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Several years ago I had a large collection. We had a freeze for several days which is extremely rare here. I had a heater in the greenhouse but lost power and all of my orchids. I was heartbroken.

Recently I have started to try to start again. This was my favorite. It bloomedlike crazy. But honestly, I kind of blocked everything out of my mind after the freeze and destruction. Does anyone know what it might be and where I could get one?
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Welcome to orchidboard, despite the rather sad circumstances which bring you here. I've read a few similar stories here over the years, and in each case it' so heart breaking to lose an entire collection.

It's something in the Oncidium intergeneric group, likely a type of Beallara or Aliceara. Some similiar looking ones I found are variations of Aliceara/Beallara Lunatic Fringe. Does that sound familiar

I agree with that. Looks Beallara to me.

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PS And yes, horribly sad. I can see why it took awhile to start up again. Glad you reached the point of starting again. Welcome back!

Similar to tahoma glacier too

Similar to Beallara Tahoma Glacier, but not. At least I don't think... too much patterning on top petals. But I could of course be wrong.

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PS I've been looking for Beallara Gothic for quite some time. A shout out to me, please, if anyone in US runs across one.

yeah, i agree WW. i wasn't suggesting it as an ID, more of a point in the general direction.

i will keep my eyes peeled for ya!

That actually sounds familiar! Thank you so much, it gives me a starting point. I loved that thing, it bloomed like crazy and was so easy to care for.

Massively sorry to hear about such a loss. A rebuild is definitely necessary!

It sounds like you have already begun rebuilding! To cut down on the chance of it happening again - maybe the new green-house can be fitted with some sort of temperature monitoring system that sends an alarm under similar circumstances. Maybe dual or triple heater system (for redundancy) for the green-house and dual diesel generators (for redundancy). Depending on how valuable the collection is that is. But also - to prevent orchids from getting frozen like that.

My collection was not that valuable or unique. I had a generator, but I could not get out the back door due to ice. Like I said, we don’t get freezes like that here and we’re totally ignorant on how to get out my back door. (Flagstone steps and pool deck.

By that point I had too many to bring in the house. I now have a couple of rescued Vandas from a big box store and tons of phals in the house.

It is hot and humid here and one of the rescue vandas has a spike! When I got it, the roots were completely dry and shriveled. I soaked in KelpMax and the new roots are amazing. Most of the old roots never recovered. But the spike I found the other day sure surprised me.

It looks a lot like Bllra. Tropic Lily 'Hilo Space Ship' to me. I’ve seen them periodically on eBay.

There’s a vendor: Bllra. Tropic Lily ‘Chocolate Drop’ Bloom Size | eBay that has a similar variety for sale. I’ve bought from her before and was very happy with the plants. She had Hilo Space Ship available previously so she may be worth contacting.