Finding

SITF confirms this plant as Bulbophyllum pahudii (Oct 2026). There is a previous Australian award to Bulbophyllum pahudii 'Charly" with a photo and description in the OW which matches this plant. This is a very distinctive species which can be seen in multiple images on the orchidroots.com and which closely matches this plant.

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.

Finding

SITF has determined this plant to be Calanthe sylvatica, not Calanthe sinica (Oct 2026). This plant closely matches a recent award to Calanthe sinica, which SITF determined was also Calanthe sylvatica, #20261014. The foliage of this plant is not pubescent as is C. sinica, the lip crest is warty and the midlobe of the lip is mucronate; characteristics which separate C. sylvatica from C. sinica. This is a good match to the photo of C. sylvatica on the Kew/POWO website.