Please, help me to Identify this dark red orchid

[Alexis Hernandez]

Hi
I'd like to know what type of orchid this is. I am not familiar with this kind of orchid, first look doesn't look like an orchid so i am not sure.
I've attached several pictures

Thanks

[PaphMadMan]

Yes, it is an orchid. Mormodes atropurpurea perhaps, an Panama native.

[Alexis Hernandez]

Thanks for your help, but it does´t look exactly like Mormodes (i google it to found some images)
Do you think (maybe) it is an hybrid?
(This plant is from Panama close to Costa Rica's border)

[Bud]

The PaphMadman might be right....

here are a couple of illustrations I found and a link to the IOSPE photo(two spikes which was thick with flowers of deep purple red color but the form is the same as in your picture)
The illustrations have lesser blooms on the spike to present the form of the flower and its dark red color.

IOSPE PHOTOS

[isurus79]

That is definitely a Mormodes.

[PaphMadMan]

Originally Posted by Alexis Hernandez

Thanks for your help, but it does´t look exactly like Mormodes (i google it to found some images)
Do you think (maybe) it is an hybrid?
(This plant is from Panama close to Costa Rica's border)

I'm certainly not an expert, but I think the identification of genus Mormodes is pretty likely, and others seem to agree. It looked like a member of the Catatsetinae, and OrchidWiz makes it easy to search for species by country or region, with pictures of most species in popular genera. I picked Mormodes atropurpurea as one possibility, but there are certainly other species of similar coloring in the Panama/Costa Rica region, each with somewhat different appearance and variability. Hybrids are possible both within the genus and with other genera in the Catasetinae, though far less likely to encounter in the wild than species.

There aren't very many well identified clear pictures of some Mormodes species available on the internet, and never showing the whole variability of the species. Mormodes flowers have very different appearance from different angles, and since you have seen the flowers in person you can certainly judge more easily than I can if your flowers match any other pictures. Good luck getting a positive ID.

[Alexis Hernandez]

Certainly must be Mormodes Thanks PaphMadMan and Bud for the images. That was really helpful