Judging Center: Northeast
Award Number: 20234882
Award Date: April 22, 2023
Awarded As: Meiracyllium trinasutum var. album
Twelve flowers on three inflorescences on a 33-leaf plant 19-cm high and 14-cm wide mounted vertically covering the front of a small barkless log; leaves elliptical, entire, 3.5 cm wide by 5.0 cm long borne singly on cylindrical pseudobulbs 0.4 cm wide by 1.0 cm tall; sepals, petals and lip pure white; rolled dorsal sepal projects forward over column; lip calathiform (cup shaped); column white, brown on superior surface, black spot apically; substance firm; texture crystalline; strongly fragrant, reminiscent of cinnamon; recognized as a lovely alba form of the species;
Plant > Overall length of growth/cane: 6.0 cm
Plant Leaf > number of leaves per growth or cane: 1
Plant > Leaf Length: 5.0 cm
Plant > Leaf Width: 3.5 cm
Plant > Leaf Margin: entire
Plant > Leaf Shape: elliptical
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Length: 1.0 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Width: .3 - .4 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Margin: shape cylindrical
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul distance between growths along rhizome:: 1.0 cm
Plant >Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Root Tip Color: gree
Inflorescence > Overall Length: 3.5 cm
Inflorescence > Arrangement: simple umbel
Inflorescence > Distance from base of inflorescence to first bud or branch: 1.0 cm
Inflorescence > distance between flowers along inflorescence: insignificant
Inflorescence > Floral Bracts Length: 0.1 cm
Inflorescence > Floral Bracts Width: 0.1 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Length: 1.9 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Width: 0.1 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Shape: cylindrical
Inflorescence > Ovary Color: light green
Inflorescence > Ovary Texture: lightly ribbed and firm
Flower Natural Spread Length: 1.3 cm
Flower Natural Spread Width: 1.8 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: 0.9 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.3 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: 1.0 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 0.3 cm
Flower > Petals Length: 0.9 cm
Flower > Petals Width: 0.4 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: 1.0 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: 0.3 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch> characters of lip (calli, spurs, keels, etc.): concave, calathiform
Flower > Column Length: 0.3 cm
Flower > Column Width: 0.1 cm
Flower > Column Color: white
Flower > Anther Cap Color: black