Judging Center: Chicago
Award Number: 20232554
Award Date: January 08, 2023
Awarded As: Microsaccus wenzelii 'Pixie Dust'
Native to Philippines; flower matches pictures in IOSPE and epharmacognosy websites; plant and flower description in Orchidaceae (Ames) 5: 257 (1915) (viewable at Biodiversitylibrary.org)
Plant > Overall length of growth/cane: 2.4 cm
Plant Leaf > number of leaves per growth or cane: 9
Plant > Leaf Length: 1.4 cm
Plant > Leaf Width: 0.3 cm
Plant > Leaf Margin: entire
Plant > Leaf Shape: alternate, non-petiole
Plant > Leaf petiole length (apex of pseudobulb or stem to leaf base proper): n/a
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Length: n/a (monopodial)
Inflorescence > Overall Length: hidden
Inflorescence > Arrangement: axillary, single flowered
Inflorescence > Distance from base of inflorescence to first bud or branch: n/a
Inflorescence > distance between flowers along inflorescence: n/a
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: 0
Inflorescence > distance from inflorescence to base of sepals: 0
Flower Natural Spread Length: 0.5 cm
Flower Natural Spread Width: 0.8 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: 0.3 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.15 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: 0.4 cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 0.2 cm
Flower > Petals Length: 0.2 cm
Flower > Petals Width: 0.1 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: 0.5 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: 0.5 cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch> characters of lip (calli, spurs, keels, etc.): spatulate lip, saccate spur
Flower > Column Length: 0.1 cm
Flower > Column Width: 0.1 cm
Flower > Column Color: white
Flower > Anther Cap Color: white