Unidentified orchid in a bag from Lowe's?

[itcameinwaves]

It does look very much like this. I put it out where it gets almost direct light from dawn to about 2. Is there any solid indicator that it is receiving too much light? Its growth this year has been bananas! I would love to see it flower some day... thanks for the advice!

|Liberté|Égalité|Fraternité|Orchidée|

[SFLguy]

Originally Posted by pipsxlch

Growth habit looks very like my Epc. Mabel Kanda x. Enc. cordigera. (okay, may not be Epc. anymore) The Mabel Kanda gives it a taller/leaner pseudobulb than the cordigera.

I agree with it probably not blooming due to not enough light. The foliage getting a purple tinge is a good thing. It may be too late to initiate blooming this year, but keep socking the light to it and maybe next summer.

Edit: Oops, SFlguy beat me to it- didn't see his posts. And good to know maybe some of my tags aren't out of date!

I believe Epc. Mabel Kanda x Enc. cordigera is Epc. Serena O'Neill
I'm not sure what the difference between the two is

[Gil Jean-Yves]

I think it is not Encyclia cordigera because the leafs of Enc. cordigera envelop the pseudobulbs; I think it is an other Encyclia, possibly from Brasil.

[Orchid Whisperer]

My Guaricyclia Charlie Brown (intergeneric hybrid with Encyclia in the parentage) is vegetatively similar. I think something "Encyclia" is on the right track.