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[olly]

Hi everyone. I am new to this forum but not that new to keeping Orchids. I have about 22 now,mainly from Tesco's, Asda and local garden centres and a couple my Mum brought back from her travels.My latest buy was at the weekend (tesco)and have never seen one like it, a Royal Blue Phalaenopsis Is this a new verity? I will try and put some photos up soon.I also am a novice Bonsai collector and Grower(fingers crossed).To post photos onto this form do I do it the same way as the bonsai forum I use. Using photobucket. Sorry if this is to much and in the wrong place

[tucker85]

Welcome to Orchid Board!

[RandomGemini]

Is it actually blue, or is it more of a purple? The one color that orchids do not come in naturally, is blue. There are several purples that look close to blue, but if the flower is a crayola blue, or a denim blue, then it has almost certainly been dyed.

[olly]

If I could work out how to post a photo I would send it through. Not very good with computers.It has yellow tinges to the inner petals, The larger petals denim blue with shading of white running through the petals

[WhiteRabbit]

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...ng-photos.html

You need to have made five posts before you can post pix using links.

Sounds as though you may have a dyed Phal.

[RandomGemini]

Get a few more posts going and you should be able to post a pic, but I did find this for you:

The Mystique Of The Blue Phal

There is an orchid out there, being sold as a "Royal Blue Phal" that is dye injected. That doesn't mean that yours is this exact plant. It could just be that it was sold with a common name, rather than the scientific name of the plant. Nothing wrong with that!

Looking forward to seeing it! It sounds beautiful!

[SlipperGirl]

Welcome to OB

[Leafmite]

Hello and welcome!

[nikkik]

Welcome to the orchidboard!!

[olly]

I hope it is not dyed as it is beautiful l found out late last night that I need 5 posts before I can post photos