pinalia-rhodoptera-2023-08-05

Pinalia-rhodoptera-2023-08-05 *SITF confirms that this plant is Pinalia rhodoptera (Aug 2023).

This plant is an excellent match to the description and photo in Cootes's 1991, "Orchids of the Philippines" and the illustration in the OW and photos in the orchidroots.com. It also matches the photo in the IOSPE as Eria rhodoptera.





























Judging Center: Hawaii-Hilo

Award Number: 20233806

Award Date: July 27, 2023

Awarded As: Pinalia rhodoptera

Description is as follows:

"Twenty-five intriguing flowers on a single, upright, axillary, 28-cm inflorescence; sepals lanceolate, recurving distally, pale cream, flared red apically; petals lanceolate, held forward, recurving slightly at distal tips, pale cream basally, suffused burgundy distal three-fourths; lip recurving distally, pale cream blushed burgundy, midlobe light yellow; sidelobes burgundy; column and anther cap light yellow; substance hard; texture crystalline; floral bracts prominent, pale cream and somewhat translucent; recognized for botanical rarity."

Inflorescence > Overall Length: 28

Inflorescence > Arrangement: Shingled

Inflorescence > Ovary Color: Cream

Inflorescence > Ovary Texture: Smooth

Flower Natural Spread Length: 1.6

Flower Natural Spread Width: 1.3

Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: .5

Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: .7

Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: .3

Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: .7

Flower > Petals Length: .3

Flower > Petals Width: 1.2

Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: .4

Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: .7

Flower > Column Color: light yellow

Flower > Anther Cap Color: light yellow

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