U/I terrrestrial
 

hello, i recently bought this terrestrial orchid in a nearby market, they told me it was a "domingoa" but in google search id doesnt exist, does anyone knows the scientific name of this species??

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---------- Post added at 11:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:33 PM ----------

??sorry, im new in the forum, how do you post a photo?

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---------- Post added at 07:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:43 PM ----------

Btw, there is such a genus of orchid called Domingoa. However, to my knowledge they are not terrestrial orchids.

thanks for that,i will try again this si the flower:

I have never seen this flower before.

It is definitely an orchid.

Do you have a pic of the entire plant?

Maybe I can get an idea of what family it may belong to. Either that or somebody else may be able to identify it.

Do you also happen to know the country of origin for this orchid?

It may be a good idea to produce seeds of this plant and send the seeds to a lab so you may produce more of them.

It is for certain not Domingoa.

Every time I see the photo of the flower, I keep thinking it might belong to the genus Plocoglottis. I don't think it is though, idk...

---------- Post added at 10:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:16 PM ----------

Try using this website for an orchid search instead:

Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia

im sure its mexican, i bought it from a guy that sells mexican orchids, he lives in a tropical area an he has a greenhouse and reproduces wild orchids

these are the remaining pseudobulbs, after flowering it lost all its leaves, i think its terrestrial because of the shape of the pseudobulbs and roots.

what im afraid of is that since i dont know anything about it i could kill it

Since you know the vendor and can ask him, ask for the scientific name. If he reproduces wild Mexican orchids, he probably knows the name. Domingoa is probably a common mexican name for the plant.

thanks everyone for the help, i sent the photo to the mexican orchid society and they gave me the scientific name: Bletia roezlii

IOSPE PHOTOS

Your plant has gone deciduous and is dormant. That is natural.

I never would've thought of connecting it with the genus Bletia. It looks very different from the Bletia species that I'm familiar with seeing. The only Bletia species I'm aware of are Bletia catenulata, Bletia florida, and Bletia purpurea.

Congratulations, this is definitely one of the rarer Bletia species that made it into the hobby. Good luck.

---------- Post added at 09:19 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:08 AM ----------

Forgot to mention...

It is definitely a terrestrial orchid. So yes, you were correct in your assumption in this particular case.