My wife surprised me!
 

My precious wife went to Weston the other day to see her mother, and decided to stop by Dan and Margie's Orchids to see what was blooming. When she got home she said "Oh look, something decided to bloom!", pointing to the tree just outside the window. When I saw orange blooms, for about 2 seconds my mind was doing gymnastics. I have a V. Pachara Delight (purple) in spike in that tree, so for those 2 seconds I was really confused!

The first one is V. (Kultana Gold x tessellata), and the second one (Dan threw it in for free because the plant was a bit struggling!) is V. TMA Red. Dan said to put sphag on the stem to encourage new roots, and I can already tell the leaves have perked up, any more advice is much appreciated!

Gage - very nice surprise from the wife. I love any Vanda with tessellata in it, they usually have a wonderful fragrance. Tell your wife she did good.

Oh she did very good. :) She said she could smell the fragrance while she was at the greenhouse. I can't seem to smell anything last night or this morning, but I know a lot of them pick up once the day heats up.

Sounds like you picked a good one. Better hold on to her!!!

Wow they are beautiful! Just remember to fuss over ur wife as much as ur orchids ;)

Wow. it sounds as if you have a very nice wife. Better be good to her. Very nice Vada's.

so, taking the wife out for a night on the town?? :)Nice surprise. treat her right, you may get more orchids :rofl:

what a fabulous surprise! gorgeous!

I envy that you have a thoughtful wife who gives you vandas and you live in South Florida! You have the ideal place to grow them bareroot just hanging by a hangerwire! The atmosphere is the correct humidity and you have the sunlight but not that scorching to burn the leaves...I have to water my vandas everyday in the summer with a long hose connected to my sink out to the fire escape where they all hang out...and weekly weakly fertilizer...winter is just hand spray misting indoors and weekly weakly feeding...
The last picture of the vanda you got needs physan 20...I think it is starting to get sick...the roots are not that good lookin...you have vanda farms in South Florida...look for them and they can advice you more on how to cure them...after all, they have to deal with 150 vandas a day or more LOL