Platystele

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This species is very distinctive with its umbel shaped inflorescence for which it is named. Previous awards to this species and all available photos show flowers that are only purple to bright red, this plant is an unusual deep old gold-yellow color. This plant matches the Type drawing by Ortiz in the IOSPE, including the minute cilia on the flower when the photos are greatly enlarged.

Name

Overall Length Of Growth Cane: .08cm

Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 1

Leaf Length: 2cm

Leaf Width: 1cm

Leaf Margin: entire

Leaf Shape: linguiform

Leaf Petiole Length: n/a

Pseudobulb Length: n/a

Pseudobulb Width: n/a

Pseudobulb Margin: n/a

Pseudobulb Distance: too short to measure

Pseudobulb Root Tip: n/a

Inflorescence Overall Length: .4cm

Inflorescence Arrangement: umbal

Inflorescence Dist Base To Bud: < less than 4cm; 2cm

Inflorescence Dist Bet Flowers: unable to measure - small

Inflorescence Dist To Sepal: unable to measure - small

Floral Bracts Length: too small to measure

Floral Bracts Width: too small to measure

Ovary Length: too small to measure

Ovary Width: too small to measure

Ovary Shape: n/a

Ovary Color: deep old gold (yellow)

Ovary Texture: glossy

Flower Natural Spread Width: too small to measure

Judging Center: WPBJC

Award Number: 20221661

Award Date: November 17, 2022

Awarded As: Platystele umbellata

Country of origin: Colombia. Distinct yellow color of otherwise purple color flowers; flowers are very small to measure with the naked eye.

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