Epicyclia Serena O'Neill (in bloom)

[Bud]

Originally Posted by Serenity83

Ok. Phew! Thank you. Nice to hear that it is not a sick pup!

This orchid plant is a hybrid, it will manifest its parents characteristics differently from offspring to offspring....maybe when this blooms next time it will have shades of purple too.

[kentaki]

I have one of this grex, and possibly another or Epicyclia Mabel Kanda that I got from an eBay vendor. I still am not 100% sure if the latter is Epicyclia Mabel Kanda or Serena O’Neal. The latter of mine has the same blemish that I thought virus-y. Your last picture even shows a concentric ring.

The parentage of Epicyclia Mabel Kanda is Encyclia cordigera and Epidendrum paniculatum (syn. Epidendrum floribundum) (not densiflorum), but I am highly skeptical. The Epidendrum parent is a reed-stem type Epidendrum, and generally, the morphology of reed-stem Epidendrum hybrids are strongly influenced by their reed-stem parents (e.g., Epicattleya René Marqués, Epicattleya Nebo, Epicattleya Matutina, etc). But Epicyclia Mabel Kanda just looks like an Encyclia. And if you Google under the name of the species, you will see pictures of a reed-stem type Epidendrum, and a Encyclia species (i.e., Epidendrum floribundum ‘Miyao’). I have been trying to identify the true identity of this one, but have not.

[Bud]

Thank You for the visit!

It all depends on the Ebay seller. There are four AOS judges who are there and seven very reliable growers. The flower petals look blemished that is why I was interested in it. These are hybrids so I am not surprised if one of the parents is dominant and will produce flowers that are different from the last....

[pforrester1]

I have this plant and it is fragrant. A lovely rose scent.

[Bud]

Originally Posted by pforrester1

I have this plant and it is fragrant. A lovely rose scent.

Thank you!
I should expose it to more humidity in order to manifest any fragrance, maybe next flowering I will detect some scent.

[pforrester1]

Mine is starting to lose flowers but still looks like it is sending up more spikes. I cut off part of the barren spikes but wonder if they will send out more lateral spikes? Or should I just cut them all the way down?