Brassia

Finding

SITF confirms this that this plant is Brassia jipijapensis (Jul 2024). The plant matches the lip form and description of B. jipijapensis in the IOSPE. This plant strongly resembles the flowers, especially the Lip crests, in the photos shown in the OW, POWO and OrchidRoots.

Overall Length Of Growth Cane: 49-cm

Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 2

Leaf Length: 39.5-cm

Leaf Width: 4.8-cm

Leaf Margin: smooth

Leaf Shape: lanceolate

Pseudobulb Length: 11-cm

Pseudobulb Width: 4.8-cm

Pseudobulb Distance: 2-cm

Inflorescence Overall Length: 73-cm

Inflorescence Arrangement: arching

Inflorescence Dist Base To Bud: 23-cm

Inflorescence Dist Bet Flowers: 3-4-cm

Inflorescence Dist To Sepal: 2-cm

Floral Bracts Length: 17

Floral Bracts Width: 3.5

Ovary Length: 0.5

Ovary Width: 0.2

Ovary Shape: round

Ovary Color: green

Ovary Texture: matte

Flower Natural Spread Length: 12.5

Flower Natural Spread Width: 5.5

Dorsal Sepal Length: 5.4

Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.4

Lateral Sepals Length: 8.2

Lateral Sepals Width: 0.4

Petals Width: 0.5

Judging Center: Hilo

Award Number: 20243748

Award Date: June 08, 2024

Awarded As: AM

Twenty six flowers on one arching, staked inflorescence; flowers overall orange with brown striations basally on sepals and petals; sepals lanceolate, thin, triangular; petals lanceolate, thin, approaching vertical, crossing; lip pale yellow, white centrally, small white side lobes, narrow, pointing down; column green, lighter distally; anther cap bright yellow, substance firm; texture matte.

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