Judging Center: Mid-American Judging Center
Award Number: 20234262
Award Date: January 28, 2023
Awarded As: Mediocalcar versteegii subsp. intermedium
Twenty-three cm by 31-cm plant grown on a 5-cm wide by 30-cm long treefern mat; single lanceolate 7.2-cm by 1.2-cm leaf born on 1.5-cm long by 0.5-cm side fusiform pseudobulb, growth linear, 2.0-cm between pseudobulbs; 59 solitary flowers on 59 synanthose or heteranthos inflorescences; sepals orange fused basally enclosing other segments, flared and green distally; petals minute light orange basally, green distally; lip orange basally, green and acute distally, spur sacate 1.5-mm; column orange 0.5-cm by 2.5-cm wide, anther cap yellow; substance firm; texture crystalline; awarded for educational value; plant source Mountain Orchids.
Plant > Overall length of growth/cane: 9.5cm with rhizome between growths 2.0cm
Plant Leaf > number of leaves per growth or cane: single
Plant > Leaf Length: 7.2cm
Plant > Leaf Width: 1.2cm
Plant > Leaf Margin: entire, tip subacute
Plant > Leaf Shape: linear-lanceolate
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Length: 1.5vm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Width: 0.5cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Margin: fusiform
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul distance between growths along rhizome:: 2.0cm
Plant >Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Root Tip Color: roots wiry and brown, no visible root tip
Inflorescence > Overall Length: 0.5cm
Inflorescence > Arrangement: solitary, synanthous
Inflorescence > Distance from base of inflorescence to first bud or branch: 0.9cm
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: 1.5cm
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: 1.5cm
Inflorescence > Floral Bracts Length: 0.5mm-1.0mm
Inflorescence > Floral Bracts Width: 0.5mm
Inflorescence > Ovary Length: 0.9cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Width: 1.0mm
Inflorescence > Ovary Shape: circular
Inflorescence > Ovary Color: orange
Inflorescence > Ovary Texture: smooth
Flower Natural Spread Length: 0.6cm
Flower Natural Spread Width: 0.5cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: 0.8cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.4cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: 0.9cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 0.6cm
Flower > Petals Length: 0.5cm
Flower > Petals Width: 0.1cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: 0.8cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: 0.2cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch> characters of lip (calli, spurs, keels, etc.): 0.5mm spur, sacate
Flower > Column Length: 5.0mm
Flower > Column Width: 2.5mm
Flower > Column Color: light orange
Flower > Anther Cap Color: yellow