Arundina graminifolia fma alba

Plant 45 cm x 14 cm; leaves o.6 x 7.9 cm growing on a five inch plastic pot; dwarf alba form of the species recognized for its compactness, attractiveness and great horticulture and hybridizing potential; four flowers and six buds; sepals and petals pristine white; lip pristine white, pale yellow basally and golden yellow keel; substance light; texture crystalline

20133033 Florida Caribbean

Arundina graminifolia forma alba,  award 20133033,  has been determined to be Arundina graminifolia by SITF (Sept 2014).

Paphiopedilum × herrmannii

Paphiopedilum × herrmannii F.Fuchs & H.Reisinger, Linzer Biol. Beitr. 27: 1213 (1995).This name is accepted. Hybrid Formula: P. helenae × P. hirsutissimum 20142462 Sacramento Paphiopedilum × herrmannii, award 20142462, has been determined to be Paphiopedilum × herrmannii by SITF (Oct 2014).

Masdevallia paivaeana

Masdevallia paivaeana Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 3: 25 (1881). This name is accepted.

20142461 sacramento

Masdevallia paivaeana, award 20142461, has been confirmed to be Masdevallia paivaeana by SITF (Sept 2014). 

Dendrobium polytrichum

Dendrobium polytrichum Ames, Philipp. J. Sci., C 2: 328 (1907).
This name is accepted.

Dendrobium polytrichum, award 20143137, has been confirmed to be  Dendrobium polytrichum by SITF (Sept 2014). 

20143137 FNC

Bulbophyllum delitescens

Bulbophyllum delitescens Hance, J. Bot. 14: 44 (1876).

This name is accepted.

2014  3188  Florida North Central

  Bulbophyllum delitescens, award 2014 3188, has been confirmed to be  Bulbophyllum delitescens by SITF (Sept 2014).

Stanhopea ospinae

Stanhopea ospinae Dodson, Revista Soc. Colomb. Orquideol. 2(4): 19 (1967).

This name is accepted.

award 20142023 Pacific South

Stanhopea ospinae, award 20142023, has been confirmed to be Stanhopea ospinae by SITF (Oct 2014). 

Stanhopea haseloffiana

Stanhopea haseloffiana Rchb.f., Allg. Gartenzeitung 23: 322 (1855).
This name is accepted.

award 20142022 Pacific south

Stanhopea haseloffiana, award 20142022, has been determeined to be  Stanhopea haseloffiana by SITF (Sept 2014). 

Scaphyglottis longicaulis

20141906  CCM 87

Scaphyglottis longicaulis ‘Adelaide’

Approximately 180 flowers and 18 buds on 140 clusters grown on wood log 5 cm wide by 36 cm long, plant 30 cm diameter; cylindric pseudobulbs to 6 cm long x 0.2 wide, bifoliate, grass-like, flowers emerging from apex of pseudobulb, white, lip apex purple; substance light; texture matte; recognized for rarity and educational value; awarded as Scaphyglottis chocoana. Provisional

PNW

Scaphyglottis longicaulis S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 23: 286 (1888).

This name is accepted. 

Scaphyglottis longicaulis, award 20141906, has been confirmed to be Scaphyglottis longicaulis by SITF (Sept 2014).

Epidendrum cornanthera

Epidendrum cornanthera F.Lehm. & Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 463 (1899).

This name is accepted.

20145703 CBR

Epidendrum cornanthera ‘ MOSTAZAL’

 One hundred nineteen flowers, 51 buds on 60 inflorescences on 114 cm trailing branched plant; leaves bronze, on reverse green speckled maroon; star shaped flowers cream overlaid brown; anther cap black; substance firm; texture matte. Provisional 

PNW 

Epidendrum cornanthera, award 20145703, has been confirmed to be Epidendrum cornanthera by SITF (Sept 2014).

Maxillaria clarenceanum confirmed to be Maxillaria confusa

20145705 CBR

Maxillaria XXXXX ‘Amelita’

Fifteen white flowers on 15 inflorescences on 3 blooming growths; pseudobulbs 2 cm x1 cm; leaves 15 cm x 3 cm, single, with 3-4 foliaceous sheathes; inflorescences with bracts ; flowers white, lip slightly yellow at base; substance average texture matte; plant from Colombia, Provisional 

PNW

Maxillaria confusa, award 20145705, has been confirmed to be  Maxillaria confusa by SITF ( Sept 2014).  

Masdevallia mezae

20145701 HCC 76

Masdevallia mezae ‘Dione’

Twenty-one flowers and five buds clustered apically on 17 erect inflorescences 16 cm long; flowers cream; lateral sepals cream, diffuse mahogany warts arranged in wide band on surface; caudae slightly twisted, golden yellow; hinged lip cream tipped red-brown;  substance firm; texture matte. Provisional

Masdevallia mezae Luer, Phytologia 44: 166 (1979). This name is accepted.

PNW

Masdevallia mezae, award 20145701, has been confirmed to be Masdevallia mezae by SITF (Sept 2014). 

Telipogon nervosus

20141908 CBR

Telipogon nervosus ‘Maria Luisa’

Five flowers and twelve buds on 9 inflorescences with two additional inflorescences growing in 20 cm wide basket; plant scandent or crawling with apical inflorescence 36 cm long, leaves spatulate??? 2 cm wide by 5 cm long flowers  translucent yellow striped and veined maroon; lip hirsute maroon; substance average; texture matte; country of origin Colombia, awarded for rarity and educational value. Provisional

Telipogon nervosus (L.) Druce, Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 650 (1917).

This name is accepted.

PNW

Telipogon nervosus, award 20141908, has been confirmed to be Telipogon nervosus by SITF (Oct 2014). 

Santanderella amadorinconiana

2014 5707 CBR

Santanderella amadorinconiana ‘Selva Roja’

Fifteen flowers on two pendent inflorescences to 3 cm long; unifoliate pseudobulbs with dried sheathes at base, 1.0 cm longe by 0.5 cm wide; leaves 5 cm x 0.4 cm, conduplicate, thick, sepals concave, sepals and petals cream-green spotted maroon in midline; lip slightly narrowed midlength, cream, margins spotted maroon; column white; substance average; texture translucent; awarded for educational value; plant from Colombia, provisional

Santanderella amadorinconiana P.Ortiz, Orquideologia 27: 170 (2010 publ. 2011).
This name is accepted.

PMW

Santanderella amadorinconiana, award 2014 5707 , has been confirmed to Santanderella amadorinconiana, by SITF (Sept 2014). 

Cattleya colnagoi has been determined to be (most likely) Cattleya milleri

 20142811  C. colnagoi Rocky mountain

Cattleya colnagoi (Chiron & V.P.Castro) Van den Berg, Neodiversity 3: 6 (2008).

This name is accepted.

Please make sure you have included everything listed here, if the measurement is appropriate to the species you have awarded.  Remember that a CBR/CHM to a new species previously not recorded by the AOS demands a full description of the plant!

ALL MEASUREMENTS ARE TO BE IN CM ONLY!!!

For samples of shape, margin, etc., please see The Descriptive Terminology for the Orchid Judge in AQ+.  Remember the more information you can provide, the easier the process should be for everyone involved! Drawings are acceptable if you can scan them and submit them to us via email.  If caudae are included, then the overall segment measurements should be recorded including the caudae and then the caudae length measured separately and recorded.  

In addition to the flower measurements as indicated on the Award Form, please also record these:

Leaf:                length  8.1       width   2.8                   shape   lanceolate        margin entire

Leaf petiole:    length 0

Size of growth (pseudobulb/ramicaul/stem):  length  4.4       width/diameter 1.5      shape conical

Distance between growths:  0

Rhizome:         diameter                      distance between nodes

Root and root tip color if visible:

Quality of roots if visible: fine/medium/coarse fine               diameter if possible

Inflorescence:  length  26.9                 diameter                      arrangement  raceme

Peduncle:        length                          color                            shape cylindrical

Sterile bracts:  number                        length                          width                           color

Pedicel            :           length  3.5                   color                            texture

Distance between pedicels:

If you cannot separate the ovary and pedicel, then measure them together.

Floral bracts:   length  .2                     width   0.2                   color

Flower:           

                        Natural Spread:                       length  4.7                   width  3.9

Dorsal sepal:                            length  2.6                   width 0.7

                        Lateral sepals or synsepal:       length  2.5                   width 0.7

                        Caudae length only:                dorsal                          lateral                          petal

                        Petals:                                      length  2.7                   width  0.5

                        Lip or pouch:                           length  2.4                   width  2.0

                        Ovary:                                     length  2.0                   width   0.3       shape cylindrical

                                                                        color    green basally, orange distally  texture satin                 

Cattleya colnagoi , award 20142811, has been determined to be (most likely) Cattleya milleri by SITF (Sept 2014).