Finding
Determined to be Bulbophyllum retusiusculum, based on the red stripes of the dorsal sepal and petals (June 2019).
Overall Length Of Growth Cane: 8.3 cm
Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 1
Leaf Length: 6.0
Leaf Width: 1.2
Leaf Margin: entire
Leaf Shape: landeolate
Pseudobulb Length: 2.3
Pseudobulb Width: 2.0
Pseudobulb Margin: round, semi-smooth
Pseudobulb Distance: 1.5 cm
Pseudobulb Root Tip: non-visible
Inflorescence Overall Length: 6.4
Inflorescence Arrangement: semi-umbel
Inflorescence Dist Base To Bud: 6.2 cm
Inflorescence Dist To Sepal: ~1.0 cm
Ovary Length: 0.1
Ovary Width: 0.1
Ovary Shape: cylindrical
Ovary Color: light green
Ovary Texture: ribbed
Flower Natural Spread Length: 1.3
Flower Natural Spread Width: 0.5
Dorsal Sepal Length: 0.15
Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.15
Lateral Sepals Length: 1.2
Lateral Sepals Width: 0.25
Petals Length: 0.2
Petals Width: 0.2
Judging Center: Northeast
Award Number: 20194314
Award Date: April 20, 2019
Twenty-five charming, beautifully colored flowers on two semi-umbellate 6.4 cm long inflorescences as well as a third inflorescence bearing 11 buds and an emerging immature inflorescence borne on a 15 x 11 cm plant grown on a 5 cm wide by 25 cm tall square tree fern mount; plant consists of 30 round pseudobulbs 2.0 cm wide by 2.3 cm tall, many bearing a single 1.2 cm wide x 6 cm long lanceolate leaf; dorsal sepal and petals paper white distal half, golden yellow proximal half, distinct longitudinal magenta stripes; lateral sepals rich golden yellow, which turn inward to reveal reverse of the segment, are then seeming joined along exterior margin; lip golden yellow, mobile; column and anther cap golden yellow; substance delicate; texture semi-gloss; distributed from Thailand to Peninsular Malaysia; confirmed by SITF
