Encyclia ochracea determined to be Prosthechea ochracea

Encyclia ochracea (Lindl.) Dressler, Brittonia 13: 265 (1961).This name is a synonym.
Accepted Name: Prosthechea ochracea (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins, Phytologia 82: 379 (1997 publ. 1998).
20152233 Pacific South

Encyclia ochracea , award 20152233, has been determined to be Prosthechea ochracea by SITF (Nov 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).

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). 

Prosthechea trulla

Prosthechea trulla (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins, Phytologia 82: 381 (1997 publ. 1998).

This name is accepted.

20145307  PNW

Prosthechea trulla,  award 20145307, has been determined to be Prosthechea trulla by SITF (Sept 2014).

Prosthechea mejia

Prosthechea mejia (Withner & P.A.Harding) W.E.Higgins, Selbyana 29: 214 (2009).This name is accepted.

Atlanta, Award 20123544

Prosthechea mejia, Award 20123544, has been confirmed to be Prosthechea mejia by SITF (Oct 2012). 

Prosthechea trulla

Prosthechea trulla, Award #20093612

Prosthechea trulla, Award #20093612, has been confirmed to Prosthechea trulla by SITF, July 2009.

There is another award to this species under Encyclia lancifolia. Encyclia lancifolia is not really a synonym of E. trulla, but at the time of the award it was felt that lancifolia and trulla were synonyms and that lancifolia had name priority. Since the mid nineties type specimen of lancifolia has been determined to be a E(P.). cochleata, which then made the name trulla have priority for these plants. I suggested that perhaps if you wanted to save the award you could change it to a CBR, as you can give that award twice to the same species to correct taxonomic errors, but Ron McHatton said it would be easier to just correct the Encyclia lancifolia, so I guess that is what will be done and therefore this award will be nullified.

Patricia Harding