Take a Look.....
peloric phalaenopsis magic art (petal type 1)
.....at this big beautiful orchid! Just wow! I was at my orchid shop today with my roommate who needed a new pothos plant. I wanted to pick up a few pots and a couple phalaenopsis for an arrangement when this mutant beauty caught my eye. I had already decided not to get any orchids for myself since the vendor, a sweet korean lady, only had a few large cattleya hybrids and a tiny dendrobium aside from the usual aisles of phals. But as I picked out the last orchid for the arrangement, this Phalaenopsis Magic Art peeked her blooms at me and I was in love. Next to her was the normal Magic Art type but it just made this orchid stand out even further. My weakness for peloric orchids strikes again!
typical phalaenopsis magic art (not my pic)
Now this is a beast of a phalaenopsis. Lola's blooms are quite large and span the palm of my hand. The leaves are long and thick, and while she's a healthy plant, she's just a bit big for my tastes. But the peloric trait in these flower is just irresistible. Of the four flowers currently in bloom, two of them show this streaking on her main petals while the other two blooms have no streaks and are that lovely blush pink color throughout:
peloric phalaenopsis magic art (petal type 2)
The difference in the flowers make this phalaenopsis absolutely charming and for those amazing, painted blooms I'm happy to keep her. I'm eager to see how the rest of the flowers on her display will look and another bonus of this plant is that she is a brancher! She already has a secondary branch on her flower spike that has four buds developing on it. I get a feeling this big girl will be putting on some amazing displays in the future!