Diana, while I have seen many Phals with reddish root-tips, none of the
others I can remember were as red as this one. Of course all the ones I do
not remember may well have been equally red. :-)

Kenni, the flower color and root tip color might work here. While I have not
seen this plant bloom yet (it is a seedling that is not quite blooming
size), my understanding is that I should expect it to be pink or lavender or
reddish or something like that.
I kind of suspected that the root tip color was probably not related to
culture, but I figured I would ask, since these root tips are so brightly
red. Thanks for the warning, I will avoid letting any birds into my
apartment :-)

Thanks,
Joanna

"Kenni Judd" wrote in message
...
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.


--
Kenni Judd
Juno Beach Orchids
http://www.jborchids.com
"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
hlink.net...
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
...
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