I believe what you have is an artificially colored orchid.

If you look at the stem carefully (unless you cut it all the way), you can see a small incision about half way up the stem. That's where the (food dye?) was injected.

Once the orchid re-blooms, it should re-bloom as a regular phal (in your case, white), unless you repeat the whole dye injection process.

I have one of those too. I enjoyed it while it lasted, but I don't think I'll be buying it again. The more I think about it, the whole process seems a bit, well, distasteful.

I'm attaching a picture of the one I had. It's resting now, and I hope it re-blooms again soon.

The taller spike and greater number of flowers (and the color, as you see), are due to very well controlled greenhouse conditions, fertilizing, and dye. The second round of flowers were probably grown in naturally available sunlight, so it was a bit smaller. If you add in a fertilizer schedule, you may get a bigger show next time!

Last year I was given a phal with two spikes, one of which was a double, so there were three gorgeous sprays of yellow flowers. I took good care of it, but this year it still only produced one spike with slightly smaller (though just as pretty) yellow flowers. I'm still jazzed that it re-bloomed! I just got some orchid fertilizer myself, in hopes I can get it to bloom twice a year. We'll see.

How sucky! My SIL gave me the orchid when it had only the green leaves and a dead stem. I seen where it was blue inside the stem when i was inspecting the thing.

That blows. And the name of it is called "Majestic Blue" Psh

I have been using the orchid food by MG. Is that ok?

How long do the blooms last on an Orchid?
This is my first year having anything to do with plants.

Thanks for the responses..

The Majestic Blue bit is just a marketing ploy. There is a register of orchid names with thousands upon thousands of entries, but no Majestic Blue. So your plant is Name Unknown which doesn't matter all that much.

The blooms in good conditions should last several months.

The orchid food should be fine.

For fine tuning and a lot more information read past threads on this site and find some complete culture notes on the net that are written for Northern USA Climates.

Ask more questions if still puzzled.

There are no blue or delphinidin (blue) anthocyans in phalaenopsis. The anthcyans that pigment the flower usually range in the purples, lavenders and magenta tones. Indigo blue is never true blue (as in a delphinium).
The so-called "Mystic Blue" orchid is simply a dye that is infused into a white orchid. Just as white carnations are "colored" blue.

The main inflorescence (that is borne from the near the base of the plant, usually in mid-winter) can be cut down (using a sterile blade) to the third node up. If you look closely, there bracts along the inflorescent (stem) at intervals (a few inches apart). Just above that third node, then cut the top off. Often, that third node will "pop" a lateral inflorescent eventually with more buds and flowers.
In mid-winter or even around December, a new main inflorescent will begin to form at the base of the plant, usually this "main stem" will grow as the previous main inflorescent.
However, how well this inflorescent grows is dependent on the vigor of the plant.
Too little light will only make the plant give energy to produce leaves. Or a wimpy flowering.
While phalaenopsis tolerate shade, they like bright filtered light. Not direct light, but a south facing window is best.
You must remember that these plants are coming from greenhouses. And in the wild, phalaenopsis are epiphytic, and grow on branches in bright filtered light in the canopy of trees (Philippines, Malaysia and tropical Pacific).
For more information on growing phalaenopsis or any orchid, '
go the American Orchid society at www.aos.org

I bought one just like yours. When it re-bloomed, it was pure white. That is NOT what I paid a premium price for, almost double, and I never would have chosen a plain white orchid. They called it a "Gemstone" - from the Gemstone Collection. It led me to believe it was a hybrid or contained a color gene. Not the case. What a RIP OFF.

There is a trend nowadays that they inject a pigment (or place them on the potting media) into the stem of the white Phalaenopsis orchid in order to change the color of the flower. The pigment is absorbed when you water the plant. It is also done in carnations and in roses. With these, they produce orchids of "new" color or color pattern, which not natural.

Norberto, do you know what kind of dye is used and any more detail on doing this? I have 3 of them, gotten as gifts, but I love them and want to make them come back in blue! Thanks :-)