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Old 03-29-2012, 10:42 AM
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I am trying to identify the orchid in the attachment. It is a large plant with one bloom on the stalk.

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No picture of the flower, but here is a description.

The flowers were small, yellow flowers that to me looked something like a snap dragon flower. They lasted only one day! Also, they were at the end of a long spike that took about three or four months to grow. I though the spike was some kind of rooting shoot but one day there were flowers.
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Old 03-29-2012, 10:52 AM
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A photo of the bloom would be most helpful.
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Old 03-29-2012, 12:52 PM
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It looks like a neomarica to me - the so-called "Apostle Plant" (because it's supposed to need to have 12 leaves to bloom). It is also known as a "walking iris", as once the blossom that grows on the leaf edge fades, a plant grows there, weighing down the leaf until it reaches the ground and roots.

I have Neomarica gracilis, and am currently rooting some in S/H pots to put up for sale in our store:



There are two other species, one blue, one yellow.
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Ray is correct on the ID, but it isn't an orchid.
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Ray is correct on the ID, but it isn't an orchid.
I was so focused on the photo, I didn't catch that part of the query! Nope. It's an iris, native to sandy river banks in Brazil, for the most part.
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The flowers were small, yellow flowers that to me looked something like a snap dragon flower. They lasted only one day! Also, they were at the end of a long spike that took about three or four months to grow. I though the spike was some kind of rooting shoot but one day there were flowers.
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Then it is likely Neomarica longifolia (Yellow Walking Iris).
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It certainly looks like a Neomarica, and the short life of the flower would also be characteristic, but it seems unlikely that any Neomarica could be described as a snapdragon-like flower. MESFLR, can you do a web search for pics of Neomarica and see how it compares?

Oh... and there are something like 20 species of Neomarica, several of which are yellow.
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