Judging Center: Great Plains Judging Center
Award Number: 20203581
Award Date: June 20, 2020
Awarded As: Polystachya cultriformis 'Vanderlip' CHM 83 Pts
Ninety-two cupped flowers and 64 buds on nine multiple branching, semi-pendulous inflorescences, 2 developing inflorescences, longest inflorescence 24cm long; sepal and petals cream-colored, margins very pale pink picotee and on reverse and midrib; lateral sepals join to form a mentum; lip pale yellow, darker yellow on distal two-thirds, blushed brown centrally, keel brown centrally; side lobes cream-colored; column and anther cap cream-colored; ovary 0.1cm wide x 0.7cm long, pale chartreuse, ribbed longitudinally, substance heavy, texture waxy; commended for different color form than previous award; species from Africa; ID by SITF _________________.
Plant > Overall length of growth/cane: 37.0cm
Plant Leaf > number of leaves per growth or cane: 1
Plant > Leaf Length: 26.5cm
Plant > Leaf Width: 4.5cm
Plant > Leaf Margin: smooth
Plant > Leaf Shape: erect or suberect, coriaceous, oblong, oblanceolate
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Length: 11.0cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Width: 1.5cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Margin: smooth
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul distance between growths along rhizome:: clustered
Plant >Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Root Tip Color: green
Inflorescence > Overall Length: 24.0cm
Inflorescence > Arrangement: clustered, multiple branched, semi-pendulous
Inflorescence > Distance from base of inflorescence to first bud or branch: 11.0cm
Inflorescence > distance between flowers along inflorescence: less than 1.0cm
Inflorescence > Floral Bracts Length: 0.3cm
Inflorescence > Floral Bracts Width: 0.2cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Length: 0.7cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Width: 0.1cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Shape: terete
Inflorescence > Ovary Color: pale chartreuse
Inflorescence > Ovary Texture: ribbed longitudinally
Flower Natural Spread Length: 1.0cm
Flower Natural Spread Width: 1.5cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: 0.7cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.4cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: 1.0cm
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 0.6cm
Flower > Petals Length: 0.5cm
Flower > Petals Width: 0.2cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: 0.7cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: 0.3cm
Flower > Lip or Pouch> characters of lip (calli, spurs, keels, etc.): central keel, round, brown
Flower > Column Color: cream-colored
Flower > Anther Cap Color: cream-colored