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Originally Posted by isurus79
Give it a few days to open and darken up. High levels of light will also encourage it to get dark. Do you have different levels of light from Feb to July (ie. movement of the sun across the sky causing differing shading regimes)? In the mean time, do you have pics of the "normal" color that we could see to compare?
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The last time it bloomed was around Feb. 2006. It was receiving about the same amount of light and the blooms were intense in color when they opened. Sorry, no photos. I didn't have the digital camera back then. To my recollection the blooms had much more substance with larger thicker petals and they smelled wonderful. This bloom is unscented.
In Dec. of 2007 it had many sheaths and I had increased the light just a bit. This was probably a mistake. The leaves suffered no damage but all the sheaths dried up and there were no blooms produced in Feb.
The general care has been the same. It had been in a sunnier location until about 4 weeks ago. We began having daily thunderstorms so to prevent root rot it was moved to a more sheltered location. It didn't have sheaths at that time. It still receives about 3 to 4 hours of E exposure.