New Vanda merilliis

[Bud]

Originally Posted by nikkik

I found my other Vanda merrillii var rotori from a Flordia grower too, but it took lots of calls to find one. And I must admit that my Vanda merrillii is a little leggy compared to the other vandas in my collection. The waxy flowers and the color is what drew me to this plant. Plus, I love its leaves.

Thanks for the catch in the title, I didn't realize I forgot the second 'r'. I put the 's' at the end because I was referring to two new plants, but I can see how it adds confusion.

Note: It won't let me edit the title, only create a new one underneath.

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Bud, I forgot to mention in the previous reply, when I spoke to the grower about the dwarf form he said the flowers are the exact same size as the regular form of V. merrillii, but less per a spike. The one pictured has already bloomed and is working on a very tiny keiki, so far it looks like individual plants will stay small, but grow wide instead of tall because of its clumping growth habits, which is also what the grower described to me when we spoke about it.

I guess only time will tell because there is a lot of mystery and contradictory information about the growth habits of this plant online.

ask the help of the kind OP's to correct your title....its becoming cooler so my Fall blooming Vandas have spiked and some have opened its buds to full bloom and some got rained on bigtime....but I might still be able to photograph my merrilii hybdrid with denisoniana....
well I don't have the dwarf so I cannot compare with my regular merrilii specie....its only what I read.... you on the other hand, have both so you can inform us of its progress....