Judging Center: Northeast
Award Number: 20194314
Award Date: April 20, 2019
Awarded As: Bulbophyllum skeatianum 'Irene' CHM/AOS
Twenty-five charming, beautifully colored flowers on two semi-umbellate 6.4 cm long inflorescences as well as a third inflorescence bearing 11 buds and an emerging immature inflorescence borne on a 15 x 11 cm plant grown on a 5 cm wide by 25 cm tall square tree fern mount; plant consists of 30 round pseudobulbs 2.0 cm wide by 2.3 cm tall, many bearing a single 1.2 cm wide x 6 cm long lanceolate leaf; dorsal sepal and petals paper white distal half, golden yellow proximal half, distinct longitudinal magenta stripes; lateral sepals rich golden yellow, which turn inward to reveal reverse of the segment, are then seeming joined along exterior margin; lip golden yellow, mobile; column and anther cap golden yellow; substance delicate; texture semi-gloss; distributed from Thailand to Peninsular Malaysia; confirmed by SITF
Plant > Overall length of growth/cane: 8.3 cm
Plant Leaf > number of leaves per growth or cane: 1
Plant > Leaf Length: 6.0
Plant > Leaf Width: 1.2
Plant > Leaf Margin: entire
Plant > Leaf Shape: landeolate
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Length: 2.3
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Width: 2.0
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Margin: round, semi-smooth
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul distance between growths along rhizome:: 1.5 cm
Plant >Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Root Tip Color: non-visible
Inflorescence > Overall Length: 6.4
Inflorescence > Arrangement: semi-umbel
Inflorescence > Distance from base of inflorescence to first bud or branch: 6.2 cm
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: ~1.0 cm
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: ~1.0 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Length: 0.1
Inflorescence > Ovary Width: 0.1
Inflorescence > Ovary Shape: cylindrical
Inflorescence > Ovary Color: light green
Inflorescence > Ovary Texture: ribbed
Flower Natural Spread Length: 1.3
Flower Natural Spread Width: 0.5
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: 0.15
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.15
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: 1.2
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 0.25
Flower > Petals Length: 0.2
Flower > Petals Width: 0.2
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: 0.2
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: 0.1
Flower > Lip or Pouch> characters of lip (calli, spurs, keels, etc.): mobile, acuminate
Flower > Column Length: 0.2
Flower > Column Width: 0.1
Flower > Column Color: golden yellow
Flower > Anther Cap Color: golden yellow