LOVING this white mini phal! Help w ID?

[Kim in CT]

I just LOVE LOVE LOVE this mini phal. Does anyone recognize it?

Interestingly, as the spike developed it "bulged out" between leaves 3 and 4 before re-emerging and blooming between leaves 2 and 3. The result is this bridal bouquet cascade of blooms down the front of the plant, accompanied by a nice cascade of air roots. I kind of like it this way!

I have these orchids growing in my science classroom. You can tell who the future orchid enthusiasts among my students, which is pretty neat.

Kim

[Kim in CT]

(stupid pictures posted sideways...)

[Dimples]

That is a lovely plant! What a wonderful way to expand the learning opportunities for your students.

Unfortunately, it's not possible to accurately ID a NOID phal. Two identical-looking phals can have wildly different genetics, and two phals that look nothing alike could be siblings from the same seed pod. The best you can hope for is to find one that looks similar to use as a reference, but your white mini phal will always be a NOID.

[Paphluvr]

No tag = no Positive ID. I know we all like to have names for our plants, but please don't label it based on a "looks like". Appreciate it and let it remain a NOID, please.

[Dimples]

Originally Posted by Paphluvr

...please don't label it based on a "looks like".

Yes, if you find a named phal that looks like your plant, please don't label your plant with the name. Your plant will always be a NOID plant.

However, I find it helpful to have the name of a similar-looking named/registered hybrid recorded somewhere in case I ever need to track down a doppelganger replacement for one of my NOIDs.

[estación seca]

That display looks great!

A lot of mass-produced Phals aren't named by the growers. And some growers don't keep track of names. There are thousands of hybrids, many of which look very similar. I agree the white mini Phal is exceptional.

[Mountaineer370]

Originally Posted by Dimples

However, I find it helpful to have the name of a similar-looking named/registered hybrid recorded somewhere in case I ever need to track down a doppelganger replacement for one of my NOIDs.

[Mr.Fakename]

You won't have a perfect ID, but the 2 main species that make up this hybrids are most likely Phalaenopsis equestris and Phal schilleriana.

It's a shame we can't filter based on parentage percentage on orchidroots.com, but you should be able to find a ton of matching plants there.