Vanda overkill?
 

Guys I have some orchids being shipped to me soon. And 5 of them are going to be vandas. Im going to be growing them outdoors under a shade cloth. I was thinking of growing them in a single PVC (so it doesn't rot) Vanda basket to have like a vanda clump or something.
Anyone have any thoughts on that?

And i forgot to mention!
Im going to have a vandal 'tree' as well. I've put a tree like wood formation in a large terra-cotta pot with cement for it.

That is fantastic that you can grow vandas outdoors...but since you live in a desert like environment...you will have to water them in the mornings and spritz them in the afternoon...your atmosphere will suck the moisture out of them...otherwise you can pot them in large coco chips or bark with lava rock, hydroton and charcoal but make a bed of coco husk on the basket ... arrange the roots and pour the media mix over the roots.
I may be wrong but I have the idea that you live in a desertlike environment...if i am wrong and you have heavy moisture in your atmosphere then you may have them bareroot in a PVC basket

@bud look at my signature. lol

WOW! Islamabad, Pakistan has a humidity of 94% today as I checked it on the world weather report...you can really grow orchids outdoors...in fact you can just stick them on one of the big trees and it will survive

That sure would be nice! I'm sure that your pvc clump will work fine. The only drawback could be that you won't be able to tell one from the other. It would be beautiful to have mixed coloured flowers, though. And a tree in your environment would be perfect. I tried one in Once but it was not practicable in a house.

@bud hehe yeah...:p
Im gonna miss the place A LOT!!! Im gonna be moving to the US for college then grad school then my residency, etc...at least 15yrs...:S

it'll be like 3 degrees celsius minimum and 18degrees max for a month or month and a half. As of right now, its 28 max and 18 min.

What are you going to do with all these chids when you move away?

I've got a year...After that...I don't know sell them or something.

My mom actually doesn't want me to order more than 5 as she says it stupid to have them establish then have to sell them. What do you guys say?

yes medical residency AND it rains HEAVILY june-september almost daily.

LOL no! What I meant was I'm coming to the US to study. As in start from undergrad...:p

@pedidiva. :D No more grant. Buying 10 now...good enough i guess

Oh yes. I will post pics of EVERYTHING. Unpacking, setting up and close ups.

Bro. Come to Central America instead...........

umm...ive got things planned out already. SAT II's next week and going to Harvard summer school next year then taking a gap year and take my ACT, more SAT II's and AP's then go work at a hospital then at the end go work with my mom (she's chief of communications at UNICEF) then maybe if i have a couple of months left, an orchid nursery or something. Then (hopefully) ill get into a good school.

Got too personal+detailed there but oh well... -_-