Overall Length Of Growth Cane: 4.3 cm
Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 1
Leaf Length: 3.0 cm
Leaf Width: 1.8 cm
Leaf Margin: entire
Leaf Shape: elliptical
Pseudobulb Length: 1.3 cm
Pseudobulb Width: 0.2 cm
Pseudobulb Margin: smooth
Pseudobulb Distance: contiguous
Pseudobulb Root Tip: non-visible
Inflorescence Overall Length: 2.6 cm
Inflorescence Arrangement: single flowered
Inflorescence Dist Base To Bud: 1.0 cm
Inflorescence Dist Bet Flowers: n/a
Ovary Length: 0.2 cm
Ovary Width: 0.2 cm
Ovary Shape: cylindrical
Ovary Color: cream-yellow
Flower Natural Spread Length: 2.1 cm
Flower Natural Spread Width: 2.2 cm
Dorsal Sepal Length: 3.3 (including cauda)
Dorsal Sepal Width: 1.1 cm
Dorsal Sepal Cauda Length: 2.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal Cauda Width: 0.1 cm
Lateral Sepals Length: 2.3 cm including caudae
Lateral Sepals Width: 1.2 cm
Lateral Sepals Caudae Length: 1.3 cm
Lateral Sepals Caudae Width: 0.1 cm
Petals Length: 0.4 cm
Petals Width: 0.2 cm
Judging Center: Northeast
Award Number: 20194511
Award Date: February 08, 2019
Awarded As: Masdevallia nikoleana
One attractively colored, well-open flower and one bud on two inflorescences up to 2.6 cm long borne on a miniature plant grown in live sphagnum moss in a 6 cm clay pot; leaves dark green, elliptical, entire, 1.8 cm wide x 3.0 cm long, held on 1.3 cm ramicauls; sepals chartreuse heavily overlaid by burgundy hairs, dorsal cauda chartreuse, 2.0 cm long, strongly swept backwards over slightly hooded dorsal sepal, lateral sepals caudae chartreuse, well-presented; petals yellow; oscillating lip yellow, burgundy basally, shiny burgundy callus at tip; column yellow, faint burgundy hairs, slight arch downward; substance firm, texture matte; recognized for exceptional size of flower in relation to plant and as interesting member of the Oscillantes section of the genus Masdevallia; native to Ecuador;
Note - By the time the SITF photography had taken place the flower had begun to wilt a bit, hence the collapse; when award photo was taken flower had also begun to wilt but not so dramatically.
