Dendrobium

Finding

Plant identification aided by Andre Schuiteman. Den. sinominutiflorum has lip side lobe apices sharply dentate and margins entire or margins inconspicuously notched; the lip has three keels which merge to form a broadly thickened fleshy ridge. These characteristics are not seen on this plant. This plant matches the photo of Den. compactum in the OW and Baker and Baker's description of Den. compactum in "Orchid Species Culture: Dendrobiums". The flower size and color also match Den. compactum.

Overall Length Of Growth Cane: 5.5 cm

Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 6

Leaf Length: 3.5 cm

Leaf Width: 0.7 cm

Leaf Shape: lanceolate

Pseudobulb Length: 3.5 cm

Pseudobulb Width: 0.5 cm

Pseudobulb Root Tip: green

Inflorescence Overall Length: 2.5 cm

Inflorescence Dist Base To Bud: 0.5 cm

Inflorescence Dist Bet Flowers: 0.3 cm

Inflorescence Dist To Sepal: 0.3 cm

Flower Natural Spread Length: 1.0 cm

Flower Natural Spread Width: 1.0 cm

Dorsal Sepal Length: 0.55 cm

Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.15 cm

Lateral Sepals Length: 0.5 cm

Lateral Sepals Width: 0.3 cm

Judging Center: Chicago

Award Number: 20232615

Award Date: July 09, 2023

Awarded As: Dendrobium sinominutiflorum 'Little Green Gem'

Three flowers and fourteen buds on three inflorescences to 2-cm on a nine growth plant 6.5-cm wide by 5.5-cm tall mounted on a 5-cm by 8-cm cork slab; pseudobulbs elongate to 3.5-cm long by 0.5-cm wide, two with active growth; leaves to 3.5-cm long by 0.7-cm wide, lanceolate, midline longitudinal crease; inflorescences both axillary and apical; flowers very pale translucent green; sepals and petals lanceolate, center slightly darker green; lip margin ruffled, two central keels; column light green; substance translucent, medium, texture crystalline; awarded as Den. sinominutiflorum, recognized for botanical significance, native to southern Yunnan China.
Also see FOC Vol.25, page 370, 394; viewable at www.efloras.org

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