Rescue Plants

[D&S Mabel]

Hello All:

I received several of these NOID plants and need help ID'ing. The person that gave me this (and 4 others) told me that this one is blooming out of season as they usually bloom for her in October/November here in Florida.

Any ID would be appreciated (genus would be great - specific name if at all possible would be unbelievable) as I am stuck as to what it is!

The previous owner called them daffodil orchids. Could this also be the orchid in the following post? - http://www.orchidboard.com/community...ft-friend.html

The lips on Lin's look a little different to me.

Thanks in advance for your help.

[cb977]

It very well might be the same as mine...and mine did bloom in December so...

Whatever it is, I love it!

[Dorothy]

Looks like a close match to me!
Congrats on a beautiful orchid!

[Ray]

I would speculate, based upon the plant- and flower structures, that it is a hybrid made using Rhyncholaelia (Brassavola) glauca as the "pod parent", and a check of OrchidWiz shows that Fennell Orchid Co. registered Bc. Daffodil (x C. aurantiaca) in 1949.

While I never bet on unnamed hybrids being absolutely, positively, correctly identified by the flower, I'd be reasonably confident on that one.

Here's Mauro Rosim's photo from OW:

[cb977]

Doesn't Rosim take the most stunning photos?
I'd love to see him as a member here at OB!

[gands]

looks like Bc. Daffodil to me as well. If so the flower should be very stout or heavy textured. Ours is identical to it.

[D&S Mabel]

The flower is not delicate - it is "fleshy" and it does appear to have a texture to it.

The previous owner has had it in her family since at least the 1970s. Fortunately for me, it seems to grow outside here with very little attention.