Judging Center: Northeast
Award Number: 20194344
Award Date: October 19, 2019
Awarded As: Lepanthes tortilis 'Darwin' CBR/AOS
Three minute, delicate flowers ad three buds, one partially open, on three sequentially blooming inflorescences borne on reverse-spathulate, reticulate, bronze-hued leaves up to 1,5 cm wide by 3-6 cm long on an immaculate six-growth plant mounted on a 4 cm wide by 6 cm tall compressed cork plaque; minute sepals amber green; minute angel-wing petals light Granny Smith apple green superior half, amber interior half; bilobed lip rose-brown; substance delicate; texture matte; recognized for unusual foliage in a highly diverse genus and for rarity in cultivation; native to Ecuador; confirmed by SITF
Plant > Overall length of growth/cane: 10.0 cm
Plant Leaf > number of leaves per growth or cane: 1
Plant > Leaf Length: 3-8 cm
Plant > Leaf Width: 1.6 cm
Plant > Leaf Margin: smooth
Plant > Leaf Shape: reverse spathulate; note that leaves are bronze-hued and reticulated
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Length: 6.7 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Width: <0.1 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul distance between growths along rhizome:: 0.2 cm
Plant >Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Root Tip Color: non-visible
Inflorescence > Overall Length: 1.8 cm
Inflorescence > Arrangement: sequential, herring-bone arrangement
Inflorescence > Distance from base of inflorescence to first bud or branch: 0.4
Inflorescence > distance between flowers along inflorescence: 0.1
Flower Natural Spread Length: 0.3 cm
Flower Natural Spread Width: 0.4 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: 0.15 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.1 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: 0.15 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 0.25 cm
Flower > Petals Length: 0.1 cm
Flower > Petals Width: 0.2 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: 0.15 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: 0.1 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch> characters of lip (calli, spurs, keels, etc.): bilobed along an isthmus