need help

Oct 09, 2006 4 Replies

Trying to determine this flower (see link)...



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know the picture is poor, but that's all I have. A girl I know has this imprint on a peice of clothing and I want to know anything (if there is anything) to know about about it.



Thanks, Kevin C



ps- yes, I am trying to win her. :)



Possibly an orchid, Aristolochia, Iris, etc.

pic is awfully small!

I dunno

Carl

It's an orchid and I would go so far as to say it is a Cymbidium. There are thousands of different Cymbidium hybrids and the pattern on the lip can vary quite a bit. Here is a picture of one with a lip similar to the one in the small picture:

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(orchid grower for over 30 years)

Actually, I should have put up a link to one of my own pictures. This is a Cymbidium I bought in about 1975 for about $2. (I was a college student at the time and it was in my price range.) I think it was the first orchid that ever bloomed for me. I still have it:

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Thanks everyone. You guys are very helpful!

Kevin.

:)

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