Dendrobiumverified

Dendrobium farmeri Paxton, Paxton's Mag. Bot. 15: 241 (1849).This name is accepted.

20141027 National capital

from the chair-

One thousand two hundred sixty-two flowers on 42
inflorescences and one immature inflorescence on a spectacular, densely
flowered 35-cm. x 46-cm. plant, with immaculate leaves, grown in a 32-cm.
basket; sepals and petals white; heavily fringed lip crystalline white with a
central deep yellow disk; substance soft; texture of crystalline.

NOTES: The identification was questioned because the flowers
do not have the characteristic pink spot in the lip, and one judge suggested it
might be Den. palpebrae. My reading suggests it is Den. farmeri because of the
bloom time if nothing else. However, since it was questioned, we need the
experts’ opinions for its identification.