Judging Center: Northeast
Award Number: 20214882
Award Date: July 17, 2021
Awarded As: Dracula chiroptera 'Devotion' AM/AOS
One flat, stately, finely pubescent flower and one bud on two pendent inflorescences up to 40 cm long, and four immature inflorescences, presented on a cleanly grown, vigorous plant in a 10 cm basket; sepals cream blotched lemon-yellow, spotted burgundy, cilia yellow, 13.0 cm long caudae burgundy; petals minute, burgundy, ivory picotee, reminiscent of eye spots; lip saccate, mobile, peach, keels orange; column ivory; anther cap yellow; substance medium; texture velvet and hirsute; awarded for exceptional size, color, and flatness.
Purchased from Ecuagenera
Plant > Overall length of growth/cane: 29.0 cm
Plant Leaf > number of leaves per growth or cane: 1
Plant > Leaf Length: 29.0 cm
Plant > Leaf Width: 4.0 cm
Plant > Leaf Margin: entire
Plant > Leaf Shape: lanceolate
Inflorescence > Overall Length: 40.0
Inflorescence > Arrangement: sequential bloomer - single flower on inflorescence
Inflorescence > Ovary Length: 1.1 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Width: 0.4 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Shape: ovoid
Inflorescence > Ovary Color: red & green gradient
Inflorescence > Ovary Texture: velvet
Flower Natural Spread Length: 34.0 cm
Flower Natural Spread Width: 12.0 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: 16.2 cm (inc cauda)
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 3.3 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Cauda Length: 12.0 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Cauda Width: 0.1 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: 17.3 cm (inc cauda)
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 3.4 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Caudae Length: 13.0 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Caudae Width: 0.1 cm
Flower > Petals Length: 0.2 cm
Flower > Petals Width: 0.1 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: 1.0 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: 0.8 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch> characters of lip (calli, spurs, keels, etc.): saccate; 3 keels/ridges
Flower > Column Length: 0.3 cm
Flower > Column Width: 0.1 cm
Flower > Column Color: white
Flower > Anther Cap Color: yellow