Vanda tessellata

[smweaver]

This one blooms over (and throughout) the summer and the flowers are highly fragrant and long lasting. Even though this is probably just a "jungle form" of the species, it is a robust grower and bloomer, producing roots along the entire length of the stem. It flowered a couple of months ago with two spikes, and there's currently another one that's just starting to form a bit higher up the stem than the current spike. It loves the summer heat and humidity. But in my experience this species is very adaptable and easily takes cool winter temperatures down to the high 40s to mid 50s at night (although I try to keep it closer to the 60 F mark).

Steve