Vanda tricolor 'Michael Collin' FCC/AOS

[Oscarman]

Nice plant and flowers Ted. Will be looking for tricolor in the future!
Any challenges to get it flowering? What are your growing conditions like......how is it potted?

[trdyl]

Thanks Picotee.

Originally Posted by Oscarman

Nice plant and flowers Ted. Will be looking for tricolor in the future!
Any challenges to get it flowering? What are your growing conditions like......how is it potted?

This "little" plant has about a 2 foot leaf span. Not a tiny one to say the least. As far as growing conditions go, tt is kept between 55 degrees at night in winter to about 80 degrees on summer days. I have it in a basket with a little LECA in vase culture. I water mostly everyday giving it a 1 to 4 hour soak(flooded vase)and lightly fertilize about every third watering.

[smweaver]

Lovely bloom on this one, Ted. And the plant looks to be incredibly healthy too (nothing worse, in my opinion, than seeing a nice bloom on some leggy vanda). Just wait until the scent appears within the next few days. When my V. tricolor's in bloom, the flowers usually get pretty battered from the noses of the various visitors who come over and go looking for the source of the great scent. Are you growing this one semi-hydroponically, or is that a standard bark mix? Hard to tell from the pic. Congratulations on the great-looking bloom.

[trdyl]

Originally Posted by smweaver

Lovely bloom on this one, Ted. And the plant looks to be incredibly healthy too (nothing worse, in my opinion, than seeing a nice bloom on some leggy vanda). Just wait until the scent appears within the next few days. When my V. tricolor's in bloom, the flowers usually get pretty battered from the noses of the various visitors who come over and go looking for the source of the great scent. Are you growing this one semi-hydroponically, or is that a standard bark mix? Hard to tell from the pic. Congratulations on the great-looking bloom.

Hi Steve, Thanks. Unfortunately it blasted 2 of the 3 spikes this blooming. A little over two years ago when I got is it had very little roots which grew quite well after it was separated from the mother plant. I’m growing this one in a basket suspended over a vase. There is a lot of algae growth in it.

[bethmarie]

Oooh and ahhh! That's a beautiful flower! and a lovely shot you took, too.

[FSUOrchids]

Very very nice, I like the spots

[Chatbud]

Is this the species Vanda tricolor which is endemic to Indonesia?

[trdyl]

Thank you for you comments Beth and FSUOrchids!

Originally Posted by Chatbud

Is this the species Vanda tricolor which is endemic to Indonesia?

This is a species Vanda for sure. I do not know if it was originally wild collected or from artificial seed propagation.

[Orchid killer]

Thats a great Vanda tricolour you have, from the photo, substance and texture looks great, and the colour and markings ... wonderful. Thank you for sharing.

[Suri85]

Originally Posted by Chatbud

Is this the species Vanda tricolor which is endemic to Indonesia?

Vanda tricolor is endemic to Indonesia, Java especially ( although Bali also has them). This particular plant seemed to be a type from West Java. West Java has the most variation of Vanda tricolor in term of base colour, the size of pattern, the degree of ruffle-ness and shapes (even the alba/flavum/aureum form by far only been discovered in the West Java population); while eastward you go, the more uniformed the flower is