Originally posted by WPRESTO That's a spectacular blossom with an even more spectacular common name. I confess to being more fascinated by the smaller orchids.
The blossom below is not really big, but this seems like a good place to post it. Growing in Iceland, looks like a violet to me.
Orchid nomenclature is arcane and complicated. "Aliceara" is an artificial, hybrid genus, the components are multiple genera in the Oncidium alliance. Offhand I don't know the details and wouldn't bore you with them even if I did. This isn't a group of orchids that I know a lot about... I don't generally grow them. This plant was a door prize or somesuch at a club event, nothing to do with it but tie it to the palm and let it do its thing. Seems happy enough, neh?