Overall Length Of Growth Cane: 3.0 cm
Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 3
Leaf Length: 6.0 cm
Leaf Width: 2.0 cm
Leaf Margin: smooth
Leaf Shape: elliptical
Leaf Petiole Length: na
Pseudobulb Length: 1.2 cm
Pseudobulb Width: 0.4 cm
Pseudobulb Root Tip: green
Inflorescence Overall Length: 21 cm
Inflorescence Arrangement: alternate spiral
Inflorescence Dist Base To Bud: 5.0 cm
Inflorescence Dist Bet Flowers: 0.7 cm
Flower Natural Spread Length: 0.8
Flower Natural Spread Width: 0.4
Dorsal Sepal Length: 0.2
Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.1
Lateral Sepals Length: 0.2
Lateral Sepals Width: 0.1
Petals Length: 0.2
Petals Width: 0.1
Judging Center: Northeast
Award Number: 20194332
Award Date: August 17, 2019
Awarded As: Robiquetia bifida 'Irene' CBR/AOS
Twenty-five flowers and 57 buds alternately arranged and successively opening on one 21 cm pendulous inflorescence emerging from a basal axil on a 22 cm wide by 14 cm tall plant grown on an 11cm wide x 21 cm high tree fern plaque; leaves elliptical, unequally bilobed; sepals and petals light yellow; lip white, forked terminally; column yellow, spotted purple; substance firm; texture waxy; endemic to the Philippines; commended for its educational value and rarity in cultivation; confirmed by SITF
Plant purchased from Purificacion Orchids Philippines
Syn. Megalotus bifidus
Reference material Jim Cootes - Philippine Native Orchid Species 2011 pg 183 (as Megalotus bifidus)
