Zygopetalum maculatum

Submitted by morfandus on Fri, 06/07/2012 - 12:48

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Hello All, New member and new to the game. I have just being given 30 plus orchids from a dear Aunt who can no longer care for them. As many of the lable and names are now missing I am trying to ID plants as they come into flower. I believe this to be a Zygopetalum Mackaii (http://www.orchidphotos.org/index.html) but have also found it could be Zygopetalum Titanic 'Marlene'(OSCOV) Your thoughts?

Thanks Davo for help have updated title to Z. maculatum as suggested. Refer below.

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Hi David, A couple of things

Submitted by davo on Sun, 15/07/2012 - 10:40.

Hi David,
A couple of things to sort out here, firstly, you have the spelling wrong, it should be Zygopetalum in the title.
Now there are two names, mackayi and mackaii, mackaii is usually much darker, the petals and sepals are almost a solid red/brown colour, whereas your flower has the markings and clouring of mackayi, so I would suggest your plant is mackayii. Having said that, Z. mackayi is now a synonym of Z. maculatum, so your plant should be labelled Z. maculatum.
If you do a search of the site you will probably find both flowers listed.
Hope that helps.

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Davo