NOID Miltonia type- BEAUTIFUL! - Orchid Board

InspirChid1712 · #1 07-15-2008, 09:02 PM

Hi everybody! I haven't posted in a while, but I stumbled upon a photo of this plant while google-searching, and I would LOVE to know what this could be! If anybody could figure it out, it will most certainly be added to my collection... this one is stunning! It was labeled as Phal. bastianii, but I don't think this is correct. Any thoughts??? I love the leopard print!!!!

Dorothy · #2 07-15-2008, 09:18 PM

This is Phalaenopsis bastianii - IOSPE PHOTOS
That is definitley some kind of oncidium intergeneric - it's awesome ..

It does have very similar colorations to Phal bastianii, though ..

BTW- Good to see you, Elliot

Welcome back

Lagoon · #3 07-15-2008, 09:51 PM

It looks like a Miltonia clowesii.

Dorothy · #4 07-15-2008, 10:03 PM

I think Gloria is right on !
Miltonia clowesii - IOSPE PHOTOS

Bird Song Farm · #5 07-16-2008, 06:07 AM

Yep, I think Gloria hit it right on the head. What I'm shocked at is who in the world would label this a phal!!!
It's good to know, I guess, that someone knows even less about 'chids than I do!!
AL

wetfeet101b · #6 07-16-2008, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Bird Song Farm

Yep, I think Gloria hit it right on the head. What I'm shocked at is who in the world would label this a phal!!!
It's good to know, I guess, that someone knows even less about 'chids than I do!!
AL

You would be surprised at how often orchids are labeled incorrectly when they hit the market.

Roly0217 · #7 07-16-2008, 05:51 PM

That's a gorgeous looking plant. Too bad I can't keep it because of the heat down here.

InspirChid1712 · #8 07-16-2008, 08:51 PM

Thanks to all for helping me solve the mystery! Has anybody grown this? Seems like it might be tricky to flower...! Even so, I must try!!! Where can I find one?! I NEED THIS PLANT!!!!!

Phantasm · #9 07-16-2008, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Roly0217

That's a gorgeous looking plant. Too bad I can't keep it because of the heat down here.

Milt. clowesii should do just fine in Florida. It is a true Brazilian Miltonia, not a Colombian Miltoniopsis.

Dorothy · #10 07-16-2008, 11:48 PM

Here is some additional info on this orchid -
Orchids of Brazil. Brazilian orchids
and here - Miltonia clowesii Orchid
and I found it here at SBOE -

- Miltonia at Santa Barbara Orchid Estate
but before you order .. check out this one! WOW

Miltonia Lake Sammamish at Santa Barbara Orchid Estate