Finding
SITF confirms this plant as Stichorkis gibbosa (Sep 2024). This is a very distinctive species that allowed the SITF to confirm its identity, although there was a lack of clear, detailed photographs submitted of the flowers. This plant is unique in its appearance and inflorescence; it is a close match with the description and photos in the IOSPE and OW and clearly matches the photos in the orchidroots.com.
Overall Length Of Growth Cane: 21.5
Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 1
Leaf Length: 19
Leaf Width: 0.8
Leaf Margin: smooth
Leaf Shape: lanceolate
Leaf Petiole Length: 0
Pseudobulb Length: 1.0
Pseudobulb Width: 1.2
Pseudobulb Margin: round
Pseudobulb Distance: 1.5
Pseudobulb Root Tip: light brown
Inflorescence Overall Length: 10.5
Inflorescence Arrangement: ranked bracts
Inflorescence Dist Base To Bud: 11
Inflorescence Dist Bet Flowers: 1 flower per inflorescence
Inflorescence Dist To Sepal: 0.5
Floral Bracts Length: 0.1
Floral Bracts Width: 0.5
Ovary Length: 0.9
Ovary Width: Ovary 0.1
Ovary Shape: linear
Ovary Color: burnt orange
Ovary Texture: satiny
Flower Natural Spread Length: 0.9
Flower Natural Spread Width: 0.6
Dorsal Sepal Length: 0.6
Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.2
Lateral Sepals Length: 0.6
Lateral Sepals Width: 0.3
Petals Width: 1.5
Judging Center: Honolulu
Award Number: 20244019
Award Date: April 11, 2024
Awarded As: CBR
Sepals and petals light orange red; dorsal sepal fully reflexed' lateral sepals elliptical and fully reflexed; petals elliptical and fully reflexed; lip red with pronounced calli marginally, column orange red, anther cap cream; substance soft; texture waxy; small 1 cm globose pseudobulbs with single ten to fourteen cm leaf; one cm rhizome between pseudobulbs; inflorescences arise from apex of pseudobulbs; buds and flowers arise from apex of pseudobulbs and borne from sedge like bracts.Successive bloomer on two ranked bracts; one flower per blooming; non seasonal blooming habit. Per IOSPE Occurs on the Indian subcontinent, hot to cool growing epiphyte 200-1900 meters.Purchased from Kalapana Orchids, Hilo HawaiiIOSPE Liparis gibbosa Finet 1908 subgenus Cestichis section Distichae
