Rob and Diana both make good suggestions -- and it would take a very good
picture to let us have a chance of firmly deciding between the two.

But since you say the plant is budding/blooming nicely, I lean toward the
"it's finally get enough light" theory. A lot of Catts with red or purple
color in the flowers will show some of that color in the foliage as well,
grown with good strong light. If it were cold damage, I think you probably
would've lost the buds. So, put that new Den near this Catt G. Kenni


"J Fortuna" wrote in message
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My Lc Tokyo Magic 'Hihimanu' x Slc. Fire Fantasy 'Hihimanu' has some
purple pigmentation on its newest pseudobulb, leaf and sheath, which is
different from older growths that were completely green. Any idea what
that could mean (if anything)? This is a mini-catt that tends to flower
twice a year for me, once very poorly and once spectacularly. The previous
flowering was so poor that I started talking about perhaps giving this
plant away (in its hearing), and that threat must have helped since now it
has 4 buds coming out of this newest sheath. :-) At previous flowerings
the sheath of this Lc tended to dry out before the buds started coming out
of it, whereas this time around the sheath is still completely green with
some purple and the buds are slowly beginning to open. It's almost
behaving like a different plant, but that is not possible. The environment
that this LC has been grown in has changed drastically this year, so I
assume that that's what caused the changes.

Joanna