Phalaenopsis with 7 petals

[No-Pro-mwa]

I love it too. I think I have seen it before, I would think if you get a keiki that it would be the same.

[gngrhill]

Originally Posted by No-Pro-mwa

I love it too. I think I have seen it before, I would think if you get a keiki that it would be the same.

I would hope so, but I think my chances of a keiki for this blooming are done. I may have waited too late when I applied the keiki paste, I put it on the two bottom nodes and got another bloom spike on the uppermost and nothing on the lower, So unless there are nodes on the new spike ( and I don't see any now ) my chance on this blooming are done.

[Cym Ladye]

Originally Posted by gngrhill

This is a picture of my mini that also has the extra petals. ........

This flower is termed peloric where all the petals on all the flowers mimic the lip each time it blooms. It is generally termed "stable" because of those traits. The one flower which started this thread is a transient mutation and may or may not occur on future flowers on a future blooming.

Mutations generally occur because of over mericloning of the plants, and often because the tissue is not from the original mother plant, but from another clone.

As a note, I think it is safe to say that all phal. hybrids sold in the market place today are man made. Few if any collected plants reach the mass market. A few collected species are available but with the Cites requirements, we seldom see them anywhere except in the countries where they are collected.

[Patrick.Orchidee]

Nice plant!

[gabrielacocinera]

Very pretty!!