SITF Submissions and Findings

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

Maxillaria-mapiriensis-2022-12-19

Posted on Dec 19, 2022

Gustavo Adolfo Aguirre Arias Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, and Bolovia

Bulbophyllum-luteobracteatum-2022-12-17 *SITF has confirmed this plant as Bulbophyllum luteobracteatum (Jan 2023); based on the matching photo in Cribb and Hermann's "Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar"; the plant is consistent with the description and photo in the IOSPE and matches the drawing in the SOF.*

Posted on Dec 17, 2022

Lepanthes-terpsichore-2022-12-14 *SITF has confirmed this plant as Lepanthes terpsichore (Jan 2023); matches a photo of L. terpsichore on Flickr by Bruno Larsen, a recognized expert in Lepanthes; the leaves of this plant are covered in bristles, which does not show in the drawing; however this trait is highly variable even on the same plant and is not considered a key characteristic; matches the drawing and photos on the IOSPE, the OW and the drawing and 11 photos in orchidroots.com.*

Posted on Dec 14, 2022

One flower and two buds on six successively flowered inflorescences to 2.0cm on a 16 growth plant with three keikeis grown on a moss pad on a 9.0cm x 10.0cm cork plaque; ramicauls to 5.5cm with up to ...

Dendrobium-merrillii-2022-12-14

Posted on Dec 14, 2022

This plant belongs to me. It received a CBR. It was purchased from Accent Orchids, who either received it from Ching Hua or Phrao both out of Taiwan, but they each claim that they got them from someo...