Finding
SITF confirms this plant as Stanhopea cirrhata (Sep 2026). The two black objects that look like eyes are the horns and you can make out the sharp bristle at the end of the column from which the name is derived. The photo on the IOSPE matches this plant, as well as several photos that are an almost exact match on the orchidroots/Blue Nanta website.
Overall Length Of Growth Cane: 49.5
Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 1
Leaf Length: 46.0
Leaf Width: 12.0
Leaf Margin: entire
Leaf Shape: Broadly lanceolate
Pseudobulb Length: 6.0
Pseudobulb Width: 10.3
Pseudobulb Margin: shape: conical-ovoid
Pseudobulb Distance: Habit : clumping
Pseudobulb Root Tip: Green
Inflorescence Overall Length: 12.5
Inflorescence Arrangement: pendulous
Inflorescence Dist Base To Bud: 4.0
Inflorescence Dist Bet Flowers: None
Inflorescence Dist To Sepal: 6.0
Floral Bracts Length: 5.9
Floral Bracts Width: 6.2
Ovary Length: 6.2
Ovary Width: 1.1
Ovary Shape: inflated
Ovary Color: Chartreuse
Ovary Texture: hirsute
Flower Natural Spread Length: 7.0
Flower Natural Spread Width: 9.5
Dorsal Sepal Length: 4.0
Dorsal Sepal Width: 3.3
Lateral Sepals Length: 5.5
Lateral Sepals Width: 3.6
Petals Width: 1.6
Judging Center: Puerto Rico Judging Center
Award Number: 20266100
Award Date: January 03, 2026
Awarded As: CHM
A twin-flowered pendulous 12.5-cm inflorescence hanging below the root mass; flowers symmetrical, concolor light cream-yellow, heavily suffused orange; sepals and petals margins translucent; leaves coriaceous, ribbed, 12 cm wide x 46 cm tall; dorsal sepal oblong, erect, distally slightly concave, lateral sepals ovate, concave, apices acute; petals completely reflexed, margins slightly undulate, proximal half overlaid orange; lip hypochile saccate and inflated, fleshy, bottom part flat, horns short, blunt, overlaid deep burgundy almost black, mesochile absent, epichile ovate-triangular, apex apiculate and recurved; column yellow-green, suffused orange-yellow, narrowly winged, wings extending apically with threadlike appendage on each side, suffused light orange, anther cap ivory; substance hard, lip rigid; texture sepals slightly satiny, petals and lip glossy; strong menthol medicinal fragrance noted.--------Plant from Costa Rica // Roots with sharp long spines
