Does my phalaenopsis have thrips?

[akhenenra]

Originally Posted by Dimples

That looks like sunburn/heat/light damage. Thrips don’t produce straight lines of color difference like that. I’ve zapped leaves from green to yellow on my ficus lyrata through a south facing window slowly over one winter. The plant was happily growing so I didn’t notice until the yellowing was pronounced on a few leaves. It’s not hard to do with direct light that’s a little too strong.

I appreciate this, thanks, after examining the leaves again based on the pattern of the damage I'm now pretty confident it's light related somehow. I'll be more careful moving plants around. Thank you!