Jon in SW Ohio
August 15th, 2005, 06:00 PM
Here's a couple Vandas blooming in the greenhouse now, both from RF Orchids.
The first is Vanda Eduardo Marcellini (sanderiana x Annette Jones)
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a218/jonbar2/DSC05983.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a218/jonbar2/DSC05985.jpg
The second is Vanda Fuchs Oro (Pong Tong x Bangkhunsri)
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a218/jonbar2/DSC05979.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a218/jonbar2/DSC05981.jpg
Jon
nyorchids
August 15th, 2005, 06:14 PM
very nice! :clap:
Gideon
August 15th, 2005, 06:17 PM
Lovely, I like Vandas
Greenpaph
August 17th, 2005, 12:13 AM
Jon,
Love them! The second is my favorite for it's great shape! The 3rd one for it's color!
thanks
Dwayne Dibbley
August 17th, 2005, 04:26 AM
Very nice blooms.
I especially like the Vanda Eduardo Marcellini .
Paphgirl
August 17th, 2005, 06:04 AM
Lovely Jon!
Can't/won't grow them , but I really enjoy seeing them. There were some lovely ones at my meeting on Saturday. Always enjoy them.
TADD
August 17th, 2005, 07:43 AM
Uh oh be careful Heather! Vandas are a slippery slope. Nice V's Jon! You seem to grow a little bit of everything pretty impressie!
RickL
August 18th, 2005, 03:20 PM
Tadd's right Heather.
I swore I'd control myself from Vandas, and now I have a peice of a tricolor thats starting to take over a corner of the GH.
I think if you hang enough vandas near the ceiling of a GH, you can skip using shade cloth.
Very nice vandas Jon. I especially like plants with sanderianum in them.
couscous74
August 18th, 2005, 04:08 PM
Awesome colors. I wish I had the space and light for vandas.
Paphraguy
August 18th, 2005, 04:19 PM
Very nice, good job! :clap2:
Jon in SW Ohio
August 18th, 2005, 06:11 PM
Thanks for all the compliments!
I started out thinking I would just grow a nice V. coerulea and maybe a couple other species. That didn't last! Between ones that caught my eye and ones I've inherited I now have around thirty of them(only a quarter of which are species). My crown jewel of which refuses to bloom. It's Vandopsis gigantea and very well named, it's over 3 feet tall and weighs over 25 lbs with very succulent growth. It started its very first spike this spring then promptly aborted before it was even an inch long.
I guess I'll share a photo of another of my favorites, my "palm tree" Vanda Rothschildiana. It's a little over 4 1/2 feet tall and will get topped if it ever throws some arial roots. This photo of it is almost exactly from a year ago, and it is currently in spike.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a218/jonbar2/VandaRothschildiana7.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a218/jonbar2/vvvvv.jpg
Jon