Bulb. phalaenopsis JC/AOS
 

I am so excited, my friend Dan just received a JC/AOS on his Bulb phalaenopsis for a new color variation. I am even more excited that he is giving me a division.

That is sooo cool!!
Joann

I thought so too when I first saw it bloom.

wow! awesome!

Unfortunately it smells as bad as if not worse than the normal variety. lol

Excellent :D

Got to love the Bulbos, a new color, great!!!!!!!!!!!

Very cool, glengary! I've seen a few pictures of this color form before, it's quite special. A division of this is a very nice gift, these are going to sell for a pretty penny when they become more widely available... :)

--Nat

There is a funny story behind the gift of the division. My friend Dan was going to give me the whole plant, he was disappointed that the color on the flowers hadn't colored up and become dark like he had seen in others. He had no idea what he had. If I hadn't seen the flowers and made him take it to judging, he wouldn't have gotten the award.

:biggrin: You're a good friend, some people probably would have just accepted the whole plant and taken it to judging themselves... I saw some close-up photos of the flowers on another plant of this color, it really shows off the bizarre details better than the typical dark red form does.

--Nat

Great one!

How did your friend get it to become a new color? Breeding it that way or is it natural?

He got it as an unbloomed division. The local AOS Judging center feels that it is either a naturally occurring color variant of a genetic mutation. It will be interesting to see what happens when it is crossed back on a normal colored plant. That will happen only after we self this plant.

That is very intersting. Thank you!:)

Wow,beautiful color:biggrin: