Award description:
Seven flowers and one bud on one pendent inflorescence, plus three emerging inflorescences on a plant 38 cm high x 6 cm wide; pseudobulbs (4, 3-leafless) ovoid, green, cropped leaf 35 cm long by 8 cm wide (approximately 12" trimmed off), 5-veined, dark green, folded proximally, growing in a net pot in Fernwood tree fern; flowers pale green, tightly grouped on end of mostly buried inflorescence; sepals and petals lanceolate, petals slightly shorter, deeper green basally; lip porrect, oblong, tip pointed, interior apically finely veined burgundy, exterior distal half veined and blushed burgundy, appears lightly bristled; anther cap cream; substance hard; texture satiny; fragrance light pear-scented; origin unknown; awarded for a charming cluster of flowers worthy of recognition; plant presented as Xylobium colleyi, in researching this species it was clear it was not this species, but instead better matches the closely related Xylobium subpulchrum;