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).  

Pleurothallis sordida

Pleurothallis sordida Kraenzl., Ark. Bot. 16(8): 8 (1921).

This name is accepted.

20145010 great plains

Pleurothallis sordida, award 2145010, has been confirmed to be Pleurothallis sordida by SITF (Oct 2014).