Judging Center: FNCJC
Award Number: 20211487
Award Date: September 25, 2021
Awarded As: Xylobium subpulchrum
Award description:
Seven flowers and one bud on one pendent inflorescence, plus three emerging inflorescences on a plant 38 cm high x 6 cm wide; pseudobulbs (4, 3-leafless) ovoid, green, cropped leaf 35 cm long by 8 cm wide (approximately 12" trimmed off), 5-veined, dark green, folded proximally, growing in a net pot in Fernwood tree fern; flowers pale green, tightly grouped on end of mostly buried inflorescence; sepals and petals lanceolate, petals slightly shorter, deeper green basally; lip porrect, oblong, tip pointed, interior apically finely veined burgundy, exterior distal half veined and blushed burgundy, appears lightly bristled; anther cap cream; substance hard; texture satiny; fragrance light pear-scented; origin unknown; awarded for a charming cluster of flowers worthy of recognition; plant presented as Xylobium colleyi, in researching this species it was clear it was not this species, but instead better matches the closely related Xylobium subpulchrum;
Flower Natural Spread Length: 2.1
Flower Natural Spread Width: 2.6
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Length: 1.0
Flower > Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.6
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Length: 1.5
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Width: 1.0
Flower > Lateral sepals or synsepal Caudae Width: 0.9
Flower > Petals Length: 0.5
Flower > Lip or Pouch Length: 1.5
Flower > Lip or Pouch Width: 1.0
Flower > Column Color: pale green
Flower > Anther Cap Color: cream