Trudelia (Vanda) pumila

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Trudelia (Vanda) pumila, is a rarity here in the US.

This is its first blooming.

Nice, good sized 1 1/2" flowers.

Pleasantly fragrant - smells like perfume.

A Vanda of manageable size.

Awesome!

[abigaillevans]

That's a beautiful plant! I've never seen it before.

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This plant was a lucky acquisition. I don't see this species for sale in the US very much at all. I happened to come across it when I had an opportunity to purchase it from someone in the US.

[abigaillevans]

That's awesome!

How are you growing it? I saw that it comes from higher elevations... do you have to do anything unusual with it?

[abigaillevans]

And one site says that it needs intermediate to cool temperatures and another says that it requires medium to hot temperatures....

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

It is a mid-elevation to high elevation plant.

I don't do anything special. I grow this one outdoors. It weathered the Southern California (Los Angeles County) winter just fine. It can get down to 36 F at night during the winters easily here.

Sometimes people assume too much about a group of plants, that's probably why there are differing information about temperature tolerances for this species.

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Note: I don't grow these bareroot. They're in clear plastic pots.

[abigaillevans]

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[abigaillevans]

Hmmm. I wonder if I can find one of these...


Look what you did!

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Hehehe!!!