ugly orchids!

[stefpix]

I am new to the forum and everytime someone posts a photo there is always these compliments and wows!!

anyway it would also be fun and interesting instead of knowing what you like and what is on your wish list what you dislike, find "ugly" or you would never get especially among the most popular species/hybrids...
and maybe explain why.

could be color/ alliance / etc etc...
come on, leave diplomacy and politeness out and speak the old persons' unfussy truth and you can be grumpy about it!

stefano

[lily99]

I know Brassavola nodosa is popular and easy to grow, but I don't like the shape of the flowers at all, so I would never buy one.

When I was pregnant, the smell of Cattleyas made me vomit so I had to hold my breath while I watered mine for 9 mos.

[Psyguy10]

LOL, this thread is an amusing idea, there has been something similar to it posted:

ugly orchid

In my honest opinion, I have almost never seen an Orchid i thought was ugly, I tend to gravitate to the weird ones

There are some.....unique(?) Cattleya hybrids, people make so many there's bound to be black sheep I guess.

[stefpix]

well there some that may be over rated and over priced...

Somehow i find Paphiopedilum looking a bit sad with that single [most of the time] rigid flower... I like the mottled leaves but there is something that dos not intrigue me enough.. also sick of those large white phal hybrids you see on the desk at art galleries and real estate offices...
Although I started to love phal species like equestris, bastianii etc...

and some hiperhybridized Cattleyas I am not crazy about - look like some generic experiment and I find species like Laelia tenebrosa or C guttata way more attractive than all those corsage type hybrids...
I like primary hybrids...

And some Oncidiums make me think of Irises - \
wouldnt just be easier to buy a bunch of Iris bulbs for 6 dollars and grow them in potting soil? Te leaves are almost similar. Covergent evolution?

I love my Vanilla planifolia variegata...And the canes of Dendrobiums..... i love plants that grow roots everywhere - thick turgid roots

[stefpix]

And somehow Stanhopeas remind me of a failed omelette or soufflé - something that fell apart while turning it in the pan!

[MaX]

Some twisted minds in there somewhere. Get a life!

[phearamedusa]

MaX,
What do you expect at this time of the morning, some of us haven't been to bed yet, and have to get up in a couple of hours to earn a living to pay for our twisted obsessions.

Those foul smelling stinkers, of any variety, that have the beautiful flowers that we all drool over until we get a whiff of whatever the offending odor is... rancid meat, sour milk, dirty gym clothes, you get the idea.

[camille1585]

I really don't like those frilly floofy enormous blooms some Catts have. I like the small simple blooms, and the species Catts better! And those really shiny, waxy looking paphs aren't my thing either. I prefer the fuzzy looking ones that make several blooms.

[wgama]

I really dont like oncidiums...im not sure why?!?! But I love the oncidium intergenerics. If that makes any sense! lol

[Psyguy10]

You're all monsters! those poor Orchids being slammed by you terrible people, the horroh of it all! **places hand to forehand dramatically**

Actually, I agree with Camille about the Cattleya hybrids, some are just wayyyyy too floofy for me. But it's hard to single out a 'Chid as ugly