Phalaenopsis mariae

[orchidsworld]

Well... sorry to write that, but for me it's not a real mariae... it looks more like the hybrid between mariae and bastianii, called Lovely Marie.

The pendant stem is not always a good criteria, as you can have hybrid with a lot of influence of mariae... that have pendant stem... If you look at the lip, a real mariae should have more trichomes on it... but well... it's just my opinion

[Gena]

Originally Posted by orchidsworld

Well... sorry to write that, but for me it's not a real mariae... it looks more like the hybrid between mariae and bastianii, called Lovely Marie.

The pendant stem is not always a good criteria, as you can have hybrid with a lot of influence of mariae... that have pendant stem... If you look at the lip, a real mariae should have more trichomes on it... but well... it's just my opinion

orchidsworld, there is absolutely nothing to be sorry about. It’s really great that we do have possibility to open discussion. Well, what I can say, I’ve never seen Phalaenopsis Lovely Marie in real, only on the pictures (f.ex. here Phalaenopsis mariae ) and because of it I can’t say anything about ID. May be here there are people who have both Phalaenopsis mariae and Phalaenopsis Lovely Marie and they can help us with ID?
I did found couple of pictures of my plant with better lip details. Here they are.





What do you think?

[orchidsworld]

Well... it's really hard to say... the differences between a real mariae or a Lovely Marie are not so clear, because you can find an hybrid with high influence of mariae, therefore pendant stem, but alos high influence of bastianii, which will give more erected stems...

I personnally have a Lovely Marie, with half erected stems. My mariae has not yet flower yet, but as it is as keiki from this one, I'm sure it's a real one...

But well.. I'm not convinced yours is a mariae, but I'm not convinced either it's not one

[Triffid]

Not sure if comparing these two links from same sight may help.
It's information seems pretty good.

phalaenopsis bastiani

Phalaenopsis mariae

(Interested because bastiani is on the wish list)