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05-27-2013, 11:49 PM
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V. Pat's Delight 'Purple Blue'
I bought this plant over the weekend at a local orchid sale. I got this extremely cheap, despite it being a very healthy older plant. The flowers are a bright blue with a hint of purple when spiking. Right now it's not flowering, but for the price I couldn't turn it down. Roots are massive, measuring 3.5 feet long.
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05-27-2013, 11:53 PM
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A great find!
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05-28-2013, 06:21 AM
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Wow, what a find! Love the pic, it looks like it is standing up by itself.
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05-28-2013, 09:04 AM
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I also noticed that there is some kind of basal keiki that appears to branch off from the main plant. It only has the one leaf though.
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05-28-2013, 12:15 PM
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I love the roots! great find  and congrats on the keiki  |
07-31-2013, 04:40 PM
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This just bloomed, I will post pictures of it shortly
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08-03-2013, 05:52 PM
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Here are the blooms. They are a lot deeper of a shade of purple than the photos suggest. Unfortunately cameras can't really capture the colors.
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08-03-2013, 06:45 PM
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Roots look healthy and wow~ aren't there a lot!!!
also, do I see a baby attached at the base?
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08-03-2013, 07:00 PM
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That keiki didn't develop.
Yes, it has 3.5 feet of roots, it's a pretty old plant.
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08-03-2013, 07:05 PM
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Too bad the baby didn't develop.
You have a good buy.
But I hope the roots touching ground only happened in the pictorial.
Bacteria and other bad stuff can happen if the roots touches ground for a long period of time. They were meant to be hanging free in the air especially in Florida where the humidity in the atmosphere Vandas love.
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