SITF Submissions and Findings

Phalaenopsis-kapuasensis-2023-02-20

Posted on Feb 20, 2023

Five flowers and one bud on one 11 cm flowering inflorescence, 10 buds on a 16.5 cm inflorescence plus two emerging inflorescences; plant 36cm long x 23 cm wide in a 9 cm clear plastic pot planted in ...

Phalaenopsis-lueddemanniana-2022-06-24

Posted on Jun 24, 2022

Phalaenopsis-bellina-var-murtoniana-2021-11-18***SITF confirmed this plant is Phalaenopsis bellina f. murtoniana (Sep 2022);

This form of P. bellina exhibits narrow petals that reach upright rather than horizontal, resembling a stick figure with its hands up like the Chinese character for fire,  The form is normally highly colorful, however this plant was recognized for its rare, pastel pink color form, but it has the key characteristics of f. murtoniana.***

Posted on Nov 18, 2021

SITF form is attached as a file.

Phalaenopsis-pulcherrima-var-laotica-2021-09-06***Confirmed as Phalaenopsis pulcherrima (Laotian Form) (May 2022); it is incorrect to label this as var. laotica since this subspecies has not been formerly recognized taxonomically; it was formerly identified as Doritis pulcherrima f. laotica, but the subspecies was never transferred to Phalaenopsis, so it is synonymous with P. pulcherrima; the "Laotian form" of P. pulcherrima is distinguished from the type by its diminutive size; to separate this plant from the type, the label (Laotian Form) was added.***

Posted on Sep 6, 2021

Phalaenopsis-mirabilis-2021-09-06***Confirmed as Phalaenopsis mirabilis (Jun 2022); matches the photos in phals. net, which was based on the description of P. mirabilis published in the "Orchideen Journal" Vol 14 (2), 2007 and originally published as Lesliea mirabilis by Seidenf. in the Opera Botanica in 1988 (now considered a synonym); good match to photos in the OW and orchidroots.com.***

Posted on Sep 6, 2021

Phalaenopsis-bellina-Fernbrook-JC/AOS-2021-08-24***SITF has determined after reviewing the challenge (July 2022) that based on the history of the Phalaenopsis bellina-violacea complex and some questionable attributes in color and form of this cultivar, it could possibly be a hybrid, since P. bellina and P. violacea were at one time considered the same species and there is no way to know if this plant is a pure P. bellina due to line breeding with parents that historically might have contained P. violacea which was considered synonymous.***

Posted on Aug 24, 2021

This award is being challenged as not consistent with the coloring of Phalaenopsis bellina. I have asked the exhibitor for the provenance of the plant and any other additional information that they mi...

Phalaenopsis-equestris-formosana-2020-01-28***Confirmed as Phalaenopsis equestris; Taiwanese plants (formosana) do not differ in any significant way from plants of Philippine origin; plants of Taiwanese origin originally described as P. riteiwanensis found in S. Taiwan; P. riteiwanensis is a synonym of P. equestris.***

Posted on Jan 28, 2020

20194752 Phalaenopsis equestris formosana `KBCC’ CHM/AOS 83 Points Fourteen flat, richly colored, attractive flowers and four buds on one branched, arched inflorescence; sepals lavender; petals deepe...

Phalaenopsis-pulcherrima-v-marmorata-2020-01-16***Verified base on the unique marbled foliage (Jan 2020)***

Posted on Jan 16, 2020

Phal-tetraspis-2019-12-31***Confirmed as Phalaenopsis tetraspis (Mar 2020); matches description of P. tetraspis in Phalaenopsis speciosa-tetraspis Complex, Norman Fang, Olaf Gruss and Harold Koopowitz, Orchid Digest, Oct-Dec 2019.***

Posted on Dec 31, 2019

The forms, Award form, Revised description and SITF form are attached as images