Vanda coerulea on a stick

[Leafmite]

What a great orchid you have there!

I love Andy's, too. I have quite a collection of orchids on a stick, now as well as a few that he sent in baskets.

[Fairorchids]

Originally Posted by Jackie26085

The flower is a lot lighter in color than the coeruleas I have seen. Do you know if this is the typical size plant that Andy sells?

That color is typical of wild collected plants.

I have seen the line bred improved coeruleas coming out of Thailand. While I know that any organism can be improved upon through line breeding, I have serious doubts about the improved coeruleas, based on color, shape, petal stance and plant size, I am convinced that they are not pure coeruleas. For that reason, I have declined to get any of those plants.

[Pat'sCatt's]

Real beauty, love this wild form, impossible to get overhere... I want to go shopping at Andy's too!!!

[Sharlynn]

Love it.

[CR7cristiano]

Originally Posted by Fairorchids

That color is typical of wild collected plants.

I have seen the line bred improved coeruleas coming out of Thailand. While I know that any organism can be improved upon through line breeding, I have serious doubts about the improved coeruleas, based on color, shape, petal stance and plant size, I am convinced that they are not pure coeruleas. For that reason, I have declined to get any of those plants.

Fair assumptions but I don't agree. While I am sure they have some falsely labeled, i do know that for years of line breeding and select crossing of high quality seedlings they have been able to get larger and flatter flowers; though not the dinner plate esque flowers you get from sanderiana lines. By taking the best of generations of seedlings, experienced hybridizers have done incredible work with modern Coeruleas.