Judging Center: Mid-American Judging Center
Award Number: 20234269
Award Date: March 03, 2023
Awarded As: Orchis pauciflora
Ten flowers and five buds on one upright 15.5cm inflorescence arising from a basal rosette of six curled 5.0cm by 1.3cm lanceolate leaves; two basal cauline bracts 5.5cm by 1.8cm; produced by a tuberous geophyte; dorsal sepal white juts forward over column, reflexed; petals light yellow, jut forward over column forming hood; lateral sepals white, ovoid, reflexed upward; lip bright yellow flushed green proximally, stippled black centrally; tri-lobed, strongly reflexed, midlobe notched; spur ascending straight, white, 2.1cm long; substance medium; texture diamond dust.
Plant > Overall length of growth/cane: 6 curled leaves
Plant Leaf > number of leaves per growth or cane: 6
Plant > Leaf Length: 5.0cm
Plant > Leaf Width: 1.3cm
Plant > Leaf Margin: entire
Plant > Leaf Shape: lanceolate
Inflorescence > Overall Length: 15.5cm
Inflorescence > Arrangement: spiral
Inflorescence > Distance from base of inflorescence to first bud or branch: 6.5cm
Inflorescence > distance between flowers along inflorescence: 0.5cm-1.0cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Length: 1.5cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Width: 0.2cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Shape: cylindrical
Inflorescence > Ovary Color: green
Inflorescence > Ovary Texture: smooth
Flower Natural Spread Length: 2.2cm
Flower Natural Spread Width: 1.1cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: 0.3cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.3cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: 0.5cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 0.6cm
Flower > Petals Length: 0.1cm
Flower > Petals Width: 0.4cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: 1.0cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: 0.7cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch> characters of lip (calli, spurs, keels, etc.): spur ascending straight, white, 2.1cm long