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 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.

Finding

SITF has determined this plant to be of indeterminate hybrid origin, not Papiopedilum ooii (May 2025). This plant is not P. ooii, which has a smaller somewhat awkward looking flower. Harold Koopowitz's response was that it is a hybrid of P. ooii and any one of the polyfloral species. The dorsal sepal of P. ooii never stands upright, but folds over the pouch, the petals are always ribbon-thin, the pouch always looks like the pouch on P. kolopakingii, the staminode is always bone white (distinguishing it from a poor P. kolopKingii) and the inflorescence is too short and too well arranged to be P. ooii.

Finding

SITF has determined that this plant is not Dendrobium limpidum, but is an unknown hybrid (Jun 2025). The leaf form and plant habit, as well as the flower form, do not match D. limpidum. D. limpidum flowers are much more tubular than the flowers presented. This plant does appear to match a cross between D. limpidum x D. bracteosum as shown on-line in Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hdorchids/p/C2qoWHCJEi2/ .

Finding

SITF confirms this plant as Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana (alba) (May 2025). With enlargement, the biseriate callus projecting just past the side lobes can be seen and the posterior callus covered with papillae and the apical linear raised pad of trichomes is as described and illustrated in Christenson's 2001 Phalaenopsis Monograph. I saw several white P. lueddemanniana on the internet, but all of the same cultivar. I could not find any other cultivars of this color, devoid of markings.

Finding

SITF confirms this plant as Elleanthus archilae (May 2025). Based on Richardiana, Vol. 2, "A New Species of Elleanthus from Central America" with photos of archilae and E. hymenophorus, a similar species. The inflorescence on E. hymenophorus appears much longer than does E. archilae and is described as linear-oblong. This plant looks much closer to the E. archilae pictured in Richardiana than does E. hymenophorus. The distinctive colour on the reverse of the leaves also fits E. archilae.

Finding

SITF confirms this plant as Angraecum aporoides (May 2025). There are four taxa in this section; three of them are distinguished based on the length of their spurs. Angraecum aporoides has the longest spur of all of the species at 0.7cm (also 0.7cm on this plant) and an ovary 0.7-0.8cm. (0.8cm on this plant) Angraecum bancoense has an ovary 0.5-0.6cm long and a spur of .25-.5cm. Angraecum distichum ovary 0.5-0.6 and spur 0.5-0.6cm. Angraecum podochiloides spur is .45-.6cm. The spur shape of A. aporoides is straight, narrowly cylindrical with a wide mouth, as with this plant. This plant also keys to A. aporoides based on the key by Droissart which was used in the previous award identification.

Finding

SITF confirms this plant as Lepanthes minetii (Apr 2025). This plant matches the original taxonomic description and the photos of L. minetii in the 'Pleurothallidinae" Volume 1, Issue 8 by Holcomb & Driessen found at: https://pleurothallidinae.com/volume-1%2C-issue-8.

Finding

SITF confirms that this plant is Dendrobium trankimianum (Apr 2025). This plant is an exact match to the Ron Parson's photo in the IOSPE and supporting photos in OW. It matches the photo in Dr. Yukawa's article in Researchgate: "In vitro propagation of the new orchid Dendrobium trankimianum", T. Yukawa August 2020, Vietnam Journal of Biotechnology.This plant matches the Drawing and description in the original taxonomic paper in the "Annals Tsukuba Botanical Garden 23: 21 (2004)" by T. Yukawa, including the unequal bilobed leaf apex shown in the photo.