The American Orchid Society

SITF Submissions and Findings

The Species Identification Task Force receives submissions from orchid judging centers or exhibitors. The submissions are labeled by the name submitted under. When the plant's identity is confirmed, the last line in the post will have the correct name. We sometimes update pages with reference material pertinent to the submission.

Telipogon-astroglossus-Fiona-CHM/AOS-2023-07-27 *SITF confirms this plant is Telipogon astroglossus (Aug 2023).

This plant matches the photo in the IOSPE and the description in Dodson's "Native Ecuadorian Orchids". Also closely matches 18 photos in the orchidroots.com. The description of this plant indicates measurements of the pseudobulb; however, Dodson describes the species as pseudobulbless; this could due to mistaking the conduplicate leaf bases for a cane or pseudobulb. No pseudobulbs appear visible in the photos. Flowers are somewhat large at .96 cm compared to the description in the IOSPE of .65 cm.

Posted on Jul 27, 2023

Seven charming flowers and 10 buds on three, branching, indeterminate, arching inflorescences up to 4.5 cm, presented on a 3 growth, established plant mounted onto cork laminate 7cm x 5 cm with a smal...

Telipogon-diabolicus-2022-10-24 *SITF confirms this plant is Telipogon diabolicus (Mar 2023).

The submitted photo match the species, T. diabolicus; the horns and lip, which form the image of a black devil figure, for which the species is named, is very evident in the photograph and is identical to the species; no other Telipogon to date shows this image; there are several supporting images of T. diabolicus on the Internet which are also a close match to this plant.

Posted on Oct 24, 2022

Country of origin Colombia