Unknown Dendrobium?? - Orchid Board

dougd · #1 09-29-2007, 03:06 PM

I rescued this NOID last spring and it just started to bloom. The plant is only six inches tall, and the bloom is a bit darker than the picture depicts. Please help identify. Thanks.

dougd · #2 09-30-2007, 11:37 AM

I think I have identified my NOID. It is a

Dendrobium bigibbum var. compactum

weng · #3 09-30-2007, 03:59 PM

It's a hybrid, if you ask me.

Weng

cb977 · #4 09-30-2007, 04:18 PM

I'd have to agree with weng on that. The vast varieties of Dendrobiums makes it nearly impossible to identify a particular one unless it has a very specific form.

While your plant is a beauty, I don't think it's what you came up with

More likely, it is a hybrid...maybe it has bigibum in it's parentage

dougd · #5 10-01-2007, 02:05 PM

I am pretty sure it is a Den. Bigibbum var. Compactum. Close enough to enjoy at least. Better named than orphaned.

Florida_guy_26 · #6 11-07-2007, 10:33 PM

Dougd- I agree with you because I have seen species pictures of dendrobium bigibbum x campactum or var. compactum and it looks like the closest match to the flowers. I am surprised you identified your own plant, but very good work- I got a 2 cane piece with 3 keikis on it and it looks surprisingly similar to the picture of the plant. Thank you- as I will keep mine tagged as the same unless it blooms otherwise.

Undergrounder · #7 11-08-2007, 01:42 AM

Are both of those photos of the same plant?

Don't want to confuse things, but there's so much complexity over the exact naming of these things... As far as i understand it, Den superbbum (inc. var compactum) should have a white mark on the labellum as its distinguishing feature. Without a white mark its far more likely to be Den phalaenopsis. Its rare to actually get the correct photo on the net.

That said, the second photo definitely looks like a Den phalaenopsis but the first photo looks different. The labellum looks far more pronounced, like a hybrid. I would call it a Den phalaenopsis hybrid.

Actually i would call it a Vappodes phalaenopsis hybrid now. We gotta get used to name changed some time i guess?

I'm no expert, this thread just gave me a great excuse to dust off my 'Native Orchids of Australia'. Its the latest edition so i think it should be right.