Identification.

[tom499]

I've got a plant that i thought was a den. of some sort, but i was then hinted on here by some people it could be a bamboo orchid

It has finally started to open some buds, so i have taken a photo and hopefully now it can be clarified

http://easyorchids.co.uk/shop/produc...cat=266&page=1

On that site it puts a plant that looks very very similiar to mine, and calls it a bamboo orchid, and puts it in with the dens.

[fred]

tom take alook at the Dendrobiums in this link

http://www.anos.org.au/photos/dendro...um%20kingianum

the pic looks like a Dendrobium kingianum

[tom499]

Thanks for the link Fred it looks like we have parent.

So is a bamboo orchid another name for a den.? or are they different types?

[tom499]

Reminds me of cyms and coel's too, they all have a similiar flower structure, like a mouth of sharp teeth

[fred]

I hope thet dont bite tom

some people call Dens a bamboo orchid because the canes look abit like bamboo.

I have never heard of Dens just being called bamboo orchid

its a common name.

just another link to show other common names



http://www.canadianorchidcongress.ca/eng-a-g.html

[turkeytaker]

I agree with Fred; it looks like a kingi.

As for bamboo orchids, they're Arundina, I do believe, and a completely different animal than dends.

Since I'm having trouble uploading pics, here's the link to the set of pictures I took of some bamboo orchids in Hawaii on the side of the road.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7146594...7594565343884/

[kmarch]

Originally Posted by tom499

Thanks for the link Fred it looks like we have parent. So is a bamboo orchid another name for a den.? or are they different types?

It's definitely a Dendrobium. I agree with Fred, either a kingianum variety or cross.

Bamboo orchid is not another name for a Dendrobium. Bamboo orchids are Arundina. Arundina gramanifolia grows wild in Hawai'i where my mother-in-law lives. They're more closely related to a Sobralia.

[fred]

alittle more info

http://www.websitesbytom.com/orchids...id-photos.html

http://about-orchids.com/pLog/index....Id=11&blogId=1