Species please if anyone can help!??

[ghosoff]

Ok this is the plant but does anyone know the name, I mean or Species!!

[Roly0217]

It's a beautiful Phalaenopsis !!! As far as the name goes I can't help you with that since it's a hybrid. Al or BickerDoc might know. Congrats it's a beauty !!! I see that it was a Home Depot purchase. Check the medium and the roots !!!!

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

This is a Phalaenopsis hybrid, not a species.

Phalaenopsis is the genus name. In a hybrid there's a cultivar name afterwards enclosed by single quotations.

I'm not familiar with it, I'm sorry I can't give you a name.

And, yes, check the medium and roots for decomposing moss and for how the root system is doing.

Checking for roots is an important part of the hobby as well as checking for other parts of the plant.

[jkofferdahl]

It's a hybrid Phalaenopsis. Determining the cross would be virtually impossible, unfortunately. There are thousands of Phal hybrids which look almost alike, so determining what is one versus another is a huge chore.

[Roly0217]

I guess that we were all typing at once when we saw this message.....LOL. By the way I also replied to your other message. It's also a Phalaenopsis.

[ghosoff]

But can you give me a general area of name it might be like one that looks close? Wait how do ya'll know it is a hybrid? Is it because of the wide range of colors? And thanks for the compliments on the plant and for ya'll help!! Yeah it was a home depot purchase and usually they have the names in theirs that is what was weird!!

[ghosoff]

O yeah I know the species I am so sorry ya'll I meant then name??

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

We know it's a man-made hybrid because there aren't any wild specimens of this plant that's been produced. There are records of wild species of orchids available, sometimes with descriptions, other times with pictures as well.

And also because of the large commercial availability of the plant. Species are not commonly sold to the public. This is an issue of human psychology.

Humans in general (there are always exceptions to this concept) tend to gravitate towards the idea of "bigger is better", "the more colorful, the more beautiful", "the more complicated the markings, the more mesmerizing", "the more symmetrical, the more pleasing visually", "a flower with fragrance is soothing".

Well...people in advertising, marketing, and business know this. That's why most people end up with a hybrid as one of their first orchids. Man-made hybrids are bred this way. The flowers and plants are bigger than a species. The flowers have brighter colors, more complicated patterns than a species. The parents of the hybrids are selected for possible symmetrical features in the offspring. If there's a pleasing fragrance to the breeding, all the better. They're even bred to tolerate more abuse from a novice orchid grower.

Man-made hybrids are mass produced using a method of cloning called meristem cloning. That's why they're sold world-wide. It's a huge business. Major sources for Phalaenopsis hybrids are Taiwan, Singapore, and Mayasia.

[Bird Song Farm]

Hey Roly, thanks for the vote of confidence, LOL but ghosoff I'm afraid it is impossible to give it a name. As has been mentioned, there are thousands of hybrids and even tho it may look like something you might find on the net, without a label from the grower it will always be a Phal. NOID.

It sure is a beauty though, I would have grabbed it too!

Oh, don't trust labels you find in pots at HD or other BBS. Not only do they get switched by customers they are also mis-labeled by the vendor that sells to these stores. I've seen so many purple "Brother Little Yellow Boys" it isn't funny anymore!
Al

[Teresa Moneymaker]

I got one just like it at Home Depot with no tag. I found Ambo Buddha to be the closest match