good observation WW.
To be honest I think we need to see a picture to resolve this one
I did not ignore that fact. Every orchid will produce a little tester flower as it grows up. A lot of times in transport they will suffer a bit. It is not guaranteed that an orchid will reliably bloom every year after its first flowering.
Add transport stress into that and it is very normal for a Vanda to skip a flowering. With phals less so, they are more transport-resistant.
So we can debate about this but we haven't even seen the state o the roots yet
PS: if it is a winter bloomer then everything might be fine and it is too early to speculate anyway.
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