Vanda care!

[Optimist]

Hi, I just ordered a packet of "species orchids" from Carmela's, which are to be blooming or nearly blooming size, and when I saw the size of the box (19") vs the weight of the box, I said to myself, OH NO! Vandas!

So now, I am like a boxer before a sudden world title match that was never planned!

Sorry to say, I kill vandas. I just got an ascofinita! Nearly dead. Vanda die within a month if I get them.

Let this not happen now! I am only good with Cattleyas really, maybe some paphs. I barely learned how not to kill phals.

So in a desert environment, how do you not kill vandas?

I have lots of sun, no humidity. My little humidity pond is in a shady shade-house. I will take my shade cloth off because I feel there are enough leafy branches overhead now.

So, full-ish sun, soak or water every day-- twice? Let dry out. Once a month with the Kelp. Any other tips? Estacion in AZ-- do you have vandas outside?

Now obviously, there might not be vandas, but I have this wierd sense that there are. Even if not, I would like to save this Asco finita. I have it in full sun now, and am soaking in water and some K-L-N rooting hormone because I do not have any of that Kelp max. I have Kelp but no max.