8 New Vandas from Carmela Orchids

[Bud]

Nice haul! your Pachara and Viboon might spike next year....the others are at least 2 and a half years old....nice robust roots on a happy healthy vandacious plants....

[czayta]

Originally Posted by Bud

Nice haul! your Pachara and Viboon might spike next year....the others are at least 2 and a half years old....nice robust roots on a happy healthy vandacious plants....

Thanks! I am going to put them all into baskets like the Viboon is in I think.

Vasco. Viboon Velvet ‘Perfection’


It is a 4 inch basket. I'm not sure if some of them are large enough for the baskets yet, but I was thinking once they are all in baskets I could hang them outside under a tree with dapled sunlight. What do you think?

[czayta]

Today I potted them all into 4in baskets and cut wire hangings to fit them all. I think they look very nice now. My top shelf looks a bit empty now though! lol



Individual pics of them all:


Pachara's Delight is the largest one.














I'm thinking about putting them outside for the rest of the summer. I live in Virginia and I think they'll appreciate the heat. Overall, I am really pleased with these Vandas from Carmela's.

[sthh]

Great decision to grow them in basket!. Now you can easily see all the root growth, and the plant can tell you if they are happy.
I have a pail of water with epsom salt, and fertliser and trace material added, and dip my vandas into the pail for a quick rinse on the roots daily. It's so convenient if you do it with your vandas in basket. Takes less than few mins to complete the watering.
Rather than having media in the basket, I would remove those and add spanish moss to the basket, and let it trail amongst the root. It actually help improve humidity, and at the same time, soak up excess water.

Btw, if i have the space like yours, it will be filled up with another 200 orchids already, lol

[czayta]

Originally Posted by sthh

Great decision to grow them in basket!. Now you can easily see all the root growth, and the plant can tell you if they are happy.
I have a pail of water with epsom salt, and fertliser and trace material added, and dip my vandas into the pail for a quick rinse on the roots daily. It's so convenient if you do it with your vandas in basket. Takes less than few mins to complete the watering.
Rather than having media in the basket, I would remove those and add spanish moss to the basket, and let it trail amongst the root. It actually help improve humidity, and at the same time, soak up excess water.

Thanks for the info. I will buy some Spanish moss and weave it into the baskets/roots for sure! Right now I have moved them outside. I have a shade cloth over them and they are hanging under a metal stand.



I'll post some more pictures later when I get the Spanish moss.


And I bought a new vase for my big Vanda. I think this one will help increase the humidity better because its a little bit thinner. I have this Vanda inside.

[czayta]

Today I bought some Spanish moss and I weaved it around the baskets and in the roots. Hopefully this will help to increase the humidity around the roots. They are all sort of small at this point, so the baskets look like little bird nests now.
















And then I watered them all. They look happy!

[sthh]

Your spanish moss looks more thirsty than your orchids

[Cntry]

They sure do. I love that you adding the moss to the baskets. It looks really good with it in there.

[sthh]

Originally Posted by czayta

And I bought a new vase for my big Vanda. I think this one will help increase the humidity better because its a little bit thinner. I have this Vanda inside.

This orchid's root looks sad. You will need to monitor this one. Any new root growth? The dark roots at the bottom of the vase doesn't look viable. If you cut a snippet of it, and it is not green, then it is probably dead roots.

[czayta]

Originally Posted by sthh

This orchid's root looks sad. You will need to monitor this one. Any new root growth? The dark roots at the bottom of the vase doesn't look viable. If you cut a snippet of it, and it is not green, then it is probably dead roots.

I will cut a snippit of it off today and see if it is green inside. They used to be really green and turn bright green when I watered them, but not they are brownish. I wasn't sure if it was from the seaweed extract I was adding into the water that made them turn brown/grey or not though. I'm thinking of putting this Vanda outside for the rest of the summer though. It doesn't seem to be thriving in the vase culture yet.