STANHOPEA tigrina & VANDA coerulea!

[ShannonH1984]

Hi Everyone,

I just ordered a few new plants and there the first of their kinds for me, so I'm curios about a couple of things.

First off, it is true that STANHOPEA tigrina blooms only last three days? and at what size do they usually start blooming?

Are VANDA coerulea semi-rare? Everything I've read say's there hard to find, but I kinda find that hard to believe since I found one so easily. I've noticed some people grow there vanda's in a vase, exactly how is this done? Will any tall glass vase do? How do you suspend it? How do you water it(soak it)? And how large does a vanda have to be to bloom?