Phal. Violacea in Bud

[RandomGemini]

It's like the artificial absinthe scent sold at a local body lotion and perfume shop here. It's very green, sort of herbal, but spicy. I expect it will develop over a couple of days too. That's what usually happens with my fragrant oncidiums. First day, no smell, or it smells weird, then the scent sort of opens up and gets some body to it. Then they'll smell like vanilla or generic floral.

[RosieC]

Love that colour. Definately too many sepals though, I've had the odd flower on some of mine that come out with either not enough or too many. I will probably be normal next flowering.

[RandomGemini]

Originally Posted by RosieC

Love that colour. Definately too many sepals though, I've had the odd flower on some of mine that come out with either not enough or too many. I will probably be normal next flowering.

This is my first odd flower. I think it's cool so even if it doesn't bloom correctly, I'll keep it. The color is so intense and the fragrance is amazing. I walked into my office this morning and it smelled like someone had opened a box of lemonheads. When I checked to see what was giving off the scent, it was this flower. It's clearly lemon now, with little bit of spice.

[No-Pro-mwa]

Way to go.

[abhijit]

look so lovely. Magnificent colour. I like it.

[Jenn4a]

I like it. Right now my favorite flowers are: amboinensis, gigantea (plant size too big?), bellina, violacea, hieroglyphica, and some others.

I'm not feeling brave enough to try more species phals. My hieroglyphica is doing alright but I think it's having a nutrient problem. I think it's being corrected though the leaves were really light green->yellow, but the colors are darkening up. The color comes back mottled at first, looks neat! All the leaves are darkening, so I'm not sure if it's Nitrogen, magnesium, or another nutrient, but I am just happy it's improving.

[RandomGemini]

I want a heiroglyphica, gigantea has great flowers, but is too large for my space. I am trying to move away from Phal hybrids and into more species. I still love the great big Oncidium hybrids though. I may never get over those! Huge plants, spectacular show when they bloom though. I'm hoping this violacea will give me a good show at some point too. It looks like it wants to grow several spikes at once. I'd love it to bloom off of all of them at the same time the way my Miltassia does.