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Originally Posted by Wynn Dee13
I was just reading in my Orchids magazine (May 2008) an article about light. It says Phals grown under excessively low light levels develop thin, narrow longer leaves. So maybe the older longer leaves on your plant were grown in low light and now under higher light the plant is growing smaller rounded leaves. It makes since the plant would need less surface area in the leaves for photosynthesis if grown under higher light.
I got a NOID Phal last year as a gift and it had long skinny leaves with a small spike. Now the new leaves that have grown under my care are shorter and wider. They also are darker green. This year it bloomed with a huge spike that branched three times and had a lot more flowers that were bigger than when I got it. I think the leaves are shorter, wider and darker green because I gave it higher light.
But this is the opposite of what Bob said so I don't know. That is just my experience.
Are the flowers small? Could it be a mini Phal?
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thats very interesting! i can type out the article if you want. both seem to make sense.
lol!
if it is in lower light then it had before, then why are the older leaves (grown before he/she got it) longer and thinner?
i still think it is due to low light though, because of the dark leaves. ive observed in my collection that phals will get lighter in higher light, then even higher then that, they will get darker. and as noted above, pink and purple phals will often exhibit dark leaves and sometimes red pigmentation on or under them.
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