This is not a Hetaeria oblongifolia - Orchid Board

CoolPhrog · #1 (**permalink**) 04-01-2009, 08:11 PM

So I found this at the JOS Show this year and was amazed at the scent!! However, when I got it home and opened up Wiz, I discovered it was mistagged...there's a surprise!!

So I am enlisting the help of all of my OB friends and gurus to help me figure out what the heck it is???

It was mounted on a small 3" x 3" piece of hardware cloth so the first thing I did was to place it on a more proper mount. The leaves and roots, from a distance, look the same but the leaves are more distingishable when you get closer to the plant. They look sorta like nodosa leaves, just a little more closed...any help you can give me is much appreciated!

Tim · #2 (**permalink**) 04-01-2009, 08:37 PM

Thats AWESOME!!!

my best edvice is orchidspecies.com ... sorry if its not to helpful

Tim · #3 (**permalink**) 04-01-2009, 08:40 PM

hmmm.... holcoglossum? idk

CoolPhrog · #4 (**permalink**) 04-01-2009, 09:15 PM

Sue, this is the one I was telling you about

orchideric · #5 (**permalink**) 04-01-2009, 09:26 PM

Dear Dana,

That is Seidenfadenia mitrata.

Hope that helps, Eric

CoolPhrog · #6 (**permalink**) 04-01-2009, 09:29 PM

By George, I think you're right! Thanx Eric!!

cb977 · #7 (**permalink**) 04-01-2009, 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CoolPhrog

Sue, this is the one I was telling you about

It's gorgeous!

I'm happy to see Eric has provided you...and me...with the name

LauraN · #8 (**permalink**) 04-01-2009, 10:30 PM

Good job Eric, you beat me to it!
Dana, did you get this one from Louis ?
I got one from him a year and a half ago and it has bloomed several times, last blooming I got 9 spikes...this time it looks like only 3 are popping up.