The fascinating thing to me is that the flowers have a long curved spur that is larger than the flower petals themselves. Notice the curved white tubes that come off the flowers and appear to go into the potting bark.
Here is another photo, with a US quarter in the picture to give a sense of scale. These guys are quite tiny. I'm impressed that they can bloom while so small:
One final picture, that shows the structure of the flowers a bit better:
I decided to do some close-ups of a few of the phalaenopsis that are in bloom right now. These are all unnamed hybrids. First, a spotted yellow phal:
The following one was sold as a blue phalaenopsis, which as far as is known does not exist in nature. The seller had injected blue dye into the stem, and the flowers did in fact appear blue when I bought the plant last year. This year, the flowers showed up in their correct natural color, namely white:
And finally, an extreme close up of a pink phal. I love the tiny red spots on the center of the flower.
