Epidendrum pubiflorum

Information from the exhibitor:

Aloha , I set this off to Eric Christenson for identification for Tropical Orchid Farm. The same photo files I sending now along with a pickled sample. Here is is a copy of the email from both sides. I will also include these pictures and other information. Sorry for the size of this file but it has everything you should need I hope. Any questions please let me know . We are leaving on next week Sunday for Brazil for three weeks. Thanks again Mike Blietz

Dear Mike, I have communicated with Eric Hagsater - the expert on Epidendrum - and we agree that the best name for your plant is Epidendrum pubiflorum as per the illustration in Icones Orchidacearum Peruviarum pl. 55. He has a drawing of a plant from Coroico that matches that illustration. Both of us note that the flowers of your plant are on the small size (perhaps because of the high count) relative to Peruvian plants. It is a beautiful plant and it is good to see it in cultivation. Now go propagate it!

My best, Eric

Dear Mike,

Your center is the recipient of the fourth award confirmation by the Species Identification Task Force. I don’t know what award it was up for, or even if I should be sending this information to you but here it is anyway. If I need to send it to someone else let me know. You should be able to send the award thru now.
skip to main skip to sidebar
Epidendrum pubiflorum# 20086832 has been confirmed to be Epidendrum pubiflorum by SITF (Nov 2008) with assistance by Eric Christenson and Eric Hagsater.


Patricia Harding

Paphiopedilum x pradhanii

From the Kew Monocot Checklist:

Paphiopedilum × pradhanii Pradhan, Indian Orchids: Guide Identif. & Cult. 2: 675 (1979).
This name is accepted.
Hybrid Formula: P. fairrieanum × P. venustum
Distribution: E. Himalaya
Lifeform: Hemicr.
Family: Orchidaceae

Species Identification Task Force - Information Form
Judging Center:SFC Award Number:20083098 Date:09/02/2008
Awarded as:Paphiopedilum xpradhanii
ALL MEASUREMENTS IN CENTIMETERS ONLY. Tab between fields.
In addition to the flower measurements as indicated on the Award Form, please also
record these:
Leaf: length 22.5 width 4.6 shape lorate margin entire
Leaf petiole: length none
Size of growth;
(pseudobulb/ramicaul/stem):
length 32.0 width/diameter 4.6 shape
monopodial
Distance between growths: none
Rhizome: diameter none distance between nodes none
Root and root tip color if visible: tan, pubescent
Quality of roots if visible:
fine
X medium
coarse
diameter if possible 0.5 cm
Inflorescence: length 38.0 diameter 0.5 cm arrangement spike
Peduncle: length 24.0 color green shape cylindric
Sterile bracts: number 1 length 2.5 width1.8 color green
Pedicel: length 6.5 color green texture pubescent
Distance between pedicels: n/a
If you cannot separate the ovary and pedicel, then measure them together.
Floral bracts: length n/a width n/a color n/a
Flower:
Natural Spread: length 7.8 width 8.3
Dorsal sepal: length 4.7 width 4.4
Lateral sepals or synsepal: length 4.4 width 2.4
Caudae length: dorsal n/a lateral n/a petal n/a
Petals: length 5.1 width 2.0
Lip or pouch: length 3.8 width 2.7
Ovary: length 6.5 width 0.8 shape cylindric
color green texture pubescent
Judging Chair: Please keep this record on file in the event that we need to retrieve
information.

Dear Maynard,

Paphiopedilum × pradhanii # 20083098 has been confirmed to be Paphiopedilum × pradhanii by SITF (Nov 2008). You can now process the award.
SFC Award Number:20083098 Date:09/02

Patricia Harding