Is this a Miltonia spectabilis?
 

I got this plant a few weeks back and it had a handwritten tag on it that was hard to read and seemed miss-spelled. Looking at the tag and the plant I think it is a Miltonia spectabilis var. moreliana. Am I correct in assuming this?
The color is much deeper purple in person and is a very large plant.
Thanks

Hi Murphy,
Your plant is some sort of hybrid involving Miltonia moreliana. Here's how a pure M. moreliana looks like:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3504/...bf23a1d5_t.jpg

Spelling is the same as what is listed on Orchid wiz, so I'd probably assume tag is correct.

Thanks for the info... any idea what it is?

The spelling on the tag was not what I wrote in my first post, I'll have to go home and check the tag again. When I googled what I thought was written nothing came up so either I misread it or the person who made the tag made it wrong. I'll take a picture of the tag once I'm home.

Murphy whatever It's name is .....that's a very very beautiful plant - flower & colour & size!
Mauro Fantastic photo!! :yikes:
thanks for posting

Thank you so much nenella :blushing:
It was a last minute purchase. I was at Maplethorpe Orchids and had picked out many other orchids and right as I was paying I saw this one. I couldn't pass it up especially because he only wanted $20 for it.

Murphy, all the images on o. wiz under the name you provided seem to have a lighter lip than your does. As Mauro says probably a hybrid involving moreliana as the shape of flower etc. look the same. Light 1800 - 3000 fc, strong air movement, day temps 75-78, nights 63-64. Seems to be a bit of a rest period in the winter for them, but do not let them dry out completely, like humidity at 80 - 85%. I'll wait to see your next post & check again.

I have to laugh at myself, I remembered the tag being harder to read but it is definitely written neatly. Still I can't figure out what it was suppose to be... any ideas? It appears to say "SPERTALILIS"

Thanks Brenda Aarts for the culture information!

Wow, it's certainly pretty!
I'm afraid I can't help on what it is though.