Finding

SITF confirms this plant as Acianthera brunnescens (Jun 2025). Thanks to Franco Pupulin who identified this plant as Acianthera brunnescens on site. POWO differs from the IOSPE in that the IOSPE has A. brunnescens as synonymous with Pleurothallis lojae, where as POWO has A. brunnescens as synonymous with Pleurothallis brunnescens Schltr and lists P. lojae as synonymous with Acianthera lojae. SITF agrees with POWO.

Finding

SITF confirms this plant as Dracula morleyi (Jun 2025). This plant matches Luer and Dalstrom's drawing and description of Dracula morleyi in the Icones Pleurothallidarum. Also, it matches photos in several references: Harding's photo in the OW, an excellent photo in the IOSPE and photos in the orchidroots.com.

Finding

SITF confirms this plant as Lepanthes hexapus (Jun 2025). This plant matches the description and photos of L. hexapus in the Lankesteriana 2018, article, "The "Four-Footed" Lepanthes (Pleurothallidinae), A New Species from North-Western Ecador" by Luis E. BaquEro, et.al. It matches Luer's description of L. hexapus and Eric Hunt's photo from the IOSPE: "The sepals are narrow with the laterals denticulate. They are essentially free from each other. The petals are divided into three, slender, diverging, nearly equal parts. The upper segment is ciliate. The blades of the lip are narrowly oblong and the appendix is ovoid and pubescent." Luer 1996" The leaf form and markings match, as well as, the flower size.

Finding

SITF confirms this plant as Lepanthes doucettei (May 2025). This plant was validated by the original taxonomist, Alfonso Doucette, as being correctly identified. Supporting photos by Doucette can be found on the orchidroots.com. Leaf and flower form are a good match with these photos.

Finding

SITF confirms this plant as Cypripedium japonicum (Jun 2025). This plant matches the description in the IOSPE: "carrying 2, opposite, near the middle of the stem, orbicular, plicate, serrulate margined leaves; erect, terminal, densely villose, 3" [7.5 cm] (measurements of plant not included) long, single flowered inflorescence with a leafy, rhombic-ovate to ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, minutely ciliate, longer than the ovary floral bract." Leaves and flowers match the photos in the POWO and are supported by photos in the orchidroots and with Clark Riley's Photo in the IOSPE.

Finding

SITF confirms this plant as Dendrobium brassii (Jun 2025). The IOSPE has a good photo of this species. The partial description: "carrying a single, acute, green suffused with purple leaf...on a short, 2 flowered inflorescence arising at the apex of older leafless pseudobulbs" matches this plant. This plant shows purple suffusion on the reverse side of the single, acute leaf. The flowers bloom two to an inflorescence and the color is a match. The flowers on this plant do not open wide as shown in the IOSPE and some shown in the Internet. This results in a smaller measured N.S. The Orchids of New Guinea website, https://www.orchidsnewguinea.com/orchidinformation/species/speciescode/2310 contains an excellent photo and complete description of this species.

Finding

SITF confirms this plant as Vrydagzynea tristriata (Jun 2025). The leaves are very distinctive and attractive in both color and markings. The three vibrant stripes on the leaves and the minute size of the plant are a good match with V. tristriata. Supporting photos can be found in the IOSPE and Orchidroots.

Finding

SITF has determined that this plant is not Dracula ripleyana (Jun 2025), but likely of hybrid origin. It has simliar attributes to D. hirsuta, but the lip form with the four distinctive cavities in the half oval lip does not look like D. hirsuta or D. ripleyana. Also, D. ripleyana is not as hirsute as is this flower. Most photos show D. ripleyana as nearly glabrous compared to this plant.