Judging Center: Northeast
Award Number: 20214869
Award Date: June 19, 2021
Awarded As: Stenoglottis macloughlinii 'Timothy Henry' CBR/AOS
Seventeen slightly cupped flowers and 6 buds in various states of maturity on one 7.5 cm sequentially blooming erect inflorescence; three growth plant 9.5 cm wide by 9 cm tall growing in a terrestrial mix in a 6 cm clay pot; leaves lanceolate, entire, to 5 cm; all floral parts white suffused light lavender; dorsal sepal hooded; lateral sepals conjoined; petals lanceolate, porrect, enclosing column; lip trifurcate, speckled purple and lightly ciliate basally; column edged darker lavender; anther cap dark purple; spur 0.2 cm long; ovary apple green, prominently ribbed, substance medium; texture crystalline; recognized for rarity in cultivation; native to Zimbabwe and South Africa
Flat lip is distinctly three fingered at apex. Side fingers 0.25 cm wide, ovate; central finger 0.1 cm wide, aciminate. 0.3-cm light violet spur lies flush against the ovary. Leaves grow in whirl configuration with inflorescence emerging from center.
Miniature terrestrial native to S. Africa. Purchased from Andy's Orchids.
Plant > Overall length of growth/cane: 9.0 cm
Plant Leaf > number of leaves per growth or cane: 5
Plant > Leaf Length: 5.0 cm
Plant > Leaf Width: 2.0 cm
Plant > Leaf Margin: entire
Plant > Leaf Shape: lanceolate
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Length: 9.0 cm
Plant > Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul Width: 9.5 cm
Inflorescence > Overall Length: 7.5 cm
Inflorescence > Arrangement: spike
Inflorescence > Distance from base of inflorescence to first bud or branch: 2.2 cm
Inflorescence > distance between flowers along inflorescence: 0.4 cm
Inflorescence > Floral Bracts Length: 0.05 cm
Inflorescence > Floral Bracts Width: 0.1
Inflorescence > Ovary Length: 0.4 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Width: 0.1 cm
Inflorescence > Ovary Shape: elongate
Inflorescence > Ovary Color: Apple green
Flower Natural Spread Length: 0.8 cm
Flower Natural Spread Width: 1.1 cm
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: 0.5
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.2
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: 0.5
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 0.3
Flower > Petals Length: 0.3
Flower > Petals Width: 0.1
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: 0.6
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: 0.7
Flower > Lip or Pouch> characters of lip (calli, spurs, keels, etc.): 0.2 cm spur
Flower > Column Color: purple
Flower > Anther Cap Color: dark purple