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Originally Posted by camille1585
Congrats on the blooms, they're gorgeous! I love that Phal, and it's a shame it doesn't have a name because I would love one like that! I'll have to keep an eye open for something similar looking.
As to your Neostylis cross, is there any chance that there was a tag mix up? That plant looks like pure Neofinetia falcata to me. I found a few photos online of the cross you give, and they look nothing like this. The plant looks more vanda-like, and the blooms are larger, light yellow, and with rounded petals.
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You are completely correct! I was all prepared to go on about how persnickety I have become about labels, but I went back and pulled up a picture I took when I first got it and sure enough! It is a Neofinitia falcata. The label mistake will be addressed! And this is why I started taking pictures upon purchase when I realized the orchid obsession wasn't going away.
As for the phal, it either came from a local plant nursery (I don't know where their orchids come from), or from an mixed nursery which I believe used to be Chuck Ackers. They have a lot of phals but all NOIDs and then kind of a seasonal rotation of orchids. Or it came from a local grocery cooperative. It amazingly produced a really nice spike with lots of blooms. Blew me away. Most of my other NOIDs did not spike, although I have one in spike right now. I have no idea what to expect from any of them, I did take pictures when they were blooming but now they all kind of look the same.
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