Judging Center: Northeast
Award Number: 20173953
Award Date: November 18, 2017
Awarded As: Dendrobium igneoniveum
Three charming flowers arising sub-apically on one upright 1.0 cm inflorescence; 13 cm wide x 27 cm tall plant,grown in sphagnum moss in an 8 cm clay pot, consists of 8 slender, 0.6 cm diameter canes up to 27 cm long bearing 2.1 cm wide x 4.5 cm long lanceolate, entire leaves unevenly bilobed at apex; sepals and petals white; lip white, bright persimmon orange basally, striated light persimmon orange centrally, dark persimmon orange lightening to lemon yellow medially, side lobes persimmon orange along front margin, light persimmon interior of spur; column white, Granny Smith apple green basally; substance medium; texture matte; originally described in 1927, this attractive Sumatran species appears to be uncommon in cultivation; confirmed by SITF
Plant > Overall length of growth/cane: 27 cm
Plant Leaf > number of leaves per growth or cane: up to 10
Plant > Leaf Length: 4.5 cm
Plant > Leaf Width: 2.1 cm
Plant > Leaf Margin: entire
Plant > Leaf Shape: lanceolate, unevenly bilobed at apex
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Length: 27 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Width: 0.6 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul distance between growths along rhizome:: 1.5 cm
Inflorescence > Overall Length: 1.0 cm
Inflorescence > Arrangement: semi-circumferential
Inflorescence > Distance from base of inflorescence to first bud or branch: 1.0 cm
Inflorescence > distance between flowers along inflorescence: 0
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: 4.5 cm
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: 4.5 cm
Inflorescence > Floral Bracts Length: 1.0 cm
Inflorescence > Floral Bracts Width: 0.1 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Length: 4.5 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Width: 1.5 mm
Inflorescence > Ovary Shape: long/thin
Inflorescence > Ovary Color: white to pale orange
Flower Natural Spread Length: 5.7 cm
Flower Natural Spread Width: 5.8 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: 2.4 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 1.0 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: 2.5 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 1.0 cm
Flower > Petals Length: 3.2 cm
Flower > Petals Width: 2.2 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: 2.7 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: 2.6 cm
Flower > Column Length: 0.5 cm
Flower > Column Width: 0.3 cm
Flower > Column Color: white to Grannyu Smith apple green
Flower > Anther Cap Color: white