Finding

SITF has determined this plant to be Trichopilia fragrans, not Trichopilia peruviana (Apr 2026).Using the key in the "Orchids of Peru", (https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2464900#page/26/mode/1up), this keys to T. fragrans. T. fragrans and this plant have: conspicuous pseudobulbs and leaves that have distinct leaf blades; peruviana flowers are very small (sepals less than 2.5 cm long); these are 4.4 cm long; the leaf form is sessile, not petiolate; the pseudobulb shape is flatten and ovoid; not linear-cylindric. There are two species that share these similar traits: T. fragrans and T. grata. In T. fragrans, the crest is a simple, more or less a linear lump sitting on the yellow spot. T. grata differs in that the crest is significantly wider at the top and abruptly terminated at the outer end giving the look of a chopped off triangle (trapezoid). This crest is not noticeably wider at the top than at the bottom, so not T. grata.

Overall Length Of Growth Cane: 20 cm

Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: one

Leaf Length: 15cm

Leaf Width: 5.2cm

Leaf Margin: entire

Leaf Shape: lanceolate attenuate

Leaf Petiole Length: petiole length (apex of pseudobulb or stem to leaf base proper): 0

Pseudobulb Length: 6.5cm

Pseudobulb Width: 4cm

Pseudobulb Margin: entire

Pseudobulb Distance: adjacent

Pseudobulb Root Tip: not visable

Inflorescence Overall Length: 21cm

Inflorescence Arrangement: Alternate

Inflorescence Dist Base To Bud: 6cm

Inflorescence Dist Bet Flowers: 5cm

Inflorescence Dist To Sepal: 14cm to base of frist flower sepal; 10cm to base of ovary

Floral Bracts Length: 1.8cm

Floral Bracts Width: 0.8cm

Ovary Length: 2.9cm

Ovary Width: 0.6cm

Ovary Shape: conical

Ovary Color: green

Ovary Texture: ribbed, glaborous

Flower Natural Spread Length: 7.2

Flower Natural Spread Width: 8cm

Dorsal Sepal Length: 4.5cm

Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.6cm

Lateral Sepals Length: 4.4cm

Lateral Sepals Width: 0.5cm

Petals Width: 0.6cm

Judging Center: Northeast

Award Number: 20265168

Award Date: March 21, 2026

Awarded As: CHM

Fifteen flowers and three buds on six inflorescences to 21-cm on a 12 growth, 46-cm wide by
20-cm tall plant, in a 16-cm diameter plastic net pot in a sphagnum and tree-fren mix;
pseudobulbs flattened ovoid, 4-cm wide and 6.5-cm long; leaves, lanceolate, margins entire,
5.2-cm wide and 15-cm long; sepals and petals, linear, margins undulate, pale chartreuse, central
rib darker pale chartreuse; lip quadrilobed, side lobes enclosing column, margins undulate, white,
golden yellow basally, single central keel yellow apically, column white, anther cap white;
substance medium; texture crystalline; recognized for distinct floral presentation not typically of
awarded plants of the genus.

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