I do have at home 10 vanda species. I tell you how I grow them or according to their environement in the wild and according to the book : "Vandas and spectacular orchids" ( but this book is not in English).
V.tessellata: this orchid accepts all kind of culture, cold-warm to hot. Under the tropics, the specie bloom all year (I'm lucky). Otherwise from september to december.
Vanda denissoniana :modarate temperature is the best but I grow it in hot. In this case, temperature needs to be low during at least 2 months in winter(december to January). Bloom in march to July and again in september.
Vanda brunnea : like denissoniana,blooming in culture, can be at any time of the year.
the wonderful Vanda coerulea : this species, as seen before, can grow from cold to hot. But,in order to make it blooms often, it is very important(even more important than previous species) to low the temperature for at least 2 months in december. In the wild the species grow in very hot environement in summer to very cold in winter. The species blooms from july to december. I'm able, following those rules, to make it bloom 3 times, even 4 times, during fall.
Vanda lamellata : this specie can be grown from cold to hot temperature. Bloom in november to january.
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