Serapias

Finding

SITF has determined this plant to be Cyclopogon chloroleucus, not Serapias polyden (Oct 2026). This has been an interesting journey. First, Kew/POWO has the species Serapias polyaden as an Unplaced name. The original journal is rare and the Genus Serapias which is found from Southern Europe to Asia Minor is not found in Brazil, whereas the Genus Cyclopogon is found in Tropical & Subtropical America. Another name proposed was Cyclopogon polyaden, but it could not be traced back to the original publication. Rafael Govearts, Kew/POWO has communicated that this species is accepted as C. chloroleucus and POWO has listed Serapias polyden as a synonym. There are matching photos of this plant on the IOSPE as Cyclopogon polyaden and many on the web as another synonymous species, Stigmatosema polyaden.

Overall Length Of Growth Cane: 0.1

Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 10

Leaf Length: 10.5

Leaf Width: 2.5

Leaf Margin: entire

Leaf Shape: lanceolate

Leaf Petiole Length: 0.1

Pseudobulb Length: n/a

Pseudobulb Width: n/a

Pseudobulb Margin: n/a

Pseudobulb Distance: 3.0

Pseudobulb Root Tip: n/a

Inflorescence Overall Length: 55.5

Inflorescence Arrangement: alternate

Inflorescence Dist Base To Bud: 30.0

Inflorescence Dist Bet Flowers: varies, apically & basally 0.5, intermediate2.0 to 3.0

Inflorescence Dist To Sepal: 27.0

Floral Bracts Length: 2.0

Floral Bracts Width: 0.3

Flower Natural Spread Length: 0.6

Flower Natural Spread Width: 0.52

Dorsal Sepal Length: 0.44

Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.24

Lateral Sepals Length: 0.55

Lateral Sepals Width: 0.45

Petals Width: 0.19

Judging Center: Chicago Judging Center

Award Number: 20261777

Award Date: September 20, 2026

Awarded As: CBR

20261777 Serapias polyaden ‘Gabriel’ CBR – Carlos Roberto L. Grieseler (Stigmatosema)
Four hundred eighty six flowers and eight buds on seventeen evenly borne inflorescences to 55.5 cm on a 17 growth specimen plant 20 cm in diameter and 61 cm tall; largest growth 10.5 cm tall; leaves to 2.5 cm wide by 10.5 cm long, elliptic; flowers spirally arranged; dorsal sepal and petals hirsute, chartreuse; petals compressed against inner face of dorsal sepal; lateral sepal hirsute, chartreuse, concrescent (partially fused) proximally; lip bilobed, white; nectaries chartreuse; lip chartreuse, rostellum chartreuse; substance light; texture matte; no fragrance noted. Labeled as Stigmatosema polyaden by grower, pending SITF verification.

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