| I have to disagree somewhat with kmarch on this one.
If you know the actual grower than an ID from HIS photos is usually accurate.
Most growers, myself included, do not put a name tag in every pot when they are small. Usually they are labeled when sold. We can ID the plants from the flowers because we do not grow 10 plants that look alike. There is no commercial reason. So when I see the flower I know what I planted and have a positive ID.
If you are sure the plant came from Everglades Orchids then the ID is correct. He certainly would not grow a lookalike when the original was an awarded plant.
In a discouraging aside, the tags in way too many orchids are mis-IDed. Employees drop plants, tags get knocked out and replaced (sometime the plant next to the one that lost the tag) lots of problems happen. I have received clearly mislabeled plants from a good grower and when I sent the photo he quickly corrected the name.
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