Purple Orchids

Artist: Alison Cornford-Matheson
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Purple Orchids

This is a macro of another of the gorgeous orchids at the Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.

Any help identifying the variety would be greatly appreciated.

Gear: Nikon D80, AF-S MICRO NIKKOR 105mm 1:2.8G ED

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Purple Orchids by Alison Cornford-Matheson

Corinne Pouzet

Absolument sublime
Alison Cornfor... replied

Merci!
Karen Cook

Love ‘em!! Your composition is perfect :o)
Alison Cornfor... replied

Thanks Karen!
Yool

I don’t know the name but it is STUNNING!!!!
Alison Cornfor... replied

Thanks so much Yool!
Sensiworld

Beautiful shot Alison, love the rich colours !
Don’t know the name…
Alison Cornfor... replied

Thank you Sylvia!
eseffpe

wow never seen one like this – great photo !!
Alison Cornfor... replied

Thanks so much!
Bev Woodman

Beautiful colour Alison – lovely orchid!
Alison Cornfor... replied

Thank you so much!
Krys Bailey

Gorgeous, Alison! I think its Odontoglossom again – they have several variations of petal size. Try Wikipedia!
Alison Cornfor... replied

Thanks Krys! I took a peek at wiki and they don’t have many photos to compare these too, but I’m still searching :)
Steve Chapple

Great composition with the flower, colour and background. Again such a crisp piece of work!
Alison Cornfor... replied

Thank you so much :)
Neil Boucher

I seem to remember a genus called brassidium, which is a cross between a brassia and an oncidium. I think I can definately see brassia in the background of this one. As Krys said, it is probably somewhere within the odontoglossum alliance (which refers to crosses between brassias, odontoglossums and oncidiums). When I stopped growing these orchids it was getting very difficult to identify them because they were so far removed from the species. As that was something like 10-15 years ago, I can imagine there would have been so much cross breeding since then that it may be impossible to identify. Even if one could identify the parents, unless this is a particularly good offspring it would be almost impossible to identify.
I actually miss growing my orchids, but it just got too expensive and time consuming. Ahh, the memory just kicked in and the word zygopetalum comes to mind as the species which contributes the purple mottling, so it is definately a hybrid with zygopetalum (probably zygopetalum mackayi) as one of the parents. Unfortunately at this stage I can’t be more specific.
Alison Cornfor... replied

Wow! Thank you so much for all of the information Neil! It is fascinating how many species and sub-species there are. I’ve delved a bit into the world of tulips but orchids are still a mystery to me :) Thanks again for all your help!
Farmncamera

A sure prize winner!!! Just gorgeous!! XX
Alison Cornfor... replied

Thanks so much Elaine!
handprintz

Wow ! simply stunning lovely capture Alison
Alison Cornfor... replied

Thank you Trudi!
WingsOfAngels

Absolutely Stunning Shot!! The orchids mimic ourselves.. so many facets, varied shades and colors, and they as we are Immensely BEAUTIFUL.
Alison Cornfor... replied

Thank you so much! You are right, they are all very unique and individual, just like us :)
WingsOfAngels

You are very welcome Alison, and giggles they are just as finicky as we are as well.. lol
Mark Lyons

Beautiful Beautiful Photograph and Flower.
Alison Cornfor... replied

Thank you so much Mark!
FelicityB

An absolute stunner …
Alison Cornfor... replied

Thank you Felicity!
TWindDancer

Looks like some kind of hybrid between a Brassia Rex and ?? Shape and patterning very similar to Brassia Rex ‘Sakata’ though color on this is a bit more purple. Good luck ~~ it’s a beauty!
Alison Cornfor... replied

Thank you so much!