Phalaenopsis identification

[USOrchid]

Hello! Could you help me identify the orchid in the attached photo? After a long time I was able to get it to spike under a full spectrum led grow light and would love to know the exact type! Thank you very much in advance!

[Orchid Whisperer]

Sorry, i'm looking at it on a phone, to me it looks like a Paphiopedilum(?).

As with most types of orchids, it will be nearly impossible to make a positive ID from a photo.

Congratulations on getting it to spike for you! Even plants with no ID can be enjoyable. Post pictires when it opens!

[rbarata]

It's a Paphiopedilum, not a phal.
It's beautiful the same.
Without a flower it's not possible. With a flower we can only say something like "probably is...".

[USOrchid]

Thank you both very much! That’s why I couldn’t find it...
I will post pictures once it opens for sure!

[PaphMadMan]

Yes, it is a Paphiopedilum in the subgenus called Brachypetalum. If it happens to be one of the species it may be possible to make a definite identification when it flowers, perhaps for some primary hybrids too. It could be important to know the size too. More complex hybrids can almost never be identified. I hope you will post again when the flower opens.

[USOrchid]

Hello all,

It opened yesterday! Please see attached photos.
Hopefully you can help identify it. It looks like a niveum or is this a hybrid, or otherwise?
The stem height is 11", the flower width is 2" and the leaf diameter is 8". The staminode is 3/8" and the lip is 5/8".

Thank you!

[Ray]

Looks like a hybrid to me. most of the brachypetalum species have relatively short inflorescences.

[USOrchid]

I read that for paphiopedilums long stems and vertically oriented leaves can point to lack of light. When I first bought this orchid the stem was shorter so perhaps it was a lack of light that caused it to be so long or do you mean something else?

[Ray]

Certainly there may be some lengthening of the inflorescence when a plant received low light levels, but in the case of brachypetalum paphs, they tend to be short, and will not show that degree of elongation. More on the order of 4" rather than 3", not 9" or so. That is brought about by whatever other species may be in its background.

[estación seca]

Good job flowering it! Yes, there are Paph species with surprisingly long flower stalks. This is probably a hybrid with one of them. I don't know them that well but the people who answered above can probably help.