A cute little Oncid. alliance NOID

[mauraec]

Maura...take a look at --------> Aliceara Tahoma Glacier 'Green'

I know a few of the different clonals of Tahoma Glacier - and I've had a couple (lost last October), but, unless their blooms double or triple in size as they grow older, this one is really small to qualify. I agree, though, that the colors are very similar. Who knows? Anything is possible.

[mauraec]

Very pretty Maura. I think it's an Odontocidium - if the colour had been yellow instead of white I would have thought it was Odcm Wildcat.

Thanks, Yew - I agree that it has the markings and shape of some of the Wildcats I've seen - mine's a bit smaller, but that could be its extreme youth. Did you know that Colmanara Wildcat is now Oncostele Wildcat? That's a new one on me. I just looked it up on OWiz. Why can't they just leave well enough alone? I can hardly keep up with all these name changes on top of all the other new things I'm learning about growing orchids.

Hoping you're having a lovely day -

Maura

[mauraec]

Hijacking my own thread - oh well.....

Here's a question for Michael Saar - and anyone else who can navigate the taxonomy world - What are the genera that have recently been included in the Oncidium genus? And, which of the -"ara"s have collapsed into something else? Aliceara seems to be a default intergenetic, but have any of the Colmanaras, McLellanaras, Wilsonaras, Degarmoaras. Is there such a thing as an odontoglossum any more, or is it, too, now termed an oncidium? I had begun a research project on this topic, but my head's spinning and some input from others would be helpful.

[123orchids]

i like it a lot, very cute.

[Michael Saar]

No, there are apparently no Odontoglossums any more. Those which had not already been reassigned to Rhyncostele, Rossioglossum, etc. were reassigned to Oncidium. The change in Wildcat is a result of the several Odontoglossums being assigned to either Oncidium or Rhynchostele, leaving only the genera Oncidium and Rhynchostele, thus Onc(idium)(Rhynch)ostele. There's an article about the changes in the Oct/Nov/Dec Orchid Digest.

[mauraec]

No, there are apparently no Odontoglossums any more. Those which had not already been reassigned to Rhyncostele, Rossioglossum, etc. were reassigned to Oncidium. The change in Wildcat is a result of the several Odontoglossums being assigned to either Oncidium or Rhynchostele, leaving only the genera Oncidium and Rhynchostele, thus Onc(idium)(Rhynch)ostele. There's an article about the changes in the Oct/Nov/Dec Orchid Digest.

Thank you, Michael! I haven't yet subscribed to Orchid Digest - just the AOS Orchids magazine - but I can see I'm going to have to. By the way, do you know anything about Maxillaria huntii? All I know is that it was identified in 2008 and Eric Christenson wrote an article about it in Orchid Digest some time in 2009.

[orchids^_^]

Very pretty!
I just saw one like yours in my big box store...
Tell Philip he has good taste!
lovely blooms
Alex

[k_andreev]

amazing picture Maura,it look like a painting for me.nice job

[mauraec]

Very pretty!
I just saw one like yours in my big box store...
Tell Philip he has good taste!
lovely blooms
Alex

Did it come with a tag????