Plant total height (cm)

185.5

189.5

121.9 - 152.4

0.6 - 1.0

Inflorescence features

Radical, on erect, rigid peduncle, dense, ovate-oblong, apex acute

Radical, on erect, rigid peduncle, dense, elongated ovate-oblong, apex acuminate

Radical, on thick and rigid, short peduncle, ovate, apex acute

Radical, on erect peduncle, ovate to conical, apex acute

Total inflorescence length (cm)

35.0 - 37.0

30

Not reported

Not reported

Peduncle length (cm)

13.0 - 15.0

15

5

2.0 - 6.0

Peduncle width (mm)

9.0 - 9.2

9.4

n/a

n/a

Spike length (cm)

22

15

5.0 - 7.5

5.0 - 10.0 (12.0)

Spike width (mm)

38.1 - 38.6

34.4

n/a

3.0 - 4.0

Bract features

Imbricated, broadly ovate, with papery margin, apex obtuse-acute, protuberant, velvety-villous, dark red

Imbricated, broadly ovate, with papery margin, apex obtuse, protuberant, velvety-villous, dark red

Imbricated, broadly ovate, convex, ventricose, apex cuspidate, hairy at all part, dull dark reddish or greenish

Ovate to cuspidate, upper ones narrower and more pointed, villous

Flowering month

August

August

August-February (in Calcutta Garden)

Not reported

Duration of flowering (days)

21 - 22

19

Not reported

Not reported

Number of flowers per spike

47 - 48

40

Not reported

Not reported

Flower features

Pale-yellow, zygomorphous, monoclinous, ephemeral, epigynous, with light fragrance, longistylous

BIG in size, white to pale pink

White

Calyx features

Glabrous, membranous, apex shortly serrated

Two-dentate

White in colour

Corolla features

Lobes subequal in length, lanceolate, pale-yellow, longitudinally striped, slightly concave in hood

Lobes lanceolate, dorsal lobe ascended, rostrate-acuminate, apex concave

White, dorsal lobe larger than lateral lobes

Labellum features

Pale-yellow with pinky tinge in the bottom of mid-lobe, soft-velvety, mid-lobe obcordate, margin slightly undulate-reflexing, mid-lobe bifurcated in the middle, lateral staminode ovate-lanceolate, apex acute

Light-yellow,

soft-velvety, mid-lobe obcordate, margin slightly undulate-reflexing, lateral staminode

ovate-lanceolate, apex acute

Labellum ovate, apex emarginate, notched bellow convex

Labellum white with a yellow tinge inside; midlobe obovate, emarginate; side lobes small

Stamen and carpel features

Another c. 1.6 cm long, light yellow, thecae cylindrical, parallel, dehiscence longitudinal, anther crest hooded, wrapped around style; style white, glabrous, filiform; stigma white, scarcely wider than style, tubular, downwards-facing, ostiole ciliate

Another large, subsessile, with anther crest protruded over curved lip, elevated above anther; style clavate, apex curved, slightly protuberate; stigma convex, ciliate

Not reported

Capsule (fruit/seed)

Not observed

Capsule obovate, tufted, glabrous, cherry-size; seeds, black, aril big, white

Not reported