Judging Center: Northeast
Award Number: 20173954
Award Date: November 18, 2017
Awarded As: Dendrobium pachyglossum
Thirty flowers and 21 buds on 51 usually paired, occasionally trebled, axial inflorescences on a clean 37 cm wide by 85 cm tall plant consisting of 32 mature canes, a single, hirsute immature cane, and one emerging cane, grown in aliflor and clipped into a 10.5 cm slotted clay pot; slender canes, 0.7 cm in diameter and ranging from 8 to 50 cm in length, bear many thick subulate leaves up to 10 cm in length; sepals and petals tan, darker tan longitudinal stripes; lip cream yellow apically; column cream; substance tissue thin; texture matte; despite thin texture it was noted that flowers are very long-lasting; recognized as a species infrequently seen in cultivation; native to Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and Laos; confirmed by SITF
Plant > Overall length of growth/cane: up to 50 cm
Plant Leaf > number of leaves per growth or cane: 20 to 40
Plant > Leaf Length: 8 - 11 cm
Plant > Leaf Width: 0.2 cm
Plant > Leaf Margin: smooth
Plant > Leaf Shape: subulate
Plant > Leaf petiole length (apex of pseudobulb or stem to leaf base proper): 0
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Length: up to 50 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Width: 0.7 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul distance between growths along rhizome:: 0
Inflorescence > Overall Length: 0.2 cm
Inflorescence > Arrangement: single flowered
Inflorescence > Distance from base of inflorescence to first bud or branch: 0.2
Inflorescence > distance between flowers along inflorescence: 0
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: 0.2
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: 0.2
Inflorescence > Ovary Length: 0.4
Inflorescence > Ovary Width: 0.1
Inflorescence > Ovary Shape: tubular
Inflorescence > Ovary Color: Dark tan
Inflorescence > Ovary Texture: matte
Flower Natural Spread Length: 0.5 cm
Flower Natural Spread Width: 0.6 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: 0.3 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.2 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: 0.5 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 0.3 cm
Flower > Petals Length: 0.5 cm
Flower > Petals Width: 0.3 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: 1.2 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: 0.3 cm
Flower > Column Length: 0.4 cm
Flower > Column Width: 0.2 cm
Flower > Column Color: cream
Flower > Anther Cap Color: Tan