Another very very strange orchid

[GracieGoodman]

I got another weird orchid at walmart the other day, and this one I think is weirder than the 2 colored one. It has only 3 petals and 3 lips. On 2 of the flowers they have 2 lips and the third one is like a mix between a petal and a lip.

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[Fairorchids]

Yes, a peloric Phalaenopsis hybrid. While not common, they are not that rare either in Phalaenopsis.

[wintergirl]

I think they are found more and more, it's "something different" and people are buying them. I even got a mini one.

[Nexogen]

Any business must be profitable.
This happens when the plant is manipulated by hormones.

[Ray]

I don't agree that it's peloric. Peloria (or pelorism), is defined as having symmetry when none is expected. That can be petals that look like a lip, or a lip that looks like a petal. The flower deformity in that plant is not symmetrical.

[No-Pro-mwa]

It's a cool one. It does seem to have a couple of different things going on with it. I would call it peloric but there does seem to be some petals missing in some of the blossoms.

[Fairorchids]

Most of the flowers are attempting to produce 3 lips. That is a classic peloric type.

That some flowers are a little different means that it is not stable (there could be environmental factors). In other words, a nursery would not use this plant to produce meristems, as it would not necessarily produce all peloric flowers.

[wintergirl]

Here is mine:

[fishmom]

Ooh, that's a nicely balanced bloom.

[No-Pro-mwa]

Very cool.