Happy colour-surprise

[The Mutant]

I bought this NoID about a month ago, re-potted it about three weeks ago and it has soon opened all of the buds it had when I first spotted it.

The thing that caught my attention with it (except it looking like a poster child of a healthy phalaenopsis) was the very intense yellow on the side lobes and the lip, and this was also the reason I bought it in the first place since I normally don't like Phals with as white a flowers as this one have (although they have a very faint pink hue as well, so they're not pure white). I was a bit disappointed with the buds opening after bringing it home since the yellow on the lip was paler than before. I thought that I obviously couldn't provide the conditions it needed to have that intense yellow on the lip and not only the side lobes, which was why I got so very happy when the latest of the buds opened completely today and I realized that the two latest flowers have an even more intense yellow than any of the previous ones!

I expect the last flower to have opened up completely by tomorrow so I'll upload a picture of the entire plant then. Here you have some pictures of the flowers in the meantime.

[tucker85]

Beautiful! I do like all that yellow on this one. Very nice.

[The Mutant]

Thanks tucker! So do I. I've seen hybrids similar to mine appear at the local supermarket lately, but none as "high quality" or what I should call it, as mine.

It would be great if I could get an ID for this guy which I suspect is not an impossibility considering it was purchased at a good vendor. All I need to do is go there and ask where they usually get their Phals from and then email the nursery in question for a possible name. I think I'll do that actually... Maybe I'll be as lucky as I was with my Dtps. Queen Beer 'Tiny Doll'.

[The Mutant]

I upped some more pictures (featuring Prillan in one) of this little guy!

[WhiteRabbit]

Lovely!

[The Mutant]

Thanks!
I had hoped that it was done with these spikes so it could focus on the mysterious growth at its base, but oh nooo. This guy follows what seems to be the trend among my Phals now, and is continuing growing the spikes it has instead. I wonder how many flowers it'll have when it's done?

[Carpe Diem]

Love the pictures, especially the 4th one. May I have 1 of each please? Well, maybe 2 of the Phal.

[The Mutant]

This little guy might not be a NoID anymore! I went to the vendor's today, since I had to buy fert for my chids, and after harassing the poor lady at the checkout for the name of the nursery, I got to talk to the guy responsible for the orchids. According to him it comes from a new nursery in the Netherlands, which I think I've located now, and the guy also knew what the name of the hybrid was and that it's apparently an old one. He said snow cloud and then changed it to snow mound, but after checking RHS it seems to be a Phal. 'Snow Cloud'. Just to make certain, I've contacted the nursery in question and asked.

Not only did I manage to obtain a possible name, I also secured my very own Phal dealer! He told me to mail him a wishlist of the little more unusual Phals and he would get those that are available! Am I lucky or what?! This means I'll now have a vendor within walking distance where I can pick up Phals I had to order from Europe myself before.

I'm busily working on my wishlist as we speak.