Militonia Bert Field

[PlumCrazy]

Originally Posted by ArronOB

No, I don’t think you misread the label. Surely the label is wrong?
I’d expect
milt = miltonia
mps = miltoniopsis

As I mentioned above, got this one at Hausermann's, and apparently that's what they call them over there:

Miltonia Orchids (Pansy Orchids): Orchids By Hausermann - the address says Miltoniopsis but the pants are called Miltonia.

BTW - just stating what I saw, certainly not attempting to get into what the name should or shouldn't be - I know nothing about that But it is obviously important to know what you're getting.

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Originally Posted by Roberta

People who are in a warm area say that Miltoniopsis are cool growers. Those in cool areas consider them warm. What they are, I think, is "narrow range, picky". They don't like to go below about 50 deg F (10 deg C) or above about 80-85 deg F (27-29 deg C). Also need to stay damp. But well worth trying to keep them happy, those jewel colors are so beautiful.

Thanks for the info. This one will be kept indoors all year long, so hopefully I can keep it happy! I'd read that you're supposed to repot it right after the blooms drop, so did that last week. It has two new growths coming out, so looking good so far

[Roberta]

The "Pansy" orchids are definitely Miltoniopsis. But at the time of registration (1965), this was no doubt called "Miltonia". Looking it up in the RHS register (the international official source of orchid names) it's now listed as Miltoniopsis Bert Field with Miltonia as a synonym. So if were submitted for judging, the genus would be updated. But the tag isn't "wrong". On the other hand, if you try to look it up as Miltonia Bert Field in the RHS register, you'll get a "not found" because it doesn't handle synonyms at all on lookup. Most unforgiving and annoying. (can be found with just the grex name and no genus) orchidroots.com works a whole lot better... you can enter it either way and you'll find it. (A very good - and free- source... you should bookmark it)