2-cm pseudobulbs, ovoid, erect, rigid; leaf fusiform, succulent, coriaceous; sepals and petals lanceolate, buff yellow; lip trilobed, sidelobes forming an arching tube, midlobe margin crisped; substance thin; texture matte. Kew lists this species as synonymous with C. blumenscheinii but despite a similarity in the flowers we see substantial differences in habit, inflorescences, and floriferousness."
Inflorescence > Overall Length: 3
Flower Natural Spread Length: 2.3
Flower Natural Spread Width: 2.1
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: .4
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 1.0
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: .4
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 1.0
Flower > Petals Length: .4
Flower > Petals Width: 1.0
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: .3
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: .9
Flower > Column Color: Yellow
Flower > Anther Cap Color: Yellow