V. pachara delight 'sakate' FCC/JOGA
 

I acquired this plant January of this year from Norman's orchids. I repotted it in a 6" pot to contain the roots and had it outside last spring and summer. I give it kelp extract every two weeks and roots responded really well and threw out a lot of thick roots out of the pot. The color is very deep and shows a deep blue under lights but in natural sunlight it is a very dark purple to indigo. It could have given me more flowers had I gave it more light but I'm having a hard time providing that right now but I am very happy with the results nonetheless!

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Beautiful!

GREAT!!!

I really envy all of you that can grow those coerulea hybrids.

Congratulations!!!

Mario

Norman's orchids are great, I had a chance to visit their open house here in claremont, california. They are one true orchid supplier, during their open house they host educational classes. They kinda educate you how to grow orchids.

Fabulous!!

Thanks guys!!!

What a beauty! I came back from vacation today to see that my Pachara Delight 'Deep Blue' is in spike with a huuugee spike. A result of all the rain that has fallen in the last two weeks i'm sure! :biggrin:

Beautiful!!!

Keeping up with watering really gets them spiking and high humidity and they can bloom anytime of the year as long as their needs are met. My other blue vanda aborted it's spike when I brought it in but this one did not and the spike in this one grew so fast! Goodluck on yours and look out for insects.

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Thanks NYCorchidman! Hope this will make you keep your vandas:lol:

Just for clarification... this came from orchids.com?? Wow it is beautiful, great job blooming it!

LOL yup it's from orchids.com. I have two plants from them and I have no complaints so far. Just got lucky I guess lol. I repotted right away after a week of having it like I do all of my plants. Thank you!!!

Good to know that you have gotten good plants. I have thought about it a few times then decided against it. Seems you get about a 50/50 chance :)

That's what I heard. I guess you get good plants and bad plants everywhere.. repotting right away prevents any problems in the medium that usually is the culprit and just adjust as needed.

I still have those two vandas from HD. :lol:

They are both busy growing new leaves and I am busy soaking and misting them everyday. :)

I can't wait until mine bloom again.
I think I will begin to worry about one year from now one when they both start getting taller than the container they are in right now, but that's in the future and I will deal with it then. :biggrin:

Very nice!

Just what until it has more strength and you start getting multiple spikes.

How large are those flowers?

The flowers are about 4" across. It is the second flowering of this plant and hope I get more flowers and spikes in the future. :)

I expect it will. This is such a wonderful hybrid.

I am a home grower. I most likely have the 'Pachara' cultivar. It is giving me about a foot of growth a year and flowering about every 3 to 4 months with at least 10 flowers per spike with the most being 15 on one spike so far.

Wonderful!

It is an old thread, but just wanted to mention that JOGA does not grant an FCC. Their system uses BM (bronze medal), SM (silver medal), and GM (gold medal). It amazes me vendors like Carmela and Orchids Limited blindly attach an FCC/JOGA because they should be more familiar with the society.

Also, there seem some confusion. I have seen 'Pachara' FCC/AOS (Carmela), 'Sakata' FCC/JOGA (probably 'Sakata' is correct. Sakate sounds weird for a clonal name), 'Somrsi' GM/JOGA, 'Amazing Blue' GM/JOGA, 'Blue No.1' GM/JOGA. It may be possible all of them have GM's, but JOGA does not give that many GM's to begin with. They seem to be receptive to give GM more than used to, say 20-30 years ago, though.

It seems 'Somsri' and 'Blue No.1' are valid, and both may have GM's, but not sure about others. This kinda illustrates how names for plants coming out of Thailand are not all that accurate or trustworthy.