Trying To Identify A Type Of Orchid

[Rachelle-lapensee]

I have been trying to track down this orchid but I have no idea what the name of it is and I do not know where I could by one

Can anybody help me??

[lambelkip]

it's a dendrobium that has been colored with food coloring. they're only available as cut flowers, and only in parts of asia.

[kavanaru]

Originally Posted by lambelkip

it's a dendrobium that has been colored with food coloring. they're only available as cut flowers, and only in parts of asia.

not only in Asia, you find them sometimes here in Europe too..

[PaphMadMan]

Originally Posted by kavanaru

not only in Asia, you find them sometimes here in Europe too..

In a strange coincidence, I just saw some today in a flower arrangement at the Wisconsin State Fair...

[SpeciesNut]

looks like a dendrobium,thats for sure.

[PaphMadMan]

It is a Dendrobium hybrid of the phalaenopsis type. Your picture is an artificially colored cut flower, as someone else noted, but they are available almost anywhere, not just in Asia.

[RosieC]

Definatly not a natural colour, but looks like a Dendrobium Phal Hybrid of some type.

[Call_Me_Bob]

definitely not natural! it is either colored with food coloring or there is a spray that dies the flowers.

when i saw it as your avatar, i thought you had messed with it on photoshop lol

[Rachelle-lapensee]

Originally Posted by help

definitely not natural! it is either colored with food coloring or there is a spray that dies the flowers.

when i saw it as your avatar, i thought you had messed with it on photoshop lol

LOL. No not at all... My boyfriend brought home a bouquet of these flowers way before he got me my phal. They were such a neat color I had to take a picture (At that time I did not even know that they were Orchids)... When I got my first phal I realized that the bouquet that I had was a bouquet of orchids so I wanted to find the real plant. unfoutunatly the color is fake . Is there any type of Orchid out there with a similar color???

[Angurek]

Originally Posted by Rachelle-lapensee

Is there any type of Orchid out there with a similar color???

None, really. In my opinion, true-blue doesn't exist in the orchid world, and I disagree with what others said about Vandas (which are actually blue-violet to lavender).

However, there are dens that are a neat, rich purple color. I can't name any species/hybrids specifically, but given the enormous amount of hybrids out there, I'm sure you'll run into one soon.

Some near-blue orchids that I can think of are:

Vanda coerulea and its hybrids
Vanda coerulescens
Thelymitras
Rhynchostylis coelestis
Acacallis cyanea and its hybrids (the most notable being Zygonisia Cynosure "Blue Birds")
Bollea coelestis
Certain Cattleya/laelia species/hybrids (my mind's drawing a blank right now)

I know there are more, but as I said, I'm drawing a blank right now.