Judging Center: Northeast
Award Number: 20173940
Award Date: May 20, 2017
Awarded As: Dendrobium catenatum
Award description: Ten flowers and four buds on five inflorescences, up to four flowers per inflorescence, borne on four canes up to 15 cm in length and 0.6 cm in diameter of a 13 cm wide by 16 cm tall plant of tightly clustered canes grown in sphagnum; leaves alternating, lanceolate, smooth along margins, 1.7 cm wide by 4.7 cm long; sepals and petals light chartreuse basally becoming light yellow apically; lip white splashed red-raspberry in center of yellow throat; column white, red-raspberry striations along underside; anther cap white; substance delicate; texture matte; confirmed by SITF
Plant > Overall length of growth/cane: up to 14.5 cm
Plant Leaf > number of leaves per growth or cane: up to 9 leaves, alternating
Plant > Leaf Length: 4.7 cm
Plant > Leaf Width: 1.7 cm
Plant > Leaf Margin: smooth
Plant > Leaf Shape: lanceolate
Plant > Leaf petiole length (apex of pseudobulb or stem to leaf base proper): leaves clasp cane
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Length: 15
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Width: 0.6
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Margin: thin cane, tapered at top and bottom
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul distance between growths along rhizome:: tightly clustered canes
Plant >Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Root Tip Color: none visible
Inflorescence > Overall Length: 3.3 cm
Inflorescence > Arrangement: alternating
Inflorescence > Distance from base of inflorescence to first bud or branch: 1.5 cm
Inflorescence > distance between flowers along inflorescence: 0.8 cm
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: 2 cm
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: 2 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Length: 0.5
Inflorescence > Ovary Width: 0.1
Inflorescence > Ovary Shape: conical
Inflorescence > Ovary Color: green
Inflorescence > Ovary Texture: smooth
Flower Natural Spread Length: 2.9
Flower Natural Spread Width: 3.6
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: 1.9
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.7
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: 1.5
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 0.7
Flower > Petals Length: 1.7
Flower > Petals Width: 0.7
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: 1.7
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: 0.7
Flower > Column Color: white
Flower > Anther Cap Color: white