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Old 07-20-2008, 06:44 AM
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My First Orchid...and no idea what kind it is- Help plz

Now that i have finally turned my black thumbs green, i finally decided to try my hand with caring for an orchid....well actually i found this one at one of the booths at a local cultural festival and fell in love with it and thought "i should be able to handle this".
anyways, unlike the big beuatiful Phals that were marked, this one bear no identification and the seller knew nothing about it either (at least not in my language)

The flowers are red with yellow, the top 3 petals form a sort of hood and the two at the bottom are sort of stacked..?? i have spent the last few hours trying to figure out what species it is (simply to decide how to care for it properly) but none of the pictures i have seen look anything much like it.
THe pot looks like it may contain many little plants and there are 8-10 flower spikes all at different stages. I can see healthy white ( with green tips) roots growing up and amongst the plant(s). The flowers are fairly small, maybe about 1/2 inch. I ahve noticed some yellow spots on the leaves, but after reading i think it might have something to do with being outside in the hot sun for a good part of the day ( i'll be keeping my eye on it thou).

if anyone has an idea about what type of orchid it is i would greatly love the help
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