Judging Center: Northeast
Award Number: 20215001
Award Date: June 05, 2021
Awarded As: Angraecum coutrixii 'Susan' CBR/AOS
One attractive flower on one 3.5 cm inflorescence on a 11 cm tall by 7 cm wide two growth miniature plant grown in a bark mix in a clay pot; leaves green, linear, entire, 0.2 cm wide by up to 2.0 cm long are produced alternately on 0.3 cm dull yellow-green petioles along erect, 0.2 cm diameter slightly flattened reed stem growth; sepals, petals, and lip concolor white; sepals and petals lanceolate; lip ovate-spatulate, slightly concave, extending back into a 0.1 cm wide by 4.0 cm long white spur which follows the ovary and pedicel down to the plant stem and becomes chartreuse distally; ovary 1.5 cm; pedicle 1.3 cm; column blunt, faint lime green; anther cap faint lime green; substance firm; texture matte; recognized for unusual needle-like foliage, large, flat flowers for the size of the plant, and unusual habit of the spur; native to Madagascar; confirmed by SITF
Plant > Overall length of growth/cane: 11.0 cm
Plant Leaf > number of leaves per growth or cane: 6 - 8
Plant > Leaf Length: 0.2 cm
Plant > Leaf Width: up to 2.0 cm
Plant > Leaf Margin: entire
Plant > Leaf Shape: linear, slightly conduplicate
Plant > Leaf petiole length (apex of pseudobulb or stem to leaf base proper): 0.3 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Length: 11.0
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Width: 0.2 - 0.3 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Margin: entire
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul distance between growths along rhizome:: No rhizome, new growths emerge from the base of the older growth.
Inflorescence > Overall Length: 3.5 cm
Inflorescence > Arrangement: unifloral
Inflorescence > Distance from base of inflorescence to first bud or branch: 2.8 cm
Inflorescence > distance between flowers along inflorescence: n/a
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: 1.5 cm pedicle
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: 1.5 cm pedicle
Inflorescence > Ovary Length: 1.3 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Width: 0.2 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Shape: cylinder
Inflorescence > Ovary Color: faint lime green
Flower Natural Spread Length: 3.5 cm
Flower Natural Spread Width: 3.5 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: 1.7 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.7 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: 1.7 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 0.6 cm
Flower > Petals Length: 1.5 cm
Flower > Petals Width: 0.7 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: 1.8 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: 1.8 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch> characters of lip (calli, spurs, keels, etc.): slightly concave linearly
Flower > Column Length: 0.15 cm
Flower > Column Width: 0.25 cm
Flower > Column Color: faint lime green, blunt
Flower > Anther Cap Color: faint lime green