Special Orchid.

[Aquarinyoshi]

Okay, I have been searching the internet for more than three weeks now trying to find an answer to this orchid. I've been from Barkeria to Beallara, Oncidium to Phalaenopsis - the list simply goes on and on! I've repeatedly typed in the different varieties and searched on multiple orchid forums, but no one seems to be able to find the right answer to my question: what is this orchid?

I bought it about two years ago at a big box store with everything looking healthy and magical. Due to lack of knowledge about orchids, I probably did everything wrong from temperature, direct sunlight, and the deadliest of all, overwatering. Now that we're in the future and I've gained more knowledge on the subject of this wonderful plants, I only dream about the very first orchid I fell in love with and how I may never find it again.

Now I hope someone, new member or experienced cultivator, will be able to help me find the answer to the question I've been dying to find out. Sadly, while it was alive I only snapped pictures of the flowers, not the leaves. If I remember correctly, the tag deemed it Phalaenopsis, and the leaves seemed to follow, but it looks far from that - a Beallara perhaps. The closest thing I've seen to it is Beallara Tahoma Glacier, and even then it doesn't match exactly (Too much purple on the white petals). Unless there are different variations, it's not a Tahoma Glacier either.

Here's to hoping:

[raybark]

It is certainly one of what is commonly known as an "oncidium intergeneric" (even though it may not actually have any oncidium in its background, like the beallara genus you mentioned), and not possibly a phalaenopsis.

That said, it is such a diverse group with so many hybrids that you may never know the exact cross, and that, my friend is why you always keep your plants labeled.
You're likely correct that your plant is not Tahoma Glacier, but I don't know why you would absolutely rule it out - within any one cross, there can be so much color variation that there are many cases in which you'd never guess two plants were the same cross.

[BrianMonk]

Actually, Beallara Tahoma Glacier was my first thought. It is a very widesread hybrid, mericloned over and over again.

Regardless, it is most likely a Beallara. Since most of these are mules in regards to hybridizing, getting a name is more an academic pursuit.

[EdM-in-TN]

Yes, agreed, very much like a Beallara Tahoma Glacier, also a little bit like Degarmoara Winter Wonderland.