Please help identify...2 phals & 1 dendrobium

[SanRamonRover]

Just bought 3 new plants but the greenhouse only identifies them by species. The green one is a dendrobium, the other two phals. Can anyone help with names. Thanks

[Angurek]

I think the last one is Dendrobium Burana Jade. Not sure about the phals, though I like the one with the pink blush.

[SanRamonRover]

Thanks, Carl. The truck was just unloading a new shipment when I arrived and I couldn't resist...

[trdyl]

The first one looks a lot like Phal. Nobby's Amy.

[SanRamonRover]

Great, two down 1 to go. Thanks for the help.

[BikerDoc5968]

I would agree about the 1st on or possibly a variation of this from the people at Long Pride Orchids in Taiwan. The purple one may be a NOID but this is what I have that might be "close but no cigar".... The flowers are from two different plants but look the same to me. Both have mottled leaves: the 1st and 3rd pics are of one plant and the 2nd and 4th are of the other. The name on my tag is Phal Little Mary Ava.... problem is I've never been able to find this name when doing a search and therefor the name most likely is incorrect.

[SanRamonRover]

Thanks for the info. I just checked the leaves and there is no mottling at all on them. Just a nice green. Does this change your opinion?

[BikerDoc5968]

Yes because I do beleive Phal Nobby's Amy also has mottled leaves.

[orkie]

Two things to clarify:

The names Phalaenopsis and Dendrobium are not species, they are the genera (singular genus) that these orchids belong to. And none of the 3 orchids pictured are actually species, they are hybrids, so what you are looking for is the hybrid name (species names are lower case and italicized, while hybrid names are written with each part of the name in caps). An example of a species is Phalaenopsis equestris while a hybrid example is Phal. Zuma's Pixie.

Second, if a hybrid is not named, you can't ever truly know what the hybrid name is (you can make decent guesses sometimes though, but certain parents seem to always impart their characteristics on offspring and so many offspring that share just one parent may seem virtually identical). That's because, especially with Phals and Dens, there are so many hybrids that are virtually identical, as well as the fact that the same hybrids (offspring from same 2 parents) can look quite different from each other (just like humans siblings may look quite similar or very different).

All of this is just meant to inform, as you'll come across this system as you read or learn about orchids. And it doesn't matter if you don't know the exact name of your hybrid, as these types of hybrids can take pretty much standard Phal care and phal-type Den. care, such as recommended on the AOS website. Whether you know the name or not does make having them less enjoyable, I have several NOID hybrids myself.