Odd Phalaenopsis

[Franco24]

Hello there everyone: I'm pretty foreign to the phallie forum here on the OB -species only grower here - but ...

These two guys came in on a phalaenopsis shipment at work today - and I've never seen phals with flowers like these! I paid $20 a pop after hesitating for a good twenty minutes. I'm not sure if I'm going to keep them ... Might give them away as gifts :/

What do you all think? What would cause this coloration? Are they normal?!

[escualida]

I've seen those before, pineridgeorchids.com has some and I've found some on eBay like that. They're lovely, I've been wanting one like the second one for a while. Enjoy!

[Ordphien]

Normal...
We have ton of those in my area... Not for $20 though thats insane!!!

[Paula Frayne]

I think that they are both awesome! Good find I'd say.

[tucker85]

Those are both beautiful! That type of phalaenopsis is quite popular right now. I'm no expert on this but I think the first one would probably be considered a splash-petal type phal. because the pattern looks like splashed paint. The second might be described as splash-petal or maybe a harlequin type because there are a few spots. No matter what you call them, they're very pretty.

[bballr4567]

Carterandholmes had about 3 different colors earlier this year. I Think I like the buds more than the actual blooms though.

Do they have a name? I can see they have the tag in the pot.

[lostonthebeach]

Both are great looking plants.

[Franco24]

The tags in the pots are mine "Phalaenopsis NOID" I hate having NOID plants - so I had to put some sort of tag in there! Hehe :P

And thanks everyone - now if only I could find a traditional spotted harlequin - I'm a sucker for them!