Judging Center: Pacific Central
Award Number: 20225250
Award Date: March 01, 2022
Awarded As: Cymbidium sanderae
Cymbidium sanderae was never properly identified and confirmed by the SITF. The only AOS award is 20194134, to 'Emma Menninger 2N', and there's no record that the SITF identified and confirmed it as sanderae. (It was not described on the award as identified by the SITF.) The tetrapoid version of the same grex, 'Emma Menninger 4N', was awarded in 19790424 as parishii. We believe both are hybrids of parishii and insigne. We were told that someone selfed 'Emma Menninger' and offsprings showed that it is a hybrid. Furthermore, sanderae cannot have 15 flowers.
This is a true sanderae as far as we know. Hopefully it will clarifiy what sanderae should be. If this award is identified and confirmed as sanderae, it should nullify both 20194134 and 19790424.