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Originally Posted by Optimist
It looks like it tried to put out several lip type petals. This is described as "peloric." I had a very cute little Peloric yellow orchid. The next year, it put out regular petals. It could be that as the buds were forming it was given a dose of hormones of some kind.
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VERY interesting, I've never come across this before! A dose of hormones would completely make sense considering these are mass produced for retail stores. Hormones= lots of blooms= more likely to sell $$$. Thanks so much for your input! It will be interesting to see how this one blooms out next time
