The first plant is a hybrid Dendrobium.
The second is Rhynchostylis gigantea subsp. violacea.
Jim Cootes
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put up two new pict of phil orchids both orchids come from my wifes ancestral lands on the slopes of the Pinatubo and they grow in crevasses of big bolders near small creeks in between greenisch mosses, elevation approximatively 400 - 600 meter above sea level
The first plant is a hybrid Dendrobium.
The second is Rhynchostylis gigantea subsp. violacea.
Jim Cootes
Do there occur hybrids in nature in orchids ???? as the first one is collected from the wild ???
Yes there are natural hybrids in the wild. Your plant is a man-made hybrid.
Jim Cootes
thanks for the information
Good afternoon Mr Cootes, a member of this community dont agree with yr ID of Rhynchostylis gigantea, look my Orchidbid and subsequent thread... maybe you can settle it with the the pretendent identifyer from india ???
It is interesting that the picture in the Orchidbids page is easier to see, than the one here where you wanted your plant identified. The plant in the picture is Rhynchostylis retusa.
Jim Cootes