Judging Center: Northeast
Award Number: 20194332
Award Date: August 17, 2019
Awarded As: Robiquetia bifida 'Irene' CBR/AOS
Twenty-five flowers and 57 buds alternately arranged and successively opening on one 21 cm pendulous inflorescence emerging from a basal axil on a 22 cm wide by 14 cm tall plant grown on an 11cm wide x 21 cm high tree fern plaque; leaves elliptical, unequally bilobed; sepals and petals light yellow; lip white, forked terminally; column yellow, spotted purple; substance firm; texture waxy; endemic to the Philippines; commended for its educational value and rarity in cultivation; confirmed by SITF
Plant purchased from Purificacion Orchids Philippines
Syn. Megalotus bifidus
Reference material Jim Cootes - Philippine Native Orchid Species 2011 pg 183 (as Megalotus bifidus)
Plant > Overall length of growth/cane: 3.0 cm
Plant Leaf > number of leaves per growth or cane: 3
Plant > Leaf Length: 6.0 cm
Plant > Leaf Width: 2.0 cm
Plant > Leaf Margin: smooth
Plant > Leaf Shape: elliptical
Plant > Leaf petiole length (apex of pseudobulb or stem to leaf base proper): na
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Length: 1.2 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Width: 0.4 cm
Plant >Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Root Tip Color: green
Inflorescence > Overall Length: 21 cm
Inflorescence > Arrangement: alternate spiral
Inflorescence > Distance from base of inflorescence to first bud or branch: 5.0 cm
Inflorescence > distance between flowers along inflorescence: 0.7 cm
Flower Natural Spread Length: 0.8
Flower Natural Spread Width: 0.4
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: 0.2
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.1
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: 0.2
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 0.1
Flower > Petals Length: 0.2
Flower > Petals Width: 0.1
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: 0.4
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: 0.1
Flower > Lip or Pouch> characters of lip (calli, spurs, keels, etc.): long and forked apically
Flower > Column Color: white