so you think you know orchids?

[amphirion]

the impossible test....try to ID as many as you can. XD
just to make it easier (yeah right) there are no hybrids.

MAJOR EDIT: i realized i used some numbers twice. updated with correct numbering.

so far, the following have been correctly id'ed:
10) Restrepia iris
18) Schoenorchis fragrans
47) Masdevallia limax
48) Dendrobium cuthbertsonii

click on the image to get a larger version...

 

[mobile]

1. Orchid
2. Orchid
3. Orchid
4. Orchid
5. Orchid
6. Orchid
7. Orchid
8. Orchid
9. Orchid
10. Orchid
11. Orchid
12. Orchid
13. Orchid
14. Orchid
15. Orchid
16. Orchid
17. Orchid
18. Orchid
19. Orchid
20. Orchid
21. Orchid
22. Orchid
23. Orchid
24. Orchid
25. Orchid
26. Orchid
27. Orchid
28. Orchid
29. Orchid
30. Orchid
31. Orchid
32. Orchid
33. Orchid
34. Orchid
35. Orchid
36. Orchid
37. Orchid
38. Orchid
39. Orchid
40. Orchid
41. Orchid

Am I right... what do I win?

 

[amphirion]

you jerk.

 

[mobile]

you jerk.

Thanks :grin: Nice collection by the way.

 

[Taliesin-DS]

3 bulbophyllum rufilabrum
17 schoenorchis fragrans
28 bulbophyllum sessile

Im guessing like half of them are pleurothallids.
Impressive collection btw.

 

[amphirion]

17 is correct.

 

[Devon]

Do they just grow by the window like that? Or are they in a greenhouse/terra? Or perhaps this question is incredibly newbish? yes... yes, I think so.

unfortunately I have no idea what species they are.

 

[amphirion]

yes. they grow on my windowsill just like that. Living by san fran affords me that luxury!

 

[31drew31]

10. restrepia..... cymbula?
17. epidendrum?

 

[Clue]

This would be like posting a tray of Nepenthes that aren't pitchering.

I've never been much for orchids, so I can't tell #1 from #41.

 

[Nevermore]

23- trisetella of some sort?

 

[amphirion]

10. restrepia..... cymbula?
17. epidendrum?

eh, i'll give you 10. Restrepia iris

@nevermore: nope.

 

[swords]

I didn't know you had this many. I was under the impression you'd only gotten 4 or 5... Amazing your humidity allows you to do this. These things shrivel into beans in the course of one day in my house's humidity.

The only ones I can take a decent stab at are the ones blooming:

40) Masdevallia limax
41) Dendrobium cuthbertsonii

Without blooms so many species within families look alike, I might be able to guess the right genus on some of them! LOL

What are the unlabeled mounts?

 

[amphirion]

I didn't know you had this many. I was under the impression you'd only gotten 4 or 5... Amazing your humidity allows you to do this. These things shrivel into beans in the course of one day in my house's humidity.

The only ones I can take a decent stab at are the ones blooming:

40) Masdevallia limax
41) Dendrobium cuthbertsonii

Without blooms so many species within families look alike, I might be able to guess the right genus on some of them! LOL

What are the unlabeled mounts?

hahaa. you must have answered before i updated...you mean 47 & 48? correct!

as for humidity, you've probably noticed that i've grouped the mounts tightly together...this allows the relative humidity to be greater than if i had spread them all out on the grid. the more humid loving plants are near the bottom of the grid while the ones that prefer drier conditions are located near the top.

the unlabeled mounts (from top rows to bottom rows) are:
Lepanthopis astrophora 'stalky' (below 11)
Sophronitis cernua (right of 22)
unknown Bulbophyllum (between 28/29)
Lepanthes camprimulgus (below the unknown Bulbophyllum(
Sophronitis rosea/wittigiana (right of 32)
Porroglossum teaguei (between 37/38)
Lepanthes telipogoniflora (between 39/41)
and Trisetella hoeijeri (between 47-48)

 

[swords]

Yes, #47 & 48 now!

So how does the Tristella hoeijeri grow & bloom for you? I've wanted to grow this one for some time, I love the flying seagull shaped blooms (at least to me they resemble seagulls in a seascape paining).

 

[amphirion]

@swords: i'll let you know when it does...i recently got this plant back in march...hasnt done anything really for me yet. i'll also let you in on another secret...one of the labeled mounts is a Trisetella hoejerii as well!

 

[Wire Man]

I one of them a Maxillaria?

 

[amphirion]

@wire: yes.

 

[Wire Man]

WOuld it be 21?

 

[amphirion]

awww...nope. not 21.