Finding
SITF confirms this plant as Cleisostoma scortechinii (Jun 2026). This plant matches the description in Holttum's 1964, the Flora of Malaya Vol.1 as Sarcanthus scortechinii. Flower size and color match; spur fits the description. The rigid, pendent inflorescence and length fits the description.
Overall Length Of Growth Cane: 56cm
Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: up to 21
Leaf Length: 14.7cm
Leaf Width: 2.5cm
Leaf Margin: entire
Leaf Shape: lanceolate, broadly acuminate
Leaf Petiole Length: minimal
Pseudobulb Length: 0.7cm
Pseudobulb Width: 50.5cm
Pseudobulb Margin: round, slightly flattened
Pseudobulb Distance: 1.5cm
Pseudobulb Root Tip: olive green
Inflorescence Overall Length: 11.5cm
Inflorescence Arrangement: alternate
Inflorescence Dist Base To Bud: 1.7cm
Inflorescence Dist Bet Flowers: 0.5cm
Ovary Length: 0.6cm
Ovary Width: 0.1cm
Ovary Shape: cylindrical
Ovary Color: chartreuse
Ovary Texture: glabrous
Flower Natural Spread Length: 1.1cm
Flower Natural Spread Width: 1.1cm
Dorsal Sepal Length: 0.5cm
Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.3cm
Lateral Sepals Length: 0.5cm
Lateral Sepals Width: 0.3cm
Petals Width: 0.2cm
Judging Center: Mid-America
Award Number: 20254306
Award Date: November 08, 2025
Awarded As: CBR
Twenty flowers and thirty-five buds on three pendant inflorescences, presented on a 54-cm wide, 56-cm tall, multi-growth plant, grown in medium bark in a 10.5-cm square plastic pot; dorsal sepal obovate, mahogany; lateral sepals elliptic, mahogany with central chartreuse stripe; petals elliptic, mildly revolute, mahogany; lip trilobed, side lobes sinuous, white, midlobe hastate, white with lavender blush centrally, 0.5-cm spur white; column white, anther cap cream; substance firm; texture waxy, recognized for rarity in cultivation.Plant source: Orchids by Hausermann's
