
Cattleya colnagoi has been determined to be (most likely) Cattleya milleri
Posted on August 18, 2014
  20142811Â
C. colnagoi Rocky mountain
Cattleya colnagoi (Chiron & V.P.Castro) Van den Berg, Neodiversity 3: 6 (2008).
This name is accepted.
Please make sure you have included everything listed
here, if the measurement is appropriate to the species you have awarded. Remember that a CBR/CHM to a new species
previously not recorded by the AOS demands a full description of the plant!
ALL MEASUREMENTS ARE TO BE IN CM
ONLY!!!
For samples of shape, margin, etc., please see The
Descriptive Terminology for the Orchid Judge in AQ+. Remember the more information you can
provide, the easier the process should be for everyone involved! Drawings are
acceptable if you can scan them and submit them to us via email. If caudae are included, then the overall
segment measurements should be recorded including the caudae and then the caudae
length measured separately and recorded. Â
In addition to the flower
measurements as indicated on the Award Form, please also record these:
Leaf:               length 8.1      width  2.8                  shape  lanceolate       margin
entire
Leaf petiole:Â Â Â length 0
Size of growth (pseudobulb/ramicaul/stem): length 4.4      width/diameter 1.5     shape conical
Distance between growths:Â 0
Rhizome:        diameter                     distance
between nodes
Root and root tip color if
visible:
Quality of roots if visible:
fine/medium/coarse fine              diameter
if possible
Inflorescence: length 26.9                diameter                    arrangement raceme
Peduncle:       length                         color                           shape cylindrical
Sterile bracts: number                       length                         width                          color
Pedicel           :          length 3.5                  color                           texture
Distance between pedicels:
If you cannot separate the ovary
and pedicel, then measure them together.
Floral bracts:  length .2                    width  0.2                  color
Flower:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
                       Natural
Spread:                      length 4.7                  width 3.9
Dorsal sepal:                           length 2.6                  width
0.7
                       Lateral
sepals or synsepal:      length 2.5                  width
0.7
                       Caudae
length only:               dorsal                         lateral                         petal
                       Petals:                                     length 2.7                  width 0.5
                       Lip
or pouch:                          length 2.4                  width 2.0
                       Ovary:                                    length 2.0                  width  0.3      shape
cylindrical
                                                                       color   green basally, orange distally texture satin               Â
 colnagoi are #1 and
 Millerii are #3 and 4
Cattleya colnagoi , award 20142811,
has been determined to be (most likely) Cattleya milleri by SITF (Sept
2014). Â
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