SITF Submissions and Findings

Brassavola-cucullatta-2023-08-22 *SITF confirms that this plant is Brassavola cucullata (Aug 2023).

Posted on Aug 22, 2023

Description is as follows: "Three ribbony flowers and five buds on four up to 3.5-cm inflorescences; sepals and petals long, ribbon-like, sharply acuminate, ivory, midrib very pale olive-green, faint...

Brassavola-perrinii-2022-11-11 *SITF has determined this plant to be Brassavola tuberculata (Dec 2022); Brassavola perrinii is considered by Kew to be a synonym for Brassavola tuberculata; see Kew's POWO; although this plant has very large flowers at 10.6cm compared to standard, there are previous awards that have flowers close to this; photos of prior awards closely match this plant, as do photos in the OW and orchidroots.com.*

Posted on Nov 11, 2022

The plant was purchased from Fred Clarke, Sunset Valley Orchids. There was some discussion as to whether it might be B. tuberculata, vs. B. perrinii.

Brassavola-cucullata-2022-08-28 *SITF determined to be Brassavola appendiculata, not Brassavola cucullata (Sep 2022); this is a very good form of B. appendiculata, which has been historically misidentified as B. cucullata; B. cucullata is a more diminutive form of Brassavola with much smaller sepals and petals, not the long, elegant segments like B. appendiculata and this flower; a photo of the actual B. cucullata may be seen in the AOS Orchids magazine, August 2022 issue.*

Posted on Aug 28, 2022

Exhibitor provided January 2022 AOS Magazine with article "Will the real Brassavola cucullata please stand up" written by Claude Hamilton & Thomas Mirenda; plant and flowers matched description provid...

Brassavola-amazonica-2021-03-29***Determined to be Brassavola martiana, not Brassavola amazonica (July 2021); B. amazonica was a synonym for B. martiana until 2020 when it was then recognized by the WCSPF as a separate species; the strong, single ridge the length of the midlobe and the strong ciliate lip margin of this plant agrees with B. martiana better than B. amazonica; the original 2020 line drawing of B. martiana matches this plant and photo's of B. martiana in the IOSPE and OW closely match this flower.***

Posted on Mar 29, 2021

Five flowers, six buds on two inflorescences; plant 41cm long x 15cm wide x 17cm deep, terete leaves 17-51 cm long; growing on a 5-cm square by 17-cm long Honduran tree fern totem; flowers star-shaped...

Brassavola-reginae-My-Lilika-2021-03-17***Determined to be Brassavola tuberculata, not Brassavola reginae (Dec 2021); B. reginae is now considered synonymous with B. ceboletta; the leaves of B. reginae are conduplicate, these are semi-terete, as is B. tuberculata; also, B. tuberculata and this plant have three teeth on the column, whereas B. reginae only has two; in a paper, "Systematics of the Neotropical Genus Brassavola" (Dec 2020), describing B. tuberculata, Eliana-Noquera-Savelli states, "B. tuberculata differs from the rest of the South American species of Brassavola by presenting an ovate lip, sepals and petals with reticulated venation and a tridentate, laciniate column.***

Posted on Mar 17, 2021

On the first day of the 2008 WOC in Miami, I went bought the plant from Eco Orquideas from Sao Paulo booth. Diminutive species in the Brassavola group and there is much confusion as to whether it is ...

Brassavola-nodosa-2019-08-18***Determined to be Brassavola grandiflora based on distinct blade shape of the leaves (Oct 2019)***

Posted on Aug 18, 2019

Awarded as B. nodosa, concerns this might be the hybrid B. Rediculous. Description: Ten magnificent white flowers gracefully displayed on three upright inflorescences; sepals and petals widely spread...

Brassavola nodosa

Posted on Jan 10, 2014

      Brassavola nodosa (L.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 114 (1831). This name is accepted. Award # 20131297 Hilo Hawaii   Brassavola nodosa, Awar...

Brassavola revoluta determined to be Brassavola reginae

Posted on Jun 19, 2012

Brassavola revoluta Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 161 (1882).This name is accepted.award 20123018, Huston, these sent in by the owner, center is supposed to be sending other things.Brassavola revo...

Brassavola reginae

Posted on Mar 19, 2011

Brassavola reginae Pabst, Bradea 2: 288 (1978). I got an award on Brassavola reginae Pabst today. This species is somewhat controversial as some authors consider it syn. with Brassavola cebolleta. Kew...