Unknow Phragmipedium

[Brandon Tam]

Can anybody identify this Phrag.? It has been in the collection for many years but has been missing a tag ever since I started working in the greenhouse.

http://imgur.com/yz9dzbp

Thanks in advance!

 

[NYEric]

It's green, not me.

 

[tomkalina]

Looks similar to a Phrag. Grande (longifolium x caudatum) clone I saw years ago having the clonal name 'Long Shanks'. Do you know where the plant originated?

 

[Silvan]

It also kinda looks like a Les Dirouilles like in this post :

http://www.slippertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4720

 

[PaphMadMan]

It also kinda looks like a Les Dirouilles like in this post :

That's always the problem with unknown hybrids, anything that brings together longifolium and caudatum in good measure without too much of anything else distinctive could look much like this. The older you can verify the plant to be the more likely it is to be Grande, an old and widely distributed cross, but it should always have a question mark next to any identification.

 

[Secundino]

Phrag. Sorcerers Apprentice.... - thats always the problem with orchid specialists!

 

[eteson]

I agree with Tom. Seems Phrag Grande to me. Probably one made using longifolium as pod patent.

 

[bullsie]

it is a beauty though!

 

[orcoholic]

Phrag. Demetria?

 

[Brandon Tam]

A big thanks to everyone who helped to identify the Phrag. After looking the possibilities, I think Phrag. Grande would be the best guess. After repotting the plant, I found remnants of a plant tag that was faded but could make out the word "Grande" on it!

Thanks again for all the help!