Another Inherited Suffering Orchid I Don't know the name of - Orchid Board

ThePlantAddict · #1 01-18-2018, 05:58 PM

Any idea what type of orchid this is?...maybe even species? Sorry I do not have a picture of the flower but it hasn't bloomed since I inherited it when I bought my house. Ive been looking at photos of orchids for weeks trying to ID and found some close, but not exactly.

I have a couple of these little chunks. It was in a hanging basket with a bunch of what I thought to be dead pseudobulbs so I broke it up and repotted into a bark mix with some sphagnum on top. Not sure if this is good for this orchid because i don't know what it is.

Dollythehun · #2 01-18-2018, 06:03 PM

Holey moley! I'd like to.know also, those are some fat leaves.

ThePlantAddict · #3 01-18-2018, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Dollythehun

Holey moley! I'd like to.know also, those are some fat leaves.

Right?!? ...and psuedobulbs! I will continue my quest and post if no one else does.

JScott · #4 01-18-2018, 07:51 PM

It might be one of the plants that used to be considered Oncidium, and they were referred to as "mule ear Oncidiums". They've been reclassified into their own genus now. I think it's Trichocentrum. I'm not sure that's what this is, but it kind of looks like it.

estación seca · #5 01-18-2018, 08:07 PM

I agree it is one of the "mule-ear" Oncidiums. If you search on that term you should find some.

Most of them get a dryish winter. A tiny pot with sphagnum is a good way to grow these. Keep it mostly dry for now, just dampening the moss, until it begins to grow. Then keep it more moist, but not sopping wet. In your summer if it is warm enough that it dries out within 2-3 days of a good soak, water it that way.

Some take a lot of sun and others need shade. I would put it into bright shade with no sun and see what happens.

Dollythehun · #6 01-18-2018, 09:46 PM

ES, I just researched the mule-ears this morning. I have two that fall into that category and neither of them have leaves like that. This look almost terete (sp). The mule ears I have have almost no discernable pb and the leaves are flatter and less succulent. They also are highly mottled. Just saying...maybe there's one I don't know about. Could it be Oncidium cebolleta? Not all of them are slender rat tails.

estación seca · #7 01-19-2018, 12:37 AM

The photo you show could be Onc. cebolleta. The original poster's plant could be Onc. ampliatum, or a similar species. It is not cebolleta. There are a few plants with similar very small, thick pseudobulbs and very thick leaves. Some are Oncidium and some Trichocentrum.

Roberta · #8 01-19-2018, 01:59 AM

I wonder it might be a Eulophia. Eulophia petersii perhaps. Very heavy succulent leaves (grows nicely in sand... dry winter rest, comes from dry areas of Africa) Almost cactus-like. Mule-ear Oncidiums (Trhchocentrum) have stiff leaves like that but not nearly as succulent. If so, you need to move it to a much drier mix... I have one in plain old sand, and it seems to be quite happy. Here is my plant (hasn't bloomed for me yet, I got it as a recent division and it has just done one new growth so far, hoping maybe next year)

Dollythehun · #9 01-19-2018, 05:29 AM

I think Roberta's right. There are other pictures of ceboletta that looked closer but, I was unable to download them. I really don't think it's a mule ear, the leaves are too succulent. I'll take a picture of my mule ears tomorrow.

ThePlantAddict · #10 01-19-2018, 09:04 AM

After looking up mule ear Oncidiums, I found Oncidium splendidum. Looks very similar to the one on this site

(tried to paste the URL but got a message of post denied) New to the board so not sure how to get around that.

Is this one of the Oncidiums that was moved to the Trichocentrum genus? Maybe this is it?

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Originally Posted by Roberta

I wonder it might be a Eulophia. Eulophia petersii perhaps. Very heavy succulent leaves (grows nicely in sand... dry winter rest, comes from dry areas of Africa) Almost cactus-like. Mule-ear Oncidiums (Trhchocentrum) have stiff leaves like that but not nearly as succulent. If so, you need to move it to a much drier mix... I have one in plain old sand, and it seems to be quite happy. Here is my plant (hasn't bloomed for me yet, I got it as a recent division and it has just done one new growth so far, hoping maybe next year)

The picture you posted looks similar to mine, but not the same. My orchid has just one leaf from each pseudobulb, even on older leaves.

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Actually, looked again and it looks like this hybrid Oncidium splendidum 'Marty' x self