Orchids from Fiji - Orchid Board

Kristen616 · #1 (**permalink**) 05-03-2008, 01:51 PM

Last October my husband and I honeymooned in Fiji and I saw some very interesting orchids growing around a particular resort we stayed at (it was a rainforest..very hot and humid). Any ideas what these beauties are? They were spactacular...i wish i got some better photos but i just snapped them in passing.

Kristen616 · #2 (**permalink**) 05-03-2008, 02:05 PM

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Here's another good picture of that yellow one.

bkim · #3 (**permalink**) 05-03-2008, 02:27 PM

Looks like a Trichoglottis. Not sure what species. Beautiful!

Ross · #4 (**permalink**) 05-03-2008, 02:51 PM

The second one looks like a dendrobium. First one looks like a reed-stemmed Epidendrum to me.

stonedragonfarms · #5 (**permalink**) 05-03-2008, 03:06 PM

I agree with Ross on the second looking like a dendrobium...but I suspect that the first is probably Arachnis hookeriana; take a look IOSPE PHOTOS
Adam

taipan · #6 (**permalink**) 06-20-2008, 06:39 AM

Hi.
The Dendrobium looks like a cross between D.phalaenopsis ( D.bigibbum ) crossed with a spathulate Dendrobium whilst the second photo is most likely an Arachnis flos-aeries cross. A.hookeriana has smaller leaves & the flower is white with a mauve lip. I think the ISOPE photo is wrong

Dorothy · #7 (**permalink**) 06-20-2008, 08:35 AM

Here is a past thread of pheli's Arachnis flos-aeris - http://www.orchidboard.com/community...los-aeris.html
Here is Arachnis Maggie Oei 'Yellow Ribbon' - http://thump01.pbase.com/u42/r53lanc....Mandai13b.jpg
Here are some Arachis hybrids - Arachnis Hybrids
and here - Arachnis-- The Scorpion Orchids
and here - ARACHNIS ORCHIDS
Perhaps these can help

taipan · #8 (**permalink**) 06-20-2008, 08:56 AM

Hi Dorothy
Thanks for the details of the Arachnis. "Stonedragonsfarm" replied that the Arachnis was most likely Arachnis hookeriana to which I replied that it was not & that the true A.hookeriana is white with a mauve lip & also the leaves are much smaller. There is a photo of the true A.hookeriana in
"Orchids of Sarawak" the authors are Beaman;Wood;Beaman & Beaman plate #4 (pge 143 )
Hope this helps

Chubidubi · #9 (**permalink**) 06-20-2008, 01:02 PM

The first one looks like a Arachnis Maggie Oei Yellow and the second looks like Den. Jaquelyn Thomas type (mine's been in constant bloom for over a year). See if they match my pics
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...user=4862&sl=c
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...10&ppuser=4862

taipan · #10 (**permalink**) 06-20-2008, 10:38 PM

Hello Chubidubi
Yes I am inclined to say that it is Maggie Oi - which is a flos-aeries cross. We have some yellow ones ourself but there not flowering yet.