Encyclia

Finding

SITF confirms this plant is Encyclia altissima (Mar 2025). Using Ackerman's key to the Encyclia of the Greater Antilles, this keys to E. altissima. 1 - Flowers are chasmogamous; 3 - Lip is distinctly tri-lobed; the side lobes wing-like; 5 - Plants caespitose; 6 - Pseudobulbs fusiform; - not short and ovoid. Baker & Baker's description in the OW described this species. One of the characteristics mentioned was the white column streaked with purple, elongate, with earlike appendages that are membranaceous, incurved, and rounded as in this plant. This species appears to have very variable color.

Overall Length Of Growth Cane: 56

Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 2-3

Leaf Length: 47

Leaf Width: 2.0

Leaf Margin: >0.1

Leaf Shape: lanceolate

Leaf Petiole Length: 18

Pseudobulb Length: 19

Pseudobulb Width: 3

Pseudobulb Margin: cylindrical

Pseudobulb Distance: 2

Pseudobulb Root Tip: none visible

Inflorescence Overall Length: 164

Inflorescence Arrangement: branched

Inflorescence Dist Base To Bud: 65

Inflorescence Dist Bet Flowers: 3

Inflorescence Dist To Sepal: 3

Floral Bracts Length: 10

Floral Bracts Width: 0.1

Ovary Length: 1.5

Ovary Width: 0.1

Ovary Shape: conical

Ovary Color: dark green

Ovary Texture: matte

Flower Natural Spread Length: 4.3

Flower Natural Spread Width: 4.5

Dorsal Sepal Length: 1.0

Dorsal Sepal Width: 2.4

Lateral Sepals Length: 2.5

Lateral Sepals Width: 1.0

Petals Width: 0.9

Judging Center: WPJC-FLOS

Award Number: 20251504

Award Date: January 09, 2025

Awarded As: HCC

Quest orchids
Unique mahogany markings on the petals and sepals.
Lip slightly wider and longer than that of the awarded CBR plant.
Leaf margin entire.
Reference: CBR award

Photos to be submitted with the HCC award.

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