Finding

SITF confirms that this plant is Domingoa gemma (Jul 2024). The flower is an almost exact match to the photo in the IOSPE and the plants and flowers in the OW as Nageliella angustifolia (synonym).

Finding

SITF confirms that this plant is Anguloa tognettiae (July 2024). This plant was compared to A. x speciosa (A. virginalis x A. tognettiae). In A. virginalis, the attachment of the lip to the column foot is an elongated tubular structure folded completely back on itself. In A. tognettiae, the connection is almost straight down. Since A. x speciosa always exhibits some noticeable tubular extension and the petals of A. speciosa are rarely pure white due to the subtle pink spotting coming from A. virginalis, A. x speciosa was ruled out.

Finding

SITF confirms this plant as Phragmipedium schlimii (Jun 2024). This is confirmed without a subspecies designation. Kew POWO has synonymized all schlimii-like species and subspecies to be P. schlimii. All 7 of the segregates from schlimii are now considered synonyms of schlimii and will be explained in an upcoming article in the August AOS "Orchids" magazine. P. schlimii is now considered an ochlospecies (a polymorphic species with chaotic infraspecific variation which is intractable to formal taxonomic treatment) and all the variables that were used to segregate them are fascile across the entire region.

Finding

SITF confirms this that this plant is Brassia jipijapensis (Jul 2024). The plant matches the lip form and description of B. jipijapensis in the IOSPE. This plant strongly resembles the flowers, especially the Lip crests, in the photos shown in the OW, POWO and OrchidRoots.

Finding

SITF confirms that this plant is Thunia brymeriana (July 2024). Recognized by Kew, but at one time considered a form of Thunia alba. It is an excellent match to photos in OW, OrchidRoots and the IOPSE. The photo of the pressed specimen in the Kew POWO appears to also show the ciliate keels on the lip.

Finding

SITF confirms this plant as Vanda falcata (Jul 2024). It is a division of the original 'plum blossom form' plant and displays the light plum color on the proximal portions of the sepals and petals. The pure white lip is characteristic of the species. The cultivar name remains the same as the original plant, 'Chiyo no Kotobuki'. There are no valid varietal or forma names for the 'plum blossom form' of V. falcata.

Finding

SITF confirms this plant as Ophrys scolopax subsp. heldreichii (Jul 2024). This subsp. is accepted by Kew POWO. This plant is a perfect match for Ophrys heldreichii in Pierre Delforge's "Orchids of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East", 2006. The lip measurements for this plant are within the parameters detailed in both Buttler's and Williams' field guides, as well as fits the key in Buttler.

Finding

SITF confirms that this plant is Chiloschista shanica (Jul 2024). It is an excellent match to photos on Novataxa.blogspot.com; an excellent description and drawing can be found in the article, "Chiloschista shanica K.P.Wojtas, C.Bandara & Kumar, 2023" found in the Treatment Bank on-line. The bifid curls at the apex of the lip, which is a characteristic of C. shanica, also matches this plant.

Finding

SITF has determined this plant to be Phragmipedium schlimii, not P. anguloi (Jun 2024). Pharagmipedium anguloi is considered to be synonymous with P. schlimii by KEW POWO. All of the small-flowered taxa that look like schlimii have now been reduced to synonyms of schlimii.

Finding

SITF has determined this plant to be Gomesa planifolia, not Gomesa alpina (Jun 2024). The key difference between G. alpina and G. planifolia is that G. alpina has 10-15 flowers on an up to 13-cm inflorescence and G. planifolia has up to 50 flowers on a 25 to 30-cm inflorescence. This plant had 44 flowers on an up to 25-cm inflorescence, which better keys to G. planifolia. G. recurva was also considered, however, Kew's POWO considers G. recurva to be synonymous with G. planifolia. Matching photos of G. planifolia may be found in the IOSPE and the orchidroots.com. Description and photos of G. planifolia are in the "Orchids of Brazil" by Dalton H. Batista, Patricia Harding, et. al.

Finding

SITF confirms this plant as Galeandra minax (May 2024). There is an excellent matching photo of Galeandra minax in the POWO and twelve closely matching photos in the orchidroots.com. The flower size appears a little smaller (3.8 cm Vert. vs. 4.2 cm) than is described in the IOSPE. There is also a description of G. minax by Wilson and Wilson and a photo by Marni Turkel in an article in the "Orchids" magazine, June 2023.