Specklinia kennedyi

1	2011 4540	Specklinia kennedyi ‘Lina’
		PROVISIONAL PENDING IDENTIFICATION

	Width	Length
Natural Spread	0.25	0.45
Dorsal Sepal	0.15	0.6
Petals	0.15	0.5
Lateral Sepals	0.05	0.15
Lip	-	-

Four miniscule flowers and six buds on 8 inflorescences on a charming 4 cm wide by 3 cm high plant growing in an enclosed glass flask, clustered growth of 18 obovate sub acute up to 4 cm leaves; sepals and petals yellow marked purple along veins tips thickened orange, margins fimbriated; lip purple tri-lobed, mid-lobe warty; column light green, anther cap whitish; substance difficult to determine; texture warty.

Exhibitor :

Marie-Odile Benoit-Biancamano 2560 rue Marnier Longueuil (Qc) J4L 2N8 marie@dc-tax.com

Species Identification Task Force - Information Form

Judging Center:

Montréal

Award Number:

2011-4540

Date:

May 21 2011

Awarded as:

Specklinia kennedyi

All measurements in centimeters only.

NOTE: LENGTH GIVEN FIRST AS PER STANDARD BOTANICAL PROTOCOL.

Plant

Overall length of growth/cane:

4.0cm

Leaf

number of leaves per growth or cane:

1

length:

4.0 cm

width:

0.4 cm

margin:

Entire

shape:

Obovate, apex subacute

petiole length (apex to pseudobulb or stem to leaf base proper):

1.5 cm

Pseudobulb/Growth/Ramicaul

length:

-

diameter:

-

shape:

-

distance between growths along rhizome

Caespitose

root tip color if visible:

White

Inflorescence

overall length:

5.0 cm

arrangement:

Few flowered raceme

distance from base of inflorescence to first bud or branch:

4.5cm

distance between flowers along inflorescence:

1.0 cm

distance from inflorescence to base of sepals (on an individual flower), OR, if possible, distance from inflorescence to ovary (pedicel):

1.2 cm

Floral bracts

length:

-

width:

-

Ovary

length:

Not distinct (2mm)

width:

0.5mm

shape:

-

color:

Green

texture:

-

Species Identification Task Force - Information Form

Judging Center:

Montréal

Award Number:

2011-4540

Date:

May 21 2011

Awarded as:

Specklinia kennedyi

Flower (include caudae length in individual segment measurements if present)

Natural Spread	length:	4.5mm	width:	2.5mm
Dorsal sepal	length:	6.0mm	width:	1.5mm	Cauda		length:		-	width:	-
Lateral sepals	length:	5.0mm	width:	1.5mm	Cauda		length:		-	width:	-
Petals	length:	1.5mm	width:	0.5mm	Cauda		length:		-	width:	-
Lip	length	-	width:	0.5mm
characters of lip (calli, spurs, keels, etc.):
Column	length:	-	width:	-		color:
Anther cap	color:	Whiteish

Vendor and origin of plant, if known:

J & L Orchids - Peru

General comments or significant features not covered above:

Be careful: flower length and width are in millimeter (mm). First and this page filled out by Gail Schwartz, Doris Jensen and Mario Ferrusi.

Reference material consulted:

Icones pleurothallidinarum XXVIII, page 108 under Muscarella kennedyi. In World checklist of species, accepted name is Specklinia kennedyi

Specklinia kennedyi (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 16: 258 (2001). This name is accepted.
Distribution:	Peru (San Martin)

Judging Center:

Montréal

Award Number:

2011-4540

Specklinia kennedyi, award 20114540 has been confirmed to be Specklinia kennedyi by SITF (July 2011).