Judging Center: Carolinas
Award Number: 20222405
Award Date: April 16, 2022
Awarded As: Dendrobium aurantiiflammeum
Noted for: striking pendant, non-resupinate, brilliantly-colored flowers. Plant of unknown origin, purchased from private collection. Species originates from Borneo. Reference: Dendrobium and Its Relatives: Bill Lavarack, Wayne Harris Geoff Stocker: Timber Press, 2000; page 247.
Plant > Overall length of growth/cane: up to 63 cm
Plant Leaf > number of leaves per growth or cane: 14-20
Plant > Leaf Length: 5 cm
Plant > Leaf Width: 1 cm
Plant > Leaf Margin: entire
Plant > Leaf Shape: lanceolate
Plant > Leaf petiole length (apex of pseudobulb or stem to leaf base proper): 43 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Length: 20 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Width: 1.1 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Margin: narrowly hexagonal
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul distance between growths along rhizome:: 0.5
Plant >Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Root Tip Color: green
Inflorescence > Overall Length: 0 cm
Inflorescence > Arrangement: no inflorescence; directly to ovary
Inflorescence > Distance from base of inflorescence to first bud or branch: n/a
Inflorescence > distance between flowers along inflorescence: n/a
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: n/a
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: n/a
Inflorescence > Floral Bracts Length: n/a
Inflorescence > Floral Bracts Width: n/a
Inflorescence > Ovary Length: 1 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Width: 0.15 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Shape: narrowly conical
Inflorescence > Ovary Color: yellow-orange
Inflorescence > Ovary Texture: waxy
Flower Natural Spread Length: 6.1 cm
Flower Natural Spread Width: 4 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: 5.1 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.7 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Cauda Length: n/a
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Cauda Width: n/a
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: 5.7 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 0.7 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Caudae Length: n/a
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Caudae Width: n/a
Flower > Petals Length: 5.2 cm
Flower > Petals Width: 0.7
Flower > Petals Caudae Length: n/a
Flower > Petals Caudae Width: n/a
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: 3.9 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: 0.5 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch> characters of lip (calli, spurs, keels, etc.): 3 longitudinal keels, basally
Flower > Column Length: 1.1 cm
Flower > Column Width: 0.25 cm
Flower > Column Color: cream
Flower > Anther Cap Color: cream