No ID - about to bloom - what should I expect?
I have a plant that I had assumed was oncidium alliance.
It's in a 6 inch pot, many pseudobulbs, lots of strappy leaves that are not thick and leathery. I have no idea what this is - it was given to me in the fall by a member of my garden club, who had received it from a friend of hers. My friend never had it bloom - she gave me this and a phal. The plant in question is in a 6 inch pot, very crowded, about to grow over the pot's edges.
I was examining it - questioning whether to report, when I was surprised to notice a flower spike. It looks as thought there's a sheath - shaped somewhat like an early bud of a paph inside the folded leaf. I don't think this looks like an oncidium after all - though I haven't bloomed one of those since getting back into orchids.
I know I'll have a better idea when this actually blooms, but I am impatient, and am wondering just what sort of lower to expect on this. I'm attaching a picture of the flower spike, and of the plant's growth habit.
If anyone has any idea what this might be, I'd appreciate hearing from you.
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