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Originally Posted by susiep
Mahon, could you please explain to me how you made the ID on these plants. (I need to learn this) What are the identifying characteristics for Sophoronitis and Laelia (as far as leaf and cane/bulb)? What do you mean by Cattleytonia? I have grown orchids for 35 years but never paid much attention to the names until I joined OB. I only know the basics. Any info would be appreciated! Thanks!
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Susie,
Well, right now, there are some mix-ups with the
Laelia. They've been split into genera like
Hadrolaelia (which was now lumped to
Sophronitis),
Hoffmannseggella,
Dungsia, and others. But what people have known as
Sophronitis is the parent I am referring to, such as
Sophr. cernua.
The bulbs are short, slender at the rhizome and wide in the middle, with a single leaf. Using
Sophronitis in a hybrid will usually produce much smaller, compact plants with thick bulbs, such as the one you have pictured.
With
Laelia Section
Crispae, now included into
Sophronitis (as far as I know), the bulbs are much slender. So in the first picture, you had a tag with 'LC.', which is Laeliocattleya (
Laelia x
Cattleya), the slender bulbs would have narrowed it down to that plant.
Cattleytonia is a generic hybrid of
Cattleya x
Broughtonia. The abbreviation is usually 'Ctna.'
-Pat
Some orchids come with tags you say?
with your "tag" situation
Pat, you are amazing! Thanks for help with the ID. So now I know #1 is LC Carolyn Reid, #3 is Ctna Mem Henry Goldberg, and #2 is a NOID (sophronitis). I may be able to ID it better when it blooms. Also thanks for explaining Ctna, too. I have a couple of those and never knew what that meant. 
Thank you very much!
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