Identification

[louis hurn]

Hi there, While roaming a demolition site looking for mounting material I found this! No 1, 2 and 3 were in battered pots with badly decomposed bark and number 4 was attached to an uprooted Avocado tree next to quite a bushy Catt.

[cb977]

Forget something, Louis?

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[louis hurn]

Yeah, I battled to get my pics loaded, my brain does not function too well today.
Louis

[Mike O'C]

Originally Posted by louis hurn

Hi there, While roaming a demolition site looking for mounting material I found this! No 1, 2 and 3 were in battered pots with badly decomposed bark and number 4 was attached to an uprooted Avocado tree next to quite a bushy Catt.

Louis,
Your first one could be a Eulophia species, the last looks like a Tridactyle bicaudata. Of the middle two one looks like a Cyrtorchis arcuata and the other like an Epidendrum. I think that all except the Epidendrum are indigenous South African orchids. I suggest that you contact Hendrik Venter at the Durban Botanical Gardens and if Hendrik cannot confirm the identities he will ask me and we can then see if we can help you. It would be better if they were in flower.
Keep well and kind regards
Mike

[Mike O'C]

Originally Posted by Mike O'C

Louis,
Your first one could be a Eulophia species, the last looks like a Tridactyle bicaudata. Of the middle two one looks like a Cyrtorchis arcuata and the other like an Epidendrum. I think that all except the Epidendrum are indigenous South African orchids. I suggest that you contact Hendrik Venter at the Durban Botanical Gardens and if Hendrik cannot confirm the identities he will ask me and we can then see if we can help you. It would be better if they were in flower.
Keep well and kind regards
Mike

Sorry, Louis, my brain not functioning! The first pic is the Curtorchis, the second the Eulophia, the third the Epidendrum and the fourth the Tridactyle.
Keep well and kind regards
Mike

[cb977]

Originally Posted by Mike O'C

Sorry, Louis, my brain not functioning! The first pic is the Curtorchis, the second the Eulophia, the third the Epidendrum and the fourth the Tridactyle.
Keep well and kind regards
Mike

That's your brain not functioning?

Mike, you're an asset to our community...thanks

[louis hurn]

Thanks Mike, I will see Hendrik at the meeting next Tuesday and take some pics along.
Louis.

[Mike O'C]

Originally Posted by louis hurn

Thanks Mike, I will see Hendrik at the meeting next Tuesday and take some pics along.
Louis.

Louis,
Not sure what meeting you are talking about (NOS or QOC?) but it would be better to take the plants and show him the plants. It is very difficult to identify plants from photographs especially if they are not in flower. I agree that in the first 3 photos that you posted there were 2 photos of a reed stem Epidendrum and a Cymbidium but in the next four photos that you posted I could not see the pseudobulb of the one and the leaves looked leathery which made me think that it might be a Eulophia (most likely Eulophia speciosa which is often seen on roadside banks around Durban). But of vourse I may be wrong on all 4 of my guesses and that is why it would be better to show Hendrik the plants.
Keep well and kind regards
Mike

[Mike O'C]

Originally Posted by cb977

That's your brain not functioning?

Mike, you're an asset to our community...thanks

Thanks for those kind words Susanne B. It is always nice when somebody compliments you. As I mentioned to Louis in another post it is always difficult to identify orchids from photographs especially when they are not in flower so my suggestiosn to Louis were only guesses!!!
Keep well and kind regards
Mike

[louis hurn]

Thanks Mike, It is the NOS meeting. I am not a member yet, but after that Tuesday I will be. These plants are in such a battered condition that I would be embarrased to take them there. I think I will first give them some TLC and then take them next month. Greetings.
Louis