Bugger the Tags!

[bench72]

well this must be my lucky month!

two orchids opened their flowers and what do you know... the tags are completely bogus!

1. Miltonia spectabilis var morreliana 'Karl' - bought at a society auction from the collection of a very well known grower.

maybe they forgot the part of the tag that goes 'x Milt. clowesi' because this looks like the hybrid Miltonia Bluntii... hmm.. so another species that has to go back on the wish list!

2. Paph Honey - ok, in hindsight I should have known that neither Paph philippinense nor Paph primulinum has tesselated leaves... but this was one of the plants that I purchased when I first really got into Paphs... so I was a dumb newbie then... oh and bought from a well known Orchid Nursery

whatdyareckon? Paph Ashburtoniae?

just goes to show.... one never really knows until the flowers open... and then even then...

 

[Roy]

Well, I think a few questions need to be asked mate, a refund or 2 also.
The Milt is either a spectabilis OR Anne Warne hybrid, its quite nice though but not what you bought. The Paph is probably as you say, Ashburtoniae.

 

[biothanasis]

Both plants are gorgeous!!!!

 

[goldenrose]

I don't have any guesses. Both flowers are nice but they lose something when it's not what one expects. Bummer!

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

Both are really nice though.

I'm getting used to the idea that what I think I'm buying may not actually be what I end up with. I have quite a few orchids now with questionable tags and it's not like I didn't buy them from reputable growers. Frustrating though, especially if it's a pricey one or something you've really been coveting and turns out not to be it.

 

[bench72]

Roy, I don't think I'd be able to get a refund on the Paph... I bought that over 5 years ago... I guess as I learnt more about Paphs, I knew I didn't have the right plant, and kept it to see what it would turn out to be... as it is, it will now and forever be a NOID.

 

[SlipperFan]

It does look like Bluntii. I have no idea about the Paph, but it certainly isn't Honey. I hate when the tags don't match the plant!

 

[rdhed]

The paph. pictured here looks very much like my P. Capablanca. I have a picture of mine on a disc...I would just have to set up Image Shack. Mine looks slightly more red, but could just be the light it was taken under. Try a Google search for that one and see if anything comes up. Oakhill was where I got mine 3yrs. ago.

--Allen--

 

[NYEric]

Well you can always get rid of them as NOID's!

 

[Roy]

The Paph I'd dice quickly but the Milt' I'd grow on, its nice.