bud color and flower color correlation

[iloveorchids88]

Originally Posted by Maru777

Lol - same here - also waiting anxiously for one in the same situation to open but I love the surprise. From what I’ve seen there is more of an indication than direct correlation. For example the 2 pictures I added have buds that start off the same deep purple color. The pink one only starts to get its buds lighter colored when it’s almost open. The other one stays purple until the end and opens into purple flowers. I have also a white phal and a yellow one both with white-ish green buds that get tinted white/ light yellow only very close to opening, another purple one with mostly green buds this time, a pink one slightly darker than the one in the picture with light pink buds instead of the dark purple of this one and on and on. There are so many things mixed up in the hybrid phals I think that you can get the same color flower from different colored buds - at least based on the color when the buds are still small. So, prepare to be surprised lovely plant and great rescue, no matter the color though!

any flower color on a healthy phal is fine though, I'm hoping for a color I don't currently have.