mystery plant

[weederwoman]

Could someone help me identify this plant. I think it may be a species dendrobium; the flower reminds me of a epidendrum. Roots only on the lower segments of the canes. Longest canes now about one and one half feet long growing on a mount. Thank you so much.


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[Bud]

Its a reed stem yellow Epidendrum; it might be a hybrid so it is hard to put a name on it.
You may follow the 'Baker' reed stem Epidendrum culture to take care of it.
I don't know your grow zone or the environment you want to place this plant and the direction of the light.
It can thrive outdoors in zone 8 to 10 with it being planted out in the yard. It can withstand frost for a couple of weeks from 30F to under 28F but put it near a wall to protect with thermal heat reflection.
My plant is indoors in a pot with a mixture of small bark with a handful of potting soil....in a south facing window.

[Island Girl]

I would think a reed stem Epidendrum as well... Like Epidendrum radicans, but I don't know if the species has a yellow-colored variation like yours... If not, it could be a hybrid.

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[santiago]

looks more like e.secundum or ibaguense rather than radicans

[weederwoman]

Thank you all for the information. I am rehabilitating some terribly neglected orchids in a city-owned public greenhouse. This plant is from the 1970's. It was down to only a couple of scale-infested inches two years ago. Someone once though enough of it that they mounted it on a beautiful 3 foot section of tree fern trunk. It finally put out a tiny bit of flower for me to use for identification. It is now healthy and growing well, but I will give it more light to try to get better flowering now I know that it is a reed stem epidendrum. My other reed stem is a modern variety that grows short and straight-up, so that confused me, being a newby to all this. Thanks again