Judging Center: Northeast
Award Number: 20215002
Award Date: June 05, 2021
Awarded As: Coelogyne kinabaluensis 'Susan' CHM/AOS
Two flowers well held on two upright, fractiflex (zigzag), successively flowered inflorescences up to 25 cm presented on a strikingly colored and shaped four-growth plant grown in sphagnum in a 20 cm plastic basket; new growth emerges orange red; elongate, conical, bifoliate pseudobulbs 2 cm in diameter at base, up to 18 cm tall begin dull green tinged orange red and mature to a brighter orange-red color; leave lanceolate, dark green, margins and petiole orange-red, coloration more pronounced on older leaves; sepals and petals translucent peach-orange, sepal bear central longitudinal rib, margins reflexed outward, dorsal sepal hooded; petals radiate horizontally; lip darker peach-orange, three distinct keels, midlobe rolled under, sidelobes upright, acuminate; column and anther cap peach red; substance light; texture crystalline; noted for unusual, attractively colored growths and upright inflorescence; native to Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo;
Plant > Overall length of growth/cane: 38.0 cm
Plant Leaf > number of leaves per growth or cane: 2
Plant > Leaf Length: up to 18 cm
Plant > Leaf Width: up to 14 cm
Plant > Leaf Margin: entire
Plant > Leaf Shape: lanceolate
Plant > Leaf petiole length (apex of pseudobulb or stem to leaf base proper): 1.5 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Length: up to 18.0 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Width: up to 2 cm diameter at base
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Margin: smooth
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul distance between growths along rhizome:: 1.0 cm
Plant >Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Root Tip Color: non-visible
Inflorescence > Overall Length: 25.0 cm
Inflorescence > Arrangement: alternate, fractiflex
Inflorescence > Distance from base of inflorescence to first bud or branch: 5.0 cm
Inflorescence > distance between flowers along inflorescence: 0.7 - 1.0 cm
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: 0.8 - 1.0 cm
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: 0.8 - 1.0 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Length: 1.0 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Width: 0.5 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Shape: conical, square
Inflorescence > Ovary Color: burnt orange
Flower Natural Spread Length: 3.8 cm
Flower Natural Spread Width: 6.5 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: 3.7 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 1.5 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: 2.9 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 1.0 cm
Flower > Petals Length: 2.5 cm
Flower > Petals Width: 0.2 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: 2.6 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: 2.4 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch> characters of lip (calli, spurs, keels, etc.): tri-keeled
Flower > Column Length: 2.5 cm
Flower > Column Width: 0.7 cm
Flower > Column Color: peach red
Flower > Anther Cap Color: peach red