Sunburn?

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by Paul Mc

WOW!!! So that's what sunburn does. Ooooops.... I'm sorry my orchids! I just thought it was age or something.

Honestly, when I first saw the pics I thought the leaves looked spotted purple and saw purple on the edges of the leaf. Is this true? If so, could it actually be from getting really good and perhaps a bit strong light? Purple on the edges of leaves I know is good as that means its probably getting just a little above what is necessary but probably about right. Please correct me if I'm wrong guys!

Yes that's true, but not for newly growing leaves. Especially for dark colored bloomed Phals, new leaves tend to have purple spots and edges anyway, which then fade away as the leaf hardens off.

[tim abbott]

Hi James,

I live in Cocoa Beach, Fl. It is east of Orlando on the atlantic coast. Getting very hot now, I have a big shefflera tree that provides shade, I keep mine outside; have phals, encyclia, catts & catt hybrids & oncidiums, about 20 or so total.

Tim Abbott