On Mon, 24 May 2004 12:50:07 -0400, "Al"
wrote:

It is kind of pretty. This happens occasionally to a single flower or two
on an inflorescence of otherwise normal flowers. It is not a very
consistent mutation. My guess is that it is caused by temperature or
diurnal range stresses while buds and spikes are developing and that some
species/hybrids are more susceptible to it than others. But this is just a
guess, I don't know why it happens.

Anybody care to speculate if they think this fits into the set of
"abnormally regular" mutations required to define it as 'peloric' :-)

Al

Well you have to agree
(1) it is abnormal.
(2) It is regular: 2 to 2.
Therefore (3) it is peloric.


SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php