Vanda coerulea 'alba' - NOT
 

Gotcha! :rofl:

I think I successfully pollinated the flower. The flower itself completely turned to WHITE when I checked the plant this evening.

The pollen was from one of the hybrids - V. bensonii x V. pumila.


http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7163/6...914df1be2c.jpg

WOW! that is amazing...I have the alba strain too but its still 2 yrs from flowering...your flower looks like an albino with short lip...but the form is definitely there

Oh, no. It is not the alba form. Upon the pollination, it turned completely 'white'. The lip was broken off as I was trying to insert the pollen.

This is the original plant and the flower.
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...lea-stick.html

Oh, okies...I got confused there...thats still amazing: it turned white when pollinated! Your plant is pregnant LOLZ

Hi Naoki and Bud,

On the alba form the entire flower is white and on Naoki's flower, the base of the lip still has a blue spot. Then with the alba form, it is the whole spike who produces white flowers, not a single alba flower among other blue ones.
Some photos of the alba form ( who was in fact registred as Vanda coerulea luwangalba in 2008) that I took during a show in Bangkok :

Vanda coerulea alba | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

But I used to have the same experience than Naoki next to pollination of V. coerulea with a flower who became white.


All my best !

Wow - that's really cool! Keep us updated please!

Hahaha!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: I was thinking of how ironic that a species whose name means 'blue' has a white variety!

A pod is developing. Now what is next???