a "pheno" or phenotype is a plant that expresses slightly different genetic traits than others of the same breading pool. if you were to buy 3 packs of ak47 for instance you would find all the plants can be grouped into 2-3 different looking "phenos" like a tall lanky pheno, a short stumpy one, one that smells different...etc
a homogonized strain like skunk#1 has been bread for so long that it has no real phenos, all the plants look pretty much the same, hence the "homo"(same) in homogenized.
yes even the purple hairs turn brownish orange, the bud itself doesn't like to stay purple as it dries either unless it's very bright, i get a few purple buds every year because of the damn cold here and they usually fade to a dark green/purple as they dry.
yes! finally somone agrees with me! i have been fighting with people for years about this, they think you can somehow screw up growing pot and have it come out as hemp. have you ever grown corn that didn't taste like corn? an apple tree that only put out rotten raisins? plants are breeding machines, thats about it, they have no reason to grow more buds or tomatoes or whatever except that it will help them breed and keep going. there whole life is trying to grow as big as it can and make as many buds as it can. every bit of energy at this stage goes to the buds, hell the plant even eats nutrients out of it's own leaves to feed itself. all we do is give them space to do it, make them happy as possible so they put out the MOST they can, and not the BEST, as that is detirmined by the genetics, not quality of life. even a crappy 8 inch tall plant that has been nitrogen starved for 4 months will put out a gram or two of primo bud,(ive seen it happen) probably about the same potency as the same plant grown big and healthy.