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By Resi

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Orchid Phalaenopsis but which one??




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There are hundreds, if not thousands, most of which do not have an id.

6 May, 2014

 

Now i never knew that, thanks moongrower

6 May, 2014

 

There is a GoY member who is very knowledgable about Phals but I can't remember her name!

6 May, 2014

 

I have been in touch with the growers, apparently it isnt phaleanopsis, was wrongly labelled, but a Cambria Colmonara 'Massai Red'. Thats why i coulnt find it! Very happy with this. Thanks mg

6 May, 2014

 

Yes I was away to say to you a Cambria

And I use a great orchid feed for my orchids in fact just fed them all with rainmix orchid feed.

6 May, 2014

 

Just looked that up scotkat, sounds good. I am an orchid newbie, stumbled into them by accident!

6 May, 2014

 

There is actually no such genus as Cambria - it is a commercial name for intergeneric hybrids which use the following genus (what is the correct plural?) amongst others;
Oncidium
Odontoglossum
Miltonia
Brassia

There are other genus used, but they're the ones that I can remember.

The good news is that they are bred to be more forgiving of a wider range of growing conditions, meaning that they should do well in most houses.
After flowering the pseudobulb will eventually die (it will never flower again) so don't panic, but they will produce offset pseudobulbs freely which ensures the plants survival.

6 May, 2014

 

Thanks for the info meanie but to be fair the grower told me it was a cambria or Oncidium intergenetics and gave advice on its growing and flowering habits.

6 May, 2014

 

the plural of genus is genera Meanie :o)

6 May, 2014

 

Thanks SBG! How embarrassing as I must have read that countless times over the last week and still went totally blank.

7 May, 2014

 

that's fine . I only have two daughters and still mix them up ;o)

7 May, 2014

 

;-))

7 May, 2014

How do I say thanks?

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