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  1. November 6th, 2009, 02:54 PM #1
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    Default Phal. Half & Half

    Here's a Phal that bloomed out half solid pink and half patterned. There is no tag so I don't know what it is (was).
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  2. November 6th, 2009, 03:09 PM #2
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    Wow, that's very interesting. I really like the markings on the 'normal' left half of it. It looks like the bloom to the left is going to turn out normal.
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    You could name it Jeckyll and Hyde!! lol Cool cool flower!
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    kidding me?lol
    gee, looks like a painting, its not a peloric?

    great one!
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    That is way cool!

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    It's beautiful. I've got a few of the hybrids I made that came out this way, and they tend to flower differently every time. Dtps. Ever Spring Prince and Dtps. Minho princess are typical examples
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    Quote Originally Posted by EMos View Post
    It's beautiful. I've got a few of the hybrids I made that came out this way, and they tend to flower differently every time. Dtps. Ever Spring Prince and Dtps. Minho princess are typical examples
    This probably was, (is) Minho Princess last year. This year I guess it's just Minho.

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    Quote Originally Posted by orcoholic View Post
    This probably was, (is) Minho Princess last year. This year I guess it's just Minho.

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    LOl. hope you finally get to see the Princess next time it blooms!
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    How curious it is !
    What could be the genetic explanation of such a phenomenon ???
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hemde View Post
    How curious it is !
    What could be the genetic explanation of such a phenomenon ???
    The only explanation I've come across is the one below:

    According to A. Dean Stock author and cytogeneticist, ‘colour breaks or irregular colour markings, for example each half of the flower is a different colour or has unusual or variable markings’, is explained by a mutation whereby “pigment cells on part of the flower do not ‘turn on’ due to a control gene malfunction during bud formation; or the plant may have two pigment systems, and the dominant pigment is shut off”.
    (Referenced from Moth Orchids-The complete guide to growing Phalaenopsis, Steven A. Frowine, 2008 )
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