Mkra. Chao Praya Sunrise

[CR7cristiano]

Love this Mokara to death. The blooms have such lovely substance and very waxy appearance. Looking at them from afar they have a glow to them; even more so under certain artificial lighting. Tall spike with 22 or more blooms. Blooms are 2.5 to 3 inches. I definitely want to get a lot more to put them together in a stone & charcoal bed; will be quite the show.

[Bud]

Wonderful blooms!
The third picture captured the true color.
I love the spots on this flower and the edges have the sunrise colors.
You have a young plant. This can grow really tall through the years.

[FSUOrchids]

What pot are you growing that in?

[WhiteRabbit]

Spectacular!

[Orchids4ever]

Very nice-I like the Colour too

[CR7cristiano]

Originally Posted by Bud

Wonderful blooms!
The third picture captured the true color.
I love the spots on this flower and the edges have the sunrise colors.
You have a young plant. This can grow really tall through the years.

Appreciate you taking the time Bud!
That waxy texture on the edges and the glow of this flower really caught my attention when I saw my friend selling them at the local orchid show. She had it in her display booth with all her other vandas too and the colour alone made this one jump out at you!
This was one of the more mature plants she had aside from hers which wasn't for sale -__- that was also on the show bench with the tallest spike and most pristine flowers. So i just had to go by her home to pick one up! What I need to do is go back and buy lots more and make another stone bed for these kind and Aranda Jairak Heartthrob 'Dark Red'. A sea of these together will be breathtaking.

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Originally Posted by FSUOrchids

What pot are you growing that in?

Its in a 6 inch plastic pot.
When its time to make a new bed of orchids i will usually just dig up the area fill with stone, charcoal and wood chunks and plant most of the pot into the stone so its not visible and let them grow; staking with thick wooden makeshift stakes or bamboo.

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Originally Posted by WhiteRabbit

Spectacular!

Thanks Sonya!!

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Originally Posted by Orchids4ever

Very nice-I like the Colour too

I must admit to being smitten....
Thanks Monika!

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Thanks again everyone.

[rastafouni]

Very nice color pattern, I love it !

[CR7cristiano]

Originally Posted by rastafouni

Very nice color pattern, I love it !

This glowing colour scheme & waxy substance isn't very common to this Mokara cross; this makes this a possible award candidate when it matures.
Thanks!!

[Discus]

Originally Posted by CR7cristiano

This glowing colour scheme & waxy substance isn't very common to this Mokara cross; this makes this a possible award candidate when it matures.

Exciting! Good luck with that

[CR7cristiano]

Originally Posted by Discus

Exciting! Good luck with that

Thank you! I really look forward to the next spike; hopefully a dbl spike! This one had a bit of water damage on a cpl flowers, but I loved the rounded form with little to no window between the petals. And nice leaves n strong roots. When I get a new spike my culture will have taken its toll so I'm excited!