Finding
SITF confirms this plant as Changnienia amoena (Feb 2025). The petals of the similar C. malipoensis are 1.6 to 1.7 cm and C. amoena petals are 1.2 to 1.4 cm also, the leaf shape is definitely more like C. amoena than C. malipoensis, which has a broadly, almost circular leaf for C. malipoensis compared to the leaf shape of this plant. The original description of C. amoena describes the leaf as 6-11 cm long and 5-8.2 cm wide, which is a better fit to this plant. This plant is a very good match to the photo of C. amoena in the IOSPE.
Overall Length Of Growth Cane: 9.5 cm
Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 1 leaf, senescent
Leaf Length: 5.1 cm
Leaf Width: 10 cm
Leaf Margin: entire
Leaf Shape: ovoid
Leaf Petiole Length: 10 cm
Inflorescence Overall Length: 9.5 cm
Inflorescence Arrangement: upright
Inflorescence Dist Base To Bud: 8.5 cm
Inflorescence Dist To Sepal: 1.0 cm
Floral Bracts Length: 0.7 cm
Floral Bracts Width: 2.9 cm
Ovary Length: 1.3 cm
Ovary Width: 0.5 cm
Ovary Shape: columnar
Ovary Color: green
Ovary Texture: waxy
Flower Natural Spread Length: 6.0 cm
Flower Natural Spread Width: 3.9 cm
Dorsal Sepal Length: 1.0 cm
Dorsal Sepal Width: 3.1 cm
Lateral Sepals Length: 1.0 cm
Lateral Sepals Width: 3.1 cm
Petals Width: 3.0 cm
Judging Center: Mid-America JC
Award Number: 20254255
Award Date: February 01, 2025
Awarded As: CHM
Plant source: Hengduan Mountains BiotechnologyDeciduous leaf, senescent, grows from a tuber.Plants of the World Online Kew, Orchid Species.com