Our candidate is Mormodes lineata.

Mormodes lineata Baterman ex Lindl. (1841) is accepted species by POWO Kew. The native range of this species is Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas) to Honduras. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Previous Awards:

There are 3 AOS awards for Mormodes lineata, two are AM and one is botanical award (CBR). 

Description:

Candidate plant has 15 flowers on one upright inflorescence. Plant height from bottom of the bulb to the end of inflorescence 29-cm. Bulb 8-cm tall x 3.5-cm in diameter. Plant grown in 7.5-cm plastic pot in sphagnum moss. Plant came as flask from Louisiana Orchid Collection.

Flower Measurements:

NS H - 4.7 cm;                   NS V -4.0 cm;

Dorsal Sep. W - 0.3 cm;   Dorsal Sep. L - 2.7 cm;

(Dorsal Sep. W flattened - 0.7 cm)

Petal W - 0.6 cm;               Petals L - 2.5 cm;

(Petal W flattened - 0.9 cm)

Lat/Sepal W - 0.3 cm;       Lat/Sepal L - 2.5 cm;

(Lat/Sepal W flattened - 0.8 cm)

Lip/Pouch W - 1.0 cm;     Lip/Pouch L - 1.8 cm.