Anyone know this orchid? Epi. Beligensis SSP Perviflora

[hcastil3]

Got this orchid from an orchid collector who use to own his own orchid shop. This was collected from jungles of Mexico..


Haven't been able to find much information about this orchid, and it has different blooms within the same spike its really cool

[shushu45]

I don't know what it is, but it is very lovely.

[Joyorchid]

Its absolutely lovely!

[hcastil3]

Thanks, I hope someone knows what it is.. that's what the tag showed from the previous owner. so the orchid is really happy so far. I'm about to get wowed here shortly,have many more about to bloom

[lambelkip]

It's Encyclia alata subsp. parviflora.

[shushu45]

I would love to see the others when they bloom. :-)

[samarak]

One of the synonyms of Encyclia alata supsp. parviflora is Encyclia belizensis subsp. parviflora, which would fit with the tag. (Epidendrum belizense, another possibility, is also a synonym of one of the subspecies of Encyclia alata [virella] but I am definitely not arguing with Kip's identification!)

Steve

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

If your plant was at one point in time classified as an Epidendrum, I can definitively say that it no longer is. It is, without a doubt, an Encyclia, just as Kip and Steve have suggested. Although I'm not terribly well versed in digging up orchid synonyms all the time, I am inclined to believe that Kip is correct with the ID of Encyclia alata subsp. parviflora.

However, I wouldn't completely discount Steve's second suggestion of it possibly being Encyclia alata subsp. virella either just yet.

Regardless of which subspecies it really is, it looks to be a type of Encyclia alata.

[lambelkip]

It's not subsp virella. Plants of both subspecies were awarded at the same AOS judging center in June 2012. check this link for the pictures.