Need help with some IDs

[tdes]

We picked up a bunch of different orchids for our setup, and a couple didn't have tags.

The yellow one is some kind of cattleya, but we're not sure which, and we think the purple one with all the flowers is some kind of oncidium. The other two we don't have a clue! I was thinking maybe some kind of encyclias?

[HighSeas]

You're right on all counts! Nice plants. I couldn't tell you their names though. It's a nice to know thing but to be honest with you....I have 200+ orchids and my favorite of them all is one with no tag.

But thanks to Jeff....I think I have it's name now. Maybe he can help you.

[RandomGemini]

#2 looks like it could be Oncidium Sharry Baby. Does it smell like chocolate or vanilla? If so, that's what you have.

No idea what #2 is.

The last one, pic number 4, I think is an encyclia, but I don't know which one. Another member posted similar pics this week.

Number 1, I'm not sure on. Can you get a pic of the whole plant?

[euplusia]

#1 might be a Cattleya hybrid
#2 some sort of Oncidium hybrid with ornithorhynchum involved, maybe Sharry Baby
#3 Encyclia cordigera
#4 Encyclia, probably a species

[gnathaniel]

I agree on Enc. cordigera for the 3rd, but the 4th looks to me like an Epicyclia hybrid similar to Mabel Kanda or Serena O'Neill. Clear photos of the leaves and pseudobulbs would help firm things up (though without tags you'll never get an absolute ID), as Encyclias have single-node pbulbs while the Epicyclias mentioned usually have multiple nodes.

[tdes]

Originally Posted by gnathaniel

I agree on Enc. cordigera for the 3rd, but the 4th looks to me like an Epicyclia hybrid similar to Mabel Kanda or Serena O'Neill. Clear photos of the leaves and pseudobulbs would help firm things up (though without tags you'll never get an absolute ID), as Encyclias have single-node pbulbs while the Epicyclias mentioned usually have multiple nodes.

Here are the bulbs close up (with leaves). #3 is has the really large bulbs while #4 has the multiple stalks and reddish color.

The leaves of both look a lot like our oncidium (except #4 have a red tinge, and so do the bulbs). The big difference is that they seem to be a lot more solid (like they'd snap instead of bend).

[PaphMadMan]

The first may be Rhyncattleanthe (or Potinara) Burana Beauty - at least that is one commonly seen Cattleya hybrid of that type. There are certainly others, and really no way to be sure.

I agree with the suggestions of Onc. Sharry Baby, E. cordigera and Epicyclia Mabel Kanda or Serena O'Neill. Those certainly get you close to the type, but again really no way to be sure.

[gnathaniel]

Thanks for the vegetation shots. With that morphology, #4 is definitely an Epicyclia rather than straight Encyclia. The pbulbs of #3 illustrate how a typical pure Encyclia will look--there's some variation in shape and size throughout the genus, but AFAIK if the pseudobulbs have more than one node, it's got something other than Encyclia in the ancestry. Nice, healthy-looking plants, BTW!

[tdes]

Originally Posted by gnathaniel

Thanks for the vegetation shots. With that morphology, #4 is definitely an Epicyclia rather than straight Encyclia. The pbulbs of #3 illustrate how a typical pure Encyclia will look--there's some variation in shape and size throughout the genus, but AFAIK if the pseudobulbs have more than one node, it's got something other than Encyclia in the ancestry. Nice, healthy-looking plants, BTW!

Thanks! Doing a little googling with those names that definitely looks like what we have! Pretty sure the one is a Serena O'Neill.