Finding
SITF confirms this plant as Leptotes tenuis (Jan 2026). The combination of very terete leaves, the fringe at the tip of the lip and the central keel in the lip match this species. The color can vary from light cream or faint pink. There are several photos in the orchidroots.com of Leptotes tenuis which support this as well.
Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 1
Leaf Length: 5.5
Leaf Width: 0.3
Leaf Margin: smooth
Leaf Shape: subulate
Inflorescence Overall Length: 1.0
Ovary Length: 1.1
Ovary Width: 0.2
Ovary Shape: terete
Ovary Color: green-brown
Ovary Texture: ribbed longitudinally
Flower Natural Spread Length: 2.0
Flower Natural Spread Width: 2.1
Dorsal Sepal Length: 1.4
Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.4
Lateral Sepals Length: 1.0
Lateral Sepals Width: 0.4
Petals Width: 0.4
Judging Center: Great Plains Judging Center
Award Number: 20263201
Award Date: January 17, 2026
Awarded As: AM
Four slightly cupped flowers on four erect, terete, brown inflorescences 0.1cm wide x 1.0cm long emerging from sheath 0.3cm wide x 0.7 cm long, green turning to tan with age near base of leaf; plant is 12 cm wide x 10cm long grown on cork overlaid with moss 8.5cm wide x 19cm long; leaves 0.3cm wide x 5.5 cm long, erect, subulate conduplicate folded inward, green, coriaceous with smooth margins; visible roots to 0.1cm wide x 6.0cm long very light green, smooth; flowers slightly arching, very light lavender; sepals and petals lanceolate, margins smooth and slightly recurved, darker scant lavender stripes; lip trilobed, midlobe flabellate, porrect, margins erose and undulate, light lavender with darker lavender stripes on lateral margins basal half, pale yellow callus, side lobes ovate, cupped, porrect, margins erose; column terete, 0.2cm wide x 0.3cm long, pale green base merging to light lavender at apex, anther cap oval, light lavender, ovary 0.2cm wide x 1.1cm long, terete, green brown; substance firm; texture crystalline; species from SE Brazil; Identified by SIFT ___________.Plant came from a vendor in Brazil
