Judging Center: WPBJC
Award Number: 20231686
Award Date: November 16, 2023
Awarded As: Maxillaria bicentenaria
Daniel Piedrahita, Country of origin Peru, previous identification provided by Kew Gardens. Pending SITF identification
66cm total length, upright climbing rhizome, one inflorescence per bulb, flower ovary curves to make flower face inward.
Plant > Overall length of growth/cane: 47 cm
Plant Leaf > number of leaves per growth or cane: 2
Plant > Leaf Length: 42 cm
Plant > Leaf Width: 5.2
Plant > Leaf Margin: rolled underneath
Plant > Leaf Shape: lanceolate
Plant > Leaf petiole length (apex of pseudobulb or stem to leaf base proper): 12 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Length: 5.5 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Width: 4.0 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Margin: fusiform
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul distance between growths along rhizome:: 11 cm
Plant >Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Root Tip Color: not visible
Inflorescence > Overall Length: 32 cm
Inflorescence > Arrangement: upright, curved at apex, flower facing backwards
Inflorescence > Distance from base of inflorescence to first bud or branch: 32 cm
Inflorescence > distance between flowers along inflorescence: n/a
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: 4 cm
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: 4 cm
Inflorescence > Floral Bracts Length: 4.5 cm
Inflorescence > Floral Bracts Width: 2 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Length: 4 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Width: .4 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Shape: sickle shape...half circle
Inflorescence > Ovary Color: dark brown
Inflorescence > Ovary Texture: 6 longitudinal ridges glabrous, slightly smurfy
Flower Natural Spread Length: 4.2
Flower Natural Spread Width: 3.8
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: 3.8
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.8
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Cauda Length: 0
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Cauda Width: 0
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: 4.0
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 1.7
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Caudae Length: 0
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Caudae Width: 0
Flower > Petals Length: 3.1
Flower > Petals Width: 1.5
Flower > Petals Caudae Length: 0
Flower > Petals Caudae Width: 0
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: 3.0
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: 1.3
Flower > Lip or Pouch> characters of lip (calli, spurs, keels, etc.): curled and fused with mentum
Flower > Column Length: 2.3
Flower > Column Width: 0
Flower > Column Color: white
Flower > Anther Cap Color: pale tan