Judging Center: Northeast
Award Number: 20194319
Award Date: June 15, 2019
Awarded As: Coelogyne candoonensis 'Irene' CBR
Two charming, stellate, cupped flowers and eight buds on seven erect and arched, 10 - 50 cm tall by 0.1 cm wide sequentially blooming terminal inflorescences, on a 27 cm high x 40 cm wide, 33 pseudobulb plant grown in a 15 cm square slated wood basket with sphagnum moss; leaves 8 - 20 CM long x 3-6 cm wide, entire, oblanceolate, green, faint lighter longitudinal striation; dorsal peach, dark peach apically, reflexed; lateral sepals peach, dark peach central line; petals peach, reflexed; lip cream dark peach basally, side lobes cream; column cream peach basally; substance firm; texture matte; species from the Philippines, recognized for rarity in cultivation and educational value; confirmed by SITF
Reference - Jim Cootes - Philippine Native Orchid Species, 2011, pg. 87
Plant > Overall length of growth/cane: to 27 cm
Plant Leaf > number of leaves per growth or cane: 1 to 2
Plant > Leaf Length: to 20.8 cm
Plant > Leaf Width: 3 - 6 cm
Plant > Leaf Margin: entire
Plant > Leaf Shape: oblanceolate
Plant > Leaf petiole length (apex of pseudobulb or stem to leaf base proper): 0
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Length: up to 10 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Width: up to 4 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Margin: vertically ribbed cone
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul distance between growths along rhizome:: contiguous
Plant >Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Root Tip Color: non-visible
Inflorescence > Overall Length: up to 50 cm
Inflorescence > Arrangement: alternating, sequential
Inflorescence > Distance from base of inflorescence to first bud or branch: 14.0 cm
Inflorescence > distance between flowers along inflorescence: 0.5 cm
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: 1.0 cm
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: 1.0 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Length: 0.3 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Width: 0.2 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Shape: conical
Inflorescence > Ovary Color: tan
Inflorescence > Ovary Texture: matte
Flower Natural Spread Length: 2.0 cm
Flower Natural Spread Width: 2.0 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: 1.3 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.5 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: 2.3 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 0.4 cm
Flower > Petals Length: 0.8 cm
Flower > Petals Width: 0.1 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: 1.0 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: 0.3 cm