Mokara Sayan X Vanda Kultana 'Gold' in bloom - Page 2 - Orchid Board

Vanda lover · #11 12-17-2011, 10:30 AM

Beautiful! I'm also amazed that it blooms so well for you in a window. I have mine in the south window with a plant light now, but I was moving them from window to window.

NYCorchidman · #12 12-17-2011, 11:19 AM

Your mom sounds like a very giving and loving person!

By the way, does your plant have fragrance?
I don't know much about them, but one I recall as Mokara Chao Praya Classic, yellow without spotting, had such nice fragrance to it.

Bud · #13 12-19-2011, 01:16 AM

Thank You, Ben !
Thank You, Orquidia !
@ vanda lover...its best to let your orchids stay put, not moving it from window to window. The southside window with additonal light is fine...but in the warmer months if you can bring mokaras outdoors slowly introducing it to direct sunlight (but 11am to 3pm summer sun can burn leaves too)...they like to drink and feed a lot...

@NYCorchidman...Thank you...I love my mother so much that at no occation at all if I buy her small jewellry she cant refuse it LOL...cause I tell her thats gives meaning to my life to love my own mother...
yes it has a slight fragrance at dawn kinda like berries and bananas

Vanda lover · #14 12-19-2011, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Bud

Thank You, Ben !
Thank You, Orquidia !
@ vanda lover...its best to let your orchids stay put, not moving it from window to window. The southside window with additonal light is fine...but in the warmer months if you can bring mokaras outdoors slowly introducing it to direct sunlight (but 11am to 3pm summer sun can burn leaves too)...they like to drink and feed a lot...

@NYCorchidman...Thank you...I love my mother so much that at no occation at all if I buy her small jewellry she cant refuse it LOL...cause I tell her thats gives meaning to my life to love my own mother...
yes it has a slight fragrance at dawn kinda like berries and bananas

I have been moving the vanda around for years to get good light. In the summer I have it on a West facing porch during the day, but I bring it in for the night and put it in the east window with the window open a little. That way it gets morning sun until it warms up enough to put it out.Sometimes I leave it out at night but our nights are cool even in the summer. During the winter I now have it under a light in the South window, but when it's in bloom I bring it in to the living room to enjoy.

Bud · #15 12-19-2011, 08:47 PM

You know your vandas pretty well...if it rewards you with blooms it means that whatever you are doing is working...
You are also a living proof that vandas can grow on windowsills...
I hope you found your red Renanthera and some of the Mokaras you liked...

Vanda lover · #16 12-20-2011, 01:10 AM

Thanks Bud. It's actually a red Vasco I'm hoping for. I'll try again in the spring. I think that the Mokaras grow too large from what I understand, but I do have a red Renanstylis seedling now, also a Pine river orange Vasco seedling. I'm really tempted by a Mokara I saw on Ebay. I need more room!

Bud · #17 12-20-2011, 01:23 AM

Do not get worried about a Mokara, you can hang it on a hook at the center of your southern window a foot away from the glass area...water it on the sink in the morning and spritz it late afternoon...try to hang it outdoors in the warmer months...your area has 4 months of really warm weather; take advantage of it...I wish you were in the USA; Id give you the red Vasco you want(I also have a dark pink fuschia in spike) I have a basal keiki of the Mokara Chao Praya Boy and two spikes of the Mokara gold(on my ID pic)...I can share those cuttings but you happen to be in Canada (the strictest customs) the customs will thrash it all and sue or fine me an arm and a leg LOL

Vanda lover · #18 12-20-2011, 10:23 AM

That's lousy! It's the main reason that we have trouble getting variety here. I have bought a few off ebay with pretty good luck. I'm hoping that the vanda grower that's here on the Island will come up with one for me.
The seller I bought from before has a gorgeous Mokara. They bloom twice a year, don't they?

ronaldhanko · #19 12-20-2011, 02:43 PM

Beautiful color and markings, Bud. Nice work on the growing, too.

Bud · #20 12-20-2011, 04:17 PM

Thank You, Ron !

@Vanda lover....Mokaras bloom as many as they can a year...the reason they were invented was for the florists...Mokaras maintain a longer period for cut flower bussiness about 25 days in water for floral arrangements...some are also fragrant...its a very tenacious orchid it takes a lot of beating before you can even kill it