Phal flowr color

[Shiffdaddy]

I'll try moving it into more sun and maybe it'll darken up i'n the winter

Thanks guys and gals

[calypsoB]

I have one very similar to yours and it is quite sensitive to light changes. I bought mine with half the blooms developed and as the second ones can out they were quite different than the first. Still quite pretty though. I do have High light conditions as well and mine had more purple. Good luck!

[Ray]

I cannot claim it to be the case for sure, but red pigments tend to develop better in cooler conditions in many plants.

[james mickelso]

Orchids are not always stable. Hybrids especially. The color changes with each blooming. Especially the noids and orchids you get from the big box stores. Some are more stable than others too. It may be that the next time this one blooms it will be much more blue than this time. Hybrids especially.

[glengary54]

Has anyone taken into consideration that this may very well be a harlequin Phal. and it's patterns will never be the same?

[zxyqu]

Yes. Even harlequins generally hold the same color pattern when blooming in the same conditions over and over. Given the known changes that can occur in pigment coloring with different lighting and temps, and especially given the dramatic change in the most recent bud, I'd bet that conditions are the most if not entire cause of the change.

[keithrs]

I agree that the coloring will always change every flowering on this phal.

[mattryan]

I was reading through the post and I think I agree with Ray on this. Here's the same phal, when I first got it then when I got a re-bloom then moved it to enjoy the flowers. Alot less flowers...kept it too warm. Last pic is of the flowers that it made in a cooler area. You can see the contrast in the flower colour just from moving it while making flowers.

[glengary54]

Originally Posted by zxyqu

Yes. Even harlequins generally hold the same color pattern when blooming in the same conditions over and over. Given the known changes that can occur in pigment coloring with different lighting and temps, and especially given the dramatic change in the most recent bud, I'd bet that conditions are the most if not entire cause of the change.

Jarad - I totally agree that environmental factors can have an impact on flower color, it can both lighten and/or darken the shade. In this case the color hasn't changed much, just the amount of color on the flower. If you look at the sepals in the second picture, you will notice their poor form caused by a heavy concentration of color (much like the warts on a paph) which you don't see in the other picture. I've grown many a harlequin Phal. and have not found what you say about patterns staying the same given the same conditions. The patterns on harlequins are completely random and they vary wildly from flower to flower and in my experience with them, from flowering to flowering.

[Mira-Claude]

I bought the orchid in bloom (the purple one) and moved it to a bright hot location. The flower turned out whiter.
I was told that it had to do with the Golden Peoker parent. It tend to make brighter colors in cooler temperature.
Hope it helps ^^
(I still think it's cool though! The next flower if I am not mistaken will be even whiter on my little Taisuco Mickey.)