Finding
SITF confirms this plant as Aerangis pallidiflora (Jan 2026). This plant keys to A. pallidiflora using both the keys in laCroix and Hermans-Cribb. The flower size, color and form, including a small hook which appears to be from the bottom of the column, match the Images in the IOSPE. The length and position of the spur fits the images. The plant matches the description in the IOSPE and images in the orchidroots.com support the identification.
Overall Length Of Growth Cane: miniature monopodial 3.4cm wide, up to 12.0 cm long
Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 4 leaves on the singular growth
Leaf Length: 2.8 cm
Leaf Width: 1.4cm
Leaf Margin: entire
Leaf Shape: obovate, minutely bilobed
Leaf Petiole Length: -
Pseudobulb Length: -
Pseudobulb Width: -
Pseudobulb Margin: -
Pseudobulb Distance: -
Pseudobulb Root Tip: green
Inflorescence Overall Length: 9.8 cm
Inflorescence Arrangement: alternate
Inflorescence Dist Base To Bud: 4.4 cm
Inflorescence Dist Bet Flowers: 1.2 cm
Inflorescence Dist To Sepal: 0.01 cm
Floral Bracts Length: minute, 0.01 cm
Floral Bracts Width: minute, 0.01cm
Ovary Length: 0.4cm
Ovary Width: 0.1cm
Ovary Shape: cylindrical
Ovary Color: apple green -granny smith
Ovary Texture: ridged
Flower Natural Spread Length: 1.5
Flower Natural Spread Width: 1.5
Dorsal Sepal Length: 0.7
Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.1
Lateral Sepals Length: 0.7cm
Lateral Sepals Width: 0.1cm
Petals Width: 0.1cm
Judging Center: Northeast
Award Number: 20254884
Award Date: August 23, 2025
Awarded As: CBR
Nine delicate, stellate flowers and one bud on two pendant inflorescences to 9.8cm emerging from below the leaves on a 3.4-cm wide by 12.0-cm tall plant in sphagnum moss on a 4-cm wide by 6-cm tall cork mount; leaves obovate, minutely bilobed, to 1.4-cm wide by 2.8-long; flowers light chartreuse; sepals narrowly lanceolate; petals linear; lip minute, chartreuse; spur light chartreuse to 3.0-cm; column chartreuse; anther cap light chartreuse; substance medium; texture crystalline; recognized for a unique color within the genus and a spur nearly perpendicular to the flower.
