Finding
SITF confirms this plant as Psychopsis sanderae (Nov 2025). The column is very distinctive on this species. It matches the column on the flower closeup on the IOSPE website with what looks like osmophores on the ends of numerous stalks. It also matches the flower image of P. sanderae in Joao Almeida's side by side comparison images also shown in the IOSPE.
Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 1
Leaf Length: 14.0
Leaf Width: 4.1
Leaf Margin: entire
Leaf Shape: lanceolate
Pseudobulb Length: 3.4
Pseudobulb Width: 3.4
Pseudobulb Margin: ovate
Pseudobulb Distance: contiguous
Pseudobulb Root Tip: n/a leaf green with burgundy mottling
Inflorescence Overall Length: 52.0
Inflorescence Dist Base To Bud: 52.0 branched
Inflorescence Dist Bet Flowers: negligible (distance to ovary 1.5cm)
Floral Bracts Length: 2.0
Floral Bracts Width: 0.5
Ovary Length: 1.0
Ovary Width: 0.3
Ovary Shape: lineate
Ovary Color: green
Ovary Texture: smooth
Flower Natural Spread Length: 12.0
Flower Natural Spread Width: 9.0
Dorsal Sepal Length: 8.5
Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.3
Lateral Sepals Length: 3.8
Lateral Sepals Width: 1.5
Petals Width: 0.5
Judging Center: Mid-America JC
Award Number: 20254299
Award Date: October 17, 2025
Awarded As: CHM
One flower on one 52-cm branched inflorescence on a 27-cm wide by 20-cm tall plant grown in a 12-cm clay pot; dorsal sepal and petals lineate, olive green, overlaid cordovan, margins slightly ruffled; lateral sepals slightly curved lanceolate, canary yellow, barred cordovan, margins undulate; lip trilobed, midlobe canary yellow, margin undulate and serrated, coalescing cordovan spots; sidelobes open, canary yellow spotted cordovan, margin serrated; winged column, yellow, overlaid cordovan centrally, fimbrate, fimbriae tipped with dark cordovan glands; anther cap chartreuse; substance good; texture matte.Plant vendor: Orquideas Amazonicas
