Telipogon berthae

Telipogon berthae P.Ortiz, Orquideologia 19(3): 13 (1994).
This name is accepted.

20144156 west Palm

Telipogon berthae , award 20144156, has been confirmed to be Telipogon berthae by SITF (May 2015).

Angraecum equitans

Angraecum equitans Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 34(2): 339 (1916).

This name is accepted.

20154999  Great Plains

Angraecum equitans, award 20154999, has been confirmed to be Angraecum equitans by SITF (May 2015).

Anacheilium venezuelanun confirmed to be Prosthechea venezuelana

	Vert / Width	Horizontal / Length
Natural Spread	5.5	4.5
Dorsal Sepal	0.6	3.3
Petals	0.9	2.8
Lateral Sepals	0.6	3.0
Lip / Pouch	0.7	2.0

Description: Approx. 700 flowers and 35 buds on 104 inflorescences blooming on mature growths across entire 130cm wide by 65cm tall very clean plant, grown a 35cm basket; rhizome 3cm between growths; pseudobulb 1cm wide and 15cm long with one leaf per growth; leaves 2cm by 20cm long; flowers white; lip striated longitudinally purple; column white; anther cap yellow; substance firm; texture crystalline; plant origin Colombia. Provisional.  

Prosthechea venezuelana (Schltr.) W.E.Higgins, Phytologia 82: 381 (1997 publ. 1998).

This name is accepted.

20151912  PNW

Prosthechea venezuelana, award 20151912, has been confirmed to be Prosthechea venezuelana by SITF (June 2015).

Psychilis rubeniana

Psychilis rubeniana Dod ex Sauleda, Phytologia 65: 22 (1988).
This name is accepted.

Psychilis rubeniana , award 20154510, has been confirmed to be Psychilis rubeniana by SITF (May 2015).

20154510

Dendrobium bicaudatum

Dendrobium bicaudatum Reinw. ex Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 3: 20 (1858). This name is accepted.

20154499

Dendrobium bicaudatum , award 2015 4499, has been confirmed to be Dendrobium bicaudatum by SITF (May 2015). 

Vanda merrillii confirmed to be Vanda merrillii var. rotorii

Vanda merrillii Ames & Quisumb., Philipp. J. Sci. 47: 211 (1932).
This name is accepted.

20154497

Vanda merrillii var. rotorii, award 20154497, has been confirmed to be  Vanda merrillii var. rotorii by SITF (June 2015). 

Epidendrum clarenceanum #2 ‘Jimena’

Seventy-one flowers and thirteen buds on two sheathed apical inflorescences to 25 cm; leaves to 3 cm wide by 12 cm long on plant 30 cm tall by 55 cm diameter; flowers green lightly marked purple; lip white spotted purple; anther cap white; substance hard; texture matte; recognized for rarity in cultivation and educational value; native to Colombia.Provisional    

20151876  PNW    

Epidendrum clarenceanum green brown determined to be Epidendrum cupreum

Three flowers and six buds on four apically sheathed inflorescences to 2.5 cm long; plant stems flat to 5 cm tall well-grown on a log 16 cm long by 2.5 cm diameter, three elliptic distichous leaves per stem, largest leaf distally to 2 cm wide by 4 cm long; flowers light green suffused brown; lip flat, three notches distally; substance firm; texture matte; recognized for rarity in cultivation and educational value; native to Colombia

20151874  PNW 

Epidendrum clarenceanum, award 20151874, has been determined to be Epidendrum cupreum by SITF (June 2015)   

Maxillaria crytpbulbon determined to be Maxillaria aequiloba

Forty yellow flowers and one bud on 41 inflorescences to 17 cm; plant 27 cm tall by 47 cm diameter, pseudobulbs hidden by dry sheaths, leaves to 2 cm wide by 9 cm long, petioles to 1.6 cm; sepals and petals reverse heavily spotted red; lip yellow, apically red; substance firm; texture matte; recognized for rarity in cultivation and educational value; native to Central and South America. 

20151870  PNW

Maxillaria cryptobulbon award 20151870, has been determined to be Maxillaria aequiloba by SITF (May 2015).

Gongora garayana determined to be Gongora escobariana

Gongora garayana R.Rice, Oasis 1(4): 3 (2000).
This name is accepted.

Eight flowers and zero buds on one pendent inflorescence; pseudobulbs 1.5 cm wide by 3 cm tall, petioles to 15 cm, leaves to 12 cm wide by 25 long; sepals, petals and column white spotted brown-red; lip yellow spotted brown distally; substance firm; texture matte; recognized for rarity in cultivation and educational value; native to Colombia.Provisional

20151909 PNW

Gongora garayana, award 20151909, has been determined to be Gongora escobariana by SITF (June 2015).

Epidendrum summerhayesii

Epidendrum summerhayesii Hágsater, Icon. Orchid. 2: t. 189 (1993).

This name is accepted.

Twenty-three arresting flowers and 50 buds on nine imbricate bract inflorescences to 26 cm; distichous leathery dark green leaves to 3.2 cm wide by 15 cm long, some growths suffused maroon to 22 cm tall well-grown in bark in 20 cm diameter plastic pot; flowers green suffused maroon; lip cordate, elongate keel waxy; substance hard; texture waxy; commended for distinctive bloom habit and rarity in cultivation. Provisional

20151907 PNW

Epidendrum summerhayesii, award 20151907, has been confirmed to be Epidendrum summerhayesii by SITF May 2015. 

Elleanthus aureus

Elleanthus aureus (Poepp. & Endl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 484 (1863).
This name is accepted.

Approximately 175 cupped yellow flowers and 225 buds on 36 apical inflorescences; canes to 40 cm tall, stiff alternate deeply plicate leaves to 1 cm wide by 6 cm long; column white, anther cap purple; substance firm; texture waxy; recognized for rarity in cultivation and breeding potential; native to northern South America. 

20151906  PNW

Masdevallia virgo-cuencae

Masdevallia virgo-cuencae Luer & Andreetta, Phytologia 39: 232 (1978).

This name is accepted.

Six striking flowers on six inflorescences to 15 cm well-held above foliage; leaves to 3 cm wide by 15 cm long on plant 17 cm wide by 19 cm long by 12 cm tall well-grown in bark in 6 cm square plastic pot; sepals off-white veined dark maroon ventrally heavily overlaid maroon, dorsal caudae orange, lateral caudae light green; petals white; lip dark purple; substance hard; texture matte, ventrally papillose; commended for form and color saturation. Provisional.

20151900  PNW

Masdevallia virgo-cuencae, award 20151900,  has been confirmed to be Masdevallia virgo-cuencae by SITF(May 2015). 

Prosthechea chimborazoensis

Prosthechea chimborazoensis (Schltr.) W.E.Higgins, Phytologia 82: 377 (1997 publ. 1998).This name is accepted.

Nine flowers and one bud on two inflorescences; leaves to 5 cm wide by 29 cm long grown in mossy bark in 26 cm diameter wire basket; flowers ice green sepals and petals proximal half spotted dark maroon; lip radially veined dark maroon; column spotted dark maroon basally, anther cap ivory; substance firm; texture matte; recognized for rarity in cultivation and breeding potential.Provisional

20151899 PNW

Prosthechea chimborazoensis , award 20151899, has been confirmed to be Prosthechea chimborazoensis  by SITF (may 2015). 

Coelia densiflora (Coelgyne) determined to be Coelogyne multiflora

Approximately 80 cupped flowers and 364 buds spirally arranged on eight erect inflorescences to 31 cm; plicate leaves to 8.8 cm wide by 62 cm long on 23 ovoid pseudobulbs on robust 108 cm diameter by 107 cm tall plant grown in bark in 90 cm diameter plastic pot; sepals and petals white, reverse with minute black pubescences; lip white stippled mahogany, ruffled midlobe, double keels yellow, prominent triangular side lobes overlaid mahogany;  column white, anther cap margin mahogany; substance firm; texture crystalline; recognized for horticultural merit and breeding potential; . Provisional

20151896  PNW

. Coelia densiflora, award 20151896, has been determined to be Coelogyne multiflora by SITF (May 2015)