Dendrobium from Northwest OS Show

[ronaldhanko]

I photographed this Dendrobium at the NWOS Show in Shoreline earler this year and cannot find the name. Does anyone who was there remember what this is?

[Roy]

Not easy to pick but could be a Den. Nellie Slade.

[Becca]

It looks like it has Dendrobium rhodostictum in it, but the throat has more coloration in yours. Perhaps it is a hybrid of it?

[OrchidSue]

Was the plant in this display (bottom front center)? It is the only plant I caught in a photo that looks like it could be the one you photographed, but a hard to tell for sure. If so, it was from Emerald City Orchids and they may know what it is. I'm not sure I ever looked that closely at the plant or its name.



Susan

[Tropicgirl]

That looks just like the Den. Nora Tokunaga that I was going to buy at Redlands. Hope it helps!

[WhiteRabbit]

to me at least it looks exactly like Den atroviolaceum ...

pic of mine (v. pygmy)

at the very least - the one in your pic has a very strong influence from atroviolaceum

[Nic100]

It's amazing! How beautiful - amazing colours, and the pattern is incredible!

[nancy]

Den. atroviolaceum or one of its hybrids.
Nice plants, with very long-lasting flowers, whether the species or the hybrids.
Cheers - Nancy

[catwalker808]

Here are my guesses & reasons.

Not rhodostictum because of too much color in petals & shape of petals. Also not Nora Tokunaga for same reasons. See photo 1 & 2.

Not bottom front plant in Orchid Sue's photo. That looks like an offseason bloom (only few flowers) of Maiden Charlotte. See Photo.

White Rabbit & Nancy. I also think it's Den atroviolaceum. But not 'Pygmy'. Photo attached. The shape & petal color is more like the cross of 'Pygmy' x 'H&R', which produced a plant size between the two parents & resulted in a bigger whiter flower than 'Pygmy'.

An outside chance is Pam Tajima, but I don't think so. Photo attached. I also don't think it's Nellie Slade, for one simple reason. Unless it's a very old plant, it's not likely to be Nellie Slade. It's not guaranteed that these plants are all from us, but it's likely that many are. I know we haven't made Nellie Slade in over 20 years. It didn't produce enough flowers for the size of the plant.

Ron, you always take excellent photos, but I believe that there is too much blue in the lip color. There may have been florescent lights at the show. My 'Pygmy' lip color has too much red ... so it's somewhere in between ours.

[OrchidSue]

There may have been florescent lights at the show.

The show was held in a big commercial retail greenhouse, so the lighting was all natural.

Susan