Specklinia lateritia onfirmed to be Specklinia lanceola

Specklinia lateritia (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 16: 258 (2001).This name is a synonym.

Accepted Name: Specklinia lanceola (Sw.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 8 (1830).

* Pleurothallis lateritia Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1872: 731 (1872).

Humboltia lateritia (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 667 (1891).

award number 20124081 FCJC

Specklinia lateritia, award 20124081, has been confirmed to be  Specklinia lanceola by SITF (April 2013).

Brassia ocanensis

Brassia ocanensis Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 5: 5 (1854).This name is accepted.

award number 20124109 FCJC

Brassia ocanensis , award number 20124109, has been confirmed to be  Brassia ocanensis by SITF (June 2013).

Caucaea nubigena

Caucaea nubigena (Lindl.) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 16: 283 (2001).This name is accepted.

award number 201241001 FCJC

This award also involves challenging the previous awards, only two of which have photos

Caucaea nubigena, award number 201241001, has been confirmed to be  Caucaea nubigena by SITF (April 2013). 

Epidendrum bifalce 3 confirmed to be Epidendrum atacaziocum

award number 20124104 FCJC

Epidendrum bifalce, award number 20124104, has been confirmed to be Epidendrum atacaziocum by SITF (April 2013)..

Bulbophyllum boninense

Bulbophyllum boninense (Schltr.) J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, II, 8: 22 (1912).This name is accepted.

Cirrhopetalum boninense Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 2: 171 (1906). Cirrhopetalum longidens Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1917: 80 (1917). Bulbophyllum longidens (Rolfe) Seidenf., Dansk Bot. Ark. 29: 57 (1973 publ. 1974).

• Award number 20131609 NortheastJC

Bulbophyllum boninense Award number 20131609, has been confirmed to be Bulbophyllum boninense by SITF (Nov 2013).

Maxillaria calantha pnw confirmed to be Maxillaria longipes

Maxillaria calantha Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 9: 102 (1921).This name is accepted.

award  20132019 PNW

Maxillaria calantha , award  20132019, has been confirmed to be Maxillaria longipes by SITF (April 2013). 

Dendrobium cuthbertsonii var. agathadaemonis.

Dendrobium cuthbertsonii F.Muell., Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria 24: 175 (1888).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Pedilonum cuthbertsonii (F.Muell.) Brieger, Schlechter Orchideen 1(11-12): 682 (1981). Maccraithea cuthbertsonii (F.Muell.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones, Orchadian 13: 497 (2002).
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Dendrobium agathodaemonis J.J.Sm., Bull. Dép. Agric. Indes Néerl. 39: 7 (1910). Dendrobium asperifolium J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, II, 2: 13 (1911). Dendrobium sophronites Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 524 (1912). Dendrobium trachyphyllum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1: 525 (1912). Dendrobium coccinellum Ridl., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 9: 174 (1916). Dendrobium euphues Ridl., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 9: 174 (1916). Dendrobium fulgidum Ridl., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 9: 173 (1916), nom. illeg. Dendrobium laetum Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 58: 107 (1923). Dendrobium atromarginatum J.J.Sm., Nova Guinea 14: 422 (1929). Dendrobium carstensziense J.J.Sm., Nova Guinea 14: 425 (1929), nom. illeg. Dendrobium lichenicola J.J.Sm., Nova Guinea 14: 423 (1929). Pedilonum asperifolium (J.J.Sm.) Brieger, Schlechter Orchideen 1(11-12): 682 (1981). Pedilonum trachyphyllum (Schltr.) Brieger, Schlechter Orchideen 1(11-12): 682 (1981). Pedilonum coccinellum (Ridl.) Rauschert, Feddes Repert. 94: 458 (1983). Pedilonum euphues (Ridl.) Rauschert, Feddes Repert. 94: 459 (1983). Pedilonum sophronites (Schltr.) Rauschert, Feddes Repert. 94: 464 (1983). Maccraithea agathodaemonis (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones, Orchadian 13: 497 (2002). Maccraithea asperifolia (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones, Orchadian 13: 497 (2002). Maccraithea atromarginata (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones, Orchadian 13: 497 (2002). Maccraithea coccinella (Ridl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones, Orchadian 13: 497 (2002). Maccraithea euphues (Ridl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones, Orchadian 13: 497 (2002). Maccraithea lichenicola (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones, Orchadian 13: 497 (2002). Maccraithea sophronites (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones, Orchadian 13: 497 (2002). Maccraithea trachyphylla (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones, Orchadian 13: 497 (2002). Dendrobium cuthbertsonii var. agathadaemonis, award number not given, has been confirmed to be Dendrobium cuthbertsonii by SITF (April 2013).

Pleurothallis archilarum

Pleurothallis archilarum Chiron, Richardiana 11: 200 (2011).

This name is accepted.

award number 20124083 FCJC

Pleurothallis archilarum¸ award number 20124083, has been confirmed to be Pleurothallis archilarum by SITF (March 2013).

Ophidion dasyglossum confirmed to be Phloeophila pleurothallopsi

Award # 20132745

Batavia O.S. Show  2/16/13

Ophidion dasyglossum

‘Silas’

Natural Spread       0.9cm/horiz.   0.9cm/vert.

Dorsal Sepal          0.7                  1.4

Petal                      0.9                  1.4    (this is an error should be Lateral sepal)

Lateral Sepal          ---                    ---

Lip                          ---                    ---

Description:

13cm x 13cm plant grown on a 13cm x 7cm cork slab; leaves lanceolate up to 5.5cm in length x 1cm in width;  inflorescense successive up to 6.5cm in length;

5 flowers and 2 buds on seven inflorescences;

flowers translucent green, heavily overlaid and mottled burgundy;  substance heavy;  texture glossy;  sepals fused distally  open windows similar to Zootrophion;  horticultural synonym Phloeophila dasyglossa.

CBR/AOS  signed     James Spatzek

I got the plant Sept. 2010 from Andrea Niesson/Orquideas del Valle.

there are 42 leaves, the longest is 6.4cm x 1.2cm,  the smallest(mature) is 5.0cm x 0.7cm.  the ramicauls have 3 burgundy sheaths.  The leaf tips have 3 very sharp almost hairlike points(tips).the central one is the finest.  Inflorescences are sequential, 2 to 3 flowered.  Ramicauls  bloom more than once.  Young leaves emerge with a reddish tint.  The growth habit is caespitose.  There are two sheaths, low and midway on the inflorescense, and each flower also has a sheath to rise out of.

Ophidion dasyglossum (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer, Selbyana 7: 80 (1982).This name is a synonym. Accepted Name:Phloeophila dasyglossa (Luer & R.Escobar) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 16: 254 (2001). Family:Orchidaceae Homotypic Synonyms: * Cryptophoranthus dasyglossus Luer & R.Escobar, Orquideologia 14: 116 (1981). Phloeophila dasyglossa (Luer & R.Escobar) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 16: 254 (2001).

Ophidion dasyglossum, award  20132745, has been confirmed to be Phloeophila pleurothallopsis, by SITF (April 2013), with assistance of Gustavo Aguirre.

Cattleya violacea f alba

Cattleya violacea (Kunth) Rolfe, Gard. Chron., III, 5: 802 (1889).

Homotypic Synonyms:

* Cymbidium violaceum Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 341 (1816).

Epidendrum violaceum (Kunth) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 318 (1861), nom. illeg.

* Basionym/Replaced Synonym

Heterotypic Synonyms:

Cattleya schomburgkii Lodd. ex Lindl., Sert. Orchid.: t. 22 (1838).

Cattleya superba M.R.Schomb. ex Lindl., Ann. Nat. Hist. 1: 479 (1838).

Cattleya odoratissima P.N.Don, Florist's J. 1840: 185 (1840).

Epidendrum superbum (M.R.Schomb. ex Lindl.) Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 2: 32 (1862).

Cattleya superba var. splendens Lem., Ill. Hort. 16: t. 605 (1869).

Cattleya superba var. alba Rolfe, Gard. Chron., III, 8: 620 (1890).

Cattleya superba var. wellsiana auct., Gard. Mag. (London) 1894: 217 (1894).

Cattleya superba var. ashworthii auct., Orchid Rev. 3: 217 (1895).

Cattleya violacea var. huebneri Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 42(2): 108 (1925).

Cattleya violacea var. alba (Rolfe) Fowlie, Braz. Bifol. Cattleyas: 51 (1977).

Cattleya violacea var. splendens (Lem.) Fowlie, Braz. Bifol. Cattleyas: 51 (1977).

Cattleya violacea var. ashworthii (auct.) Braem, Cattleya Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas: 87 (1984).

Cattleya violacea var. wellsiana (auct.) Braem, Cattleya Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas: 87 (1984).

Cattleya violacea f. alba (Rolfe) Christenson, Lindleyana 11: 14 (1996).

AM #20125341 and a provisional CHM #20125340 Judy Bailey WPBJC

Cattleya violacea f. alba, award #20125341 and #20125340 , has been confirmed to be Cattleya violacea f. alba by SITF (March 2013). 

Dendrochilum cootesii

Dendrochilum cootesii H.A.Pedersen, Lindleyana 12: 205 (1997).
This name is accepted.

Twenty flowers on two inflorescences and 19 buds on 2 immature inflorescences; plant 28cm wide by 13 cm high in a 6cm square plastic pot; leaves to 2.5 cm wide by 20 cm long, heavy substance suggests a tetraploid; sepals and petals curved back, smooth edged, yellow darkening to orange on proximal margins and base; column wings burnt orange; substance firm; texture matte.

Dendrochilum cootesii , award 20131106, has been confirmed to be Dendrochilum cootesii by SITF (March 2013).