Hello,
It's interesting how you grow the more you get to know growing Orchids. When I first bought this plant from a box store the only thing I knew to look out for was the overall condition of the plant (droopy leaves, wrinkling, dying flowers, etc.) but now that I know a bit more I've come to wonder about this new leaf that this Phal. 'Pink Pirate' has been growing. (Especially after the "Virus" thread got me thinking.)
Looking closer at it to take a picture I've also noticed that the lower most leaves have this sort of "mottling" & every leaf has that little "clipped" tip or notch if you will. This plant has long been hanging with the rest & I recently repotted it as it had springtails but appears otherwise healthy. The flowers have been well sort of falling apart and thinning around the edges. The petals on a few have "cracked" open but I've assumed this to be part of their dying off process...maybe? Also this plant was dyed with a blue dye. Here's a picture of the new leaf, see the mottling and the notch?
Any thoughts?
New Phal leaf has strange mottling - Virus?
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