Nancy Mutations in flowers are known to be caused by stress, chemicals, and even viruses. However, since yours has disappeared, it may have just been due to some environmental stress. I've seen overdoses of Superthrive cause temporary mutations in blooms, so it could be anything.
Peloric, by definition, means that the trait must be consistent. So if it is not consistent in the bloom, it is not peloric, perhaps a better term is dimorphic. Regards, ST nancy> Greetings - nancy> Well, this has been a bizarre 6 months or so, capped nancy> off by another weirdness: Dvra. Hawaiian Delight 'The nancy> Clown' is a peloric Phal. I've had it for 7-8 years, nancy> bought it because I found the peloric flowers nancy> charming. They have always been peloric, every nancy> blooming, every year. nancy> The flowers on the first of 2 inflorescences just nancy> opened, and the flowers are - regular, not peloric. nancy> Is this more after-effects of the dreaded nancy> Katrina/Rita? Is it an anomaly, or has it thrown off nancy> the mutant genes, and now will produce standard nancy> flowers? It is rather distressing! nancy> Thanks for any input on this - the flowers are pretty nancy> enough, but the peloric flower was so very lovely! nancy> Regards - Nancy (south Louisiana) nancy> ~~~~~~~~~~~~ nancy> "Better sleep with a sober cannibal nancy> than a drunken Christian." nancy> ----Herman Melville (1819-1891) nancy> __________________________________________________ nancy> Do You Yahoo!? nancy> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around nancy> http://mail.yahoo.com nancy> _______________________________________________ nancy> the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) nancy> orchids@orchidguide.com nancy> http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
