Finding
SITF confirms this plant is Epidendrim piliferum (Jul 2023). This plant matches the form and color of the description and photo in the IOSPE; it is a good match to the drawing by Jimenez, Hagsater, & Santiago also in the IOSPE. This plant is small compared to the drawing, which shows canes over 80-cm tall. Dressler states this species can be up to 2 meters. The cane size of this plant was 41cm. Other images can be found in the OW, orchidroots.com and many other sites on the internet.
Overall Length Of Growth Cane: 41cm
Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 4-5
Leaf Length: 12.8
Leaf Width: 3.5
Leaf Margin: smooth
Leaf Shape: lanceolate
Pseudobulb Distance: tightly clustered
Pseudobulb Root Tip: green
Inflorescence Overall Length: 19 cm
Inflorescence Arrangement: branched panicles
Ovary Length: 0.5cm
Ovary Width: 0.1cm
Ovary Shape: terete
Ovary Color: green
Ovary Texture: ribbed longitudinally
Flower Natural Spread Length: 2.3
Flower Natural Spread Width: 2.4
Dorsal Sepal Length: 1.3
Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.25
Lateral Sepals Length: 1.4
Lateral Sepals Width: 0.25
Petals Length: 1.0
Petals Width: 0.1
Judging Center: Great Plains Judging Center
Award Number: 20233582
Award Date: June 17, 2023
One hundred and seventy-two flowers on four upright terete green arching inflorescences, longest to 19cm; growths simple straight erect cane-like terete, largest 0.8cm in diameter by 41cm tall, carrying four to five dark green alternate lanceolate acute entire margined leaves on the apical two-thirds of the stem, largest leaf 3.5cm wide by 12.8cm long; sepals green, narrowly oblanceolate, margins rolled; petals green, filamentous, slightly wider at the apex; lip white, midlobe centrally dome-shaped, covered with small linear purple blotches, apically bifurcate, segments pointed, side lobes rhomboid, reflexed; column terete, 0.2cm in diameter by 1.0cm long, green proximal two-thirds, white distal one-third, purple stippling and two teeth on apex, anther cap tan; ovary green, 0.1cm in diameter by 0.5cm long; substance sepals and lip firm, petals wispy; texture waxy; plant recognized as having much improved flower form as compared to previous awards and as a possible dwarf variety not previously appreciated; species native to Central America; ID by SITF__________.Plant came from Tom Nasser 06/06/2009.
