Ascda 'Louis Hattos' blooming

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The blooms on this big vanda opened this week. The flowers smell like grape Koolaid. It is 3 ft tall! It has big purple flowers about 4" across. One spike with 8 flowers and 1 blasted bud. I also have this plant in pink but no spike on that one yet. I got them a couple years ago from Martin and Mary Motes near Homestead. I lost the tags so I called them today and Mary was good enough to give me the whole history. "It is 1316! Ascda 'Louis Hattos', a cross between Ascda John De Biase and V .. or Ascda ... something.. Mary Motes.." I got lost about there. I will ask her again at the Redlands show and write it down this time!