Let's Play "Name That Orchid"!!

[AaronM]

Cowboy,
That is "Grampa" Vanda your talking about and it is the most prized orchid in my brother in laws collection. Unfortunately that fact did not protect it from the tender ministrations of my sister while her husband was working out of town.
I'm trying very hard to save it per "Operation Vanda Rescue" under the vanda alliance.
Thanks for the imput.

[AaronM]

Here are some additional pictures of orchid number one with my thumb (an average sized thumb) in the picture for scale.
As for orchid number 5 it definitely is an oncidium. The description is the key: 8-10" tapered bulbs with 12-14" leaves (and here's the really important part) huge sprays of flowers that smell like lemon and vanilla in the early morning.

[Stasisgate]

Hi guys...

I have to agree with Ramon on No.1, I believe it to be an oncidium and I have a Psychopsis that greatly resembles it (related to the Oncidiums). It is definitely not Den. aggregatum, which has longer more cylindrical, swollen pseudobulbs.

However, No.2 looks exactly like my Grammatophylums. The same growht habit, bulb shape and new growths.

I have to agree with Shirley for No. 3....it looks just like my Maxillaria tenuifolia. If it isn't then it's a Maxillaria of some sort.

No.5 does look like an Encyclia, but hard to tell from the pic. Does it have swollen bases?

[Stasisgate]

Originally Posted by AaronM

Cowboy,
That is "Grampa" Vanda your talking about and it is the most prized orchid in my brother in laws collection. Unfortunately that fact did not protect it from the tender ministrations of my sister while her husband was working out of town.
I'm trying very hard to save it per "Operation Vanda Rescue" under the vanda alliance.
Thanks for the imput.

I agree...that poor plant needs help. Please pot 'em over and give some water when it dries out, it may help withteh drooping leaves. I grow Vandas with much ease if you need any help there Aaron.

[kiki-do]

Number 3 is a Maxillaria and likes to be watered often, loves strong light, and good air movement. They resent repotting. I have mine is sphagnum moss. That's my only guess.

[kavanaru]

Originally Posted by AaronM

Here are some additional pictures of orchid number one with my thumb (an average sized thumb) in the picture for scale.
As for orchid number 5 it definitely is an oncidium. The description is the key: 8-10" tapered bulbs with 12-14" leaves (and here's the really important part) huge sprays of flowers that smell like lemon and vanilla in the early morning.

Wow, those are tiny PBs!!! From the first pci I had thought they were around 2 - 3 inches!! You need to post pics of the flowers...

[orchidhunter]

At first I also thought the first one could be something from the Oncidinae - but what? I feel like I've seen the exact thing before... somewhere... I'll keep on thinking. It doesn't seem to really make any sheath-ey type leaves covering the pseudobulbs, though. The second could be a Eulophia too - some of them have Cymbidium-ish pseudobulbs with soft foliage. Number three is a Maxillaria of some sort, if you ask me. That Vanda needs a good trimming to remove the old dead parts - I'm sure they are an energy sink instead of an energy source by now.

[neyra]

#1 look like Oncidium ampliatum this is a cutie mine is currently in spike.
#2 could also be a Grammatophyllum
#3 is a Maxillaria of some variety or other. I have three and their p-bulb shape and size are almost identical.
#4 ????
#5 is by description Oncidium sphacelatum I have two and boy are those spikes big.

Hope its of help.
Neyra

[orchidhunter]

Originally Posted by neyra

#1 look like Oncidium ampliatum this is a cutie mine is currently in spike.

Yes! That's it! That's the name I couldn't remember - Onc. ampliatum the one with pseudobulbs that look like tortoises! You're terrific!

[kavanaru]

hhhhmmm... I would say, wait for the flowers. My first thought was also Oncidium ampliatum. I know this plant very well from Venezuela as it is very common in the region where I come from. what confuses me in this case, is that Oncidium ampliatum tends to be bifoliate and the PBs are normally larger than in the pictures shown here. A different ecotype? could be... but as said, wait for the flowers...