Some are red, some are green. It seems to be somewhat but not strictly
correlated to flower color [e.g., white phals tend to have green root tips,
lavenders tend to have the red]. Same thing happens with other orchids,
most noticeably vandaceous. Warning: birds tend to like the red ones,
apparently they resemble berries or some other bird-food source.


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Kenni Judd
Juno Beach Orchids
http://www.jborchids.com
"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
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Hi, Joanna,

FWIW, all the aerial roots on my Phals have reddish tips, and so do the
aerial roots on other Phals that I've seen. I think it's normal.

Diana

"J Fortuna" wrote in message
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Today morning I noticed that one of my Phals has aerial roots with very
red
tips. It must have had the very red tips before today, but I just had
not
noticed. Does this mean anything? Do some Phals have red tips of aerial
roots and as long as the roots look healthy that's just the way it is?
Or
does this mean anything about the level of humidity or light or anything
at
all?

Just curious,
Joanna