Epidendrum pseudoepidendrum alba - Orchid Board

tuvoc · #2 11-19-2010, 10:51 AM

Neat! Such a cool orchid in all its forms.

Kim

RobS · #3 11-19-2010, 01:39 PM

I don't think this name is correct because in Epidendrum pseudoepiderum the lip is more round and not or very lightly divided. Also it's not a true alba. Epi. pseudoepidrum also normally has less flowers (3-5).

Strange thing is that there are more people claiming this to be Epi. pseudoepidendrum alba if you google for the name. I think you should have a talk with the person who sold you this plant.

Several crosses with Epi. pseudoepidendrum have been made this could be one of them. I haven't been able to find another name for this plant.

Would have liked to write something more positive.

PaphMadMan · #4 11-19-2010, 08:52 PM

I like but, but I have to agree with RobS that this doesn't really look right for Epi. pseudepidendrum as it is usually seen, and the touch of lavender precludes it from being a true 'alba'. It would also have to be album rather than alba if properly named. It certainly is a variable species, but altogether the details have me wondering if someone saw a chance to market it as a color form of a popular species while it is really a related species or hybrid.

alsorchids · #5 11-20-2010, 12:05 AM

I love the Epidendrums and I find this color combination to be very stately and lovely. Good growing and many more blooms to you. AL

catwalker808 · #6 11-20-2010, 06:13 AM

When I saw these flowers, they looked somewhat familiar, but not as Epi pseudepidendrum. Looking back at Epi pseudepidendrum, it's lip is ruffled, with a single cleft in the middle of its lip. This flower has 3 clefts: a deep cleft on each side and a wider shallow cleft in the middle.

Attached is a photo of the hybrid Epi pseudemidendrum x Epi floribundum. (sorry, I didn't realize the center lip was a little out of focus). But you can see that it has the same 3 clefts in the lip & the same flower shape. The colors are slightly different, but I think that's more to do with light quality in the photos ... and of course, variations within hybrids. I'm not certain, but I believe your plant might be this, or a similar, hybrid.