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Dendrobium-aurantiiflammeum-2022-04-28Confirmed as Dendrobium aurantiiflammeum (May 2022); photos show a rather unique plant in the Section Aporum, Crumenata Group; photos of D. aurantiiflammeum in the IOSPE, OW, SOF, and orchidroots closely match this flower; an excellent description and photos of D. aurantiiflammeum can be found in Cindy Hill's article in the AOS "Orchids" magazine, July, 2014.   <span style="color: rgb(113, 113, 117); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(247, 250, 251);"> </span>

Posted on April 28, 2022

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Overall Length Of Growth Cane: up to 63 cm

Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 14-20

Leaf Length: 5 cm

Leaf Width: 1 cm

Leaf Margin: entire

Leaf Shape: lanceolate

Leaf Petiole Length: 43 cm

Pseudobulb Length: 20 cm

Pseudobulb Width: 1.1 cm

Pseudobulb Margin: narrowly hexagonal

Pseudobulb Distance: 0.5

Pseudobulb Root Tip: green

Inflorescence Overall Length: 0 cm

Inflorescence Arrangement: no inflorescence; directly to ovary

Inflorescence Dist Base To Bud: n/a

Inflorescence Dist Bet Flowers: n/a

Inflorescence Dist To Sepal: n/a

Floral Bracts Length: n/a

Floral Bracts Width: n/a

Ovary Length: 1 cm

Ovary Width: 0.15 cm

Ovary Shape: narrowly conical

Ovary Color: yellow-orange

Ovary Texture: waxy

Flower Natural Spread Length: 6.1 cm

Flower Natural Spread Width: 4 cm

Dorsal Sepal Length: 5.1 cm

Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.7 cm

Dorsal Sepal Cauda Length: n/a

Dorsal Sepal Cauda Width: n/a

Lateral Sepals Length: 5.7 cm

Lateral Sepals Width: 0.7 cm

Lateral Sepals Caudae Length: n/a

Lateral Sepals Caudae Width: n/a

Petals Length: 5.2 cm

Petals Width: 0.7

Judging Center: Carolinas

Award Number: 20222405

Award Date: April 16, 2022

Awarded As: Dendrobium aurantiiflammeum

Noted for: striking pendant, non-resupinate, brilliantly-colored flowers. Plant of unknown origin, purchased from private collection. Species originates from Borneo. Reference: Dendrobium and Its Relatives: Bill Lavarack, Wayne Harris Geoff Stocker: Timber Press, 2000; page 247.

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