Judging Center: Great Plains Judging Center
Award Number: 20233582
Award Date: June 17, 2023
Awarded As: Epidendrum piliferum 'M & B' CHM 83 Pts
One hundred and seventy-two flowers on four upright terete green arching inflorescences, longest to 19cm; growths simple straight erect cane-like terete, largest 0.8cm in diameter by 41cm tall, carrying four to five dark green alternate lanceolate acute entire margined leaves on the apical two-thirds of the stem, largest leaf 3.5cm wide by 12.8cm long; sepals green, narrowly oblanceolate, margins rolled; petals green, filamentous, slightly wider at the apex; lip white, midlobe centrally dome-shaped, covered with small linear purple blotches, apically bifurcate, segments pointed, side lobes rhomboid, reflexed; column terete, 0.2cm in diameter by 1.0cm long, green proximal two-thirds, white distal one-third, purple stippling and two teeth on apex, anther cap tan; ovary green, 0.1cm in diameter by 0.5cm long; substance sepals and lip firm, petals wispy; texture waxy; plant recognized as having much improved flower form as compared to previous awards and as a possible dwarf variety not previously appreciated; species native to Central America; ID by SITF__________.
Plant came from Tom Nasser 06/06/2009.
Plant > Overall length of growth/cane: 41cm
Plant Leaf > number of leaves per growth or cane: 4-5
Plant > Leaf Length: 12.8
Plant > Leaf Width: 3.5
Plant > Leaf Margin: smooth
Plant > Leaf Shape: lanceolate
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul distance between growths along rhizome:: tightly clustered
Plant >Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Root Tip Color: green
Inflorescence > Overall Length: 19 cm
Inflorescence > Arrangement: branched panicles
Inflorescence > Ovary Length: 0.5cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Width: 0.1cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Shape: terete
Inflorescence > Ovary Color: green
Inflorescence > Ovary Texture: ribbed longitudinally
Flower Natural Spread Length: 2.3
Flower Natural Spread Width: 2.4
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: 1.3
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.25
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: 1.4
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 0.25
Flower > Petals Length: 1.0
Flower > Petals Width: 0.1
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: 0.9
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: 1.0
Flower > Column Length: 1.0
Flower > Column Width: 0.2
Flower > Column Color: green proximal 2/3, white distal 1/3
Flower > Anther Cap Color: tan, ageing to brown