Feeding Vanda Orachoon x Vanda tessellata

[greenhouseFrog]

I was gifted this plant by a member of my local orchid society—thanks Jim! Luckily, I have the space to accept things like this, but my experience with vandaceous types has been limited to small seedlings.

Since I’ve had it I’ve been spraying the roots till the point of runoff twice a day with the same 25PPM nitrate solution my mounted plants get, but I feel like that’s not what it wants—it seems like everyone is feeding their Vandas quite heavily.

I mix up a 100PPM nitrate solution from concentrated stock everyday for my solitary mounted Catasetum; would this Vanda appreciate the same amount of feed as the Catasetum and does being in bloom change how I’d feed it?

Thanks in advance for any and all input/criticism!

Some photos…You can click on them for a closer look

[Roberta]

I leave it to others to tell what is best for the Vanda - I tend to 'way under-fertilize. Blooming makes no difference in the regimen. But it seems to me it is pretty late in the season for that much fertilizer for a Catasetum... those should be slowing down now - with reduced or no fertilizer. You might want to start a separate discussion on that one, in the Catasetum forum.

[greenhouseFrog]

Thanks you Roberta! I’m sure it appreciates whatever water it can get while it’s getting used to its new surroundings—I just want to do everything I can to keep this blooming for as long as I can.

Will be posting in Catasetums shortly!