I read somewhere that you can give your vanda a good soak once or twice a month for about 5 hrs. It loves water.
It loves high humidity. You should not have a problem since your humidity level is high. I mist the aireal roots once or twice a day ( I live in dry high Colorado)
I have mine in a pot with some sphag. I make sure that the roots in the pot is aired well so I leave an empty spot in the middle of the pot. The sphag is on the side of the pot. I Wet the root to easily maneauver it if I want to move it. It is in direct morning east sunshine. It developed black spots(sunburn?) on the leaves when I placed it under the west afternoon sun.

Hi Candace! You really need to talk to Sue! She's like the vanda queen! I don't have any medium in my baskets, just a little wire helping to prop up my plant safely until all the roots get comfy in their basket. Either way, lots of water is a good thing!

You want to make sure they roots turn white to green when you water...that means they're getting it. I also use fertilizer/rooting hormones to help them adjust.

Ok so it took a post where I had to admit that I was dumb to get all this attention...shhiiishshhhhhh

JUST KIDDING!!! I LOVE ALL THE RESPONSES

Ok so I have to hear from Sue...aka "VANDA QUEEN"

Can there be 2 VANDA QUEENS? I was told that Gin was one, and now Sue, but the more the merrier, to me !!!:biggrin:

Ok...I know I need to get a basket with a wire hanger for now at least...

GIN~I do have some MSU fertilizer for tap H2O from Ray's site. So your really live by that stuff?
I can't remember what the brand of stuff I use, but its endorsed by AOS...I am at work right now...hehe:blushing: so I can't look at the bags:blushing:
Again thanks for everyone's help....can't wait to get the 'chid!!! I still have a week or two before she gets here! But want to have her home ready!:nod:

It comes down to your growing conditions. If you grow outside or in a greenhouse all you need is a basket or wire with little or no media. Just hose the roots......In the house, it's a bit more difficult but some media to hold moisture and a good dunking works.

Carolyn...you're too funny!

Hi Candice :D

I just sent you a PM...I have about 30 vandas.
PLEASE also take Gin's advice...she has some of the most beautiful orchids around! The lady knows what she's doin' ;)

It is!!! Did you not see this?

PLEASE also take Gin's advice...she has some of the most beautiful orchids around! The lady knows what she's doin'

Come on...let's not make this a place where we have to watch every word we say so as not to offend anybody. It wasn't meant as a personal attack on you or anybody else.

We're all here for the same reason...to learn and enjoy each other's company in the process.

I agree! I love this forum & learn LOADS from everyone's comments/practices etc..
I got interested in this very interesting thread because I had a vanda given to me in a glass vase (nothing else; just roots ..in the vase) a few years ago(It was a 'blue' one.... more purple/violet coloured to me ...:)
Anyways I ended up killing it about a year & a half later as I incessantly "kept on forgetting it" during its watering sessions .... I basically drowned it.... & have not yet had the 'guts' to buy one since after this experience, also because I now live in a much 'cooler' region..At the time I was living on the south coast of France (med sea) and am now living 'up north' on the Atlantic coast, near Nantes..
Well, that's my story!!!
I look forward to reading alot more on the growing of vandas and everyone's different 'methods' !!!
Merci !
Nenella