Ascocenda Tubtim Velvet X Ascocenda Banghuntian Gold

[Chatbud]

HI Bud
I also notice you seem to have a vanda flowering every week.
How many of these vandaceous orchids do you have?

[Bud]

Originally Posted by Chatbud

HI Bud
I also notice you seem to have a vanda flowering every week.
How many of these vandaceous orchids do you have?

If that is true: that would make me a large acre farmer for having Vandas flower for me every week....
I have a list of my Vandas on my profile=you can check it out....some of my picture posts are reblooms and some of them first time blooms....I am merely a windowsill hobbyist but I am lucky to have a large living room bay window, a bedroom window that opens to a long fire escape, a bathroom and kitchen window....that is my only space to grow orchids=the few large Vandas are hanging on the large bay window....the medium ones are in S/H and the compact smaller Vandacious plants are potted.

[RosieC]

Gorgeous!

[Bud]

Originally Posted by RosieC

Gorgeous!

Thank You, RosieC!!!!!

[DTEguy]

Beautiful!

In your experience, how well do ascocendas take to s/h?

edit: or vanda in general

[Bud]

Originally Posted by DTEguy

Beautiful!

In your experience, how well do ascocendas take to s/h?

edit: or vanda in general

I only choose the medium sized Vandacious plants to be on S/H method. They easily produce new roots that will grow down all the way to the water, but the old roots die because they are not used to be in the water.
I still have to spray the topmost clay pellets everyday. I find it easier to have my Vandacious orchids in S/H with no fuss at all. Just don't forget to flush it once a month.

The smaller Vandacious plants get to be potted in media mix.
The large ones (roots over 4 feet) have to be hanging in a basket. I line the bottom with coconut fiber and curl the roots around inside the basket and then sprinkle it with media mix.
My apartment gets to be very dry in the summer because of the centralized AC with dehumidifier that is why I try to put as many orchids out on my fire escape= the humidity is high in Manhattan atmosphere in the summer....but in winter I put all my plants indoor and the centralized heater have water steam coming out to humidify all my plants.
Temperatures never get down to below 50F(for some= I provide a heat matt in winter=only those that are very near the glass pane)
fertilizer weekly weakly with no winter rest