they all look the same

[Paul]

I concur with the others' tentative IDs as well as the caution voiced by Ray and Katrina. Your plants will forever be NoIDs (no ID plants). There are simply too many lookalike hybrids out there and hybrids in which there can be a surprising amount of diversity in color and form. Doesn't mean you can't enjoy them for what they are ... very pretty flowers.

Originally Posted by kvet

Well, I have enough information now, sorry to have created the ruckus

Pish-posh, Kvet, you by no means created a ruckus. That distinction goes to SwimmingOrchids who, as you can see, is a complete git.

Originally Posted by Roberta

Galeopetalum is an intergeneric hybrid (human-made) in the Zygopetalum group. It is Zygopetalum x Galeottia in varying combinations - usually mostly Zygopetalum. Other genera that are closely related breed with Zygopetalum, letting the the hybridizer expand the color palette of the Zygos and also breed for other characteristics.

To piggy back onto Roberta's comment and further address your own regarding "them all looking the same"... With crosses of closely related plants, there can often be less visible differences in the offspring -- especially if certain traits turn out to be strongly dominant.

Originally Posted by katrina

Seriously?! Enough w/the hissy fits over anything and everything Ray does. You really need to get over yourself!
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Not much chance of that it would appear.

Originally Posted by katrina

From what I can read...Ray wasn't saying anything negative about you or your comment. If anything...he was trying to pay you a bit of a compliment...

Which would have been abundantly clear to most people.

Originally Posted by katrina

...which is likely more than I would've done given the fact that you actually suggested someone might be able to ID an orchid via pic on the web. Any IDs based on pics from anywhere can and will most likely be wrong. There are some species that are so distinct that it's easy to ID them from pics but most any hybrid...the best you might be able to do is guess at some of the parentage. Maybe. And that is a BIG maybe.

And should you be unaware of that simple reality, you really should consider doing some research,

Originally Posted by katrina

When you're playing in someone else's sandbox...you play by their rules. Perhaps you would be wise to remember this. Just saying...

For that matter, if your grasp of the English language is that weak, your ego that big, and/or your skin that thin then perhaps forums are not the best place for you to frequent.