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04-10-2011, 08:25 PM
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Phal equestris 'Orange'
It's taken a super long time for this little guy to open up. But it was well worth the wait. It's so tiny! She seems more purple than orange, but who am I to argue.
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04-10-2011, 08:31 PM
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very beautiful!!!
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04-10-2011, 10:16 PM
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What's not to like about this one? It's so darned cute! Mine just finished blooming. I cut the spike off this morning.
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04-11-2011, 10:11 AM
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Sweet.
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04-12-2011, 08:46 AM
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What a cutie!
I think the 'Orange' variety is still pink but with a slight orange tint. When I've seen pictures of it on it's own I've not really seen it, but when I saw a comparison shot next to the standard equestris it was more obvious.
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04-12-2011, 09:11 AM
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Interesting Rosie. I'm going to have to do a side by side.
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04-18-2011, 06:25 PM
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Looks like the other bud is starting to open. Still not very orange in my opinion. I did do the side by side comparison and I get it. It is orange throated. It's a subtle enough difference that I'm still surprised that it's called 'orange'. What ever you call it, I really like it.
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04-18-2011, 07:49 PM
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Very sweet but I thought that equestris had pendulous inflorescences?
This is equestris var leucaspis and I have another that is not leucaspis that is pendulous also (no photo yet).
Inquiring minds would like to know. 
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04-18-2011, 08:19 PM
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Thanks. I think ultimately it will have pendulous inflorecenses. This is the first blooming on an impossibly tiny keiki - so I imagine it's smaller and lighter than a mature spike would be. The spike is so thin, that with any weight at all, I'm sure it would bend down.
Brautiful phals. They are lovely. The first one is amazing. It's going right on the list.
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04-20-2011, 09:04 AM
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I was really surprised when the second and final bud on the 'orange' opened up and was actually quite a bit more orange than the first. What? I've never had two flowers on the same spike look so drastically different. My first thought was that the color on the first flower has changed as it matured... but after looking back at the original photos, that's just not the case. They're just different colors. Odd, right? Could this be due to the fact that the phal is still really small and this is a first flowering?
What do you think?
-J
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