help with orchid identification

[reefman]

Thank you,the only reason I put the Vanda up there is for the unusual growth on it,have any ideas on why that did that?

[gnathaniel]

#1 is probably Epicattleya Rene Marques (Epidendrum pseudepidendrum x Cattleya Claesiana), nothing else I've seen looks quite like that.

[reefman]

I am gonna post a couple more pics,thank you for your help.I can only post a couple at a time.

[reefman]

Here's a couple more,I know they are phaleonopsis,but have no idea of their names

[reefman]

sounds good to me,thank you

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just looked that up,I would say that is it,thanks very much

[reefman]

here's a couple more

[RosieC]

Welcome to Orchid Board

With the phals you are likely to never find names and there is a very high chance they don't even have names. Phals are grown for the mass market without registering and giving them names so unless you know they had a proper name when bought and you've then lost the tag, the likelihood is it doesn't have one. There are other orchids that this happens with as well but phals are the most common.

You may find ones that look similar, but you can never know it definitely is because there are so many that look alike because they are crossed and re-crossed so much that there are always look alikes... some named and some not.

I often give my NoID's like that a name of my own, I just make sure it's clear when I post pictures that it's not a real name, I often base the name on a named one that looks similar, though sometimes they are named after the person who gave it to me, or after something it hold memories about.

[reefman]

Thanks for your input,I have a bunch of other phals,guess I will make up some names,lol,Thanks again

[Stray59]

The first pic in the last two pics you posted is a phalaenopsis X denrobium and it also could have no name - they are also mass bred for the florist industry -
About your Vanda - did it go through a period of dryness - I have usually only seem such growth when the plant has not had enough water given to it or if the one shoot is in a cramped area and can't expand - it may be permanent and if it is a water related issue, then even watering it more will not smooth out the wrinkles, but will prevent more pleated growth. Nice group of orcs - nice pics - thanks for sharing.
Steve

[reefman]

I thought that might be why it did that but we mist our vandas daily and water at least once a week,it has plenty of room too,oh well as long as it is not dying it'll be ok,Thank you for shedding some light on that,gonna put some more pics up soon