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Anisa 07-15-2010 12:10 PM

Please ID this NOID
 
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I had this for about a 2 years and finally got it to flower. I had no clue what it is so I started research online.
Plant is about 6" tall, and the blooms are about 3/4". It looks like Ascocentrum but most of them are orangish but this is light blue/purple with darker blue lip (see pictures)... could it be Ascocentrum christiansonianum? But those don't have their lip so blue...
Hmm... So I dont know... any ideas?
Thank you!

Anisa 07-15-2010 12:13 PM

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Close up of the flower

lambelkip 07-15-2010 12:33 PM

Vanda lilacina

WhiteRabbit 07-15-2010 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by lambelkip (Post 327662)
Vanda lilacina

that was my thought too - it's lovely!

Anisa 07-15-2010 01:55 PM

Thank you...It does look like Vanda lilacina, but doesnt have it's column (the nose) yellow but rather dark blue/purple and overall bloom look more lilac. Is that a hybrid perhaps? Or Vanda lilacina have naturally occurring variations?

Anisa 07-15-2010 02:07 PM

After some more browsing....
Could it be Vanda coerulescens? Most of the pictures of V. coerulescens i found are more bluish than mine, but some look spot on.

lambelkip 07-15-2010 02:25 PM

It could be Vanda coerulescens, but the shape looks wrong, and that species usually has a yellow collumn and anther cap. It could also be a hybrid.

Anisa 07-15-2010 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by lambelkip (Post 327697)
It could be Vanda coerulescens, but the shape looks wrong, and that species usually has a yellow collumn and anther cap. It could also be a hybrid.

Yes, the shape of labellum looks different so it is not V. coerulescens. V.lilacina shape looks very like mine but column is white with yellow tip (pollen cup??), mine is purple with dark purple tip.
Could it still be considered V.lilacina?

nenella 07-15-2010 04:05 PM

Whatever it is it's very pretty! Congratulations !

Anisa 07-16-2010 09:59 AM

Thank you! And thanks to Lambelkid for identifying it. I though the plant might be from Vanda alliance but i wouldn't guess it is a vanda. I am still not completely sure that is Vanda lilacina (perhaps hybrid?) but it sound close enough to put on a label. (I have a New Year resolution - no more tagless plants)


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