Finding
SITF confirms this plant as Stelis hallii (Oct 2024). The fractiflex (Zigzagged) inflorescence in the last photo matches S. hallii. Matches three photos in the orchidroots.com and an excellent photo and two illustrations in the IOSPE.
Overall Length Of Growth Cane: 9.6 cm
Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 1 leaf
Leaf Length: 8.0 cm
Leaf Width: 2.2 cm
Leaf Margin: entire
Leaf Shape: elliptical
Leaf Petiole Length: 2.2 cm
Pseudobulb Length: 10.2 cm
Pseudobulb Width: 0.2 cm
Pseudobulb Margin: linear
Pseudobulb Distance: 0.3 cm
Inflorescence Overall Length: 26 cm
Inflorescence Arrangement: sequential
Inflorescence Dist Base To Bud: 6.2 cm
Inflorescence Dist Bet Flowers: 0.9 cm
Inflorescence Dist To Sepal: 0.2 cm
Floral Bracts Length: 0.2 cm
Floral Bracts Width: 0.1 cm
Ovary Length: 0.1 cm
Ovary Width: 0.1 cm
Ovary Shape: linear
Ovary Color: green
Ovary Texture: smooth
Flower Natural Spread Length: 1.2 cm
Flower Natural Spread Width: 1.1 cm
Dorsal Sepal Length: 0.7 cm
Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.8 cm
Lateral Sepals Length: 0.6 cm
Lateral Sepals Width: 0.6 cm
Petals Width: 0.1 cm
Judging Center: Carolinas
Award Number: 20242452
Award Date: June 15, 2024
Awarded As: CHM
Fifty-eight flowers and twenty-seven buds alternately arranged on seventeen basal, sequential inflorescences to 26-cm long borne on a 48 cm wide by 35 cm high plant grown on a 8cm by 14cm wooden mount; leaves oblanceolate, ascending, 2.5 cm wide by 11 cm long; sepals broadly ovate, light yellow-green, petals and lip darker minute, yellow-green; column and anther cap yellow-green; substance firm; texture matte; recognized for rarity in cultivation and attractive flowers; native to Columbia, Ecuador, and Peru; exhibitor noted that longest inflorescences had been in bloom for over one year.
