Orchid: Many Small Orange Fragrant Blossoms

[SvenLittkowski]

Hi,

It was the very first time, an orchid had no label, maybe it went missing before I bought it. Please assist me to ID this orchid.

It has aerial roots, and the many small, orange blossoms are nicely fragrant.

I hope the two photos can help you to ID this plant. Thanks a lot.

[panam]

It looks like it might be an Ascofinetia Twinkle or maybe some orange Neofinetia or Neostylis. How big is it?

[Halloamey]

Looks very much like Ascocentrum miniatum to me. A better picture of the individual flower upfront will be helpful in Idying though.

[Jason-UK]

Can't help with ID but i really do like it.

[SvenLittkowski]

I heard already about the Ascocentrum miniatum. But also, in another forum they say, that the blossoms of the Ascocentrum miniatum wouldn't be fragrant and that they would look still a bit different. A blossom is maybe just 1 cm accross. I will try to make a photo of a single blossom in a few minutes...

[Jason-UK]

Ascocentrum garayi i found this after comparing what Amey said

[SvenLittkowski]

Here're two macro photos of the blossoms, hope they help...

[Jose R. Nieves]

Indeed it looks like one of the two species, Ascocentrum miniatum or garayi. Ascf. Twinkle has a long spur arising from the base of the lip like Neofinetia falcata. Garayi leaves are toothed at the apex (serrated). I quote from Jay Phal "This species (miniatum) and Asco. garayi are very similar and more often than not A garayii is sold as A miniatum. The two differ in A garayii having flowers with deep solid orange color and very elliptical petals and sepals as well as a straight lip, A miniatum on the other hand has clearer, more transparent orange flowers with more noticeable veining and the sepals and petals are much narrower and the lip is recurved. "
Jose

[PaphMadMan]

From the small flower size and the flattened spur visible in the macro photos - Ascocentrum auranticaum rather than miniatum. The fragrance is still an issue though.

[Naoki]

Rhyncocentrum 'something'?