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Jan 20, 2024 3:36 PM CST
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Bedford, VA region 7a, 7b
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I inherited this orchid from my work place 2 years ago. This is the first time it has bloomed! Anyway, I am an amateur, but I do enjoy my indoor plants. What type of orvhid is it? I imagine a common one. But an orchid name would be 'extra' cool! TY!
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Jan 20, 2024 4:08 PM CST
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It's a really pretty Phaelaenopsis.

Congratulations on getting it to bloom!
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Jan 20, 2024 4:12 PM CST
Name: Ted DeWitt
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There is a great 'Sticky' Post at the top about growing Phalaenopsis. Lots of good info. P
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Jan 20, 2024 7:48 PM CST
Name: Nick
Detroit Michigan (Zone 6a)
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Unfortunately, getting a correct name for your Phalaenopsis estelle722 is next to impossible.
First, it is a hybrid, likely one produced after a few generations of breeding. This only makes getting a name problematic. If it was a species, or a variety of a known species, that would be so much easier.
With hybrids, a good number of them have been mericloned resulting in wide spread exposure. But yours is likely not the result of mericloning, the production of genetic duplicates. That is where the difficulty comes in. When you hybridize Phalaenopsis, a great many seedlings can be produced and there can be many differences in the way they look. In some cases, there could be similarities but nothing which would allow for the proper name to be found.
So really what I am trying to say with dozens or even hundreds of similar crosses having been made with a few dozen of similar looking offspring, to figure out what exactly your's might be is next to impossible. Sorry!
Phalaenopsis have captured the hearts of many plant people. So many of them can not be exactly identified! BUT most of them are "loved and enjoyed" by their owner's regardless.
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