I've attached photos for reference. There are good roots tips all over and it came from Motes with less than it has now. While this is not as big as some vandas, per Motes, this variety flowers very small - so given the current size it should definitely be bloom size (and was sold as such). On the close up of the new leaves you can see the purple patches it got from getting a bit too much light. It's still being grown very bright, just not enough to make it solid purple anymore.
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Originally Posted by estación seca
Martin Motes of Motes Orchids wrote that he fertilizes with 1 Tablespoon / 15ml of MSU fertilizer powder per 1 gallon / 3.8 liters of water. Flowering and growth are proportional to nitrogen. I recommend his Vanda book.
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Regarding this tidbit, I had heard vandas were heavy feeders, but 1 Tbsp per week is the same or slightly more than I give my catasetums (I typically do 1tsp/gal 3 x week for them) - I had no idea vandas wanted that much. I was feeding them probably the equivalent of 1-2tsp over the course of a week and was worried about burning them at that. I'll try bumping that up and see how it goes.
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