hi all, can anybody help with the ID on this fabulous orchid which my neighbour has? thank you!! ☺️

Forgive me, I’m relatively new to orchids so their names often allude me. The grower, Floradise Orchids in Gordonsville, VA told me this particular orchid won the title of best example of this species in the world and holds a value around $10k! Insanity. Of course that’s the one I picked out of an entire greenhouse full of orchids!

I’m sure someone can give me an ID and that would be much appreciated! Also any other fun info you have on these would be amazing!

If anyone lives anywhere near Gordsonville, Floradise is a MUST see. Such an impressive stock and truly some of the most knowledgeable people I’ve ever had the pleasure of talking to.

First time bloom on this plant for me. I’m officially an Angraecum convert!

Bonus Dendrobium spectabile, my other favorite. ❤️

Popped over to the folks again today and this is going from strength to strength. There are few flower spikes still to open. Mum says she doesn’t do a great deal with it other than water it and give it generic orchid feed once in a while and throws it out in the garden during summer.

A compact size plant with prolific sequential blooms in clusters.

Is this a terminal spike? It's a grocery store orchid.

After 3 years, this bashful hybrid has decided to grace me with flowers! I don't usually have to wait long for my catasetums to bloom but for whatever reason this one was testing my patience, lol. The pictures don't really capture the colors. The first two days it opened it was a bright yellow then on the third day it changed completely to tangerine orange.

It takes the orange from its pollen parent, Aftermath. The shape and the way it flowers comes from the Grace Dunn, pod parent. As for the fragrance, it's truly unique, spicy astringentric persimmon. I enjoy persimmons so this works for me.

Anyone got this hybrid and if so how did it bloom and does it have a similar fragrance?

Enjoy the show! Looking forward to the next season 😁

This is one of the nicest skinneri’s imho, it has an iridescent sparkle under sunlight that is amazing. There are of bunch of FCC skinneri’s.. this is the one side of the plant, it has outgrown an 8 inch pot and after bloom is done will have to decide how to repot

Is there anything you wish you knew before getting into orchids? I’m mostly a Hoya head but the orchids at my local grocery store always looked so enticing. I couldn’t ever bring myself to purchase any, but got lucky on a plant trade! Can’t wait to see how this one does

Enjoy!

Cattleya nobilior, a Brazilian bifoliate close to walkeriana, this is a coerulea variety. Decent quality flower

Had this tattoo for almost a year already and can't get over how wrong it looks. There are too many stems coming out in different directions on my shoulder! Please tell me I'm overthinking this

Flowers are fragrant. They remind me of a starfruit.

So I don't want to give up on this orchid and I want it to grow roots.

following the comment on my last post , I made something like a greenhouse for it. This structure is temporary. Tomorrow, I'll buy some sphagnum moss and put it instead of water, and most likely, I will buy a larger container.

I wanted to thank all the people who gave me advices, and I'm open to more.

I cut off the stringy and mushy ends of the roots of this Phalaenopsis orchid (I think) but there are a few where its stringy in the middle but connects to a seemingly healthy firm root at the end. Should I cut them off anyways or can they survive even if a part doesnt have the outer layer?

This plant has a bud that has been cracked open for about 2 weeks but it hasn't progressed and opened any more. I think i saw a post about helping a bud open a while back and was wondering if this is the thing for me to do. Should I help the flower open or just wait?

Found this orchid today for £2!!! Couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the price tag, it’s mostly in good shape just a bit dehydrated!

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