Finding
SITF confirms this plant as Nephelaphyllum pulchrum (Aug 2026). Based on leaf data, photos of N. pulchrum in the Orchids of India website, and the key to Nephelaphyllum that shows this plant keys to N. pulchrum. The species generally has leaves around 4–10 cm long. The Orchids of India website has N. pulchrum photos that look very close to this plant/flower and with leaves to 10cm in length. N. pulchrum is widespread appears to be variable in form and color.
Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 1
Leaf Shape: cordate
Inflorescence Overall Length: 8-cm
Inflorescence Arrangement: clusters
Inflorescence Dist Bet Flowers: short inflorescences
Flower Natural Spread Length: 2.4
Flower Natural Spread Width: 0.9
Dorsal Sepal Length: 1.1
Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.2
Lateral Sepals Length: 1.7
Lateral Sepals Width: 0.9
Petals Width: 0.4
Judging Center: California Sierra Nevada
Award Number: 20261375
Award Date: June 02, 2026
Awarded As: CCE
Twenty-seven flowers and fifty buds on sixteen inflorescences up to 8-cm, on a beautifully grown 38-cm by 12-cm plant in an 18-cm round by 10-cm, shallow nursery pot; solitary leaves cordate, emerging from a creeping tapered rhizome; leaves beige overlaid tessellated dark green, glossy burgundy underside of leaves; clusters of non-resupinate flowers on short inflorescences; sepals and petals lanceolate, burgundy; lip narrowly cordate, yellow overlaid with coalesced red stripes longitudinally, centrally, column white, anther cap white; substance firm; texture satin.The exhibitor got the plant from Marni Turkel, who got it from Cindy Hill.