Orchid identification

[eSRods]

Hi All,
My parents have many pots of orchids but I am not quite sure what they are. Can you help naming them?
Cheers
Ed

[agarrat]

Not sure about most of these plants, a few look like oncidiums and some like dendrobiums, one even looks like a virgin orchid, plus most are not in bloom. The second picture with the flower is an Oncidium Sharry baby

[arleneg]

Most of them are dendrobiums. The one with a pic of the bloom is an oncidium. I'm not sure about the one with round bulbs.

Since most don't have blooms, it's rather difficult to give more specifics. When they do bloom, post their pics here. I'm sure someone will be able to ID most, if not, all of them.

[eSRods]

Thank you, guys.
I also searched internet and books as well. Unfortunately, they only show flowers However, what I can gether, most, I believe, are dendrobiums (1, 3, 5, 6,&7) including dendrobium speciosum (#5), which is an Aussie native Please correct me if I ID'ed wrongly

Thank you IDing #2. I take it as an Oncidium - quite easy if I had flowers

However, #4 is still un-ID'ed
Agarrat, is this the one you think is a virgin orchid?
I am pretty sure it is an Aussie native - seen similar ones in the wild while bushwalking (NO, I did not get this from the wild). They grow on rocky escarpment along the east coast of Aust.
Please have a go at IDing #4 or any other for that matter.
Cheers
Ed

[winky]

I'm not all that experienced with orchids but I just recently added a couple of bulbophyllums to my collection that look something like number 4.

[eSRods]

Okay, I took #4 to a local orchid nursery for identification.
It is called Liparis reflexa, or commonly known as onion orchid. Endemic to east Aust. So far so good , however the nursery man said the flower stinks like urine
Well, I know where I put them when they flower... under the neighbours bedroom window
Cheers

[zaeem]

Dear All,HI!

I think some of you have got it right!

My guess is no.1 mini dendrobium.3,6&7 too.cattleya is 5 ? oncidium is 2.no.4is GRAMMATOPHYLUM Ihope I have spelt it right?Please compare with a photo in the gallery.I hope I am near enough?
Regards,
zaeem

[kmarch]

It might possible to ID the genera (genus) but more specific IDs won't be possible without a lot more information, far more then we can get (or can be provided) through a web pic. If some of the orchids turn out to be hybrids (the Oncidium is certainly a hybrid) IDs will not be possible at all as it's pretty much impossible to positively ID orchid hybrids period. If some of them turn out to be species, which is possible, you'll need to wait until they flower and then all parts of the plant, flowers and flower parts, leaf measurements, etc., etc., etc. will all need to be carefully compared with a botanical description. So we can probably ID the genera on most of these but not much more. Having said that:

Originally Posted by eSRods

This looks like one of the Aussie native dendrobiums. Possibly it's Den kingianum or a kingianum hybrid.

Originally Posted by eSRods

This is certainly an Oncidium hybrid of some type. Possibly a Sharry Baby but it doesn't really look like a Sharry Baby to me.

Originally Posted by eSRods

This also looks like one of the Aussie native dendrobiums. Possibly it's also Den kingianum or a kingianum hybrid.

Originally Posted by eSRods

I don't recognize this. It doesnt' look like a Grammatophylum to me though. The leaves don't look broad enough to me. I see what looks like a spent flower spike on the one bulb. It looks like an apical bloomer. It could be the Liparis, there are Liparis native to Australia. I've never grown one though. That's probably right.

Originally Posted by eSRods

This is another Aussie native dendrobium. It looks like it could well be a Den speciosum or perhaps a speciosum hybrid.

Originally Posted by eSRods

This also looks like a dendrobium but it's looks like it's a softcane of some sort. Possibly a nobile-type.

Originally Posted by eSRods

And with this last one we're back to an Aussie native, again possibly a kingianum or hybrid thereof.

There are other things some of these Aussie natives could be, like Den falcorostrum, Den x delicatum, etc. Like I said if they're hybrids, they're essentially unidentifiable and if they're a species careful comparison ot a botanical description will be necessary.

[lmartiny]

Ed must not have liked his neighbor. That was funny.