Wow, Look what Mother Nature did!

[Bird Song Farm]

Originally Posted by Dorothy

Gives a whole new meaning to 'reach out and touch someone'.


I believe the term is mutation?

Dorothy, is there something screwball with your settings? All your posts are doubled. Not that I mind, I love your posts.
Isn't it kinda strange that it would mutate to look exactly like the plant next to it?

Al

[mehitabel]

I would say your yellow/red bloom will fade to white/purple over time. The color pattern is more or less the same.

Lots of white or cream flowers open a little yellow. A little more light could easily produce that extra punch of color in the new flower.

[jkofferdahl]

Fascinating! But "normal"? I don't think anything to do with orchids is normal!!!

[Blueszz]

It's beautiful and I like the last bloom even more than the white/purple ones :-)
I think it has to do with slightly different light levels and temps when the bud grew.
BTW I have purple Phal with bits of white in the center but that white starts as yellow, getting white over time.

I know temp can influence flower color, in Christmas cactee it's very obvious in my white one. If the temperatures get below x F, they are pink-ish, otherwise plain white. Maybe something like this is happening with your Phal too?

Nicole

[camille1585]

I was also thinking that it might be due to temperature or light. One of my phals did something like that. It started blooming in a darker place, and the first bloom was a big greenish and the markings where more prononced. I moved it into the sunlight and the other blooms looked very different!

[Dorothy]

Originally Posted by Bird Song Farm

Dorothy, is there something screwball with your settings? All your posts are doubled. Not that I mind, I love your posts.
Isn't it kinda strange that it would mutate to look exactly like the plant next to it?

Al

Transmutation?

[Angurek]

Neat mutation!

[Bird Song Farm]

Osmosistation?

Al

Originally Posted by Dorothy

Transmutation?