Four Orchids...

[Kuzuri]

... with no labels.
But I do have a list of names - I'm just not sure what's what here. Here are the pics:

All of them:


And individually:








Here's the list of names:
Aerangis Punctata
Dendrobium Wardianum
Dendrobium Tortile
Dendrobium Star Sapphire
Encyclia Cochelatum

Hope you can help.

[lepetitmartien]

1 Dendrobium
2 Encyclia cochleatum ?
3 Dendrobium
4 Dendrobium

I don't think the flowering den is in the list.

[Kuzuri]

Thank you.

Sorry, I do believe the blooming orchid is a Den Victoria-reginae, as far as I can tell...

[gnathaniel]

Originally Posted by Kuzuri

Thank you.

Sorry, I do believe the blooming orchid is a Den Victoria-reginae, as far as I can tell...

I'd actually guess probably Mingle's Sapphire (victoria-reginae x gonzalesii) rather than Star Sapphire, which is a complex hybrid of the 'nobile' type.

I'd further guess based on pseudobulb morphology that #1 (in the order of the large pics) is wardianum (swollen nodes) and #4 is tortile (clavate and overall more flattened without distinctive swelling at nodes). In any case, those two species are distinct enough vegetatively that it should become very obvious which is which when they put on a little more growth.

And yeah, there's no Aerangis there...

[Kuzuri]

Thank you, Nathaniel! I appreciate your help!

Originally Posted by gnathaniel

I'd actually guess probably Mingle's Sapphire (victoria-reginae x gonzalesii) rather than Star Sapphire, which is a complex hybrid of the 'nobile' type.

In that case, they've sold me the wrong plant. It was sold as Victoria-Reginae.

[gnathaniel]

Originally Posted by Kuzuri

In that case, they've sold me the wrong plant. It was sold as Victoria-Reginae.

I brought up Mingle's Sapphire trying to match plants with the names you provided in your OP, but if it was sold to you as victoriae-reginae (species names should be written lowercase even when based on a proper name, BTW, only hybrids are capitalized) then that's definitely your best bet. If you think #4 isn't wardianum then maybe it's the Star Sapphire, which as I said is a complex 'nobile-type' hybrid.

Too bad about the inconsistent labeling from this nursery, but at least the plants look nice!

[katrina]

Just curious...it's obvious you just received these plants via shipping...did the seller forget to include labels? Is it possible for you to check w/him or her on the IDs?

Posting pics online w/out blooms (even w/blooms!) is a very unreliable way to ID most orchids.

FWIW...there is no Aerangis in your pics.

[Kuzuri]

Originally Posted by katrina

Just curious...it's obvious you just received these plants via shipping...did the seller forget to include labels? Is it possible for you to check w/him or her on the IDs?

Posting pics online w/out blooms (even w/blooms!) is a very unreliable way to ID most orchids.

FWIW...there is no Aerangis in your pics.

I had a feeling they forgot to send the Aerangis, haha. Anyway, I have already sent a mail with pictures to the nursery in question, but I wanted to check here as well.

[Optimist]

I was confused because you have four in the picture, and the list has five. Are their tags under the paper covers?

[Kuzuri]

Originally Posted by Optimist

I was confused because you have four in the picture, and the list has five. Are their tags under the paper covers?

It's because there were supposed to be five, but they forgot to send one of them, and I'm not sure which one is missing. And, no, there are no tags.