Judging Center: Northeast
Award Number: 20185305
Award Date: January 01, 0001
Awarded As: Cyrtochilum sharoniae
Twelve flowers and 25 buds borne on one vining, paniculate 170 cm staked inflorescence, many flowers and buds in groups of two to four on short lateral branches up to 4.5 cm in length; six growths plant 23 cm wide x 20 cm tall growing in a sphagnum moss mix in a 12 cm clay pot, the most mature growth consists of a 2 cm wide x 6 cm tall ovate pseudobulb sheathed by two oblong leaves and bear a single oblong, cuspidate leaf 4 cm wide by 13 cm long; sepals cream yellow heavily barred and overlaid burgundy proximal two-thirds; petals burgundy tippled cream yellow; triangular lip burgundy, inferior tip cream yellow, central crest and calli cream yellow stippled pale burgundy; colum light rose, burgundy distally; anther cap yellow striped light burgundy; substance firm; texture waxy; recognized as a novel, newly described (2007) species within the genus Cyrtochilum whose flowers, although diminutive, are nicely colored and well-proportioned; native to Peru; confirmed by SITF
Plant > Overall length of growth/cane: 20 cm
Plant Leaf > number of leaves per growth or cane: 1
Plant > Leaf Length: 13 cm
Plant > Leaf Width: 4 cm
Plant > Leaf Shape: oblong, cuspidate
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Length: 6 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Width: 2 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Margin: smooth; two sheathing leaves
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul distance between growths along rhizome:: caespitose
Plant >Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Root Tip Color: not visible
Inflorescence > Overall Length: 170 cm
Inflorescence > Arrangement: panicle
Inflorescence > Distance from base of inflorescence to first bud or branch: 65 cm
Inflorescence > distance between flowers along inflorescence: 4 - 6 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Length: 1 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Width: 0.1 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Shape: cylindrical
Inflorescence > Ovary Color: green, slight burgundy suffusion
Inflorescence > Ovary Texture: grooved
Flower Natural Spread Length: 2 cm
Flower Natural Spread Width: 2 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: 1.0 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.4 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: 1.0 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 0.5 cm
Flower > Petals Length: 1.0 cm
Flower > Petals Width: 0.4 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: 0.9 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: 0.9 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch> characters of lip (calli, spurs, keels, etc.): crest has multiple protuberances/calli
Flower > Column Length: 0.4 cm
Flower > Column Width: 0.2
Flower > Column Color: light rose, burgundy distally
Flower > Anther Cap Color: yellow, light burgundy stripes