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December 03, 2016

Sudamerlycaste (Ida) rikii determined to be be Sudamerlycaste (Ida) jimenezi





Award number: 20165818 pnw
Name:  Sudamerlycaste (Ida) rikii ‘Eleonora’ CHM/AOS
Parents: species

Horizontal / Width
Vertical / Length
Natural Spread
6.3
11.7
Dorsal Sepal
2.9
8.6
Petals
2.0
6.4
Lateral Sepals
2.5
8.6
Lip / Pouch
1.9
3.7




Description:

Eight nodding, pale apple green flowers and two buds on 10 inflorescences, up to 29 cm long; sepals suffused apple green on distal two-thirds; dorsal sepal porrect, lateral sepal sickle shaped, mentum pale apple green, petals cupped; lip midlobe fimbriated , deep apple green centrally, crest concave, five keels proximally, side lobes deep apple green; column cream; substance heavy, texture waxy.

Note: There is a prior award # 2009-5063 for Ida rikii CHM/AOS where the flowers are described as ivory, sepals and petals flushed palest ice green on distal two-thirds, lip flushed yellow centrally.  The color is distinctly different between these two plants.
Sudamerlycaste (Ida) rikii, award 20165818, has been determined to be be Sudamerlycaste (Ida) jimenezii by SITF (Dec 2016). 

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