Help to identify three orchids

[paul1977]

Hi, I hope you can help me identify these orchids I got the other day so I can make sure I give them the right environment and care. They are all part of the odontglossum alliance but there are so many species, hybrids and intergeneric hybrids that look so similar but require diffrent care, you need a degree to tell the difference between some.
Here are some pictures of each of the orchids both in full and also a close up of the flowers.
The first two were just labelled as Cambria Orchid. The first one I think is a Brassia but could be a Brassidium. The second one I think is a Odontoglossum. And finally the third one was labelled as a Miltonia Orchid but I think it might be a Miltoniopsis.

[Wynn Dee13]

The first one is a Brassia hybrid, second is somewhere in the Oncidium alliance and the third is a Miltoniopsis. If the plants don't have a tag with a hybrid name on it the best you will get is the genus they belong to but that will be enough to take care of them. I would think a Brassia and a Brassidium would take pretty much the same care. Good luck!

[RosieC]

I agree with Wynn Dee, Brassia Hybrid, Oncidium Alliance Hybrid and Miltoniopsis Hybrid.

The Oncidium allicance might be something like a Colmanara Wildcat of some sort, but that's only a guess and it could be something completely different.

[lepetitmartien]

- Brassia something (difficult to decipher the brassia hybrids save when they are very special…)
- Colmanara/Odontocidium Wildcat something (check the big US shops online, you may find it, it took me weeks to clear a NOID… There are loads od Wildcat variations)
- Miltoniopsis (same as Colmanara Wildcat to clear… just worse given the amount of unnamed hybrids)

[paul1977]

Thanks for the replies. Looks like I was in the right direction with the type of orchids I’ve got. I’m not fussed about the exact names of the plants, just the orchid family they belong to so I can give them the right environment to grow happily. I’ve read the post why a NoID should remain a NoID, and am happy with my nameless group of orchids.
Hopefully I’ll be successful with these and know in the future I can buy named species and not kill them within a couple of months of getting them.