Dendrobium Pop Eye (peloric???)

[gjanick2]

My den. Pop Eye had a bud bloom today. I think the plant is peloric. The sepals appear to be mimicking the lip and there are other weird characteristics.

Den. Pop Eye is a somewhat common orchid in Thailand and much of SE Asia.

It is a registered den. with RHS.

I have attaches some pictures of my plant and one picture what the 'normal' Pop Eye should look like.

Please feel free to leave your comments. Thanks.

Edit: I made a big blunder. The plant is certainly not peloric. The sepals opened today, a day later. I have added two more pics from this morning. I apologize!

[estación seca]

Nice! Yes, I would call this peloric.

[RJSquirrel]

peloric flowers are kind of neat looking. if its grown that way on purpose thru breeding is it still peloric. ?

[gjanick2]

I made a huge blunder. The sepals simply opened a day later. I will edit my thread with new pics.

Your question is a great question. I have no idea if it is yes or no.

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by RJSquirrel

peloric flowers are kind of neat looking. if its grown that way on purpose thru breeding is it still peloric. ?

Sure, it's peloric by definition if segments imitate other segments (like petals imitating lip, but there are other variations on the theme too. Like the "big foot" Phals where the lip imitates the petals).