tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207856767845378292.post8564598227340948684..comments2023-05-01T07:50:55.593-07:00Comments on My Life Among the Lithops (and Other Strange Plants): I Think They Dye Them....Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12888328097434089820noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207856767845378292.post-47803813805252621082015-03-27T10:00:02.770-07:002015-03-27T10:00:02.770-07:00I knew you would be far more savvy than me about d...I knew you would be far more savvy than me about dyed, cloned Phals, Ellen! I'm hanging my head in embarrassment. I knew there was no such thing as a bright blue or green Phal, but the pinks fooled me completely. Commercially, it makes so much sense, but I'm sort of grossed out by this practice; seems unfair to the orchids and the customers. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12888328097434089820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207856767845378292.post-46926561234034368142015-03-27T08:00:06.885-07:002015-03-27T08:00:06.885-07:00It's not happened to me, but I've never bo...It's not happened to me, but I've never bought a dyed orchid.The blue one and the bright purple ones are obvious, but the pink ones could theoretically be real because there are plenty of pink phals in all shades from light to dark. I see dyed orchids in stores all the time and they remind me of putting cut daffodils in food coloring or india ink when I was a kid and watching them turn all sorts of weird colors including black. Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17617147322518152988noreply@blogger.com