Phal. w/extra parts

[jim blanford]

This plant has bloomed for 5 years, perfect flowers this time they have extra parts, anybody have an idea, desease, culture, mutation of some sort.

[Dorothy]

It looks like a hairlip

[cneos]

The term for this is a 'peloric' flower. Check out

www.angrek.com/AAOS/past/9802/TXT/peloria.html

for an explanation of why this may occur

[cneos]

the above link didn't work ... try googling for article by Alex Challis titled:

Excessive Lip Service: Peloric Orchids

[Dorothy]

It's seems like a pseudo-peloric (my own term ) where the labellum has taken on the characteristic of the petal or sepal.
I still think it looks like a hairlip

[cb977]

Originally Posted by cneos

the above link didn't work ... try googling for article by Alex Challis titled:

Excessive Lip Service: Peloric Orchids

Here you go:

Peloric Orchids

[jim blanford]

Thank you Susanne, that helped me a lot.
Jim.

[cb977]

...and my thanks goes to Joanna (cneos) for having suggested the article

I found it to be very interesting as I have a peloric phal equestris and it happens to be one of my favorites

[Dorothy]

Which one? Sue
I could have gotten 'Gino' peloric but I chose not to and my non-peloric is in bud .. I find it needs a lot of water (it is growing in chc, charcoal and perlite not sphag)

[cb977]

It's Phal equestris
(Blue Too - peloric x Three Times A Lady)