Orchid ID help! - Orchid Board

Dragonar · #1 12-25-2013, 08:19 AM

Hello guys! Can you lovely people help me identify what species of orchid these are? Merry Christmas!

MattWoelfsen · #2 12-25-2013, 08:56 AM

Hello dragonar, welcome to the forum. Both of these plants look like they are Vanda hybrids. The first plant with its long leaves is a very fascinating plant and I hope someone can identify it for you AND me. The second plant I recognize because it looks exactly like my Christensonia vietnamica x Neofinita falcata Vanda hybrid. It has the same structure as mine.

However, we cannot identify it reliably without seeing a flower. Have you any flower pictures? I would also disclaim that even if we can say it is a Vanda, it might be my plant or it could be another plant. It is good to know what kind of orchid it might be, but it would be considered an unknown plant.

Dragonar · #3 12-25-2013, 09:07 AM

Thanks a lot man! Yea at least I know they are Vandas right now!

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Oh I forgot to ask, can you guys tell me about the care information about them too? Cause they aren't like the big Vandas that I know. I'm completely new to Vanda :/ I'll search up for more information on my part too!

Greenthumb.5 · #4 12-25-2013, 06:16 PM

The second one seems to be a bean-type neofinetia for sure but if you want valiation of that you can take that to the neofinetia forum. And the first could be a possible variety of a genus like a terete leaved vanda, papilionanthe, holcoglossum,or paraphalaenopsis given the leaf structure but if you give me the culture that you have given it or what it prefers then I will be able to narrow it down. But the flowers is the ultimate verdict.

euplusia · #5 12-26-2013, 01:03 PM

Both are probably in the Vanda alliance. The first plant may contain Vanda teres. The second could be Ascocentrum or Ascocenda (Ascocentrum x Vanda). Singapore is an ideal place for growing both.