2 Phal violaceas with pale blotches
I'm not sure what is going on, but it has me nervous. I'm inclined to believe that it's sun damage/ heat stress since both of them have been suffering from admittedly dangerously high temperatures, and both did receive a little bit of sun damage a couple of months ago. But i'm not sure this accounts for the roughened appearence of the coerulea's leaves (close up included).
Unfortunately I cannot be sure that these are or are not a recent development, but i do know that they are definitely older than at least a couple of weeks.
As a side note, the black, dessicated spots on the phal violacea coerulea's leaves (the one in flower) are remnants of an old bacterial infection which was taken care of with a bactericide. There have been no new developments in that regard since winter.
I hate to sound like a worry wart but i should say that my real reason for posting is I'm worrying that they might be viral in nature. I'm not sure what got me thinking that but I cannot seem to dispell my fears and, as they say, not knowing is the worst part.
Love the flower though.
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