huge wildcate orchid, newbie owner!

[pickmary]

Hello all, I need some help with this beautiful wildcat orchid i was given! I have had grocery store orchids before and have done ok in keeping them healthy with doing some basic research, but this one is the biggest i've ever had, and i'm not totaly sure that its even that healthy at the moment. My mom bought it for me at an orchid show, and so i assumed it would be on the healthy side, because those people are pros, right? Well i've attached some pictures i took, the roots look a little crowded to me, and there is some black marks on the leaves. I have read that the black marks are not likely a problem, but the roots may be. They are planted in a Ming moss.

[pickmary]

Here is the picture of the roots

[Bud]

Its a great plant! beautiful blooms ...do not get worried. Those might not be fungi or bacterial infestations. That plant can get spots due to the water droplets and then burned by the sun. Now on the pbulbs I see some black spotting and as long as its not spreading then you dont have to be worried. If it is spreading then its fungal...physan20 (1 capful to a gallon mix) spray all the leaves(except the blooms) and soak the pbulbs and roots...repeat again next week
as of now use a soft old toothbrush and listerine(the original) on the black spots on the pbulbs and the leaves
The roots are fine, you can repot on a size bigger after the blooms are gone. But this time use a coarse media(coco chips, lava rock, charcoal and clay hydroton) check the middle core of the root you might have a sphagnum ball that might cause root rot

[RosieC]

These types can be prone to quite normal black marks on the leaves. I can't see anything in the pictures to be worried about.

Wildcat is a grex name in Colmanara genus (sometimes tagged as Cambria Wildcat but Cambria is a bit of a vauge name used in horticulture and not really right). While Grex names can be duplicated in other genera, making it best to quote the genus as well, yours does look about right for Colmanara Wildcat, although maybe a bit more frilly in the skirt than some. This could be just variation though as there is quite wide variation in Colmanara Wildcat.

Colmanara is part of the Oncidium Alliance, for care advise look at Oncidium care advice or possibly Odontocidium which is also close.

[MrsSky]

your new orchid is beautiful! good luck and enjoy

[WhiteRabbit]

This looks like Odontioda (Odontoglossum x Cochlioda) Margarete Holm - I had one of these, was my pride and joy (succumbed to some mystery ailment recently)
But prior to that, was an easy grower and bloomer for me.
Doesn't need a lot of light - mine bloomed VERY well growing in a north facing window - don't allow it to dry out.
I believe it likes to be a bit cool in winter.