Judging Center: Northeast
Award Number: 20185004
Award Date: February 17, 2018
Awarded As: Holcoglossum tsii
Marc Hachadourian took the flower for the SITF to work with - Only one photo, taken by Charles Marden Fitch, came through to my attention. Also, not convinced about two things cited on SITF form or in description - width of petal seems excessive based on other proportions and the point from which the inflorescence arises seems odd for an otherwise monopodial plant. One charming, slightly stellate, sweetly fragrant flower arising from the rhizome of a monopodial, two growth, 11.0 cm terete leaved 16 cm by 11 cm plant mounted on a 12 cm tall x 5 cm wide cork plaque; sepals and petals white overlaid light lavender, deeper lavender apically; lip trilobed, white overlaid lavender, distinct lavender markings on side lobes, central lobe extends backwards and tapers into a nectary; substance firm; texture crystalline; native to the Yunnan region of China; confirmed by SITF
Plant > Overall length of growth/cane: 11.0 cm
Plant Leaf > number of leaves per growth or cane: 4 - 5
Plant > Leaf Length: 11.0 cm
Plant > Leaf Width: 0.4 cm
Plant > Leaf Margin: entire
Plant > Leaf Shape: terete
Plant > Leaf petiole length (apex of pseudobulb or stem to leaf base proper): 5.0 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul distance between growths along rhizome:: 1.0
Plant >Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Root Tip Color: gray
Inflorescence > Overall Length: 6.5 cm
Inflorescence > Arrangement: single flower
Inflorescence > Distance from base of inflorescence to first bud or branch: 0
Inflorescence > distance between flowers along inflorescence: 0
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: 5.0 cm
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: 5.0 cm
Inflorescence > Floral Bracts Length: 0.5 cm
Inflorescence > Floral Bracts Width: 0.3 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Length: 0.5 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Width: 0.2 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Shape: conical
Flower Natural Spread Length: 4.9 cm
Flower Natural Spread Width: 4.0 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: 2.0 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.8 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: 1.9 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 1.1 cm
Flower > Petals Length: 1.5 cm
Flower > Petals Width: 3.1 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: 1.9 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: 1.5 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch> characters of lip (calli, spurs, keels, etc.): spurred
Flower > Column Length: 0.6 cm
Flower > Column Width: 0.2 cm
Flower > Anther Cap Color: brown