SITF Submissions and Findings

Oberonia-costeriana-‘Irene’-Syn-Oberonia-obesa-CBR(Prov’l)-NEJC-NJ-21Jan23-2023-01-22

Posted on Jan 22, 2023

See SITF Forms

Ornithocephalus-gladiatus-2023-01-17

Posted on Jan 17, 2023

Oncidium-lucianianum-2023-01-06

Posted on Jan 6, 2023

Documents are attached as PDF documents with the images.

Ceratostylis-pristina-2023-01-05 *SITF has confirmed this plant as Ceratostylis pristina (Jan 2023); this plant matches the Photo and description in ResearchGate of this distinctive new species published in Phytotaxa in 2017; matches photos in orchidroots.com and the OW.*

Posted on Jan 5, 2023

Nineteen full, diaphanous flowers and 14 buds on 33 inflorescences to 1.4 cm emerging basally from lanceolate, apically bilobed leaves 0.4 cm wide to 2.8 cm in length on a 7.5 cm diameter pristine pla...

Polystachya-lawrenceana-2023-01-03

Posted on Jan 3, 2023

PDF versions of the forms have been attached along with the images.

Clowesia-thylaciochila-2023-01-03 *SITF has confirmed this plant as Clowesia thylaciochila (Jan 2023); correct based on the three ridges in the base of the throat, the column narrow at the base, greatly dilated with rounded wings towards the apex with a lobed apical wing like appendage; very similar to C. russelliana, but the boat-shaped lip pouch in C. thlaciochila extends to the rear so that it nearly touches the flower stem instead of projecting forward as in  C. russelliana; reference Wiard's Orchids of Mexico, McVaugh's Vascular plants of Western Mexico and la Croix's 2008 New Encyclopedia of Orchids.*

Posted on Jan 3, 2023

PDF versions of the forms have been attached along with the images.

Stelis-excentrica-2022-12-20 *SITF has confirmed this plant as Stelis excentrica (Feb 2023); this plant is a good match to the type specimen illustrated in "Lankesteriana"; it is the largest flowered species in the Section Stelis and almost double the size of S. gigantissima; the photo dissection of S. excentrica in Lankesteriana shown in the IOSPE illustrates the details which match this plant.*    

Posted on Dec 20, 2022

Recognized by Kew, Reina-Rodriguez & Lopez-Mach as of 2020

Maxillaria-hematoglossa-2022-12-19

Posted on Dec 19, 2022

Malaxis-crispifolia-2022-12-19 *SITF has determined this plant to be Malaxis excavata, not Malaxis crispifolia (Dec 2022); the name crispifolia implies crisped foliage, but there is no evidence of this in the photos, also the lip is distinctly tri-dentate apically, but the drawings of M. crispifolia in the "Orchids of Venezuela Field Guide" does not show this; this plant keys to Malaxis excavata in the Key to Malaxis in Dressler's 1993 "Field Guide to the Orchids of Costa Rica and Panama"; photos in the orchidroots.com are a close match between this plant and M. excavata.*

Posted on Dec 19, 2022

Country of origin Colombia, previous identification provided by Asociacion Bogotana de Orquideologia vendor unknown