Judging Center: Northeast
Award Number: 20194533
Award Date: September 07, 2019
Awarded As: Dendrobium vexillarius var. uncinatum
Ten attractive flowers on five inflorescences, and one additional immature inflorescence, on four flowering canes up to cm tall; leaves linear-lanceolate, 1 cm wide by 5.5 cm long, bear intense anthocyanin pigments, especially on reverse as well as on immature growths; sepals and petals translucent ivory heavily suffused pink, sepaline veins cerise intensity apically on reverse; lip dark chocolate, transitioning to green basally, recurved apical tip bright orange; three winged ovary green, intense cerise basally on the reverse; anther cap ivory; substance heavy; texture diamond dust; recognized for unique color form and anthocyanin pigments in foliage; native to New Guinea; confirmed by SITF
Obtained from Andy's Orchids
Plant > Overall length of growth/cane: 10.0 cm
Plant Leaf > number of leaves per growth or cane: 3 - 4
Plant > Leaf Length: 4.8 cm
Plant > Leaf Width: 0.9 cm
Plant > Leaf Margin: entire, strong anthocyanin pigments
Plant > Leaf Shape: linear lanceolate
Plant > Leaf petiole length (apex of pseudobulb or stem to leaf base proper): 1.0 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Length: 5 - 6 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Width: 0.4 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Margin: sheathed; cylindrical
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul distance between growths along rhizome:: contiguous
Plant >Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Root Tip Color: roots white; root tip purple, roots fine, approximated 0.1 cm diameter
Inflorescence > Overall Length: 4.0 cm
Inflorescence > Arrangement: 2-flowered, occasionally 3
Inflorescence > Distance from base of inflorescence to first bud or branch: 0.4 cm
Inflorescence > distance between flowers along inflorescence: 0.1 cm
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: 0.1
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: 0.1
Inflorescence > Ovary Length: 2.0 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Width: 0.4 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Shape: triangular
Inflorescence > Ovary Color: purple
Inflorescence > Ovary Texture: tri-winged, one prominent along center ridge, others along lower edge not as prominent
Flower Natural Spread Length: 3.0 cm
Flower Natural Spread Width: 2.1 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: 1.2 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.6 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: 2.0 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 1.0 cm
Flower > Petals Length: 1.1 cm
Flower > Petals Width: 0.4 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: 1.4 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: 0.4 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch> characters of lip (calli, spurs, keels, etc.): lip hugs the column, extends into a small spur enclosed by the mentum formed by the lateral seppals
Flower > Column Length: 0.4 cm
Flower > Column Width: 0.2 cm
Flower > Column Color: green
Flower > Anther Cap Color: green tinged purple