what are "poor man's orchids"

[murphy48]

I was just given a bunch of keiki's from a nice old man selling cymbidiums. He kept on calling these "poor man's orchids" Does anyone have an idea what they are?

[ronaldhanko]

Poor Man's Orchid is actually not an orchid at all but a Schizanthus. These look like Dendrobium or Epidendrum keikis.

[Baz in Oz]

Murph, they would have to be reed stem Epidendrums. Dead easy to grow, around SE Queensland anyway, and commonly seen growing in garden beds.

Baz

[Lorraine]

These sure look like reed stem epidendrums orchids to me. I grow them right in the garden in a sunny spot, my soil is well drained. I'm not sure where you are but if you get below freeezing in the winter plant them in a pot and bring in over winter then back out in the spring.

[Dail]

Hi Murphey:

Based on the fact that he gave you keikis, this is not the Bauhinia Variegata which is known as Poor Man’s Orchid in some places so, I agree with Baz that it is one of the Epidendrum Orchids.

Poor man's orchid,Epidendrum orchid,Orchid flowers,Orchid plants,exporters,suppliers,India can give some basic information on the Epidendrum orchid.

Regards,
Dail

[Dail]

Murphey:

I'm not sure what happened to the site I was referring you to but let me hope it prints correctly this time:

http:Poor man's orchid,Epidendrum orchid,Orchid flowers,Orchid plants,exporters,suppliers,India

Dail

[Dail]

Sorry Murphey. I tried but it didn't work.

[snow]

i agree with Ronhanko. although it,s not an orchid at all.

[greenbean]

Let's not get hung up too much on the term "poor man's orchid" and what we each "know" goes by that name. It's simply a common name applied to many plants, orchids and otherwise.

I would agree with all of the above, but I think it is most likely a reed-stem Epidendrum and not a Dendrobium.

And just fyi, the link you posted worked, Dail (both times ).

[Dail]

Hi Evan:

Thanks for letting me know that the link worked.

Regards,
Dail