You are asking the impossible, tens of thousands Hybrids in the Hybrid register and you want an Id. Your only chance is to provide a pic. and maybe if it is a Mericlone (copy) which has been widely distributed, you might get an id.

When you say it has rebloomed, some will bloom for ages from the same flowering stem and that is the subject of many past discussions, So, is it blooming from an old flowering stem or from a new flowering stem that grew from the base of the plant.

Added via edit...The hybrid register site was not working this morning, but it is up now and the mind numbing number of Phalaenopsis Hybrids is 25,000 plus.

With flash-

I was looking closely..ALL blooming periods have been off of one stalk. The original tip of blooms died..but right below it that same one stalk branched bloomed,then it also died...but again a branch or shoot below it formed and in the summer sun and outdoors, thick like never before and with buds.

I would say- if you see this Orchid,snatch it up. I'm only sorry that months ago I did find the name..and just forgot what and where I found the name. I do recall it being a 21st century clone.

This stuff about cutting to a node and then cutting to a node is the subject of many, many past threads. In the end it is up to the owner, some will bloom for years with or without cutting to a node. I suppose it depends on the ancestry and your growing conditions.

Here is a benching of Phalaenopsis at an orchid society meeting.

I know that the readers of this forum are mostly newbies and the thought of cutting off a spike at the base is horrible..... but if the plant has produced a display of blooms that has lasted 2 or three months maybe it is time to say thank you and go SNIP at the base of the flowering stem.

Given good growing growing conditions the plant will grow a new stem from the base of the plant.

" formed and in the summer sun and outdoors, thick like never before and with buds."

This is why having having location and climate is important in your id.....

In the summer sun here the result would be one fried Phalaenopsis.

Its in light shade outdoors..some direct sun too.

As long as that spike is producing and that stem looks very healthy..why cut?

To me its strange to see a flower spike that keeps producing month after month in the ornamental plant world. I can't say I can think of another plant off hand that can do that.

Flowering from the old spike produces smaller flowers and you are left with a long ugly old spike. They will continue to produce buds. Most of us cut the spike off, let the plant grow over the summer and in the fall, the plant will send up a new spike or spikes.

Telling us where you live would be helpful. Advise can be different depending on where you live.

Jane

Its right in my name Jane.

Because its indoor- outdoor,maybe I better enjoy the bloom now. Because IF i were to cut it off?,a newer stronger one might not- wont be,most likely stronger- if it develops in the house close to a window in fall,early winter.

Its nice to see growth like that of a greenhouse in summer outdoors. I usually killed any winter bought moth Orchid long before summer ever started. I'm getting somewhere-ha.

Thanks!

Today- First of the third bloom flush this year to open. Its not as large as the greenhouse grown original blooms..but it might be that its the very same stalk as explained to me -right? Thats ok. Its been no fuss to get more bloom then I ever expected to get in my lifetime from the usual toss away Moth Orchids.

Does Doritaenopsis Ox Princess sound familiar to anybody? Thats the closest looking with a name I could find.

Not as in focus- but more buds near the top of the photo.

In 25,000+ Hybrids there are bound to be some that look alike. But a bit like is not good enough. You need an exact match.

It doesn't matter all that much. Orchid judges look at the flowers not the label.

At an orchid show last week, a Phalaenopsis Unknown orchid won the prize for Champion Novice orchid.

I can understand why new growers are tentative about cutting the spike off at the base because they think it will never bloom again.

That is a beautifully colored/patterned bloom! I hope you can keep it alive and doing well.

You've not posted pics of the entire plant. Is it in a clear pot so you can see the root growth? As long as leaves are healthy/firm and roots look good, I too might be tempted to allow it to continue blooming. But if the roots and leaves show stress I'd say cut the inflorescence. You don't want to lose the plant.

I'm often presented with a plant with limp leaves and asked to please save it because it has beautiful blooms. I've had one such plant now going on four months and finally it's growing about six new roots and two healthy leaves, but ever so slowly. She'll be lucky, her plant should survive and will probably spike this coming fall. Another I was trying to save for her was too far gone....I told her to dispose of it and buy another.

That is a beautifully colored/patterned bloom! I hope you can keep it alive and doing well.

You've not posted pics of the entire plant. Is it in a clear pot so you can see the root growth? As long as leaves are healthy/firm and roots look good, I too might be tempted to allow it to continue blooming. But if the roots and leaves show stress I'd say cut the inflorescence. You don't want to lose the plant.

I'm often presented with a plant with limp leaves and asked to please save it because it has beautiful blooms. I've had one such plant now going on four months and finally it's growing about six new roots and two healthy leaves, but ever so slowly. She'll be lucky, her plant should survive and will probably spike this coming fall. Another I was trying to save for her was too far gone....I told her to dispose of it and buy another.

Hybrids give us surprises because I have one that finished flowering two months ago and today I saw a new spike out.

The roots do look tired. The Orchid itself looks the same. We also had our coolest August since 1942. I moved it a few days ago into more late day sun. Shade the rest of the day.

Nice call on the roots Sheila. You know Orchids.

We usually have a warm Sept- late Nov. That's when it comes back indoors. Maybe I will cut that spike off and let it go back to root and foliage growth?

Nice plant Maritza. I really like clear pots; makes it easier to keep monitoring the health of your plant. Congrats on the new spike!