Small bellatulum

[paphioboy]

A small-flowered one, recent purchase from my friend's nursery. He used to be big on strap-leaf vanda but has shifted his focus onto desert rose (Adenium). The handful of species he has are semi-neglected but appear to thrive quite well. This plant has 3 growths in bloom/sheath although the leaves look a bit wrinkly. A second pot I bought also looks similar with 3 sheaths.



An S-Gratrix I posted recently had these patches on the leaves.. Is this cellular burst? We had several weeks of very hot (nearly 40 degrees C) and dry weather in March and April. But the pattern looks almost symmetrical.


Not sure what this guy is. Has never bloomed for me yet, got it as godefroyae but the leaf shape looks wrong to me. Definitely one of the most beautiful leaves in my collection..

 

[Markhamite]

Cute little flower.

 

[SlipperKing]

Your non-IDed plant looks like concolor leaves to me.

 

[fibre]

Lovely bellatulum!
I've never seen similar patches on the leaves like on your S. Gratrix. I would be interested to know what caused this!
The leaf-pattern is great! Concolor is a good guess, it is such a variable species. But it might be an hybrid like niveum x concolor...

 

[Happypaphy7]

Those white patches are on some of my brachys as well.
They are just a separation between the tissue layers. I have no idea what causes them, though, other than those leaves that I accidentally bent or broke, they would have these white filmstrip area, but not in the shape of dots.

The leaves of the second plant is beautiful!
Definitely has niveum in my opinion.
Almost exactly the same as my mini snow flake (conco-bellatulum x niveum).
Mine was bought as blooming size two years ago, it doubled in size and now it looks to be in low sheath.

 

[Stone]

This is one of the most beautiful plants I've seen. Orchid or not!

 

[paphioboy]

Thanks, guys.. I forgot to mention the noID actually has purple almost all over the underside of the leaves.. Unlikely to be a hybrid, this was obtained from a friend who got a bunch of wild plants for rescuing.

 

[abax]

Love the spotted flower and the leaf pattern on the noid
is so outstanding I'd keep it for the foliage alone.

 

[NYEric]

Nice, Show us the bottom of the NOID.

 

[SlipperMatt]

In my opinion the noid plant is a Magic Lantern, made from delenatii vinicolor x micranthum.

 

[fibre]

Thanks, guys.. I forgot to mention the noID actually has purple almost all over the underside of the leaves.. Unlikely to be a hybrid, this was obtained from a friend who got a bunch of wild plants for rescuing.

I'm very curious to see it in bloom one day!

 

[Happypaphy7]

In my opinion the noid plant is a Magic Lantern, made from delenatii vinicolor x micranthum.

No, the leaves are not of parvi.
Trust me, this is brachy.

 

[SlipperFan]

Curtisii, maybe?

Beautiful.

 

[Migrant13]

Nice bella and that other plant is a beauty.