Judging Center: Northeast
Award Number: 20194531
Award Date: July 06, 2019
Awarded As: Dendrobium militare 'Irene' CHM/AOS
Sixteen stellate flowers and 20 buds arising subapically on 8 arched inflorescences on a clean 28 cm tall by 28 cm wide plant comprised of 19 mature canes up to 28 cm tall by 4 cm wide bearing an average of 12 unevenly bilobed lanceolate leaves, and 4 emerging upright canes, grown in a bark mixture in an 11 cm clay rose pot; sepals and petals light Granny Smith apple green, dorsal sepal lightly striated darker green vertically, petals spatulate; oblanceolate lip white, delicately undulate sidelobes light Granny Smith apple green basal half, fine white keels centrally; column white, anther cap pale yellow-green, ovary anterior overlaid charcoal gray apically; substance firm; texture matte; recognized for very compact growth habit within the section Spathulata and attractive flower color; confirmed by SITF
Plant > Overall length of growth/cane: 28.0
Plant > Leaf Length: 7.7
Plant > Leaf Width: 1.8
Plant > Leaf Margin: entire
Plant > Leaf Shape: lanceolate, unevenly bilobed, fleshy
Plant > Leaf petiole length (apex of pseudobulb or stem to leaf base proper): up to 2.0 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Length: 28.0
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Width: 0.5
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Margin: cylindrical,
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul distance between growths along rhizome:: 1.5 cm
Plant >Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Root Tip Color: non-visible; roots fine
Inflorescence > Overall Length: 12.0
Inflorescence > Arrangement: alternating
Inflorescence > Distance from base of inflorescence to first bud or branch: 2.9 cm
Inflorescence > distance between flowers along inflorescence: 1.5 - 2.0 cm
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: 2.2 cm
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: 2.2 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Length: 0.3
Inflorescence > Ovary Width: 0.1
Inflorescence > Ovary Shape: conical
Inflorescence > Ovary Color: pale green; charcoal gray at point of attachment
Inflorescence > Ovary Texture: ribbed
Flower Natural Spread Length: 1.8
Flower Natural Spread Width: 3.0
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: 1.3
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.4
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: 1.3
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 0.4
Flower > Petals Length: 1.7
Flower > Petals Width: 0.2
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: 1.3
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: 0.7
Flower > Column Length: 0.4
Flower > Column Width: 0.3