Anyone has any idea??

[NYCorchidman]

I was attraced to purple buds and just brought it home a couple weeks ago.
It is now in bloom.

The plant is rather petite barely reaching one foot. The shape of pbs and leaves remind me of miltassias I used to have. pbs have slightly dark coloration on them.

It's got about 8 pbs densely together, very compact, and it seems like all the pbs are flowering at the same time, even two of them with no developed pbs, just leaves are sending up spikes. Total of 8 spikes.

Very light pepper scent all day.

Given the flower shape, I would think it's Beallara.
I looked up some images online. Tropic Tom, Marfitch (but not Howard's Dream), Patiricia McCully came very close, but could be neither of these.

[Leafmite]

I can say with certainty that it is an orchid. Beyond that, I have no idea. It is very pretty, though.

[Silje]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

Given the flower shape, I would think it's Beallara.
I looked up some images online. Tropic Tom, Marfitch (but not Howard's Dream), Patiricia McCully came very close, but could be neither of these.

I agree, I'd also say some kind of Beallara. Maybe some kind of NOID hybrid?

Looks stunning! enjoy it!

[Baz in Oz]

Good one NYC! I agree with Silje with it being a Beallara. Maybe you will get lucky with a name.

Baz

[Rowangreen]

Silje, any orchid with no id is a noid! As a general rule there's no way to know for sure without proper labelling or a genetic test, because you can get hybrids that are very similar. So pretty much once a noid always a noid!

Stunning plant anyway!

[Rowangreen]

PS: Marfitch 'Unicorn Splendour' looks similar, but not spot on to me too. Who knows, maybe you've actually got a seed-grown unique plant! They have to grow them sometimes if they are looking for new plants to clone...

If it's a Beallara then that would include Brassia in the background. I know verrucosa can give a pepper scent, but I don't know if it's the only Brassia that does!

[NYCorchidman]

Originally Posted by Rowangreen

PS: Marfitch 'Unicorn Splendour' looks similar, but not spot on to me too. Who knows, maybe you've actually got a seed-grown unique plant! They have to grow them sometimes if they are looking for new plants to clone...

If it's a Beallara then that would include Brassia in the background. I know verrucosa can give a pepper scent, but I don't know if it's the only Brassia that does!

Unicorn Splendour typically has very washed out look, doesn't it?

Well, I actually went back to the store and asked them if they knew. They told me it's Marfitch. I asked them if they knew the full name and the answer was no.
So, maybe this is a seed grown unique one.

I've seen some Howard's Dream that looked nothing like Typical Howard's Dream that we know.

By the way, I wish mine had flat star shape, but all the flowers except for the first one or two, the petals and sepals curl outward like crazy.
I still like the color very much though!

[Rowangreen]

I think flowers can look quite different according to how they are grown, how old they are and how they are photographed. Eg I have a noid that's dark red in real life, but can look bright pink in some pictures.

I think you also get a lot of pictures on the web where people find something that looks a bit like their noid and start labelling pictures of their plant as that, when it's actually not. Eg I recently looked up some pictures for my new Catesetum galeritum, and I strongly suspect some were actually of hybrids. Even worse when you've got actual hybrids, many of them similar, and looking different in different lights etc!

If there were several in the shop and they all looked slightly different, including maybe slightly different shapes, then that would support the seed grown idea. *G*

[cneos]

Originally Posted by Rowangreen

Silje, any orchid with no id is a noid! As a general rule there's no way to know for sure without proper labelling or a genetic test, because you can get hybrids that are very similar. So pretty much once a noid always a noid!

Stunning plant anyway!

I agree ... unless you have confirmable label or genetic testing, once a NOID, always a NOID.

You plant is definitely in the oncidinae alliance and could be one of many intergeneric hybrids.

[Rowangreen]

Once I get round to doing my labelling I think all my noids with 'might be's' are going to get the name 'noidus' eg Phal niodus 'Manhattan Rose' and Brassidium noidus 'Pagan Lovesong' are two I've got *G*