NoID purple vanda in bloom
 

First bought this vanda from Lowe's in June of this year. Very large dark purple spotted flowers and excellent root system. I then decided to report it into a large hanging basket with a bark/moss mixture. Left it outside in partial shade under a tree. This time it decided to rebloom with two spikes! Still not sure what the ID is. Closest thing online is a Sunanda "midnight black."

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The purple color shows through better when there's sun: https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/669/22...8da6a023_k.jpg

A full shot: https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/739/22...131189f2_k.jpg

And here it was back in June in it's original basket from Lowe's. It had one spike back then:https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/343/18...1703ccf7_k.jpg

nicely done!


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Yow! It's grown a lot! Is the bloom spike from June visible in the current photo as a dried stalk, two leaves down from the right flower cluster?

How gorgeous! Great growing!!


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Oh, and please pardon my manners... Welcome to the Orchid Board! We look forward to hearing from you.

Wow! What a beauty!

Sharp eyes you have! Yep that was the old stalk where I cut. To be honest, I wasn't expecting it to bloom again so soon. We did have a very wet summer in Florida, and I suppose that must have helped. Also. Thanks for the welcome!

Whatever it is, it's a beauty. Great color!

Gorgeous!

Wonderful!

Wow, fantatic! Love that colour!

A vanda that nice really needs NoID!

WOW! and two spikes.. way to go! it's a beauty by the way.

Major jealous! I love Vanda, but they are not easy in my dry climate! You did such a great job.
May be I should move to FL lol.

flexdc - your humidity won't hold you back. I'm growing Vanda seedlings successfully in Phoenix. It's a question of watering frequency.

Oh right I should just stay home and be an orchid mom lol


Andrew L.A.

Even in Florida people water them at least once a day.

Magnificent flowers....too bad the grower neglected to tag it or Lowes staff lost the tag....its very hard to ID a Vanda hybrid. But you managed to have two spikes ....just follow the culture religiously and it will bloom for you maybe twice a year

It's stunning.

Purple beauty!