Vanda falcata

[jcec1]

First time blooming for the "straight" species. Fantastic scent in the evening.

Grown in a glass vase, watered twice a week and roots spritzed other days, grows in a south facing window.

[MJG]

It's beautiful and looks so well-grown. May I ask what potting medium you use inside the glass vase?

[jcec1]

Originally Posted by MJG

It's beautiful and looks so well-grown. May I ask what potting medium you use inside the glass vase?

Thanks, there is no media in the vase - the plant grows bareroot, I grow all my vandas like this and find it a foolproof method for growing them. The first one I grew in bark, but I found i couldn't get the wet dry cycle right and the roots started rotting.

[estación seca]

Beautiful!

I've always wondered which moth pollinates that.

[Shoreguy]

Originally Posted by estación seca

Beautiful!

I've always wondered which moth pollinates that.

British moth.

[jcec1]

Originally Posted by estación seca

Beautiful!

I've always wondered which moth pollinates that.

Surprisingly, they do not definitively know.

There was some research which suggests it is a Theretra moth, so I looked and there are a couple of species.

One of which is Theretra japonica.

I'm not a keen fan of moths so I'm glad it's not around these parts

[jcec1]

Originally Posted by Shoreguy

British moth.

Lol - thankfully no moths come near it.

[Hakumin]

Originally Posted by jcec1

Surprisingly, they do not definitively know.

There was some research which suggests it is a Theretra moth, so I looked and there are a couple of species.

One of which is Theretra japonica.

I'm not a keen fan of moths so I'm glad it's not around these parts

It seems that it isn't a single species that pollinates neos but rather hawkmoths in general. Okheon at Barampung once posted a video on facebook showing an elephant hawkmoth going around drinking nectar with tuft of pollinia stuck to its proboscis. I've seen references of a Theretra species, bee hawkmoths and hummingbird hawkmoths visiting neos too.

Also, obviously not the native pollinator, but some people in US have caught hummingbirds actively drinking nectar and pollinating their neos.

[DirtyCoconuts]

Some of the moths around here are like bird size. Scare the f’ing bleep out of me some nights

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I should mention, they all fly straight at my headlamp!!

[jcec1]

Originally Posted by DirtyCoconuts

Some of the moths around here are like bird size. Scare the f’ing bleep out of me some nights

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I should mention, they all fly straight at my headlamp!!

Ugghh that would be like a horror movie for me. When I lived in Texas there would be the occasional cockroach in the house, huge things. One I hit with a shoe, but because it was on the carpet, it just kept going.