Orchid help needed for Miss Marple (UK TV show)

[marple]

Thanks everyone- huge help.

So basically if the character has a glass dish and a toothpick and goes from one to another this would be accurate...?

Apparently our actor, who is playing the character with the orchid obsession...has been doing a lot of research so I'm trying to make sure I'm as clued up if not more!!


PS:
Littlefrog - unfortunately the script revolves around snakes and various death by venom - I'm guessing this is the reason for the snake orchid...

Shakkai - The same crew also make Poirot - have just finished all those though!

[marple]

Incidentally another orchid mentioned in the script is
"Teniophyllum Aphylorchis" - a "Himalayan Jewel Orchid," again - struggling to find anything on the net. I swear our script writers just make things up out of sheer amusement at watching the art department struggle...

[Dorothy]

I check out an extensive list of species Phalaenopsis and there is no sidenium that I found ...
I also check the Royal Horticulture Society registry that records the officially named hybrids of all orchids and found no record of sidenium as a grex or hybrid name ..

[quiltingwacko]

I hope we get that show in the states. I adored Nero Wolfe which is no longer on TV. I do own some tapes. His grouchiness had an orchid room. Love murder mysteries! Really appreciate your efforts to be accurate. Makes a show much more enjoyable!

[Dorothy]

Taeniophyllum aphyllum does exist and is an orchid
It is also known as Taeniophyllum glandulosum -
IOSPE PHOTOS
I am still checking to see if Aphylorchis exists ..

[Dorothy]

I found this on Aphyllorchic - it's actually another orchid genus - Aphyllorchis

[Dorothy]

So Taeniophyllum and Aphyllorchid are both orchid genuses. I haven't found anything to indicate that it is actually a single plant ..
Taeniophyllum is found from India, Sri Lanka, Japan, the Philippines to New Guinea, Australia, some Pacific Islands as far as Tahiti.
and Aphyllorchid is found Ceylon and India to SE Asia to New Guinea
As per the IOSPE - Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia

[marple]

Neither of these are jewel orchids though, right?

So we can safely say that to a 'Taeniophyllum Aphyllorchis, otherwise known as a 'Himalayan
Jewel Orchid' is a load of rubbish...

Is there such a thing as a 'serpent orchid?' Or just several orchids that look like snakes...?

I will do my best to post photos of the set in return for all the help, we have bought over 300 orchids already so it should look pretty spectacular!

[quiltingwacko]

ooh ooh I think I have to tune it in if they show it here in the US.

[Dorothy]

There is something known as the 'serpent orchid' .. Paraphalaenopsis serpentilingua
I was looking for 'snake' before ..
I found this for you -
Paraphalaenopsis serpentilingua
and here - IOSPE PHOTOS

There is a group of orchid known as Jewel Orchids but Taeniophyllum Aphyllorchis isn't one .. like you said .. I believe it's rubbish ..