What Genus Am I?

[Cym Lover]

Can anyone hazzard a guess at the genus of this guy? The story behind him is that my partner has had him for years and he was utterly neglected until I came along, found him, and beat my partner over the head with the dead pseudobulbs for neglecting this poor baby. How my boyfrend got him was that he came with the house he grew up in (the previous owners left their plants, presumably), which backed onto a national park, so if its a dend there's a good chance that somebody ripped it out of the wild, which is why I want him ID'd. If this is the case, he obviously deserves the upmost care. If he's just some cheap catt clone, well, nuts to so much care.

My boyfriend has no idea what the flowers look like, the last time he remembers this little dog-of-war blooming was 25 years ago.

Sorry about the terrible picture quality, they were taken after dark with a moble phone camera.

[Roy]

Looks like the Aussie native Dend speciosum but could be a hybrid thereof.

[Cym Lover]

I was afraid of that, Roy (thanks for answering). Why are people such ignorant, destructive critters?

[lambelkip]

I'm guessing Dendrobium, it doesn't look like a Catt to me.

[britishbulldog]

Definately a Dendrobe....I think Roy is probably right with speciosum.
Best wishes from a still very wintery Germany,
Simon

[Cym Lover]

Thanks for all your answers, guys.

So I guess I actually need to take better care of the dog-of-war, hey?

[nikv]

My D. speciosum has much thicker pseudobulbs. I would guess it's a hybrid.

[Weebl]

The shadier speciosums are grown the thinner the psudobulbs, the leggier the growths and the longer and thinner the leaves are. The ones growing in near full sun have significantly thicker leaves, thicker and shorter bulbs, and more ovate leaves.

I believe it to be a Den. speciosum as well.

[Cym Lover]

Yep, this one was grown in deep shade for years.

[Bloomin_Aussie]

It shows. Look at the poor thing reaching for the light

What have you got it potted in?