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June 29, 2012

Polycycnis barbata confirmed to be Polycycnis annectans









Polycycnis barbata (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 3: 218 (1855).This name is accepted.

Distribution: C. America to NW. Venezuela

award number 20125541 at the Toronto Additional Judging Site (Montreal) 

Polycycnis barbata award number 20125541, has been confirmed to be Polycycnis annectans by SITF (July 2012). 


Amitostigma kinoshitae


Amitostigma kinoshitae (Makino) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 93 (1919).

Homotypic Synonyms:
* Gymnadenia kinoshitae Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23: 137 (1909).
Orchis kinoshitae (Makino) Soó, Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 26: 349 (1929).
Amitostigma hisamatsui Miyabe & Tatew., Trans. Sapporo Nat. Hist. Soc. 15: 48 (1937).


Cincinnati Judging Center - award 20123479

Amitostigma kinoshitae, award 20123479, has been confirmed to be Amitostigma kinoshitae by SITF (April 2013) .  


Phalaenopsis kunstleri







Phalaenopsis kunstleri Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 30 (1890).This name is accepted.
Distribution: Myanmar to Pen. Malaysia

Cincinnati Judging Center - award 20123485


Phalaenopsis kunstleri, award 20123485, has been confirmed to be Phalaenopsis kunstleri by SITF (July 2012).

June 28, 2012

Restrepia aristulifera



Restrepia aristulifera Garay & Dunst., Venez. Orchids Ill. 5: 258 (1972).This name is accepted. 
award 20092744, Cincinnati



Restrepia aristulifera , award 20092744, has been confirmed to be Restrepia aristulifera by SITF (July 2012).  You may now process the award. 


Brasiliorchis porphyrostele


Brasiliorchis porphyrostele (Rchb.f.) R.B.Singer, S.Koehler & Carnevali, Novon 17: 97 (2007). this name is accepted

Homotypic Synonyms:
* Maxillaria porphyrostele Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 30: 978 (1873).
Bolbidium porphyrostele (Rchb.f.) J.M.H.Shaw, Orchid Rev. 119(Suppl.): 38 (2011).

award 20112420
Carolinas Judging Center

Brasiliorchis porphyrostele, award 20112420, has been confirmed to be Brasiliorchis porphyrostele by SITF (July 2012). 

Bulbophyllum giriwoense confirmed to be Bulbophyllum lorentzianum









Bulbophyllum giriwoense J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, II, 13: 71 (1914).This name is accepted.


Distribution: New Guinea


Award number 20124311 
Northeast Judging Center 

Bulbophyllum giriwoense , award number 20124311 , has been confirmed to be Bulbophyllum  lorentzianum by SITF (July 2012), with assistance of Doris Jensen. 


Dendrobium rhodostele











Dendrobium rhodostele Ridl., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 3: 360 (1893).This name is accepted.

Distribution: Pen. Thailand to W. Malesia


Award number 20114251
Northeast Judging Center

http://orchid.unibas.ch/iconography.simplesearch.php?fields=species&query=Dendrobium+rhodostele


Dendrobium rhodostele , award number 20114251, has been confirmed to be Dendrobium rhodostele by SITF (July 2012), with assistance of AndrƩ Schuiteman.