Judging Center: Mid-American Judging Center
Award Number: 20224258
Award Date: February 12, 2022
Awarded As: Dendrobium vannouhuysii
Two brightly colored flowers on two inflorescences; sepals and petals vermilion; sepals and lip fused; lip cornucopia-shaped, canary yellow becoming orange distally, front center of lip green, column and anther cap green; substance firm; texture matte; plant growth habit has thin cordovan colored stems with dark green leaves grown on a 31x13cm moss covered slab; awarded for very attractive brilliantly colored flowers and breeding potential; native to the cool highlands of New Guinea; species described in Orchids Magazine vol. 82, no. 10, Oct 2013; ID by SITF_____.
Plant > Overall length of growth/cane: branching
Plant Leaf > number of leaves per growth or cane: 6-10
Plant > Leaf Length: 1.0cm
Plant > Leaf Width: 0.3cm
Plant > Leaf Margin: smooth
Plant > Leaf Shape: oblong-ovate
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Width: 0.3cm
Plant >Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Root Tip Color: green
Inflorescence > Arrangement: axillary
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: 3.0cm
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: 3.0cm
Inflorescence > Floral Bracts Length: 0.3cm
Inflorescence > Floral Bracts Width: 0.3cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Length: 3.0cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Width: 0.3cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Shape: ribbed, cylindrical
Inflorescence > Ovary Color: dark red
Inflorescence > Ovary Texture: ribbed longitudinally
Flower Natural Spread Length: 4.0cm
Flower Natural Spread Width: 2.1cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: 1.5cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.8cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: 2.8cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 1.6cm
Flower > Petals Length: 1.5cm
Flower > Petals Width: 0.7cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: 2.3cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: 0.7cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch> characters of lip (calli, spurs, keels, etc.): cornucopia-shaped, canary yellow becoming orange distally, front center of lip green
Flower > Column Length: 0.5cm
Flower > Column Width: 0.2cm
Flower > Column Color: green
Flower > Anther Cap Color: green