Red orchids?
 

Hello! I find a page online that sells orchids (whole saler), but there's no specific pics of each plant, there's pics of the common ones, but the price list is huge!
I have to buy one whole box, so I plan to gift some.

My grandmother always wanted a red orchid, which ones are a good option for inside of the house?
She has a few I haven't ID
I was hoping for ones that would be happy on growing conditions similar to the Phalaenopsis.
Outside she grows Oncidium.
But I know she wants the red one indoors.

Thanks!

I have a really pretty red cattleya that I recently purchased. It's a "Slc. Hsiang Yu Red Pearl, 'red dragonfly'". Maybe something like that would be up your alley?

They do need a lot more light than phalaenopsis, though.

There are Phalaenopsis hybrids that have flowers very close to red.

Most of the red Cattleya and Oncidium alliance plants need more light than a Phalaenopsis. Some people can flower red Miltoniopsis hybrids in lower light, but these plants don't like higher temperatures. What are the temperatures like in your grandmother's house?

There are a few red Phragmipedium hybrids that take less light than Cattleyas.

Thanks for the replies!

That Cattleya looks beautiful!

Her house is sighly warmer because it has more light, but she doesn't have anything to measure it, I could take my digital thing to test it.

If you can keep Miltoniopsis hybrids below about 29C / 85F during the day, and keep them cooler at night, they should grow very well. Many are bright red and fragrant. When they are happy they grow very vigorously.

Gongora rufescens gives me a flock of little red dragons when it blooms. Plus they smell nice!

Bulbophyllums?

There are MANY red Phragmipedium hybrids descended from Phragmipedium besseae. They need just a bit more light than most Phals. Large well grown plants can be in almost constant bloom.

Slc.Jewel Box 'Dark Waters' is a great one to start!

Burrageara (Oncidopsis) Nelly Isler which is in the Oncidium family but is not real large is a true red. It could grow on a window sill.