Vendor Jewel Orchids

Eight hundred and fifty four stellate flowers and 224 buds on 14 arching, loosely paniculate inflorescences up to 105.0-cm, emerging from the apices of mature, ovoid pseudobulbs, tightly clustered, to 5.5 cm in width, 4.0 cm in length, and 4.1 cm in height; leaves elliptic, acute, flushed red, to 21.6 cm in length and 4.1 cm in width, grown in moss in an 18.0 cm diameter net basket; sepals spathulate, obtuse, recurved, yellow, heavily overlaid brown, margins entire, yellow; petals broadly spathulate, acute, flat, yellow, overlaid brown, margins entire, yellow; lip encircling column, broadly pyramidal, undulate, light yellow, side lobes veined dark brown, callus white; column white, blushed brown proximally, blushed red distally, anther cap white; substance firm; texture matte; species from Mexico commended for exceptionally clean foliage and exceptionally high flower count.