Vandas in Glass Vases

[Susie11]

Originally Posted by trdyl

Hi 1Satine,

If the leaves are getting a wrinkled appearance that is a sure sign of dehydration. Does your Vanda have any green growing tips or are they pretty much all with until you water them?

The Vandas I have with no medium in their baskets are all in vases with as many of the roots as possible going into the vase and get a 2 to 3 hour daily soak. At first I started with a 30 to 60 minute soak be realized that was not enough. Since I started with the longer soaks I am getting faster growth and better flowering.

There is so much conflicting info on how long to soak your roots for. I was told on another forum not to soak them for more than ten minutes as they stop absorbing water after eight minutes anyway. I soak mine for about ten minutes twice a day and spray in between when they are looking white and I have lots of healthy green tips on all of the roots. I guess it is one of those ones where you have to do what works best for you. I have yet to get mine into bloom though.

[Vanda lover]

If by "splitting" you are referring to the nicks in the ends of the leaves, those are natural.

[Bud]

I have a dehydrated Vanda that I saved from being thrashed by a flowershop....I soaked it overnight in water for it to revive....otherwise; if the roots are light colored it needs watering and when it turns deep green its hydrated....if it turns dark brown its either cold and needs heat, fungi infested or dehydrated

[nutgirl]

Just an observation.....I find that a longer period of moisture (soaking, rainfall, sprinker system, etc.) followed by a drying off period does the best for my vandas. The root tips really start growing.

When I tried misting or a short soak, or kept them constantly moist, they just didn't do a thing or worse yet, rotted.
Seasonal changes may have had something to do with it too.

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[trdyl]

Originally Posted by Susie11

There is so much conflicting info on how long to soak your roots for. I was told on another forum not to soak them for more than ten minutes as they stop absorbing water after eight minutes anyway. I soak mine for about ten minutes twice a day and spray in between when they are looking white and I have lots of healthy green tips on all of the roots. I guess it is one of those ones where you have to do what works best for you. I have yet to get mine into bloom though.

Yep. Many people have there own little twists that work best for them.

[1Satine]

Thank you for the info - same as the other poster, I was previously not to soak my Vanda for longer than 10 min at a time either... but I will try now and see what happens. My leaves are not wrinkled at all but the ends are split and I can't figure out why - they are almost gradually receding... the roots hanging are often breaking off and dry until I water them.

[1Satine]

Are they though? There seem to be more gradually and splitting towards the middle ...still mostly at the ends though...

[nenella]

Hi 1Satine!
Post a photo(s) of your plants' leaves that are split as well as a photo of its roots. You willl get better feedback from more members on the forum that grow vandas in glass vases. Good luck!

[nenella]

I have not updated on my plants for ages on this thread. I had been growing 3 plants bareroot in vases. This seemed to work for a couple of years. I then noticed last year that the roots were struggling to have the growth they had previously shown. This spring I decided to pot all three into plastic net vases containing a mix of epiweb,bark,charcoal pieces..and adjusting each mix to how the roots were progressing in their growth in my conditions
I, now water every 3/4 days (by soaking- instead of every day) and have alot of new root growth which I am very happy about. I was obviously not providing enough humidity around the roots before and that's why they were slowly drying up.. took years and they haven't missed a beat in their flowering schedules either.

[Susie11]

Nanella did you not leave an inch of water in the base of the vase? I am growing a coerulea in a vase and I leave an inch of water in all the time and my roots have just taken off! Wow, they seem to always be putting out new sub roots and the new roots that have come from the stem are the thickest on the plant.