ugly orchids!

[stefpix]

I realize I do not like those big white pals with small pox marking - or like a splatter of red paint -
certain hybrids seem way overboard and tend to look like some Crate and Barrel catalog.

whatever looks like the jungle - whatever looks like species and primary hybrids i like a lot. Phal species are great...
Anyway saw some Oncidiums at TJ that I liked -
but after all i prefer orchids with thick fleshy crawling roots. I like roots out of the pot...

[Angurek]

I'll admit that I don't really like paphiopedilums. They'd probably do great in my area, but I'm just not that interested in them. I've had growers recommend them, but I'm like, "NAH!" I'm also not really into miniature orchids. I like big, flashy, frilly, spectacular stuff, so the microscopic, almost translucent blooms of the miniatures don't really catch my eye.

There are also orchids that are ugly on the inside (I.E. the plants that purposefully commit suicide in your care but flourish in the care of others in your area). Vandas come to my mind when it comes to this category - they tempt you to buy them and end up putting you through heartache leaf by falling leaf. My new brunnea is proving me wrong, though.

[kavanaru]

well.. would say the ugliest orchids are those I cannot manage to bloom

there are many I am not a big fan of them (like Zygopetalum or Big Cattleya Hybrids) but I cannot tag them as ugly...

[brush]

Well for me I don't seem to care for the big floofy , fancy orchids that there are . I really like the simple huge flowers of the phals. The big white ones are especially simple and easy to care for unlike the fancier ones which can be a little picky to care for . Some fancier orchids flowers don't last as long as the phal flower does either.

[sherry fehr]

I find Phalenopsis a little boring, the uglier the orchid, the more I like it

[stefpix]

it depends on the Phalaenopsis -
I ended up finding most of them boring after seeing so many dying ones with staked stems in store windows...
bt when i saw a Phal violacea or photos of other species - wow - loved them.

too much hybridization makes them quaint and boring sometimes. just too large, too white, too unnatural.
but I got a P manni, bastiani, equestris...

[Bird Song Farm]

As is beauty, so is ugly, "in the eye of the beholder".

Al

[Leisurely]

Stefano, they only do that kind of thing in Brooklyn.

[OrchidSue]

too much hybridization makes them quaint and boring sometimes. just too large, too white, too unnatural.

I'm right there with you . I wouldn't go so far as to say the mass produced hybrids are ugly, but after awhile they all start looking the same and don't instill desire in me to get them and grow them. I do have a few sentimental hybrids around, but really love the charm of the species .

Susan

[Baz in Oz]

I agree with Stepfix about Paphs. Most of then to me, look like they were designed by a committee.
Some of those tiny and weird 'other species' that appear in OB from time to time are OK in moderation but I wouldn't like to have a GH full of them.

Baz