Schoenorchis

Finding

SITF confirms this plant as Schoenorchis brevirachis (Jun 2026). This plant was identified based on the key characteristic of lacking a true spur. It agrees with Seidenfaden drawing in the IOSPE with a saccate pouch-like lip and no spur. "Botanically, the base of the lip in S. brevirachis is slightly saccate (pouch-like) or thickened, rather than flat. In some broad orchid keys, this pouch-like recession is technically termed a "saccate spur" or "reduced spur." However, it lacks a true, protruding spur appendage. The lack of a prominent spur, alongside its uniquely short inflorescence rachis, is what Seidenfaden used to differentiate S. brevirachis from other species when he established it in 1992."

Overall Length Of Growth Cane: 10.4 cm

Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 9

Leaf Length: 3.3

Leaf Width: 0.9

Leaf Margin: smooth

Leaf Shape: lanceolate

Leaf Petiole Length: 0.1 cm

Pseudobulb Length: 10.2

Pseudobulb Width: 0.2 (diameter)

Pseudobulb Distance: N/a

Pseudobulb Root Tip: white

Inflorescence Overall Length: 0.7

Inflorescence Arrangement: monopodial

Inflorescence Dist Base To Bud: 0.2

Inflorescence Dist Bet Flowers: 0.1

Inflorescence Dist To Sepal: 0.2

Floral Bracts Length: none

Floral Bracts Width: none

Ovary Length: 0.3

Ovary Width: 0.1

Ovary Shape: Oblong, tubular

Ovary Color: pink

Ovary Texture: matte

Flower Natural Spread Length: 0.8

Flower Natural Spread Width: 0.3

Dorsal Sepal Length: 0.3

Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.1

Dorsal Sepal Cauda Length: N/a

Dorsal Sepal Cauda Width: N/a

Lateral Sepals Length: 0.3

Lateral Sepals Width: 0.2

Lateral Sepals Caudae Length: n/a

Lateral Sepals Caudae Width: n/a

Petals Length: n/a

Petals Width: 0.2

Judging Center: San Francisco

Award Number: 20265464

Award Date: May 05, 2026

Awarded As: CBR

Eleven cupped flowers and four buds on two up to 0.7-cm infloresences; plant 7.2 cm x 7.4 cm, mounted on 2.9-cm x 20.3-cm wood; sepals and petals white overlaid dark fuchsia; lip white, oblong, slightly recurved, small callus on reverse faintly blushed pink; column white, anther cap white; substance firm; texture matte; three brown dried seed pods.

general comments: vandaceous, stem covered with purple worts. No spur detected unlike other Schoenorchus species. Consulted Plants of the world (online)

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