Your Phalaenopsis might be described as having a peloric feature, this is because the markings on the lip and perhaps a little bit of the lip shape appear on the petals.

Too much heat and not enough water would probably be showing browning after wilting of rhododendron growth. Without a picture, I would guess insect. If you lived in the east, rhododendron midge would be a possibility, aphid and white fly can also cause distorted new growth. Have you checked undersides for any visible signs of insect?

This may contradict some of your comments already posted, but I've had great luck for the last three consecutive years forcing my bulbs to bloom for Xmas and Lunar New Year. I followed Maria's advice by uprooting the bulbs, washing off the roots, cutting off all the leaves, and placing the bulbs in the veggies compartment of the fridge to sleep for 8 weeks. Then I took them out, cleaned up the bulbs and the dried roots, and replanted them in good soil. For 2007, 2008 and 2009... three years in a row, I always have had blooms on the bulbs I forced. I reported the results on this forum in 2008 but I cannot find the old thread. This year, I'm having two bulbs in the fridge and will take them out end of this month for their timed bloom in mid-December. I shared the tips with blogger friends in Malaysia and already one of them also has had success. You can read about his story in the link below. Another friend is also working on the tips at the moment and awaiting blooms. Thanks for reading my story. Xuan

Second what Silica said. Outdoors I don't worry about them too much, but they are AWFUL indoors (or in greenhouses). I had a really bad problem one year when I brought them in with some habaneros. They exploded in population by mid-winter and I couldn't do much to control them. Whiteflies, scale, and aphids are the main reason why I start neeming a lot in late September--kill off ALL the bugs (beneficials included, unfortunately). During the summer, I don't have to do much because the beneficials handle the problem very well... ... except for grasshoppers and katydids. -Tom