I'm in love! My first vanda blooms!
 

I bought these vandas in May this year, this is my second attempt at growing vandas in vases. I think I got it right this time!!!:cheer:

The blooms on the Blue Magic (V Golamcos Blue Magic x coerulea) are just spectacular! The flowers are big, each bloom is about 13cm (5 inches) across and there are 9 blooms.

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...Blue_Magic.jpg

I am very happy. I just love the blue/ purple colour, they seem to darken every day.

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...ue_Magic_2.jpg
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...ue_Magic_1.jpg

Here's the Asc. Princess Mikasa Blue, I am over the moon to have the two blooming at the same time! Yeh!:banana:

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...s/Princess.jpg

Thanks for looking and sharing my vanda joy!:dance13:

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...Princess_1.jpg

Happy growing!
Juliet

Your pictures are beautiful! I know how you feel, Juliet. In May I bought an Asc. Pincess Mikasa Saphire, with its roots all dried out. Two months later it was blooming! I was so excited. A few weeks ago I got a Vanda (Robert's Delight "Garnet Beauty") and put it into a vase. Wish me luck. My sister in Germany has a Vanda that sits in the bottom of the vase, with its roots growing up to the top. She bought it that way. It has bloomed twice this year, and it is gorgeous. If I knew how to attach pictures ... I'm having trouble navigating this website.

Congrats Buds:cheer:!!! Great growing, Im really happy to see these bloomed for you, I know you went through a lot of work for em, now they're rewarding you :)

beautiful I really like the Blue Magic, :D!
I need to find vases large enough to try mine!

To help you post photos to the OB - First reduce the size of your photos with an easy application found in this thread - http://www.orchidboard.com/community...-06-marty.html
then follow the attachment below

Here are two other threads that should help -
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...ics-posts.html
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...ry-photos.html

Beautiful babies you got there!!! Great growing Buds!!

Thank you all for your kind words!
I really needed some blooms to keep me going on my orchid addiction!
Ya all know what I mean:biggrin: ... more orchids!:banana:

Thanks Cookiemonster! Definitely try out vase culture, it is so worth the effort! You will be amazed by the blooms!

Hi renate,

Isn't vase culture sooo cool! It gives us GH-less people a chance to grow vandas!:D
Guess what? I am trying to get a V Robert's Delight "Garnet Beauty" as my next vase subject too!
I hope Dorothy's link has helped you in posting pics! We would love to see your vanda photos!

All the best,
Juliet

Beautiful flowers! How often do you water them? Do they stay indoors, or do you grow them outside?

Steve

Nice addition to your collection. The veining in the Blue Magic is near perfect. And the Princess Mikasa is one of my favorites. Mine is also in bloom and in fact the second time this year. Looks like mine is splitting in two. I mean the top split into two parts and the center is still growing upwards. If they grow roots I just made divide. Enjoyed your pics.

Way to go, Juliet! :cheer:

That is stunning! :cloud9:

Hi Steve,
My vandas live in a spare bedroom next to a window facing east.
They are grown inside a vase and gets a 30 min soak every morning. I give them plenty of sun shine (6000fc- 700fc), air and water.
Cheers,
Juliet

Thanks Susanne, I finally got some flowers! It was worth the wait!:)

Great job Juliet.
I love vanda's and am glad that you've found a way to grow them for yourself...

Vey nice I love vandas and ascdas 2, yours are beautiful Juliet.

Wow very beautiful!! Great job. I really like the way it is mounted on the vase. I have never seen that before
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Hello,

I really really enjoyed all the pictures. My favorite color is blue.My first time to hear someone grow vanda on a vase.how do you prevent the vase to topple down?

BTW, how long do you wait after the bloom is gone to try to give some fertilizer high in potassium?to initiate blooming?

sorry for the many questions.very thankful for any thing you can tell me about how you are growing your fantastic vandas.

puffy

Hi puffy,
This vase culture thing all started for me last year when I read this thread:
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...ass-vases.html

My vase is pretty big and heavy (approx. 1.5 gallons) so there is no way it will topple over. I have hooks and wires to stops my vanda from falling out.

I am not sure when to give vandas a high potassium feed. This is my first blooms and they are still blooming!

This may be of some help:
http://www.orchidboard.com/node/127

I just fill up the vase everyday or second day with rain water, let it soak for 30mins and feed every week.

The fan is always 'on' and the temps are around 32-16 C, depending on the weather.

Peter from the Netherlands has given me a tip to initiate spike: try to aim for 8-10C day and night temperature difference.

My vandas also gets lots of light from my window (sometimes over 6000fc) in the morning.

I am really new to growing orchids, especially vandas but I think I am hooked for life!:biggrin:

Just between you and me, I am ordering some more 'warm' growing vandas to try out in the vase. Hehehe.:drool:

Keep the questions coming, there are some real orchid gurus on the OB!:bowing

Cheers,
Juliet

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...ass-vases.html

Here is a thread I found to be helpful with growing vanda's in vases. I think I may try it this winter. My problem is, is that some of my vanda's are very large and I don't know if they make a vase large enough to hold the roots.

hello buds,

the link you gave me is very helpful.I read somewhere about a molasses how it is high in potassium but could not figure it out how and when to use it.

wow there is so much to learn.

working and all that.But sure is very rewarding to see orchids blooms.Funny, i see my orchids right before i go to work early morning and the last i see before i go to sleep.very addictive.Sometimes i see them in my dreams.

isn't it crazy?he he he