Vanda ID please

[Cibi]

, could anyone ID my vanda please?

[ronaldhanko]

Vanda Noid

[tibika]

to ronaldhanko: Do you think your answer was helpful? I don't think so... It was not even funny.

[ronaldhanko]

Originally Posted by tibika

to ronaldhanko: Do you think your answer was helpful? I don't think so... It was not even funny.

It was not meant to be funny. With 99% of hybrids not only is it impossible to attach a name, but the practice of finding something that "looks like" a tagless plant and using its name produces chaos in the judging system, in the world of hybridizing and among hobbyists. There is NO way of knowing with 99% of these plants whether one has the right name, even if it looks like a certain hybrid and then divisions of the plant get passed around under the wrong name with endless confusion the result. A nameless plant should remain nameless and the grower should be content to have it so.

[Cibi]

Thank you Ron. Would it be possible at least to guess the parents? I'm just curious.

[orchidsamore]

Cibi

The most you can ever expect from buying a nameless tag is to know the sub-family of the plant.

It is a Vandaceous orchid. This gives you the alliance and general care necessary.

There are several sub-families in the alliance of which Vanda is only one.

Your flower looks like a Mokara, which is a cross of the sub-families of Vanda, Ascocentrum and Arachnis. Even this much is hard to tell from a photo.

When customers tell me they have an orchid like this (pointing to a flower on the bench) I tell them to ignore the flower and make an ID solely on the leaves and plant shape.

One characteristic of Mokara is that they can grow 2-3 feet a year. They can take more light than other Vandaceous up to 100% sunlight here in hot Florida.

They require lots of water like all Vandaceous and the cut flowers can last 12 days in a vase, making it a very popular wedding flower.

[CTB]

Welcome to the Orchid Board. We have over 15,000 members, they'll help you the best they can.

noIDs are something we all have and unless you are entering them in shows or breeding it doen't matter what their first name really is as long as you have the last name. That tells you how to care for it.. I use to buy noIDs but now try and find a name tag when buying.

Hope you'll continue to post and get your questions answered. Being in your line of work, do you know much about fertilizers.? We all share the same joy of trying to grow orchids. It's a great forum and I've learned so much just asking my silly questions till someone comes through with some helpful info. Enjoy!

[Roy]

I'm thinking this could be V. Boschii which is tricolor x luzonica.

[Cibi]

Originally Posted by CTB

Welcome to the Orchid Board. We have over 15,000 members, they'll help you the best they can.

noIDs are something we all have and unless you are entering them in shows or breeding it doen't matter what their first name really is as long as you have the last name. That tells you how to care for it.. I use to buy noIDs but now try and find a name tag when buying.

Hope you'll continue to post and get your questions answered. Being in your line of work, do you know much about fertilizers.? We all share the same joy of trying to grow orchids. It's a great forum and I've learned so much just asking my silly questions till someone comes through with some helpful info. Enjoy!

Hi Carol,
thanks for welcome!
I grow orchids just for pleasure - it is my second big hobby. I have phals, dendrobiums, cattleyas, paphiopedilums, vandas and also those multihybrids sold under the name Cambria - mainly from the supermarkets. Many of them don't have names and I understand that in most cases it is impossible to identify the plant. I was just curious about that vanda. I bought it in botanical garden one and half year ago and it finally blooms now.
Unfortunatelly, I don't work in the field of fertilizers, I'm physical chemist /it sounds terrible/ and our group is focused on thermal analysis of materials.

Roy,
thanks for the tip. I also thought that it could be some hybrid of V. tricolor.

[Anisa]

Perhaps you can find similar Vanda in the botanical garden you bought yours. They should know what they grow.