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I got a 'two fer'... need ID on one.

16 years ago

Hey all!

I said I was not giving up despite my difficult intro to orchids. I stumbled across this one marked "PHAL" on the sign and could not resist the fact that there are two different plants in the same pot!

Here is the label that was in the pot.....

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Here is a close up of one of the blooms

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And the other

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no flash

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So which plant does the tag match up with? What is the other one? I really think they are both too cool and to get a "two fer" for a beginner like me is really fun.

Thanks again for the encouragement and info on the last one, I can't wait to see what you all come up with for these two!

Alexa

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arthurm
16 years ago
I do not know, and perhaps the second plant is a mutation of the first plant where the three petals are all lips. The word for this is peloric.

Your problem in asking for Ids is the sheer number of hybrids that have been made and the infinite number of variations within each hybrid crossing.

Anyway, in this case i'm guessing that the second plant has the same name as the first. But that is just a guess.

You just cannot trust labels. The first name is Phal. Taisuco Lienhung 'Queen' The cross has not been registered by the RHS.
caliloo
Original Author
16 years ago
Thansk arthur.

Anyone else care to venture a guess?

A
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highjack
16 years ago
Trying to ID an orchid is like trying to ID a daylily from a picture.

Congrats on the new acquisitions, I'm sure you will have many more!

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meg_w (9b) Bradenton
16 years ago
The lable could be correct for both plants. The tag lists the crossing of two plants. The various offspring of such across can differ greatly in appearance. Your pot may have gotten two seedlings from the same cross or something entirely different might have accidentaly fallen in. Sooooo hard to tell.

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caliloo
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16 years ago
Wow Meg!

That is not a possibility I had considered. It is amazing that you can have genetically related plants that are so different.

Thanks again, everyone, for the opinions!

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