Judging Center: Northeast
Award Number: 20194313
Award Date: April 20, 2019
Awarded As: Dendrobium velutinelabrum 'Irene' CHM/AOS
Nine flat, stellate, light cream citron yellow flowers on three 4.0 cm inflorescences borne on a 52 cm leafless cane, and 2 nascent inflorescences on a second leafless cane of a 56 cm wide by 60 cm tall plant grown in sphagnum moss in a 10 cm clay pot; plant consists of 13 axillary-segmented, 0.5 - 1.5 cm diameter canes ranging from 8.2 cm to 60 cm in length; leaves lanceolate, entire, 4 cm wide by 27 cm long; sepals and petals concolor light citron yellow; lip acuminate, margins ruffled, canescent centrally, light citron yellow, darker yellow basally, overlaid olive-green veining coalescing centrally; column cream; substance medium; texture velvet; recognized for large flat flowers, unusual lip shape, and pleasing color; native to the Philippines; confirmed by SITF
Plant > Overall length of growth/cane: up to 60 cm
Plant Leaf > number of leaves per growth or cane: 6 - 8
Plant > Leaf Length: 27.0
Plant > Leaf Width: 4.0
Plant > Leaf Margin: entire
Plant > Leaf Shape: lanceolate
Plant > Leaf petiole length (apex of pseudobulb or stem to leaf base proper): clasping cane
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Length: up to 60 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Width: up to 1.5 cm diameter
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul distance between growths along rhizome:: contiguous
Plant >Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Root Tip Color: green
Inflorescence > Overall Length: 3.8 - 4.0 cm
Inflorescence > Arrangement: alternate
Inflorescence > Distance from base of inflorescence to first bud or branch: 1.0 cm
Inflorescence > distance between flowers along inflorescence: -75 - 1.0 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Length: 3.75
Inflorescence > Ovary Width: 0.2
Inflorescence > Ovary Shape: tubular
Inflorescence > Ovary Color: light citron
Inflorescence > Ovary Texture: smooth, waxy
Flower Natural Spread Length: 7.0
Flower Natural Spread Width: 8.0
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: 4.0
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 2.0
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: 3.75
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 2.0
Flower > Petals Length: 4.0
Flower > Petals Width: 1.5
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: 3.5
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: 2.0
Flower > Column Length: .75
Flower > Column Width: .3
Flower > Column Color: green
Flower > Anther Cap Color: citron & green