Orchid Photo Identification Guide

[zaeem]

Dave HI!
Great help from flowers,more plant and leaves will assist in a big way.
Thanks
zaeem

[kmarch]

Originally Posted by chaseg89

Would this be considered the Den. (malia akana X mary mak) 'hawaii'? or just some hybrid den? I have been trying to ID this orchid for a while and am beginning to just think its an NOID even though it looks very similar. Anybody have any opinions? sorry its not the greatest quality picture.

It could be that but there are a lot of other things it could be as well. It's pretty much impossible to positively ID noid hybrids.

[Santoury]

Hi guys
I'm brand new here! I'll introduce myself shortly - but the reason I signed up, is because your GREAT site came up while trying to identify a new orchid that I now grow.

I found these growing "wild" in the Fort Lauderdale area of Florida. They are most likely a species of Paphiopedilum. I actually mistook them for Snake Plants (Seriously) - then I realized, wait a minute - these are orchids! Then I had one bloom for me. It sends up a very thin spike, about a foot tall, with these TINY flowers - about a 1/4 inch in size. They are absolutely adorable. The color is pretty much off-white.
I'm dying to know what these are! Generally they have two leaves, that are pretty much parallel to the ground, very firm/tough, and colored like a Sansevieria.
There's NOTHING like this on the web - with these tiny flowers. But, I'm sure that some of you will say, "Oh! That's.......!" If it matters, they are blooming (now) - (Late September.)

[kmarch]

A positive ID is pretty much impossible without careful examination of all parts of the plant and comparison with a botanical description. A picture might enable us to give you a few possibilities. I can say for certain that it's not a paph because they are nto native to North America. It might be some kind of Cypripedium, which are a kind of slipper orchid native to North America.

[Santoury]

Yes, you're right, but nothing I've found in the "lady's slipper" group, has these miniature flowers. Surely that would have been a telltale sign, but I suppose not. You're right about Cypri's being native, however I don't know of one that has tiny flowers, and I meant to mention that each spike has a number of flowers - about six, not just one, as is usual for "Lady Slippers."
Each one, of course, opens one at a time.

[Santoury]

PS
I do not know for certain that they ARE native. Just "wild." The ones I have found were in established plantings, however they were obviously not "placed" there. In other words, they are either native, or naturalized.

[Santoury]

Hopefully one of our Florida memebers will catch this one.

[kmarch]

Originally Posted by Santoury

...I meant to mention that each spike has a number of flowers - about six, not just one, as is usual for "Lady Slippers."

Some paphs, one phrag and most cyps are single flowered but most phrags and quite a number of paphs are multifloral. But no matter we've established it probably is not a slipper.

Originally Posted by Santoury

Hopefully one of our Florida memebers will catch this one.

We're going to need to see a picture if we're to be of any help.

[Hobby Orchidist]

Well, a picture would help immensely. Of course without examination of the plant and the bloom, it is difficult to make an ID. But from what you have described, I would hazard a guess of Oeceoclades maculata. The Oeceoclades maculata can been found growing in the ground wild in South Florida. I have seen several of them in bloom during September here in South Florida. They have very tiny, multiple blooms on a single spike. The blooms vary in color from off white to a creamy yellow. They typically have spotted leaves.

[Santoury]

Hello,
Oeceoclades maculata is very close, if not a dead-on ID - thank you! If anybody else has any other opinions, I'd love to hear them.
Is O. maculata the only one with mottled leaves, or creamy colored flowers? I did some research online about this genus, but got a little lost.
Thanks!

[Santoury]

Hi guys
Picked these two up today - gorgeous - leaves are VERY RIGID, not soft or flexible at all. The pictures speak for themselves ( for better or for worse, right?) I'm sure that the leaf coloring, and small rounded shape of the pseudos will be telling... I hope!

[ysanabria]

Originally Posted by Santoury

Hi guys
Picked these two up today - gorgeous - leaves are VERY RIGID, not soft or flexible at all. The pictures speak for themselves ( for better or for worse, right?) I'm sure that the leaf coloring, and small rounded shape of the pseudos will be telling... I hope!

It seems like Onc. Butterfly here is a link to a thread about this plant. They are one of my favorite.
http://www.orchidgeeks.com/forum/orc...y-orchids.html

[kmarch]

It's a Psychopsis of some kind to be sure. It'll be impossible to tell if it's a species or hybrid. Psychopsis hybrids are nearly indistinguishable from the species.

[Ladyofthelakes]

Hi Fred, I really loved the Coelogyne cristata that you showed to us. The huge lovely ruffly flowers always bring out a huge smile.

Cynthia Prescott AZ, I have done a lot of searching the net since I joined the geeks last January. When I googled names of orchids that I wanted more information on, so many times the google images came up with your many flowers. Now I read above you have 40+ years of orchids.

My hat goes off to you and the Moderators and Super Moderators. Geeks is an all time favorite site.

[rhogue]

Very Nice resource. Thanks for posting it. It will be invaluable to us newbies.

By the way I had quite a time trying to Identify NOIDs. Duh!!!!

[kusdra]

I need help please i dont know what kind of my orchid is..
if some one can help i would like to thanks

[kmarch]

It's an Arachnis.

[zaeem]

Yes.Lovely plant and blooms.Thanks.

[Mckenna]

This was a lot of help for a newbie like me. I was actually suprised that when I got my orchid it didn't tell me what kind it was. Now I know without a doubt it's a Phal Orchid. Thanks Again!

[marionella]

thanks for the nice photos!
the flowers are wonderful, and now I want them all....

[angie]

Originally Posted by Cynthia, Prescott, AZ

Here is my attemp to give a broad sampling of plant pictures. Will be up dating it from time to time. Cynthia, Prescott, AZ
Orchid Plants Photo Gallery by Admiral Schnitz at pbase.com

Thank you so much for these beautiful pictures.
I have a quesyion about one of the Pics.
The orchid tagged Papilionanthe (vanda) teres #2 has a great similiarity to V. Miss Jaoquim.
Is it the same thing? and has the name now been changed?
Thanks
Angie

[kmarch]

Originally Posted by angie

Thank you so much for these beautiful pictures.
I have a quesyion about one of the Pics.
The orchid tagged Papilionanthe (vanda) teres #2 has a great similiarity to V. Miss Jaoquim.
Is it the same thing? and has the name now been changed?
Thanks
Angie

Hi Angie, Cymthia has not been active on the forum for a long time so I'll answer your question. Papilionanthe teres and Vanda Miss Jaoquim are not the same plant. Papilionanthe teres is a species orchid. It occours naturally in the wild. Vanda Miss Jaoquim is an artificial hybrid. It is a man-made cross between two different species. One of the parents of Vanda Miss Jaoquim is Papilionanthe teres. Papilionanthe teres used to be a vanda but the currently accepted genus for this and quite a number of related species is Papilionanthe. Even so, the RHS has not yet accepted this change for the purposes of hybrid registration so it remains a Vanda.

[murdomac]

What an absolutely stunning collection of photo's of these most georgeous of plants...Well done to one and all !!! AWSOME!!!

[kmarch]

Originally Posted by chaseg89

Would this be considered the Den. (malia akana X mary mak) 'hawaii'? or just some hybrid den? I have been trying to ID this orchid for a while ...

It is a dendrobium hybrid and for that reason (because it's a hybrid) if it is tag-less it will not be possible to ID it. It could be the one you mentioned but you can't be sure and there are other things that look the same that it could be.

[jeffyrita]

dear chaseg89., i think your orchid is dendrobium burana gold star -jeffyrita

[newocean121]

it's very nice!