Help Identify NOID Phals, Cattleyas, Cymbidiums and Vandas.

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I bought all of these orchids from a various amount of stores and i was wondering if anyone can help id them. If the photo does not show, visit the back up links


This Phal also has a very slight spicy smell to it
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This Phal also has golden sparkles in the petals
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This Cymbidium has a wonderful honeysuckle fragrance
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This Vanda has a fragrance of freshly cut watermelon
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This cattleya seems to be a quadrifoliate?
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[Orchid Whisperer]

You can't identify orchid hybrids from photographs. Simple as that. Too many hybrids resemble one another. Any "identification" you receive should be treated as a rough guide to culture, not to label a plant.

[PaphMadMan]

It won't be possible to get a positive ID for any of them, but a couple comments are worth making that will help with cultural refinements.

The Cymbidium probably has some ancestry from warm growing lowland species, so culture for the classic big cool growing hybrids might not be best.

The Vanda is probably a Mokara type hybrid (Arachnis x Ascocentrum x Vanda). This doesn't make much difference in culture but will give you some specifics if you look it up.

The one you identified as a Cattleya is actually a Dendrobium speciosum hybrid of some kind. You will definitely want to be aware of different cultural needs there.

[estación seca]

Welcome to the Orchid Board! Those are some very beautiful flowers.

Many mass producers don't name the clones they choose to propagate. And many hybrids are similar to each other, so it usually isn't possible to identify them beyond what PaphMadMan did.

The last one you posted is a Dendrobium descended from Australian species. Fred Clarke has a nursery in Vista, California, where he hybridizes and grows these. He put growing information on his Web site:
Sunset Valley Orchids - Superior Hybrids for Orchid Enthusiasts

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Prehaps i wasnt clear, i dont care if i dont get the exact ID, just anything that may be close is good enough. Im not entering anything, i would just be more comfortable

[Roberta]

That Dendrobium looks like it has some Den. tetragonum in it. Culture should be pretty much what you'd expect for Den speciosum or Den. kingianum. Winter temps down to near freeing (if cold, then keep on the dry side), a little shading from direct noonday sun in summer but can tolerate heat into the triple digits F. (40 deg. C) Well drained medium and don't over-pot. In short, pretty bullet-proof. The Cymbidium should be pretty abuse-tolerant as well. If it has some of the warmer-growing Cyms in its background it may be less needy than the standard ones for a fall cool-down to bloom but the shape indicates that it also contains a significant amount of the standard types, so it can be expected to be pretty tough as well.