Phalaenopsis needs ID, might be a mini

[Frances]

Hi all,
I bought an orchid today with no name tag. It definitely looks like a phal but is very small. The flowers are 2" and the biggest leaf is 3 1/4" long. Leaves are oval and dark green. I think it might be a mini but I've looked at all the photos of the mini phals I'm familiar with and this doesn't look like any of them. Does anyone have any idea what variety it might be? Whatever it is it's adorable!
thanks :-)

[Dorothy]

It's a phal hybrid but I don't think it's a mini. It looks more like a young plant. It seems very similar to my Phal Tai Pei Gold x Cassandra #2 which I consider compact.
The flower actually has more color than shown in the photo. The flash washed it out a bit.

[Frances]

thanks for the reply Dorothy.
Yours does look a lot like mine, except that where yours is pink/white mine is more pinkyred/yellow but that could easily be from the camera as you said. I'll be interested to see if it is just young and will grow a lot bigger or if it stays small. I'm kinda hoping it'll stay small, it looks so cute next to my 2 big phals.
I'm going to google Phal Tai Pei Gold and Cassandra hybrids and see if I can find something that's 100% bang on to mine but it's great to have narrowed the field.
Thanks for the help

[Dorothy]

Bedford Orchids has a great article on Phal Cassandra - Cassandra

[Frances]

I'll check it out, Thanks.