Vanda coerulea

[Bayard]

Hoping it will develop more tesselation (square netting) on the petals as the flowers age. Definitely not one of the line-bred forms which have flatter, more rounded flower segments. From Parkside Orchids.

[Don Perusse]

All vandas are beautiful to me. This is a nice one which I wish I had. Hope future blooming produces what you desire.

[pheli]

Very beautiful.

[Roy]

I think I would be questioning the seller. This to me is a hybrid. It lacks almost everything even the worst V. coerulea has. Things it has that differ also is the flower form, spike length and space between the flowers.

[Bayard]

Roy - you may be right, but the line-bred, tetraploid forms of the species are a far cry from the wild forms found in nature today. This could just be a really crappy seedling of a wild form. Many of the photos of V. coerulea on the web are actually hybrids. I have to admit that I am disappointed!

[Roy]

Bayard, if the plant came from the place you suggest I would believe it an honest mistake and label mix up. I have seen some very ordinary coerulea that do differ greatly from yours. I would send the picks you posted here to Parkside and ask them. From the reports I've, they would be honest enough to give you and answer and opinion.

[Blueszz]

However, true coerula or not, for me it's stunning. I would be verry happy when I had this plant in my collection! Really, I like it a lot!

Nicole

[wonderlen3000]

Very pretty. I would take it if you don't want yours. ^_^
My coerulea is line breeding, but it's not big flat dinner plate, as the petal twist full 380' , but with a little fuller shape. lol which I love it so much, i just got another coerulea (unbloom B.S plant).

Many peoples fail to realized that it's very easy to tell a pure V.coerulea from the hybrids. Pure coerulea always have white or light blue back ground with may or maynot, darker tessellation. Also there is a very distintive 'sharp hook' on the lip, beside the anther cap. This trait carry out to all line breeding as well. Non-pure coerulea has almost no 'hook' or the tip is much blunder.

[smweaver]

I think this one's a beauty too. I much prefer the "poorly shaped" jungle variety plants to the round line-bred plants that are held in high esteem by many growers. The colors on these flowers are fantastic. Congratulations.