Anybody's guess!

[shakkai]

Woo-Hoo! I think we seem to have a general agreement - and I couldn't be happier! The Miltionopsis have such pretty cheerful faces!

I'll post photos here when it does open.

Thanks everyone!!!

[chulaorchids]

Looks like a maxillaria to me, maybe a species max. There is a good ID site you can check out, for species, I looked but there are soooo many maxillarias and the format is a slow search because you have to call up each pic, I didn't get thru them all.
Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia
Jay Pfahl has done an incredible job collecting date and posting it on this site.

[shakkai]

Its opened!! Not fully flat yet... but it sure is pretty and sparkley!!



And I just got this one to keep it company....




They have such pretty faces! So cheerful!

[chulaorchids]

Oh yeah, I missed that call, definitely a lot of miltonia in it. I don't recall seeing milonias bloom wih one flower like the maxillarias do. Usually they are tall multiflowered jewels???

[shakkai]

Harry, This particular plant was rescued from certain death at a garden centre last November. It had a very tough life and was completely dehydrated for who knows how long, so I am amazed that it has bloomed at all. I'm sure that the next flowering will have more flowers.

[Lorraine]

My guess is Degarmoara. I have a Dgmra Winter Wonderland that looks very similiar to yours. I go along with higher humidity to avoid pleating. Good luck and show us when it blooms. (Brassia, Milt, Odontoglossum) So you don't have to look up the cross.
Lorraine

[shakkai]

Thanks, Lorraine! I'm off to look up photos now!

[shakkai]

Lorraine, I don't think the petals on mine are so narrow. They are pointy, but they are rounder. I should look up the parent plants, as maybe it is in the background somewhere. It sure is sparkly like that though....

[cb977]

Shannen, that is SO pretty!
I love the colors and the sparkle!

Job well done!