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Old 01-07-2010, 09:25 PM
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I rescued this plant and it was almost dead and dried out. I now notice a small new growth starting. Can anyone help me identify it please? which genus do you think it belongs to???
It has lots of deep burgundy on the edges and leaf undersides.
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Old 01-07-2010, 10:18 PM
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Looks as though it belongs in the cattleya alliance. Red coloration sometimes is a result of too much light but, in this case, I think it's natural and may indicate that the blooms will be on the reddish side.

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Old 01-07-2010, 11:29 PM
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I was wondering if it might be in Laelia family.
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Old 01-07-2010, 11:29 PM
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My guess is an Encyclia or Catcyclia.
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Old 01-08-2010, 12:20 AM
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Thanks, I'll have to do some research on these two. So far I have not been able to find any burgundy leaf orchids.
Helen
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Old 01-12-2010, 06:46 AM
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Any other ideas to help Helen?
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Old 01-12-2010, 10:03 AM
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Looks like it has a strong Laelia milleri influence.
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Old 01-12-2010, 03:12 PM
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I checked out the L milleri photo and can see a little red in the leaves but it was hard to tell.
Unfortunately I have no photo of flower as I rescued this plant..I am still trying to make out the label and if I can't then it will be a NOID until I do. Someone said it might be L. rubescens but all photos of rubescens have green leaves and a whiteish flower. These leaves are definitely NOT from too much light the entire backsides are deep burgundy and the leaf edges are drk burgundy as well. I think it's the natural colour. I have searched the internet high and low and cannot find any orchid with this leaf colouration! It's a mystery to me. I hope someone can still help me identify this one. Otherwise I have to wait to see if my two new little growths take off and then hope I can bring it to bloom. I really did take it for dead, as it was very dried out.
Helen
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Old 01-12-2010, 03:54 PM
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Ok, I've done more research and my label kind of looked like flava, so I checked out L. flava and found it to have several names: L. crispata, a sophronitis and also L. rupestris...now I'm thinking that I heard rubescens and maybe it was rupestris....here is an except from an article I found on the net:

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Hoffmannseggella crispata, on the other hand, occurs much more to the northeast, with its widespread main distribution centered around Belo Horizonte (although there is a southern population in the Ibitipoca mountains, very well separated and distant from those of Hfglla. flavasulina). The rock is basically quartzit in São Tomé das Letras and iron ore, sandstone or granite around Belo Horizonte and to its east and northeast. The plants are also quite different and easilly identifiable without flowers, something that cannot be said for many species in the genus. The psudobulbs in Hoffmannseggella flavasulina are stouter and of a light green color, sometimes with a pinkish suffusion, while in Hfglla. crispata they are of a very dark green almost always with intense dark purple tint. The leaves are flattened and straightened in Hoffmannseggella flavasulina and curved backwards in Hfglla. crispata; coloration is as on the pseudobulbs. Inflorescences are similar in both species, with long spikes and flowers bunched at the top, and this is (together with flower color, to an extend) one of the reasons why the two species were considered the same.
What do you guys think? It says intense dark purple tint !! but imagine, it could have yellow to orange/red blooms.
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Old 01-12-2010, 09:51 PM
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I'd really like to hear some more opinions from out there.
ANY help would be appreciated!
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