Guarianthe x laelioides

20175457 toronto 

Cattleya maxima var. semi alba

20152614 Chicago 

Cattleya loddigesii var. alba determined to be Cattleya harrisoniana

Cattleya loddigesii var. alba 

award 20164514 CarolinaJC 

Cattleya loddigesii var. alba, award 20164514, has been determined to be Cattleya harrisoniana by SITF (august 2016).  

Cattleya schofieldiana determined to be Cattleya granulosa

20163346 FNCJC

Cattleya schofieldiana, award 20163346, has been determined to be Cattleya granulosa by SITF (May 2016). 

Cattleya harrisoniana var. coerulea determined to be Cattleya loddigesii

20151208 NEJC

Cattleya harrisoniana var. coerulea, award 20151208, has been determined to be Cattleya loddigesii (coerulea) by SITF (March 2016).

                      

The fotos we have make calling this a coerulea a hard call, so if you feel this is blue and not lavender as in the description, then add the (coerulea) to the name, otherwise,  if it is not coerulea then the ID is Cattleya loddigesii. 

Guarianthe deckeri determined to be Guarianthe hennisiana

Guarianthe × deckeri (Klotzsch) Roeth, Orchidee (Hamburg) 57: 612 (2006).This name is a synonym. Accepted Name: Guarianthe × guatemalensis (T.Moore) W.E.Higgins, Orchid Digest 68: 39 (2004). 20162891/20162892  PNW canada Guarianthe deckeri, award 20162891/ 20162892, has been determined to be Guarianthe hennisiana (Jan 2016).

Cattleya colnagoi

2015196  Pacific south

Cattleya colnagoi , award 20151961, has been confirmed to be Cattleya colnagoi by SITF (Dec 2015). 

Cattleya guttata determined to be a hybrid

2015 3093 Midamerica

Cattleya guttata, award 20153093, has been determined to be a hybrid by SITF (Sept 2015). 

Cattleya ghillanyi

20152025 Pacific South

Cattleya ghillanyi, award 20152025, has been confirmed to be Cattleya ghillanyi by SITF (Sept 2015). 

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).