Mormodes elegans f. alba confirmed to be Mormodes auriculata

Mormodes elegans F.E.L.Miranda, Lindleyana 4: 94 (1989).


Award number: 20088804


Award: HCC/79

Center: Pacific South - George Hatfield Chair



Name under which plant was awarded: Mormodes elegans f. alba ‘Sunset Valley Orchids’

Natural spread: 4.0 x 4.9

DS width - 0.4, length - 2.4

LS width - 0.6, length - 2.3

Petal width - 0.5, length - 2.6

Lip width - 0.3, length - 1.0
Description: Twenty-seven flowers on two upright inflorescences; flower base color light green; all segments longitudinally striped darker bright green; column pale green, anther cap yellow; substance firm; texture matte.



Exhibitor: Fred Clarke, Sunset Valley Orchids

Mormodes elegans, award 20088804, has been confirmed to be Mormodes auriculata by SITF (Dec 2010).