I had a very hard time choosing, I love all of them and most of my Vanda types are putting out spikes now. I ended up picking Oncidiums.

Wow, what a difficult choice :scratchhead:

I grow mostly Phals, and while I love them I would not pick them as my favorite alliance. I love Vandas and and Cattleyas and Dendrobium and...

My favorite genus is easily Masdevallia, and I almost went with Plurothalis alliance, but as an overall alliance I'm not sure it is my favorite (although very very close).

In the end I went with Cypripedium. I would have liked to have voted for ALL Cypripedium, Paphs and Others together, but as I had to choose I went with 'Others' simply because I did not want to limit my choice to just Paphs.

I hear ya! I meant to make it one alliance.

Boy this is a toughie! SO UNFAIR!! Ha!

I went with the alliance that always comes to mind first when faced with this question, even if it may not always be true. BULBOS!!

Yay! I have an ally. :biggrin:

I'm partial to Paphs, seeing as how a Paph was the very first orchid I bloomed. I love Masdies too, though. There are some interesting Bulbos, some beautiful Catts, awesome Dens, some fabulous Oncs.

Boy, that was a hard choice to make. Too bad we can't choose them all. Quite a loaded question for orchid addicts!

I had no hesitation! for me it's cattleyas!
Although I love vandas and some dendro and have quite a few phals...but catts are my love :)

Cattleyas was my choice, however you guys know that I love a bit of everything. However my collection is mostly catts and vandas even though lately I've started collecting mini dendrobiums but still Catts are #1 on my book.

I think my favorite could be whatever is blooming at the moment. Right now I am thrilled with my Habenaria rhodocheila 'eric michaelii'. It has eight blooms open on one spike and another spike getting ready to open blooms. Fell in love with it when I saw it on Andy's Orchids website and had to have it. You all know how that is. :) Carol

I love a little bit of all orchid alliances.

Too many to choose from. Each with their own special charm.