Stan. oculata var crocea?

[L I Jane]

It is apparently oculata but not sure of variety

[cb977]

that's awesome!!!

[Djarum Black]

Very nice! I always look at those when I see them because the blooms are so unique. Are they hard to grow?

[DasEmpress]

Reminds me of an upside down origami peace crane!

[L I Jane]

I have 2 of the white ones like this-that flower very easily -plus another stan.nigroviolaceum x tigrinum that has never bloomed in all the years I've had it!I grow in a greenhouse.They must be hung in a basket as the flowers appear from the bottom.Notice in the pic that there is another spike emerging near the blooming spike.Flowers are not long lasting but the aroma is intoxicating.

[Tindomul]

Very weird looking. Congrats Jane! It must be blooming season in your house

[Frdemetr]

Wow! What a gorgeous Stan!
It's hard to identify only with photos, but I don't think it's a Stan oculata; the column is very straight (in oculata there is a curvature, leaving more space for polinator) and the hypochil knee in your plant is very close to column junction (in oculata the knee splits the hypochil more or less in the middle). Anyway, the plant belongs to the same group of oculata (Genus Stanhopea, Subgenus Stanhopea, Section Wardii). Looking at pics in Rudolf Jenny's book, I vote for Stan inodora.
According to Jenny, Stan oculata must be splited up in 6 differente species, or it will remain the species with the highest variability concerning morphology and size in the genus; the distribution area is very large, from Mexico trough Central America to Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil, and the several varieties have problems of identification with Stan ruckeri, graveolens, wardii and inodora (in Brazil I add Stan guttulata too)
Congrats for your Stan, I'm envy!

[justatypn]

Sweet ... many orchids are unique in their blooms but this little guy, deserves to be capped SO UNIQUE.

Nice job Jane

[L I Jane]

Frederico--I, too, thought maybe inodora but the pics I've seen it doesn't have that reddish eye so wasn't sure.There are absolutely no speckles anywhere.Eye is
the only colour on it. Nina Rasche thought graveolens syn occulata but the guy I bought it from thought crocea syn occulata.I don't have the Rudolph Jenny book so can't see his pics.It does look a lot like Grandiflora in colouring but the grandiflora has the red spec in the throat as well.Thanks for your great input as you have helped me out before.

[Toddybear]

Majorly funky!