No idea what’s going on / it’s the first time its flowers have ever looked this way. I personally think it’s kind of neat.
Interesting freckles on an orchid flower
Submitted 3 weeks ago by IMALlama@lemmy.world to houseplants@mander.xyz
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/558ee5ee-b19e-425d-a3f7-44068fe66d30.jpeg
FoxyFerengi@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
The pattern makes me think fungal infection, but the color is not quite right lol. Maybe a mild sunburn from water droplets? Either way, likely not harmful to the rest of the plant
IMALlama@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s just the one flower, so I’m not going to worry about it. The plant does get hosed down from time to time, so it could be water droplet sunburn.
The colors are probably off because the plant was horribly backlit for the photo, so I did some quick/dirty phone image manipulation to have the flowers be less muted.