please help id!! please!!

[victoriam]

please help me id this i just bought it i think it may be in the catasetum family!!

thanks!

[RosieC]

My first thought is that it looks like a Dendrobium but I could be completely off. Do you have a reason for thinking catasetum or is that just a guess?

[cricketerry]

I am also thinking dendrobium. It looks like the remains of a flower spike on one of the back canes.

[Roy]

I go for the dendrobium suggestion also.

[victoriam]

awesome thanks!!

[PaphMadMan]

I understand the suggestion of Dendrobium, but I also see a resemblance to Cyrtopodium or Galeandra or even Clowesia or Cycnoches. The photo isn't very clear. What is the texture of the leaves? Does it look like lower leaves have been lost, or is this all the leaves it ever had?

[victoriam]

hi there it appears the new shoot has leaves around the sheath the texture of the leaves is bristle and the leaves are quite purple here is a few more photos thanks for your help!

[bellini girl]

Looks just like an epidendrum floribundum IMHO. Sure others will chime in