Myrmecophila

Finding

The color of the flowers in the photos was not accurately captured; the color on the distal portions of the segments was described as being much more suffused with brown, instead of the bright red shown. There is photo by Grobler which shows this brownish coloration in the OW. M. grandiflora is a giant among the Genus; this is a large plant meeting the description of an enormous species; flower form appears correct, as does the yellow callus that runs the length of the midlobe. Flower size is also large at 7.2 cm. Many supporting photos can be found in the orchichroots.com and the IOSPE and other on-line sources.

Overall Length Of Growth Cane: 29 cm

Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 3

Leaf Length: 13.5 cm

Leaf Width: 8.5 cm

Pseudobulb Length: 29 cm

Pseudobulb Width: 12 cm circumference

Inflorescence Overall Length: 137 cm

Inflorescence Arrangement: arched

Floral Bracts Length: not any

Ovary Length: 4.5 cm

Ovary Width: 0.3

Ovary Shape: elongate, thin

Ovary Color: white suffused pink

Ovary Texture: glabrous

Flower Natural Spread Length: 4.3 cm

Flower Natural Spread Width: 7.2 cm

Dorsal Sepal Length: 3.1 cm

Dorsal Sepal Width: 1.7 cm

Lateral Sepals Length: 3.9 cm

Lateral Sepals Width: 1.7 cm

Petals Length: 3.9 cm

Petals Width: 1.1 cm

Judging Center: Atlanta

Award Number: 29232091

Award Date: May 20, 2023

Awarded As: Myrmecophila grandiflora

Myrmecophila grandiflora (Lindl.) Carnevali & J.L.Tapia & I.Ramírez
First published in Harvard Pap. Bot. 6: 246 (2001)
This species is accepted. First described as Schomburgkia tibicinis var. grandiflora by Lindley in1845. Elevated to species Schomburgkia grandiflora in 1901 by Sander.
The native range of this species is Mexico. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

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